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1998ref. x-0080433693Emerald Group Pub Ltd 1998. Hardcover. New. 297 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. Emerald Group Pub Ltd hardcover
1902ref. mon0000174505HMSO 1902-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-Library usual stamps and markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable. HMSO paperback
ref. 4929AMERICAN IRON TRADE THE STATE OF THE TRADE AND MANUFACTORY OF IRON IN GREAT-BRITAIN CONSIDERED. London: 1750. 8vo. Disbound. 15 pages. First edition. Sabin 90633; Kress S-1991; Goldsmiths' Library 8504. An interesting anonymous tract largely about the trade in iron from the American colonies. Rare. Kress only records a photo copy. 4929. unknown
1902ref. 066442San Bernardino Board of Trade. Looks very good the covers have been gently pulled from the staples in tact and in good shape still. A rare chamber of commerce item and early from about 1902. Illustrated and with text to promote the city and its value and charm. Rare - see Worldcat. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1902. San Bernardino Board of Trade paperback
1899ref. 73580New York: L. H. Mace & Co. 1899. First edition. Quarto. 44 pp. with full page photographic illustrations of baby carriages on all but 4 pages. Publisher' brown wrappers with company name in raised gold lettering and title in white. A bit of edge wear and an old faint tidemark to outer lower corner about an inch but a very good copy.One is tempted to think that the excessive coddling of youngsters is a Millennial thing; not so. These carriages are excessively luxurious and with prices to reflect that. Carriage No. 794 is a work of art very rococo in design and lined with satin and silk and it is priced a modest $54 about $1600 in today's dollars. OCLC records no copies. L. H. Mace & Co. unknown
ref. 35913TRADE CATALOGUE Portuguese Renaissance Furniture. Braga: circa 1920. Oblong folio 10 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches. Wrappers. 12 plates. First edition. Scarce Portuguese trade catalogue illustrating Renaissance styled furniture. Included are designs for wardrobes beds chairs tables cabinets etc. Several plates display arrangements of the furniture in room settings. Plates are sepia prints. Plates are identified in the margins in blue ink. Very good. unknown
1911ref. 73326Sandusky: The Roberts Motor Co. 1911& 1912. First editions. Octavos. 32 & 36 pp. with a wealth of photographic illustrations. Publisher's pictorial wrappers. Some minor edge wear but a very good copy.E.W Roberts claimed to have designed some 150 engines before starting his own "Roberts Motor Company" in 1906 in Clyde Ohio. By 1908 the Roberts Motor Company was moved to Sandusky Ohio. The company made both aeronautical and marine engines. The Roberts Motor Co. unknown
ref. a55782Statistical Office of the United Nations and International Monetary Fund Statistical papers Series T. Vol IV No. 1/2. 4to. 443pp. original printed wraps. VG. just very light wear; no owner marks; cover a bit toned. . paperback
1860ref. D4923Pennsylvania 1860s-1870s. Hardcover. Very Good. Ledger belonging to Levi Oberholzer manufacturer of cough medicines in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Reverse calf oblong 4to about 9.25-by-7.75 inches; spine stamped: RECEIPTS; contains hundreds of manuscript entries acknowledging payment for materials and ingredients for remedies many with attached revenue stamps plus numerous bank checks payable to Oberholzer's order. Offers a wealth of handwriting specimens and signatures pretty engraved checks and more from Philadelphia Boston and New York as well as smaller cities and towns in the northeastern United States. A nice example of the commerce of the period specific to health medicine and pharmacy. hardcover
1844ref. 5316Puebla: Imprenta Antigua en el Portal de las Flores 1844. About very good. 20pp. Original printed wrappers. Light dampstaining and spotting. Even toning. Scarce pamphlet containing rules and regulations for the tribunal that adjudicated commercial and trade disputes in Puebla just prior to the Mexican-American War. The texts articulates the jurisdiction and power of the court its form and function and the responsibilities of its officers and appointees. In attractive printed yellow wrappers; OCLC records this imprint but notes no locations. Imprenta Antigua en el Portal de las Flores unknown
1904ref. 46795Pasadena: Press of the Leonard Company 1904. 1904. 6" x 3 1/4" in 3 1/4" x 6." Three sheets of coated stock with five folds resulting in 36 panels and housed in light blue wrappers printed in red and gold with green highlights. Bound with two staples. "Pasadena situated one thousand feet above and twenty-four miles from the Pacific Ocean has fifteen thousand people eleven public schools including the new $100000 high school; Throop Polytechnic Institute; a $50000 free library containing twenty-four thousand volumes; two beautiful parks; fine streets; over one hundred miles of cement sidewalks; a complete sewer system; gas and electric plants; the finest street railway system in the United States; and last but not least a climate summer and winter that has no rival." Includes photographic images of Pasadena schools and residences the Hotel Green the Hotel Maryland