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1900ref. 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 between 15's ephemera boxes 9 and 10 in Netdesk office. 1337915. FP New Rockville Stock. Government Printing Office unknown books
1899ref. 1278759Washington: Government Printing Office 1899. First. Thin octavo; G-/no-DJ paperback; fading red spine no text; covers have moderate fading and edgewear with chipping and tearing cracking along spine binding visible underneath name of previous owner written along top of front cover in pencil front cover is detached from binding and hangs off at upper portion rest attached by rear cover; textblock has moderate age-toning text clean and unmarked; 71pp Shelved in Netdesk office Ephemera Box H. 1278759. Shelved Rockville Bookstore. Government Printing Office unknown books
1959ref. 74839Phnon-Penh: Editions de l'Institut Bouddhique 1959. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fair. These two fascicules only of 6. Contemporary 1/2 leather. 24cm. Backstrip missing on Fasc. 3. Text browned. Khmer text. Title also in Khmer: Prajum ryan bren khmaer. Editions de l'Institut Bouddhique hardcover books
1864ref. 24872Philadelphia PA: Not Published 1864. 2 pages of bills of lading & entry of merchandise forms completed in manuscript. Dated 7 March 1864 for the Ship Gen'l Williams Hatfield master sailing from Liverpool England. The goods were imported by McCullum & Co who brought in bales of cocoa mats & matting also 'carpetings ' as listed in the packages and contents sections of the form. The quantities are calculated for customs duties with various charges and signed by the agent in charge in manuscript. The reverse of the second sheet with the filing notations for the transaction. Form with a small woodcut of sailing ships lighthouse at upper left corner printed and sold by Crissy & Markley Prs. Goldsmiths Hall Library St. Also printed at top right of form is Alexander Murphy Notary Public and Custom House Broker Nos. 3 & 5 Goldsmiths Hall Library St. Approx. 11" x 17" size; old fold lines little nicks to the paper edges edge-soiling; in very good condition. Interesting American Civil War era maritime business shipping & customs imports history ephemera. Our research indicates that the General Williams & its master were also involved in the transportation of Irish immigrants. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
1864ref. 25343Philadelphia PA: Not Published 1864. Bill of lading & Entry of Merchandise form completed in manuscript. Dated March 1864 for the Bark Princess Alexandra; sailing from Rio de Janeiro; bringing in a cargo of 1420 bags of coffee. Also noted are 'ten dozen rosewood' although this item is lined-through; some damage to the imported coffee is also noted 10% of the cargo. The goods were imported by John Mason & Co. and are listed in the packages and contents section of the form. The quantities are calculated for customs duties and signed by the agents in charge in manuscript. The reverse with the District and Port of Philadelphia bill of lading affirmation printed information not filled-in and with receipted note of duties paid on the blank panel at the bottom of the sheet. Form with a small woodcut sailing ship at upper left corner printed and sold by John C. Clark & Son 230 Dock Street Philadelphia. The document approx. 11" x 16 3/4" size; with old fold lines little nicks to the paper edges edge-soiling; in good condition. Interesting American Civil War era maritime Brazil coffee trade business shipping & customs imports history ephemera. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
1862ref. 25424Philadelphia PA: Not Published 1862. Bill of lading & Entry of Merchandise form completed in manuscript. Dated 28th September 1862 for the Brig Emma; Marckmeister master; sailing from Bremen; bringing in a cargo of cases of toys & glass ware. The goods were imported by Marxsen & Witte and are listed in the packages and contents section of the form. The quantities are calculated for customs duties and signed by the agents in charge in manuscript. The reverse with the District and Port of Philadelphia bill of lading affirmation printed information not filled-in and with receipted note of duties paid on the blank panel at the bottom of the sheet. Form with a small woodcut side-wheel steamer sailing ship at upper left corner the form printed and sold by Geo. W. Henry 208 Dock Street Philadelphia. Approx. 11" x 17" size; old fold lines little nicks closed edge-tears to the paper edges edge-soiling; overall in very good condition. American Civil War era maritime trade business shipping & customs imports history ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
1868ref. 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
