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Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. The Hidden Grand Strategy: How America Engineers Wars To Weaken Russia And China. Book.

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

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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.".

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

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Condizione: Very Good. Original cream with red lettering souvenir theatre programme 10'' x 8''. Contains 4 printed pages of text. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Condizione: Very Good. Original cream with red lettering souvenir theatre programme 10'' x 8''. Contains 4 printed pages of text. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Condizione: Very Good. Original cream with red lettering souvenir theatre programme 10'' x 8''. Contains 4 printed pages of text. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Condizione: Very Good. Black and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 10''. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CINEMA [Front of House Press Photograph].

8vo. pp. cv, 352, xv. 1 plate & 18 text illus. (some in red & black). Unopened in original gilt-crested cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. First Edition, Limited to 550 copies. Isham was sent by the Hudson's Bay Company to York Fort (York Factory) in 1732. He was made a chief factor in 1737 and placed in charge of Churchill in 1741. "Written in a conversational style by a man of wide interests, [Isham's Observations] contain a vivid picture of many features of day-to-day life. Although this account was not primarily concerned with fur-trade policy, Isham noticed the success of the French traders and felt that the Hudson's Bay Company should not sit idly at the Bay but should send men inland." (Story p. 385) Included are observations on the fauna of the region, and First Nation's customs and hunting practices, some native vocabularies, and notes intended to correct errors in Henry Ellis's 'Voyage to Hudson's Bay' (1748). The introduction by Rich contains discussion of the Dobbs-Middleton controversy over the existence of a north-west passage. TPL 4705.

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19 + [1]pp., 4to. Nicely-printed, and saddle-stitched and placed in grey paper wraps with tasteful white label on cover with title printed in red. Inscribed inside front cover 'For Desmond + Dorothy - | with love from | the Playwright | Christmas | 1971'. The playlet is an amusing representation of a single night at the 1946-1949 high point of excitement over the discovery of the Malahide Papers ('During three years the incidents described here were repeated several times a week.'), and features among others Isham himself, his cleaner 'Mrs. Neville', 'Betty Houghton' and a priggish 'Publisher'. It is set at Isham's residence, in the ''Living room of apartment 3 A, 116 East 53rd Street'. It is preceded by a two-page introduction by 'MARY HYDE | Four Oaks Farm | For the New Year | 1972'. Scarce: no copies at the British Library or Bodleian, and the only copies on COPAC at Cambridge and Manchester. Image onn application.

Subscribers' only limited edition of which this is no. 621, large 8vo, pp. ciii, [1], 352, x; one black and white plate, text illustrations printed in red and black throughout; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine, t.e.g.; spine lightly faded, else a near fine, unopened copy. The Hudson's Bay Record Society publication no. XII.

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Limited edition for subscribers only, of which this is no. 116, large 8vo, pp. cv, [1], 352, x; one black and white plate, text illustrations printed in red and black throughout; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine, t.e.g.; boards a touch rubbed, fine, unopened copy. The Hudson's Bay Record Society publication no. XII.

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(HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY). ISHAM, James. Observations on Hudson's Bay, 1743, and Notes and Observations on a Book Entitled A Voyage to Hudson's Bay in the Dobbs Galley, 1749. Edited With an Introduction by E.E. Rich, Assisted by A.M. Johnson. With a Foreword by the Chairman. [London]: Published by the Champlain Society for the Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1949. 1st ed. Large 8vo. cv, 352pp. Orig. blue buckram. Limited edition for subscribers only. A fine copy.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. What if America's most decisive wars were not accidents of history but the outcome of a long, evolving grand strategy?In The Hidden Grand Strategy: How America Engineers Wars To Weaken Russia And China, James E. Isham dissects the ideas, doctrines, and power struggles that have shaped US statecraft from the end of the Cold War to today's return of great-power rivalry. Drawing on cutting-edge scholarship in strategic studies and international relations, Isham reveals how Washington's public rhetoric about democracy, human rights, and a "rules-based order" is often only one layer of a far more complex strategic narrative. At the core of the book is a stark claim: behind shifting slogans and changing enemies lies a persistent logic of managing, containing, and gradually weakening rival centers of power-above all Russia and China-through economic pressure, technological competition, proxy conflicts, and information warfare. Isham traces how grand strategy is made-across agencies, think tanks, and military commands-and how abstract concepts are translated into real-world policies, wars, and crises.Isham distinguishes between America's officially stated objectives and its tacit geopolitical aims, showing how gaps between the two generate mistrust, fuel arms races, and destabilize entire regions. By unpacking the "strategic narratives" that justify intervention abroad and military build-up at home, he exposes the intellectual battles inside the US foreign policy establishment between partisans of continuity and advocates of radical change.Accessible yet rigorous, this book is indispensable for: Students and scholars of geopolitics, security, and foreign policyJournalists and analysts seeking to decode US actions toward Moscow and BeijingPolicymakers and citizens who want to understand the real stakes behind today's geopolitical flashpointsThe Hidden Grand Strategy offers a powerful framework for reading the next crisis before it erupts-and for seeing how today's conflicts fit into a much larger strategic design. --- This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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