James Isham's Observations and Notes 1743-49; A Voyage to Hudsons Bay in the Dobbs Galley

Rich, E. E.

Verlag: Toronto Champlain Society / Hudson's Bay Record Society 1949, 1949

Beschreibung

First limited edition. cv, 352, x pp. Octavo in original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, top edge of pages gilt, otherwise untrimmed. One plate, black and red illustrations in text. Appendixes, index, list of members and subscribing libraries included. Bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper. Previous owner's name with pencil on top right front free endpaper. Mild staining on the front cover. A few minor scratches on the back cover. Hudson's Bay Record Society XII. #1039 of limited copies issued to subscribers only. Very good condition. James Isham at only sixteen years old was sent to York Fort in 1732 to be "Employed as a writer and instructed to keep the accounts" This volume includes his journal from 1746-47, Indian section and a biographical appendix. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 127251

Bibliografische Details

Titel: James Isham's Observations and Notes 1743-49...

Verlag: Toronto Champlain Society / Hudson's Bay Record Society 1949

Erscheinungsdatum: 1949

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: very good

Auflage: 1. Auflage