Book 'Pitman's Common Commodities and Industries'

Book 'Pitman's Common Commodities and Industries - The Jute Industry' by T. Woodhouse and P. Kilgour. Published in London by Sir Isaac Pitman and sons, ltd, Parker Street, Kingsway, dated 1921. Yellow dust cover with black and white photograph entitled 'natives baling jute fibre' on front. Spine includes title and price '3d-'. Back cover lists titles from the same publisher. Dust cover itself covered with brown cover. Title page inscribed by hand 'R.M. Booth/ c/o Messers Bird and Co (Africa), Magunga Estate, Muyussi, Langanyiha, East Africa'. Part of a collection of archives belonging to the donor's father Robert Paton who worked for J.F. Robertson for over 40 years (joined when he was 15 years old).