and Marengo Avenue. The Pasadena Board of Trade precursor to today’s Pasadena Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1888. It was conceived to promote a positive business climate in Pasadena and it was an early collaborator with the Valley Hunt Club in Pasadena’s New Year events. In 1895 when the Valley Hunt Club determined it was unable to continue staging the Rose Parade the Board of Trade saved the event and initiated the formation of the Tournament of Roses Association. It is also credited with proposing the construction of the Colorado Street Bridge across the Arroyo Seco then leading the effort to design finance and construct the iconic structure. Minor stain to the inner margin with a bit of toning and light wear to the wrappers and page edges. Very good. Press of the Leonard Company, 1904. unknown
1520ref. 2344New York: Dr. Jeanne Walter n.d. ca. 1915-20. 24mo 5 3/4 x 3 7/16 inches; 143 x 88 mm 23 1 pages in printed stapled wrappers soft cover. An early 20th-century version of fat shaming: Dr. Jeanne Walter promises to reduce your "superfluous flesh" if you buy her medicated rubber garments. "Any physician will tell you that by inducing profuse perspiration you can reduce flesh relieve any kind of rheumatism skin diseases and many other ailments because it stimulates circulation and eliminates waste products through the pores" page 3. This pamphlet features a woman modeling such products as chin bust and abdominal reducers as well as jackets suits belts and pants. All in glorious black-and-white halftone illustrations. Most products are aimed at women although a page is devoted to a mustachioed guy wearing an abdominal belt that works by "stimulating circulation in the organs of digestion and by drawing out the uric acid from the system relieving any rheumatic condition that may exist" page 20. The pamphlet doesn't carry a date. But 1915 would have been the earliest date of issue based on an advertisement in The New York Times of October 3 1915 in which the company announced a new address of 353 Fifth Avenue the same address printed on the pamphlet. OCLC shows one institutional holding of a 1909 edition that carries a different title pagination and size at the American Textile History Museum Library. However there are no holdings of this edition. RARE. CONDITION: Some nicks and creasing to wrappers stains to lower wrapper rusting to staples tiny ink mark at bottom corner throughout. A Very Good copy. Dr. Jeanne Walter
1978ref. 41341London: Rough Trade 1978. Very good plus. Flyer promoting the second date at Manchester's famed Factory of Stiff Little Finger's UK tour after the surprise success of their first album - an interesting document in the development of one of the most important indie record labels. Rough Trade who issued this flyer began as a London record shop and soon expanded to tour promotion and music releases under their own imprint. Yet it wasn't until the unexpected success of Stiff Little Finger's first album INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL it debuted at #14 on the UK charts on Feb. 3rd 1979 that Rough Trade was truly established as a force in the UK music scene. Also on the bill are Robert Rental Essential Logic and Daniel Miller's The Normal. Miller would use his experience at Rough Trade to later launch Mute Records another key UK post-punk indie. 8.25'' x 12''. Offset flyer printed black on red recto only. Mild wear at edges. In black marker a contemporary hand has added: "Factory / Feb 16th.". Rough Trade unknown
1895ref. 6891Waynesboro Franklin Co. Pennsylvania: Frick Company Engineers 1895. Octavo 24 x 15 cm. 201 15 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with engravings and diagrams. FIRST EDITION thus of this trade catalogue for the Frick Company of Franklin County Pa. focused on their line of heavy machinery in refrigeration applications. Text black generally clean and bright. Head of spine bumped a bit. In publisher’s gilt-stamped burgundy cloth with some rubbing. Generally very good or better. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies; Romaine records two other Frick Co. catalogues. Frick Company, Engineers hardcover
1950ref. 29382Bridgeport CT: Hollander Metal Product Corp 1950. Very Good. Bridgeport CT: Hollander Metal Product Corp. ca. 1950s. Six-panel folding trade catalog with 58 belt buckle samples. Belt buckles tied down and numbered and first four sample pages are labeled either bronze cast bronze brass wire or steel wire. Variance in design and size are subtle though apparent. Hollander would go on to produce belt buckles for the Department of Defense during the Vietnam War. Folder edgeworn scuffed and rubbed with brief exposure to edges. Rust-spotting and dust soiling to interior; overall Very Good. Hollander Metal Product Corp unknown
1920ref. 6138San Francisco: Danner & Baker Inc 1920. Oblong stapled booklet 23 x 27 cm. 80 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION of this number. A trade catalogue of glassware porcelain and Satsuma pottery from this long running San Francisco dealer in crockery and glassware. Near fine in green- and gilt-titled tan wrappers. Previous owner’s inscription to the from wrapper panel. OCLC locates one record for Catalogue no. 4 but the location is lacking; one copy each of Catalogues no. 3 & 5. Danner & Baker, Inc unknown
