Edité par Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10 : 0282993673 ISBN 13 : 9780282993672
Vendeur : PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, Etats-Unis
PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Edité par Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10 : 0282993673 ISBN 13 : 9780282993672
Vendeur : PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Date d'édition : 2022
Vendeur : S N Books World, Delhi, Inde
Leatherbound. Etat : NEW. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1856 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 30 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
Edité par Chicago, 1856
Vendeur : William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, Etats-Unis
20pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, spine stamped in brown and gilt. Text trimmed close at fore-edge, costing portions of words throughout. Good. A rare and important polemic "written in bitter hostility to the Hudson's Bay Company, and exposing their operations on the Pacific Coast and among the Indian tribes and fur traders from the earliest times" (Eberstadt). Scripps is perhaps best known as the author of one of Lincoln's earliest biographies, penned for the 1860 presidential campaign. A journalist in Chicago, he was the founder and chief editor of the CHICAGO DEMOCRATIC PRESS until it was purchased by the CHICAGO TRIBUNE in 1858, after which he served as chief editor of the latter for a number of years. In amongst his numerous criticisms of the Hudson's Bay Company, the author also includes a discussion of the depopulation of indigenous tribes through war and illness, and laments the lack of success by Christian missionaries in the region. "Scripps, author of an official life of Lincoln, visited the Lake Superior Country in 1855 and upon his return, made an extensive study of the region from the Great Lakes westward with special reference to the fur companies, the inhabitants, Hudson's Bay Company, water courses and minerals. He also points out the economic advantages of the Northern region for the United States" - Decker. "Scripps, who was editor and publisher of the DEMOCRATIC PRESS, had visited the Lake Superior country in 1855. He discusses here primarily the area of western Canada from Lake Superior to the Pacific, with comments on the Minnesota region south of the international boundary. He has a good deal to say about the fur trade and the Hudson's Bay Company. 'There can be little doubt but that the sole reason why the company maintains its posts in Oregon and Washington is to induce brother Jonathan to 'shell out' liberally for them'" - Streeter. The Streeter copy sold to an order bidder for $200 in 1969. EBERSTADT 114:690. DECKER 39:360. STREETER SALE 3721. CHICAGO ANTE-FIRE IMPRINTS 221. GRAFF 3717. BYRD 2357 HOWES S248, "aa." SABIN 78485.