‎Trade‎

‎[FRENCH INDO-CHINA TRADE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY REPORTS].‎

‎Trade of French Indo-China.‎

‎3 issuesof the Annual Series of Diplomatic and Consular Reports France in wrappers. University Library Hull stamp upper wrapper. Wrapper on report for 1900 chipped with a little loss. <br> <br>Trade of French Indo-China for the Year 1900. No 2618. June 1901. 26pp. <br>Trade of French Indo-China for the Year 1902. No 2966. April 1903. 8pp. <br>Report for the Year 1909 on the Trade and Commerce of French Indo-China. No. 4596. 1910. Folding black and white map 26pp. . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 160744

‎[FUR TRADE -- CATALOGUE]. FC TAYLOR F C‎

‎Fur values very high: you can make this the best season you ever had. Special No. 52 for Pennsylvania. How to send furs. . . .‎

‎St. Louis MO: F.C. Taylor Fur Co. Nov. 8 1915. 4to. 9.5 x 12.25 in. which folds out into folio broadside. 12.25 x 19 in. 4 pp unpaginated. text illustrations diagrams w/ folds as issued slight shelfwear couple very small losed tears at fore-edges still VG. First edition of this scarce price list from the famed F.C. Taylor Fur Company in St. Louis which was one of the major fur industry companies from 1870 into the 20th century and was one of the largest manufacturers of traps and trapping equipment. During the opening decades of the 20th century there were skyrocketing prices for furs driven by the fashion market especially the more affordable ones such as mink skunk raccoon muskrat opossum and wild cat. Premiums were paid for mink beaver and especially otter. No copies located in Worldcat. F.C. Taylor Fur Co., unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 55739

‎[FUR TRADE]. BRIDGER, Jim (1804-1881), SARPY, John Baptiste (1798-1857)‎

‎Manuscript Affadavit Signed by John B. Sarpy Testifying to the Dispersal of the Estate of Henry Fraeb Frapp and the Difficulty of Collecting Money from Famed Mountain Man Jim Bridger‎

‎St. Louis: John B. Sarpy 1843. Folio. 2 pp. 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Docketed on verso fold lines with some separation a few repaired. A manuscript affidavit written by fur magnate John Baptiste Sarpy of Pierre Chouteau & Co. that gives one a granular sense of the difficulities of running a frontier business dependent on mountain men like Jim Bridger and Frapp.<br/> <br/> A remarkable window onto the business dealings of famed mountain man Jim Bridger this signed manuscript affidavit of John B. Sarpy testifies to his actions on behalf of the estate of fellow fur trader Henry Fraeb also known as Frapp who was killed by Indians in the Rocky Mountains. Sarpy who was a partner in the major fur firm Pierre Chouteau &. Co. had worked closely with Frapp and knew him well. In his affidavit he writes about the Chouteau Company's concerns about Jim Bridger Frapp's partner at the time of his demise and the difficulty of getting Bridger to pay his debts. Written in St. Louis Sarpy's affidavit states: "On the 8th day of August last he was appointed . . . administrator of the estate of Henry Fraeb then lately deceased. Said Fraeb had been a trader in the mountains & was at the time of his death in partnership with a man of the name of James Bridger & said Bridger & Fraeb were indebted to the firm of Pierre Chouteau Jr. & Co. & it was feared by the members of said firm that unless some one became the administrator of the said Fraeb the said Bridger might interpose difficulties in the settlement of the accounts existing between them & Bridger & Fraeb & for the purpose of doing justice to themselves as well as to the said Fraeb the said Sarpy applied for letters of administration which were granted to him as above mentioned. The said Bridger has however since this time been here & has settled in full the accounts existing between the firm of Pierre Chouteau Jr. & Co. & the said Bridger & Fraeb. And the said Sarpy says that no property has come into his hands as the administrator of the said Fraeb although it may be that the said Fraeb has property in the mountain country or in the hands of James Bridger his former partner." Though he may have been one of the greatest and most beloved mountain men of all time Jim Bridger was not the best debtor in the world nor did Pierre Chouteau & Co. forget business. John B. Sarpy unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 24188

‎[FUR TRADE -- CATALOGUE]. WEIL, [Abraham & Isaac].‎

‎The old square deal house. Weil Bros & Co. Fort Wayne Indiana U.S.A. . . Weil’s pay most. Price List. . . .‎

