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Hardcover. pp. lxiii, 341. Royal 8vo. Spine slightly sunned, shelfwear, a few ink markings, else very good-. This is volume VII in the Society's publications. Published by The Champlain Society for the Hudson's Bay Record Society. Spine a bit sunned. Rippling to cloth (insufficient glue at bindery?). Binding tight and contents unmarked. A good plus copy. This is copy #1368 of a limited edition, issued only to subscribers to the Hudson's Bay Record Society. Two folding maps (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardcovers, 6.5x9.75 in, [16.5x21.5 cm]. First Series. Copy 45 of a limited edition. cxxviii, 374 pp. Second Series. Copy 445. xlix, 427 pp. Third Series. Copy 44. lxiii, 341 pp. Condition: -Series One: largely uncut, scattered pencil annotations throughout. Foxing to the opening and closing leaves. Top edge lightly dust-stained. Covers with bumped and creased edges, staining, and general surface wear. -Second Series: scattered pencil annotations throughout; fore-edge corners bumped. Top edge lightly dust-stained. Covers bumped and creased, lower edge dented, lightly stained, with moderate surface wear. -Third Series: scattered pencil annotations throughout; mild staining to the rear endpaper; fore-edge corners bumped and creased. Top edge lightly dust-stained. Covers stained with moderate surface wear; fore-edge corners bumped and creased. Collection of correspondence written by John McLoughlin, chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, to the Company's Governor and Committee in London between 1825 and 1846. The letters document the administration of the Company's Columbia Department and record conditions in the Pacific Northwest during the early nineteenth century. Topics include relations with Indigenous communities, interactions with Russian and American traders and settlers, agricultural development, missionary activity, management of fur resources, and the practical operations of transport, shipping, timber, and fisheries in the region.…