Colonial Edition

And another thing... the book inside that box with noxious chemicals. The reason we took a look in the box in the first place is because the book within is a "colonial edition" put out by George Bell and Sons. Colonial editions were a ploy used by British publishers to protect their market share in the colonies by offering current literature at cheaper prices.

This book is part of Bell's "Indian and Colonial Library" of books "issued for circulation in India and the Colonies only." We have another colonial edition of another Crane novel, Active Services (London: William Heinemann, 1900), that states more boldly "Issues for sale in the British Colonies and India, and not to be imported into Europe or the United States of America." The result was to stunt local production and maintain British publishing dominance.

Ask for Crane PS1449.C85 L34 1902.