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Auction 58 · Lot 46

Report of the Royal Commission on Alien Immigration. With Minutes of Evidence and Appendix. Vol. I: The Report.

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
Not recorded

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author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

printer

Wyman & Sons for HMSO

Place

London

Publication

1903

summary

Following extensive Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe into the United Kingdom this Report was commissioned “To inquire into and report upon: (1) The character and extent of the evils which are attributed to the unrestricted immigration of Aliens, especially in the Metropolis; (2) The measures which have been adopted for the restriction and control of Alien Immigration in Foreign Countries, and in British Colonies; and to advise what remedial or precautionary measures it is desirable to adopt in this country.”
pp. viii, 52. Original printed wrappers, chipped. Folio.
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