1850ref. 67747Louisville KY: The company Hull's Print Louisville 1850. Trade catalogue. 4to. Three-pages each with longs lists of goods in the various categories mentioned in the title e.g. more than 150 items listed under Drugs and Medicines; "Feathers Ginseng Beeswax Flaxseed and other Country Produce taken in exchange for goods or in payment of debts due us." Verso of integral leaf used for address with a Louisville postmark and "Paid / 1" hand-stamp this example addressed to W.A. Hine a merchant in Athens Alabama. This company not represented in Romaine. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Folded old light tideline. Very good. The company (Hull's Print, Louisville) unknown books
1897ref. 67767Louisville KY: Courier-Journal Job Printing Co. for the company 1897. Trade catalogue "with illustrations of leading styles of farm wagons." Oblong 8vo 5 ¾ x 8 inches. 32 pp. Illustrations from wood engravings of the wagons and photographs plates; the photographic images picture southern African Americans at work and leisure and employ racist captions "Pickaninny Dance" etc. The photographs from which these half-tones were taken were made by Russell Brothers Anniston Alabama. This company not represented in Romaine. OCLC locates six copies Yale Berea Kentucky Duke Oberlin Tennessee. Original illustrated blue and yellow-stamped wrappers rubbed stapled. Very good. Courier-Journal Job Printing Co. (for the company) unknown books
1920ref. 67766Louisville KY: Kentucky Wagon Mfg. Co 1920. Oblong 8vo 14 x 23 cm. 20 pp. "Title" leaf and 19 full-page color plates of custom bodies with descriptions and specifications; extra plate of one of the bodies verso unprinted laid in. A rare trade catalogue with beautiful color plates. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Original illustrated wrappers stapled. Very good. Kentucky Wagon Mfg. Co unknown books
1880ref. 67765Louisville KY: Sun Life Insurance Co. Courier-Journal Lith. 1880. Four trade cards each 4 ½ x 2 ¾ inches one with Uncle Sam superimposed against a street scene featuring the company's Louisville building "Now am I happy indeed. The South can take care of her own. The Sun Life is doing it"; the other three cards picture romanticized children plugging the company. One of the cards is back-stamped "Sun Life Ins. Co. / Paducah Ky." Some browning verso small chip at lower edge of one not affecting text a very good lot. For the four cards Sun Life Insurance Co. (Courier-Journal Lith.) unknown books
1890ref. 51049Bridgeport CT: Foster Besse Co. Clothiers & Hatters 1890. Chromolithographic trade card got the company 5 5/8 x 7 inches depicting a brilliantly colored scene of a young couple holding hands in an open boat on a lake a hooked fish at the end of rod and line being ignored; verso prints 17 lines of advertising for the business. Some rubbing and browning but very good. Foster, Besse Co., Clothiers & Hatters unknown books
1877ref. 66772Jacksonville FL: St. Johns River Nursery & Grass Bouquet Manufactory 1877. Trade card 5 ½ x 4 1/8 inches with mounted photograph 3 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches; two tiny white spots in upper left corner of background. St. Johns River Nursery was owned by Alexander Henry. Very good. St. Johns River Nursery & Grass Bouquet Manufactory unknown books
1885ref. 65930Atlanta GA: W.C. Dodson Railroad and Commercial Printer 1885. Trade card 2 ¾ x 4 ¾ inches recto printed entirely in blue; verso prints the first National Flag of the Confederacy with verse "Compliments" of Lynan in part: "that the sons of men may know the flag that caused their fathers to leave home and fireside the Union to save." OCLC locates but three items printed by Dodson. Very good. W.C. Dodson, Railroad and Commercial Printer) unknown books
1854ref. 65544Philadelphia PA: Rice & Hart Publishers No. 27 Minor Street 1854. Single sheet folded. 25 cm. 4 pp. text on 2 outer pages only. Old fold lines else very good. Text in two columns printing the notices for this publication from the National Intelligencer of Feb. 11 and the Washington Union of Feb. 4. The contents including the list of portraits and biographies in of each of the four volumes is also listed. OCLC lists two copies of this circular: NY Hist. Soc. and AAS. The "National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans" was published by Rice & Hart in 1854. Rice & Hart, Publishers, No. 27 Minor Street unknown books
