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2 Vols., royal 8vo, large paper copy, viii, [xiii]-clx, 419, [1, blank]; [2], 5-733, [1, blank]pp., without half-titles, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title-page to vol. I, Gosford book label on both front endpapers, inscribed on front endpaper in a small, neat hand "Acheson / Ch. Ch. 1826 - Large Paper / Bound by C. Lewis", old small circular stamp on title-pages, shelf label removed, faint foxing of titles but otherwise a bright and fresh, contemporary full dark blue morocco, gilt lettered spines, inside gilt borders, edges gilt, a handsome set. Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford (1806?64), MP for Co. Armagh from 1830 to 1847, formed, at Gosford Castle, "a large and extremely beautiful library which was sold by private contract in 1878 to the London bookseller James Toovey... the history, topography, natural history and the important series of books on large paper were dispersed by Puttick and Simpson (21 April 1884), the total for 3363 lots being over ?11,000." ? De Ricci, pp.156-157. "A very correct and elegant edition."?Lowndes.
Thick 8vo, 24pp., followed by [212] leaves (mostly printed on one side only), a couple of samples excised from to leaves, orig. decorated cloth, gilt, a very good copy. This specimen book presents a fine and extensive example of the period. Provenance: From the library of Ruari McLean with his signature to front-endpaper.
First Edition, [ii],115,[1]pp., frontis., unopened. Large 8vo, 2 Vols., in one, orig. embossed cloth, re-backed with the original spine laid-down. Bigmore & Wyman (III p.12.) says of the first work "One of the most interesting works a printer can possess; while laying no claim to originality, it is full of anecdote and historical facts."
1937ref. 2713Paris: Imprimerie 1937. 12.5" x 9.5" comprised of 29 pochoir fashion plates on translucent paper. Includes title plate unnumbered "collar" plate and a series of numbered plates featuring individual dress designs front and back in art deco style starting with #31 and ending with #59 missing #36 and #56 which have been removed. Collected in butternut squash wrappers and bound with three staples slightly rusted. Covers have wear along all edges and a small tear without loss on the front. Fashion plates are foxed; fashion designs are bright and lively. Good. Imprimerie unknown
ref. 16-5789Paris: L'Estampe Moderne publiée en juin 1898. Lithograph tipped onto support sheet. 251 x 345mm. Tissue guard with descriptive text attached at edge. Tear in tissue guard.L'Estampe Moderne was published monthly between 1897 and 1899 at the Imprimerie Champenois of Paris. Each edition cost 3.50 francs and contained four original lithographic prints in wrappers designed by Mucha. Around two thousand of each of the 24 fascicles were produced bringing affordable prints largely in an Art Nouveau style to the masses.It is not to be confused with another publication of the same name which was published over five fascicles between November 1895 and March 1896 by Loÿs Delteil. Paris: L'Estampe Moderne, publiée en juin 1898 unknown
ref. 40083Genève, Kundig, 1945. 8 volumes de formats divers, brochés, sous étui-boîte.
1900ref. 11545477 pages hardbound with 33 many fold-out maps of the operations in the Philippine Islands. Condition: book is very worn and aged heavy cover wear minor water stain on first few pages spine reads vol.1 part 7 but title page reads part 5. Government Printing Office in Washington. hardcover
1900ref. 009744Paris Imprimerie Chaix 1900 En feuilles, couverture illustrée
1900ref. 58356photo lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE very large map and probably the largest specifically Luzon map published during the Philippine-American War. Condition: with folds as issued with professionally repaired tears and discolouration along folds. Reference: Griffin #559 Government Printing Office, Washington.
