THE HUDSON’S BAY TERRITORIES AND VANCOUVERS’ ISLAND, with an exposition of the Chartered Rights, Conduct, and Policy of the Honble Hudson’s Bay Corporation. By R. M. Martin., Esq. Author of the “History of the British Colonies,”
London: T. and W. Boone, 1849. vii, [1], 175, [1], [6 ad’s], 8, 2, [2 ad’s] pages. Folding map of ‘British Possessions in North America’ at start. Original cloth, recased with the original spine laid down. First edition. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on title: ‘With R. M. Martin’s complts.’ The tile also bears the initials in pencil ‘R. M. B.’ [Possibly added later by his daughter?] Two bookplates of Eric Quayle to front pastedown; pencilled note by him on verso of front free endpaper: ‘Presentation copy to R. M. Ballantyne (1825 -’94) the boys’ story writer, who himself spent several years in Hudson’s Bay. I obtained the volume from Ballantyne’s daughter. E. Q.’ Three of the leaves in the Preface are partly torn along the gutter; ownership name [not Ballantyne’s on the free end-paper; generally a little tired, but a good copy, and if Mr Quayle’s attribution is correct, an important association copy.