1900ref. 40351Weissenburg im Elsas: Druck u. Verlag v. C. Burckardt's Nachf 1900. A very good copy light toning colors vibrant. 1 sheet. Chromolithograph. 33.5 x 43 cm 13 1/4 x 17 inches. Template for the construction of a Japanese infantry cap on thin cardboard. Many such military related items were printed during the German Imperial period. C. Burckhardt Nachfolger was a successor firm to Imagerie Wentzel and one of the largest producers of paper lithographic items. Druck u. Verlag v. C. Burckardt's Nachf unknown books
1967ref. 230489New York: Self-published by the author 1967. Pamphlet. 28p. text reproduced from typewritten mss pamphlet in stapled 8x6 inch decorated wraps a neat little amateur production a bit worn and aged but still a nice unmarked copy. Commissioner Stramiello unfolds the several-century history of NY customs in its various venues; pedestrian no buried bodies unearthed customs officer theft or other entitlements. Self-published by the author unknown books
1994ref. 005811Random House 1994. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mint copy in like jacket. $23.00 on flap.Stated First Edition.Beautiful copy. Random House Hardcover books
1994ref. 000984Random House 1994 1994. Book. As New. Cloth. As New/As New. First Thus. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. ISBN:0-679-42922-0. Mint copy of the movie editon with wrap around band. Random House, 1994 hardcover books
1802ref. 26879London: Diggers Printer St. Ann's - Lane 1802. Light extremity wear. Faint horizontal fold line. Short ink annotation on verso dated 1809. Overall a VG lot of very scarce early 19th C. customs documents. 4 single sheet broadsides printed recto only. ~ 36.5 cm x 26 cm. The broadside reports the maritime commerce of the day in 5 primary categories: "London Imported March 22 1802" with locations company & good received e.g. "New York Wm Rowlett and Co. 7000lb tobacco . 10000lb cotton"; "Ships Entered Inwards" naming the ship captain & port e.g. Sophia J. Smith . Rouen; "Goods Exported March 22" listing destination company & goods e.g. "Virginia Smith and Son certain cotton & silk hose at l300"; "Goods Exported by Certificate." listing destination company & goods e.g. "Quebec Fellows and Co 71c linen 400l thread 3160l pepper 1529 tomals"; and "Ships Cleared Outwards" showing ship captain & destination e.g. Juliana R. Branch . New York". A concluding note advises "Such GENTLEMEN as are desirous of taking the BILL OF ENTRY are desired to apply to Mr. R. Seymour or Mr. P. Wick in the Long Room at the Custom House." Diggers, Printer, St. Ann's - Lane unknown books
1984ref. 5078Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0815623119 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Syracuse University Press hardcover books
1902ref. 887431902. CUSTOMS HIRADE Kôjirô author. TÔKYÔ FÛZOKU-SHI 3 vols. Tôkyô 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 Tôkyô 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
2000ref. 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
ref. 9875COLUMBUS LILLEY 1926. SCARCE FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. COLUMBUS, LILLEY, 1926 unknown books
1933ref. 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
ref. 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
1926ref. 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
1936ref. 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
1902ref. 221072Japan. Meiji 35 1902. Delicate manuscript scroll on washi finely painted in colour and black and white 28 x 475cm. A little occaisonal browning. Very good. Dating from March 1902 this beautifully illustrated scroll extends to almost 500cm depicting ceremonial costumes in fine delicate lines and subtle colours. The garments generally known as suikan 水干 date from the Heian period 794–1192. Detailed notes accompany the illustrations describing sizes cuts folds textiles and colours while further drawings show some of the textile weaves. Ceremonial accessories including a bow arrows and hats are also illustrated in colour. The scroll was copied from a manuscript whose source is not recorded. . unknown
1922ref. 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
1990ref. 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
ref. 68598Folio printed recto only on the first leaf of a bi-folium the integral leaf blank. Tax stamp "Republique D'haiti / 100" upper left corner. The cargo listed consists of various amounts of five products: 193 bags of coffee 10 demijohns of palm oil 59 baskets of gin 23 crates of merchandise and 60 crates of cigars all to be shipped to the United States on the "Bateau americain Good hope." The Republic of Haiti for the entire island of Santo Domingo was formed in 1820 under Jean-Pierre Boyer who ruled as President through 1843. Folded but very good. unknown
1846ref. 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
