[Rarebooks] FS: Rare 19th Century Canadian Imprint

[Michael John Thompson]

BALLANTYNE, R.M.

THE NORSEMEN IN THE WEST; Or, America Before 
Columbus. A Tale. With Illustrations.

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia: H.H. Henderson & Co., 
Booksellers and Stationers. No Date (1890?).

Canadian Edition, rare variant imprint.Octavo, 
original brown cloth titled and decorated in 
black and colours, gilt titles on spine, yellow 
coated endpapers. Engraved frontispiece and 
pictorial title page, the printed title leaf with 
the Henderson imprint is a cancel. The spine 
panel bears the imprint of A.G. Watson. Four 
additional inserted engraved plates. Gift (prize) 
inscription on a preliminary leaf which states: 
"St. John's Church Band of Hope 2nd Prize Awarded 
to George W. Sutherland, Stellarton, May 1st, 
1891". Corners a touch soft, a very good, bright copy.

¶  A very uncommon Canadian imprint. Watson was 
the regular Canadian publisher, and this edition 
bears his imprint at the base of the spine; we 
can find no trace in library holdings of another 
copy of this New Glasgow imprint. Stellarton is a 
small town adjacent to new Glasgow, hence the inscription.           $125.00 US

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