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194870554sWashington D. C.: United States Government Printing Office 1948. Quarto tan cloth hardcover xxix 414 pp. Coast and harbor charts maps. Very Good with light soiling and edgewear to covers. Content Headings: General Navigation Information; Local General Information; Routes and Sailing Directions; Chesapeake Bay Entranc;e Cape Henry to Cape Lookout; Cape Lookout to Cape Fear; Cape Fear to Charleston Harbor; Charleston Harbor to Savannah River; Savannah River to St. Johns River; St. Johns River; St. Johns Rver to Miami; Miami to Dry Tortugas; Appendix. United States Government Printing Office, 1948. hardcover books
193096806Washington: American Tree Association 1930. 48p. 6x9 inches poem foreword illustrations very good in original stapled pictorial green wraps. Illustrated guidebook to California forestry. American Tree Association unknown books
199622749Geneva Switzerland: United Nations 1996. iii 34 pages; from the abstract: "Environmental policy instruments for controlling agricultural nonpoint source pollution are reviewed and criteria for evaluating environmental policy instruments in agriculture are examined.Mineral balance calculations and corresponding nutrient utilization rates showed that nutrient losses from animal husbandry farms exceed those of cereal farms. Cost efficiency was used as the criterion for evaluating two economic instruments for abating nitrogen leakages from cereal farms: a fertilizer tax and an effluent tax based on mineral balances."; with two pages of references used and a list of the UNCTAD discussion papers date authors & titles; green printed paper stapled covers; light wear; rubber stamp of UNDP Maseru on cover and title page; in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. United Nations Paperback books
199222747Geneva Switzerland: United Nations 1992. 35 pages v page listing of Multilateral environmental agreements with trade protection vi pages of useful reference sources; illustrated with some tables and charts; "The present document is being sent to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development at the invitation of the GATT Council of Representatives.as a contribution from the GATT secretariat.General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade."; marked "Advance Copy"; from the introductory material: ".objective is o provide an initial analysis of these and other interactions between trade and the environment especially as they affect the multilateral trading system.overview of the main issues and a summary of the principal conclusions.which trade policy actions are permitted by GATT rules and which are not. .issues which arise when environmental effects are wholly domestic and international trade."; plain white paper printed stapled wrap covers; light wear staple residue; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. United Nations Paperback books
1995366661995. United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. Yearbook. Volume XXV: 1994. New York: United Nations 1995. v 446 pp. Printed wrappers light shelfwear. $35. unknown books
1854WRCAM38220Washington 1854. 42pp. including statistical tables. String-tied gathered signatures. A few fox marks on the first leaves else near fine. Untrimmed. A rare and lengthy report on a proposed treaty between the United States and Great Britain to drop the duty on Canadian coal imported to the United States. The authors of the report claim that importing coal and iron from Canada would free up American labor and capital to concentrate on other industries. This report presents a thorough statistical analysis of the issues involved. Then as now the free trade argument had many detractors but the authors of this paper favor dropping the coal duties. The United States and Great Britain signed a fisheries treaty in 1854 but a provision on dropping the duties on coal was not included. OCLC locates only three copies of this rare report. OCLC 63011174 24462167. unknown books
1788WRCAM47396London 1788. Paginations given below. Folio. Four of the titles string-tied as issued. First title lightly foxed and toned. Very good. In a half morocco and marbled boards box spine gilt. An interesting assemblage of British legislation from the period immediately following the Revolutionary War documenting British efforts to allow only very limited trade with the newly independent United States. British trade policy during this period is an excellent example of a foreign power taking advantage of the weak structure of the American Articles of Confederation which made it difficult for the thirteen states to act in concert and out of a any position of strength through unity. <br> <br> By 1783 the United States had formal trade relations with only two nations: France secured through the 1778 Treaty of Amity and Commerce; and the Netherlands via a Commercial Treaty negotiated by John Adams in 1782. Before the Revolution British merchants had relied heavily on exports sent to the British colonies in North America which greatly outweighed goods imported to Britain from the colonies. After the war the British government was reluctant to sign a formal commercial treaty with the United States. The states at the time were operating under the relatively weak structure of the Articles of Confederation and the British felt that they could secure the benefits of trade with the American states without making any treaty concessions. <br> <br> Britain opted instead for a series of acts that established limited trade with the United States and between the United States and Canada and the British colonies in the West Indies. The first of these laws was passed in 1783 and the evolution of that law is reflected in the first three items below. In all these British laws severely circumscribed American trade with England and with English colonies though they did allow some markets for American exports and did facilitate the flow of much needed imports into the United States. In 1784 British exports to the United States were valued at more than £3.5 million while American exports to England were less than one-fifth of that sum. The United States and Great Britain would not sign a formal trade treaty until the Jay Treaty which was approved in 1795 and which gave the United States limited trading rights in the British West Indies. <br> <br> The first second third and fifth titles below were printed in very small numbers for the use of members of Parliament during debate and action on the bills. Known as "slip bills" they are a snapshot of the legislation as it proceeded through the legislative process. The first and fifth titles contain blank spaces in the text where dates and tariff rates would be filled in later and all four of the slip bills have printed docketing on the final page. The first and fifth items also contain a printed note before the text of the bill reading "the figures in the margin denote the Number of the Folios in the written copy" which indicates just how early in the legislative process these bills were printed. <br> <br> The four bills and one act included in this group are: <br> <br> 1 A BILL FOR THE PROVISIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION OF TRADE AND INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE SUBJECTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THOSE OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA caption title. London. 1783. 31pp. This bill gives the United States the same trading status as other independent sovereign states but restricts American exports to Great Britain only to those goods that are "the growth produce or manufacture of the said United States." It thus forbad the "triangular" trade in which American merchants liked to engage while not imposing the same restriction on British exporters. ESTC locates only five copies. ESTC N32490. BELL G578 ref. <br> <br> 2 A BILL AS AMENDED IN THE COMMITTEE FOR THE PROVISIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION OF TRADE AND INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE SUBJECTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THOSE OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA caption title. London. 1783. 51pp. This bill expands on and further defines the previous bill clearly spelling out the limitations on American trade with England while imposing no such restrictions on English merchants and in fact making every provision to facilitate British exports to America. ESTC locates six copies. ESTC N32061. <br> <br> 3 A BILL AS AMENDED IN THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM THE SAME WAS RE-COMMITTED FOR THE PROVISIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION OF TRADE AND INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE SUBJECTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THOSE OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA caption title. London. 1783. 51pp. As with the previous two versions of this bill the language here explains that it would be "highly expedient" to have a trade treaty with the United States but until that point England would make due with legislation regulating Anglo- American commerce. The same restrictive language regarding exports from America is carried over. ESTC locates only five copies. ESTC N32016. <br> <br> 4 AN ACT TO EXTEND THE POWERS OF AN ACT.FOR GIVING HIS MAJESTY CERTAIN POWERS FOR THE BETTER CARRYING ON TRADE AND COMMERCE BETWEEN THE SUBJECTS OF HIS MAJESTY'S DOMINIONS AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF THIS KINGDOM WITH THE BRITISH COLONIES AND PLANTATIONS IN AMERICA.caption title. London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1784. 2715-716pp. This law specifically relates to British exports of iron hemp and sail cloth from the Baltic states to the United States. ESTC locates only three copies. ESTC N58431. BELL G585. <br> <br> 5 A BILL FOR REGULATING THE TRADE BETWEEN THE SUBJECTS OF HIS MAJESTY'S COLONIES AND PLANTATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA AND IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS AND THE COUNTRIES BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; AND BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY'S SAID SUBJECTS AND THE FOREIGN ISLANDS IN THE WEST INDIES caption title. London. 1788. 91pp. This bill essentially prohibits American trade with Britain's colonies in the West Indies and prohibits American exports to Canada as well. The sole exemption is with regard to salt from the Turks Islands a product the English wanted to encourage. The bill allows American ships to receive salt on the islands. It also limits exports from the West Indies to America on such goods as sugar molasses coffee etc. to British ships only. ESTC locates only four copies. ESTC T201245. RAGATZ p.95. BELL G618 ref. <br> <br> An important group of rare working drafts of British legislation. hardcover books
