The International Rubber and Allied Trades Exhibition Ltd, London Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1912 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's full dark green printed clothes, no dust-jacket grand In-8 1 vol. - 470 pages
few black and white illustrations 1912's edition (no date, Congress of 1911) Contents, Chapitres : Opening of the conference address to Sir Henry A. Blake - The rubber planting problem as it presents itself in different countries - A meeting of planters, chimists, manufacturers - Meeting of the India rubber testing committee - Opening and closing ceremonies, functions, results of competitions, list of illustrations,, index to lecturers - Among others : Dr. D. Spence : Introduction, historical and descriptive, Table of raw India rubber brands, South and Central America, African, Eastern - R. Fyffe : Rubber in Uganda - The production of rubber in Madagascar - F.A. Stockdale : Lecture on the West Indies - M.C. Hugot : The West Africa varieties of latex and raw rubber - André Cremazy : Rubber plantations in French Cochin China - J. Huber : Rubber trees and wild rubber reserves of the Amazon - Emilio Castre : The rubber industry in Peru - Aug. Chevalier : The rubber problem in French Western Africa - Mr. Helway Bamber : Notes on the planting and production of rubber in Ceylon - E. Lierre : The manuring of rubber trees (11 pages and 7 photographies) - Hevea Brasiliensis - E. de Wildeman : African rubber vines, their cultivation and working - H. Memmler : Mechanical tests for rubber (23 pages and 22 figures) and numeros other small articles editor's binding is rather near fine, with small adhesive track on the bottom of the spine, it remains clean with very few discrete spots on the boards (strong and solid), inside is clean but very few ex-library stamps on the first pages, main text remains clean and unmarked, a very good reading copy of this scarce book