Contraband Cargoes

London, New York & Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co., 1959. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with heavier tanning to the spine which has a little loss at the ends. Boards faded at the spine ends. Leans slightly. Edges of the textblock heavily tanned. Text complete, clean… Read more about this item

New York: Shoe String Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Reprint. Hard Cover. Remainder stripe. Wide-ranging study of piracy in Britain. Also includes chapters on opium trade in China and U.S. Prohibition. era.; 8vo .

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1959. VG+/VG. First edition in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page without dedication or inscription. Illustrated. A well-researched and authoritative seven century history of smuggling. Chapters include; 'The Rise of the Smuggler, 1272-1558', 'Conspiracy to Defraud, 1558-1603', 'A Recognised Profession, 1603-1713', 'The Heyday of Illicit Trade, 1713-1775', 'The Net Widens, 1775-1846',… Read more about this item

Longmans. Used - Very Good. 1959. First Edition Cloth, dj., 8vo, 301 pp., illus. Dj. edgeworn.. (Subject: England.)

London: Longmans, Green & Company. Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ is rubbed at the corners, with some surface soiling/browning. What is interesting is a memo stapled to the endpaper: "April 10th, 1959. Inter-office. To Mr. Alfred hitchcock, from Kay Selby. Remarks: herewith copy of Contraband Cargoes, as requested by cable… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, 1959. First printing. Hard Cover. NEAR-FINE IN VERY GOOD+ DJ WITH ORIGINAL 25s PRICE AND LIGHT EDGEWEAR. A NICE COPY.

Longmans, 1959. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1959. 301 pages. Ten b/w illustrations in text. Title page lightly foxed at spine. Page 189 has stamp at bottom, otherwise pages are clean. Foredges. lightly soiled. Endpapers worn at spine. Cover loose at front endpapers. Red cloth, gilt titile on spie. Light wear along edges. GOOD+. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.