Finance, Trade and Politics in British Foreign Policy, 1815-1914 by Platt D.C.M - 1971

Clarendon Press - Oxford, 1968. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-library with usual marks. No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently read. . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: * PART 1: H.M. Government and Overseas Finance: 1.) The London Money Market and the Banks -- 2.) H.M. Government and the Bondholders -- 3.) Contracts and Concessions -- * PART 2: H.M. Government and Overseas Trade: 4.) Overseas Trade Policy -- 5.) British Commercial Diplomacy -- * PART 3: Finance, Trade, and British Foreign Policy: 6.) Egypt -- 7.) Turkey -- 8.) Persia -- 9.) Africa -- 10.) China and the Far East -- 11.) Latin America ------ * APPENDIXES: I.) Government Machinery for Overseas Trade -- i.) London -- ii.) Overseas -- II.) Lord Palmerston’s Circular on Loans to Foreign States, January 1848 -- III.) Edmund Hammond to Hyde Clark, 26 April 1871 -- IV.) Earl Granville’s Circular on Letters of Introduction, 8 March 1881 -- V.) James Bryce’s Memorandum on… Read More

Oxford Clarendon Press, 1968. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1968. No Edition Remarks. 454 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Dark blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are fairly bright, with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Heavy cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding is lightly loose. Grey rubbing, brown liquid drops and a few small nicks along text block edge. Front pages are slightly loose, with liquid drops on pages 38-40. Occasional thumb-marking and pencil annotation present throughout, with an obscene pen inscription page 183. Minor dog-eared corners. Folding to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping and scuffing to corners, and notable rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. various liquid drops on all surfaces. Book has a subtle forward lean and bow. Tippex inscription across spine.

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.