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Jolys, Jean-Marie Arthur (1854-1926). Pages de Souvenirs et D’histoire; La Paroisse de Saint-Pierre-Jolys au Manitoba. Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada: L.-N., Arch. de Québec, 1914. First Edition, First Printing. pp. xvi, 239 p., [22] leaves of front., plates, ports., et al. 8vo., measuring 22 cm. Bound in lovely 3/4 dark-brown leather over pebbled cloth boards. Four raised bands to spine, five compartments. Gilt lettering, rules, and floral dentelle to the raised spines. Light edgwear to spine ends, neat circular stamp of the Archives, La Société historique de Saint-Boniface to the title page, and ffep. Blind-stamp of the former owner (Rev. Elie B. Rocan of Ste-Agathe). Contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Notwithstanding the library stamps, this is a most handsome presenation. Very good+ to near fine. Leather Bound. See Peel #4030. Also published, Quebec: s.n., 1914 (xvi, 239p.); republished with same title and with new material by Joseph-Hector Côté, [Saint-Pierre-Jolys, Man.]: s.n., 1974 (434p.). The 1974 edition has an appendix “Pionniers et résidents de Saint-Pierre de 1872 à 1972” (pages 383-426). Later published, Joseph-Hector Côté, Saint-Pierre-Jolys, Manitoba, 1872-1972: supplément au Pages de souvenirs et d’histoire par J.-M. Jolys et J.-H. Côté, édition 1974 , s.l.: s.n., 1976 (50p.). (#2514) $295.00
