Galbraith john s introduction (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Limited First Edition. Limited edition issued only to subscribers to The Hudson's Bay Record Society, this copy being hand-numbered 1717. This volume contains the letters from Sir George Simpson to the Governor and Committee in London during his journey around the world in 1841 and 1942. Illustrated with fold-out maps and frontis of Simpson. Minor marks. Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Limited Edition. Unnumbered limited edition issued to subscriber's of the Hudson's Bay Record Society. Bound in black cloth with gilt stamped cover and spine. Minor wear to edges and corners. Text and images unmarked. Small abrasions to front pastedown. Foldout maps are intact. The grey dust jacket is price-clipped and shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 212pp.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Limited Edition. No. 2165. Original publisher's black cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and gilt coat of arms decoration on front cover. Original beige paper dust jacket included. Dark brown lettering on beige dust jacket spine. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." Pages lviii, [3] 4-212, complete. One black-and-white frontispiece of George Simpson and three black-and-white folding maps, complete. Seventeen additional pages in back list the names of Society Members and Subscribing Libraries. Preface, Introduction, and List of Letters in front. "Appendix A: The Correspondence: Notes on the Manuscript Originals and Copies," "Appendix B: The Authorship of Simpson's Narrative," and Index in back. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Dust jacket are pristine and intact except for light age toning. A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. This is Volume XXIX in the series, Publications of the Hudson's Bay Record Society. It contains transcriptions of a collection of letters originally written by HBC administrator George Simpson (c. 1792-1860) during his 1841-1842 circumnavigation around the world. The recipients of his letters were the Governor and Committee of Hudson's Bay Company (HBC)'s London Committee; John Henry Pelly, an HBC governor; and Pelly and Andrew Colvile in their capacities as agents of Puget's Sound Agricultural Company. His letters address a variety of subjects such as HBC business matters, interactions with specific individuals, and descriptions of his observations and experiences during his journey. Front colophon: "This copy is No. 2165 of a limited Edition which is issued only to subscribers to The Hudson's Bay Record Society.".…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. A comprehensive academic work on the topic with three fold out maps. Part of a series from the Hudson's Bay Record Society, this is volume XXIX and a numbered copy- numbered 1081. Book is in excellent shape with a good jacket that shows very minor shelf wear.…