1892 Pierre and his people by Gilbert Parker - $20 in Kelowna, British Columbia for sale

Pierre and his people Tales of the Far North

By: Gilbert Parker

Methuen & Co. London 1892. Assumed First Edition

Addall Price: $69.00 My Price: $20.00

Original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. Rub marks on front cover. Fraying to spine edges. First page cut out. Good condition for its age.

Parker's first published book of fiction and the first collection of stories featuring "Pretty" Pierre, a half breed of French and Indian parentage, whose adventures and experiences "extended from Quebec in the east to British Columbia in the west, and from the Cypress Hills in the south to the Copper mine River in the north.

Historically accurate in detail and true to recorded fact.