For nearly a century a massive oriental empire was administered by a commercial company with its headquarters half a world away. How the Honourable East India Company attained this unique position - despite the opposition of its European rivals - is the question answered in this text.
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For nearly a century a massive oriental empire was administered by a commercial company with its headquarters half a world away. How the Honourable East India Company attained this unique position - despite the opposition of its European rivals - is the question answered in this text.
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Seller's Description:
Fine in Near Fine jacket. Conway Maritime Press, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. With illustrations throughout of sailing ships and scenes, maps and portraits. Clean well-kept copy in bright green covers. With sprinkle of age spots to upper ends. Glossy jacket with slight shelfwear. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca Library..
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VG. edge-wear to covers; wear to spine ends. upper corners creased & bumped. ex-libris plate to cover flyleaf. pgs clean w/ instances of light, speckled foxing to pg edges & instances of smudged foxing to some pgs. Dark green cloth w/ gilt spine printing. 176 pgs w/ bw illustrations. pictorial dustjacket w/ orange & black printing. Dustjacket has edge-wear, creasing to upper corners, chipping to spine top & tear to back cover edge. Pages clean.
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Very good. Conway Maritime Press, 1981, 176 pages, oversize hardcover in a very good unclipped dust jacket, no owner's mark or underlining, light wear.
