Sales daybook

Sales daybook (1 January 1912-4 February 1918) of John Sparks Ltd, dealer in Chinese art (London). Book of prime entry in which John Sparks Ltd recorded sales invoices issued to its clients for goods or services supplied in the course of its trade. Entries in the daybook record the stock number of g...

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Order number: JSP, Box 10
Date(s) of creation: 1 January 1912-4 February 1918
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSP.03.03
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSP, Box 10
callnumber JSP/03/03
callnumber_txt JSP/03/03
callnumber-sort JSP/03/03
prefix_number 03
title Sales daybook
scb_date_creation 1 January 1912-4 February 1918
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 volume
format Archive
description Sales daybook (1 January 1912-4 February 1918) of John Sparks Ltd, dealer in Chinese art (London). Book of prime entry in which John Sparks Ltd recorded sales invoices issued to its clients for goods or services supplied in the course of its trade. Entries in the daybook record the stock number of goods supplied, date of invoice, name of client account, brief description of goods supplied or services vended, page number for client account in Sales ledger in which invoice posted, value of individual invoice (£-s-d), and total value of invoices (£-s-d). Entries for 1 January 1918 to 4 February 1918 (pp. 452-461) crossed with annotation 'See new daybook'. Invoice entries are arranged chronologically in the daybook by date, with a running total of invoices for each month at bottom of page (£-s-d). Ruled paper. Handwritten. 1 volume. 482 pp. (461 containing entries). Blue marbled endpapers. No cover. No spine.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs Conservation work undertaken on the volume in 2016. Leather cover removed due to red rot degradation.
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSP
hierarchy_sequence JSP.0003.0003