The Collectors: A History of Canadian Customs and Excise Hardcover - 1984

Toronto: NC Press with Revenue Canada, Customs & Excise and the Canadian Govt. Pub. Centre, Supply & Services Canada, 1984. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt, headband, 414 pages with photos, illustrations & maps (colour and b & w), Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "It has been a government embarrassment from time to time: the Customs Scandal of 1926 brought down a Liberal administration. When the U.S. enacted prohibition in 1920, the Canadian government denounced the demon rum & yet provided both the operating base & the raw materials for the multi-billion-dollar industry of the eager entrepreneurs of Rum Row. The Collectors names names of people & corporations who made fortunes matching wits with the men & women of Customs & Excise. Appendices include a list of 114 current border points nationwide, an outline of the duties & powers of Customs officials & the poignant tale of pioneer inspector Charles Thomas Dupont and bureaucracy gone mad." Contents include: Intro / Customs and Excise in History / Development of the Canada-United States Border / Smuggling / The Lives and Times of Customs and Excise Officers / Appendices / Bibliography / index. Check out the scans. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Jacket illustration: "The Toll Gate" by Cornelius Krieghoff,. 8vo.