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Hardcover. frontispiece map (illustrator). 1st edition. pp.lxxxii,380.,Royal 8vo,Bound in black cloth with gilt crest. In near fine condition,The original dust jacket is present. It shows very light shelf wear; else in very good condition. There is a small, neat, former owner's name and address stamp to the top right of the front free endpaper. Unnumbered copy of Hudson's Bay Record Society publication number XXXIII. With erratum slip. ISBN 0920224032.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Limited Edition. No. [blank]. Original publisher's black cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and gilt coat of arms decoration on front cover. Original beige paper dust jacket included. Dark brown lettering on beige dust jacket spine. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." Pages lxxxi, [1] 2-380, complete. One black-and-white frontispiece (plate of a map), complete. Seventeen additional pages in back list the names of Society Members and Subscribing Libraries. Preface and Introduction in front. Index in back. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for a slight lean in the binding where the front cover is slightly skewed toward the spine and slight wear to extremities. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is very clean and intact overall but has light age toning, slight bumping and edge wear, and tape residue on back panel. A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. This is Volume XXXIII in the series, Publications of the Hudson's Bay Record Society. It contains transcriptions of letters that were originally written by Charles John Brydges from 1883-1889. Brydges was a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) Land Commissioner. This volume picks up from where Volume XXXI left off, the latter of which contained transcriptions of his letters from 1879-1882 (not included in this volume). In his Preface, editor Hartwell Bowsfield explains that Brydge's letters are divided between the two volumes at 1882 because that year marked the collapse of the Canadian land boom and a subsequent shift in the activities of HBC's Land Department. Brydges's letters in this volume focus on matters such as collecting overdue installment and interest payments from land speculators and others who had purchased during the land boom and taken on too much risk. As a counterpoint, his letters from 1879-1882 had focused on land sales and development of infrastructure such as bridges, steamboat transportation, and properties such as retail stores, mills, and hotels. From 1883-1889, Brydges was under tremendous pressure to cut expenses in the Land Department. In a word, Brydges's letters in this volume reflect a time of economic depression. Front colophon: "This copy is No. [blank] of a limited Edition which is issued only to subscribers to The Hudson's Bay Record Society.".

Hardcover. frontispiece map (illustrator). 1st edition. pp.lxxxii,380.,Royal 8vo,Boards sl. scuffed, else nf cond. in sl. soiled & sunned vg dj,The original dust jacket is present. It shows very light shelf wear; else in very good condition. There is a small, neat, former owner's name and address stamp to the top right of the front free endpaper. Unnumbered copy of Hudson's Bay Record Society publication number XXXIII. With erratum slip. ISBN 0920224032.