1809WRCAM47399London 1809. 1pp. on a folded folio sheet with printed docketing on the fourth page. Folio. Lightly tanned around the edges. Near fine. Rare printing of a British Parliamentary "slip bill" seeking to reestablish trade between Great Britain and the United States a few years before the outbreak of the War of 1812 and in the midst of great tension between the two nations. This bill was considered by Parliament in the spring of 1809 in the wake of President Jefferson's rescinding the Embargo Act and following the negotiations between U.S. Secretary of State Robert Smith and British envoy David Erskine which created a glimmer of hope that Anglo- American relations might be repaired after a period of great stress and turmoil. In March 1809 Jefferson signed the Non- Intercourse Act which rescinded the Embargo of 1807 and held out the promise of resuming trade with England and France if either of those nations ended its commercial restrictions toward the United States. The Erskine-Smith negotiations of April held out the promise of improved relations and in May the Parliament considered the present bill which permitted trade between Great Britain and the United States to be carried on in American ships. Unfortunately Prime Minister Canning disavowed the Erskine-Smith Agreement in late May and Anglo-American relations continued to deteriorate culminating in outright warfare in 1812. <br> <br> Slip bills are printed during the legislative process in small numbers for the use of legislators and staff. They are ephemeral items and their survival is rare. A printed note before the text of the bill reads "the figures in the margin denote the Number of the Folios in the written copy" which indicates just how early in the legislative process these bills were printed. OCLC locates only a single copy at the University of Massachusetts. OCLC 49887290. unknown books
181737608Washington D.C.: Printed by William A. Davis 1817. First edition. Removed. A very good copy with War Department Library stamp on title light foxing. 4 pp. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 42693. [Printed by William A. Davis] unknown books
179743741Philadelphia: Printed by William Ross 1797. First edition. Removed. Very good mostly unopened uncut untrimmed copy minor browning at lower edge. 3 226-232 2 pp. 8vo. Evans dated it both 1797 and 1798. two petitions both concerning a waving of taxes on spirits the Orchard Cook and Abiel Wood case claiming the ship was wrecked on an island and the cost of recovering the cargo exceeded the cost of the mechandise and that their insurance had lapsed. In the second case Hooper claimed he was lax in filing papers for re-shipping a cargo overseas. Wisely both were declined as the committee felt the government is not in the business of insuring that a business is successful and well run. Ah to return to those days. Orchard Cook 1763-1819 and Abiel Wood 1772-1834 had a better idea. They both became U.S. Representatives from Massachusetts. OCLC locates eight copies. Evans 33015. Evans 34753. ESTCW15017. [Printed by William Ross] unknown books
179843744Philadelphia 1798. First edition. Removed. A very good copy lightly soiled and edge worn. 4 pp. 8vo. Nathaniel Cutter wanted relief from being re-taxed on goods that left Massachusetts where he had paid tax and then returned to the same port with the same goods because he was harrassed by the British and French and turned away in the Dominican Republic. The committee wisely wrote: "Your Committee however cannot find any good reason for relieving him against consequences of a risque which every exporter ought to calculate for himself." Cutter would continue to take risks suppling the French in Saint-Domingue and a claim was allowed him in 1803 by the American Commission in Paris for unpaid costs by the French See Greg H. Williams: The French Assault on American Shipping 1793-1813: A History p. 154. Evans 34754. ESTCW25464. unknown books
1928000350Washington: Government Printing Office 1928. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition; staple- bound 6" x 9 1/4"; pp. 1-14; original brick-red printed wraps; minor crease to upper corner else fine; illustrated with b & w photographs. The pamphlet is geared towards consumers rather than manufactures and distributors and it explains the advantages of grading lumber for better utilization of wood as well as better merchandising. Washington: Government Printing Office paperback books
1968133934Washington: GPO 1968. Eight-panel illus. brochure printed both sides. GPO unknown books
197010302Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 1970. 16p. 8.5x11 inches bilingual texts in Spanish and English profusely illustrated with b&w photos maps and tables very good booklet in stapled wraps. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books
1943TB22103Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1943. First Edition. First printing Good in stapled heavy paper covers with a stapled and braided cord binding. The corners of the covers are heavily worn creased and chipped and show mild dampness staining. The title page shows a column of numbers in ink and a number of the pages in the body of the text have folded corners. Nevertheless all pages are present. A small quarto containing 82 pages of text illustrated with line drawings and cartoons. Government Printing Office unknown books
1941118542Washington: GPO 1941. Two volumes parts 1 and 2 statistics history doctrine organization and work. Part I: Denominations A to J; Part 2: Denominations K to Z xiv xiv 1695p. very good. With material on ethnic churches including African American denominations of all sorts utoian religions and more. GPO unknown books
2004539282004. Federal Trade Commission Decisions. United States Federal Trade Commission. Washington: Government Printing Office. Vols. 1 to 128. 1915-1999. Volume 128 issued in 2004. Ex-private law firm library with moderate shelf wear and spine labels with call number on spines. Some of the older volumes spines a little faded. Some volumes stamped on the inside front cover. Pockets with blue card inside the front cover else a good solid set. See digital image. Reprint Price $3625. Special $995. Rulings and opinions of the Commission in cases involving restraint of trade and unfair competition. Standing order service available for future bound volumes as published. Contains rulings and opinions of the Commission in cases involving restraint of trade and unfair competition. unknown books
1969164201969. Federal Trade Commission Decisions. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1915-1969. Hardcover. Vols. 1 1915 9 13 to 15 17 19 21 to 32 34 36 37 to 41 44 to 46 50 to 56 59 63 64 70 72 73 75 84 87 with duplicates of vols. 23 29 40 51 56 59 75 1969. Together 52 books. Ex-library with stamps else very good. $250. unknown books
