The letters of Charles John Brydges, 1883-1889, Hudson's Bay Company Land Commissioner (Publications of Hudson's Bay Record Society) Tapa dura - 1981

Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1981 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Volume XXXIII of the Hudson's Bay Record Society. 380 pages plus an additional 17 page listing of the Society's members. Brydges was a railway official, civil servant, and HBC land commissioner. Blank rear endpaper has a small edge tear..

London: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. frontispiece map. pp.lxxxii,380.,Royal 8vo,,Bound in black cloth with gilt crest. In near fine condition,The original dust jacket is present. It shows very light shelf wear; else in very good condition. There is a small, neat, former owner's name and address stamp to the top right of the front free endpaper. Unnumbered copy of Hudson's Bay Record Society publication number XXXIII. With erratum slip. ISBN 0920224032.

London: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. frontispiece map. pp.lxxxii,380.,Royal 8vo,,Boards sl. scuffed, else nf cond. in sl. soiled & sunned vg dj,The original dust jacket is present. It shows very light shelf wear; else in very good condition. There is a small, neat, former owner's name and address stamp to the top right of the front free endpaper. Unnumbered copy of Hudson's Bay Record Society publication number XXXIII. With erratum slip. ISBN 0920224032.

Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Record Society. Used - Very Good. 1981. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. lxxxii & 380 pp. From a limited printing. Some shelf wear to dust jacket. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Americana & Regional History).

Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1981 LIMITED EDITION. lxxxii, 380pp, xvii List of Members. Bound in original black cloth with gilt emblem., BINDING & HINGES TIGHT. Includes MAP frontis and errata slip. Dust jacket in a protective mylar cover.

2 volumes. lxxxii+380+xiv pages with frontispiece and index. lxxxiv+328+[xviii members] pages with frontispiece, appendices, maps (one folding) and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and Hudson Bay Coat of Arms to cover in original jackets. Volumes XXXI and XXXIII. First editions.In January 1879 through his managerial reputation and continuing connections within the Tory party, Brydges began a new career in the Hudson s Bay Company. Nominally land commissioner of the HBC, he was secretly authorized by the governor, the deputy governor (Sir John Rose), and the board of the company to follow the principle of consolidation in a new context. He should progressively take over all company operations, including land, furs, supplies, and stores, thus supplanting Donald Alexander Smith* and others and creating what was in effect a more varied and comprehensive chief commissionership. Ironically, Brydges company years coincided with Smith s… Leer más