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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, lxxvii, 480, xi pgs. frontis, Index, appendices, list of subscribers. Blue cloth, top edge gilt, gilt spine, #262 of limited edition to subscribers only. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Near fine. Interior is very clean, overall fine. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: This volume explores the challenges and opportunities afforded the HBC after the 1821 union with the North West Company. A key component of these years was how the HBC dealt with checking the expanding competition with the American traders, especially the American Fur Company on the Upper Missouri and the traders in the Oregon country.

Hardcover. Condition: 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." lxxvii, 1-480 pages, complete. One black-and-white frontispiece, complete. Eleven additional pages in back listing members of 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 slight bumping to corners and head and tail of spine. A Very Good, almost Near Fine copy. Volume III in the Publications of the Hudson's Bay Record Society series. A collection of reprinted records related to the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1821-1831. Contents are listed as follows: "Preface," "Introduction: Part I: Reorganization, 1821-25; Part II: Consolidation, 1826-31; Part III: Conclusion," "Minutes of Council, 1821-1831," "Appendix A: Letters from the Governor and Committee to the Northern Department, 1821-22; Reports of George Simpson to the Governor and Committee,1822; Selection from the Correspondence of the Northern Department, 1821-22," "Appendix B: 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. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Toronto, The Champlain Society, 1940. Hudson s Bay Company Series III. lxxvii-480-xiii pp., frontispiece. Red cloth, gilt lettering and medalluion on spine, library call number on spine, stamp, otherwise in fine condition. (One of 500 numbered copies supplied only to subscribing libraries).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original crested gilt red buckram cloth hard covers. Top edges gilt, others uncut. One of 550 copies, this being no. 238. Mild fading to spine. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.