Constant Southworth — The French Colonial Venture

London, P. S. King & Son, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a comprehensive dive into the trade and geography of the Third French Republic, including folding plates of statistics to the rear. The first edition of The French Colonial Venture, written by historian Constant Southworth. Published by P. S. King & Son in 1931.In the publisher's original cloth, with a frontispiece, all eleven other illustrated plates, as well as eight folding plates of statistics to the appendix. Collated complete.Contains two publisher's original advertisement pamphlets of similar publications on colonialism.At the time of publication, the Third French Republic controlled colonies across Africa, including Tunisia and Algeria, as well as in the Middle East and Asia. This comprehensive history dissects their colonial strategy, including their geography, trade and relations with neighbouring Empires. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, very smart, with minimal marks to boards. Small knocks to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. End papers are generally bright and clean, with the small odd spot to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with offsetting to the half-title and the odd spot to first and final leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .