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Marryat, Capt. [Frederick] The Settlers in Canada. Written for Young People.
London: Longman et al., 1844. First edition, in two volumes (356, adverts; 374) each with engraved frontispiece. Octavo, in brown publisher’s cloth with impressed decoration, gilt titles and decoration to spine. Expertly rebacked preserving original spines and gilt titles; light wear to extremities; text clean and bright throughout. A respectable English family emigrates to Canada, seeking to reverse their fortune. Good breeding and pluck win the day. When necessary, a ‘brace of turkeys’ makes an appearance or ‘ a fine buck’ enters stage-right and dinner is served in the wild; a kidnapped child is rescued and ‘returned to the bosom of his family’. A perfect early Victorian adventure but not much of a settler’s guide. An especially clean, attractive copy.
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212.50 USD
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