1920réf. 4801Barcelona: Orfebres de Espana Sociedad Anonima 1920. Tall brad-bound trade catalogue 23 leaves printed rectos only. Trade catalogue of flatware illustrated in various patterns. Some wear to the printed card-stock wrappers otherwise very good. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies. Orfebres de Espana, Sociedad Anonima unknown books
1920réf. 3351Oversize quarto bound in the original printed wrappers. A fine copy with no wear or marks. 184 pages profusely illustrated with sheet metal building materials such as metal Spanish tile metal shingles roofing siding gutters awnings stamped and spun zinc and copper doors widows metal ceilings portable buildings etc. Great black and white photographs drawings and some color. An excellent reference source for the restorer. The Edwards Manufacturing Co. books
1893réf. 6177Montreal: The Gazette Printing Company 1893. First edition . Very Good. 23 cm; 225 pages and 20 half-tone plates 3 maps two of them folding. Extra half-tone printed title page. Bound in brown pebbled cloth. Slight fray at head; front free endleaf loose else unblemished and in very good condition! Signature of Dugald MacDonald on title page. Valuable reference for the development of commerce in Montreal from the earliest times to the end of the 19th century. The Gazette Printing Company hardcover books
1802réf. 5025London: The Society by Vaughan Griffiths 1802. First Edition. Disbound. A good copy; some toning and spotting. 8vo. The constitution and rules along with sample ballots and donation forms. The Society by Vaughan Griffiths unknown books
1892réf. 504Chicago Ill. U. S. A.: Thomas Kane & Company 1892. Oblong 8vo. 195 x 270 mm. 7 ½ x 11 inches. 43 pp. Illustrated throughout with lithographs many full-page images of launches and boating equipment. Bound in original green paper wrappers title on front cover vignette of a sailing launch on the back cover. Very good copy. Well-illustrated catalogue of launches and boiler engines produced in Racine Wisconsin by the Thomas Kane & Company who maintained a salesroom in Chicago. The company won a first prize for their steam boat launches sail boats and row boats at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. This catalogue issued the previous year illustrates many of the launches and boats that were part of the exposition and competition. Romaine Guide to American Trade Catalogues p. 66 listing catalogues for the years 1880 1885 and 1893. Outing an Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Sport Travel and Recreation. New York Vol. XXIV 1894 p. lxix. OCLC cites copies at Harvard and SMU. Thomas Kane & Company unknown books
1762réf. 5497Paris: Nyon Barrois 1762. First Edition. full contemp. calf. A very good copy. 12mo. An exposition of the law as regards the maintenance of royal turnpikes and bridges in France. This entails a review of the law from the mid fifteenth century. Nyon, Barrois unknown books
1937réf. 215711937. Japanese WWII This archive of 3 publications on Japan spanning from 1937 to the 1950s offers a multifaceted examination of Japan's evolving role in global politics trade and military affairs from the pre-World War II era through the early Cold War period. These works provide crucial contemporary analyses of Japanese imperialism economic ambitions and the socio-political consequences of U.S. military occupation. Archive includes the following: 1 Amerasia: A Review of America and the Far East. New York. December 1937. Pre-WWII issue explores political economic and social developments in East Asia with a particular focus on the impact of Japanese expansionism and Chinese resistance including articles on Japan's anti-communist agreement with Germany leading up to the Second World War. Green staple-bound wrappers. 51 pages 7" x 9". The first issue of Amerasia a monthly magazine described as a "review of America and the Far East" was published in February of 1937. The periodical is describes itself as providing of a "forum for the expression and clarification of ideas concerning America's participation in Far Eastern affairs." Edited by leading scholars and analysts the publication features contributions from prominent experts such as Karl August Wittfogel Ch'ao-ting Chi Nathan M. Becker and Lawrence K. Rosinger. This issue of Amerasia offers valuable insight into the global discourse surrounding Japanese imperialism Chinese economic strategies and Western perceptions of the Far East during a crucial period of international tension. Some dog eared pages minor wear throughout binding is tight and pages and text are crisp and clear. Overall very good condition. 2 Farley Miriam S. The Problem of Japanese Trade Expansion in the Post-War Situation. New York: International Secretariat of the Institute of Pacific Relations. First edition 1940. Red cloth board with gilt title on spine. 93 pages. 8vo. This 93 page essay examines Japan's economic strategies and ambitions for trade expansion following World War II. Authored by Miriam S. Farley a research associate at the Institute of Pacific Relations since 1933 and later editor of Far Eastern Survey the book offers insights into Japan's pursuit of economic growth and its implications for global trade dynamics. During the late 1930s and early 1940s Japan's economy was rapidly industrializing with manufacturing and mining accounting for over 30% of its GDP. This industrial growth was closely linked to Japan's military expansion and its quest for natural resources leading to increased tensions with Western powers. Ex libris on front pastedown. Overall very good condition. 3 Inside Japan. New York: Far East Reporter 1950s. A critical perspective on postwar Japan highlighting the challenges faced by its people under U.S. military occupation and the broader political landscape of the early Cold War era. Original pictorial wrappers. 21 pages. 8vo. Illustrated with a woodcut-style image of a wounded Japanese man on crutches. The contents document rising anti-war sentiment among Japanese citizens particularly their resistance to further militarization and economic policies imposed by the U.S. government. Opening with the bold declaration "We want neither to lead a miserable life any longer nor to be dragged into another war" the text situates itself within Japan's growing opposition to Cold War power struggles. It discusses mass protests including demonstrations against the forced use of Japanese land for U.S. military bases and details how economic hardship and environmental destruction-such as radiation-contaminated tuna from American hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific-fueled widespread frustration among the Japanese population. The pamphlet argues that American occupation policies continued to erode Japan's sovereignty tying the nation to U.S. strategic interests rather than allowing for true postwar reconstruction on Japan's terms.The text references significant events such as Japanese protests against military requisitions including U.S. land seizures in areas like Uchinada a fishing port repurposed for artillery training and the selection of Japan as a maneuvering ground for Korean War operations. It critiques American soldiers' conduct abroad arguing that local resentment stemmed not only from military presence but also from cultural insensitivity and racial hierarchies imposed by occupying forces. The pamphlet warns that American diplomacy in Japan was at risk of alienating the very people it sought to influence portraying Japan as caught between U.S. and Soviet interests in the broader Cold War struggle. