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1843EEAgaGRE94London: 1843. 1843. oblong folio & folio. pp. 2; 2. disbound. Cundall 2854 p. 146. [London: 1843]. unknown
1843EEAffGRE21London: 1843. 1843. folio. pp. 5 1. Cundall 2854 p. 146. [London: 1843]. unknown
189618621Lima Imprenta de El País 1896. Paperback. Good. 92p. wrps. Includes reorganization of the Customs Service. Lima, Imprenta de El País paperback
1843EEAbaGRE71London: 1843. 1843. oblong folio. pp. 3 1. disbound.Cundall 2854 p. 146. [London: 1843]. unknown
1843EEAeeGRE93London: 1843. 1843. folio. 5 1. disbound tear in outer margin of 1st leaf - no loss. Cundall 2854 p. 146. [London: 1843]. unknown
186024334London: Printed by W. Mitchener 1860. Hardcover. Very good overall. Instructions from the Commissioners of Audits approved by Queen Victoria's Commissioners of the Treasury which were provided to the Agents General of British colonies. <br /> <br /> Among the "Supplies" procured and forwarded to the colonies are included "Sub-Marine Telegraph Cables Steam Vessels Dredging Vessels" showing a keen involvement with advancing telegraph capabilities after the successful launching of the first telegraphic cable across the Atlantic by the Great Eastern in 1858. <br /> <br /> The instructions include two types of colonies "Crown" and "Representative" seemingly related to the application of the instructions which are "Strictly Applied" in Crown Colonies and "Applied when Practicable" in Representative Colonies. The Crown Colonies include many islands of the Caribbean - Bermuda Jamaica Grenada St. Lucia Bahamas Turks Islands and Trinidad. Bermuda is unusually listed "Convict Service only partly representative. Other Crown colonies are Ceylon Mauritius Western Australia the only Australian state so designated Gibraltar Malta Natal Labuan Sierra Leone Gambia Gold Coast Hong Kong British Guiana British Columbia British Kaffraria St. Helena Falkland Islands Heligoland. <br /> <br /> Representative colonies include Victoria Tasmania and New Zealand Cape of Good Hope New Brunswick Newfoundland Vancouver's Island and St. Kitts. Also included are lists of supplies to be procured and forwarded and incidental duties. <br /> <br /> 8vo 24pp. Brown gilt calf presentation binding with gold gilt title border and royal crest. Deaccessed from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Library with their stamp at the front end paper. Rubbed at spine paper "Duplicate" label partially present at front cover title page detached. Binding slightly separated but firm. <br /> <br /> Trove cites digital copies only. OCLC: 276298293 cites 2 copies at the Archives of Canada and Auckland Libraries. Printed by W. Mitchener hardcover
1843EEAipGRE30London: 1843. 1843. folio. pp. 12. disbound Cundall 2854 p. 146. [London: 1843]. unknown
1843EEAipGRE47London: 1843. 1843. folio. pp. 16. disbound. Cundall 2854 p. 146. [London: 1843]. unknown
1868001949Philadelphia: By the author 1868. Softcover. Manuscript; 10 1/2 x 8; pp. 4; written in brown ink on "Custom House Philadelphia" stationary; a couple of small nicks to edges; age-toning to margins; very good condition. The report addressed to Charles Gilpin Esq. of the US District Attorney's Office describes the arrival of the Ship Bombay from Liverpool upon which various violations of current laws are discovered - there are 29 1/2 passengers when only 13 1/2 are allowed only 12 berths are present with the majority of them less than 2 ft. wide and one of them less than 6 ft. long the height of the booby hatch is 1 ft. 4 in. shorter than the one specified by law and so on. The last paragraph of the document specifies the fines to be imposed including $50 per head for the extra 16 passengers to the amount of $800 and $5 per head for the narrow berths for 29 1/2 passengers to the amount of $147.50 for a total of $947.50. Philadelphia: By the author paperback
189950002653Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1899. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The original softcover government publication not a reprint. Published October 1899. Binding is tight and no handwriting or underlining found in book. Exterior paper boards show edge creases and chips foxing and along sliver is detached from bottom of back board outer edge. Moderate foxing also noted along exterior page edges. Book title penciled on spine. Book condition graded as good plus. Book has been placed in protective archival bag and will be shipped that way. See photos. <br/> <br/> Government Printing Office paperback
1852113934London E. Wilson 1852. 1852 edition. Hardback. A good copy in the original cloth with printed-label to spine. Slight dust-dulling with minor rubbing toning and some light staining. Internally very good. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Scans on request. ; 672 pages; Description: 672 p. Subjects: Committee for Reform of the Board of Customs London. London, E. Wilson hardcover