‎Fort Wayne IN: Weil Bros. & Co. Nov. 27 1916. Folio. 12 x 18 in. 4 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black w/ illustrations state map diagrams diagrams. Self-printed softcovers minor fold creases as issued couple very slight closed tears minor shelfwear NF. First edition of this scarce price list from the storied Weil Bros. fur trading company in Fort Wayne Indiana. During the opening decades of the 20th century there were skyrocketing prices for furs driven by the fashion market especially the more affordable ones such as mink skunk raccoon muskrat opossum and wild cat. Premiums were paid for mink beaver and especially otter. The Weil Bros. had initially established their business in 1870 and continued to operate for decades often issuing Trappers’ Guide books advertising in trapping and taxidermy magazines and issuing catalogues. No copies located in Worldcat. Weil Bros. & Co., paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 55737

‎[FURNITURE - TRADE CATALOGUE]. GROCHOLESKY, August‎

‎Moderne Wohnungs Einrichtungen‎

‎<p><em>Oblong folio 318 x 472 mm 88 chromolithograph illustrated pages; only occasional light spotting; original cloth-backed flexible boards imitating cloth front cover printed in bronze colour; spine worn a few marks.</em></p><p>The furniture house Grocholesky situated in a small town near Hildesheim in Lower Saxony offered entire suites for living- dining- and bedrooms mainly in art nouveau style however still including the odd piece of historicist design for the more conservative buyer.</p><p>The large and beautiful illustrations show suites of furniture with the measurements on each page; the furniture suitably decorated with modernist vases and mantelpiece decorations on display on dressers shelves and cupboards to give customers an idea of design potential.</p><p>gProvenanceg: Inscribed on the rear inside cover by a citizen of Bockenem at a later date and with stamp and release stamp by a local museum.</p> Bockenem: Grocholesky, Printed by H. W. & C., Berlin.‎

Bookseller reference : 3220206

‎[GABELLE].-‎

‎Ordonnance de Louis XIV sur le fait des Gabelles Du mois de May 1680.-‎

‎Reliés à la suite: 1°-Ordonnance du mois de juin 1680 sur le fait des Entrées, Aydes et autres Droits y joints. 2°-Ordonnance portant Règlement sur plusieurs Droits de ses Fermes, & sur tous en général (21 06 1680). 3°Ordonnance portant Règlement sur le Fait des 5 grosses Fermes (juillet 1681). 4°-Tarif Général des Droits de sorties et entrées du Royaume, & des Provinces esquelles les Bureaux ne sont établis, ordonnez être levez sur toutes les Marchandises & Denrées (18 09 1664). Paris. Libraires Associés. 1721. (1722 pour le Tarif). Petit in-16 basane brune, dos orné à 5 nerfs, (reliure ancienne), 168, 156, 64, 48 et 169pp. 7pp.n.ch. (Privilège et catalogue des éditeurs). Coiffe supérieure enlevée, plats lgt épidermés, sinon bon exemplaire.‎

‎De la Gabelle et de la Circulation des Marchandises.‎

Bookseller reference : ORD-4187

‎[GENÈVE; COMMERCE; GASTRONOMIE]:‎

‎Meyrina. Revue économique universelle annuelle. Guide, catalogue et répertoire général des denrées coloniales, épicerie fine, conserves alimentaires, vins fins, liqueurs, droguerie, pruduits chimiques et techniques, couleurs et vernis, parfumerie, spécialités pharmaceutiques, eaux minérales, etc.‎

‎Genève, la Maison Ernest Meyer, [1893]. Grand in-4 de [4]-207-[5] pages, pleine percaline bleue avec décor en noir et titre doré au premier plat, décor à froid au second, dos muet.‎

‎Illustrations in-texte en noir, publicitaires pour la plupart. Annoncée au titre comme "première édition", cette publication est tout à fait rare ! Reliure un peu frottée et légèrement gondolée au premier plat.‎

Bookseller reference : 14034

‎[GOUDAR (Ange)]‎

‎Les Intérêts de la France mal entendus. dans les branches de l'agriculture, de la population, des finances, du commerce, de la marine, et de l'industrie. Par un citoyen‎

‎À Amsterdam, Chez Jacques Cœur, 1756 3 vol. in-12, VIII-436 pp., VI-434 pp. et 388 pp., bradel papier vert (reliure moderne). Cachet de la bibliothèque d'un séminaire allemand.‎

