1950ref. 92712Pensacola Florida 1950. Very Good. Folded four-page program. 23 cm. The third and fourth pages list about 175 individuals couples businesses and organizations as Patrons. We have no further information about the Negro Chamber of Commerce of Pensacola which appears to have organized this event. unknown books
1824ref. 27645New York: Printed by Daniel Fanshaw 1824. First edition. Stitched self wrappers. A very good or better untrimmed copy mild foxing mainly on the edge of the front wrapper signed "R. Hand" with the word "approved" on first page. 23 pp. 8vo. Argues against new tariffs and restrictions on Trade which it declares are unconstitutional. There can be no taxes whose purpose is not strictly to raise revenue thus taxation cannot be used as a policy tool. "It is painful to your memorialists to perceive that while the nation. is beginning to see the advantages of a free Commerce and the evils of restrictive laws.attempts are making in the United States to induce the national government to adopt a narrow retrograde policy." 18th Congress 1st session. Shaw & Shoemaker 17405; Kress Lib. C.1301. Printed by Daniel Fanshaw unknown books
1947ref. 10825First edition. Tall octavo. Stiff printed pictorial wrappers. Good slight soiling. 34 pages. Not located in ROCQ. Riverside Chamber of Commerce paperback books
1948ref. 3366The Erkins Studio New York Circa 1948 A 28 page black and white catalog of garden ornaments statuary benches fountains sundials columns etc. Price list laid in. Profusely illustrated with measurements of all items. Faint red penciling on cover and price list otherwise clean and unmarked. The Erkins Studio paperback books
1928ref. 285641Chicago: Dietzgen 1928. hardcover. very good. Color frontispiece of Chicago factory; text illustrations. 489pp. 8vo green cloth spine ends a bit worn. Chicago: Dietzgen. 1928. Booklet with prices insert in envelope inside back cover; samples of drawing & tracing papers affixed to inside front cover. Dietzgen unknown books
1920ref. 69512Washington 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. The first two items bound together in contemporary green cloth and the remaining items bound together in a smaller second volume bound in lighter green cloth. 23cm. No Jacket. Laid in are five additional pamphlets relating to Bills of Lading or the Commerce Court. Obviously compiled by someone interested in Bills of Lading. hardcover books
1956ref. 72776Washington: GPO 1956. Paperback. Good. 3 vols. folding maps & tables v 594 vi 595-1270 v 1271-1860p. Wrapper. 24cm. Later title labels removed from backstrips which are browned. Some creasing and wear. Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. GPO paperback books
ref. B9781249582359Paperback / softback. New. paperback
ref. B9781249556930Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1882ref. DEMO014248IChicago Nov. 1882. Octavo. Very Good. woodcut of warehouse. 8vo folded once horizontally Promotional piece for consignments of grain and general produce to a company which also sells stock and securities NYSE. With a woodcut of their warehouse on the Chiago River. unknown
1925ref. 72093Sturgis MI: Kirsch Manufacturing Company 1925. First edition. Octavo. 30 pp. with numerous illustrations of drapes and other window treatments. Eight of the pages have color illustrations for showing fabrics. Publisher's pictorial color wrappers Mild spine rubbing else a very good copy.Laid in is a typed letter to the recipient of this catalog Ms. Annette Weatherford a Home Economics Instructor from Ashland Oregon. Kirsch Manufacturing Company unknown
ref. a17053Geneve 1925 League of Nations. In French. 2 volumes. 4to. 102 pp. 530pp. wraps. Good. Two volumes. . paperback
ref. 63-6664Exeter CA: Exeter Board Of Trade 1914. Signed typed letter on letter-sized Exeter Board Of Trade letterhead Good with marginal tears minor toning.Provenance: Letters and Autographs from a Who's Who in California 1914 - 1917 to the author Ellis A. Davis regarding Davis' Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest California Nevada Utah Arizona. Sold by Cherokee Book Shop to Frederick Ruffner Jr. the founder of Gale Research Detroit. Exeter, CA: Exeter Board Of Trade, 1914. unknown
1915ref. 55738St. Louis MO: I. Abraham Fur Company Dec. 1915. Folio broadside. 12 x 18 in. 2 pp unpaginated. w/ folds as issued slight shelfwear NF. First edition of this scarce price list from the Abraham Fur Company in St. Louis which dominated the fur trade market in the United States from the 19th through the 20th Century. During the opening decades of the 20th century there were skyrocketing prices for furs driven by the fashion market especially the more affordable ones such as mink skunk raccoon muskrat opossum and wild cat. Premiums were paid for mink beaver and especially otter. No copies located in Worldcat. I. Abraham Fur Company, unknown