1854List2974New York City 1854. Single one-page letter measuring 8 x 12 ½ inches. Folded with one small tear; near fine. A letter from “C. Riddle†with the New York City Inspector’s Department to “Sant. Mairs Esq†concerning the best way to push through their choice of appointee for the Collector of the Port of New York. Riddle writes:<br /> <br /> “I write this to inform you that there has been six or seven appointments made in the Custom House within the last few days. You know what the old man told us the other day when you were here. This looks to me as if there was some humbug going on. Now my dear sir in my opinion the certain way to secure Mr. Van Derlip’s appointment is for you to write to Washington and secure the influence of Dayton or Miller or someone of your Congressmen to see the Secretary of the Treasury and let them use their influence with him. It is said here by the knowing ones that all the appointments are made at Washington now if this be so this is the only way to fix the Collector. . A little effort on your part in this way will I think fix the matter.â€<br /> <br /> Given that Riddle mentions the Custom House the “Collector†position the two are trying to fix is likely Collector of the Port of New York. This position which oversaw the collection of import duties and fines was extremely lucrative: it paid a percentage of money collected at what was then the busiest port in the US and the Collector’s office was also able to hand out federal jobs. The Collector was appointed by the President who at the time was Franklin Pierce; the Secretary of the Treasury whom Riddle is suggesting Mairs influence was James Guthrie. Guthrie pushed reforms on customs collectors including requiring much more frequent reports from them.<br /> <br /> If Collector of the Port was the position in question the pair were unsuccessful; State Senator Heman J. Redfield was the Pierce-appointed Collector from 1853 to 1857 and no one named Van Derlip ever held the position.<br /> <br /> An intriguing example of an attempt at political maneuvering. Of interest to scholars of New York City politics. unknown
18782082402113503235Not Available 1878. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Not Available paperback
1900014744Washington: Government Printing Office 1900. Hardcover. Good. Boards in three-quarter calf with brown cloth sides; two leather spine labels with gilt lettering. Boards and spine scuffed and heavily rubbed. ''Bassett / Office Attorney General'' hand-written on front cover. From the Library of the Philippine Commission as identified on leather spine label paper label on front pastedown and a few rubber-stampings. Internally generally clean except for two pages which are soiled with what looks like orange paint here there is a bit of blemished text but all words can still be parsed. 155 pages. English translation of Spain's penal code as amended by the codification commission of the Colonial Provinces designated to be published in and put into effect in the Philippine Islands in 1884. This copy belonged to Arthur Bassett 1878-1962 Assistant Attorney General for the Philippines. After earning his law degree at Washington University St. Louis he was appointed by the Philippine Commission to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Philippine Islands an office he held between 1903-1906 working with the first Attorney General Lebbeus R. Wilfley. The two had been associated back home in Missouri and in 1906 they each relocated to Shanghai when they were appointed to the United States Court in China Bassett as first district attorney and Wilfley as a judge. Bassett followed this with a short stint working as counsel for the British-Amerina Tobacco Co. in Shanghai. Upon the U.S.'s entry into the First World War he joined the Army and served as judge advocate general in North China 1917-1919 with the rank of major. Between the World Wars he was chairman of the Red Cross Committee in China. Bassett the ''old China hand'' returned to the United States in 1941 and settled in San Francisco. Government Printing Office hardcover
1838ZB573030Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1838. Part 1 only; folio 35.5 cm. tall lxix 3 323 pp library hand stamps original paper wrappers badly chipped at spine early leaves lack lower outside corners with no text touched becoming disbound text partially unopened but age toned and becoming fragile gift inscription from American author Benjamin P. Poore chipped but not hitting signature reading copy only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, unknown
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
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
18782111902160201404Hori Seitaro 1878. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 Hori Seitaro paperback