Isham james rich (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. No Dust Jacket. Binding Spotted And Slightly Rubbed.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. No. 356 of 550 copies. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Several leaves unopened. 7" x 9 3/4." Pages cv, [5], 6-352, complete. Nineteen black-and-white illustrations, complete. List of Illustrations and Introduction in front. Appendix A: James Isham's Journal, 1746-47; Appendix B: Indian; Appendix C: Biographical; and Index in back. Fifteen additional pages in back show the names of Champlain Society officers and members, subscribing libraries, and other Champlain Society publications. Former owner's black-and-white bookplate tipped in on front pastedown: "Vigilans et Avdax; Sir James Dunn, Bart., Q.C., LL.D., 1874-1956." Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning, slight wear to extremities, and the former owner's bookplate. Covers are very clean and intact overall except for a small mark on back, slight residue on spine, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is No. XII in the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) Series, a subset in The Publications of the Champlain Society series. Edited with an Introduction by E. E. Rich who was assisted by A. M. Johnson. This volume contains the transcription of an autobiographical account by James Isham (1716-1761), an Anglo-Canadian chief factor (master) who worked for Hudson's Bay Company at York Fort and Fort Prince of Wales. Isham provides one of the most comprehensive accounts of the Canadian frontier and HBC's activities during the eighteenth century. In 1732, Isham was sent to York Fort when he was 16 years old to work as a clerk or bookkeeper. As a clerk, he was commended for his sobriety and upstanding character by the master of the fort and eventually worked his way up to chief factor himself. Isham's account is filled with a wealth of information about various aspects of Canadian frontier life. He also drew a few sketches to accompany his writings. His account begins with a brief dictionary of English words and phrases and their phonetic translations in Cree. According to Rich, this period in Canadian history was marked by relatively amicable relations between European traders and Indigenous communities based on transactional peace. Isham describes many of the cultural customs of the Cree and other Indigenous tribes. He also describes several Canadian species of birds and other animals. There is also brief description of beaver-hunting methods. Notably, Isham was in charge of both Fort Prince of Wales and York Factory in two separate occasions where exploratory ships trying to find the Northwest Passage had to overwinter at the forts. Each time, this caused great contention between Isham and the captains of the ships. In the latter instance, at York Factory, the crew of one of the ships published an account critical of Isham and HBC. Appended to Isham's main account is his rebuttal to the crew's assertions they made against him and HBC in Henry Ellis's A Voyage to Hudsons Bay in the Dobbs Galley. Front colophon: "Five Hundred and Fifty Copies of this Volume have been printed. Fifty are reserved for Editorial purposes. The remaining Five Hundred are supplied only to Members of the Society and to Subscribing Libraries. This copy is No. 356.".…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Limited and numbered this being number 412. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 352 pp. with nineteen illustrations, an index, and three appendices, including Isham's journal entries from 1746-1747; his observations on Indigenous peoples,; biographical information about Isham. Navy cloth binding is unfaded, and the gilt lettering on the spine is crisp. Cloth at upper spine is slightly folded down, and there are a couple of small spots on front and back covers. In unread condition, as many pages have not even been cut open. "James Isham began his career with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1732 and served at the bay continuously, with brief visits to England in 1737, 1745, 1748, and 1758, until his death. Although his English style, grammar, and spelling are always eccentric, his writings stand out as essential source-material for any approach to the fur trade of the 18th century, for an understanding of the problems of the HBC as it faced challenge and opposition, and for a study of the flora and fauna of Rupert's Land. Isham was at once a skilled and understanding trader, a perceptive planner and strategist, and a conscientious and observant natural historian." - Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Oversized book may require additional shipping.…