Minutes of Council Northern Department of Rupert Land, 1821-31
by Fleming, R. Harvey
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Champlain Society, 1940. Hardcover. near fine. First edition limited to 550 copies. lxxvii, 480, xiii pp. Octavo. Original red cloth. Gilt crest and lettering on spine. B&W frontispiece, pages untrimmed with gilt on top edge of text block. Previous owner's address sticker on front pastedown. Very minor shelfwear. Near fine condition. From the Hudson's Bay Company's archives, these minutes cover the years of retrenchment and consolidation after the struggle with the North West Company. 1940
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105851
- Title
- Minutes of Council Northern Department of Rupert Land, 1821-31
- Author
- Fleming, R. Harvey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Champlain Society
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Hudson's Bay Company|Champlain Society|HBRS|Canadiana|Fur Trade|North West Company
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- Fine
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