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United States Government Printing Office. , 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. ORIGINAL 1964 PUBLICATION; Paper wrappers; small creases at corners of wraps and leaves; o/w in very good condition. .

United States Government Printing Office. , 1964. Book. Good. Soft cover. ORIGINAL 1964 PUBLICATION; issued with front wrap only; a couple of small holes on paper covering of spine; o/w in good condition. .

United States Government Printing Office. , 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. ORIGINAL 1964 PUBLICATION; issued with front wrap only; staple-bound; in very good condition. .

New.

City of Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1807. 3 pp. but only a few paragraphs of text; age toned, tattered, and disbound in self wrappers; Rensselaer and Other manufactures want higher duties on foreign window glass, the committees feels they are high enough and recommends rejection of the petition. - 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.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

1802. 8vo, cover and one page of text, untrimmed. (Imprints 3408). A clean copy. Holland asks to be forgiven the payment of duty on his ship that burned and sunk.

1802. 8vo, Single folded sheet, untrimmed. (Imprints 3411). Some foxing and offsetting, o/w VG. Concerns merchants swearing that the good that they are shipping are not intnded to be reimported into the US.

1802. 8vo, 4pp, single folded sheet. (Imprints3402). Fine. Messionier wanted some duty money (which had been doubly paid) returned.

1802. 8vo, single folded sheet, untimmed. pp. 4. (Imprints3406). VG. Concerns exporting wine.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

[Washington, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. The first two items bound together in contemporary green cloth and the remaining items bound together in a smaller second volume bound in lighter green cloth. 23cm. No Jacket. Laid in are five additional pamphlets relating to Bills of Lading or the Commerce Court. Obviously compiled by someone interested in Bills of Lading.

1802. 8vo, pp. 8. Single folded sheet, untrimmed. (Imprints 3405). Some foxing, o/w VG.

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. (Phila. 1797) . Evans 34755. 1 leaf, folded, edges worn. .

Washington DC: Gideon & Co, 1850. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's light tan wrappers printed within decorative border; 79pp. Light dust-soil and a hint of wrinkling to wrappers, else Very Good to Near Fine. Remnant of a popular and hare-brained scheme to encourage freedmen to emigrate to the African continent as an alternative to emancipation, here presented in such a way as to ensure the venture would not be a money-losing proposition. A number of ships had already sailed to the colony of Liberia, established by the American Colonization Society, with heavy casualties. When the present pamphlet was issued the Society was well aware that only 40% of those who sailed for Liberia had survived. SABIN 69887.

1798. Imprisonment for Debt [United States Congress]. Bell, William, Petitioner. Report of the Committee of Commerce & Manufactures, To Whom was Referred, On the 21st of November Last, The Petition of William Bell. 4th January, 1798, Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, On Monday Next. [Philadelphia?]: Published by order of the House of Representatives, [1798]. [247]-254 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Disbound pamphlet, top-edge uncut, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Moderate toning, light foxing and small faint stain to lower outer corner. $350. * Bell was the subject of a civil suit after being unable to pay a customs bond. He petitioned the government for relief under a 1796 statute providing remedies against imprisonment for debt, but the statute lacked clarity on whether those remedies could be applied to government debts. The committee, chaired by Edward Livingston, concluded that further legislative remedies from Congress were unnecessary and that Bell could not "obtain the relief he… Read More