‎Edition originale.Ange Goudar, avec Herbert, fut l'un des premiers à démontrer l'importance de l'agriculture et ses rapports avec l'accroissement et la densité de la population. "Avec les mercantilistes, Goudar donnait la puissance de l'État comme but de toute politique économique. Cette puissance dépendait elle-même du dégré de concentration, et de la densité de sa population, comparée aux autres États ; mais à l'encontre des mercantilistes il pensait qu'en fin de compte, la puissance d'un État repose sur son agriculture seule, et non sur son industrie ou sur ses ressources monétaires."Avec cet important ouvrage, Goudar annonce le mouvement des physiocrates.Spengler, pp. 63-73. INED, 2079. - - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT - LIEN DE PAIEMENT, NOUS CONSULTER.‎

Bookseller reference : 175201

‎[GORDON (Thomas)]‎

‎An Appeal to the Unprejudiced, concerning the present Discontents occasioned by the late Convention with Spain.‎

‎First Edition, 32 pp., pamphlet with a marbled paper spine. A defence of the administration against the popular clamour against the Convention. Kress, 4437; Goldsmith, 7669; Hanson, 5292.‎

‎[GRAINS]‎

‎Décret impérial. qui permet l'exportation des grains pour l'Espagne, le Portugal, l'Allemagne et la Hollande. Au Palais de Saint-Cloud, le 25 prairial an XII [14 juin 1804]‎

‎Paris, Imprimerie impériale, s.d. (1804) in-8, 2 pp., en feuille.‎

‎Détaille les ports par lesquels doivent transiter ces marchandises à l'export. - - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT - LIEN DE PAIEMENT, NOUS CONSULTER.‎

Bookseller reference : 207531

‎[Great Britain] [Spain] [Political] [Trade] Robins, Benjamin‎

‎An Address to the Electors And Other Free Subjects of Great Britain; Occasioned by the Late Session. In Which in Contain'd A Particular Account of All Our Negotiation with Spain and Their Treatment of Us For Above Ten Years Past‎

‎London: Printed for H. Goreham 1739. Wraps. Very good. Stitched untrimmed wraps. 63 pages. iv 63 pages 1 page blank. The author defends the British policy against Spain to those who are sympathetic to Spain. Contents discusses interference with American trade and makes reference to the Negro population. <br /> <br /> Sabin 72044. Printed for H. Goreham unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 32845

‎[Great Britain] [Spain] [Trade] [Political]‎

‎Popular Prejudices Against the Convention and Treaty with Spain Examin'd and Answer'd. With Remarks On a Pamphlet Entitled Considerations upon the Present State of our Affairs at Home and Abroad‎

‎London: Printed for T. Cooper 1739. Wraps. Good. Disbound stitched trimmed wraps. Approx. 7.5" x 4.75". 30 pages. Author not listed. Light toning to the front cover. <br /> <br /> The writer defends England's treaty with Spain. He replies to George Lyttleton who opposed the treaty due to Spain's capture of British ships in America. The writer states "There are many instances of robbery and barbarity on both sides.but none of these instances can justify a National War Printed for T. Cooper unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 32846

‎[Great Lakes Region – Maritime Trade – Women] Faragher, William; Faragher, Harriet Chamberlin‎

‎Collection of 1880s–1890s Letters between a Great Lakes Merchant Shipowner and His Wife a Teacher in Cleveland Who Was “humble enough to do most anything†to Settle their Debts‎

