Description
[The Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival, Inc. ]; Dale T. Hall (Ed.). Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival; The Pas, February 12-16, 1986. The Pas, Manitoba, Canada: The Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival, Inc., 1986. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 124. Small 8vo., measuring 5.5″ x8.5″. Illustrated stapled card covers. Replete with black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, and many advertisements by local business, merchants including such prominent names at the T. Eaton Co., The Hudson’s Bay Co., General Motors. Prefaced by a variety of local, and Provincial officials including the Mayor of The Pas, The Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, President(s) of the Festival. Rich with many details including the various races, participants, prizes, origins of the various races and the festival per se, Indigenous participants, history, and Indigenous crafts, list of race winners, et al. Verso cover features a complete list of the Board of Directors. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Rare in commerce, our offerings being the only extant copies at time of cataloguing. Not in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, et al. Stapled Wraps. (#2565) $53.00
