Tomison William (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Limited Edition. No. 1348. 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. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." Pages cii, [3] 4-368, complete. One black-and-white folding map, complete. Sixteen additional pages in back list the names of Society Members and Subscribing Libraries. Preface and Introduction in front. Appendices and Index in back. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning and slight bumping to upper corners of extremities. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for slight wear to extremities. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is very clean and intact overall but has browning on spine, light age toning, slight bumping and edge wear, and tape residue on back panel. A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. This is Volume XXVI in the series, Publications of the Hudson's Bay Record Society. It contains transcriptions of journals kept by four authors who recorded daily life and activities at two of Hudson's Bay Company (HBC)'s trade posts, Edmonton House and Chesterfield House, from 1795-1800 and 1800-1802, respectively. The authors are HBC "Chief" William Tomison, HBC "Resident" George Sutherland, and HBC fur traders James Bird and Peter Fidler. The transcriptions include chronological journal entries written by day and correspondence. Contents are listed as follows under "Edmonton House Journals and Correspondence": "1795-1796 William Tomison," "1796-1797 George Sutherland," "1797-1798 William Tomison," "1798-1799 William Tomison," and "1799-1800 James Bird." Contents under "Chesterfield House Journals and Correspondence: "1800-1801 Peter Fidler" and "1801-1802 Peter Fidler." Four Appendices in back: "Appendix A: Trade Returns from York Factory, 1796-1802," "Appendix B: Cargoes from Hudson Bay, 1801," "Appendix C: State of Trade, York Factory, 1801," and "Appendix D: Hudson's Bay Company's Sales, 1797-1803." Front colophon: "This copy is No. 1348 of a limited Edition which is issued only to subscribers to The Hudson's Bay Record Society.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes, complete. First Edition. Limited Edition. No. [blank]. Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Several leaves unopened. Volume I published 1951. Volume II published 1952. 7" x 9 3/4." Vol. I: Pages xciii, [2] 3-382, complete. Vol. II: Pages lxii, [2] 3-313, complete. Introduction by Richard Glover in front. Appendix in back of Vol. I. Index in back of each volume. Fourteen and thirteen additional pages in back of each volume, respectively, list the names of Hudson's Bay Record Society Members and Subscribing Libraries. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning and slight wear to extremities (some tearing at fore-edges on some of the opened leaves). Covers are clean and intact overall but have light to moderate rubbing, several scratch marks, slightly bumped corners, and slight fading along spine. Very Good copies. Nos. XIV and XV in The Publications of the Hudson's Bay Record Society series. These volumes contain transcriptions of journals kept by members of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) when the company expanded inland in the Sasakatchewan from York Fort in the late eighteenth century. Edited by E. E. Rich who was assisted by A. M. Johnson. In the Introduction, Glover provides the historical context and background information relating to the journals. Vol. I contains transcriptions of the journal entries kept at one of HBC's principal trading posts, Cumberland House, from 1775-1779 as well as entries kept at Cumberland's outpost from 1778-1779. Vol. II contains transcriptions of journal entries kept at both Cumberland House and its outpost from 1779-1782. Authors of the original journals include Matthew Cocking and William Tomison Master. Front colophon in each volume: "This copy is No. [blank] of a limited Edition which is issued only to subscribers to the Hudson's Bay Record Society.".