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TRACTS ON TRADE -- COMMITTEE OF TEA-DEALERS. A Narrative of the Conduct of the Tea-dealers, during the late sale of teas at the India House . London: [s.n.], 1785. 8° (210 x 128mm). 20th-century calf-backed marbled boards (spine rubbed). One of two issues, the other with imprint of T. Cadell. This conflict between the tea dealers and the directors of the East India Company involved the return of thirteen hundred chests of tea found to be 'barely sweet, musty, or musty and moudly' and therefore 'unfit for sale'. SCARCE . Goldsmiths' 12883; Kress B.837.
TRACTS ON TRADE -- COMMITTEE OF TEA-DEALERS. A Narrative of the Conduct of the Tea-dealers, during the late sale of teas at the India House . London: [s.n.], 1785. 8° (210 x 128mm). 20th-century calf-backed marbled boards (spine rubbed). One of two issues, the other with imprint of T. Cadell. This conflict between the tea dealers and the directors of the East India Company involved the return of thirteen hundred chests of tea found to be 'barely sweet, musty, or musty and moudly' and therefore 'unfit for sale'. SCARCE . Goldsmiths' 12883; Kress B.837. [PERCEVAL, John, Earl of Egmont.] Some Remarks on the Conduct of the Parliament ... as far as it relates to the Woollen Manufacture . London: T. Reynolds, 1731. 8°. Stitched. Only edition traced in ESTC, though said to be 'printed from the Dublin edition'. 6 copies located. Goldsmiths' 6867; Hanson 4213; Kress 3932 (attribution to Richard Cox . -- SYMPSON, Anthony. A Short, Easy and Effectual Method to prevent the running of Wool, &c. from Great-Britain and Ireland to Foreign Parts. London: for the author, 1741. 8°. Contemporary wrappers. ONLY EDITION . Goldsmiths' 7842; Hanson 5542; Kress 4589 -- [VERNON, Edward.] Considerations upon the White Herring and Cod Fisheries. London: M. Cooper, 1749. 8°. (Title lightly soiled.) Old boards (worn). Provenance : Colwell Library, University of Pennsylvania (stamp on title and verso of final leaf). One of two editions published. Goldsmiths' 8398; Hanson 6233; Kress 4991 -- SMITH, Charles (1713-1777). Three Tracts on the Corn-Trade and Corn-Laws . London: for the author and sold by J. Brotherton, 1766. (Title and preliminaries slightly soiled, N1 with marginal tear, T1 with small hole in bottom margin.) Contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance : coded marginalia. FIRST of two editions. Goldsmiths' 10182; Higgs 3681; Kress 6382.