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ref. 430176Department of Trade and Commerce Ottawa Canada. Paperback. Good. A 1942 Canadian special RAF edition of The Official Handbook of Present Conditions and Recent Progress produced for British RAF personnel serving in Canada during the war. It includes coloured illustrations photographs and a fold-out colour map with portraits of the King and Queen of England on the first pages. This copy is in superb pristine condition with clean crisp pages intact illustrations and an undamaged fold-out map. The red paperback binding shows minimal wear. Originally gifted to RAF servicemen under the Commonwealth Air Training Scheme. Department of Trade and Commerce, Ottawa, Canada paperback
1951ref. ZB926020Metal Treating Institute 1951-1958. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday Oct. 26 weekend SALE item volumes 2 through 9 lacking volumes 2#4 & 4#6 else all complete issues and volumes; paperbacks ex library else text clean & bindings tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Metal Treating Institute paperback
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ref. 0521886031.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. B9780521615679Paperback / softback. New. For users who are familiar with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT similarities and differences are pointed out where relevant. Likewise for users who are familiar with the balance-of-payments definition of 'trade' departures from the Agreement's coverage are explained. paperback
1951ref. aly99Ottawa: 1951. 1951. 4to. pp. 254. wrs. edges worn with chips in head & foot of spine. Soft cover. Very Good. Ottawa: [1951?]. Paperback
1980ref. 029386New York NY 1980. Large format photograph of the iconic buildings as they were in circa 1980; very sharp and with good detail in black & white on glossy photo-paper. No photographer or studio listed; view appears to be from the Jersey shoreline in an industrial area indicated by the foreground buildings and the positioning of the various structures across the river in Manhattan. Approx. 16" x 19 3/4" size; light edge-wear; in very good condition. NOTE: Shipped rolled for safety. . Photograph. Very Good.
1913ref. 22042Paris: Printed by D. Michaud 1913. First edition. Paperback. Light wear to wrappers pages slightly toned else very good. Printed green wrappers 12.5 x 9.5 inches 26 pp. illustrated. Trade catalogue of metal garden contructions including fences gates arbors topiary frames bird cages coops etc. The firm Maison Dutourleau Fils Beausejour 50 Parc Saint-Maur Seine is listed in the 1891 edition of Jardins de France. No copies of this catalogue found on OCLC/Worldcat. Printed by D. Michaud paperback
ref. 1219s.l.: s.n. . . 8vo side-stitched; age-darkened and chipped; uncut and unopened; bottom lower right of all leaves dog-eared not affecting text. Sabin 105462Ñnot differentiating between this 14 pp. printing and one with 8 pp. The American Antiquarian Society's copy of the 14 pp. edition has a contemporary ownership signature dated 12 June 1810" on title. A Federalist pamphlet in the Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign of 1810 s.l.: s.n., . unknown
ref. 29379Melbourne: McPherson's Proprietary Limited 1935. Paper wrappers pamphlet. Very good condition. 1935 hardware catalogue this edition not recorded on Trove which records only a 1933 edition. The Australian firm specialized in farming machinery. This edition shows locations in Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Perth with an ad for the Adelaide location on back cover. 8vo printed orange paper wrappers 248pp with illustrations and diagrams throughout. Cover illustration by Percy Trompf. A small deliberate hole in top left for attaching the catalogue by chain or string to the counter. Slt wear to cover but overall vgc. Aus library call #: NL338-4762190294M172 for 1933 edition. McPherson's Proprietary Limited unknown
1929ref. 21061Christchurch: New Zealand Newspapers Limited. Very Good. Softcover. Boards with light shelfwear. Spine a bit tanned. 3" tear to one page but text still readable.; A detailed guide with photos and ads and a fold out map of the island. Promoting numerous outside sports including Tennis Yachting trout- fishing and shooting.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 196 pages . 1929. New Zealand Newspapers Limited paperback
1812ref. 67593New York: Reprinted and Published by Wm. Elliot at the Tontine Coffee House 1812. First American edition. 23 cm. 5 6-36 pp. Sewn as issued untrimmed. Two corners torn off likely taking a signature affecting two or three letters. Some wrinkling. Browned. Kress B.5950. Relative to the Non-Importation Act of the U.S. with an Appendix on manufactures of the U.S. with special attention to the cotton manufactories within 30 miles of Providence R.I. including those in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Reprinted and Published by Wm. Elliot, at the Tontine Coffee House unknown
