Offered for auction from a recent estate sale  is a Vintage 1935 dated 1st Edition “ VOL II  HardCover book titled as follows 

THE SEARCH FOR THE WESTERN SEA  VOL II

by LAWRENCE J. BURPEE

NEW AND REVISED EDITION

THE STORY OF THE EXPLORATION OF NORTH-WESTERN AMERICA - COPYRIGHT DATE 1935

PUBLISHED BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, AT ST. MARTIN’S HOUSE TORONTO - 1935.  This book is a new and revised edition of a work first published in 1908, that has come to be recognized as the standard history of the exploration of North-Western America.

The book “The Search for the Western Sea” as noted above was issued initially in 1908 and ended on page 304, this updated book published in 1935 as Vol II begins with page 305 and continued to page 609 for a total of 304 pages containing over 20 illustration and 3 foldout maps.  This Book being offered for auction is Volume II updated 1935 as noted above.  This Blue colored hardcover book contains 304 Clean pages, bindings tight.  The original dust jacket is incomplete as photo shows, only a couple of foldovers and back cover pieces are present..  The book contains 9 chapters.  I will type the description for the 9 Chapters below:

    • CONTENTS - PART II (CONT.)
    • VI  British Traders Invade the West                                         Pg.     305
    • VII   Peter Pond and His Maps                                                             325
    • VIII Overland to the Missouri and the Mandan Villages                   354                                                                                                                                                
    • PART III - THE ROAD TO THE SEA
    • I.   Alexander Henry, Fur Trader and Traveller                                   389                                                                                                                                                 
    • II.  Alexander Mackenzie Reaches the Arctic Coast                         415
    • III First Overland Journey to the Pacific                                              449                                                                                                                                                
    • IV  Nineteen Years in the West                                                              492                                                                                                                                             
    • V.  Exploring the Canyon of the Fraser                                                 513
    • VII. David Thompson, Astronomer, Geographer and Explorer          536                                                                                                                                               
    • VII. The Aftermath                                                                                      567                                                                                                        
    • Appendix                                                                                                     587
    • Index                                                                                                            605                                                                                             

    From the dust Jacket I have typed the following

    THE BOOK

    This is a new and revised edition of a work, first published in 1908, that has come to be recognized as the standard history of the exploration of North-western America.  Mr. Burpee has availed himself of the results of research in the last quarter of a century  to show new light upon many important incidents in the story of discovery, from the days of La Verendrye and the first expeditions inland from Hudson Bay ot comparatively recent surveys of Dominion Government officers in the far north.  The fact that the original edition has been repeatedly listed in English and American rare book catalogues at $50 is a sufficient tribute to its permanent worth.

                           

    THE AUTHOR

    A native of Halifax, and of Loyalist or Pre-Loyalist stock on every side, Mr. Burpee comes honestly by his interest in Canadian History.  While he has given particular attention to the early period of Western Canadian history, in The Search for the Western Sea, and in a number of other books dealing with the discoveries of La Verendrye and other explorers, he has also made contributions to Canadian history of a more general character.

    The breadth of his interest is illustrated by the positions he has occupied.  Officially he has  been for nearly a quarter of a century the Secretary for Canada of the International Joint Commission.  He organized and was for some years President of the Canadian Historical Association.  He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Geographical Society, and its Journal.  He is Acting President of the royal Society of Canada, the senior learned society of the Dominion.  He has also been National President of the Canadian Authors Association.

    He is a fellow or member of a number of societies at home and a broad, and holds medals of the royal Society of Canada and of he French Academy for outstanding work in Canadian historical research.

                           

    The book is hardcover, weight 1 lb 6 oz,  size 8 ¾ x 5 ¾ x 1 3/8 inches.  The hard cover bindings are very good, all page bindings tight.  The hardcover book itself is in excellent condition consider its 85 years old.  As noted above only a couple of pieces of the dust jacket are present. Please view photos for condition.

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