Sir e w watkin (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. sm 4to., 25.5cm, "edition de luxe", limited edition of 400 copies, this being #316. signed by author, with 11 portraits including frontis, 7 illustrations, 8 facsimiles, index, bound in quarter japon vellum, green cloth boards,t.e.g., spine titles mainly faded and white vellum is quite dust worn and or soiled expertly restored the book is otherwise fine, (bh). - A tribute to the eminent nineteenth century English economist and politician - "the Apostle of Free Trade".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Edition de Luxe, this is no. 300 of 400 copies, signed by the author on the front endpaper. Large 8vo, quarter vellum over olive green cloth, t.e.g., gilt lettering to spine & front. 218pp Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A scarce copy of recollections of Canada and the United States from the influential railway entrepreneur Edward Watkin, who was president of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Frontispiece of a bust of the Duke of Newcastle. 2 folding colour maps, one of British North America and one of the railway routes through Canada and North America. Collated complete. Undated, dated through copies held at the British Library. Sir Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet (1819-1901) was a British M.P. and railway entrepreneur. He was an ambitious visionary, presiding over large-scale railway engineering projects. In 1861, he was sent to Canada by the Colonial Office to promote the Confederation of the British North American colonies, and to investigate the feasibility of a transcontinental railway and the transfer of Hudson's Bay Company lands to the government. He became president of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. Watkins recollections on his visits to Canada and the United States contain information on the organisation and history of the Hudson's Bay Company, and on the early beginnings of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, with wear to the extremities and head and tail of the spine. The spine is slightly faded and there is a scattering of small light marks to the rear board. Internally, binding is slightly strained between pages 256 and 289. Front free end paper is coming loose. First folding map has a small closed tear. Pages are bright and clean, with just some spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

12mo. pp. xvi, 524, [1]. 2 folding coloured lithographed maps & frontis. potrait. A fine copy, untrimmed & largely unopened in original cloth (spine sunned, foxing to edges only). First Edition. In 1861 Watkins was sent to Canada by the Colonial Office to promote the Confederation of the British North American colonies, and to investigate the feasibility of the proposed transcontinental railway and the transfer of Hudson's Bay Company lands to the government. That year he became the president of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, retiring in 1863. His Recollections contain much information on the organization and history of the Hudson's Bay Company, and on the early beginnings of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Lowther 767. Peel 1650.…