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1825ref. BK0190Stockholm Sweden 1825. One large folded commercial sheet written on several panels with integral address panel to Messrs. Brown & Ives Providence Rhode Island endorsed "Pr. Brig Harvest" with Newport "SHIP" marking. Headed "Triplicate. Old folds and light handling wear very good. A commercial letter and account from the Stockholm mercantile house of Kantzow & Biel to Brown & Ives of Providence concerning the execution of a large order for Swedish iron. The firm reports that it is assembling a shipment of arranging its transport while the accounting on another portion of the same sheet records the value of the iron and related charges. The letter reports: "the contents giving us the desired opportunity of confirming you Your order for a Shipmt. of 200 Tons Iron to be ship'd & appointed and convoy which we shall of course prevail the commencement on." The letter dates from a period of rapid expansion in Swedish iron exports to the United States which had displaced Britain as Sweden's most important foreign market for bar iron. Britain had reduced its dependence on Swedish imports while American tariff legislation favored hammered iron from Sweden and Russia over British rolled iron. American demand became particularly important to the Swedish industry in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The United States purchased approximately three-fifths of Sweden's iron exports in 1822 with mainly American vessels engaged in the trade. The account also records a credit entered July 28 "By your proportion of dividend in payment from the Swedish Government". Brown & Ives had longstanding claims against Sweden arising from American property seized during the Napoleonic Wars including tobacco and rice belonging to the firm taken from the General Hamilton in 1810.1 The Swedish government finally settled the American claims in July 1825 following years of diplomatic representations concerning the confiscation and sale of American property at Stralsund. The credit recorded here appears to represent Brown & Ives's share of that indemnity entered less than two weeks after the settlement was formally concluded on July 16. The correspondence thus brings together two aspects of Swedish-American relations in the immediate postwar period: the expansion of an iron trade increasingly important to Sweden's economy and the settlement of commercial grievances dating back fifteen years. The shift reflected the changing geography of Atlantic commerce as Britain's increasingly mechanized iron industry reduced its dependence on Swedish imports while the rapidly industrializing United States emerged as Sweden's principal customer. However American iron production expanded enough to challenge Sweden's position in the American market particularly beginning in the 1830s and 1840s. 1 Calendar of the Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Department of State Government Printing Office 1897 47. . unknown
1825ref. BK0190Stockholm Sweden 1825. One large folded commercial sheet written on several panels with integral address panel to Messrs. Brown & Ives Providence Rhode Island endorsed "Pr. Brig Harvest" with Newport "SHIP" marking. Headed "Triplicate. Old folds and light handling wear very good. A commercial letter and account from the Stockholm mercantile house of Kantzow & Biel to Brown & Ives of Providence concerning the execution of a large order for Swedish iron. The firm reports that it is assembling a shipment of arranging its transport while the accounting on another portion of the same sheet records the value of the iron and related charges. The letter reports: "the contents giving us the desired opportunity of confirming you Your order for a Shipmt. of 200 Tons Iron to be ship'd & appointed and convoy which we shall of course prevail the commencement on." The letter dates from a period of rapid expansion in Swedish iron exports to the United States which had displaced Britain as Sweden's most important foreign market for bar iron. Britain had reduced its dependence on Swedish imports while American tariff legislation favored hammered iron from Sweden and Russia over British rolled iron. American demand became particularly important to the Swedish industry in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The United States purchased approximately three-fifths of Sweden's iron exports in 1822 with mainly American vessels engaged in the trade. The account also records a credit entered July 28 "By your proportion of dividend in payment from the