Hudson Bay; or, Everyday Life in the Wilds of North America, Robert Michael Ballantyne, 1879

Hudson Bay; or, Everyday Life in the Wilds of North America, During Six Year's Residence i the territories of the Hon. Hudson Bay Company. By Robert Michael Ballantyne. With Fifty Illustrations Designed by Bayard and Other Artists from Sketches by the Author.

Published by T. Nelson and Sons, London and New York, 1879. Fourth Edition - first edition published 1848. 

A very good full dark blue leather hardback in a full leather prize binding from 'The High School, Roundhay, Nr. Leeds', with prize label dated to 1881 to front pastedown. Gilt armorial and border to front cover with tooled gilt spine, raised bands and burgundy morocco title label. Some shelf wear, rubbing and scuffing to covers. Spine is sunned. Marbled endpapers and full gilt edges to text block. Soundly bound. 

Light foxing to blank endpapers, and with text bright and clean throughout. Well Illustrated with  engraved drawings throughout. An interesting and attractive volume.

Text in English.

xii + 13-367pp.

Dimensions: approx 185mm high x 130mm wide x 35mm deep.

Weight: approximately 706g (unpacked).