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Paperback. Wrs, worn & browned, sp repaired.

Paperback. Wrs; with offprint: Who was Walter Brut? [EHR no.525], inscr to Anne [Hudson].

Soft Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. , other articles by David B. Silva, CHarles de Lint, Matthew J. Costello, PBO, PaperbackOriginal, March 1994, 1st Edition, 1st printin, with #1 Intact Number Line, F/F-, SOFTCOVER, 312 pgs, Interior nice tight Clean , Very light Edge wear.

Condizione: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Wrappers. First Edition. Illustrations (including facsimiles of Lawrence's MS record of the writing, printing and distribution of Seven Pillars which is the basis of Bertram Rota's article, and the first page of the earliest surviving MS of Seven Pillars) Very nice copy. With authorial manuscript corrections Bertram Rota was never shown a proof of his article and on first seeing the published text he spotted four egregious misprints which he corrected, or caused to be corrected, in every copy he could find.

London, Printed for J. Payne and J Bouquet 1752. 8vo. (4, one advert leaf), vi, 84, 95, (1) p. Two folding engraved maps & 1 folding engraved plate. Half panelled calf gilt, elaborately gilt spine, fine copy. Joseph Robson was surveyor and supervisor of the buildings of the Hudson's Bay Company."Robson's book was of prime importance, since it was the earliest to reflect first-hand knowledge of service with the Hudson's Bay Company, and was written by someone who had spent six years in Hudson Bay. Displaying maps, tables of winds and tides, and statistics of the costs incurred in building Prince of Wales Fort, it had an authentic ring, "honest and just" as one reviewer described it. Its criticisms of the Hudson's Bay Company were consequently the more telling, with stories of oppressive behaviour by the company factors, their refusal to explore the interior, and their incompetence in building work. . Recent investigations have shown that Arthur Dobbs, not Robson, wrote the long and polemic appendix, and that he also revised Robson's text. Dobbs, who wanted Robson to be more involved with the search for the North-West Passage must have been disappointed with Robson's findings. After a lengthy exploration, Robson like Middleton could find no route through and turned his attention to improving conditions and critising the Hudson Bay Company. Appendix I, p. 1-67 is based on the unpublished journal of Groseillers' expedition to the Bay in 1668-69 by his ship Captain Zachariah Gillam.and on Company papers." The maps depict the Nelson and Hayes Rivers, the Plans of York and Prince of Wales Forts, and the Churchill River. Field 1312; Graff 3532; Sabin 72259; Smith 8728; Hill 1477; TPL 217; Lande 1418 (both call only for 2 plates); Staton and Tremaine, 217.