Report on the Exploration of the Country Between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement, and Between the Latter Place and the Assiniboine and Saskatchewan.
Toronto: John Lovell / Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly, 1859. 45 pp. + maps [3]. Folio. Half bound black morocco over maroon cloth. Paper label to front board. First edition thus. Spine worn, chip to head, lower two inches missing, boards rubbed, corners scuffed, front free endpaper loose, text signatures separated from boards, ends occasionally chipped and brittle, maps complete with minor creasing; tears only at the edges and margins not affecting maps themselves; fair with good contents and still a useful copy of this important document. Sabin 18958. Item #19694
Dawson's 1857-58 expeditions to the rough country beyond Lake Superior resulted in his 1859 report and to his eventual hiring to construct the line of communication in 1868 which he first proposed in this report.
Price: $150.00