Published by Hutchinson & Co., 1903
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1903. No Edition Remarks. 384 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Missing front free endpaper. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns, title pages and rear free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached; cracking lighter to hinges. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
London, Hutchinson, 1903. 8vo. Original red buckram, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; pp. viii, 384; cloth a little faded, bookealer's annototations in pencilt to endpapers, otherwise very good.First edition, rare. Having experienced the Boer War and the political ramifications back in Britain, Ross published this study of the volatile geopolitics of Europe at te time and hwo governments react.