The Senior John Samuel Swire‚ 1825-98: Management in Far Eastern Shipping Trades ~ Sheila Marriner & Francis E. Hyde
Liverpool: Liverpool University Press‚ 1967‚ Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
*** First Edition ***

CONDITION NOTES

Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper.

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Includes: Black & white photographs; Top edge dyed Yellow; Tables; Maps to the lining papers; Frontispiece portrait; Appendices (3);

From the cover: “Although this book is concerned with the life and work of John Samuel Swire‚ its main emphasis is on the impact of his ideas on the management of Far Eastern trade and shipping. The important part he played in the organization of John Swire & Sons‚ and in the foundation of Butterfield and Swire‚ the China Navigation Company‚ and the Taikoo Sugar Refinery‚ is made a central theme. A full account is given of his influence on the Far…

  • Cover art by Bernard Crossland
  • 9¼” x 6¼”
  • (xiv) 224 pages.
  • Index.
  • Dustwrapper over Brown boards‚ with Gilt titling to the Spine.
  • Packed Weight: 1.50 Kg.


















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