About this title: In the 1880s the Ulster Protestant Roger Casement worked as one of HM Stanley's volunteers in the Congo, before joining the British consular service. In 1904 he produced a devastating report which showed how the Congo Free State, far from being the model colony Leopold II of Belgium claimed it to be, was a ruthless commercial enterprise run with unrelenting cruelty for Leopold's profit. Six years later he provided an even more horrifying report on how Amazonian Indians were exploited by the Peruvian Amazon company, a British-based rubber company. For this he was knighted in 1911. An Irish ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Different publisher, same book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Jovanovich
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780151783274ISBN:0151783276
Description: Good Condition. 1st American Edition, Good Condition, clean/unmarked, minor edge/cover wear, lacks jacket, from a private collection. read more
Binding: Hardcover Spiral Bound
Publisher: Harcourt Jovanovich, New York
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780151783274ISBN:0151783276
Description: NER FINE in VERY GOOD PLUS jacket. Green hardcover in dust jacket. Book as new except name on first page. Dust jacket has slight wear. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780340126813ISBN:0340126817
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Owner's name on ffep, else fine. 448, [16] p. illus., maps, ports. 24 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps, Portraits. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [417]-426. read more
Description: Reader copy. 1974 Coronet Edition. crease to cover Fore-edges sunned. Immediate Worldwide dispatch within ONE working day. PLEASE NOTE IF PURCHASING A VIDEO: Unless otherwise specified, all our videos are VHS PAL-UK & Europe Format. read more
Description: Very Good. Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974, First American Edition, dust jacket has a slit across spine and some edge wear, cover is clean with some corner wear, inscription on 2nd endpaper, 448 pages of text are clean and slightly tanned, spine is tight, a great copy, ships within 24 hr. sku A 97. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974
Description: Good/Very Good. First American Edition. Large Octavo. 448 pages with appendices, bibliography and index. With 16 pages of photos. Story of British civil servant hanged for his work on behalf of Irish independence. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Foxing on top and fore edges of text. Very light wear to ends of jacket hinges. Text is clean and binding is tight. read more
Edition: 1st Am. Ed., 2nd Ptg.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, New York, NY
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780151783274ISBN:0151783276
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 448 pp. Tight copy with light edgewear and some spotting on page edges. Green boards are faded on top edges. Clean interior. Dust jacket has minor weat on edges and corners. Slight curling of top edge, and rear panel has some faint spots on top edge with some yellowing on edges. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. ( 1974 ), New York
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780151783274ISBN:0151783276
Description: Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 0151783276 First American edition, VG/VG, green cloth, 448pp, text is clean and fresh-in VG++ cond. read more
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