82pp, colour frontis, colour illus, 37 illus, large format (25cm x 21cm), original full green calf, title on front board. AJS: The development of marine insurance from the 1850s. This is the presentation deluxe edition. View More...
Publisher:
: 1864, London and Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Seller ID: 9539
xlii + 307pp, lacks frontis, double-page plate (HM Iron-Cased Screw Frigate 'Defence'), 16 text illus, 7 folding plates, 5 folding maps (two heightened in colour), substantial format, original highly decorated green cloth, spine neatly repaired and new endpapers. AJS: Uncommon, a standard reference to the trade and commerce of the region. Note this copy lacks the frontis piece, else complete. Includes reports: (1) Coal, Coke and Coal Mining. (2) Metallurgy of the District. (3) Chemical Manufactures of the District. (4) Vitreous and Ceramic Manufactures of the District. (5) The Manufacture of P... View More...
xii + 672pp, decorated cloth. AJS: A compendium of commercial shipping information from the days ofûsail, widely circulated designed primarily for the sea captain.ûPublisher: This most useful book was circulated widely in the days ofûsail. It was designed primarily for the sea captain who, in addition toûship handling, was obliged to do a great deal of paper work and carry onûnegotiations in foreign ports. The work is a compendium of commercialûshipping information and is written for those who carry out research inûthis aspect of shipping. Answers to many questions arereadily available inûthis... View More...
xix + 276pp, frontis, 71 illus, folding plan, folding genealogy, attractive production in half red/white cloth, decorated front board, large format (26 cm x 17cm), in an edition of 100 copies, this being No 99, signed on the verso of the title page by the Chariman of James Finlay & Co. Hanham, entry 10025: An important business history. View More...
24pp, original decorated stiff paper covers. SBS: During the period from the English Restoration to AmericanûIndependence England expanded her overseas Trade, especially toûour new colonies in America and the West Indies. View More...
228pp, 12 illus, decorated cloth. Albion, page 189: A very readable survey.ûPublisher: At a time when international interest is focused on Chinaûopening its doors to trade, this publication has a special topicality.ûFoster Rhea Dulles describes the China trade of 1784-1844. The comparisonûof Sino-American relations now and then cannot fail to absorb the readerûinterested in world trade. View More...
674pp, 50 plates, 6 text illus, 3 charts, one folding map, substantialûformat, pictorial stiff paper wrappers. AJS: The story of the development of a maritime community over theûcenturies, put together from crew agreement lists, log books, privateûpapers, tape recorded memoirs etc.,ûEames was Senior Lecturer in Education at the University College of NorthûWales, Bangor. View More...
320pp, 24pp appendices, 38 photos, large format, in full colour stiff paperûcovers. AJS: The maritime villages of north west Wales 1830-1914 had much inûcommon with similar communities in Scandinavia and the eastern seaboard ofûNorth America.ûNB: Includes detailed fleet lists, owners details etc., View More...
(vi), 40pp, 8 illus, large folding plate, printed stiff paper wrappers. AJS: Boulton and Watt and the two Birmingham factories for which they wereûresponsible. View More...
xi + 188pp, frontis, 9 illus, dw. Publisher: Based on contemporary sources...shows how informedûforeign visitors were impressed by the way in which Britain had survivedûthe perils of Napoleon's Continental System and how now destined to becomeûthe workshop of the world. View More...
190pp, many tables, decorated cloth. Publisher: Brings together in convenient form the export and importûstatistics for each of the American States from 1820 to 1856. It alsoûtabulates the trade statistics between individual foreign countries andûthe United States. View More...
Between 1674 and 1689 the navy evolved a highly effective system of tradeûprotection which deployed convoys and squadrons. The navy was concentratedûabove all in the Mediterranean - and not in England's overseas colonies -ûthus enabling English merchants to gain prominence in the competitive andûlucrative Mediterranean trades. View More...
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