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Golden Fleece

1626ref. 851271626. First Edition. VAUGHAN William. The Golden Fleece Divided into Three Parts under which are discovered the Errours of Religion the Vices and Decayes of the Kingdome and lastly the Wayes to get Wealth and to restore Trading so much complayned of. Transported from Cambrioll Colchos out of the southermost Part of the Iland sic commonly called the Newfoundland by Orpheus Junior for the generall and perpetuall Good of Great Britaine. London Francis Williams 1626. Square octavo contemporary limp vellum recased hand-lettered spine title later endpapers. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $15000.Scarce first edition of this early allegorical promotion of settlements in Newfoundland ""one of the earliest contributions to English literature from AmericaÓ Baer.""Deeply concerned about the poor economic conditions prevailing in Wales"" William Vaughan ""became interested in overseas colonization as a means for improving the lot of his countrymen. As a result he decided to try to plant a colony in Newfoundland largely because it was easily accessible and also because it possessed an established fishery. In 1616 he purchased from the Newfoundland Company the part of the Avalon Peninsula to the south of a line from Caplin Bay across to Placentia Bay and decided to name the colony 'New Cambriol.' In the following year Vaughan set out a few ill-prepared colonists to the harbour of Aquaforte where they spent the winter huddled in cabins built by migratory fishermen for summer use. In 1618 Vaughan hired Richard Whitbourne to bring colonists and provisions to the settlement and appointed him governorÉmoving it to a better location at RenewsÉ but in the end only six colonists spent the winter of 1619 at Renews and the settlement was abandoned in the following yearÉ Vaughan did his best to promote Newfoundland settlement by publication of his somewhat fanciful book The Golden Fleece"" Howgego. ""The work is one of the earliest contributions to English literature from America and was intended to advertise Vaughan's colony. It is a queer fantasy in prose and verse in which a succession of historical characters present complaints against the evils of the age in the court of Apollo and finally find the Golden Fleece in Newfoundland"" Baer. ""Vaughan's treatise was divided into three parts the first concerned with religion the second with the 'Vices and Decayes of the Kingdome' and the third with 'wayes to get wealth and to restore Trading. The third part focused on colonizationÉ he created a unique text by bringing into this dialogue the central figures of contemporary Jacobean and Elizabethan colonization including John Guy Captain John Mason Richard Whitbourne Francis Drake and Martin Frobisher"" McDiarmid & Collinson. The Golden Fleece is an extraordinary work in vivid contrast to the more prosaic and practical propagandist tracts on Newfoundland which Whitbourne and Mason had written. Its purpose was simple enough: Vaughan was anxious to promote the island as a place for settlement. Success he believed would relieve overpopulation at home treble England's present income from the fishery which he estimated to be 20000 pounds and generally increase tradeÉVaughan provided us with some of the earliest English literature on North America"" Gillian Cell. Lacking the extraordinarily rare map by John Mason which ""is very rarely found with the book"" Church. STC 2460. Sabin 98693. Church 409. Howgego V18. Interior generally fine blank leaves between parts V4 Oo2 and blanks at both front and rear excised. Scarce. hardcover books

Bauman Rare Books · Estados Unidos15.000,00 US$≈ 13.426,43 €

[Natural Disasters - Canada - Great Miramichi Fire - Disaster Relief] McLeod, GeorgeABAA

1825 Letter Describing the Collection of 230 Bushels of Potatoes and Clothing for Survivors of the Great Miramichi Fire

1825ref. BK0033Bailey's Brook Nova Scotia 1825. Autograph letter signed "Geo. McLeod" to John Young Esq. Halifax. Stampless folded letter with manuscript "7 / Paid" rate "Post Paid" notation and a clear "POST OFFICE PICTOU / PAID" handstamp. Light filing folds; very good. A contemporary account of rural relief organized for survivors of the Great Miramichi Fire written only eighteen days after the disaster. George McLeod reports traveling personally through Bailey's Brook and the surrounding settlements to solicit provisions and clothing gathering approximately 230 bushels of potatoes together with "considerable articles of wearing apparel" for immediate shipment through Pictou: "I went yesterday in person through the small settlement of Bailey's Brook & its vicinity in quest of some aide for the sufferers & have the pleasure to say that the inhabitants individually contributed very liberally according to their ability. I this day received from them into my store about 230 bushels buntatoes sic & considerable articles of wearing apparel & much more could be obtained if time permitted." The letter is particularly revealing about the material circumstances of disaster relief in a cash-poor agricultural community. The residents had little money available and "nothing else at hand" as their grain had not yet been threshed and the lateness of the season required them to contribute whatever could be gathered and transported without delay-nonetheless they were "willing to give." McLeod notes that additional supplies had been collected at Merigomish and would be combined with those from Bailey's Brook sent to the committee at Pictou and forwarded onward to Miramichi. He also records keeping a list of the individual contributors and the articles supplied under each name. We find no other examples of documents or primary source materials relating to the disaster in commerce or in auction records. A focused primary document of one of the largest fires in early Canadian history with a detailed description of the mechanics of relief. . unknown books

Auger Down Books · Estados Unidos1500,00 US$≈ 1342,64 €

[Minnesota] [Canada]ABAA

Original Vernacular Photo Album of a Trip from Mankato Minnesota to British Columbia

1890ref. 21552Mankato MN et al. 1890. Very Good. Mankato MN et al: ca. 1890s. Small oblong octavo 14x18cm.; publisher's grey card wrappers lettered in white; 16ll. of pale grey stock to which are mounted sixteen 16 silver gelatin snapshots all ca. 8x8cm. on rectos only usually with manuscript captions on facing page. Some photographs a bit overexposed at margins else an exceptional album in Near Fine condition. Retains the album seller's ticket inside rear cover "Ward's Souvenir Album" rubberstamped no. 11. Small souvenir album capturing the rather long journey from Mankato Minnesota to British Columbia. The first nine photographs appear to have been taken in the former location possibly the photographer's home the images depicting scenes around a woodframe house and a young girl astride a horse before turning outward to views of the Minnesota River from the bluff of North Mankato the cows on said bluff Minneopa Falls and the Minnesota River Bridge. The next location captured is a train station between Denver and Colorado Springs presumably Pikes Peak looming in the background. The next shot shows a rather large group of people both men and women walking along the railroad tracks through Royal Gorge Colorado the bank of the Arkansas River just a few feet to their left. The following photograph jumps from the Gorge to the Cawston Ostrich Farm in Pasadena California where a rather substantial clutch of ostriches peer out at the photographer from behind their enclosure's gate. The farm the first of its kind opened in 1886 to meet the demand for newly-fashionable ostrich feathers and was immediately a major tourist attraction. Two photographs follow of a horse-back ride across Mt. Lowe a peak in the southern folds of the San Gabriel Mountains California. The concluding two photographs show the train ride from northern California en route to Portland Oregon and finally a view of Mt. Sir Donald "highest peak of the Selkirk mountain British Columbia. unknown books

Capitol Hill Books, ABAA · Estados Unidos250,00 US$≈ 223,77 €

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