thomas banister (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition paperback with minimal wear. Contents are clean and bright throughout with no markings.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good +. Facsimile reproduction.First published, London: Addey & Co., 1853.x,323 pages ; 24cm. #0821 (prev ownership name)New South Wales. Description & travel. Early works, 1853. Facsimiles. | Victoria. Description & travel. Early works, 1853. Facsimiles. | New South Wales -- Description and travel -- 1851-1900. | Victoria -- Description and travel -- 1851-1900. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Zustand: Good. 4to. [7] pp., Stapled Wraps, Very Good. One of 500 copies printed. Facsimile of Tabb's letter to Frederick M. Hopkins.

Hardcover. Zustand: See Description. 1st Edition. Australia Visited and Revisited A Narrative of Recent Travels and Old Experiences in Victoria and New South Wales, Samuel Mossman and Thomas Banister. Published by Addey and Co., London, 1853. First Edition.8vo up to 9½" tall., 323pp., 16pp. Publisher's ads; one large folding map of New South Wales created by A. K. Johnston. Beige cloth boards with gilt illustration to front. Boards have heavy wear; front inner hinge cracked; map is detached. Contents including map are in very good condition.

First edition. Thomas Roger Banister (1890-1955), Deputy Commissioner of Customs, compiled this comprehensive study of lighthouses during research trips along the Chinese coast. Dividing the coast into five districts, Coastwise Lights gives historical details on each lighthouse station alongside a wealth of technical information. By the 1930s, the Chinese Maritime Customs Service had become one of the most important entities in China, employing thousands of people to oversee a complex web of infrastructure and trading posts. It developed and maintained an extensive network of navigational lights. Banister was the consummate customs service "lifer", joining at the age of 23 and spending a large amount of his career based in Shanghai. In the same year that he published this work, he also compiled two histories of China's external trade for the service's decennial report. Several years later, he was promoted to the rank of Commissioner, and he eventually retired in 1946, only a few years before the end of foreign involvement in Chinese revenue collection. Quarto. Half-tone frontispiece showing part of statue of Sir Robert Hart, 7 colour maps, illustrations throughout; text printed in green and black within green frames. Publisher's deluxe binding of dark green quarter sheep, recased, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, green cloth sides, green coated endpapers. Spine repaired, spotting and marking to edges: very good.