Swedish Government". Brown & Ives had longstanding claims against Sweden arising from American property seized during the Napoleonic Wars including tobacco and rice belonging to the firm taken from the General Hamilton in 1810.1 The Swedish government finally settled the American claims in July 1825 following years of diplomatic representations concerning the confiscation and sale of American property at Stralsund. The credit recorded here appears to represent Brown & Ives's share of that indemnity entered less than two weeks after the settlement was formally concluded on July 16. The correspondence thus brings together two aspects of Swedish-American relations in the immediate postwar period: the expansion of an iron trade increasingly important to Sweden's economy and the settlement of commercial grievances dating back fifteen years. The shift reflected the changing geography of Atlantic commerce as Britain's increasingly mechanized iron industry reduced its dependence on Swedish imports while the rapidly industrializing United States emerged as Sweden's principal customer. However American iron production expanded enough to challenge Sweden's position in the American market particularly beginning in the 1830s and 1840s. 1 Calendar of the Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Department of State Government Printing Office 1897 47. . unknown books
1831ref. BK0165Salem Massachusetts: Salem Press Palfray Ives Foote & Brown 1831. 78 pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers frayed at spine; light dampstaining at margins of a portion of the leaves at rear. Good. An early catalogue of the collections of the East-India Marine Society of Salem recording the maritime journals and objects gathered by Salem captains and merchants during the city's great period of overseas trade. Founded in 1799 by captains and supercargoes who had sailed beyond the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn the Society required its members to contribute to a cabinet of "natural and artificial curiosities" the collection from which the present Peabody Essex Museum developed. The Society moved the collection into the newly built East India Marine Hall in 1825 and this expanded catalogue appeared only six years later. The volume includes the Society's act of incorporation bylaws lists of members and officers a catalogue of its manuscript journals of voyages and an extensive catalogue of the museum. The voyage journals occupy pages 33-42 and document Salem voyages to ports throughout Asia and the Indian Ocean; the balance of the catalogue records the ethnographic natural-history and other objects brought home by the Society's members. This was a substantially enlarged successor to the Society's 1821 catalogue which ran to 100 pages; the 1831 edition extends to 178 pages and was followed by a further supplement in 1837. A national bibliography of American library catalogues records copies of the 1831 edition at only a small group of institutional collections.1 1 Robert Singerman American Library Book Catalogues 1801-1874: A National Bibliography Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1996 94. . Salem Press, Palfray, Ives, Foote & Brown unknown
1831ref. BK0165Salem Massachusetts: Salem Press Palfray Ives Foote & Brown 1831. 78 pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers frayed at spine; light dampstaining at margins of a portion of the leaves at rear. Good. An early catalogue of the collections of the East-India Marine Society of Salem recording the maritime journals and objects gathered by Salem captains and merchants during the city's great period of overseas trade. Founded in 1799 by captains and supercargoes who had sailed beyond the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn the Society required its members to contribute to a cabinet of "natural and artificial curiosities" the collection from which the present Peabody Essex Museum developed. The Society moved the collection into the newly built East India Marine Hall in 1825 and this expanded catalogue appeared only six years later. The volume includes the Society's act of incorporation bylaws lists of members and officers a catalogue of its manuscript journals of voyages and an extensive catalogue of the museum. The voyage journals occupy pages 33-42 and document Salem voyages to ports throughout Asia and the Indian Ocean; the balance of the catalogue records the ethnographic natural-history and other objects brought home by the Society's members. This was a substantially enlarged successor to the Society's 1821 catalogue which ran to 100 pages; the 1831 edition extends to 178 pages and was followed by a further supplement in 1837. A national bibliography of American library catalogues records copies of the 1831 edition at only a small group of institutional collections.1 1 Robert Singerman American Library Book Catalogues 1801-1874: A National Bibliography Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1996 94. . Salem Press, Palfray, Ives, Foote & Brown unknown books
