[AMERICANA]. DAWSON, S.J. Report on the Exploration of the Country Between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement. Toronto: John Lovell, 1859.
4to. Illustrated with charts and 3 folding maps, 2 on one page. (Spotting.) Original cloth, printed paper cover label (rebacked to style).
FIRST EDITION of one of the great state papers of Western Canadian history. The Dawson expedition explored what is now southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Sabin 18958.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas