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Toronto: Coles, 1973. Reprint. Paperback. pp. 289, 32. 8vo. Black and white fold-out map. Light shelfwear, spot to foredge; very good.

Toronto: Coles Publishing Company, 1973. Facsimile edition. Softcover. Very good. Originally published in 1889 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London. Coles Canadiana Collection. 289, 32 p. 21 cm. B&w portrait frontispiece and fold-out map. Paperback.

Coles Pub. Co., January 1973. Hardcover. Good. Rear cover glues down crooked, Otherwise very good condition. Map is intact and not tape repaired

Canada: Coles, 1973. Book. Good.. Paperback. Very light wear, fold out map intact..

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Toronto: Coles Publishing, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Book is maroon coloured with gold lettering.. Is fine - vg. It is very tight and clean. Is a reprint of the book published by Sampson Low Marston, Searle & Rivington in 1889. D.J. has picture of a trooper riding into a circle presumably after the small person "redskin?" on a horse. Is about live in the Northwest Mounted Police 1884-1888. D.J. has a bit of edgewear and a small tear upper edge.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Trooper and Redskin in the Far North-West:Recollections of life in the North-west mounted police, Canada, 1884-1888.

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Green cloth binding with gilt title. Two horsemen riding into the sun on the front board. Map inside
A very rare historic book, formerly the private copy of the Minister of the Interior. This book has a significant historic perspective.
The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian paramilitary police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories (NWT) following the 1870 transfer of Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, the Red River Rebellion and in response to lawlessness, demonstrated by the subsequent Cypress Hills Massacre and fears of United States military intervention. The NWMP combined military, police and judicial functions along similar lines to the Royal Irish Constabulary. A small, mobile police force was chosen to reduce potential for tensions with the United States and First Nations. The NWMP uniforms included red coats deliberately reminiscent of British and Canadian military uniforms.
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington Limited, 1889. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. xi,289pp. Small Octavo. Frontispiece portrait and folding map of the Mounted Police stations and patrols in the Dominion of Canada. W. H. Smith & Sons subscription library paste down on front endpaper. In original pictorial blue-greyish cloth and matching colour coated endpapers. Some wear to covers and spine. Signature on front free endpaper. Top text edge dust soiled. Recollections of life in the North-west mounted police, Canada. 1889