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Lot 281
Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
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MCLEAN, John (1785-1861). Notes of a Twenty-Five Years’ Service in the Hudson’s Bay Territory. London: Richard Bentley, 1849.
2 volumes, 8vo. With half-title. 20th-century half brown morocco gilt (joints slightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. McLean served with the Hudson's Bay Company from 1821-45 throughout Canada. According to Sabin, he "depicts with great fidelity and veracity the manners and condition, toils, privations and perils of the Indian hunters," and according to Stanton & Tremaine, his narrative is "one of the classics of wilderness travel." Sabin 43514; TPL 2729; Wagner-Camp 169.