Clapham john introduction (5 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo. volume. Frontispiece illustration. Condition: DJ nicked and a bit soiled; else fine in very good DJ. Pages: ix, 164.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. First edition 1939, printed from original manuscript. Published by University Press , Cambridge , UK. Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square, tight and crisp book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners. Not a reminder. DJ new, bright, no edgewear, no chips, no tears, price not clipped. 8vo, X + 164 pages. ASIN : B00ATM1TQS. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. No. 191 of a Limited Edition. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. 7" x 10." lxviii, 1-276 pages, complete. Eleven additional pages in back listing members and libraries who are subscribing to the Hudson's Bay Record Society. Front colophon: "This copy is No. 191 of a limited Edition which is issued only to subscribers to The Hudson's Bay Record Society." Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning throughout and slightly bumped edges. Covers are very clean and intact except for moderate bumping to corners and slight bumping to head and tail of spine. A Very Good, almost Near Fine copy. Volume V in the Publications of the Hudson's Bay Record Society series. A collection of reprinted early records related to the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1670-1674 including the 1670 charter incorporating HBC. Contents are listed as follows: "Preface," "List of Meetings," "Introduction," "Minutes of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1670-1674," "Appendix A: The Royal Charter Incorporating the Hudson's Bay Company, A.D. 1670," "Appendix B: Busse Island a Perpetuity Graunted to the Adventures of England Trading to Hudson's Bay," "Appendix C: Ledger Accounts of Governor, Deputy Governors and Members of Committee Holding Office 1671-74, and of All Adventurers Named in the Charter of May 2, 1670," "Appendix D: Ledger Accounts of Ships' Captains, 1668-74," "Appendix E: Incident Charges of Voyages to Hudson Bay, 1668-72," "Appendix F: Groseilliers and Radison," "Appendix G: Biographical," and "Index." The Hudson's Bay Company was founded in 1670 as a fur trading company. HBC once controlled a commercial monopoly throughout the entirety of Rupert's Land, a territory expressly formed for HBC's monopoly. Rupert's Land also comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The Canadian government gained control of Rupert's Land in 1870 following negotiations with HBC. HBC is still in business to this day as Canada's largest and oldest corporation. Today, HBC is commonly referred to as "The Bay" and has many brick-and-mortar retail stores as well as an online store. HBC has since changed its product line to reflect current interests, and as of 2023, no longer sells animal fur products.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. No. 286 of 550 copies. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Some leaves unopened. 7" x 10." Pages lxviiii, 1-276, complete. Five black-and-white maps, complete. List of Maps and Introduction in front. Appendix A: Posts, Appendix B: Biographical, and Index in back. Fifteen additional pages in back show the names of Champlain Society officers and members, subscribing libraries, and other Champlain Society publications. Pages are very clean and intact except for age toning, small occasional marks or stains, and slight wear to extremities. Covers are very clean and intact except for fading along spine, light rubbing, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is No. V of The Hudson's Bay Company Series, a sub-series within The Publications of the Champlain Society series. Edited by E. E. Rich. Introduction by John Clapham. This volume contains transcriptions of the minutes kept by the Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from about 1671-1674. The Preface notes that aside from HBC's Charter from 1670, the original minutes transcribed herein are the earliest documents found in the HBC Archives. The Preface clarifies there are some discrepancies in the original dating system of the minutes. Front colophon: "Five Hundred and Fifty Copies of this Volume have been printed. Fifty are reserved for Editorial purposes. The remaining Five Hundred are supplied only to Members of the Society and to Subscribing Libraries. This copy is No. 286.".…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Copy 142 of a limited subscribers' edition. A good, sound copy of this important historical record. Size: Large Octavo 0.0.