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18782111902160201404Hori Seitaro 1878. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 Hori Seitaro paperback
19872083002116300303Not Available 1987. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
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
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
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
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
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 Broadway She 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
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
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
3734310<p>New York. 1707–1714. 7¼ x 11½ inches. Laid paper. Edge toned lightly foxed fold lines. Very good.</p> <p>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 form’s final lines date it to the reign of Queen Anne 1702-14; sovereign from 1707 onward when Bradford was New York’s only working printer.</p> <p>The completed form would certify customs clearance recording the vessel’s name tonnage arms crew origin and itinerary.</p> <p>William Bradford 1663-1752 the first printer in New York and Pennsylvania is cited as the “pioneering printer of the English middle colonies†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.</p> <p>DAB II:563–564.</p> unknown
19792111902160901537Rekishi tosho-sha 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 10 Rekishi tosho-sha paperback
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
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
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
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
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
19162110502151000692Yoshikawakobunkan 1916. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Yoshikawakobunkan paperback
19772090502130602911Modern Customs Study Group 1977. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 11 Modern Customs Study Group paperback
14254'Villard Photographe - Editeur Quimper Dépôt G. Le Bras Libraire. Heliotype E. La Deley Paris.' Undated late nineteenth century. The album is landscape 13 x 19 cm. Internally clean on lightly-aged paper stapled into worn and spotted printed covers. It contains 26 photographs 10 full-page and 16 half-page on 18 leaves separated by tissue guards mising fisrt tissue guard a mixture of indoor and outdoor scenes and some posed. Images include: 'Les Mariages de Plougastel-Daoulas. - Le Défile des Mariés'; 'La Gavotte Bretonne'; 'DOUARNENEZ. - Toilette de la Mariée'; Arrivée du Cortege au Bourg'; 'Le Repas de Noces. - Réception des Invités par les Mariés' wedding preparations at Pont-Ave; separate photographs of married couples from Quimper Douarnenez Plonevez-Porzay Pont l'Abbé Scaer. No copies found at the Bibliothèque Nationale on COPAC or WorldCat. 'Villard Photographe - Editeur | Quimper | Dépôt G. Le Bras, Libraire. Heliotype E. La Deley, Paris.' Undated [late nineteenth unknown
19101His Majesty's Customs London. 24 December 1701. 1p. on 24 x 16cm. piece of paper. The first part of the document reads: 'Recorded 24 Decembr 1701 Received of the Lord ffitcharding three hundred pounds part of an Order of ten thousand two hundred pounds out of the 4½ P Cents for Secrett Service'. Below this in the right-hand margin Ferne has written: 'Three Hundred Pounds Hen: Ferne ple of 10200 Pr Secret Service 22 Decr. 1701'. At the foot of the page in another hand: 'Witness. Rd: Porter'. [ His Majesty's Customs, London. ] 24 December 1701. unknown
19642vols. 11-14 16-18; 20 23 25-28 @ $52.50/vol. vols. 11-14 16-18; 20 23 25-28 @ $52.50/vol. Customs Bulletin. Washington: Government Printing Office. vols. 11 to 14 16 to 18; 20 23 25 to 26 28. Together 12 books. Hardcover. Ex-private law firm library with stamps else good condition. $295. unknown
1999227671999. Customs Bulletin. Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws. U.S. Treasury. U.S. Customs Service. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. Vols. 1 to 26 28 29 31 to 33 1967-1999. Ex-private law firm library with stamps and partial spine labels. unknown
Elizabeth Su-DaleIn Pristine Condition. unknown
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
84153801China c.1900 n.p. Accordion-folding album very good 10 hand-painted scenes on silk in delicate watercolors full text in Chinese & English 14.5 x 20.5 cm. wood covers with a green deeply carved "Fu" Chinese character for wealth.RARE A charming work made for distribution to foreign visitors to China. Done in the Chinese fashion beginning right to left. Covers the Confucian devotions and festivals to give honor to ancestors offering sacrifices to the Gods and establishing general holidays for public entertainment. This work covers the ten main festivals: New Year Greetings on Yuan Tan. The Lantern Show on Shang Yuan. Cleansing Tombs on Ching Min or Tombs Festival Day. Dragon-boat Racing on Tuan Yang. Meditation of Kinsmen on Chung Yuan. Enjoying the Moon light at mid-Autumn festival. Ascending a height on Double-Nine. Thanksgiving for Good Harvests. Offering to God of the Kitchen Range for Blessing. Thanks to Heaven on New Year's Eve. Each of the ten festivals are portrayed in a delicate hand-painted illustration of festivals. Delicately painted in full color on rough silk with traditional Chinese silk mounting style with Chinese & English text on the opposite side. A fine example of the Chinese illustrated book with silk mountings on the borders of the paintings. Nicely done with two edge gilt as usual a bit of warping to covers. THE BINDING: This title comes in two variant bindings: one is wood covers with the Chinese character "FU" carved and stained green. Another variant is brown silk covered boards. The contents remains the same as does the price. . unknown