1976ref. 053718Istanbul: DISK: Türkiye Devrimci Isçi Sendikalari Konfederasyonu 1976. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Paperback. Cr. 8vo. 20 x 14 cm. In Turkish. 63 1 p. 3 unnumbered b/w plates. This is one of the early books on May 1 in Turkey printed by the Turkish Revolutionary Workers' Confederation of Trade Unions. Cover art illustrated by Turkish painter Orhan Taylan 1941-. In the Ottoman Empire the first celebration of Labour Day was organized in Skopje in 1909. In Istanbul Labour Day was first celebrated in 1912. No celebrations could be organized between 1928 and 1975. On 1 May 1976 the Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey DISK organized a rally on Taksim Square with mass participation one year ago "Bloody First May" which was an attack on leftist demonstrators on 1 May 1977 International Workers' Day in Taksim Square Istanbul Turkey. This booklet was printed for the commemoration of this celebration. Orhan Taylan was born in Samsun to an artist mother in 1941. Graduated from Robert College 1960 and the Fine Arts Academy of Rome 1965. First solo painting exhibition in 1968. Took leading positions in artists' organizations 1975-1978. Organized mural painting symposiums and executed several murals 1976-80. His paintings were exhibited in London Amsterdam and Moscow within Turkish Highlights exhibitions between 1988 and 1990. Aside from regular exhibitions in Istanbul and Ankara his works were also shown in solo gallery exhibitions in Paris New York Geneva and Athens. Orhan Taylan exhibits mainly figurative oil paintings and occasionally metal sculptures and drawings. Lives and works in Istanbul. During the 1971 Military coup taken in custody on summer midnight together with his wife and cartoonist Tan Oral. All his archives and hundreds of books destroyed. 1977 Group exhibitions in Paris and Berlin. The May 1 poster wins 1st prize in the International Poster Competition of the World Federation of Trade Unions Prag. Source: Turkish Painting - Visual Art Encyclopedia. This is the first appearance of this art before it's winning the prize in 1977. Rare. DISK: Türkiye Devrimci Isçi Sendikalari Konfederasyonu paperback
ref. 70925Two sheets quarto and small 4to attached with ribbon and with the American consulate seal details of the transaction on the large sheet the smaller being the standard form signed by Schuyler. The linens were to be sold by Raphael on account. Schuyler 1788-1865 grandson of the Continental Army general of the same name served in several New York official capacities and as consul at Liverpool 1840-1842. Very good. unknown
1885ref. 60768Rugby England: Walding 1885. Trade card. 16mo 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. 3 pp. the two interior pages advertise the fox hunting clothier Walding with short testimonial statements all dated 1879 and the rear wrapper advertises and solicits subscriptions for the Hunt Servant's Benevolent Society." "Walding begs to inform Masters of Hounds and Gentlemen much in the saddle that he makes Hunting and Riding Garments his special study and supplies over fifty of the principal Hunts in the Kingdom." Very good. Original chromolithographic illustrated wrapper picturing vignettes from the hunt. #7955. Walding unknown
1934ref. 56852Dearborn MI: Henry Ford Trade School 1934. Quarto 28cm. Publisher's blue tape cloth-backed pictorial card wrappers; mixed pagination; illustrated throughout. Printed mimeograph. Light wear and a hint of spotting to extremities spine faded front corner bumped contemporary ownership rubberstamp to first page else Very Good or better. With a promotional booklet for the Henry Ford Trade School a combined high school and trade school that trained boys as Ford employees. Henry Ford Trade School unknown
1960ref. 84016Cambridge Mass: Macalaster Bicknell 1960. Small Folio. 27.5cm. Publisher's embossed blue cloth titled in black to spine and boards. 914pp. Minor wear to extremities and spine ends some soiling and thumbing in places; internally clean. A very good copy of a large and unwieldy but densely packed trade catalog. A frankly bewildering catalog of lab equipment medical supplies tailor made research materials alembics of any size! and arcane devices undeniably making Macalaster Bicknell "the complete one stop Supply Center for the Industrial Educational Hospital and Public Service Laboratory." A fascinating leftover from the days when mammoth tomes like this would have been frequently referred to and prioritized as the only conduit for obtaining unusual or highly specialized equipment and before the supply chains for such things were stretched somewhat precariously across the globe. Macalaster Bicknell unknown
1925ref. 36559Oakland: Hall-White Company Printers 1925. 1925. CALIFORNIA. 9" x 8" color pictorial wrappers. 24pp. including wrappers. Black and white photographs illustrations charts and Alameda County Facts. Black and white map entitled "Bird's Eye View of Alameda County California" showing the San Francisco Bay Oakland Berkeley Irvington Mt. Diablo et. al. A brochure aimed at the prospective homesteader encouraging them to come to Alameda County and experience the beauty the many industries the excellent school systems many activities such as golf tennis yachting hunting fishing et. al. Opportunities abound to those who come and participate in the development of what is destined to be one of the greatest communities on the Pacific Coast. Alameda County includes the following cities along with a description of each: Oakland Berkeley Alameda Piedmont Emeryville Albany San Leandro Hayward Pleasanton Newark Centerville Niles Irvington Alvarado Warm Springs Sunol and Livermore. Crease to center of front wrapper along with light wear to the spine and to the extremities else a very sharp and informative brochure. Hall-White Company Printers, 1925. unknown