‎Ohio Illinois Michigan and Ontario 1909. Seventy-four letters in thirty-seven envelopes mainly dating between 1885 and 1895. With two undated and one empty envelope. Conditions vary with a few letters having damage intersecting with significant amounts of text and others Near Fine. Overall excellent. A collection of letters mainly sent between Captain William Faragher 1842–1921 and his second wife Harriet Chamberlin 1853–1920 with several from Faragher’s children from his first marriage Burton 1872–1961 and Maude 1875–1952. Most letters are from Chamberlin to Faragher with fourteen from Faragher to Chamberlin.<br /> <br /> Faragher owned and captained several merchant ships in Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair—presumably sailboats as he frequently complains of having been stuck without wind. He also describes more severe weather out on the lake writing from St. Clair Michigan:<br /> <br /> “I am anxious to get down from here but as the day advanced the wind began to frisken and it began to snow hard and as it was freezing hard it had rained then snowed and then froze hard saturday night so the poor Venture was in a sad plight but she was in a worse one when we got to where we lay run as it breezed up fresh and the wind dead ahead the water was flying over her in all directions and froze wherever it fell and besides it had turned into a blinding snow storm but we had a certain point to make . she seemed as anxious to get to a place of safety as I did and as the boys say she got there and none too soon as it has been blowing a gale ever since and snowing and freezing but we are in the lee and at a good dock and are comfortable but oh the wind is whistling through the rigging .†November 20 1887<br /> <br /> In the 1880s steamships were increasing in popularity on the Great Lakes primarily because of sailboats’ susceptibility to both calm and weather; steamboats were bulky for their capacity and slow but more reliable whereas sailboats could carry overall more cargo.1 Generally steamers took packaged goods and passengers and sailboats mainly schooners took bulk cargo. The Great Lakes were the site of much shipping innovation; Faragher’s fleet was not yet behind the times but steam would overtake sail in the 1880s and 90s.<br /> <br /> Faragher’s cargo was mainly produce—apples and grapes—though he does mention picking up salt and other materials. His letters indicate that his business involved both shipping and mercantile aspects: he chose and bought the products shipped them to their destination and then also had to find and sell to customers. The grapes in particular seem to cause a lot of trouble:<br /> <br /> “We left Lorain Sunday morning early and had a nice trip to the Island got there at 4 PM bustled around monday morning and bought 400 baskets of grapes and had them all aboard by dark . it commenced to snow just as we got to Marine City bad bad omen for grapes but imagine my chagrin when I went up town and not a store or commission house wanted a grape folks were full of grapes and there was no sale for them and they said that I had got left and if the truth were known they were glad of it but its a cold day when I get left if trying will lit me out but one thing certain the weather and the lateness of the season were against me but you know I never cross a bridge before I get to it well we hauled up to our old Island Saturday morning and I sold out to my old friend . we had sold since 11 am 190 baskets of grapes . only half our cargo and at a good margin too. People would ask are you the man that was arrested here for selling grapes when told yes they seldom failed to buy but the strangest part was the number of ladies that came to buyâ€. October 28 1887<br /> <br /> Though he does not narrate the incident in which he was arrested for grape peddling—nor does it appear to have made the paper—he later mentions yet another grape-related debacle this time at Port Huron:<br /> <br /> “Sander and I went to town to sell the grapes today . when down came a city official and wanted to know if I had a license to sell . well I couldent sell another grape without paying 5.00 a day license that was a stormer you see the whole sale men were going to drive me out of the market . but they were not as sharp as they thought they were I went and gave a bill of sale of my whole cargo to a citizen here and he appointed one of his agents to sell the grapes†September 20 1888<br /> <br /> Faragher’s letters here do not discuss the financial state of his business but given Chamberlin’s statements it cannot have been all too positive. Chamberlin’s letters depict a woman struggling with her financial circumstances and with how the era’s expectations of her gender intersected with them. In one illustrative letter she writes:<br /> <br /> “A man drove by here Sat. asking for you. Ms. Lawler has given him her note to collect. He says the interest brings it to nearly fifty dollars. I told him I thought you could not meet it just at present but he said he must have the money and would give you just one week and if it was not paid then he would let the law