Smuggling. A History 1700-1790

Great Britain: David & Charles, 1973. Hardback. First Edition. Smuggling. A History 1700-1970. Previous owners name and address to inside cover. Very slight foxing to end inside cover. The real story of smuggling and the smuggler is just as exciting as the old tales of silent, sinister men risking their lives to bring comforts to an overtaxed populance. The smuggler was often a larger-than-life character in his own right; but he war rarely the gallant hero. While he had the support of the people in defying the law, the Revenue Officers were despised - but their fast, sophisticated cutters and daring crews engaged in exploits as fantastic as any fiction. Here the aims and devices of hard-pressed smugglers, the conflicts between the Customs Service and the Royal Navy, the new types of smuggling that the Customs and Excise men combat today, are lucidly described with vivid illustrations. Illustrated. 155 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.