1843ref. 5977New York City: H. H. Schieffelin & Co 1843. First Thus. Loose Sheet. Loose sheet printed verso and recto measuring just shy of 8 inches x 9.75 inches. Old folds now mellowed but with a nasty closed tear running down the middle of the sheet for 6.5 inches.Now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing. Included is a handsomely printed handbill 4 x 6 inches for a 1988 lecture on "Victoria Opium and Empire." by Frank. J. Novak M.D. presented at Stanford University's Fairchild Auditorium. Commodities report from the Schieffelin drug firm including the going rate for opium oil. Jacob Schieffelin and his brother founded their drug company in 1794; in 1813 the firm passed to his sons who renamed the firm H. H Schieffelin located at the intersection of John St. and Cliff St. in Lower Manhattan about two blocks from today's South Street Seaport Museum. That firm dissolved in 1848. Other trade goods listed include agricultural produce soaps lucifer matches various gums sulphur asbestos ginger etc. A fine glimpse into daily American life and global trade. . H. H. Schieffelin & Co unknown
1788ref. 39695London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols. 1788. Folio. Pages 313-316 2 as issued. Disbound else Very Good. "Numb. 36." printed in left corner at head of title. The matters include "A Petition of the Aldermen Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Town of Wokingham in the Counties of Berks and Wilts. . . representing the present State of the African Slave Trade as being contrary to the Principles of Justice Humanity good Policy and Religion; and submitting the same to the Consideration of the House." The reception of a Report concerning the regulation of Trade between the North American Colonies and the West India Islands and "the Countries belonging to the United States of America" is noted. This is an early protest against the continuation of the African Slave Trade. Printed and Sold by John Nichols... unknown
1855ref. 70833Richmond VA: The hotels 1855. Printed trade card 2 ¾ 4 ¼ inches printed on white card stock verso printing "Places of interest in and around Richmond Va." Both owned by John P. Ballard the Exchange Hotel opened in 1841 the Ballard House in 1855 joined by a foot bridge across the street at the second level; the Exchange Hotel was demolished in 1900 replaced by the Jefferson Hotel. Very good. The hotels unknown
1915ref. 26803London: John I. Thornycroft & Co. 1915. Paperback. Very good overall. Trade catalog for this shipbuilding firm with many diagrams and printed photos of a wide range of vessels "engined and boilered" by the Thornycroft company. It also includes detailed tables for evaporation specific gravity for fuel oil heat values for coal and oil etc. This was a trade catalog for a large and prosperous firm with an international clientele in a period before W.W.I. During the war the yard at Woolston yard made 26 destroyers 3 submarines and a large number of smaller craft for the Royal Navy. Interestingly John's daughter naval architect Blanche Thornycroft worked alongside her father and after his death testing models calculating and recording results Wikipedia. John I. Thornycroft had shown shipbuilding ability when aged 16 he began building a small steam launch in 1859. it proved to be the first steam launch with enough speed to follow the contenders in the University race. the company developed a water-tube boiler patented in 1885." Wikipedia Detailed tables throughout for example "Table Giving Average Heating Values of Various Coals and Oil Fuels" lists coal heating values from South Wales Best Yorkshire Midlands England Canada the US and Russia. Oil heating values include Russian Fuel Oklahoma Crude Texas Sour Lake Mexican Fuel Oil Roumanian & Texas Residuum Borneo Fuel California Trinidad Crude Shale Oil Blast Furnace Oil and Heavy Tar Oil or Creosote. The vessels pictured "Engined and Boilered" by the firm include H.M. Mystery Vessel; HMTBD Leader; HMTB Destroyer Light Cruiser Customs Cruiser Steam Yacht Cruiser Yacht Side Paddle Tug Sea Going; Shallow Draft Side Paddle Vessel Very Light Shallow Draft Side Paddle Vessel and seven more. Oblong sml. 4to pamphlet 63pp with silk cord binding. Brown card covers red and black embossed titles on front. Closed tear at back spine corner a faint crease along many pages light foxing on title otherwise very good condition. OCLC 39114883 cites 1 copy at the Mariner's Museum Library Virginia. John I. Thornycroft & Co. paperback
1880ref. 21257New York 1880. Very good condition. Brightly colored trade catalogue with elaborate use of type fonts at the wrapper printed in vivid red yellow blue and green. With a red stamp at front wrapper "For sale by Wm. Moore Poughkeepsie NY". Also a logo at front wrapper of a steer with a bit of a grin within a red circular border. Illlustration of the sack of Royal Bone Phosphate against a back drop of brightly flowering plants at rear wrapper. With text pertaining to the products on offer and illustrations. 6 x 4 1/2" not paginated. unknown
1930ref. 21584Basle Switzerland: J.R. Geigy S.A. 1930. Very Good . Basle Switzerland: J.R. Geigy S.A. n.d. ca. 1930. Octavo 24cm.; publisher's blue blind-embossed cloth upper cover and spine lettered in white; 455pp.; three-hundred and twelve 312 mounted cotton samples. Boards slightly warped minor shelf wear to spine ends and corners else Very Good or better internally fine and bright. One of a series of instructional catalogs issued by the Swiss dye company though the preface explains that "We cannot however strictly guarantee the statements of the tables as the requirements re. fastness etc. vary too much according to the branch of industry." The opening leaves list twelve different instructions in cotton dyeing though the bulk of the volume organized into tables separated by the dye samples. These are subdivided into various classes beginning with the "Direct Colours" and followed by "Formic" "Diazotizing" "Nitrophenyl" "Eclipse" and "Basic. J.R. Geigy S.A. unknown