Gibbs Son (3 results)

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards. Small 8vo. 7ĵ'' x 5''. Contains 40 pp followed by 32 full-page mostly colour and some monochrome plates. Ink message dated 1948 to the front free end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. KING PENGUIN (Series).

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1910 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 36 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 36 Volume 1910.

On one side of a 47 x 20 cm piece of paper. Docketted on reverse. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. In part a form, printed in copperplate, with the details completed in manuscript, and signed on behalf of the firm 'Bristol 3rd December 1822 | Errors Excepted | Gibbs Son & Bright'. Included on the debit side are: Duty; Entry Fees, Wharfage, Town & Dock dues; 95 day's Interest; Freight; Warehouse Rent, Porterage, Weighing & Hauling; Insurance from Fire; Brokerage; Commission, leaving 'Nett Proceeds' of £257 18s 10d on £819 5s 0d. The credit side gives details of payment 'By Daniel Stanton for 20 Hhas Sugar - payble by Bill due 3 Decr 1822'. The St Elizabeth was part-owned by the merchant banker Thomson Hankey senior, who had extensive interests in the West Indies. From the Hankey banking archive.