1905ref. 17687Fall River Mass: American Printing Co. n.d. ca. 1905-1910 First edition OCLC records three copies of what seem to be the same Fall River Massachusetts edition Syracuse Winterthur Museum SMU. A 1920 edition with no place of publication specified was also published. Publisher's blue cloth titled in white. . Oblong quarto. . With color-illustrated title-page fourteen illustrations of fabric swatches ten in color and seventeen black-and-white photo reproductions machine shops a dye house printing rooms etc. Some wear to corners and a bit of smudging to cloth. Printed card with two mounted fabric swatches from B.O. Case & Co. laid in. A near fine copy of a scarce book. This illustrated promotional catalogue includes descriptions of the facilities and production process of the American Printing Company. The company was established in 1835 as American Print Works by Holder Borden as an offshoot of the Fall River Iron Works company which had been established in 1821 by his father Colonel Richard Borden. During its peak in the 1870s the American Print Company was one of the most successful textile companies in the world. In large part due to the success of the company Fall River Massachusetts became the leading textile city in the United States. At the time the present book was published the company employed six thousand workers. The company maintained its success into the 1910s but began to decline in the 1920s and closed its Fall River mills in 1934. American Printing Co., hardcover
1905ref. 17687Fall River Mass: American Printing Co. n.d. ca. 1905-1910 First edition OCLC records three copies of what seem to be the same Fall River Massachusetts edition Syracuse Winterthur Museum SMU. A 1920 edition with no place of publication specified was also published. Publisher's blue cloth titled in white. . Oblong quarto. . With color-illustrated title-page fourteen illustrations of fabric swatches ten in color and seventeen black-and-white photo reproductions machine shops a dye house printing rooms etc. Some wear to corners and a bit of smudging to cloth. Printed card with two mounted fabric swatches from B.O. Case & Co. laid in. A near fine copy of a scarce book. This illustrated promotional catalogue includes descriptions of the facilities and production process of the American Printing Company. The company was established in 1835 as American Print Works by Holder Borden as an offshoot of the Fall River Iron Works company which had been established in 1821 by his father Colonel Richard Borden. During its peak in the 1870s the American Print Company was one of the most successful textile companies in the world. In large part due to the success of the company Fall River Massachusetts became the leading textile city in the United States. At the time the present book was published the company employed six thousand workers. The company maintained its success into the 1910s but began to decline in the 1920s and closed its Fall River mills in 1934. American Printing Co., hardcover books
ref. 78817Broadside for an auction of standing trees on land owned by Ephraim Allen 1801-88 a successful farmer and landowner. Offered were four to five acres of white oak and chestnut timber in lots to suit purchasers. Standing timber auctions date back to Europe as early as the 18th century. This broadside contains no printing information. It was likely produced inexpensively at a local print shop and posted in public spaces then torn down and never intended to be preserved. Printed on tissue thin paper 12 ½” x 12 ¼” in black with outlining in tan. Some light toning. unknown
1924ref. 8921Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House 1924. First edition. 26 issues generally 9.25x6.25" and 16pp. Each staple bound in colorful and sometimes illustrated card wrappers with yapped edges. Some with tipped in color illustrations some printed in two or more colors on various papers in various types with ornaments devices head and tailpieces etc. throughout. Generally very good or better with occasional light edge chipping and rubbing some toning. The July 1927 issue good only with heavier chipping and reattached wrappers. Lovely assemblage of this publication from the the Times-Mirror Printing and Binding house being the official organ of the company. The Mirror Printing and Binding House was formed in 1873 and purchased the Los Angeles Times which it printed in 1984. Harry Chandler ran the Los Angeles Times from 1917-1944. Produced in a beautiful art deco style Three Minutes printed various blurbs and shorts about the printing trade prominent businessmen designers and printers such as Goudy events in the city of Los Angeles and more. Master printer Harry S. Stuff was editor at the time wrote most of the articles and oversaw the design. The publication acted as a marketing tool showcasing the company's abilities in various aspects of commercial and fine printing from illustration to typography. Included are: July Sept-Nov. 1924 Oct. 1926 Feb-Aug Oct. 1927 Jan Jul Oct. 1928 Feb Mar. 1929 Mar Jun Jul. 1930 Feb Spring May Autumn Nov. 1932 Interestingly OCLC cites only 7 holdings for any issues along with several for the Franklin Keepsake numbers from 1933 and 34. We find these also to be scarce in the trade. . Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House unknown
