A Manual Of The Direct And Excise Tax System Of The United States
Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown And Company, 1864. fourth. Hardcover. tan leather boards w/ burgundy & gilt spine plate & date stamp. x, 333 pgs w/ charts. Good (edges worn & rubbed w/ some chips; corners rubbed. boards have moisture spotting & staining w/ black, paint-like speckling. top textblock edges has light, paint-like specks. pastedowns & endpapers heavily edge tanned/darkened; back has paint-like speckling & marks. endpaper to 40 as light staining to lower edge/corner. pgs have light to dark speckled foxing & spots; a few instances of black-like spotting.). Item #184005
Wonderful script signature of previous owner on cover endpaper. Writing on lower edge of cover pastedown. Pink underline to name on preface page. Pages remain fairly bright with dark, detailed text. Front and back cover pastedown gutters have a section where paper is split, but hinges remain strong. A solid copy. George S. Boutwell was first the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service.
Price: $600.00