1849ref. 65543Cincinnati OH: H.W. Derby & Co 1849. Single sheet printed on blue paper folded. 26 cm. 4 pp. including one page of text 2pp. blank addressed on fourth page to G. & C. Merriam Springfield Mass. with a round stamped red postal mark. Old fold lines a few closed tears else very good. The firm of H.W. Derby & Co. assures the public that the November 15 fire which lately damaged their place of business and destroyed a large portion of their stock will not stop them from filling orders for books stationery and other articles. They have purchased the entire stock of Messrs. Bradley & Anthony who have decided to retire and will move into their store at No. 113 Main Street immediately. Once their building at 145 Main Street is repaired they will return there. Signed in type by H.W. Derby & Co. Cincinnati November 23d 1849. No listings found on OCLC. George and Charles Merriam to whom this copy was addressed were successful book publishers and sellers in Springfield Massachusetts. H.W. Derby & Co unknown books
1867ref. 65547Washington DC 1867. Small broadside. 20 x 13 cm. Old fold lines some minor rumpling and toning along top margin else very good. Docketed in manuscript on verso. Proposed duties on various kinds of imported books are listed: 20% on English language books printed before 1840; 20% on books in foreign languages not printed in the U.S.; 30 cents per pound on books in English valued at less than $2 and printed since 1840; etc. Signed in type by 14 American publishing houses who agreed to the terms including Harper & Brothers D. Appleton & Co. Little Brown and eleven other well-known American publishers. No listings found on OCLC. unknown books
1856ref. 64451Fond du Lac Wis: Herald Print 1856. Broadside. 25.5 x 20 cm. Printed on blue paper text within an ornamental border signed in type at conclusion of text by C.K. Morrill & Co. of Lowell Mass dated June 12th 1855. Old fold lines but no wear. Not in Wisconsin Imprints Inventory and not found on OCLC. There are only a handful of separate Fond du Lac imprints before 1855 the most notable being a History of the County of Fond du Lac 1854. The weekly Fountain City Herald was published from 1852 to 1856. Herald Print unknown books
1850ref. 61392Philadelphia PA: The company 1850. Engraved broadside 14 x 12 inches text executed in several sizes and styles of lettering. Krider was a long-time Philadelphia sporting goods dealer and sportsman and the author of Krider's Sporting Anecdotes 1853. Henderson p. 158 dating the broadside "ca. 1850". Augustus Kollner has been identified as the engraver. OCLC locates four copies Clements American Antiquarian Society Hagley Museum Library of Congress. Margins a little browned several short tears into margins but a very good example of a handsome sporting exhibition broadside. #8465. The company unknown books
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 books
1950ref. 60816Greenough MT: L.T. Cahoon 1950. Trade card 2 1/2 x 4 inches printed on light card stock and employing several sizes and styles of type. Lee Cahoon of Greenough Montana served as a director of the Western Montana Outfitters and Guides Association in the early 1950s. Very good. #7924. L.T. Cahoon unknown books
1940ref. 51143El Paso TX: W.R. Weaver Co 1940. First edition . Narrow 16mo. 7 pp. Illustrated. Instructions on positioning and using the scope. Not located on OCLC. Printed self-wrappers stapled. Very good. W.R. Weaver Co unknown books
1941ref. 59614New York: William Mills & Son 1941. Catalogue No. 141. 12mo. 80 pp. Profusely illustrated. Offers a full-range of fly fishing tackle including tarpon flies and some other saltwater goods "anglers' supplies exclusively all grades." Very good. Original printed rust wrappers a little stained stapled. #6927. William Mills & Son unknown books
