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1866rif. BK0123Smyrna Turkey 1866. Autograph commercial letter signed by Cousinery & Fils to Lanman & Kemp New York. Stampless folded letter carried by the Messageries Maritimes steamer Volga departing Smyrna November 9 and arriving at Marseille November 14. Blue oval Cousinery & Fils handstamp and circular "MARSEILLE À LYON" traveling-post-office transit mark dated November 16 on the reverse; black circular "NEW YORK / 45 / DEC / 61 / NOTES" December 3 arrival marking on the front assessing forty-five cents in depreciated United States notes equivalent to the thirty-cent gold rate; manuscript "18" debit marking also apparently miscalculated. 1 pp. 8 x 10 ¼ inches. Old folds; light wear; fine to very fine. A commercial letter documenting the export of Ottoman opium from Smyrna to the United States. Cousinery & Fils confirm the purchase and shipment of five cases for the New York drug firm Lanman & Kemp invoiced at 84360 piastres and balanced through a £671 draft on London. The merchants describe the Smyrna opium market as being in a "state of dullness" with little demand and only limited sales of old and new drugs. They nevertheless report rumors that a Dutch company had ordered another 150 baskets which might strengthen prices. Responding to instructions from New York they agree to suspend purchases for one month and cancel two intended November shipments. A memorandum on the reverse records recent shipments aboard the steamers Sardis and Sidore and calculates a total of 380 cases of opium sent to the United States during 1866. A concise record of the nineteenth-century opium trade connecting Ottoman producers European financial intermediaries and the American pharmaceutical market. . unknown
1911rif. SJ13639London:: Society of Chemical Industry 1911. 1911. Series: Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry no. 16 vol. XXX August 31 1911. 4to. xii 995-1036 pp. Figs. Original printed wrappers; spine torn waterstained. Poor. Complete issue of the Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry. Society of Chemical Industry, 1911. unknown books
1926rif. 37342ABBatavia, Weltevreden, 1917-1926. 4to. With maps and tables. Orig. printed wrappers.
1992440 pages including references and index. A unique and thorough study of China and its people and culture. The Chinese Stepping-Stone Syndrome is presented as a social-psychological complex which characterizes the Chinese and helps to explain their behaviour and the socio-political problems of China. Regards Hong Kong as the original geopolitical and psychological stepping-stone. "It awes me how Professor Albert Yee has given me within one book such graphic and gripping insight and immensely greater perception of both the historical roots and the evolved enormous complexities of the ancient and indelible Chinese culture." - Alex Haley, author or Roots. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Nice copy. Book
rif. ria9798325053788_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; For long the origins of Acholi and Lango have been formally documented and taught in schools as unrelated. However as spelt out in this book there are indisputable proofs that the two groups actually have a common origin. An analysis paperback
rif. 47793588like new. unknown
rif. 47793588-nnew. unknown
1949rif. 77035Couverture souple. Broché. 162 pages. 17 x 24 cm.
rif. 7953Hanoï, Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient, 1930. 1 plaquette in-8, 87 pp., brochée, enrichie de tableaux, bon état.
2005rif. 120167Mille Et Une Nuits 2005 In-8 broché 23,5 cm sur 15,5. 396 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
1913rif. 1944London:: H.M.S.O. 1913. First separate issue 8vo original printed blue wrappers stitched in blue; pp. 219-224ii blank. Text in English and Portuguese With the neat ink stamp on cover of London County Council Library. In very fine condition. This agreement between the UK and Portugal regulated "the consumption sale & exportation of prepared opium and agreed on the repression of smuggling". It was signed shortly after the First International Opium Conference at The Hague 23 January 1912. There members of the League of Nations signed the first international drug control treaty. The UK and Portugal however set their own limits on opium imports to their colonies: 260 chests of opium per annum into Macao and 540 chests into Hong Kong for local consumption while the Government of India retained the right to purchase opium in the open market in Calcutta Bombay and elsewhere in India. H.M.S.O. unknown
1887rif. 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.
1987593pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
1920rif. BLG00154Ed. Edouard-Joseph, Paris, Coll. Petites curiosités littéraires, 1920, broché, couverture avec marque de l'éditeur gravée sur bois, titre en vert, bois dessinés et gravés par Léon VOGUET dont 3 en pleine page, 198 pages, 12.5x16.5, tirage numéroté 409/850 ex., papier Vergé, préface de Claude FARRERE
2020rif. x-303062661XPalgrave Macmillan 2020. Hardcover. New. 191 pages. 8.25x5.75x0.75 inches. Palgrave Macmillan hardcover
1890rif. 26289Paris Librairie Octave Doin 1890 In-8 dos passé - traces d'humidité, 480 pp Contient : contribution à la pathologie de l'île de Nossi-Bé- opium des fumeurs - nouvelles recherches sur le cassia alata
1991160 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Gems of China's Cultural Relics; Birds and Animals as Ming and Ch'ing Badges of Rank; Ch'ing Dynasty Imperial Enamelled Glassware; Late Ch'ing Dynasty Opium Boxes; Collecting Ming Furniture of Huang Hua-Li Wood; Saleroom News; Vietnamese Ceramics - an introduction to Ly and Tran monochromes; Book Reviews; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1418rif. 179412London.: Illustrated London News. March 141857. Half page engraving 14.5 x 23.5 cm on a single newspaper leaf with complete associated text engravings of explosive devices employed in the capture"Chinese Infernal machines” on the verso; and another unrelated half page engraving of "Chinese Smuggling Craft" spots of browning and edge-wear but in very good condition. Engraving and detailed battle commentary from correspondents on board the British vessels H.M.S. Sybille moored off Whampoa Island and H.M.S. Encounter moored off Canton Guangzhou prepared for "The Illustrated London News" describing the attempted capture of a passenger steamer by 53 Chinese junks in Canton during the Second Opium War. Engravings of the devices used appear overleaf. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . Illustrated London News. unknown
rif. 12601Dresden, Schwarzeck 1926, 240x175mm, 272 + 189Seiten, Frontispiz, illustriert, Verlegereinband. Sehr schön. Sehr schönes Exemplar.
rif. 92028sd Librairie du XXe siècle, Limoges - Sans date (vers1900) - In-8, demi toile bleue, titre en doré - 231 pages - Illustrations en N&B in texte
1962rif. 37819Stuttgart : Goverts 1962. 554 S. ; kl. 8°, mit Schutzumschlag, Umschlag mit Randblessuren Lw., gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen, sonst Exemplar in gutem Erhaltungszustand
1985rif. 1134174München : Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, 1985. 358 S. : 1 Ill. ; 18 cm, kart.
1718rif. 179406London.: Illustrated London News. January 171857. Half page engraving 15 x 23.7 cm and an inset town plan of Canton Guangzhou on a single newspaper leaf with complete associated text spots of browning a few minor edge tears but in very good condition. Engraving and town plan prepared for "The Illustrated London News" by Richard Principal Leitch 1844-1877 fl. after a sketch "by an Officer engaged in the operations" depicting the aftermath of the Battle of Canton 23 October to 5 November 1856 by British-led forces during the Second Opium War. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . Illustrated London News. unknown
1965rif. 86771965 cartonné grenat éditeur (hard-back editor) petit n-quarto carré, titre frappé or sur le dos et le premier plat (gilt title on the spine and the front cover), tranches lisses (smooth edges), illustrations hors-texte (full page engraving), 373 pages, 1965 à Paris sur les Presses de l'Imprimerie Delmas,
1924rif. 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
