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The Trade Makers: Elder Dempster in West Africa 1852-1972
by Davies, P. N.; with a Foreword by Lord Cole
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0043870031
- ISBN 13
- 9780043870037
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: George Allen & Unwin. Very Good in Good dust jacket. (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. 0043870031 . No signatures. Some shelf rubbing to lower edge of text block. Tears to dustjacket spine. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 526 pages + plates + maps on endpapers. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 232 x 154mm. "'The Trade Makers' describes the growth and analyses the changing fortunes of the Elder Dempster shipping company from its origins in the formation of the African Steam Ship Company in 1852 until the present day. The accounot is set against the background of the development of British West Africa, which the Company did much to stimulate and expand." - from dustjacket blurb. ; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17018
- Title
- The Trade Makers: Elder Dempster in West Africa 1852-1972
- Author
- Davies, P. N.; with a Foreword by Lord Cole
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0043870031
- ISBN 13
- 9780043870037
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1973)
- Keywords
- 0043870031
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Blurb
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Text Block
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