First edition 1991. 475pp incl index.Illust between papes 220 & 221 with 12 photographical plates. Maps on endpapers plus 6 within the text. excellent reference. As new During 200 years the East India Company grew from a loose association of Elizabethan tradesmen into 'the Grandest Society of Merchants in the Universe'. This is the most comprehensive, detailed and entertaining narrative history of the East India Company to have been written, is claimed the publishers. Firm brown hard covers (spotted}with gilt lettering on spine.