Hudson's Bay Company 1670 - 1870

By E.E. Rich

Foreword by Winston Churchill

Macmillan, New York, 1961. 1st Edition. Three volume hardback set in Near Fine unclipped dustjackets with publisher’s compartmentalized slipcase embossed with the Hudson’s Bay Company emblem in gilt. Vol. I: [xi], (2), 687pp., Index. Cartographic endpages, 3 illustrations, one fold-out map; Vol. II: 400pp., colour front piece, 1 colour fold-out map, Cartographic endpages; Vol. III: [vii], (2), pp. 401-974, Two full page illustrations including front piece of Winston Churchill, Index, Cartographic endpages. All volumes in publisher’s dark blue cloth with bright gilt titles on spines. Slipcase showing wear and beginning splitting to extremities. A Fine set with no foxing, folds or tears, no prior ownership markings — a very crisp set.

A comprehensive history of the Hudson’s Bay Company covering 200 years of the Company’s activities from the granting of its Charter to the Deed of Surrender.