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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10562160492836 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1446 (4) |
| Category: |
Business Maritime & Shipping |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
LLOYD'S: A Historical Sketch
by Ralph Straus
DESCRIPTION
Format: medium cloth board hardcover
Published: Hutchinson & Co. 1937, 1st edition
Size (mm): 160 w x 240 h x 40 d
Pages: 292
SKU: A4/2605/0275/U467
ABOUT
A narrative of Lloyd's evolution from Edward Lloyd's 17th century coffee house into the world's leading marine insurance market.
The author emphasises the personalities, scandals, and institutional habits that shaped its culture, along with the gradual formalisation of underwriting practices. Straus blends anecdote with history, showing how maritime expansion, war, and commercial risk forged Lloyd's distinctive system of brokers, syndicates, and individual underwriters.
Includes monochrome images and fine line illustrations.
CONDITION
Excellent with light wear on covers, faint marks on end papers and page edges, no stamps or inscriptions, pages otherwise clean. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce
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