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1989réf. 10869NY: Ecco 1989. First edition first prnt. Beginning foxing on the topedge and foreedge. Unread copy in Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Early's first book a collection of essays on cultural subjects. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The image is of the book described and not a stock photo. Ecco hardcover books
1902réf. 887431902. CUSTOMS HIRADE Kojiro author. TOKYO FUZOKU-SHI 3 vols. Tokyo Meiji 35 1902. Tassel-bound Japanese-style fukuro-toji. 22.9 x 15.0 cm. Original printed patterned covers and printed title labels. Illustrated throughout with bw wood engravings and what appears to be the occasional copper engraving along with a very few color woodblock prints. A very interesting and exhaustive look at the customs of a Tokyo deep into the process of transition from the traditional to the "modern" amalgam of cultural elements that was 20th century Japan. Written on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War which would hasten that transition. Well known as an important piece of early scholarship on the subject this original edition is by no means common. Near fine complete. unknown books
1790réf. ST14261Paris: Drouhin 1790. FIRST EDITION. 265 x 205 mm. 10 3/8 x 8". Two volumes. VERY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY MARBLED CALF GILT IN A NEOCLASSICAL DESIGN covers with a cresting palmette frame featuring ornate urn ornaments at corners flat spine divided into compartments by Greek key roll floral spray centerpieces one green and one black label marbled endpapers. With 55 PLATES OF COSTUMES designed by Philippe Chéry and engraved by Pierre-Michel Alix 50 of these PRINTED IN COLOR five in black and white a couple of these with color highlights applied by hand and with a color portrait of the author from the 1802 edition tipped in at front. Colas 717; Hiler p. 542; Lipperheide 3203; Cohen-de Ricci 227; Brunet IV 1135. One corner worn to board joints and extremities lightly rubbed but the bindings lustrous and generally very attractive. First volume slightly browned throughout second volume occasionally so volume II with two-inch marginal stain to upper gutter affecting four quires and six plates but not touching text or images two plates with pen marks in margins touching lettering but not image other trivial defects but still an excellent copy internally the colors especially clear and pleasing. This is an elegant production with the Neoclassical binding being the perfect complement to the color engravings of ancient Greek and Roman costumes that illustrate the present history of theatrical attire. In the two volumes here theater critic and historian Jean Charles Le Vacher de Charnois 1749-92 covers Classical tragedies and comedies as well as later interpretations of these dramas by playwrights including Racine. Le Vacher de Charnois intended a series of books encompassing as the title indicates theatrical costumes from all nations and from the ancient to the modern; however the French Revolution interrupted his scheme and as a monarchist he was imprisoned in 1792 for his writings in support of the aristocracy. It was long thought that he had died in the massacres at the Abbaye prison in September of that year but later research indicates that he may have been executed during the Reign of Terror in 1794. The artists who illustrated this work were at the opposite end of the political spectrum. Painter Philippe Chéry 1759-1838 studied with Jacques-Louis David and adopted his master's passionate support for the Revolution as well as his Neoclassical style. Engraver Pierre-Michel Alix 1762-1817 was a specialist in color printing best known for his portraits of leaders of the French Revolution and later of Napoleon and First Empire dignitaries. While the handsome binding here is unsigned the palmette roll on the covers is very similar but not identical to one used by Bozerian see Culot "Jean-Claude Bozerian" roll #44 and plate #XXIV. Perhaps our binder had trained in that atelier as the design and workmanship are certainly of that level. Drouhin unknown books
1820réf. ST16372eLondon: Printed for Harvey and Darton 1820. Third Edition. 155 x 95 mm. 6 x 3 3/4". 144 pp. Appealing sprinkled calf by Wallis for C. E. Lauriat stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper covers bordered by double gilt fillet raised bands spine gilt in compartments with floral spray at center encircled by small tools leafy branch at corners red morocco label densely gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. WITH 60 HAND-COLORED PLATES of costumes from around the world. For first edition: Lipperheide 480; Osborne Collection p. 193. See also: Megan Nourcia "X Marks the Spot: Women Writers Map the Empire for British Children 1790-1895" pp. 33-34. A tiny bit of wear to the top of the front joint occasional trivial marginal stains or the faintest of browning but still a fine copy clean and fresh internally with brightly colored plates in a well-preserved lustrous binding. Attractively bound and enhanced with excellent contemporary hand coloring this charming introduction to geography aimed at young readers contains numerous plates depicting the traditional dress of cultures from around the world. Beginning in London and spreading to almost every