The Commerce in Rubber : The First 250 Years by Coates, Austin SIGNED - 1987

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Oxford University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Good condition in dust jacket. 380pp. ISBN 0195888685. .

Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. This is probably one of the most comprehensive modern accounts of the trade in rubber, from its 'discovery' in South America to the explosion of planting and producing activity in Asia, particularly in Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. The history ends in the mid 1980s with the early struggles to maintain rubber's place in the market against new synthetic versions of the product. The book was commissioned by the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association because Southeast Asia has been at the centre of rubber production since the 19th century. 380 pages with a bibliography, an index and 68 illustrations. Near Fine Hardback in a Very Good Dust Jacket First Edition Weight: 1.1 kg. Post free within Malaysia, but may incur additional charges when posted outside Malaysia The dust jacket has one or two small nicks and light sunning of the spine. The book itself looks new except for a bit of dirt… Read More

Singapore, Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Gently faded at the spine of the dust wrapper. . First edition (first printing). Signed copy. Hardback in dust wrapper (green boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9¼” x 6¼” (1.2 kg); 380pp; Index; Bibliography; Signed by the author, without dedication, on the title page — without provenance, but with laid in ms. from I-M Pacific and compliments sticker to the head. Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps (3); List of sources; Maps to the endpapers and blanks; ISBN: 0-1958-8868-5 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #186604|| Condition: