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    By Charles Grey
    London   H. F. & G. Witherby
    9" by 6" 288 pp.
    An interesting seventeenth-century history of London’s merchant adventurers in the Far East, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
    By Charles Grey

    1932 The Merchant Venturers of London: A Record of Far Eastern Trade and Piracy During the Seventeenth Century

    London   H. F. & G. Witherby
    9" by 6" 288 pp.
    An interesting seventeenth-century history of London’s merchant adventurers in the Far East, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
    £98.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 987H16
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

    In the publisher's original navy cloth binding. 

    First edition. 

    Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.

    Illustrated with six monochrome plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. 

    A detailed narrative history of English East India and Far Eastern trade in the seventeenth century, focusing on the private merchants and chartered companies who operated beyond official state control.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Slight fading and spotting to lower perimeter of rear board. Slight shelf wear to extremities. Previous owner's discreet bookplate to front paste down. One or two spots and minor offsetting to endpapers. Dust wrapper, smart. Slight discolouration to extremities with one or two spots. The odd small chip, crease and closed tear to extremities. Slight loss to spine with one minor spot of damp staining. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots.

    Very Good Indeed

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