corner of Western Europe the book then guides us to Asia Africa and finally to the Americas ending in Tierra del Fuego. First published in 1817 "A Geographical Present" was the author's most successful work. There is little known about the life of Mary Anne Venning but according to Megan Nourcia the present work "had a broad circulation launching her career as a scientific writer and establishing her authority as an educator of the young." Nourcia also notes that "Venning's texts were marketed as educational aids of keepsake quality"; as we see here the attractive binding and lovely hand-colored plates add an element of luxury to this pedagogical work and the fine condition of our copy suggests that it was carefully looked after by its presumably young previous owners. Printed for Harvey and Darton unknown books
1800réf. ST17757London: William Miller; T. M'Lean; William Bulmer 1800-18. 370 x 270 mm. 14 1/2 x 10 1/2". Seven volumes. Uniformly bound in stately contemporary dark burgundy straight-grain morocco covers with gilt palmette-and-wheat-sheaf border inner frame of blind-stamped grapevine raised bands spine compartments densely gilt with repeating botanical tools gilt lettering gilt-rolled turn-ins all edges gilt. Two engraved titles with hand-colored vignettes not included in plate count and 356 FULL-PAGE HAND-COLORED PLATES FEATURING COSTUMES OCCUPATIONS AND SOCIAL INTERACTION OF VARIOUS NATIONS. Volume I-III V and VI with text in French as well as English. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn. Abbey Life 430; Abbey Travel 71 244 370 373 532 533. Joints and extremities lightly rubbed one board with a couple of faint scratches two rear boards with neat older repairs to short tears at tail edge but the bindings quite sound and most attractive on the shelf. Flyleaves a little foxed minor offsetting from plates to text leaves occasionally more pronounced but never offensive isolated minor marginal foxing to plates otherwise very fine WITH CLEAN BRIGHT PLATES. This is a collection of major early 19th century color plate books with well-drawn and richly-colored engravings in bindings that make a handsome appearance on the shelf. All of these works have appealing plates where the costumes of the various social strata are carefully and colorfully delineated. And two of the volumes--those showing British costumes and the book on Chinese punishments--contain in addition a good deal of diverting background detail that serves as a revealing context for each of the costumes depicted. The content of each of the volumes is worth noting. With a few exceptions the plates in the "Costumes of China" portray ordinary working-class men and women toiling at their trades. We see a bookseller with his wares spread out on a mat women sewing and embroidering a butcher a fisher a barber a man with a "magic lantern" show and a "man striking a small gong during an eclipse" an ancient ritual that the author tells us he was privileged to witness on 17 November 1789. The "Punishments of China" volume is filled with almost gleefully painful depictions of all degrees of disciplinary action from the relatively minor twisting of the ears or chaining to an iron pole to the humiliating ordeal of the wooden collar to methods of execution by beheading or by crucifixion using a cord. The opulent and brightly colored costumes in Dalvimart's volume on Turkey are mostly those of the ruling classes although also represented is a wide variety of native dress from the many regions of the vast Turkish empire of the day which included Bosnia Albania Syria Egypt and parts of Greece. It is particularly interesting to contrast the clothing of the very heavily veiled Turkish and Egyptian women with the much more relaxed style of the Greek women and the nearly immodest garb of the female Bedouin. We also are shown a eunuch an odalisque from the harem a grand vizier various royal functionaries and government officials all splendidly attired. The Russian costumes based on engravings done by C. W. Müller at the request of Empress Catherine the Great are focused on the ethnic dress of the empire's many holdings. The Laplanders and Finns wear clothing that would look familiar to most Europeans but the Mongols in their Oriental dress would be quite exotic. The clothing of the northern tribes such as the Kamchatkans Aleutians Koriaks and Tungoosi will impress the modern reader with their similarity to the traditional dress of Native American and First Nation peoples. The Tchutski woman is even depicted naked to display her tattoos. Bertrand de Moleville's Austrian costumes also illustrate the native dress of the empire's citizens but the illustrations here are less fashion plates than romanticized scenes: peasant couples are shown courting and dancing; Croatian women gossip beside a stream; and a wild-haired Bohemian gypsy whose "profession is not hard to guess" from her state of "déshabillé" flees with her naked and no doubt illegitimate child. Pyne's "Costumes of Great Britain" is one of the most highly praised works in this set and for good reason: the simple working men and women of Britain it depicts are always shown going about their daily tasks in the midst of a well-realized scene. The woman selling "salop" a hot morning beverage is seated at her cart with its urn judiciously located by the watchman's stall surrounded by customers including soldiers and a woman with her market basket. A fireman with an ax and a torch hurries toward his engine company while they unwrap their hose. The potter is at his wheel the tanner is cleaning skins and the bill-sticker posts the winning lottery numbers. The clothing while carefully detailed is almost secondary to the depictions of everyday life. The "Military Costumes of Turkey" illustrates the official regalia "uniform" is much too drab a word for these outfits worn by officers in various regions of the empire. Perhaps the most intriguing plate here is that of the Ladle Bearer a post that was also illustrated in "Costumes of Turkey." What appears to be a man with a giant spoon is in fact the holder of an important military position equivalent to the color-bearer in a western army. We are told that the loss of its ladles is the greatest disgrace that can befall a Turkish regiment: if the two great ladles the size of a grown man that are borne into battle at the head of the troops are captured the regiment must be disbanded and formed anew. Former owner Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn 1800-86 was a leading figure in the Welsh slate industry; he owned the Penrhyn Quarry the largest slate quarry in the world at the end of the 19th century. He was known for his paternalistic attitude to his employees creating the "model village" of Llandegai to house the quarry workers. It was notable for having "no corrupting alehouse." He was ruthless enough to fire 80 men in 1868 because they did not vote for his son George who was running for a seat in Parliament. Single volumes from this set appear with frequency in the marketplace; full sets show up much less often; sets as handsome and well preserved as the present are rarely seen. William Miller; T. M'Lean; William Bulmer unknown books
1854réf. List2974New York City 1854. Single one-page letter measuring 8 x 12 ½ inches. Folded with one small tear; near fine. A letter from “C. Riddle” with the New York City Inspector’s Department to “Sant. Mairs Esq” concerning the best way to push through their choice of appointee for the Collector of the Port of New York. Riddle writes: “I write this to inform you that there has been six or seven appointments made in the Custom House within the last few days. You know what the old man told us the other day when you were here. This looks to me as if there was some humbug going on. Now my dear sir in my opinion the certain way to secure Mr. Van Derlip’s appointment is for you to write to Washington and secure the influence of Dayton or Miller or someone of your Congressmen to see the Secretary of the Treasury and let them use their influence with him. It is said here by the knowing ones that all the appointments are made at Washington now if this be so this is the only way to fix the Collector. . A little effort on your part in this way will I think fix the matter.” Given that Riddle mentions the Custom House the “Collector” position the two are trying to fix is likely Collector of the Port of New York. This position which oversaw the collection of import duties and fines was extremely lucrative: it paid a percentage of money collected at what was then the busiest port in the US and the Collector’s office was also able to hand out federal jobs. The Collector was appointed by the President who at the time was Franklin Pierce; the Secretary of the Treasury whom Riddle is suggesting Mairs influence was James Guthrie. Guthrie pushed reforms on customs collectors including requiring much more frequent reports from them. If Collector of the Port was the position in question the pair were unsuccessful; State Senator Heman J. Redfield was the Pierce-appointed Collector from 1853 to 1857 and no one named Van Derlip ever held the position. An intriguing example of an attempt at political maneuvering. Of interest to scholars of New York City politics. unknown books
réf. 34153Dalian City: Dalian Nationalities University. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. N.D. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in close to fine cover. This was the winning graduation project of 2011 and consists of 56 individual illustrations of ethnic costumes of China including Hong Kong Macao and Taiwan. The university emphasizes educating the minorities from the 56 nationalities in China. The book is constructed in accordion folds with colored illustrations on both sides. The cover folds over the book and has a magnetic closure. The illustrations are lovely. ; 12 1/2 " tall x 6 1/2" wide . Dalian Nationalities University hardcover books
1962réf. 322346Woodbury: Barron's Educational Series 1962. Paperback. 162p. essays on the playwright the play & the staging introduction footnotes bibliography illustrations of the characters costumes and sets musical notations and lyrics very good mass-market paperback in pictorial wraps. Theatre Classics for the Modern Reader. Basis of Brecht's "Threepenny Opera Barron's Educational Series paperback books
1900réf. 1337915Washington: Government Printing Office 1900. January 1900. Softcover. Booklet 10x13; Fair/paperback; dark peach covers; black titles and lettering to front; front cover detached front binding as is; some chips to spine and edges; exterior has mild wear; text block has mild toning; illustrated; pp 73 NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Oversized Ephemera Case. 1337915. FP New Rockville Stock. Government Printing Office unknown books
1868réf. 001949Philadelphia: By the author 1868. Softcover. Manuscript; 10 1/2 x 8; pp. 4; written in brown ink on "Custom House Philadelphia" stationary; a couple of small nicks to edges; age-toning to margins; very good condition. The report addressed to Charles Gilpin Esq. of the US District Attorney's Office describes the arrival of the Ship Bombay from Liverpool upon which various violations of current laws are discovered - there are 29 1/2 passengers when only 13 1/2 are allowed only 12 berths are present with the majority of them less than 2 ft. wide and one of them less than 6 ft. long the height of the booby hatch is 1 ft. 4 in. shorter than the one specified by law and so on. The last paragraph of the document specifies the fines to be imposed including $50 per head for the extra 16 passengers to the amount of $800 and $5 per head for the narrow berths for 29 1/2 passengers to the amount of $147.50 for a total of $947.50. Philadelphia: By the author paperback books
2000réf. 22311NY: Hippocrene Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0781807549 . First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Hippocrene Books hardcover books
1926réf. 193296Shanghai: Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs 1926. From the library of the Commissioner of Customs at Canton First edition thus with the Canton library's ink stamp and bookplate. Though unmarked as such this valuable reference was subsequently owned by Lester Knox Little 1892-1981 a commissioner in Canton in the 1930s and later the service's last inspector-general and was acquired by a private collector from his family in 1999. The service's list of officers first compiled in 1880 was periodically revised and updated; this was the fourth iteration. Tables give Western and Chinese names salaries current titles dates of appointment and the Chinese colleagues with whom each officer worked. At the time this copy entered the library - September 1926 - the service's Canton operation was led by Francis Hayley Bell 1877-1944 the commissioner officiating. In 1936 he became the defence security officer in Singapore. Quarto. Tables in text. Original yellow boards green cloth backstrip covers printed in black. Old manuscript label on spine. Spine sunned soiling on covers: very good. hardcover
1936réf. 193293Shanghai: Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs 1936. A definitive internal reference First edition of this extensive reference compiled on the orders of Frederick Maze the inspector-general using archives housed in different offices of the customs service. Though unmarked as such this copy was formerly owned by Lester Knox Little 1892-1981 the service's last inspector-general and was acquired by a private collector from his family in 1999. Lists were submitted to the statistical department by senior personnel in each location. Tables give Western and Chinese names current titles dates of appointment and the Chinese colleagues with whom each officer worked. Quarto. Tables in text. Original yellow boards green cloth backstrip covers printed in black. Contemporary typescript label at head of spine. Spine sunned boards soiled and lightly skinned: very good. hardcover
1933réf. 193029Shanghai: Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs 1933. The Bible of the Chinese customs service First edition; the first attempt to provide employees with a clear and concise reference. The chapters covering topics from tariffs and air freight to smuggling and the importation of weaponry reflect the scope of the service's economic and bureaucratic power in the interwar period. This working copy includes dozens of printed overslips issued to correct and update the text. The compilation process was overseen by two commissioners: Stanley F. Wright 1873-1953 the personal secretary to the inspector general Frederick Maze and André Braud a senior member of the inspectorate and the author of a guide to customs regulations used in Shanghai. Following Wright's retirement in 1933 he became the service's official historian and its "most prolific and ardent chronicler" Ladds p. 1. Second and third editions appeared in 1935 and 1937. Octavo. With 7 folding leaves. Text interleaved as issued with ruled leaves of paper; overslips tipped or pasted in throughout contemporary manuscript corrections to text. Original green quarter sheep spine lettered in gilt green cloth sides green surface-paper endpapers. Illegible contemporary ownership inscription on half-title; c. 1980s Shanghai bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. Binding worn and stained occasional marking to edges and contents: very good. Catherine Ladds "Empire Careers: the Foreign Staff of the Chinese Customs Service 1854-1949" Ph.D. diss. February 2007. hardcover
