British Opium Policy and its Results to India and China

8vo.(5.5" x 8.5") Full light blue cloth with embossed frames to covers. Spine with gilt title/author towards head, gilt publisher at foot. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss to two tips, cover fabric bubbling off boards in places, spine sun-faded, covers sun-faded and soiled, head and foot of spine frayed with small loss to each (see pic). Black endpapers, blue library stamps of the San Francisco Theological Seminary and Presbyterian Historical Society to reverse of first free endpaper. A couple of pages at the front and rear with penciled notes, a few inner pages with short pencil marks noting sections, otherwise Very Good. 1891 leaflet for a different book on the Opium Trade laid in at front, originally in text between pps. 24, 25 with offsetting to pages. Contains a list of the members of the Anglo-Oriental Society for the Suppression of The Opium Trade just before the start of chapter 1.

F. S. Turner’s British Opium Policy is a critical examination of Britain’s involvement in the opium trade during the 19th century, particularly its impact on China and British colonies. Published in 1876, the book addresses the moral, economic, and political consequences of the British government’s promotion and regulation of the opium trade, primarily through the East India Company. The book is a significant work in understanding the broader historical context of the opium trade and its legacy within British foreign policy.