1889ref. 43737Chicago: Baldwin Calcutt & Co. 1889. 1889. First edition. 12" x 9 1/4" in dark blue-green printed thick boards with title in gilt. 971 pp. Sepia-tinted frontispiece with tissue guard. 7 plates. Over 100 photographic lithographic and woodcut text illustrations with some color-tinted and many full-page illustrations. Maps. Excellent land promotion published the year that Washington became a state. Overview of the state of Washington followed by an overview of the city of Tacoma. The overview of Tacoma is followed by articles about and illustrations of hops hop picking logging and lumber with sections of the Tacoma Cedar Lumber Company and The St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company Gig Harbor Lumber Company and Link's Planing Mills; real estate land development and real estate agents including the Lombard Investment Company Pinkham & Walker E.N. Ouimette with many illustrations and maps of Tacoma residences and homes; railroads such as the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway the Great Northern Railway and others; growing steel industry with companies like the Standard Iron Works shipping banking and much more. Illustrations include a birds-eye view of Tacoma views of American Lake several businesses in Tacoma etc. Minor bumping to corners minor chipping and outer hinges just beginning at head and foot of spine. Linen hinge repair at gutter margin of title page. Very good. Baldwin, Calcutt & Co., 1889. hardcover
1920ref. 6853Barcelona: Encuardernaciones Patentadas Spirax Sol; Papeles de Estano-Barna 1920. Booklet spiral-bound along top edge 17 x 13 cm. 58 leaves printed rectos only. Illustrated throughout in chromolithography. Title from cover. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A trade catalog for the distinctive and elaborate bottles for wine and spirits from the firm of Destilerias Hilario Botella from Jativa in Spanish Valencia. The first offerings are the highly decorated bottles in styles such as Anfora Valenciana Nagasaki del Japon Carmen Sevilla Piramidal Conica and most exciting the Botella Pinguino Patentada– a 1000 gram bottle in the shape of a penguin. Bottles for dozens of types of spirits are included as well as a lemonade dispensing device and two pages of fine leather goods. Some offsetting throughout; rear wrapper panel soiled but mostly clean and bright. Some early ink scribbles to front wrapper verso otherwise generally very good or better. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies. Encuardernaciones Patentadas Spirax Sol; Papeles de Estano-Barna hardcover
1948ref. 5344Barcelona: Destilerias Escat 1948. Stapled booklet 17 x 12 cm. 32 pages. Illustrated throughout in Cromotecnica. FIRST EDITION. An attractively-produced promotional booklet for various spirits and liqueurs of Destilerias Escat. The spirits include Anis de la Corona Anis Conac Y Ron Escarchados Kummel no.00 Crema de Cacao Conac Jerezano and other cognacs Anisette Burdeos Estomacal Escat Vit Absenta Crema de Naranja y Bitter Ron Criolla and other rums Peppermint Curasao Triple Amer Escat and Ginebra la Cruz. Each receives a double-page spread illustrated by Juan Gil Ricardo Fabregas or Angel Vintro. In publisher’s original card-stock wrappers color-printed to imitate illuminated parchment with silk tie. Near fine. Rare. OCLC locates no copies. Destilerias Escat unknown
1849ref. 32London: J. R. Andrews 1849. Very good copy. 8vo. 215 x 140 mm. 51/2 x 8 1/2 inchesii 10 pp. Original printed paper wrappers. A detailed catalogue of copper and brass good including pots pans kettle and cookware of every kind table ware and cutlery; also fenders fire irons lamps lanterns candle sticks; tin and steel goods japan good and much more. All items priced. Not is OCLC or COPAC. J.. R. Andrews unknown