1870ref. 27000105Chicago 1870s-1890s. Extensive information on growers and producers and the networks required to feed America at the time. The assumption of Chicago for the first journals is based on the bookseller labels in the journals and the accompanying letterhead. The Boston location was determined by reference to Boston based individuals in the journal and the address on the accompanying envelopes. All of these materials were found in one location without further information. A collection of five journals for Fruit Vegetable Butter and Egg Shipper Journals from the 1870s-1890s. The four larger format journals are most likely from Chicago detailing the various farms from which they received their product. Four of the journals list out each farm and their location and are believed to be from the 1870s-80s. They are accompanied by a letterhead for J. C. Wallace Commission Merchant Jobber and Shipper in Foreign and Domestic Fruits Nuts Produce etc. Chicago 1875. The titles of these four journals are: "Early Fruit and Vegetable Shippers No. 3 Bermuda Veg. Shippers" "Butter and Eggs" "Shippers of Early and Late Potatoes" and "Shippers of Blueberries Blackberries Raspberries Huckleberries Gooseberries Whortleberries Snowberries Dewberries Currants Cherries and Winter Green Berries and Elderberries". Each of these journals is approximately 120 pages long with an alphabet index tab on the side. The shippers are organized alphabetically by last name followed by their location. With the exception of the "Early Fruit and Vegetable" journal which also includes locations in Bermuda all the farming locations are from various towns all over the United States. Often within each letter there are subcategories mostly references to either 'early' or 'late' seasonal shipments. However the Berry Journal is also subdivided by individual berry type all of which were listed in the title of the journal and the Butter and Egg Journal which has the subcategories of Butter and Eggs Creamery Butter Roll Butter and Pickled Eggs. The locations are predominantly Midwest and southern states including Illinois Michigan Tennessee Louisiana Kentucky Florida Mississippi Arkansas etc. Butter and eggs journal also includes Missouri Wisconsin and Iowa. Black leather covers measure 13" x 8". The fifth fruit journal is a smaller ledger with a variety of information in it. It starts with a list approximately 37 pages long of shippers of fruits and vegetables. It is most likely from the Boston area from the late 1890s. This journal was accompanied by envelopes from the New England Fruit & Produce Co. The is an average of 8 shippers listed on each page which includes their names and locations as well as the exact items they are shipping. Such as peaches asparagus tomatoes grapes melons onions or pears. The next 24 pages of the ledger lists the sales from September 20 1897 to October 9th 1897. These daily sales lists are either detailed list of each product sold that day or a more simple list which simply totals the amount of cash sales for that day. Measures 11 3/4" x 5 1/4". hardcover
1870ref. 27000105Chicago 1870s-1890s. Extensive information on growers and producers and the networks required to feed America at the time. The assumption of Chicago for the first journals is based on the bookseller labels in the journals and the accompanying letterhead. The Boston location was determined by reference to Boston based individuals in the journal and the address on the accompanying envelopes. All of these materials were found in one location without further information. A collection of five journals for Fruit Vegetable Butter and Egg Shipper Journals from the 1870s-1890s. The four larger format journals are most likely from Chicago detailing the various farms from which they received their product. Four of the journals list out each farm and their location and are believed to be from the 1870s-80s. They are accompanied by a letterhead for J. C. Wallace Commission Merchant Jobber and Shipper in Foreign and Domestic Fruits Nuts Produce etc. Chicago 1875. The titles of these four journals are: "Early Fruit and Vegetable Shippers No. 3 Bermuda Veg. Shippers" "Butter and Eggs" "Shippers of Early and Late Potatoes" and "Shippers of Blueberries Blackberries Raspberries Huckleberries Gooseberries Whortleberries Snowberries Dewberries Currants Cherries and Winter Green Berries and Elderberries". Each of these journals is approximately 120 pages long with an alphabet index tab on the side. The shippers are organized alphabetically by last name followed by their location. With the exception of the "Early Fruit and Vegetable" journal which also includes locations in Bermuda all the farming locations are from various towns all over the United States. Often within each letter there are subcategories mostly references to either 'early' or 'late' seasonal shipments. However the Berry Journal is also subdivided by individual berry type all of which were listed in the title of the journal and the Butter and Egg Journal which has the subcategories of Butter and Eggs Creamery Butter Roll Butter and Pickled Eggs. The locations are predominantly Midwest and southern states including Illinois Michigan Tennessee Louisiana Kentucky Florida Mississippi Arkansas etc. Butter and eggs journal also includes Missouri Wisconsin and Iowa. Black leather covers measure 13" x 8". The fifth fruit journal is a smaller ledger with a variety of information in it. It starts with a list approximately 37 pages long of shippers of fruits and vegetables. It is most likely from the Boston area from the late 1890s. This journal was accompanied by envelopes from the New England Fruit & Produce Co. The is an average of 8 shippers listed on each page which includes their names and locations as well as the exact items they are shipping. Such as peaches asparagus tomatoes grapes melons onions or pears. The next 24 pages of the ledger lists the sales from September 20 1897 to October 9th 1897. These daily sales lists are either detailed list of each product sold that day or a more simple list which simply totals the amount of cash sales for that day. Measures 11 3/4" x 5 1/4". hardcover books
