Coutumes

[CUSTOMS] HIRADE Ko^jiro^, authorBiblio.com

TOKYO FUZOKU-SHI 3 vols

1902887431902. CUSTOMS HIRADE Kojiro author. TOKYO FUZOKU-SHI 3 vols. Tokyo 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 Tokyo 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

Boston Book Company · États-Unis350,00 $US≈ 296,14 €

Inspectorate General of CustomsBiblio.com

The Trade of China 1936: Vol. III: Foreign Trade: Analysis of Exports

1937002608Shanghai: Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs 1937. China. The Maritime Customs I - Statistical Series: No. 1 A detailed tabulation of all exports of China to foreign trading partners in the years 1934 1935 and 1936. For each commodity trading partner quantity where appropriate and value of export is provided. Each commodity is identified in both Chinese and English and listed under its related tariff code. Some loss of wrapper to head and tail of spine binding otherwise strong; faint stamp handwritten date and remains of small sticker on front wrapper. Interior pages clean and unmarked - overall a very good copy of this rare item. vi 318 pp. index. First Edition. Softbound. Very Good. 28 x 22 cm. Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs

Orchid Press · Canada400,00 $US≈ 338,44 €

[Costumes]Biblio.com

Original watercolours of 17th-century Dutch costumes.

70448The Netherlands not published ca. 1920. Five original water-colours of 23.5 x 17.5 cm mounted on sheets of 29.0 x 23.5 cm; including three double-sized oblong width 45 cm. In later blind wrapper. = A nice suite of watercolours showing Dutch Amsterdam citizens in their Sunday's suits and dresses. The source of these drawings is unknown. Slight age-toning a few spots but generally in a goood condition. A unique item. unknown

Antiquariaat Schierenberg · Pays-Bas350,00 €

United States Customs CourtBiblio.com

United States Customs Court Reports. Vols. 1-85 1938-1980

1980196281980. United States Customs Court Reports. United States Customs Court: Cases Adjudged in the United States Customs Court. Washington: Government Printing Office 1939-1981. volumes 1 to 85 1938 to 1980. Complete set of all volumes published. Ex-private law firm library very good. Special $495. unknown

The Lawbook Exchange Ltd · États-Unis495,00 $US≈ 418,82 €

Coutumes GeneralesBiblio.com

Du Duché de Lorraine pour les Bailliages de Nancy Vosge et Allemagne

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

Celler Versandantiquariat · Allemagne480,00 €

Yamamura folk customs editionBiblio.com

Series Mountains and Folklore All 15 volumes <Japanese Version>

19912111902158501831Enterprise Publishing Sangakusha Publishing 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 15 books Size: 20 cm Number of books: 15 books Enterprise Publishing, Sangakusha Publishing paperback

Potato Head Bookshop · Singapour575,00 $US≈ 486,51 €

Flying Archeology and Customs SocietyBiblio.com

Hidabito 1st period all 10 volumes <Japanese Version>

19792111902160901537Rekishi tosho-sha 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 10 Rekishi tosho-sha paperback

Potato Head Bookshop · Singapour625,00 $US≈ 528,81 €

(Costumes) Vecellio, CesareBiblio.com

Costumes Anciens et Modernes. Habiti Antichi et Moderni di Tutto il mondo.precédés d'un Essai sur la Gravure sur Bois Par M. Amb. Firmin Didot

186036183Paris: Typographie de Firmin Didot Frères Fils & Cie 1860. Fifth edition. Extensively illustrated with woodcut illustrations text in Italian and French. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Three parts bound as one volume. Later half-green morocco front wrapper of each part bound in. Darkened some rubbing especially of raised bands on spine some light offsetting and light marginal discoloration else very good. Fifth edition. Extensively illustrated with woodcut illustrations text in Italian and French. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Hiler p. 873; Lipperhaide 25; Colas 2980 Typographie de Firmin Didot Frères Fils & Cie unknown

James Cummins Bookseller · États-Unis650,00 $US≈ 549,97 €

[ROME: PAPAL COSTUMES].Biblio.com

COSTUMI DELLA CORTE PONTIFICIA DISENATI ED INCISI CON OGNI CURA NELL’ ANNO 1853.

