Lot 43
Alexander, Sir James Edward (1803-1885)
Alexander's own copies of his published accounts of travel in the Americas
Auction: The Library of General Sir James Alexander | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 31 to 62
Description
each with his ownership inscription to front free endpaper, titles comprise:
L’Acadie; or, Seven Years’ Explorations in British America. London: Henry Colburn, 1849. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary red half calf, all engraved plates and maps as called for, spine-labels gilt stamped ‘Sir J. E. Alexander’;
Transatlantic Sketches, Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting Scenes in North and South America, and the West Indies. With Notes on Negro Slavery and Canadian Emigration. London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, map and 10 etched plates, with original tissue guards, contemporary moiré cloth, volume 2 with 14pp. advertisements to rear, spines sunned;
Canada, As It Was, Is, and May Be. By Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard H. Bonnycastle, Royal Engineers. With Considerable Additions, and an Account of Recent Transactions by Sir James Edward Alexander. London: Colburn and Co., 1852. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 maps (1 folding), original publisher's cloth binding, volume 2 with 26pp. advertisements to rear and advertisement endpapers, with an additional copy of volume 2, bolts mostly unopened in volume 1 and one copy of volume 2, spines sunned;
Salmon-Fishing in Canada by a Resident. London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. First edition, 8vo, illustrated with wood engravings (including 3 plates, illustrations and map), original publisher's purple cloth binding, 24pp. advertisements to rear and advertisement endpapers, binding sunned on spine and upper board (8)
Provenance
THE LIBRARY OF GENERAL SIR JAMES EDWARD ALEXANDER (1803-1885)