Author: No Author
Title: Reports from the Consuls of the United States. Vol. XXIII. July-September 1887
Description: Washington, Government printing Office, 1887. Half Leather. Brown half-leather with marbled boards and endpapers. 761 pp. With a few illustrations and maps. A bound volume of reports spanning July-September , 1887, from the various consuls of the United States. With sections on China and trade with China, including the Upper Yangtze Navigation Company; a report on the Hawaiian Islands; the Peruvian Amazones; Central American manufacturing and trade; extensive reports on Argentina and Canada; a report on Zurich, Switzerland, with a fold out map of improvements and several illustrations; a history and discussion of explorations of the Tierra Del Fuego region of South America, with a fold out map; gold mining in Australia; the development of Chinese guilds in China; discussion of the Strait Settlements and trade in arms and ammunition, drugs, petroleum, etc.; trade in Shanghai, China; and short pieces on many countries and manufacturing/exports from around the world. GOOD condition. Faint dampstain along the fore edge of both covers, not affecting the interior. Minor soiling, uneven fading and scuffing to the covers. Light wear to the extremities. Spine with moderate uneven darkening and scuffing/wear to the leather, especially along the hinges. Interior clean and solid with minor toning. Good/No Jacket.

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