réf. 375607Unframed Print. Very Good Condition. A finely hand coloured steel engraving titled Costumes Hollandais - Amiral De Winter - Pichegru engraved by Reville and Couche after designs by Lacauchie and Couche and issued in 1835. The plate is divided into two registers: the upper scene headed France Militaire presents a pair of Dutch regional figures a woman of Zeeland and a man of the Zuiderzee depicted in richly detailed traditional costume. Below are two half length portrait medallions of Revolutionary era military figures: the Dutch born French admiral Jan Willem de Winter and the celebrated general Charles Pichegru. Typical of early 19th century French composite engravings the sheet combines picturesque ethnographic costume with notable military personalities reflecting both popular taste and the eclectic editorial practices of Parisian printmakers of the period. A bright attractive example of mid 1830s hand coloured steel engraving. An original 1835 hand coloured engraving. Mounted in a dark green surround total size 29.5 x 42 cms the print is 13 x 20 cms approx. and is ready for framing. Text is in French. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; French Language; PRINTS : Historic Interest; New Arrivals; French Language; Special Interest. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. unknown
réf. 1h263Nouvelle Édition. Bonthoux Paris 1783. 214 S. original Hldr. StaV. Allgemeines Recht des Herzogs von Lorraine für die Vogteien von Nancy Vogesen und Deutschland unknown
1922réf. 173387Shanghai: Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs 1922. A scarce customs service publication First edition first printing of this informative tribute to the 66 employees of the custom service who served during the First World War as well as the 23 men killed during the conflict. Copies are recorded in just four institutional libraries British Library Leeds Cornell and the University of Hong Kong. For each member of staff sections give their record of service ranks the countries and battles in which they fought honours and wounds received and "other particulars of interest". The majority served on the Western and Eastern Fronts and several were seconded to the Chinese Labour Corps on account of their linguistic skills. The final entry concerns G. R. G. Worcester 1890-1969 whose works on Chinese craft and navigation remain definitive. Octavo. Roll of honour plate decorative title page and initial text printed within red frames. Original purple pebble-grain cloth front cover lettered in gilt patterned endpapers. Spine sunned rear board a touch soiled contents clean: a very good copy. hardcover
1990réf. 173560Beijing: Foreign Languages Press 1990-93. Lifting the veil on late-Qing diplomacy First editions first printings complete with its original box of this historical compendium equal in stature to Morse's Chronicles of the East India Company Trading to China. The scope covers some 3500 letters and 5000 telegrams sent between Beijing and the customs service's London office all drawn from the service's confidential archives and nearly all never before made publicly accessible. The volumes were born out of a long-running collaboration between the Second Historical Archives of China and the Institute of Modern History China Academy of Social Sciences. The Hart-Campbell correspondence is presented unabridged and without editorial corrections to retain as much of the original feel of the documents as possible. New editions have been published in China in the last two decades. 4 vols octavo pp. 942; 1158; 1576; 675. Original blue cloth spines lettered in silver gold bookmarkers. Housed in publisher's box with plastic toggles. Vol. I shaken rear inner hinge starting front board slightly bowed; jackets without prices as issued toned and creased Vol. I jacket cockled and faded Vol. IV jacket cockled: a very good set in like jackets box splitting along one edge lid sunned internal lining worn in places. hardcover
1846réf. 775461846. Great Britain: S.n. 1846-1848. Great Britain: S.n. 1846-1848. A Glimpse into the Daily Operations of Victorian British Customs Board of Customs. Great Britain. Collection of Orders Relating to Commerce and Trade Issued by the Board of Customs Treasury Privy Council and Queen. Great Britain: S.n. 1846-1848. 357 ff. Folio 13-1/4" x 8-1/4"; 33.6 x 20.9 cm. Contemporary three-quarter vellum over plain paper-covered boards early hand-lettered title to spine edges of bound-in sheets untrimmed. Light soiling to exterior vellum starting to crack through paper corners bumped and worn front hinge split causing front board and spine to separate from text block rear hinge just starting. Most items printed on blue paper and docketed "On the Service of the Customs./ Collector and Comptroller/ at blank" in print some dockets completed "Hull" in ink. Light toning to interior light soiling to edges single hole through each item near top from prior posting affecting text legibility slightly impacted in places occasional light foxing a few partial cracks to text block a few items loosening but secure early manuscript notes signatures and/or corrections to many items some with postmarks or manuscript dockets. $1500. An extraordinary and remarkably detailed insider compilation of official orders broadsides circulars and departmental notices documenting the day-to-day administrative machinery of British global trade at the dawn of the High Victorian era. Likely assembled contemporaneously by a senior customs officer-with several entries pointing specifically to operations out of the port of Hull-this volume captures a pivotal moment of institutional transformation as Great Britain dismantled long-standing mercantilist protections and embraced free trade. Spanning the crucial years between 1846 and 1848 the collection highlights the radical liberalization of British commercial policy triggered by Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel's repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. As trade tariffs were slashed and imperial commerce exploded in volume the Board of Customs was forced to adapt rapidly to unprecedented administrative logistical and legal challenges. Many of the orders in this volume are apparently unrecorded with no copies located on OCLC or Library Hub. unknown
