Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; xviii, 301 p., illus., index. Subjects; West Indies - Local. Canary Islands. Fyffe (surname). Grocery trade. Jamaica, West Indies. Planters. Shipping. Windward Islands, West Indies. 1 Kg.

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Title: Fyffes & the banana : Musa sapientum, a centenary history 1888-1988
Publisher: London : The Athlone Press
Publication Date: 1990
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0485113821
ISBN 13: 9780485113822
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Weight: 1 kilogram

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BRO-DART COVER. EPHEMERA INCLUDED: 8-11-2008 PRINT-OUTS "JAMAICA GIVING Up on EXPORT BANANAS/WIBDECO CONCERNED about QUALITY of DOMINICA BANANAS" 1990 Athlone Press hardcover, Peter N. Davies (Henry Tyrer: A Liverpool shipping agent and his enterprise, 1879-1979) The origins of the international fruit trade and the impact of changing maritime technology; The early development of the America banana market; The Canary Islands and the establishment of the liverpool banana trade; The contribution of Edward Wathen Fyffe; The adoption of cooling techniques and their impact on the trade; a new outlet for Jamaican bananas; The formation of elders and Fyffes, Limited; The establishment of a national market; A British institution; Enter Jamaica Producers: The British industry in the 1930s; The second world war and its aftermath;The development of the Windward Islands and its consequences; The emergence of the modern industry. - Google Books

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