Two Centuries Of Fur Trading, 1723-1923: Romance Of The Revillon Family. Sexe, Marcel.

Paris: Draeger Frères, 1923. 4to. 122pp. B/w photo plates, maps, illus. Brown paper covered boards (mimicking marbled calf), gilt. Very good. The Revillon Frères, a French luxury goods company, operated a network of fur trading posts in northern Canada alongside those of the HBC. The competition for furs in Canada ended in 1936 when the HBC bought them out. Revillon Frères continued to operate their luxury fur business in France. Chapters include: "Fur Collecting Hazards in Canada"; "The North West Canadian Posts"; "The Edmonton Depot"; "Nanook, An Eskimo Hunter", and more.