18533220516Hand-coloured lithograph panorama measuring 16 x 335 cm including a title portrait and 30 costumes; folding out of covers measuring 172 x 115 mm.; folding down into original red pattern paper boards 17.2 x 11.5 cm. slightly worn on joints Produced as a souvenir for visitors to Rome the panorama depicts the bewildering variety of colourful costumes that were still being worn by the Papal Court. The only flamboyant costume to survive today is the familiar one worn by the Swiss Guard although variants of other costumes used by the clergy in the panorama do survive but in a much reduced modest form. The panels that follow each other depict a costume of a member of the Papal Court beginning with he Pope himself: They are entitled: 'Pio IX P.O.M.'; 'S.P. in Dedia Gestatoria'; 'S.P. in Abrito Pontificale'; 'S.P. in Abrito Di Udienza'; 'S.P. in Mozzetta e Stola'; 'S.P. in Abito Privato'; 'Cardinale Diacono'; 'Cardinale no sibérien Cappa'; 'Cardinale in Manteletta'; 'Cardinale in Privato'; 'Vescovo Greco'; 'Vescovo Siro'; 'Vescovo Armeno'; 'Prelato' 'Crocifero'; 'Bussolante Contriregno'; 'Cammeriere Secreto con Flabello'; 'Senatore'; 'Cameriere Segreto'; 'Mazziere'; 'Gentilomo de Cardinale'; 'Sediaro'; 'Guardia Nobile'; 'Vesillifero di s. Chiesa'; 'Capitano Svizzero'; 'Sargente Svizzero'; 'Svizzero con Corazza'; 'Svizzero con Corazza'; 'Soldato Svizzero'; 'Svizzero del S. Monte di Pieta'; 'Tamburro Svizzero' Compare with Abbey Life 553. Presso i Fratelli d’Atri, Via del Corso No. 395, 395A e 142.

Pickering & Chatto, Antiquarian Booksellers · Royaume-Uni550,00 £GB≈ 627,99 €

[New York Customs]Biblio.com

Port of Blank Know Ye That blank Master or Commander of the blank Burthen blank Tons or there-abouts Mounted with blank Guns Navigated with blank Men blank Built blank Bound for blank Having on Board blank Hath Enter’d & Clear’d in her Majestys Custom–House at blank According to Law…

3734310New York. 1707â€“1714. 7Â¼ x 11Â½ inches. Laid paper. Edge toned lightly foxed fold lines. Very good. A rare and early eighteenth-century partly-printed blank form for sea vessels likely from the press of William Bradford created during the first two decades of New York printing. The formâ€™s final lines date it to the reign of Queen Anne 1702-14; sovereign from 1707 onward when Bradford was New Yorkâ€™s only working printer. The completed form would certify customs clearance recording the vesselâ€™s name tonnage arms crew origin and itinerary. William Bradford 1663-1752 the first printer in New York and Pennsylvania is cited as the â€œpioneering printer of the English middle coloniesâ€ DAB. He began printing in Pennsylvania in 1685 and opened a bookstore in 1688. Legal troubles including the seizure of his printing equipment in 1692 led him to relocate to New York in 1693 where he printed the acts of assembly and other official documents for the colonial council. DAB II:563â€“564. unknown

Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) · États-Unis750,00 $US≈ 634,57 €

HOLLYWOOD COSTUMESBiblio.com

A Set of Three Highlights From the Western Costume ‘Star Collection’ Auction Catalogues

199325288ELos Angeles: Butterfield & Butterfield 1993 & 1994. First Editions. Lavishly illustrated catalogues with many black & white and color photographs. This set of presents costumes and memorabilia from such diverse films as Gone With The Wind Planet of the Apes Big Orson Welles’ crown from Macbeth Bruce Lee costumes and promotional material George Hamilton’s costume pieces from Zorro The Gay Blade a photograph collection of Sarah Bernhardt Elvis Presley’s costumes and signed photograph Tyrone Powers’ suit from The Razor’s Edge Billy Crystal’s vest from City Slickers dresses from The Sound of Music scripts from Star Trek and much more. Part I is 79 pages plus index Part II is 178 pages and has the prices realized sheet laid in and Part III is 167 pages plus an index. All copies are fine in glossy printed wrappers. Butterfield & Butterfield unknown

James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. · États-Unis750,00 $US≈ 634,57 €

