(CANADA) McLean John Notes of a Twenty five Years Service in

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(CANADA.) McLean, John. Notes of a Twenty-five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory. 2 volumes. 12mo, publisher's cloth, spine ends a bit chipped, minor wear; short tears to first half-title, faint creasing in early leaves of volume II; uncut; small inked library stamp on page II:324, no other library markings. London, 1849

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first edition. A record of service in the Ottawa area, British Columbia, Labrador, and Fort Good Hope in the Arctic northwest, with particular emphasis on life among the Indians. "In a very entertaining style, McLean tells just how the Hudson Bay Company operated. I might say that their methods of suppressing competition without question, would have resulted in their indictment under our present United States laws"--Streeter sale VI:3712. Field 996; Graff 2640; Lande 1322; Sabin 43514; TPL 2729; Wagner-Camp 169.