United States Tax Law of 1862. Albany Evening Journal edition
by [UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1862. FIRST EDITION. Original green printed wrappers. Head and tail of spine tattered, one-inch tear to front cover, minor soiling, some pencil notations on rear cover. Signature of N.R. Chapman dated August 14, 1862 on front wrapper. First printing of the Albany Evening Journal edition, one of the first (if not the first) announcements. The Office of the Commission of Internal Revenue was created because of the mounting public debt caused by the Civil War. This act outlines duties, levies, and licenses payable on all production (e.g., "on pins, solid head or other - five percentum ad valorum"). It also provides for the collection of taxes, ude, with interest as soon as the authority of the United States is re-established.
Rare, with only 5 copies located by OCLC (NY State Library, Michigan, Rochester, Miami and Harvard).
Rare, with only 5 copies located by OCLC (NY State Library, Michigan, Rochester, Miami and Harvard).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2996
- Title
- United States Tax Law of 1862. Albany Evening Journal edition
- Author
- [UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- Weed, Parsons & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- taxes, government, americana, 19th century
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Sherman Oaks, California
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...