Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, pp. 459 + 383. Inscription on flep of both volumes, boards rubbed, some loss to cloth at top spine area of vol. 1, else a good set.
From the Introduction:
"... the following particulars will in each case be mentioned:
Causes of colonial origin;
Objects of colonization;
Requisite conditions in parent state and colony;
Methods of colonization;
Systems of government applied to the colony;
Period and course of development of colonial life;
Cost of colonization;
Advantages derived and disadvantages accruing from a colonial policy;
Causes leading to the severance of colonial ties, and the establishment of independent states;
Finally, in some measure, the relations existing between the former parent state and the liberated colony, after the latter's freedom has been attained.
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 140mm x 210mm