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XENOS, Stephanos Theodoros.
Depredations; or, Overend, Gurney, & Co., and the Greek & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
The Author, London 1869. First edition. 8vo., viii, 377pp., original purple cloth gilt, rather rubbed, front free end paper torn.
Xenos, who had been established in England since the late 1840's, developed a very successful shipping agency, but in extending his interests he ran into trouble,eventually ending in bankruptcy in 1876. Depredations is an apologia/account of his business affairs, consisting mainly of the history of the Greek & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Xenos provides us with an interesting glimpse into the working of Greek businesses in London. - Blackmer. Blackmer 1851.
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