(COLOR PLATE BOOKS). (COSTUMES AROUND THE WORLD). (CHILDREN'S BOOKS). VENNING, MARY ANNEBiblio.com

A GEOGRAPHICAL PRESENT: BEING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. WITH REPRESENTATIONS OF THE VARIOUS INHABITANTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COSTUMES BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED

1820ST16372eLondon: Printed for Harvey and Darton 1820. Third Edition. 155 x 95 mm. 6 x 3 3/4". 144 pp. Appealing sprinkled calf by Wallis for C. E. Lauriat stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper covers bordered by double gilt fillet raised bands spine gilt in compartments with floral spray at center encircled by small tools leafy branch at corners red morocco label densely gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. WITH 60 HAND-COLORED PLATES of costumes from around the world. For first edition: Lipperheide 480; Osborne Collection p. 193. See also: Megan Nourcia "X Marks the Spot: Women Writers Map the Empire for British Children 1790-1895" pp. 33-34. A tiny bit of wear to the top of the front joint occasional trivial marginal stains or the faintest of browning but still a fine copy clean and fresh internally with brightly colored plates in a well-preserved lustrous binding. Attractively bound and enhanced with excellent contemporary hand coloring this charming introduction to geography aimed at young readers contains numerous plates depicting the traditional dress of cultures from around the world. Beginning in London and spreading to almost every corner of Western Europe the book then guides us to Asia Africa and finally to the Americas ending in Tierra del Fuego. First published in 1817 "A Geographical Present" was the author's most successful work. There is little known about the life of Mary Anne Venning but according to Megan Nourcia the present work "had a broad circulation launching her career as a scientific writer and establishing her authority as an educator of the young." Nourcia also notes that "Venning's texts were marketed as educational aids of keepsake quality"; as we see here the attractive binding and lovely hand-colored plates add an element of luxury to this pedagogical work and the fine condition of our copy suggests that it was carefully looked after by its presumably young previous owners. Printed for Harvey and Darton unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis780,00 $US≈ 659,96 €

CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMSBiblio.com

Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.

1923192991Shanghai: Printed and Published at the Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs 1923. Second edition following the first of 1912 of this bilingual reference for customs service employees and those serving on private vessels. 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. This handbook is scarcer than most customs service publications most copies likely not surviving the ravages of use onboard ship. WorldCat shows that the New York Public Library holds both editions and a copy of the second can also be found at Cornell. Small octavo. Folding Chinese compass diagram. Original yellow boards green cloth backstrip covers lettered in black. Old red ink manuscript corrections on p. 25 of English text. A little dust-marking: a near-fine copy. hardcover

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni600,00 £GB≈ 685,08 €

CULLODEN and Abraham, Messrs, of the Rangoon CustomsBiblio.com

The Commercial Annual; or Tabular Comparative Statements of the Internal and External Commerce of British Burmah For the Years 1862 and 1863 and Official Years 1861-62 1862-63 and 1863-64

1864438380Rangoon: American Mission Press C. Bennett 1864. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 91 1pp. Tables. Stitched printed yellow wrappers. Faint contemporary penciled name on front wrap "Rev. C. H. Carpenter" modest vertical crease small nicks tears and dogears; spine partially perished but tight overall very good. A comprehensive accounting of cargo exported from and imported to Rangoon with summaries of tonnage specific lists of cargo for each ship etc. "Published by the permission of the Collector of Customs." OCLC locates two copies only both at the British Library. American Mission Press, C. Bennett unknown

Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA · États-Unis900,00 $US≈ 761,49 €

[Costumes; Hand-Colored]Biblio.com

Costumi Ecclesiastici Civile e Militarie

1823D18682Rome: Luigi Nicoletti 1823. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 10 1/4 x 81/4 ins.; 265 x 205 mm. Sixty hand-colored plates of military and religious costumes; some light marginal staining to a few plates. Contemporary gilt vellum; upper joint cracked but still holding. Sold as a collection of plates. The hand coloring of the plates especially nice in this copy. Provenance: Robert S Pirie bookplate. Luigi Nicoletti hardcover

Sanctuary Books · États-Unis950,00 $US≈ 803,80 €

M Maurice Magre Decors et Costumes de M Georges Delaw Musique de scene M Gabriel GrovlezBiblio.com

