A collection of catalogues, books and a map related to the Hudson's Bay Company, 19th - 20th...

A collection of catalogues, books and a map related to the Hudson's Bay Company, 19th - 20th centuries, comprising:
An auction catalogue for the sale of furs supplied by the Hudson's Bay Company, For Sale by the Candle at the London Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing Lane, On Thursday, the 5th February, 1818, at ten for eleven o'clock precisely, loose pages;
Another Sale by the Candle auction catalogue At Their House, Fenchurch Street on Wednesday, 28th January, 1818, within marbled paper-lined card, with handwritten label pasted to front;
A leather bound auction catalogue Presented by the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay to Messrs S. H. Murley & Co. Ltd to Commemorate the first Sale by Auction held in their new house on the 30th and 31st January 1928, with a gilt embossed coat of arms of the company to front;
A Map of the Dominion of Canada showing the establishments and transport routes of the Hudson's Bay Company, sheet - 66 x 89.5cm;
Schooling, Sir William, The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson's Bay during Two Hundred and Fifty Years 1670-1920, suede with gilt coat of arms, with plates and folding map, London: The Hudson's Bay Company, 1920;
Hudson's Bay Company, A Brief History, 8vo, London: Hudson's Bay House, 1934
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Provenance: Property of Cyril Ernest Vanstone Fullaway (1920-90), an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company from leaving school until retirement from his position as office manager in 1980; thence by descent.

Note: The Hudson's Bay Company was founded by an English Royal Charter in 1670 by Charles II. During the peak of its activities it controlled the fur trade throughout much of British controlled North America. A Candle Auction or Sale by Candle was a variation of the traditional English auction that dates back to the 15th century but became popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.  There were two methods of this type of auction: firstly, the auction would begin when the stub of a candle was lit, and the last bid before the candle burnt out was the successful bid. In the second method a pin was placed about an inch below the wick and the candle was then lit. The highest bidder when the candle was burned down to the pin, or if the pin fell out of the candle, was offered the right to purchase the lot for sale. These methods were intended to ensure that no one could know exactly when the auction would end and make a last-second bid.