1917ref. 57734Dallas TX: printed by Egan Printing Co. for the company 1917. Trade catalogue. Oblong 4to. 526 pp. Frontispiece trademark illustration and numerous other illustrations from line drawings and photographs. Padgitt Brothers Company was established in 1869 and incorporated in 1900; the company's success "in supplying the needs of the saddlery trade of the Southwest gave them first-hand knowledge of materials and design that were recognized as standard wherever good goods are sold." Their catalogues were "a veritable encyclopedia of saddlery facts classified for your convenience . there is no reason why this book should not prove a 'silent partner' in the success of every dealer who will utilize its pages freely." The profusely illustrated catalogue with pricing information is organized into sections for saddles and varieties of tack down to spurs buckles hobbles canvas wagon covers buggy tops blankets and feedbags. The Padgitt "Bronco Brand" saddle and accessories were widely known throughout the Southwest. OCLC locates two copies of this number National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum San Jacinto Museum of History. Owner's name on front wrapper a very good copy. Printed green wrappers original printed cloth tape spine some soiling and chipping to wrappers tape repair to verso of rear wrapper chipping to margin of final blank. #6216. (printed by Egan Printing Co., for the company) unknown books
1880ref. 57441Boston MA: G.W. Simmons & Son 1880. Advertising circular. Broadside 14 x 8 1/2 inches. An advertisement featuring a 'heliotype" from a camp-scene line-drawing of two well-attired hunters and a fisherman their day's bag and an African-American attendant all standing by their tent behind them a lake full of ducks and Simmons decoys. The lower two-thirds of the broadside advertises the company's suits with W.H.H. Murray testimonial quoted tents and decoys. Moderate soiling several tiny splits at folds a good copy. Folded as for mailing. #4281. G.W. Simmons & Son unknown books
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 books
1877ref. 54690Indianapolis IN: Indianapolis Journal Co 1877. Trade catalogue. 8vo. 32 pp. 4-page inserted price list dated March 1877. Profusely illustrated with seven black and white wood-engraved plates four large black and white illustrations in text and five striking folding chromolithograph plates. Original printed green wrappers foxed. Very good. A scarce catalogue of heavy agricultural machinery with five brilliantly colored folding plates chromolithographed by Chandler Indianapolis depicting the "double canvass separator Hasselman separator oscillator thresher agricultural engine and the Eagle horse power." Romaine records nothing from this firm. OCLC locates several items from this firm but nothing before 1883. 1219. Indianapolis Journal Co unknown books
1911ref. 37855St. Petersburg FL: compliments of the St. Petersburg Board of Trade 1911. romotional. Oblong 16mo 9 x 16 cm. 21 3 pp. Illustrated from photographs including one of a tarpon catch. Not in Servies locates 1914 edition. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Pale green wrappers illustrated with a red poinsettia stapled. Very good. compliments of the St. Petersburg Board of Trade unknown books
1920ref. 46668San Antonio TX: The company 1920. 12mo. 32 pp. Illustrated; includes instructions for measuring a foot for ordering. Offering ladies' pumps oxfords and slippers children's shoes and hunting and riding boots for men. Tan wrappers printed in green stapled. Very good. The company unknown books
1955ref. 50419Magnolia Springs AL: Melrose Boat Works 1955. Square 8vo. 27 pp. Illustrated. Includes illustrated descriptions and plans for a variety of cabin cruisers apparently the firm's specialty sailing sloops and runabouts. Not recorded on OCLC. Illustrated silver and orange wrappers stapled; poor quality paper browned but very good. Melrose Boat Works unknown books
1901ref. 50262Louisville KY: The company 1901. Catalogue for the 1901-1902 season. Tall 8vo. 191 pp. Illustrated plates. For a history of the firm see Luther Thomas's B.F. Avery & Sons Pioneer Plowmakers Yellow Springs OH 2003. Romaine's Guide to American Trade Catalogues 1744-1900 locates a similar Avery catalogue the 74th annual 1899. Original wrappers worn and soiling lower spine chipped; title page and several others insect tracked some interior soiling and staining. Still a good copy. The company unknown 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