Le Marchand de Passions. Comedie en 3 images d'Epinal et en vers

1911L3 box256 b5Le Marchand de Passions. Comedie en 3 images d'Epinal et en vers de M. Maurice Magre. Decors et Costumes de M. Georges Delaw. Musique de scene M. Gabriel Grovlez. Acheve d'imprimer le dix-huitieme jour de Mars MCMXI sur les presses de La Belle Edition. 71 Rue des Saints-Peres 71 Paris. IL a ete tire de cet ouvrage: Vingt exemplaires sur japon a la forme numerotes de 1 a 20 et vingt sur Hollande van Gelder numerotes de 21 a 40 qui ont ete signes et paraphes des auteurs et des editeurs. Hardcover book size: 6.125 x 5.75 x 0.5 inches. La Belle Edition. hardcover

findbook2004 · États-Unis999,00 $US≈ 845,25 €

CUSTOMS OFFICERS BARLOW, DAY and HAGNERBiblio.com

1938 - 1939 ORIGINAL PRE WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF 3 CUSTOMS OFFICERS SEIZING GOODS AND ARRESTING SMUGGLERS IN THE PORT OF NEW YORK

19380001753NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK. Fair. 1938. On offer is an original 1938 - 1939 manuscript relic of pre World War II policing by three US Customs and Duty officers named Barlow Day and Hagner. The entries list seizures they made the date the name of the ship which pier the items seized and the value of these items. Historians and researchers of such work will be amazed at the breadth of the seized items beyond the assumed liquor tobacco and weapons. The notes detail such sundry items pyjamas perfume sandals table cloths lotion wallets shell boxes cameras tea jewellery coins and more. Included within the pages of the journal are several newspaper clippings. Four of them were obits for a man by the name of Sgt. John E. Day who died during WWII. He was the brother of custom's agent Edward F. Day. There are also a few articles about a narcotics bust mostly opium showing a woman by the name of Madeline Mayling as the suspect. In part: "June 9th 1939. United States Customs agents were set last night to crack down on a huge Broadway drug syndicate as a result of the arrest of a woman head of a gown shop and the seizure of more than $15000 worth of crude gum opium and morphine base on her person. The woman under arrest is Madeline Mayling 38 who operated the Helene Modes Inc. on the 6th floor of the Gayety Gaiety Theatre Building 1547 BroadwayShe was captured as she walked off the Italian liner Vulcania last Friday night with 12 1/2 pound slabs of opium under her girdle. "I thought it was imported Roquefort or limburger cheese" she insisted. She is held in default of $25000 bail charged with smuggling. An alleged accomplice whose name is withheld also is under arrest.Other narcotics were found at her home and at her place of business a Broadway dress shop.In her apartment a fully loaded automatic pistol was also found" Another article notes that a woman was hiding four pounds of pure heroin in the soles of her shoes; several pairs. The handwritten entry in the journal that shows where they arrested Madeline but she was going under the alias name of "Helen Hoffman" as the newspaper article states. There is also a small typed piece of paper which is titled "Enforcement Division Notes." This piece talks about Guard E. F. Day who was "strolling" on board the S. S. Pacific which was docked in Brooklyn at the time. He decided to search the seamen's wash room and found a bottle that ordinarily contained pickles when actually it was "Preserved Marijuana." It was concealed under the iron floor of the wash room. This is really a fascinating 37 pages of intimate details of the unique service these officers performed. There are about 40 different ships mentioned including: the Normandie California Virginia Ile de France New York Champlain Rotterdam Berlin Queen Mary Breman and many more. Some of the piers are; Constable Hook in Bayonne New Jersey Claremont Terminal in New Jersey New Briton Boat Landing in Staten Island Pier 18 North River Brooklyn piers and more. Finally in the back of this journal is two page handwritten entry about a Grand Jury session concerning the seizure of opium on board the ship SS Menclaus. Seems they found opium in the bottom of a bucket hidden under some clothing and belonging to Lee Foo Yung. The diary it's in poor shape with the cover detached but present and the cover is also torn at the spine in places. There are a few torn out pages but the diary itself has over 100 pages of which 37 have entries. Binding still looks good and there is a bit of foxing around the edges of the pages. The journal measures about 4 ¾" x 6 ¾". Overall Fair.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF OPIUM HEROIN NORMANDIE QUEEN MARY MAYLING BUST CUSTOM AGENTS BARLOW DAY HAGNER SMUGGLING POLICE ENFORCEMENT CRIMINALITY CRIMINAL CRIME CRIME PROCEDURE CUSTOMS SEIZURES PRE WORLD WAR II DEPRESSION ERA NARCOTICS DRUGS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS PHOTO ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS HANDSCHRIFT HANDGESCHRIEBEN MANUSKRIPT DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada1 295,99 $US≈ 1 096,54 €

CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS - CHEN, Xiafei, & Han Rongfang (eds).Biblio.com

Confidential Correspondence Between Robert Hart and James Duncan Campbell 1874-1907.

