stanley fowler wright (3 Ergebnisse)

First edition, first impression, As the author notes, "the story of the Chinese Customs Service during his working lifetime is essentially the biography of Hart" (p. xiii). Stanley Fowler Wright (1873-1953) reached the rank of commissioner in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service and served as the personal secretary to two inspector generals. Following his retirement in 1933, he became the service's official historian and its "most prolific and ardent chronicler" (Ladds, p. 1). Catherine Ladds, "Empire Careers: the Foreign Staff of the Chinese Customs Service, 1854-1949", Ph.D. diss., February 2007. Octavo. Half-tone frontispiece after portrait of Hart by Frank McKelvey, 16 similar plates. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge blue. Recent Japanese bookseller's label on front pastedown, else a fine copy.

First edition of this uncommon internal history, with the compliments label of Sir Frederick Maze, Inspector-General of Customs, on the front pastedown. The author (1873-1953) reached the rank of commissioner in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service and served as the personal secretary to two inspector generals. Following his retirement in 1933, he became the service's official historian and its "most prolific and ardent chronicler" (Ladds, p. 1). This work was the forerunner to his Hart and the Chinese Customs (1950). Catherine Ladds, "Empire Careers: The Foreign Staff of the Chinese Customs Service, 1854-1949", Ph.D. diss., February 2007. Octavo. Original black quarter sheep, green diagonal-grain moiré cloth sides, front cover lettered in gilt, green coated endpapers. Spine worn and repaired, light toning internally: very good.

First edition, first impression, with the scarce dust jacket, of this detailed and still-definitive study of Sir Robert Hart. "The story of the Chinese Customs Service during his working lifetime is essentially the biography of Hart" (p. xiii). The author (1873-1953) reached the rank of commissioner in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service and served as the personal secretary to two inspector generals. Following his retirement in 1933, he became the service's official historian and its "most prolific and ardent chronicler" (Ladds, p. 1). Catherine Ladds, "Empire Careers: the Foreign Staff of the Chinese Customs Service, 1854-1949", Ph.D. diss., February 2007. Octavo. Half-tone frontispiece after portrait of Hart by Frank McKelvey, 16 similar plates. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge blue. With dust jacket. Cloth bright, a little shelf wear only; jacket unclipped, several chips and recent adhesive tape and tissue repairs: a fine copy in very good jacket.