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1952Features: Hopper No. 47 - tragic events in home waters; Mra Toons 'Lemon' - a former revenue officer's account of an encounter with an astute Oriental who planned to make a fortune by smuggling opium into Burma; Chinchilla Ranching; South Sea Island Pests; Water Divining in India, by S. Jepson; South American Excursion - a motor car journey into Venezuala; Out of the Past - Marijuana - reprint of a 1936 article which describes the perilous experiences in which a particularly sinister form of 'dope' involved the narrator, Somers Paul, in the United States; By Pony to Ladakh - a trip through a little know region on the borders of Tibet, with photos; Prophecy Fulfilled - an odd story from India; Hunting the "Bearded Wonder" - a sinister terrorist leader in the Malayan jungle; Giant's Footprint? - an amazing photo from South Africa; and more. Chipping to backstrip. Covers almost detached. Book
1758ref. PHO-266In 12°, ix[3]-36 [ie369]pp Reliure de l'époque, plein veau marbré, dos fleuronné doré à nerfs, tranches rouges
1820ref. 35187ABLeipzig, Richter, 1820. Gr. 8° (23 x 20 cm). 25, (1) S. kräftiges Papier, Dreikantgoldschnitt. Grüner Wachspapierumschlag der Zeit.
ref. a58955Geneva 1929 to 1934 League of Nations. Nine volumes. 4to. each volume approximately 100-300pp. each original wraps. Volume 14 is in two parts. Good to VG. Nine volumes. Pictures available on request. . paperback
193016 pages of text and descriptions of 63 full-page sepia-tone reproductions of photos. All text in German. Illustrated front board. Small prior owner's name atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Moderate age-related tanning to some pages. Moderate external wear. Original binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful von Perckhammer compilation. Book
ref. 13787A Paris, Rue Saint-Jacques, Chez Claude Jombert, MDCCXVIII (1718), avec Privilège du Roi. 1 volume in-16, XLV-220 -VII-123 pp., reliure ancienne plein veau, très bon état.
ref. 13786Paris, Edouard-Joseph, MCMXX. 1 volume in-12 carré, 20 pp., broché, couverture rouge à rabats, excellent état.
ref. 8578La Haye, Imprimerie Nationale, 1912 - Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. 1 volume in-4, 262-195 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir, couvertures imprimées conservées, enrichi de quelques planches photographiques, discrets tampons sur la page de titre, très bon exemplaire.
1839ref. 62231Heidelberg: C. F. Winter. 1839. 4 Bll., 352 S. 8°. Moderner Halbleinenband (um 1960) mit goldgepr. Rückentitel..
1924Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Hunting the Opium Smugglers - Author attempts to capture Chinaman who was causing much trouble by smuggling opium into a South Sea Island; Photograph from Hong Kong of a "Punishment Chair" upon which a bound criminal sat upon eleven knives and was then carried through the streets as a lesson to others; With "Lizzie" to the Edge of Beyond - An old Ford car takes four passengers and a heavy load seven hundred miles through Central Africa; The Faithful Burglar - a story involving psychic phenomena from Ray Bell's Tie-Camp at Shabaqua, Ontario - with photo; Through Savage Europe - Part II - Richard Carline continues to describe his painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro; The Devil Panther - Two British hunters pursue a feared killer panther in India; What Happened to Hubbard? - Sequel to "Where the Gold Went" in which Charles A. Siringo described how Schell and Hubbard stole a quantity of gold from the famous Treadwell Mine in Alaska - describes how Hubbard went on to success in Dawson City; Roaming the Wild South Seas - Part IV (conclusion) - Jack McLaren describes the romance and adventure of the South Sea Islands - article with photos; A Run for Money - Author attempts to smuggle a ranch payroll through a Mexican rebel zone; Photo of Filipino "Tom Thumb", Panglima Diki-Diki; The "Human Bomb" - Update on a 1913 story about Carl Warr who walked into the Los Angeles Police Headquarters with enough dynamite to blow it up; Across the Great Sahara - Part III - A journey by camel across the Sahara from bottom to top - article with many excellent photos; The Sheep-Shearer - A sailor's amusing story about a machine invented by his second engineer; At Grips With a Python - Nighmare experience for a South African farmer; The Ghost of Ardtrea - An odd story from County Tyrone, Ireland describing events in an old rectory; A Week End in Bulgaria - Quaint glimpses of Bulgarian manners and customs by traveller Ralph Michaelis. 88 pages. plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip has left the back cover barely holding, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
1899Pages 114-224. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part X; My Baby Leopard - R.H. Summers describes raising the cubs of a large leopardess he shot - with photos; The Peril of Seaman Diver Young - he spent five hours upside-down underwater while attempting to retrieve a torpedo for the H.M.S. Hood; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part 3 of 3 of this excellent photo-illustrated recollection by Robert L. Jefferson; Our Baboon Hunt - South African farmer Mr. Charles Wisbey describes how he battled a serious pest - with photos; A Night to Remember - Edith and Leila become lost in a remote tiger-infested Indian jungle; The Jumping Procession at Echternach, Luxemburg - photo-illustrated article; A Masai Massacre - Missionary Rev. James Houghton and his wife are murdered in Central Africa; Through Pygmy Land - part II of a photo-illustrated account of Albert B. Lloyd and his trip; Entombed in a "Drive" - Australian Louis Anson is trapped deep underground; Venomous Snakes and Their Ways - photo-illustrated article, including Lieut.-Colonel N. Montgomery, who was killed by a Mamba in Zululand; Where Women Never Speak - photo-illustrated article on the Abbe Cestac in southwesst France; A Fight with Wolves on the Altar - Galician Stanislaus Bruhs is attacked by three large wolves in a church!; Dramatic photo of Judge Lynch and black man about to be lynched at Texarkansas; Photo of Persian being treated for opium addiction with milk and a twist; Photo of the Rosary Fete in the city gaol, Manila, Philippines; Photo-illustrated announcement of upcoming article on Charles Neufeld, a prisoner for 12 years in Omdurman; and more. Above-average wear. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
ref. 2091502135500441Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1887ref. 0016661887 Bruxelles, Weissenbruch, 1887-1889. Deux volumes in-quarto (190 X 277 mm) demi-basane fauve, dos cinq nerfs, pièces de titre et de tomaison rouge et verte (Reliure de l'époque). Tome I : 648 pages - Tome II : 775 pages.
