Keswick, Maggie (Ed): The Thistle and The Jade: A Celebration of 150 Years of Jardine, Matheson & Co. , London: Octopus, 1982

Hardback, large 4to, first edition, very good condition, in a very good unclipped (£18.00) dust-jacket with water-stain from front cover showing only on inside, publisher's original dark green clothboards with gilt blocking to spine - water-stain to front lower left, internally fine condition, 272 pages including index, over 240 full colour and b/w photo and line illustrations---------------Specially compiled to mark the 150th anniversary of the company founded in 1832 in Canton and how it went on to become an international trading house with business interests throughout the world. The author has assembled contributions from both leading historians, such as Professor John King Fairbank and Professor K.C. Lui, as well as old Jardine hands, including Alan Reid and her father Sir John Keswick. The result is a fascinating miscellany of scholarship and anecdote that tells an exciting tale of merchant adventure, of how wealth and influence were accumulated in the early days of trading, and of the special relationship forged by 'the Princely Hong' with China and her people--------heavy book over 1600gms (addt shipping costs) (Book ref. 2633)  £30.00

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