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64798, Brepols, 2022 Hardback, 295 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:4 b/w, 5 col., Language(s):English, Old French, Middle High German. ISBN 9782503595009.
64703, Brepols, 2022 Hardback, 456 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:15 b/w, 12 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503588513.
413 pages. Index. Great reproductions of black and white photos. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "Author recounts some of the highlights of his forty years in the Cariboo/Chilcotin, particularly his love/hate relationship with the famous Gang Ranch and its various owners." - from back cover. Moderate wear. Minimal markings. A sound copy. Book
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
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
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
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
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287 p. Hardcover Very good condition . spine ends chipped BAL 3152 (State 1 ad at beginning, no terminal ads as in state 2)
190897841Shanghai, Statistical Department of the Inspectorate general of Custom, 1908, , 2 vol. in-4 : VIII-745 pp. + VI, 757-1568 pp, Demi-basane à coins rouge, plats de toile verte, dos long orné de filets et fleurons dorés, Deuxième édition de ce recueil de traités, conventions maritimes et tarifs douaniers existant entre la Chine et des pays étrangers. La première édition n'a été tirée qu'à 50 exemplaires réservés aux douanes chinoises. Le tirage de la présente édition n'est pas décrit mais elle reste relativement rare sur le marché. Elle comprend pour chaque document, le texte en chinois avec en regard celui de la langue du pays en question. Le premier volume est consacré à la Russie, au protocole international, à la Grande-Bretagne, aux États-Unis, à la France et l'accord sur les tarifs douaniers à l'importation. Le second volume porte sur la Belgique, la Suède et la Norvège, l'Allemagne, le Portugal, le Danemark, les Pays-Bas, l'Espagne, 'Italie, l'Autriche-Hongrie, le Japon, le Pérou, le Brésil, l'État indépendant du Congo, le Mexique, et la Corée. Cet ouvrage est publié par le Service des douanes maritimes chinoises. Il est créé en 1854 pour faire face à l'augmentation des relations commerciales de la Chine impériale avec le reste du monde, notamment après la guerre sino-japonaise. Le service était composé pour la moitié d'employés chinois, pour un quart de britanniques et pour le reste de français, japonais, allemands, russes... C'est un document historique important pour l'histoire commerciale, maritime et diplomatique de la Chine au tout début du XXe siècle. Reliures défraîchies mais solides. Bon état intérieur. Couverture rigide
Mm 250x325 Volume rilegato in piena tela con titolo impresso in bianco al piatto anteriore e al dorso, sovraccoperta editoriale illustrata a colori, 207 pagine con 47 tavole a colori e 171 illustrazioni in nero comprese nel testo in lingua inglese - English text. "Splendido catalogo sull'arte tessile del Daghestan, una regione tra il Mar Caspio e il Mar Nero crogiuolo di diverse etnie". Libro in perfette condizioni di nuovo - brand new in original shrink-wrap. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
13463Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer London. 22 January 1707. 1p. small 4to. On aged and lightly damp-stained paper with wear and closed tear to extremities. Three counter-signatures in bottom left-hand corner faded with damp. The document begins with manuscript additions in square brackets: 'Record 15 Janry 1707 Numb. 1040 The 22nd Day of January 1707 Received then by me Cha: Godolphin by Order dated the 10 Day of ffebry 1704 of the Honourable Francis Robartes Esq; One of the Four Tellers of the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer the Sum of Twelve pounds Eight Shillings 2 1/2 being for Twelve Months Annuity due the 27 Day of Decr 1707'. Signed at bottom right hand. [Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, London.] 22 January 1707. unknown
Text is clean, clear and bright throughout. Cover is in good, clean condition. There is some minor creasing to the spine. Used
A manual on how to proceed with family research - Sources, how to make enquiries in Greece - with sample form letters in Greek, a list of religious offices in Greece where local birth/marriage and death records may be found, plus all kinds of other helpful tips.79p. [11 Copies found in Worldcat] Book
Comprehensive guide to researching Greek Genealogy. Includes : Beginning your Research, Sources for Genealogical Research, Greek History, More about Greece, Greek Migration, Locating Places in Greece (with details about various gazetteers - geographical dictionaries), Churches and Religious Denominations (with addresses of dioceses, and Patriarchate), Research by Mail (with form letters in Greek and their English translation, and Family questionnaire for relatives to fill in information about common ancestors), Learn about Names, The Language (with basics about grammar and a list of words you will see in Greek records), Numbers and Units of Time. Two Appendices: Glossary (of Greek and English words); and Greek Given Names their Variations, their English Equivalents, and Name-days. Pictures of ancestors and of the land, Maps, and photocopies of Greek Records and Certificates.xii,157p. illus Book
12235Strasbourg, 1968 244 p., 98 reproductions N/B hors-texte, broché. 14,5 x 22
Pages 159-192. Features: Politician Herbert F. Norris - article and full-page illustration of Mr. Norris; Early history of the Concord press; Decisions of Chief Justice Smith; Congressional Papers, No. 4 - Illusions Dispelled; Manners and Customs in Hopkinton - No. 1 - Domiestic, Social and Moral. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