ref. 16-5825Paris: Chez Goupil et Cie Boulevart Montmartre. Londres: Dque Colnaghi et Cie Pall Mall East 1853. . Small folio. 39.5 x 29cm. 9 salt print photographs on 9 leaves. Sheets loose as issued in original paper folder title page and index. The index calls for 10 prints.This was one of the first signifcant uses of photography for art history the prints being replicated at the size of the originals. . Each plate is pasted onto a sheet carrying a brief printed caption and a numeric reference to Bartsch.References:Truthful Lens 46; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 457566239;R. van Straten Marcantonio Raimondi and his school: an iconographic index to A. von Bartsch Le Peintre-graveur vols. 14 15 and 16 1988; I.H. Shoemaker and E. Broun The engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi 1981; K. Oberhuber The works of Marcantonio Raimondi and of his school 1978 26-27 XIV 1 2 of The illustrated Bartsch ed. W. Strauss. Paris: Chez Goupil et Cie , Boulevart Montmartre., Londres: Dque Colnaghi et Cie, Pall Mall East, 1853. unknown
ref. 16-5823Paris: Chez Goupil Et Ce Boulevart Montmartre. Londres: Dque Colnaghi Et Ce Pall Mall East 1853. . Large folio. 63 x 47cm. 6 salt print photographs on 4 leaves. Sheets loose as issued in original paper folder title page and index. The index calls for 11 prints.This was one of the first significant uses of photography for art history the prints being replicated at the size of the originals. . Each plate is pasted onto a sheet carrying a brief printed caption and a numeric reference to Bartsch.References:Truthful Lens 46; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 457566239;R. van Straten Marcantonio Raimondi and his school: an iconographic index to A. von Bartsch Le Peintre-graveur vols. 14 15 and 16 1988; I.H. Shoemaker and E. Broun The engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi 1981; K. Oberhuber The works of Marcantonio Raimondi and of his school 1978 26-27 XIV 1 2 of The illustrated Bartsch ed. W. Strauss. Paris: Chez Goupil Et Ce, Boulevart Montmartre., Londres: Dque Colnaghi Et Ce, Pall Mall East, 1853. unknown
1945ref. 2613361945. Poster. Offset Lithograph. 26 x 18.5 inches. This WW II poster is in good condition and features Uncle Sam's hand offering war bonds to a man who is reaching into his pocket for money. The image implies a sense of duty and patriotism. In the background planes and tanks advance toward the horizon and bold yellow lettering urges the population to buy bonds. In good condition with fold lines visible. Minor edge wear and foxing. unknown
1945ref. 2613361945. Poster. Offset Lithograph. 26 x 18.5 inches. This WW II poster is in good condition and features Uncle Sam's hand offering war bonds to a man who is reaching into his pocket for money. The image implies a sense of duty and patriotism. In the background planes and tanks advance toward the horizon and bold yellow lettering urges the population to buy bonds. In good condition with fold lines visible. Minor edge wear and foxing. unknown books
ref. 68-5664Paris France: Aime Andre Ve Le Normant 1837. Atlas. Folio. Gilt Calf on Red Boards. 16 pp. 86 maps. Letterpress. Marbled end papers. Very Good with foxing minor staining on some pages corners worn to boards. En Francais. Paris, France: Aime Andre, Ve Le Normant, 1837. hardcover
1846ref. AQ18518Imprinted at Newcastle: by M.A. Richardon 1846. 19pp 1. Uncut in original yellow wrappers printed in red and black. Slight rubbed marking to upper wrapper chipping to extremities preserved in cream buckram chemise. The handsomely printed parallel English and German edition the English translated by Elizabeth Hodges of German man of letters Friedrich Ruckert's 1788-1866 short poem on the nativity in 18 verses 'Der Fremden Kindes heiliger Christ'. The text is adorned with borders illuminated initials and vignettes as with the text variously printed in red blue and black. . 8vo. by M.A. Richardon hardcover
1898ref. 002198Paris Imprimerie de l'Ecole Estienne 1898
ref. 6302Imprimerie de Cellot rue des grands Augustin sans date (début XIXe) In4 demi velin vert à coins 65 pages chaque page étant en deux parties, imprimée et manuscrite.
1741ref. 67821741 A Marseille imprimerie J.Mossy, pere et fils , imprimeur de la nation, du Roi ....1791 1vol. in-12, demi basane brune, dos lisse, parfait état .
1850ref. 102955No place no date but Nancy Hinzelin c. 1850. One large folio sheet size 44 x 55 cm showing 90 large syllables with a vertical typographical border in the middle of the sheet. Scarce and curious sheet that was printed to help children to learn the alphabet and read. Was it used to hang on the wall in schools