The Remarkable Activities of the Gentlemen Adventurers of the Great Hudson's Bay Company During the Years 1670-1879. WITH Prospectus Laid-In
Ashland, OR: Oregon Book Society, 1977. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 59. Introduction by Philip Metcalf. Fifteen illustrations and one folding map, laid in at rear. Blue-gray buckram with gilt lettering on spine and the herald of the "Honourable Company" stamped in gilt on the front board. Some slight fading on spine and extremities, else a handsome copy. Copy number 185 of an edition limited to 350. Near Fine. Item #785
Four-page prospectus laid in. Printed by Lewis Osborne, this handsome reprint was first published in 1879. From the prospectus: "[this title] offers you an excellent account of [the Hudson's Bay Company's] dealings with the Indians, its pomp, paternalism, feudal-age discipline and life within the log-walled trading posts."
Price: $30.00