The Organization Of The English Customs System 1696-1786.
£30.00
Publisher
Augustus M. Kelley, with label pasted over David and Charles, Newton Abbot imprint.
Place
Clifton, New Jersey
Date
1968
Synopsis
With a new introduction by rupert c. jarvis
Item Description
8vo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. xxxii + 322 pp. Bound in original blue cloth, gilt, in price clipped dust wrapper. A very good clean copy. Scholarly history of the English customs service from the date of the passing of the last Navigation Act to the year preceding Pitt's Consolidation Act. First published in the US in 1938, it also throws light on smugglers, riding officers, etc. With a new introduction by Rupert Charles Jarvis (1899-1983), formerly Librarian of H. M. Customs and Excise.
[Stock No. 28912]