settle it. Marvin and Laird are his lawyers. Mr. Laird is the one who helped get my money from father’s estate. I would not have them connected in this way about you for – O a great deal!! I have thought and planned till it seems as though my brain would burst. I have inquired about that law regarding taking any more married women as teachers. If Mr. Day would work for me it might perhaps be broken. There will be a vacancy in the Detroit building this fall. Will if I possibly can I want to commence teaching in Sept. The children would have to learn to do more about the house and with both of us earning it seems as though some of these harassing debts must be settled after a time. The frequent calls of men with bills against you have taken away all my pride and I believe I am humble enough to do most anything now.†July 11 1887<br /> <br /> In 1887 Ohio passed the Married Women’s Property Act which allowed married women to keep their own property separate from their husbands’—in fact Chamberlin occasionally mentions “her†money in her correspondence. At the same time the state’s Board of Education was debating passing an act that would not only ban school districts from hiring married women as teachers but also fire all the married women it then employed. Newspaper reporting at the time indicates that this measure was not particularly popular not the least because married women tended to be older and more experienced with the job.<br /> <br /> Chamberlin clearly perceives her role as a wife in a rather more progressive way at one point writing to Faragher that “a true wife†is “not a doll-baby to be kept in finery†N.d. after he had taken out a loan to send her money for a new hat. Throughout their correspondence Chamberlin is perhaps surprisingly open with Faragher about her opinions particularly on his work and their financial affairs; for instance:<br /> <br /> “I should like to examine your pocket-book after that $25 tax money left it. What are you going to live on up there while you are hunting for freight Sawdust won’t put any fat on your bones. Sailing up and down past Saginaw bay won’t prolong your life or lessen your grey hairs. What are you sailing for anyway For the sake of wearing yourself out and giving employment to two or three men and keeping the Root from rusting out I guess I am naughty!†May 25 1894<br /> <br /> She also frequently provides her opinion on whether and at what rate Faragher should sell his two other ships besides the Root the Venture and the Sassacus. She continues in the same letter:<br /> <br /> “I know I almost had a regular fight yesterday morning right there on the lounge. I wanted to do my housework and I couldn’t. I wanted to sew and I couldn’t sit up long for that. I wanted to help you and I couldn’t. I wanted to earn money and whereas I used to earn fifty-five cents for every hour I worked now I can not earn anything. Then if I could not do for self and family I wanted to make church and S.S. calls but I couldn’t walk for that.†<br /> <br /> Of course she was at that time prevented from these activities by her health not by gendered standards but she clearly had financial ambitions for herself. After her time as a regular school teacher Chamberlin taught at a Sunday school where she earned a few cents per student and in one letter reported having eighty-one students in a single session. <br /> <br /> Chamberlin also struggles with the expectations of her as step-mother to Faragher’s two children from his first marriage to Emma Humphrey 1848–1880. She writes:<br /> <br /> “I get so discouraged sometimes and it seems as though I am in the wrong place as mother. I think of Emma as my sister. I want to do as she would have me. I look upon my work as sacred. And yet sometimes I feel as though life was not worth living.†November 5 1886<br /> <br /> She frequently describes conflict with Burt who was then in his late teens to early twenties writing that she could not “have quite the very own mother-love for him†though she is “sure that Emma was not more conscientious in her desires to do right by him than I am†May 20 1891. As it still is today the role of step-mother was a difficult and frequently demonized one with the trauma of losing a mother and wife often in conflict with the feminine duty of maintaining perfect domestic harmony. In general Chamberlin seems to have been somewhat out of step with the feminine ideal of the time even telling Faragher in a letter describing the death of an acquaintance’s baby how glad she was to not have any children of her own.<br /> <br /> Overall a look at the private lives and difficulties of a middle-class Ohio household as despite the relative prestige of its head being a captain-owner it struggled with debt. Of interest to both historians of Great Lakes trade and those of women’s roles in the late nineteenth century.<br /> <br /> 1 Dina M. Bazzill “The Missing Link Between Sail and Steam: Steambarges and the Joys of Door County Wisconsin†East Carolina University Program in Maritime Studies Research Report no. 19 2007. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : List3421