1920ref. 6853Barcelona: Encuardernaciones Patentadas Spirax Sol; Papeles de Estano-Barna 1920. Booklet spiral-bound along top edge 17 x 13 cm. 58 leaves printed rectos only. Illustrated throughout in chromolithography. Title from cover. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A trade catalog for the distinctive and elaborate bottles for wine and spirits from the firm of Destilerias Hilario Botella from Jativa in Spanish Valencia. The first offerings are the highly decorated bottles in styles such as Anfora Valenciana Nagasaki del Japon Carmen Sevilla Piramidal Conica and most exciting the Botella Pinguino Patentada– a 1000 gram bottle in the shape of a penguin. Bottles for dozens of types of spirits are included as well as a lemonade dispensing device and two pages of fine leather goods. Some offsetting throughout; rear wrapper panel soiled but mostly clean and bright. Some early ink scribbles to front wrapper verso otherwise generally very good or better. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies. Encuardernaciones Patentadas Spirax Sol; Papeles de Estano-Barna hardcover books
1849ref. 32London: J. R. Andrews 1849. Very good copy. 8vo. 215 x 140 mm. 51/2 x 8 1/2 inchesii 10 pp. Original printed paper wrappers. A detailed catalogue of copper and brass good including pots pans kettle and cookware of every kind table ware and cutlery; also fenders fire irons lamps lanterns candle sticks; tin and steel goods japan good and much more. All items priced. Not is OCLC or COPAC. J.. R. Andrews unknown books
1948ref. 5344Barcelona: Destilerias Escat 1948. Stapled booklet 17 x 12 cm. 32 pages. Illustrated throughout in Cromotecnica. FIRST EDITION. An attractively-produced promotional booklet for various spirits and liqueurs of Destilerias Escat. The spirits include Anis de la Corona Anis Conac Y Ron Escarchados Kummel no.00 Crema de Cacao Conac Jerezano and other cognacs Anisette Burdeos Estomacal Escat Vit Absenta Crema de Naranja y Bitter Ron Criolla and other rums Peppermint Curasao Triple Amer Escat and Ginebra la Cruz. Each receives a double-page spread illustrated by Juan Gil Ricardo Fabregas or Angel Vintro. In publisher’s original card-stock wrappers color-printed to imitate illuminated parchment with silk tie. Near fine. Rare. OCLC locates no copies. Destilerias Escat unknown books
1842ref. 3123New Orleans: January 21 1842. About very good. 3pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old folds. Small loss from wax seal affecting a few words on third page. Light wear and soiling. A wandering "woe is me" missive from Charles Penfield to his business partners back home in Massachusetts detailing his numerous misfortunes on a journey by boat to Mexico and thence to New Orleans. He writes: "To tell you of my misfortunes I think you should rather console with me than to sensure sic me however you can write your friends in Baltimore & let them see me &c. First of my troubles I was fined in Mexico as you have the documents to amount of moste 600 dollars with the expenses. Next misfortune was detained in town 22 days to attend to the board 2 dolls. per day horse hire about 25 or 40 dolls. with expenses on the road vessel being 40 miles before the town. Next I took the yellow fever or Mexican fever & as you must expect my bill was high when I went to town. The deaths was 25 a day population of 6000." He goes on to detail freight costs to New Orleans and the other expenses related to the journey writing: "You had better get these papers translated by some Spanish merchant in Boston & make claim on Mr. Brown." He also notes in a post script that the price of freighting cotton to Liverpool is a half penny per pound. A detailed account of the trials and tribulations of uncertain business ventures in antebellum America. January 21 unknown
1842ref. 3123New Orleans: January 21 1842. About very good. 3pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old folds. Small loss from wax seal affecting a few words on third page. Light wear and soiling. A wandering "woe is me" missive from Charles Penfield to his business partners back home in Massachusetts detailing his numerous misfortunes on a journey by boat to Mexico and thence to New Orleans. He writes: "To tell you of my misfortunes I think you should rather console with me than to sensure sic me however you can write your friends in Baltimore & let them see me &c. First of my troubles I was fined in Mexico as you have the documents to amount of moste 600 dollars with the expenses. Next misfortune was detained in town 22 days to attend to the board 2 dolls. per day horse hire about 25 or 40 dolls. with expenses on the road vessel being 40 miles before the town. Next I took the yellow fever or Mexican fever & as you must expect my bill was high when I went to town. The deaths was 25 a day population of 6000." He goes on to detail freight costs to New Orleans and the other expenses related to the journey writing: "You had better get these papers translated by some Spanish merchant in Boston & make claim on Mr. Brown." He also notes in a post script that the price of freighting cotton to Liverpool is a half penny per pound. A detailed account of the trials and tribulations of uncertain business ventures in antebellum America. January 21 unknown books
