By Sheila Marriner; Francis E. Hyde
Liverpool   Liverpool University Press
9" by 6" xiv, 224pp.
A smart first edition copy of this historical and biographical book regarding John Samuel Swire and his work within the Chinese shipping trade.
By Sheila Marriner; Francis E. Hyde

1967 The Senior John Samuel Swire 1825-98: Management in Far Eastern Shipping Trades

Liverpool   Liverpool University Press
9" by 6" xiv, 224pp.
A smart first edition copy of this historical and biographical book regarding John Samuel Swire and his work within the Chinese shipping trade.
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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's, original, full cloth, binding with the original, unclipped, dust wrapper. With a portrait frontispiece, beautiful map paste-downs, and sixteen full page plates. Collated complete. A historical and biographical book about John Samuel Swire, a British businessman involved in the cotton and sugar trade with China. His family business, the Swire Group, played a major role in the shipping industry from the Far East to Europe. The half title page is present. With the previous owner's neat ink inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1968.

Condition

In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent with little shelf wear. Previous owner's ink inscription to the front free endpaper. The original unclipped dust wrapper is in excellent condition with some light shelf wear to the edges. Small closed tear to the upper rear panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with just the odd small handling mark and a few light scattered spots to the front blanks and last three pages of the index.

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