Hudson's Bay Company 1670-1870 by E. E. Rich, M.A - 1960: Volume I: 1670-1763

The Macmillan Company, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1961. No Edition Remarks. 974 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Blue & white jacket over dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Traces of tape to front and rear endpapers & pastedowns. Visible pen marks throughout, text unaffected. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Severe cracking to hinges, causing boards to be loose. Text is clear. Binding is slightly shaky, however pages remain attached. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible tanning & crushing to spine. Noticeable tape residue to front board. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels have light edge wear with tears and creasing.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1961. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Volume II: 1763-1820. Ex-Library. Book has library stamps on page edges and card pocket at rear. Library stamp to title page and pencil marks to copyright page. Text clean and pages intact. Dust jacket flaps glued to endpapers inside cover. Dust jacket with some edge tears, curling, some fading and light soil and a library number to spine. This is s retired library book and appears to have been circulated very little. Fold-out map intact. 400 pages.

Toronto, On, Canada: Mcclelland & Stewart, 1966. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 0x0x0. First Edition. In Fine Shape, With No Gift Inscription Or Remarks Inside. Not Clipped. The Dust Jacket Is Creased At The Outer Edges. First Edition Thus., 687 Pages With The Index, Includes The Foldout Map. The Paper Is Yellow From The Age.- We can ship from Canada and the USA, based on your address. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.

Mcclelland & Stewart, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1960. No Edition Remarks. 400 pages. Blue and white dust jacket over blue cloth. Colour illustrated frontispiece with pull-out map to centre of book. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, front board slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Stamp to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Wear marks and foxing overall.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1960. xi, 687 pages. Only Volume One. The story of the Hudson's Bay Company. Author was given access to the Company's vast archives. This volume covers the fur trade and the Charter, to Utrecht, to Paris. Cover has edgewear. lower 2 corners are bumped; several faint stains to cover. Small stains on fore edge and one on bottom edge. Front endpaper is lightly rubbed, rear e.p. is lightly toned. . First Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue Cloth Covered Boards.

London. Hudson Bay Record Society. 1959. Hardcover. 24cm, 974pp. limited edition, this being #111, mapped endpapers, original blue cloth, silver titles, t.e.g., a fine copy. (cnds) The standard historical work. (Story). While primarily a history of the institution it does provide considerable detail on the politics and economics of the overall trade. (Taylor).

New York : The Macmillan Company. Three volume set, Three clean ex-library volumes in good condition; light shelf wear; expected pockets, stamps, etc.. Good DJs with mild rubbing and edge wear, sticker ghosts at spine tails. NOTE: Three volumes; no priority or overseas Amazon orders. . Good. Hardcover. 1960.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1960. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. About fine but for bumps to extremities and a small stamp on the half title page -- " HBC Post Library ". Dust jacket is a bit edgeworn, and soiled, with small chips to extremities..

New York: Macmillan Company. VG/G 3 Volume Set In Slipcase (G). Light Wear. Djs Sunned At Spine, Edgeworn & Lightly Rubbed, A Few Small Chips & Tears. Volume 2 DJ Stained Mid-Spine. Slipcase Lightly Edgeworn, Small Tear At One Corner. Pages Clean, Bindings Tight. Pages: 1661.. 1961. 1st US Edition. Hardcover..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pages 401 - 974. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; endpaper maps. Two black and white plates: a frontis of Winston Churchill; and on page 448 - Sir George Simpson. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some darkening on the spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: COMPANY RULE: 1821 - 1870: Reorganisation Under the Deed Poll and the Licence for Exclusive Trade; The Governor; Economy and Recuperation; The Company the Colony and Opposition Traders; Freedom of Trade at Red River; American Opposition in the Columbia Department and the Snake Country; Development in the Columbia; Settlement and National Rivalry in the Columbia; McLoughlin and the Settlers in the Columbia; The Company and Oregon; Victoria and Vancouver Island; The Company and the Government; The International Financial Society; The Deed of Surrender; and The End of Company Rule; followed by an index..