COATES, Austin.

The commerce in rubber. The first 250 years . . . Commissioned by the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association.

Singapore, Oxford University Press, 1987. 8vo (230 x 150 mm), pp. xv, [i, blank], 380,with 68 illustrations and a map; original dark green boards; dust-jacket. First edition. A history of the rubber industry from its discovery in Peru to its struggle to compete with the synthetic product following WWII. ‘As well as being a chronicle of events, the book provides a source of information, much of it newly-researched from contemporary sources’ (dust-jacket).

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• 订书号：: T2480

• 书商: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (GREAT BRITAIN)