‎[GUIDE RORET]. RESTAURATION. HOTELLERIE.-‎

‎Livre des logeurs et traiteurs.-‎

‎Code complet des aubergistes, maîtres d'hôtel, teneurs d'hôtel garni, logeurs, traiteurs, restaurateurs, marchands de vin, etc. Contenant l'historique des maisons où l'on donne à manger et à boire; la Législation, la Jurisprudence et les Règles de police relatives à ces Etablissements...suivi d'un traité complet De la Législation sur les Boissons,...Roret. sans date (1882)., en fait remise en vente en 1882 (?) par Roret de l'édition de Pagnères. 1838. Petit in-12 (106 x 165mm) br. couverture bleue imprimée, 204pp. et catalogue de la Librairie Roret 72pp. 2°plat rapiécé au scotch mais bel état intérieur.‎

Bookseller reference : ORD-4804

‎[Géopolitique]‎

‎GEOPOLITIQUE n° 24 (Hiver 1988-1989)‎

‎Revue trimestrielle de l'Institut international de géopolitique : environ 100 pages, format 210 x 280 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs‎

‎Au sommaire, entre autres : Le commerce international des armes ; Une interview du premier ministre turc ; OPEP : autopsie d'un cartel‎

Bookseller reference : LFA017b6

‎[Henry Cole][Sir Henry Cole (1808 – 11882), civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce & education‎

‎Henry Cole as sub-commissioner under the Record Commission; Exchequer Records Incomplete Autograph Letter or Draft in Cole's Handwriting about "an impediment in the arrangement of the Miscellaneous Records of the Exchequer".‎

‎No place 4 March 1835. Two pages 4to good condition lacking at least a signature page. "An impediment in the arrangement of the Miscellaneous Records of the Exchequer which I feel it my duty to submit to the notice of the Board. I requested the Bagbearer to deliver to me for the purpose of cataloguing &c "whatever" excised all ministers Accounts of the period of Hen.8 & the immediately succeeding reigns.- These Ministers Accounts I regard as strictly Miscellaneous and for these reasons - That there is no catalogue or Index of them and That they are scattered in various places throughout the Records of the Office from "That" words added by him - perhaps indicating a draft That a considerable number are deposited in the number are deposited in the Stone Tower at Westminster without any classification or catalogue and their nature is only partially known: That Other portions of the same species of Record are distributed amongst the unarranged Miscellaneous Records at the Mews.- and that a third portion is at present in progress of being catalogues at the Augmentation Office. These "species of" elided Records I believe to be part of the large series of Ministers Accounts strictly belonging .". See the Image of the second page. Note: The additions and corrections to the text suggest this was a draft. Presumably addressed to a superior Charles Purton Cooper. No place, 4 March 1835. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 23695

‎[Hill, Joseph Adna and Lewis Meriam]; Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Wm J Harris, director‎

‎INSANE AND FEEBLE-MINDED IN INSTITUTIONS 1910‎

‎Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office GPO 1914. 217 pages. Maps and diagrams printed with the text. Contemporary half red morocco over beveled boards with gilt spine lettering raised bands and marbled endpapers. 29.5 x 23.5 cm. Ex-library with modest signs: faint impression of tiny removed call number at the base of the spine small discard stamp on the front endpaper and stamp of Franklin Public Library at base of the title and one other page. Else good plus. Moderate wear to the extremities front joint started at ends still quite sound. Several small stains on the rear cover. A little marginal damping to endpapers barely evident on the inner margin of the title page. FIRST EDITION. A report on the second of two special censuses of mental institutions in the United States the first having been conducted in 1904. Previously the Census Bureau had tracked rates of insanity among the general population only as part of the regular decennial censuses. The 1910 special census surveyed 366 institutions collectively holding 248560 inmates. Joseph A. Hill's report analyzes a multitude of demographics including sex age race literacy marital status state region urban vs. rural etc. Another factor considered was nativity. The inclusion of this question on the survey reflected in part contemporary nativist fears that immigrants were increasing the percentage of mentally ill in the United States although Hill's report refutes this supposition. Mary F. Griffin and Louis C. Taylor contribute a "Summary of Laws Relative to the Care of the Insane" pp. 64-105. “The census of 1910 reflected a growing sophistication in analyzing statistical data. The claim that insanity was increasing rapidly Hill noted was dubious. A variety of determinants shaped the statistics of insanity he insisted including the growing practices of institutionalizing the insane; the increasing average length of life; new diagnostic methods in psychiatry leading to the detection of mental factors in physical cases; the establishment of dispensaries; provision for ‘voluntary’ and emergency commitment; and better modes of transportation i.e. automobiles that made it possible to bring individuals in poor physical condition to mental hospitals. By correcting for the age distribution of the entire native and foreign-born population Hill also demonstrated that the allegation that immigrants had far higher rates of mental illness was in error.” --Gerald N. Grob “The Origins of American Psychiatric Epidemiology” p. 232 in A.J.P.H. 1985. The general statistical tables for this volume were published separately the previous year without any of the explanatory text illustrations or additional tables present here. Government Printing Office (GPO) hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0000874

‎[HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE]‎

‎Report of the General Committee of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce for the Year ending 31st December 1913, presented to the Members at the Annual Meeting held on 28th April 1914.‎

‎Hongkong, 1914, Printed by the South China Morning Post. 1 volume, 8 vo, [31]-124 pp., hard cover boards, slightly soiled, leather spine, a good copy.‎

‎A rare copy of this early 20th century Report, related to navigation, trade, opium, etc. With lists of Committee members, general members and name of Agencies and Companies.‎

