Notes Twenty Five Years Service Hudsons by Mlean John (43 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a compelling first-hand account of life in the Hudson's Bay Territory during the early 19th century. It offers a glimpse into the harsh realities of the fur trade, providing a detailed chronicle of the authorââ â¢s experiences as an employee of the Hudsonââ â¢s Bay Company. The author delves into the challenges faced by the company's servants, including the competition they encountered from rival traders, the relentless struggle against the elements, and the complex relationship with the Indigenous peoples. This intimate and insightful narrative is especially valuable for its depiction of the interactions between the company and the various First Nations groups. The author describes their customs and traditions, their struggles with poverty and exploitation, and the impact of the fur trade on their lives. Through the lens of the authorââ â¢s experiences, this book sheds light on the colonial dynamics that shaped the region, revealing the complexities of the fur trade and its impact on both European and Indigenous communities. The book's detailed account of the author's travels and interactions with different Indigenous peoples offers a valuable historical perspective on the period, adding to our understanding of the fur trade's social and economic consequences. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 130 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.30 inches. This item is printed on demand.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Original blindstamped cloth, gilt titled spine. Vol. II only. Bookplate. Corners bumped, spine ends chipped. PO name stamped. Some notes to rear endpage. Minor scattered foxing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 328 pages.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Book has bumped corners, modest cover, owners signature wear thus very good. Half dollar sized stamp of the Northern Indiana RxR is on the front fep. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 2 volumes. Pp, xii, 308; vii, 328. Half-title in volume 1. Half navy calf over blue cloth, gilt stamped compartments, lettered in gilt on two red leather labels. Top edges gilt. The leather scuffed in a few places and rubbed at the corners, clean throughout. Nice set, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Peel 129; Strathern 346; TPL 2729.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Two volumes. 7.75" x 4.75", pp xii, [13]-308; vii, [1], [9]-328 pp, in original brown blindstamped cloth, spines decorated in gilt, patterned endpapers with publisher's advertisements. Chipping to cloth at spine ends, old repairs visible at joints, but still an attractive set, uncommon in the original cloth. Wagner-Camp 169: "John McLean entered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company during the winter of 1820-21 and worked in the Ontario area for the next decade. He was then sent to New Caledonia by way of the Saskatchewan River and to Fort St. James on Stuart's Lake in British Columbia. Streeter finds McLean's style entertaining but the Company's methods of suppressing competition prosecutable under present United States law." Field 996: "the largest portion of these volumes is devoted to the narration of incidents of travel among the Indians of the territory; descriptions of the life, habits, and character of the different tribes inhabiting it, and the relations of the Hudson's Bay Company to them. All of the statements of the author confirm the most authentic accounts of others.The last volume terminates with a vocabulary of Indian dialects." Graff 2640; Smith 6418; Streeter VI: 3712; Sabin 43514; TPL 2729.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. First edition of this work, which remains one of the few first person accounts of the fur trade in the early 19th century. It is still considered a major source for historians. John McLean (c. 17991890) was a Scotsman who emigrated to British North America, where he became a fur-trapper, trader, explorer, grocer, banker, newspaperman, clerk, and author. He traveled by foot and canoe from the Atlantic to the Pacific and back, becoming one of the chief traders of the Hudson's Bay Company. He is also remembered as the first person of European descent to discover Churchill Falls on Canada's Churchill River and sometimes mistakenly credited as the first to cross the Labrador Peninsula [Wikipedia]. Bound in quarter brown leather with black pebbled leather covers. Brown leather is rubbed and chipped, covers have bumped corners. Free front endpapers in both volumes are loose as is the title page in volume II. Some raggedness to the fore edge of a few pages in each volume not affecting text. Bookplate of the Earl of Orrery affixed to front pastedown of each volume. Very good condition. Small octavo. Volume I: 308 pages; Volume II: 328 pages.

First edition. 8vo. Two volumes in one: 308; 328 pp. Lacks half-title in volume one. Sabin 43514: "Depicts with great fidelity and vivacity the manners and condition, the toils, privations, and perils of the Indian hunters. It also includes several interesting geographical and geological facts and Indian vocabularies." Field 996: "Much the largest portion is devoted to the narration of incidents of travel among the Indians of the territory." Lande 1322: "Faithful picture of the Indian trader's life." Streeter sale 3712: "In a very entertaining style, M'Lean tells just how the Hudson Bay Company operated. The author entered service with the company in 1821 and spent the next eleven or twelve years in their stations in Ontario, on the Ottawa River, at Le Chate, and at Fort Coulonge. He then traveled west to Fort St. James on Stuart's lake in British Columbia. Later he served din Labrador and as far north as Fort Good Hope." Siebert sale 861: "M'Lean served in British Columbia and describes Indian traders and hunters." Very good. Later polished three-quarter tan calf (a little old staining to spine), and marbled boards, morocco spine labels, t.e.g., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. (3709).

First edition, two volumes, 8vo, 308; 328 pp. Some occasional mild soiling and browning. Recent maroon half morocco, marbled sides, gilt spines with black labels, a very good copy. "Depicts with great fidelity and vivacity the manners and condition, the toils, privations, and perils of the Indian hunters. It also includes several interesting geographical and geological facts and Indian vocabularies" (Sabin 43514). McLean worked for the Hudson's Bay Company from 1821-1845.

First Edition. Two volumes, 8vo. xii, 308, vii, [1] [9] 10- 328 pp. original blind-stamped cloth, not matching cloth, could of course be rebound, internally good. "Depicts with great fidelity and vivacity the manners and conditions, toils, privations perils of the Indian hunters. includes several geographical and geological facts and Indian vocabularies." Field 996: M'Lean began working for the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821 and spent the next dozen years in Ontario, on the Ottawa River, Ft. Coulonge. Sabin 43514,

M'LEAN, John. Notes of a Twenty-five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory. London: Richard Bentley, 1849. 1st ed. 2 Vols. xii, [13]-308; vii, [9]-328 pp. Orig. 3/4-vellum and marbled boards, gilt-lettered black morocco spine labels. Boards rubbed, tape repair to outer hinges of Vol. 1, else a very good copy. Sabin 43514, "Depicts with great fidelity and vivacity the manners and conditions, the toils, privations and perils of the Indian hunters. It also includes several interesting geographical and geological facts and Indian vocabularies." Field 996: "Much the largest portion is devoted to the narration of incidents of travel among the Indians of the territory." M'Lean began working for the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821 and spent the next dozen years in Ontario, on the Ottawa River, at Ft. Coulonge, and at Le Chate. He later served in Labrador.