ref. 41052503Group of 8 photo postcards color and black and white very clean most unused a few used as a group only. This is an excellent lot of eight period postcards most likely from about 1898-1920's. THE CARDS & THEIR CAPTIONS: a. No caption. Shows what looks like a Manchurian Princess in elaborate gowns sitting beside a Chinese man smoking opium large format 14.5 x 10.2 cm. black & white very good verso blank. . b. "N. AN OPIUM DEN SHANGHAI. "Verso shows publisher as Denniston & Sullivan Shanghai no. 2. b.w. shows two Chinese men sharing an opium pipe usual postcard size unused card. . c. "CHINESE OPIUM SMOKERS." Color card shows 5 Chinese men with queue hair style one smokes an opium pipe one other smokes a 'water pipe' a child looks on verso publisher states: "Published by the Turco-Egyptian tobacco store Hong Kong Queens Road Old Post Office Building else blank card unused. . d. "CHINESE OPIUM SMOKING." Black & white card shows 6 Chinese men with queue hair style one smokes an opium pipe one other smokes a 'water pipe' while others look on. Verso blank unused card. The color photo illustration occupies 2/3 of the card balance 1/3 to the right is blank. Front states: "Edward H. Mitchell publisher San Francisco." . e. "57 UNDERGROUND OPIUM DEN CHINATOWN SAN FRANCISCO CAL" Color card shows the dank dark basement type opium den common to the San Francisco area in the early 1898-1900's. Shows 4 Chinese men one with a long queue 3 smoke the opium pipe. Verso is blank but printed: "Authorized by act of Congress of May 19 1898. This could be close to that date. . f. "SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA UNDERGROUND OPIUM DEN CHINATOWN." This is similar to the above but a full-sized card color view. Front also states: "Published & Manif. by the Galloway Lithographing Co. S.F. Cal." Verso is blank unused. . g. "CHINESE OPIUM DEN 614 JACKSON STREET CHINATOWN SAN FRANCISCO THE CAT HAS BECOME ADDICTED TO THE FUMES OF THE DRUG." Color photo with 1905 dated ink message on the front cover also on the front is: " Britton & Rey Lithographers San Francisco 512." Verso is addressee postmark round dated and cancelled one-cent stamped with 1905 postmark. Shows a Chinese man with queue hair style smoking an opium pipe a cat sits on his body being held in place by the man's hand. . h. "OPIUM AND PIPE SMOKERS." Color card shows 6 Chinese with queue hair styles two smoke opium. Verso is with penned message dated 1910 round-dated stamp with half-penny stamp addressed to Jersey a UK island. CONDITION: All items in very good or better original condition. Please view the photo images posted to our web site if any questions. . unknown
1861ref. 195583London: Printed by Harrison and Sons 1861. First edition. The Treaty of Tianjin and its ratification at the 1860 Convention of Peking gave the British the right to trade along the Yangtse's lower and middle reaches as far as Hankow and opened several ports including Hankow and Zhenjiang to foreign vessels. The documents in this collection cover the first three months of 1861 during which Admiral Sir James Hope and Harry Parkes led a naval expedition up the river to enforce Britain's treaty privileges. Large quarto 322 x 200 mm. Disbound. Leaves foliated in contemporary hand. Old vertical crease spine folds repaired with archival paper: very good. unknown
ref. DADAX041536177XNew unknown
1876ref. 000203Philadelphia: Claxton Remsen & Haffelfinger 1876. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/None. Original green clothPressed front board with title and design. Spine decoartine gilt design with gilt lettering. Boards are mildly scuffed as is spine top and bottom. Corners slightly bumped. Previous owner's signature in pencil on fly leaf with some ink lines to end paper and same. Another owner' signature on the back end papers in ink.The text is clean tight and bright. Some tiny spots on pp 48 and 49. This is a classic civil war book describing the opium addiction of a former Union Army POW. It describes all of the effects of the drug as experienced by the author and the with drawal symptoms. This is a gem of a little book. Rare. Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger hardcover
ref. 12718Paris, Edouard-Joseph, MCMXX. 1 volume in-12 carré, 20 pp., broché, couverture rouge à rabats, excellent état.
