La guerre secrète pour le coton

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 0461
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Zischka, Antoine
Title
La guerre secrète pour le coton
Statement of responsibility
Antoine Zischka
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Payot
Series
Collection d'études, de documents et de témoignages pour servir à l'histoire de notre temps
Printer
Imprimerie J. Dardaillon, Saint-Denis
Date
1934
Imprint (isbd)
Paris: Payot, 1934
Language
French
Tirage
First printing, April 1934
2. Physical description
Collation
211 pages
Illustrations
21 plates and 2 diagrams
Format
Octavo
Dimensions
22 × 14.5 cm
Typographic signatures
Not identified
Paper type
Wove paper
Watermarks
No visible watermarks observed in the supplied images
Printing condition
High-quality letterpress printing; clear and evenly printed text; plates and diagrams well reproduced
3. Binding
Binding type
Half-leather binding with cloth-covered boards
Colours
Brown and burgundy
Decoration
Spine with false raised bands, gilt rules and gilt title; polychrome marbled endpapers
Spine
Brown leather spine with gilt title and visible gilt initials “A.G.” at the foot
4. Content
Content description
Economic and geopolitical study of the production, industry and international trade of cotton; examines competition between producing countries and industrial powers, the British cotton empire, Russian cotton, Japanese expansion, the struggle for world markets and competition between cotton, wool and artificial silk; includes statistical documentation, 21 plates and 2 diagrams
5. General notes
Note 1
Published in the series “Collection d'études, de documents et de témoignages pour servir à l'histoire de notre temps”
Note 2
First printing published in April 1934
Note 3
Includes 21 plates and 2 diagrams
Note 4
Contains a final section of statistical documentation on world cotton production and industry
Note 5
Printed by J. Dardaillon in Saint-Denis in April 1934
6. Subjects
Main subject
International cotton economy
Subsubjects
Cotton industry; textile industry; international trade; geopolitics; raw materials; colonialism; world markets; economic history
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
0461
Condition
Good overall condition; sound binding; visible wear to the spine with minor surface loss of leather; complete and clean interior
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Copy rebound in brown half leather with burgundy cloth-covered boards and polychrome marbled endpapers; gilt initials “A.G.” visible at the foot of the spine; complete with the 21 plates and 2 diagrams