Lot 51

[HUDSON BAY] -- [HUDSON BAY COMPANY]. A group of 10 works regarding Hudson Bay and the Hudson Bay Company in 10 volumes, all illustrated, most in original cloth or original printed wrappers, most FIRST EDITION.

Estimate
$400 - $600

Sold for $630

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[HUDSON BAY] -- [HUDSON BAY COMPANY]. A group of 10 works regarding Hudson Bay and the Hudson Bay Company, including:


TUTTLE, Charles Richard. Our North Land: Being a full Account of the Canadian North-west and Hudson’s Bay Route, Together with a Narrative of the Experiences of the Hudson’s Bay Expedition of 1884. Toronto, 1885. -- McCain, Charles W. History of the SS. “Beaver.”... Also Containing a Description of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Vancouver, 1894. Later cloth. -- SCHOOLING, William, Sir. The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson’s Bay during Two Hundred and Fifty Years, 1670-1920. L, 1920. Later cloth with original wrappers bound in. -- [JEREMIE, Nicholas]. Twenty Years of York Factory 1694-1714. Ottawa, 1926. -- BODILLY, Ralph Burland. The Voyage of Captain Thomas James for the Discovery of the Northwest Passage, 1631. L et al, 1928. With dust jacket. -- MERK, Frederick. Fur Trade and Empire George Simpson’s Journal Remarks Connected with the Fur Trade in the Course of a Voyage from York Factory to Fort George and Back to York Factory 1824-1825. Cambridge et al, 1931. -- And 4 others. Together, 10 works in 10 volumes, various sizes, all illustrated, most in original cloth or original printed wrappers, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally very good. Provenance for the lot: Collector's bookplates, a few pencil marks. Complete list available on request.

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