2002359012002. Federal Trade Commission Decisions. United States Federal Trade Commission. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 2001. Volume 126 July 1 1998 to December 1 1998. Cloth. New. $75. Contains opinions of the Commission in cases involving restraint of trade and unfair competition. unknown books
1807WRCAM56123Great Britain 1807. Manuscript written in eight columns on rectos and versos of two quarto sheets. Old folds two smalls spots of light soiling. Accompanied by four leaf typed transcription. Very good. An interesting but unattributed and apparently unpublished manuscript essay with a caption title reading "Loose Memo. Respectg. American Commerce." The gist of the memo is set forth in the first sentence: "The Americans are at all times the best customers of G.B. - in peace they take 1/3 of her manufactured exports - in War much more." In addition to the eager American market for British goods the author notes that British goods are often trans-shipped via America to other markets where Great Britain would not normally have access thanks to America's neutral status: ".you have only to change the name of the manufacturer & the wants of the Colonists will shut their eyes on the origin of the fabric. I have known Liverpool ware ornamented with the Portrait of Geo. III passed as German manufactures." <br> <br> The author notes that while the understandable economic downturn during the Revolution and for several years after the "peace of '83" resulted in some problematic credit relations between the U.S. and the British market much has changed. "The industry & the enterprise of our countrymen aided no doubt by the enjoyment of a neutral position has enabled them to throw off their dependence on the British merchant or manufacturer. They now have a sufficient capital of their own and a very important proportion of their imports are now paid for in ready money or in bills at short sight." The author explains that American merchants are able to export their surpluses of their own production and surplus British goods to the Continental market and transfer that money directly to creditors in Great Britain with an added perk: "The result of this species of trade must be ruinous to France. She is drained of her wealth to enrich & invigorate her enemy." <br> <br> Finally the author provides a specific example of this favored trading relationship with regard cotton. At this time the author estimates that Great Britain imports three- fifths of all cotton from the United States - some 150000 bags of cotton annually weighing 250lbs. each. The U.S. buys back nearly one-third of all cotton goods manufactured in Great Britain yielding a net profit of over £2.5 million to Great Britain. The author adds that this ratio holds for almost all raw materials produced in the United States. <br> <br> This essay was almost certainly written during the earlier part of the Napoleonic Wars; the author cites an 1801 speech by Lord Grenville which helps narrow the date range and it seems unlikely the Embargo Act of 1807 had been passed yet. Regardless the essay promotes Anglo-American trade and cooperation at least insofar as it enriches Britain and cripples France at a time when other forces were driving the two countries toward war. unknown books
1984285901984. 1887-1984 v. 1-367 lacking 23 books see below. 1887-1984 v. 1-367 lacking 23 books see below. Interstate Commerce Commission Decisions. Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1887-1984. Original cloth. Ex-library. Vols. 1-367 lacking 23 books: Vols. 11 97 99 100 101 103 106 108 110 114 116 119 121 125 127 130 133 135 137 141 143 149 178. Special $1595. unknown books
180637541Washington D.C.: A. & G. Way Printers 1806. First edition. Removed. Last leaf detached else very good. 6 pp. 8vo. The survey was intended to "ascertain the practicability of erecting a lighthouse lighted beacon or buoy on or near the extreme points of them or either of them." OCLC shows ten locations. Shaw & Shoemaker 11716. A. & G. Way, Printers unknown books
181611996Washington: William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 14 pp. <br><br>Recommending an increase in the tariff on cotton goods. House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 1st session no. 49. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 39597. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with rubber-stamp of the War Department Library. Last two leves separating bottom outer corners folded. Two pages slightly adhered in inner margin not affecting text. Light spotting and staining in some inner margins. William A. Davis unknown books
180516695City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1805. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Petition for a drawback on "sundry foreign merchandize" shipped on board the brigantine Five Sisters at Newburyport Mass. and intended for export to New Orleans. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 14061. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Very good. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180416691Washington City: Pr. by William Duane & Son 1804. 8vo. 5 3 blank pp. <br><br>The petitioners state that the slate quarries opened in New York in 1800 and 1803 can provide enough slate in various sizes and thicknesses to satisfy the entire domestic market for covering buildings. They request an additional duty on imported slate from foreign companies "who by means of superior numbers and capitals . can undersell the petitioners . <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 7586. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Foxing. Soiling on title-page. Numeral in top right corner of each page inked by an early hand. Pr. by William Duane & Son unknown books
