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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Victoria: Banfield, 1945. 98pp. 4 b/w plates. Beige cloth. Except for a small section clipped from the front free endpaper to remove a name, this is a fine copy. John Work was Chief Trader of the Columbia District for the Hudson's Bay Company. This is his journal of an expedition northward from the Columbia River to Fort Simpson on the British Columbia coast, and his return voyage aboard the brigantine vessel Lama. The scholarly footnotes by Dee shed light on the personalities mentioned and places noted by Work in his detailed log of daily events. [Strathern 621].…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Features: The Founding of Nanaimo; Amor De Cosmos, Journalist and Politician; The Appointment of Governor Blanshard; The Journal of John Work, 1835 - being an account of his voyage northward from the Columbia River to Fort Simpson and return in the brig 'Lama,' Jan.-Oct, 1835; and more. 169-253 pp. Unmarked with blindstamp to contents page. Chip from upper corner of front cover. Tanning to periphery of original green card covers. Binding intact. A sound reference example.; 8vo.…

First edition. First edition. Cloth, 98pp. Introduction. Appendices. Illustrations. A journal of exceptional value, as unlike Work's other journals which described overland fur trade expeditions, the 1835 journal records a maritime fur trade. Hudson's Bay Company efforts were seriously cutting into the trade of their American and Russian competitors on the northwest coast. The editor's carefully documented study is of great value. Typed transcript of review of this work neatly tipped-in on front pastedown. Hudson's Bay Company, Winnipeg, Canada stamp on front free endpaper. A small discolored spot on lower spine and the internal Hudson's Bay Company stamp leads us to believe this copy was once in a Hudson's Bay Company library in Winnipeg, else a near fine copy.…

[FUR TRADE] [PACIFIC NORTHWEST]. First edition. Cloth, 98pp. Introduction. Appendices. Illustrations. A journal of exceptional value, as unlike Work's other journals which described overland fur trade expeditions, the 1835 journal records a maritime fur trade. Hudson's Bay Company efforts were seriously cutting into the trade of their American and Russian competitors on the northwest coast. The editor's carefully documented study is of great value. Typed transcript of review of this work neatly tipped-in on front pastedown. Hudson's Bay Company, Winnipeg, Canada stamp on front free endpaper. A small discolored spot on lower spine and the internal Hudson's Bay Company stamp leads us to believe this copy was once in a Hudson's Bay Company library in Winnipeg, else a near fine copy.…