W. KAYE LAMB - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 07/27/1967 - HFSID 297933
Sale Price $175.00
Reg. $220.00
W. KAYE LAMB
As Canada's National Librarian he extends thanks for a donated book
about the Comox Valley.
Typed Letter signed: "W. Kaye Lamb", 1 page, 8½x11. Ottawa,
Canada, 1967 July 27. On letterhead of the National Library of Canada to J.
Barrett Gilmer, San Diego, California. In full: "Thank you very much
for your letter of July 21, and for the copy of the reprint of Eric Duncan's
Fifty-Seven Years in the Comox Valley that accompanied it. I am very glad
to have this copy for the National Library, and I appreciate it all the more in
view of the fact that the reprint is being issued in an edition of only a
hundred copies. The illustrations by Miss Niles add to the interest and
attractiveness of the little book, and your own foreword and the editorial from
the Vancouver Sun give the new edition an importance and individuality of
its own. I presume you have seen Mr. Duncan's full-length book, From the
Shetlands to Vancouver Island, which appeared in 1937. I read it with
interest when it first appeared. When opportunity offers please convey my thanks
to the friends in Comox who were good enough to suggest that you should send me
a copy of the new reprint. Yours sincerely". William Kaye Lamb
(1904-1999), a Canadian historian specializing in British Columbia,
wrote and edited a number of scholarly books. A former President of the British
Columbia Historical Federation and the Province's Archivist, he was Canada's
first National Librarian (1953-1967). He was honored as an Officer of the
Order of Canada in 1969. Multiple mailing folds. Lightly toned at edges.
Corners lightly creased. Otherwise, fine condition.
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