Bookseller reference : 8660

‎[HOADLY (Benjamin)]‎

‎An Enquiry into the reasons of the Conduct of Great-Britain, With Relation to the Present State of Affairs in Europe.‎

‎First Dublin Edition, ownership inscription of "Ph. Wolfe" on title, [2],70pp., disbound, uncut. The scarce Dublin edition. Goldsmith, 6502.‎

‎[HUTCHINSON (John Hely)]‎

‎The Commercial Restraints of Ireland considered in a Series of Letters to a Noble Lord. Containing an Historical Account of the Affairs of that Kingdom, so far as they relate to this Subject.‎

‎First edition, xxii, 240pp., library stamp on title and places in the text, early ownership signature on upper blank margin of leaf following the title, 3 folding tables at end (last defective), old water-staining of the tables and last 2 leaves, first and last few leaves chipped at margins, disbound. One of the significant works of it's era advocating free trade for Ireland, written in the form of a sequence of letters to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Buckinghamshire. However, "its doctrines being regarded as seditious it was ordered to be burnt by the common hangman." - DNB. Bradshaw, 2109; Wagner, 348; Kress, B203; Goldsmith, 11826.‎

‎[IMPORTATION]‎

‎Décret de la Convention nationale portant suppression et modification de plusieurs droits d'entrée sur différents comestibles et marchandises. Du 19 mai 1793‎

‎Paris, Imp. Nationale Exécutive du Louvre, 1793 in-4, 4 pp., broché. Mouillure. Beau cachet rouge de l'époque.‎

‎- - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT - LIEN DE PAIEMENT, NOUS CONSULTER.‎

Bookseller reference : 95849

‎[IMPÔTS]‎

‎Observations sur l'injustice et l'immoralité des droits d'entrée dans les villes. Indication des moyens propres à compenser le produit de ces droits par de nouvelles taxes ou contributions proportionnelles aux facultés. Par une société de citoyens‎

‎Paris, Potier de Lille, 1791 in-8, 46 pp., broché. Des brunissures sur les premières pages.‎

‎D'après les auteurs de cette brochure, le Comité des Contributions publiques estimait les droits d'entrées à 24 ou 25 millions de Livres. Ce système est "révoltant" car il restreint les consommations, nuit à l'agriculture et à l'industrie. Il est injuste car il frappe d'abord les citadins en les forçant à l'économie, surtout sur les boissons. Pour accroître les finances des villes, les auteurs proposent une augmentation progressive de la taxe sur les droits d'enregistrement lorsqu'il s'agit des successions collatérales, autorisation pour les rentiers viagers d'utiliser le produit de leurs rentes pour l'acquisition de domaines nationaux.Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 11157. - - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT - LIEN DE PAIEMENT, NOUS CONSULTER.‎

Bookseller reference : 203323

‎[INDOCHINE]‎

‎Règlementation Générale du Travail en Indochine et Premier Supplément (année 1938).‎

‎Hanoi, Imprimerie d'Extreme-Orient, 1937. 1 volume in-8, 514 pp., 69 pp. (supplément), reliure indochinoise demi-basane à coins légèrement frottée, dos à nerfs, bon état. Exemplaire de Joseph Beziat, avocat à Saigon, défenseur d'André Malraux lors de son fameux procès pour vol de statues khmères.‎

Bookseller reference : 4006

‎[ITALIE]‎

‎Décret impérial relatif aux ouvrages de coton expédiés de France pour le royaume d'Italie. Au Palais des Tuileries, le 26 décembre 1810‎

‎A Paris, chez Rondonneau, s.d. in-4, 2 pp.‎

‎- - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT - LIEN DE PAIEMENT, NOUS CONSULTER.‎

Bookseller reference : 663440

‎[JAPAN] [COMMERCE] [INDUSTRY]‎

‎General View of Commerce & Industry in the Empire of Japan‎

‎Published by The Bureau of Commerce Department of Agriculture and Commerce - Japan - Printed by Y. Yamaguchi, Tokyo, 1897. 1 volume in-12, hard green cloth boards, small tears on cover page, 315 pp., large foldout maps, seven double page maps of each major city in Japan, charts, a good copy.‎

‎Contents: General Observation - Foreign Trade - The Principal Commodities of Export Import - The Treaty Ports - Custom House, Minister and Consul - Directory of Principal Merchants and Manufacturers.‎

Bookseller reference : 12685