1799 to 1825 letters between Elizabeth Frances Hale of Quebec City and her brother William, Lord Amherst, Governor General of India. The letters are stylish, witty, dramatic, and intimate. We learn much of the nature of Quebec society during the Napoleonic Wars and the rise of nationalistic fervour. The Society has published 100 titles since 1907 covering the major exploration and surveyors' journals. 25 titles are in print and available.
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1799 to 1825 letters between Elizabeth Frances Hale of Quebec City and her brother William, Lord Amherst, Governor General of India. The letters are stylish, witty, dramatic, and intimate. We learn much of the nature of Quebec society during the Napoleonic Wars and the rise of nationalistic fervour. The Society has published 100 titles since 1907 covering the major exploration and surveyors' journals. 25 titles are in print and available.
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23cm, limited to 830 copies, xlviii, 487, vii, p., appendix, index, list of subscribers, colour frontispiece, 2 maps, 14 plates andillustrations, crested red cloth, gilt titles, a fine copy. (qc) Aquarter-century of correspondence between Elizebeth Hale with herbrother, William Pitt Amherst, captured Hale's life as a fixture of theBritish establishment in Lower Canada, where her husband rose to the postof Receiver General.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book Lower page corners lightly finger smudged, interior is very clean and tight. Several matching volumes available. Edition of 830, this one is not numbered.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 487 pages. Bright red cloth boards.