Sales daybook

Sales daybook (August 1939-30 January 1941 and 2 July 1945-30 April 1947) 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 r...

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Date(s) of creation: 3 August 1939-30 April 1947
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSP.03.08
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber JSP/03/08
callnumber_txt JSP/03/08
callnumber-sort JSP/03/08
prefix_number 08
title Sales daybook
scb_date_creation 3 August 1939-30 April 1947
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 (August 1939-30 January 1941 and 2 July 1945-30 April 1947) 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). 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). Entries for August 1939-30 January 1941 on pp. 1-120 and entries for 2 July 1945-30 April 1947 on pp. 121-568. Entries for February 1941-June 1945 not present in this daybook. Daybook also includes list of 'Goods Returned', October 1946-April 1947 (pp. 572-578), covering goods returns to John Sparks Ltd, listing: stock number of goods, date of return, name of client account, brief description of goods returned, page number for client account in Sales ledger , date of original invoice, invoice price (£-s-d), and running total of returned goods (£-s-d). Ruled paper. Handwritten. 1 volume. 574 pp. (572 containing entries). Green and yellow marbled endpapers. No cover. No spine.
scb_access_status Closed
scb_closed_until 01/01/2031
scb_conditions_gov_access Closed under data protection legislation until 1st January 2031
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.0003.0008

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