Report from the Select Committee on the Hudson's Bay Company; Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index.
Printed in the UK. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Hudson's Bay Company. 1857. First edition. Leather and paper over boards. Hardcover 1/4 leather (brown) over paper (marbled) over boards. 4to. xviii, 547 pp. Illustrated with 3 large colour folded maps in a pocket on the inside of the back board (2 of the maps have 4'' enclosed tears without loss of substance). Maps by John Arrowsmith. Sympathetically rebound with a new spine. Six compartment spine with five raised ribs. Red label in compartment two and black label in compartment four have the the title and subtitle in gilt. Head darkened. Six small ink stains on the fore edge. Bookplate on front pastedown. Previous own was Mr. John White (1863-1928), appointed Chief Geographer of the Canadian Department of the Interior in 1899. Pages 212-225, 329, and 374-379 have pen markings and some marginalia by Mr. White. Mild age toning, mostly to the edges. The text block is clean, unmarked (except where noted), and square with a strong binding. Boards are rubbed with some of the marbling worn off. Edges are worn through in places. The spine is rubbed and has some small water stains near the tail. Corners bumped. An extremely rare volume, this copy is supple and easy to handle despite its rough exterior. Condition as described. References: TPL 3729/30, Sabin 33549, Lowther 52, Peel 188. Laid in this copy is a bibliographical description from Acadia Book Store. As described. Item #67368
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