1661réf. 754811661. London: 1661 & 1663. London: 1661 & 1663 Two Scarce Books of Rates Great Britain. Customs Administration. A Subsidy Granted to the King Of Tonnage And Poundage And Other Sums of Money Payable Upon Merchandize Exported and Imported. Together with a Book of Rates Agreed Upon by the Honorable House of Commons And Hereunto Annexed. Also an Act for the Encouraging And Increasing of Shipping And Navigation; With an Act to Prevent Frauds And Concealments of His Maiesties Customs And Subsidies. London: Printed by Chr. Barker 1661. ii 180 pp. Bound with Rules and Instructions for the Tare of Goods & Merchandize Imported into Any Port of England. Revised and Published by the Farmers of His Majesties Customs. As a Direction to All Their Officers Concerned Therein. London: s.n. Printed Anno Dom. 1663. ii 14 pp. 12mo. 5-1/2" x 3". Contemporary sheep blind rules to boards rebacked retaining existing spine with blind fillets endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and a few minor stains to boards small hole to fore-edge of front board moderate rubbing to board edges corners bumped and worn. Light toning to interior faint dampstain to first few leaves of first work light soiling to a few leaves. $1500. Only edition; first edition. Two scarce books of rates for customs administrators under Charles II. The first work also includes the text of the Navigation Act of 1660 and the Customs Act of 1660 which significantly restricted colonial trade by requiring that certain goods such as sugar tobacco and indigo be exported only to England and that only those "born within the allegiance of our sovereign lord the King.or naturalized" could become merchants. OCLC locates 4 copies of the first work in North America Harvard New York Society Library UCLA Yale and 1 copy of the second Harvard. Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature 1608 1712. English Short-Title Catalogue R228060 R171955. unknown
1702réf. 756291702. The Collection of Crown Revenue Great Britain. Customs Administration. Carkesse Charles Compiler. The Act of Tonnage and Poundage And Rates of Merchandize With The Further Subsidy; The Old Impost; The Additional Impost; And All Other Duties Relating to Her Majesties Customs Now Payable Upon any Sort of Merchandize Imported or Exported. Digested into an Easie Method Whereby may in One View be Found the Several Duties upon Each Particular Commodity Specified in the Book of Rates Or any Other Act of Parliament. As also the Twenty Seven Rules Annext to the Book of Rates; And the Table of Officers Fees. To Which is Added A Collection of Such Statutes And Part of Statutes Relating to Her Majesties Customs As Passed Since the Act of Tonnage and Poundage. 12 Car. 2. And are Now in Force. Likewise An Abridgment of Several Statutes Now in Force and Use Which were Made Before the Said Act of Tonnage and Poundage. As Also The Duties of Excise on Imported Commodities: The Ports of England and Wales: Lawful Keys And Wharfs in the Port of London: With the Tables of Scavage Package Balliage Packers-Porters Duties And Usual Tares. Together with an Alphabetical Index to the Whole. London: Printed by Charles Bill And the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb Deceas'd; Printers to the Queens Most Excellent Majesty 1702. xxiv 768 52 pp. Folding woodcut table. Publisher advertisement to final page. Octavo 97-3/4" x 4-3/4". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands retained somewhat edgeworn early lettering piece blind and gilt fillets and gilt publication date to spine endpapers renewed. Light toning to interior light smudges to a few leaves light soiling to title page two clean tears and light edgewear to folding table. $350. Updated edition. In existence from the time of Edward II to the Customs and Excise Act of 1787 Tonnage and poundage was a set of import and export taxes levied for the crown by Parliament. This compilation provides an excellent perspective on their implementation by clerks collectors and other dockside officials. Like many books of this kind they are valuable sources of detailed information that is difficult to find elsewhere. First published in 1660 it went through several editions the last appearing in 1737. Goldsmiths' Library of Econo. unknown
