The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists (The Pioneers of Manitoba) by Bryce, Dr. George - 1909

New York: Barse & Hopkins Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, light green pictorial cloth, with spine lettered in gold. Top edge gilt. 328 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece and full page and vignette images throughout. Presumed American first edition (1909), no date given. Published prior to the Centennial celebration of this event which was be held in Winnipeg in 1912, as stated in preface. No previous ownership marks. Old news clipping pasted to inside cover and front free end-paper with resulting toning. One or two spots of foxing, most especially to last blank leaf, [and there only at edges]. Cloth shows only mild age wear and slight darking at inside covers. A square, internally clean, tight and unmarked copy. Good..

Musson Book Company Limited, 1909. 1st Canadian Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 328pp., sage green cloth bdg. with black and green-stamped design & title on front board, gilt-stamped spine, teg, fore and bottom edges deckled. Illustrated with b/w phototypes on plates including frontispice portrait of Lord Selkirk, and some b/w in text figures; the history of the 19th century pioneer Red River settlement in Manitoba: an epic page of Canadian history. (light shelf wear, previous owner's initials top front end paper, edgesof pages yellowed, super clean & tight copy) In custom-made high gauge mylar DJ.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Winnipeg, Man.: Russell, Lang & Co.. 1909. VG- (minus) /no jacket. Binding rubbed. Previous owner name and date front pastedown and ffep. Book is intact and complete. ; 8vo. , light green hc with decorative, front cover image of Indian overlooking fort in distance. 328, uncut pp. Including appendix and index, teg. Some minor foxing ffep, half-title page, title pg, copyright page and contents page. Minor dampstaining. Includes photographs and engraved illustrations. .

Toronto: Musson Book Company, 1909. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. 328pp. Octavo. Illustrated with photos and paintings (including frontispiece). Original pictorial cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Covers slightly rubbed with slightly faded spine. Dust jacket slightly rubbed and sun darkened along spine. A few small chips to top edge. Title has a closed tear along bottom. very good A history of pioneering focusing on the Red River Settlement in Manitoba and Lord Selkirk, the sponsor of many immigrant settlements in the area. 1909