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1894 Royal Commission on Opium. Proceedings. Vol V. Appendices; Together with Correspondence on the Subject of Opium with the Straits Settlements and China
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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce
The first edition.
Bound in the publisher's paper wraps.
Volume V of the Royal Commission on Opium, containing 'Appendices, Together with Correspondence on the Subject of Opium with the Straits Settlements and China'.
Set up by William Gladstone's government in 1893, the Royal Commission on Opium was tasked with investigating the opium trade in British India.
The commission was established due to political pressure from the anti-opium movement in Britain to ban the substance, however, the report ultimately defended the existing system in which opium sales were legal but regulated.
A fascinating and very scarce documentation of this investigation.
Condition
Bound in the publisher's paper wraps. Externally, slightly worn, with the front cover detached. Chipping to the extremities and backstrip, causing some loss, particularly to backstrip head and tail. Internally, first few pages disbound, otherwise generally firmly bound. Tear to the gutter tail of p375. Pages are bright and clean.
Good Only
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