1851ref. 61963London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1851. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 21cm. Two volumes in brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt; blue and white printed endpapers with publisher's advertisements; xii244pp; vi248pp; 10 tinted lithographs some with hand coloring and 3 black and white lithographs. Errata slip in vol. I following contents. Binder's ticket of Remnant & Edmonds London to rear pastedown of vol. I. Ownership inscriptions of F. J. Young to front endpaper versos. Unfaded and straight frayed at spine ends vol. I with tear to cloth over rear joint and minor perforations to paper over interior hinges vol. II starting split to front joint short tears to cloth over both joints and short 2-in crack to rear hinge; occasional spots of browning but generally clean: Very Good. A Royal Naval officer's journals of visits to Dahomey a kingdom located in what is now southern Benin published with an antislavery intent: "It is the object of the author.to illustrate the dreadful slave hunts and ravages the annihiliations and exterminations consequent on this trade; and to bring prominently before the British public the sacred service they are rendering" through their efforts to halt the slave trade p.iv vol.I. NOT IN ABBEY. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans unknown
1851ref. 61963London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1851. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 21cm. Two volumes in brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt; blue and white printed endpapers with publisher's advertisements; xii244pp; vi248pp; 10 tinted lithographs some with hand coloring and 3 black and white lithographs. Errata slip in vol. I following contents. Binder's ticket of Remnant & Edmonds London to rear pastedown of vol. I. Ownership inscriptions of F. J. Young to front endpaper versos. Unfaded and straight frayed at spine ends vol. I with tear to cloth over rear joint and minor perforations to paper over interior hinges vol. II starting split to front joint short tears to cloth over both joints and short 2-in crack to rear hinge; occasional spots of browning but generally clean: Very Good. A Royal Naval officer's journals of visits to Dahomey a kingdom located in what is now southern Benin published with an antislavery intent: "It is the object of the author.to illustrate the dreadful slave hunts and ravages the annihiliations and exterminations consequent on this trade; and to bring prominently before the British public the sacred service they are rendering" through their efforts to halt the slave trade p.iv vol.I. NOT IN ABBEY. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans unknown books
1932ref. 010065Los Angeles: Mining Department Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 1932. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scarce OCLC locates only 7 copies. Near Fine light wear at corners. Bookplate of Grooves Middulburger front end page. 156 pp. 44 page Classified Index of Products of Los Angeles County. Mining Department Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Hardcover
1932ref. 010065Los Angeles: Mining Department Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 1932. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scarce OCLC locates only 7 copies. Near Fine light wear at corners. Bookplate of Grooves Middulburger front end page. 156 pp. 44 page Classified Index of Products of Los Angeles County. Mining Department Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Hardcover books
