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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
CA08AA-00260Government Printing Office. Collectible - Acceptable. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1900. 8vo. 71pp. Fair book. Ex-library else Good. law Philippines railroads Inquire if you need further information. Government Printing Office 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
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
1966375944Washington D.C. 1966. 8vo. Single sheet Vice Presidential stationery signed in black ink recto only with small yellow/brown stains; stapled to a copy of a letter from the Treasury Department on copy paper recto only. With a franked envelope Vice Presidential stationery also with small yellow/brown stain. 8vo. Humphrey's letter reads "Dear Mr. Neufeld: With reference to your letter of October 11 I now have a reply from the Bureau of Customs a copy of which is enclosed. Best wishes. Sincerely Hubert Humphrey."<br /> <br /> The copied letter regards the "unpleasant experience" Mace Neufeld had when clearing customs at Los Angeles. PhotoNYC unknown
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
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
19612110502150411894Asahishinbunsha 1961. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Asahishinbunsha paperback
19852092902138201414Tairiku shobo 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 230 pages Size: New book size Number of copies: 1 volume Tairiku shobo paperback
0656625376.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
18782111902160201404Hori Seitaro 1878. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 Hori Seitaro paperback
19632091502133906000Seibundo Shinkosha 1963. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Seibundo Shinkosha paperback
19872083002116300303Not Available 1987. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1652155411京都 Kyoto.: 内外出版. 大正１１年. 1922. Colour woodblock frontispiece black and white illustrations in the text 30pp upper cover of the colourful upper wrapper torn and detached from upper cover otherwise very good. This issue of this magazine includes articles on changes in Japanese marriage customs customs relating to footwear the Pipa an East Asian string instrument and hairstyles. . 内外出版. unknown
