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THOMPSON, David (1770-1857). David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America 1784-1812. Edited by J. B. Tyrrell. Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1916. The Publications of the Champlain Society XII. Thick 8vo. Illustrated with plates, maps, and plans. Four folded maps in pocket in rear. xcviii, 582 pp. Publisher's full red cloth, spine stamped in gilt (spine sunned, some rubbing, faint soiling to bindings, rear hinge cracked, occasional faint soiling in text). Very good. FIRST EDITION, “R519"/500 COPIES. AN ASSOCIATION COPY, WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF DR. EDMOND S. MEANY ON THE FP. Meany was a professor at the University of Washington, who wrote a review of this book for the Washington Historical Quarterly, October 1916. Laid-in are the following related items: the aforementioned review, the acknowledgement letter from the Champlain Society (tipped-in), a typed letter signed by editor J. B. Tyrrell to the Historical Society, and the pamphlet “David Thompson, Land Geographer of the Northwest" by William S. Lewis. “Most important contribution to western history and exploration published in the Twentieth Century." (Howes). Thompson explored and mapped western Canada to the Pacific, all the while establishing trading posts. Howes T192. Smith 101932. Streeter 3221.