1924ref. 178121Singapore.: J. E. Tyler Government Printer. 1924. 74 122 ix 324pp. Text divided into 3 parts. A. Part I. Includes a report list of attendances and minutes of the British Malaya Opium Committee. Material covered inlcudes many aspects of opium use eg origin consumption retail sale of prepared opium by the government registration of users the Chinese community in British Malaya and the anti-opium movement education as the means of eradicating the habit. The section concludes with a 24 point summary by the committee which sat on 23 occasions between November 1923 and February 1924. B. Part II consists of 77 appendices including opium statistics; statistics of consumers of prepared opium of opium shops dross returns and miscellaneous official and unofficial correspondence and memoranda relating to opium consumption. C. Part III deals in detail with the evidence given by witnesses before the committee and lists their names and occupations. Dark blue cloth covered boards lettered in gilt on the spine very lightly marked original blue wrappers bound in. A sound and clean copy of a fascinating and important report. Amongst the most peculiar aspects of British colonial rule of Malaya was the opium trade where in the late 19th and early 20th centuries revenue raised formed a major part of colonial government budgets Bailey & Truong 2001. In the early 1920s revenues derived from the government opium monopoly together with import duties on alcohol and tobacco were the three largest components of the colony's revenues of the Straits Settlement and remained as major sources of revenue until the end of the 1930s. By the beginning of the 20th century the problem of opium addiction in British Malaya particularly among the Chinese community had become a major concern. Under mounting pressure from the Chinese community leaders an Opium Commission was set up in 1907 to investigate the problem and this resulted in the abolition of opium tax farms in 1912 and the subsequent loss of a major source of revenue for the colonial government Turnbull 1989; Sugimoto 2002. In order to address this major loss of revenue the British colonial administration attempted to introduce income tax in the Straits Settlements.' Ern Chen Loo and Margaret McKerchar The Impact of British Colonial Rule on the Malaysian Income Tax System in eJournal of Tax Research 2014 vol. 12 No. 1. . J. E. Tyler Government Printer. hardcover
1882ref. 196617London: Hodder & Stoughton 1882. Second edition following the first of the same year and equally difficult to find in commerce; we have traced no others currently on the market. This attack on opium's manufacture in India - Britain's "national sin" - was compiled by the missionary Benjamin Broomhall and centres on China reproducing testimonies by numerous Westerners on the deleterious impact of the drug on Chinese society. The submissions were made to a public meeting at Exeter Hall London in March 1882. They are followed by rebuttals to common arguments especially economic in favour of opium's manufacture. Several fine illustrations portray typical examining mixing and drying rooms used in India. Octavo. Illustrations in text. Original blue printed wrappers. Recent ownership signature on inner rear cover. Wrappers toned and spotted wear on spine in places: very good. unknown
ref. 11492Paris, Albert Messein, Editeur, 1921. 1 volume in-12, broché, couverture souple illustrée présentant quelques piqures, surtout sur le 4e plat, 66 pp., page de faux-titre jaunie, intérieur propre et frais, bon exemplaire. Tirage limité à 505 exemplaires. Celui-ci No 368 sur vélin d'Arches. Illustration de Binet sur la page de couverture.
ref. 13788Paris, Albert Messein, Editeur, 1921. 1 volume in-12, broché, couverture souple illustrée présentant quelques piqures, surtout sur le 4e plat, 66 pp., page de faux-titre jaunie, intérieur propre et frais, bon exemplaire. Tirage limité à 505 exemplaires. Celui-ci No 368 sur vélin d'Arches. Illustration de Binet sur la page de couverture.
ref. 12961Paris, Société d'Editions Littéraires et Artistiques, Librairie Paul Ollendorf, 1921. 1 volume in-8, VI-274 pp., reliure ancienne demi-maroquin à coins, dos à 2 larges nerfs, légèrement insolé, plats cartonnés marbrés, couverture imprimée conservée, ouvrage illustré de dessins de Georges Jauneau, gravés sur bois par G. Lemoine, bel exemplaire. Première édition de luxe de "Fumée d'opium", limitée à trois cent vingt-deux exemplaires. Celui-ci, No 144, sur Vélin d'Arches.
ref. 15418Paris, Bureaux (Imprimerie Mersch, puis Ch. Noblet des numéros 2 à 5 ; Amiens, Imprimerie Nouvelle, N°6-7 ; Paris, A. Lamier et Fils N°8, 9, 10 ; Bordeaux, Gounouilhou), juillet 1887 à juillet 1888, en un volume in-8, broché ; (4) faux-titre et titre général, 472 pp., premier plat de couverture.
1895ref. 15352Paris, Chamuel, 1895 ; in-12, broché ; 177 pp., (1 bl.), (2) pp. de catalogue, couverture crème rempliée, illustrée, imprimée en vieux-rose et noir, petites figures.
