Lord Durham — Two Vintage Canadian History Paperbacks

A complementary pair from The Carleton Library: Durham’s report on British North America alongside Chester New’s account of his mission to Canada. Both are McClelland and Stewart paperback reprints from the 1960s.

The two books included

Book	Author / editor	Series	Printing
Lord Durham’s Report	Lord Durham; edited and introduced by Gerald M. Craig	Carleton Library No. 1	1966 reprint
Lord Durham’s Mission to Canada	Chester New; edited and introduced by H. W. McCready	Carleton Library No. 8	1965 reprint

About these editions

• Publisher: McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto
• Binding: Paperback / softcover
• Language: English
• Printed in: Canada
• Series: The Carleton Library, numbers 1 and 8
• Subjects: Canadian history, British North America, colonial government and Lord Durham
• Edition: Abridged texts, reprints; these are not first printings

Lord Durham’s Report is an abridged edition of the 1839 Report on the Affairs of British North America. Lord Durham’s Mission to Canada abridges Chester New’s biography of John George Lambton, First Earl of Durham. The photographed publication pages show 1966 and 1965 respectively as the latest reprint dates.

Condition

Pre-owned vintage paperbacks with visible age and handling wear. There is tanning and foxing to covers, page edges and some pages, along with cover/spine creasing, edge wear and small corner nicks. Lord Durham’s Report has a visible blue ink mark on its front cover. Previous-owner bookplates and bookseller labels are present; page edges also show some marks.

Please inspect the detailed photos, including the covers, spines, page edges, inside covers and publication pages, for the condition of this exact pair.

What you receive

Both paperback books shown. Sold together as one two-book bundle. The first photo arranges the two front covers side by side.