1963ref. 339Minneapolis Minnesota: Minneapolis Area Chamber of Commerce 1963. Paperback magazine; saddle bound with two staples. Monthly publication complete with 12 issues. Ex-library issues with library labels on cover; occasional library stamping or embossing on inside pages. All good condition; minimal wear with an occasional small tear. Text very good with little to no markings. Itemized list of issues: 1963 January no subheading 1963 February no subheading 1963 March no subheading 1963 April no subheading 1963 May Chamber adds suburban relations department 1963 June June is bustin' out! 1963 July Chamber growth in the coming year 1963 August 1963-1964 Annual Buyers Guide Issue 1963 September no subheading 1963 October Chamber's book best seller / Building for the future / Government contracts / City school proposal 1963 November Growing up fast! / Market for millions / "Show of the century" / Barren or beautiful / Friendly Russian invaders 1963 December Road to economy / The unbalanced balance / Challenge in a changing world Greater Minneapolis magazine issues feature multiple full-color local advertisements local company profiles in addition to business and people “lists” in featured issues. Frequent profiles of the arts architecture local printing sports zoos theaters agriculture and general city life. A time capsule of Minneapolis growth often featuring advancements in technology and predictions for future industry trends. A sampling of topics include: Medical Alley Northwest Airlines Delta Control Data 3M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Guthrie Theater Minneapolis Institute of Arts Mia Minnesota State Fair Pillsbury WCCO Minneapolis Star and Tribune Green Giant IDS Center “the space race” Northrop Auditorium Metrodome the Lakers the North Stars the Vikings the Twins Fairview Hospital the highway system Honeywell Northwest National Bank KSTP-TV the Minneapolis skyway system recycling Midland National Bank and Nicollet Mall. . Minneapolis Area Chamber of Commerce paperback
1924ref. ABE-1721189048505New York: China Trade Bureau 1924 1924 First edition. Small folio 30.523.2cm 32ppp.65-96. General wear and soiling to covers. Photos available upon request. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. New York: China Trade Bureau, 1924 paperback
1887ref. 85724The Board of Trade of San Jose 1887. Soft cover. Very good/No jacket. Bin 4 Long Case. First issue of quarterly publication with intact fold out map. Heavy wear on jacket some areas chipped away at spine. Binding well intact. Clean. The Board of Trade of San Jose unknown
1806ref. 37539Washington D.C.: A. & G. Way Printers 1806. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. 4 pp. 8vo. Discusses whaling and the duty on American oil. Shaw & Shoemaker 11714. A. & G. Way, Printers unknown
1806ref. 37539Washington D.C.: A. & G. Way Printers 1806. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. 4 pp. 8vo. Discusses whaling and the duty on American oil. Shaw & Shoemaker 11714. A. & G. Way, Printers unknown books
1880ref. 5842Troy NY: W & L E Gurley Co. 1880. Later Edition. Original publisher's printed wrappers. A very good copy; short tear in front wrapper no loss; some hand soiling not offensive. 8vo. There is a large fldg. frontis. and text illus. throughout. One of the company's catalogs of selected instruments that were being sold at reduced prices. There is a large folding frontispiece of a light mountain transit. The catalog is 56 pages and is represented by the firm as including the latest improvements in its line of instruments. See Romaine. W & L E Gurley Co. unknown books
ref. 10292Paris, de l'Imprimerie Impériale, 1807, Paris, chez Galland, 1807, 1 br., couverture muette d'attente, 1 charnière fendue, petit manque au dos. in-16, f.t., titre, 172 pp., f.t., titre, 92 pp., et titre, 1 ff.n.c., 155 pp., ex-libris manuscrit: "Odouard fils" ;
ref. 25443No place, no publisher, 1787. With 2 folding tables, head- and tailpieces, vignette with fleur-de-lys on title. viii, 118 pp. 8vo. Contemporary blind wrappers, lightly damaged, an uncut copy. Kress S.5128 (other edition); INED 913 (under Calonne); Goldsmiths 13442; Einaudi 1973 (including the third and fourth parts published in 1788). First edition of the first two parts; two further parts where published in 1788. There are several editions of this work, with different pagination (this one is continuous, others are paginated 34, 84 pp or 126 pages), and the Kress copy is another variant. Presented by Calonne and edited by P.S. Du Pont de Nemours, these memoirs reflect the phsyiocratic ideas concerning a.o. taxes and the necessary reforms of the state.These memoirs deal with: Les Assemblées provinciales; l'imposition territoriale, le remboursement des dettes du clergé; la taille, le commerce des grains; la corvée; l'abolition des barrières intérieures; l'établissement d'un tarif uniforme aux frontières; les marchandises coloniales; l'impôt sur le tabac; la marque des fers, la gabelle; marchandises coloniales; suppression de marque des fers, etc. - A faint small stain in the lower blank margin on many pages.
