The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies
by Insh, George Pratt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good - Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932 Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 343 pp, tissue-protected frontis, preface, list of five b&w illustrations, list of four maps, Prologue: An Act for Encouraging Trade; Book I. Europe: I. The London Venture; II. The Company in Scotland; III. Amsterdam and Hamburg. Book II. Africa and the Indies: I. The African Merchant: An Interlude; II. The Speedy Return: A Melodrama; III. The Speedwell: A Romance; IV. The Worchester: A Tragedy; Epilogue: The Redding Up; appendix: documents relating to the voyage of the content and speedy return from Port Glasgow to Madagascar, 1701; index. First Edition, 1932. Inked name on front pastedown. Only the slightest edge wear with faintly age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004828
- Title
- The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies
- Author
- Insh, George Pratt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- BRITISH HISTORY TRADE COMPANY OF SCOTLAND AFRICA AND THE INDIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- BRITISH HISTORY;
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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