Capt. W. F. Butler [William Francis Butler] — The Great Lone Land

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1872 . Cloth. The third edition of Butler"s classic Canadian travel narrative, illustrated and retaining the large coloured folding map of his route. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding with gilt vignette and blind stamping.  Third edition, published in 1872, the same year as the first edition. Illustrated with six full-page plates, together with the large folding coloured Map frontispiece of British America from Lake Superior to the Rocky Mountains. Collated, complete.  An engaging account of Butler"s travels, from his service during the Red River Expedition and his subsequent journey through the Canadian northwest on behalf of Lieutenant-Governor Adams George Archibal. He records winter travel by horse and dog team, Hudson"s Bay Company posts, prairie and forest landscapes, and encounters with Metis and Indigenous communities, among other subjects.  Sir William Francis Butler (1838-1910) was an Irish soldier, traveller and author who later rose to lieutenant-general in the British Army. The Great Lone Land, is Butler's first major book, a work that solidified his reputation as a descriptive travel writer. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight cockling to cloth of spine, more so to head. Slight cocking to spine. Slight rubbing with the odd minor handling mark to boards. Slight offsetting to endpapers with light soiling and spotting to gutters. Front hinge strained, with webbing exposed, holding firm. Slight splitting with minor loss to folds of final segment of frontispiece map. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots and handling marks to fore edge, heavier to first and last few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None Stated. Very Good .