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The Collectors: A History of Canadian Customs and Excise
by McIntosh, Dave
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0920053297
- ISBN 13
- 9780920053294
- Seller
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: NC Press with Revenue Canada, Customs & Excise and the Canadian Govt. Pub. Centre, Supply & Services Canada, 1984. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt, headband, 414 pages with photos, illustrations & maps (colour and b & w), Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "It has been a government embarrassment from time to time: the Customs Scandal of 1926 brought down a Liberal administration. When the U.S. enacted prohibition in 1920, the Canadian government denounced the demon rum & yet provided both the operating base & the raw materials for the multi-billion-dollar industry of the eager entrepreneurs of Rum Row. The Collectors names names of people & corporations who made fortunes matching wits with the men & women of Customs & Excise. Appendices include a list of 114 current border points nationwide, an outline of the duties & powers of Customs officials & the poignant tale of pioneer inspector Charles Thomas Dupont and bureaucracy gone mad." Contents include: Intro / Customs and Excise in History / Development of the Canada-United States Border / Smuggling / The Lives and Times of Customs and Excise Officers / Appendices / Bibliography / index. Check out the scans. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Jacket illustration: "The Toll Gate" by Cornelius Krieghoff,. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010107
- Title
- The Collectors: A History of Canadian Customs and Excise
- Author
- McIntosh, Dave
- Illustrator
- Jacket illustration: "The Toll Gate" by Cornelius Krieghoff,
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0920053297
- ISBN 13
- 9780920053294
- Publisher
- NC Press with Revenue Canada, Customs & Excise and the Canadian Govt. Pub. Centre, Supply & Services Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- McIntosh, Dave The Collectors: A History of Canadian Customs and Excise Jacket illustration: "The Toll Gate" by Cornelius Krieghoff, NC Press with Revenue Canada, Customs & Excise and the Canadian Govt. Pub. Centre, Supply & Service
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; Reference;
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Headband
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