1899ref. 27704New York: J.W.Fiske 1899. First printing. Paperback. Very good condition. Items being offered include stalls and fittings weather vanes largest assortment in the US hitching posts including ones titled 'Jockey' 'Chinese' and 'Darkey'. All items priced. Small 4to 194pp with diagrams and b&w photo illustrations throughout. Printed blue stiff paper wrappers with red cloth spine title in black on spine and front. Covers sunned dusty at edges internally a bright clean copy. J.W.Fiske paperback
1940ref. 6854New York: the company 1940. Oblong metal ribbon-bound book 14.5 x 22.5 cm. 41 12 pages. Illustrated. Images of product on rectos with descriptive text on versos. A salesman's promotional catalogue for the “Quality Group” line of spirits from Park & Tilford including Harvey’s Sherries Marie Brizzard and champagnes and wines from Heidsieck Beaulieu Vineyards Blanchy Martel & Co. Booths Sanderson and a number of spirits under the Park & Tilford brand. The text descriptions contain more technical information than is usually found in promotional materials of this time. Bound in textured black card stock with the corporate name stamped in silver. Some light creasing to the edges of the wrappers otherwise fine. OCLC locates no copies. the company unknown
1935ref. 56552Bridgeport CT: Parker Gun Works Remington Arms Co. 1935. Trade catalogue issued shortly after Parker was purchased by Remington Arms. Oblong 4to. 34 1 pp. Describes the company's shotguns most illustrated in the descriptive text; also includes recommendations and specifications. Illustrated from photographs line drawings. Recorded on OCLC but without locations. Original claret stamped tan spiral-bound wrappers. Very good. 2855. Parker Gun Works, Remington Arms Co.) unknown
1806ref. 10429London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1806. First English Edition. Very good. Royal 8vo. full tree calf bindings pp.400431438. -- Internally some light foxing. Overall. "Thomas Clarkson was an English abolitionist and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found The Society for Affecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade and helped achieve passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807 which ended British trade in slaves"-wikipedia. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme unknown
1948ref. 462Baltimore: Baltimore Association of Commerce 1948. Wall map. 40 1/2 x 33 1/4 inches. Very good condition. This map is a highly detailed map of Baltimore. It is printed used fine black lines on off white paper. The backlines are the overprinted with blue red and green lines finely representing : Blue= Baltimore & Ohio Red = Pennsylvania Railroad and Green = Western Maryland Railwa y. The use of yellow covers ; Canton Railroad Chesapeake and Curtis Bay Railroad Maryland & Pennsylvania R. R. Municipal Harbor Belt R. R. and Baltimore & Annapolis R.R.Combinations of colors are used to represent interline rails. The map is quite decorative in the wall map tradition. A very nice wall map. Baltimore Association of Commerce unknown
1975ref. 64134Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1975. Bicentennial edition. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Cover has some wear and soiling. 2 volume set. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 1200 pages plus appendix and introductory materials. Time Period Index. Subject Index. 93rd Congress 1st Session House Document No 93-78 Part 1 and Part 2. This is the third in a series of volumes started in 1949. This edition as built upon the two prevous editions. Prepared by the Bureau of the Census. U.S. Government Printing Office hardcover
ref. 63-6509San Diego CA: Panama-California Exposition 1915. Two Letter-Sized Pages Signed by dignitaries and civic officials connected to the Exposition stamped with the names of their organizations such as the San Diego Chamber Of Commerce. Good with marginal tears and creasing perforations & some staining.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. San Diego, CA: Panama-California Exposition, 1915. unknown
1929ref. 42454N. P.: Privately printed 1929. 1929. WASHINGTON. First edition. 8vo. 9 1/4" x 8" color pictorial wrappers folds to 9 1/4" x 4" n. p. 16 pp. including covers illustrated map. Sections on Longview Rainier National Park Mt. St. Helens and Spirit Lake Wonderland Longview Tourist park The Monticello Hotel major industries Lake Sacajawea golfing fishing etc. The Longview Columbia River Bridge to be completed in 1930 is the longest cantilever bridge in the U. S.- 1200 feet - and to be the second highest over a navigable stream in the nation at 195 feet. A section is provided that suggests that Longview is a wonderful place to live and suburban areas that adjoin Longview are also desirable. A full-page map of the area is on the rear cover. Light wear to the fore-edges and spine else a very good copy. Privately printed, [1929]. unknown
1969ref. 164201969. Federal Trade Commission Decisions. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1915-1969. Hardcover. Vols. 1 1915 9 13 to 15 17 19 21 to 31 34 37 39 to 41 44 to 46 50 to 53 56 59 63 64 70 72 73 75 84 87. Together 40 books. Eight 8 feet shelf space. Ex-library with stamps else very good. $250. unknown