1635réf. 741511635. The Last Customs Guide for Revenue Farmers Great Britain. Commissioners of Customs. The Rates of Marchandizes; As They are Set Downe in the Book of Rates For the Custome and Subsidie of Poundage And for the Custome and Subsidie of Clothes. The Same Being Signed by the Kings Majesty And Sealed with the Great Seale of England And Remaining in His Highnesse Court of Exchequer at Westminster: And by Speciall Commandment from His Majesty Published in Print For the Direction of Such as It May Concerne: Together with the Rates of Such Impositions as are Laid Upon Any Commodities Either Brought into the Realme Or Carried Out of the Same According to His Majesties Letters Patents Thereof Under the Great Seale of England. London: Robert Barker Printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty 1635. ii 13 111 pp. Lacking final blank. Octavo 5-1/2" x 3-1/4". Recent straight-grained morocco gilt title and date to spine endpapers renewed edges rouged. Light rubbing a few small scuffs to front board some fading to spine somewhat lighter fading to extremities recent pencil annotations to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in a few places trimming to fore-edge of leaf H6 pp. 108-109 just touching right edge of text with loss to catch-word but not legibility of main text. $1250. Final edition one of two 1635 issues the other in quarto. A guide to customs administration for private revenue farmers who paid an annual rent to the Crown in return for the privilege of collecting and retaining customs duties. These rents effectively became an intricate system of short-term loans to the Crown and a way to raise funds without Parliament. This was the last such guide before the revenue farming system was abandoned as a concession to the Long Parliament in 1641. OCLC locates 6 copies of this issue 1 in North America Huntington Library. The ESTC adds a North American copy at Harvard. English Short-Title Catalogue ESTC S105551. Ashton "Revenue Farming under the Early Stuarts" The Economic History Review 8.3 pp. 310-322. unknown
1904réf. 150513Shanghai: Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs 1904. A Commissioner's record of four decades of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service First edition sole printing with a pleasing provenance of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service internal staff list for 1904 issued to the sinologist Charles Williams in his first year as an employee. Williams annotated this copy throughout his successful three-decade career to track the fortunes of Service colleagues. His signed armorial bookplate is to the front pastedown. Charles Alfred Speed Williams began working for the Service's revenue department in November 1903 at the junior level of Fourth Assistant. He rose to the rank of Acting Commissioner at the Lungchow station before retiring in late 1935. On leaving the service he was given the honorary rank of Commissioner. Williams' manuscript additions show that he maintained an evolving record of the careers of those who worked with him in the revenue department. He notes colleagues who reached the senior grade of Commissioner and their dates of compulsory retirement while he also records whether members of staff resigned retired or died in office. In line with his own interest in the Chinese language Williams also highlights those who attained the Service's highest grade of Chinese language proficiency. The Chinese Maritime Customs Service was founded in 1854 by Britain and other foreign powers to collect taxes on maritime trade for the Chinese government but its remit quickly expanded to include domestic customs administration the postal service waterway and harbour management and meteorology. These areas of responsibility inevitably overlapped with diplomatic and political issues making the Service one of the most powerful bureaucratic entities in the country. Between 1875 and 1948 the Service published an annual list containing basic information on all members of staff and their responsibilities. These volumes only ever distributed for internal use represent a valuable record of the Service's contributions to the economic and political history of modern China. Alongside his successful career in the Chinese customs bureaucracy Williams maintained a deep scholarly interest in Chinese history and culture. He is most well-known for Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives: An Alphabetical Compendium of Antique Legends and Beliefs as Reflected in the Manners and Customs of the Chinese 1931 a work that went through multiple editions over several decades. In 1969 he published his autobiographical Chinese Tribute which recounts his colourful experiences working for the Maritime Customs Service. Quarto. Original brown pebble-grain cloth title to spine in gilt sides ruled in blind edges sprinkled red. A little rubbed and marked overall tips bumped with light wear edges slightly dusty offsetting to endpapers touch of foxing to contents else bright. A very good copy indeed. hardcover
1975réf. mon0000080959Stationery Office Books 1975-12-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback. Clean text sound binding. Stationery Office Books hardcover
1899réf. 50002653Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1899. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The original softcover government publication not a reprint. Published October 1899. Binding is tight and no handwriting or underlining found in book. Exterior paper boards show edge creases and chips foxing and along sliver is detached from bottom of back board outer edge. Moderate foxing also noted along exterior page edges. Book title penciled on spine. Book condition graded as good plus. Book has been placed in protective archival bag and will be shipped that way. See photos. Government Printing Office paperback
