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Mar 15, 2019
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HIND, Henry Youle (1823-1908). Explorations in the Interior of The Labrador Peninsula; the Country of the Montagnais and Nasquapee Indi
2 volumes in one, 8vo. With 2 folding maps & 12 chromolithographic plates. (Some light spotting to pre- and post-lims, light offsetting from plates.) Contemporary polished calf gilt, marbled edges. Provenance: Ellen Marole? (prize inscription); H. Wartenweiler (signatures). FIRST EDITION describing Hind's expedition exploring Labrador and its river system, "almost entirely occupied with incidents of Indian life and character, particularly of the Montagnais, Abenakis, and Esquimaux." Arctic Bibliography 7105; Sabin 31933; TPL 4069.