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PLACARD DE LA PERIODE REVOLUTIONNAIRE IMPRIME A CLERMONT-FERRAND
1793ref. aff-rev-721793 49X38
Arcala Livres Anciens · Clermont-Ferrand, France€30.00
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ref. 2241Sans lieu, Brun, (1790). In 8, 24 pp.
ref. 2278Sans lieu ni date (1791). In 4° de 28 pp. (mouillures tout du long).
ref. 2279P., Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. In 4° tire + 40 pp. + f. d'Etat des marchandises prohibées à l'entrée du Royaume.
ref. 5535P., Bureau du Commerce et des Colonies, 1827.
ref. 5536P., Bureau du Commerce et des Colonies, 1827.
ref. 5537P., Bureau du Commerce et des Colonies, 1827.
ref. 5538P., Bureau du Commerce et des Colonies, 1827.
ref. 5539P., Bureau du Commerce et des Colonies, 1827.
ref. 6490Montpellier, Jean Martel, 1732. In 4° de 4 pp. (grande mouillure marginale).
ref. 6936Chalons, Collignon, (1791). In 4° de 66 pp. (bandeau gravé) classés par ordre alphabétique de Absynthe à Zoodaire. Avec les droits sur les marchandises provenant du commerce français au-delà du Cap de Bonne-Espérance, les Droits de Sortie et l’Etat des Marchandises prohibées à l’entrée du Royaume.
2003ref. LFA-12671479090e Fascicule (Année 2003) : 312 pages, format 150 x 235 mm, broché, illustré, bon état
ref. 2608Paris, librairie générale de droit et de jurisprudence, 1981 - in-8, 526 pp. - rel. carton orange
ref. 54021793, Gironde – in-4, 4 pp – 1 feuille.
1793ref. aff-rev-721793 49X38
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
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
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
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1816ref. A63885Strasbourg Occasionally Paris: Douanes Royales / Douanes Services Actifs / Douanes Colonies Et Entrepots. 1816. Hardback Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Bound volume of a 100 consecutive circulars put out by the Customs Office at Strasbourg 1 to 100. 1816-24. Many signed in ink by the directors with official contemporary handwritten annotations. The main signatory is one Le Tuc D'Omont Directeur des Douanes Royales About 400 pages covering every aspect of customs one section in Gothic German one folding section and several pages of relevant handwritten transcribed letters. One circular loosely inserted ie not bound in. Bound in sound quarter vellum with blue boards a little scuffed and marked with title inked on spine ' Circulaires Imprimes' de la Direction 1.' The circulars appear to deal with administration of employees douaniers customs offices fines and punishments border control contraband tariifs on goods such tobacco coffeesugar etc. Bought by the writer F.R. Cowell on Quai Malaquais Paris in 1936 with his ownership signature on fep. Light wear otherwise very good. Douanes Royales / Douanes Services Actifs / Douanes Colonies Et Entrepots... hardcover