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1922réf. 28893Mexico: Talleres Graficos de la Nacion 1922. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio. VI 108 VI unumbered pages of plates. Full spotted calf with gold lettering and borders on spine. Original wrappers bound in. Printer's device on front wrap and title page. Title-page inscribed and signed by one of the authors Vicente Galvez. Fascinating report presenting results from an expedition launched by the Geological Institute of Mexico in Baja California. This work contains numerous b/w photographic plates folding maps plans and charts some being outlined in color. Wraps and title page slightly age-toned. Very minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Text in Spanish. Binding in overall very good interior in good to very good condition. Talleres Graficos de la Nacion hardcover books
1748réf. 143621748. Bellin Jacques Nicolas. Engraving of Arab and Moorish traders traveling to Senegal 1748 depicts the movement of gum through animal-borne commerce in eighteenth-century West Africa. Published in Histoire générale des voyages the scene identifies its subjects specifically as "Arabes et Mores" bringing gum to Senegal and shows the traders using camels horses and oxen for transport. The caption ties the image directly to the gum trade a commerce connecting inland producers and merchants with markets along the Senegal River and Atlantic coast. Bellin Jacques Nicolas. Arabes et Mores montés sur leurs Chameaux leurs Chevaux et leurs bœufs pour apporter des gommes au Senegal. From Histoire générale des voyages 1748. Overall page size 10 x 7.25 inches; image size 5.5 x 7.5 inches. The engraving shows a group of turbaned men in tunics traveling with camels horses and oxen. Some figures ride while the animals move as a caravan across the landscape. The printed caption below identifies both the travelers and their purpose: "Arabes et Mores montés sur leurs Chameaux leurs Chevaux et leurs bœufs pour apporter des gommes au Senegal" describing Arabs and Moors mounted on their camels horses and oxen to bring gum to Senegal. Published in 1748 the engraving records a European representation of the inland commercial networks supplying Senegal with gum particularly gum arabic during a period of expanding European competition for West African commodities. Its caption is unusually specific about the commodity destination traders and means of transportation connecting the figures and animals to a defined commercial activity rather than presenting them simply as generalized costume types. The combination of caravan transport and explicit reference to the Senegal gum trade provides visual evidence for eighteenth-century European descriptions of commerce between Saharan and Sahelian traders and the Senegal region. Some small markings in the margin. Overall very good condition. unknown books
réf. 60749Dike was better know as Emilia Lady Dilke. She was a close friend of George Elliot and many contemporary readers immediately recognized her first marriage as a model for Eliot's heroine Dorothea Casaubon in Middlemarch. Her erly writings were on the philosophy of art and she ;later wrote as an art critic. She also wrote on Franch politics and women's trade unionism. She was later involved the Women's Trade Union League. She was also active in the Britosh woman suffrage movement and became secretary of the Oxford branch of the National Society for Woman Suffrage. The letters concern a portrait and travel plans. unknown books
réf. 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 books
réf. 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 books
1860réf. 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 books
1844réf. 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 books
1978réf. 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 books
1950réf. 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 books
1895réf. 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 books
1920réf. 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 books
1940réf. 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 books
1935réf. 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
1870réf. 5448York PA: E J Evans ca. 1870. Edition Unknown. As issued - cover title. Fine. 4to 4 pp. one leaf insert on yellow paper printed recto only. The catalog is not illustrated. A handsome closely printed nursery catalog with a single sheet laid in insert printed on yellow paper listing small fruits including at least 25 grape varieties and flowering bulbs. The 4 page catalog lists vegetables. Unlocated. E J Evans unknown books
1929réf. 4088Baltimore: Julien P Friez & Sons 1929. First Edition. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy with docketed date stamp on the frt. wrapper. 8vo. Each of the instruments is illustrated. 138 pp. An uncommon scientific instrument catalogue that contains a number of obscure and desirable instruments e.g. a "nephoscope". Each of the instruments or installation of instruments is fully described with occ. theoretical explanations. The catalogue is accompanied by a separately issued price list. The firm ran a large facility and the Belfort Observatory located at Baltimore and Central Ave. in Baltimore. An interesting catalogue. Julien P Friez & Sons unknown books
1892réf. 11065Pittsburgh: Ollendorf Prtd. by J Eichbaum 1892. Edition Unknown. Original publisher's cloth. Good with some wear and staining to the binding; internally very good. 8vo 310 pp. The text is heavily illustrated throughout. A comprehensive wholesale catalog of all kinds of luxury furnishings for the household almost half the catalog is given over to clocks and watches. Absent from Romaine and Mc Kinstry. Ollendorf (Prtd. by J Eichbaum) hardcover books
1969réf. 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 books
réf. 37490TRADE CARD T.H. WEBSTER TEACHER OF ARCHITECTURE PERSPECTIVE &. London: circa 1810. Engraved card. 2 5/8 x 3 7/8 inches. Webster 1772-1844 revised John Imison's Elements of Science and Art in 1808. On the blank verso he has added his address: No. 6 Clipstone Street. unknown books