1951ref. 7139New York: Doric Publishing Company 1951. Very Good. New York: Doric Publishing Company 1951. Folio 36.5cm.; original stiff pictorial card wrappers; 143pp.; extensively illustrated throughout including three mounted plates one die-cut mounted samples of "Vicalaire" and resin in clear celluloid envelopes and forty-nine 49 cloth samples. Light soil to rear cover general shelf wear especially along spine edges the sample of "dynel tow" removed a few cloth samples creased and wrinkled else a Very Good copy overall. A lavishly-produced trade magazine featuring dozens of advertisements as well as articles on paisley flannel and a "condensed dictionary of silk facts and terms. Doric Publishing Company unknown
1882ref. 71967No-place: M. Wood circa 1882. 4 5/8 x 2 7/8" yellow label or recipe slip with directions for preparing "Archangel Ox & Reindeer Tongues" distributed by "M. Wood & Co. 73 Old Broad Street." We assume the tongues were imported to England from Russia. Though no date or city appears on the label we do find mention of this delicacy in an advertisement for the "Fortnum Mason & Co." Piccadilly "Foreign Ware House" in the Dec. 29 1882 issue of "The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser" a Welsh newspaper digitized and available online. One handwritten correction. Very good to near fine with light staining mostly to recto. Rare glimpse into the preparation recommended for a dining delicacy that would appear to have long since fallen from favor. M. Wood unknown
1919ref. 014123Boston: Copley Square Tire and Supply Co. 1919. Quarto. 72 pp; illustrated throughout in b/w. Stapled wraps. VG some small stains to cover. Soft Cover. Very Good. Copley Square Tire and Supply Co. Paperback
1941ref. 5439Seattle: Cragin & Co 1941. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Pp. xxiii; 288. With hundreds of black-and-white photos of tools and industrial supplies including more types of hammers than we knew existed. A preliminary page presents photos of their warehouse and showrooms. Bound in pebble-grained maroon cloth with lettering and design stamped in white. on front cover and spine. With a bookplate indicating this copy was send to the Pulp Mills Research Dept. at the University of Washington in 1944. Slight edge wear to cover. The 30th anniversary catalog for the longtime tool purveyor founded in 1911. Located at 932 First Avenue S. in the industrial Seattle neighborhood now known as SODO the building is long-gone and the property was most recently known as the WOSCA site across from Lumen Field. It was there in 1990 that Survival Research Laboratories performed "A Carnival of Misplaced Devotion. Cragin & Co hardcover
ref. Q1458Rutland VT: Lincoln Iron Works nd. Hardcover. Very good. Red cloth 12mo 383pp. No date; pastedown with pencil inscription stating 1914 1915 1916. Very Good with light rubbing and soil sunning to spine. Thoroughly illustrated. Lincoln Iron Works hardcover
1940ref. 80061Aurora Illinois: Stephens-Adamson Mfg. Co 1940. Wraps. Small quarto: 60 pp. with numerous halftone photographs and line illustrations. Stapled silver wrappers printed in blue and red. Previous owner's ink signature and date to the inside cover with some general wear and a few faint spots to the wrappers. Catalogue providing the engineering features specs and applications of Redler's conveyer-elevators able to convey and elevate "En Mass Any Pulverized Granular Small Lump or Flaky Material in Any Direction. Stephens-Adamson Mfg. Co unknown
1923ref. 014132Long Island City NY: Metal Stamping Co. 1923. Octavo. 36 pp; full of b/w illustrations. Color illustrated wraps. VG a clean unmarked copy; covers with light edge wear. Soft Cover. Very Good. Metal Stamping Co. Paperback
ref. 63-6651Pasadena CA: A. J. Bertonneau Pasadena Board Of Trade 1917. Signed typed letter on letter-sized Pasadena Board Of Trade letterhead Good with marginal tears.Provenance: Letters and Autographs from a Who's Who in California 1914 - 1917 to the author Ellis A. Davis regarding Davis' Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest California Nevada Utah Arizona. Sold by Cherokee Book Shop to Frederick Ruffner Jr. the founder of Gale Research Detroit. Pasadena, CA: A. J. Bertonneau, Pasadena Board Of Trade, 1917. unknown
1926ref. 64-784Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce 1926. 1926. 331p. Photos. Line drawings. Gray-green Decorated cloth. Fine copy. Hardback. Fine. Book. Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, 1926.
1935ref. 058288Albuquerque NM: Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce/Ward Anderson Printing 1935. 1st . Paper Back. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12. 16pp.; SC staple-bound; yellow w/blk.; cover in 2 pieces; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; fold; cleantight pgs. "1885 From a Frontier Town -to a Thriving City 1935 . The Golden Jubilee Association presents "Crossroads of the Southwest" An Historical Pageant of Albuquerque University of New Mexico Stadium July 2-3-4 1935 Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce/Ward Anderson Printing unknown
ref. 63-9632Melbourne Australia: Allens Arthur Robinson 2002. Two Letter-sized Pages one signed with MS notes in margin. Very Good. Provenance: from the estate of Lady Barbara Colyton former wife of Addams Family creator Charles Addams. They divorced in 1956 and in the divorce settlement she was awarded copyright to some of his work. Melbourne, Australia: Allens Arthur Robinson, 2002. unknown
