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Report of the British Mission on Dyestuff Factories in Occupied Germany
1920963F9London: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1920 . First edition. Hardback. Good. 13.5" by 9". Not Stated. The vanishingly scarce plate volume of the Department of Overseas Trade's report on post-war German dyestuff factories. A very scarce work.A fascinating report on the 'British Mission on Dyestuff Factories in Occupied Germany' being the outcome of a post-First World War investigation by a British delegation into the German synthetic dye industry particularly within the Rhineland and other areas under Allied occupation.Volume II only of this report being the plates volume.Illustrated with twenty-seven highly detailed folding plates.Collated complete.With the bookplate of the Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd Dyestuffs Division Library to the front pastedown.Germany had dominated the global dyestuff market before the war through its advanced chemical manufacturing capabilities. The report assesses not only the industrial output and scientific progress made by these companies but also the potential for British industry to compete. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards. Boards age toned to perimeters with inscription to front board head. Small losses of cloth to back strip head and tail with rear joint and tail of front joint starting. Front board a touch strained with rear board tenderly held. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally binding lightly strained. Pages bright with the odd handling mark. Instances of closed tears and light edgewear to fore edges of plates. Good Eyre and Spottiswoode hardcover
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