Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858; Volumes I & II

London: Longman Green Longman & Roberts 1860. (hardcover) 494; 472pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. Brown leather, with gilt title and design to spines, and a thin-line gilt border to each board. Marbled fore-edges. Marbled endpapers. Condition for both volumes very good. Light marks to boards, and light wear to spine. Remarkably gentle; light edge wear and rubbing. Front paper blanks have previous owner's name delicately written, as well as some faint pencilled notations. Frontispiece, illus., maps - some folding. A very clean set with none of the usual marginal browning in the plates. Stunning tomes, both. Peel(3) 366. TPL 3820. Wagner-Camp 360. Field 699. Graff 1892. Sabin 31934 "During this exploration, Mr. Hind lived almost constantly among the Crees and Chippeways, whose habits and peculiarities he was most eager to study, and prompt to record. Everything in their life had not only the charm of novelty to him, but as a man of science, he was anxious to observe all of the facts which may prove stepping-stones in tracing their origin and their history."..