1990173560Beijing: 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

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni1 000,00 £GB≈ 1 141,80 €

CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMSBiblio.com

Service List 1904.

1904150513Shanghai: Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs 1904. A Commissioner's record of four decades of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service First edition sole printing with a pleasing provenance of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service internal staff list for 1904 issued to the sinologist Charles Williams in his first year as an employee. Williams annotated this copy throughout his successful three-decade career to track the fortunes of Service colleagues. His signed armorial bookplate is to the front pastedown. Charles Alfred Speed Williams began working for the Service's revenue department in November 1903 at the junior level of Fourth Assistant. He rose to the rank of Acting Commissioner at the Lungchow station before retiring in late 1935. On leaving the service he was given the honorary rank of Commissioner. Williams' manuscript additions show that he maintained an evolving record of the careers of those who worked with him in the revenue department. He notes colleagues who reached the senior grade of Commissioner and their dates of compulsory retirement while he also records whether members of staff resigned retired or died in office. In line with his own interest in the Chinese language Williams also highlights those who attained the Service's highest grade of Chinese language proficiency. The Chinese Maritime Customs Service was founded in 1854 by Britain and other foreign powers to collect taxes on maritime trade for the Chinese government but its remit quickly expanded to include domestic customs administration the postal service waterway and harbour management and meteorology. These areas of responsibility inevitably overlapped with diplomatic and political issues making the Service one of the most powerful bureaucratic entities in the country. Between 1875 and 1948 the Service published an annual list containing basic information on all members of staff and their responsibilities. These volumes only ever distributed for internal use represent a valuable record of the Service's contributions to the economic and political history of modern China. Alongside his successful career in the Chinese customs bureaucracy Williams maintained a deep scholarly interest in Chinese history and culture. He is most well-known for Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives: An Alphabetical Compendium of Antique Legends and Beliefs as Reflected in the Manners and Customs of the Chinese 1931 a work that went through multiple editions over several decades. In 1969 he published his autobiographical Chinese Tribute which recounts his colourful experiences working for the Maritime Customs Service. Quarto. Original brown pebble-grain cloth title to spine in gilt sides ruled in blind edges sprinkled red. A little rubbed and marked overall tips bumped with light wear edges slightly dusty offsetting to endpapers touch of foxing to contents else bright. A very good copy indeed. hardcover

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni1 250,00 £GB≈ 1 427,25 €

Pritchard, R M, Collector of Customs, & R C Pennell, Colonial SecretaryBiblio.com

Island St. Helena port regulations.

185354091James' Town St. Helena: printed at the Government Office by Geo. Gibb 1853. Broadside approx. 12¾" x 8" printed on blue paper; lengthy text in a single column beneath a cut of the Royal Arms at the top; very slight spotting else a fine copy of a rare South Atlantic imprint. The regulations 15 in all outline manifest requirements customs fees and charges quarantines dockage and launch services and charges etc. Also the times draw bridges are raised and lowered the town gates closed and the latitude and longitude of the islands. Also information regarding the "Time Ball." The time ball a visual signaling device meant to be observed by ships at sea for calibrating chronometers was first successfully tested by the Royal Navy at Portsmouth in 1829. Among the first time balls constructed was that at St. Helena Observatory in 1834. The white canvas ball dropped precisely at noon while a time gun positioned on the High Knoll fired the signal. The procedure was repeated at one o'clock to coincide with Greenwich mean time. Not in OCLC and unlocated bibliographically. printed at the Government Office, by Geo. Gibb unknown

Rulon-Miller Books · États-Unis1 725,00 $US≈ 1 459,52 €

CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMSBiblio.com

War: 1914-1918. Record of Services Given and Honours Attained by Members.

1922173387Shanghai: 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