[Rarebooks] For Sale: Robson's "Six Years Residence in Hudson's-Bay, " 1752

[Norman Kane]

ROBSON, JOSEPH, (Late Surveyor and Superintendent of the buildings to 
the Hudson's Bay Company.)   AN ACCOUNT OF SIX YEARS RESIDENCE IN 
HUDSON'S BAY, FROM 1733 TO 1736 AND 1744 TO 1747.  . . . [AND] AN 
APPENDIX .. . . ILLUSTRATED BY A DRAUGHT OF NELSON AND HAYSE'S 
RIVERS; A DRAUGHT OF CHURCHILL-RIVER; AND A PLAN OF YORK-FORT, AND 
PRINCE OF WALES'S FORT.  London: For J. Payne & J. Bouquet; Mr. 
Kincaid, at Edinburgh; Mr. Barry, at Glasgow; & Mr. J. Smith at 
Dublin, 1752. The scarce first edition of this important work. 
Octavo,old calf (of the era), some age wear, joints professionally 
strengthened, new label, old signature on end paper. A clean, 
complete copy with good margins.  [2], vi, [2], 84, 95 pages, with 
the April 15th, 1752, advts (often lacking) appearing between the 
Dedication & the Preface.  2 folding maps & folding plate, as issued; 
Errata on verso of title leaf.   Separate pagination for the text and 
the 6 appendices.  ("Robson was . . . the longest resident of the 
Hudson's Bay area . . . he condemns the Company for its failure to 
exploit the natural trade of the area, its attitude towards the 
Indians & its unwillingness to press into the interior" - 
Whale,"Hudson's Bay to Haro Strait"
#1274.)  $1350.00  (Trade Discount Offered)


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