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1851Best.-Nr. 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
1932Best.-Nr. 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
1806Best.-Nr. 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
1880Best.-Nr. 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
1870Best.-Nr. List3896St. Paul Minnesota 1870. Carte de visite measuring 2 ½ x 4 inches captioned "Levee View-City of Saint Paul. / Whitney & Zimmeram Photographers St. Paul Minn. Excellent. A carte de visite photograph of steamboats on the levee in St. Paul Minnesota on the Mississippi River. By the time of Minnesota statehood in 1858 its Upper and Lower Levees together were one of the busiest ports in the country though activity was slowed by the 1862 Dakota War.1 The photograph is attributed to Whitney & Zimmerman. Joel E. Whitney 1822-d. born in Maine was the first photographer in St. Paul known for his portraits of Minnesota volunteers in the Civil War and of Indigenous Minnesotans.2 Charles A. Zimmerman 1844-1909 was a French-born photographer who immigrated to the US in 1848. The two worked as partners in the 1860s and 1870s and are together best known for their series of views of Minnehaha Falls.3 1 Joe Lepsche "The Upper Levee: Memories of Its People And Its Place in St. Paul History" Ramsey County History 33 no. 1 Spring 1998:18-21. 2 "Joel Emmons Whitney" The Autry Museum of the American West accessed May 28 2026 https://collections.theautry.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exerequest=record;id=PE65213;type=701. 3 "Charles A. Zimmerman" Smithsonian American Art Museum accessed May 28 2026 https://americanart.si.edu/artist/charles-zimmerman-7133. unknown books
1900Best.-Nr. 22051Hamilton Ohio: Meyers Company ca 1900. Unknown printing. Original grey printed wrappers with silk ties. Fine. Oblong 4to 149 1 - index pp. Illustrated throughout; with two copper colored chromolithographs. An elaborate and splendidly illustrated metal-work catalog of bank and office appointments architectural decorations elevator enclosures garden buildings railings weathervanes store fronts grills guards fencing posts iron steps stable partitions etc. Absent from Romaine McKinstry and OCLC. Meyers Company unknown books
1869Best.-Nr. 351956Cairo: Maṭbaʻat WÄdī al-Nīl 1869. 12 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Rose printed wrappers. Removed. Very good. Contemporary note in English at top of front wrapper "E.A. Park presented by the Vice Consul at Cairo. 12 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Speech on the history of Arab Ottoman trade noting the key position of Egypt as nexus between Red Sea and Mediterranean commercial routes. This was delivered at a time when Egypt was asserting greater claims of sovereignty under Isma'il and when the trade laws were moving away from shari'a basis to a commercial code often derived from European models. The author is named as the learned Italian Cavalieri Francis Anton DiMarca. Not in OCLC Maṭbaʻat WÄdī al-Nīl unknown books
1835Best.-Nr. 16876Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1835. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. Original red morocco-backed red cloth by Delauney with stamp with royal monogram on upper cover. Rubbed upper joint starting head of spine chipped. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. With a notation from John B. Murray that this "was one of 9 volumes presented by His Majesty Louis Phillippe King of the French to John B. Murray New York 1846 and is now given to his nephew Archie Murray June 1872." The last must have donated it to a library as there is a discreet gift notation in gutter following title and a subject heading in upper margin of title written in pencil. A good copy. De L'Imprimerie Royale unknown books
1871Best.-Nr. 232330London and Derby: Bembrose & Sons 1871. First Edition. Lithographed title within an ornamental mirror frame showing carved fretwork 52 large woodcut designs several double-page on 31 leaves. 10 2; 10 pp. publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 4to. Publisher's blind-stamped green cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gold; with ticket "bound by Bemrose & Sons Derby." Very slight rubbing to spine tips and lower joint else about fine neatly rebacked. With Christmas inscription dated 1871 on the flyleaf. First Edition. Lithographed title within an ornamental mirror frame showing carved fretwork 52 large woodcut designs several double-page on 31 leaves. 10 2; 10 pp. publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 4to. Superb copy of this fine trade catalogue from Bemrose 1831-1908 author of A MANUAL OF WOOD CARVING which according to the author's Preface to this work had already entered its fourth edition. Bembrose & Sons unknown books
1675Best.-Nr. 20252np 1675. 8 pp. 12mo. Disbound. Fine. 8 pp. 12mo. The minister from Brandenburg to Vienna complains of the damage done to Brandenburg commercially through the sale of luxury items imported from France. Their distribution has ruined the country and ruined families and he urges controls on imports. unknown books
1806Best.-Nr. 30424Baltimore: Warner & Hanna 1806. Fraught Anglo-American Relations Prior to 1812 This petition one of many from various merchant organizations lobbies the President of the United States and Congress to defend American commerce with Europe in light of British violation of the "neutral rights" occasioned by the early years of the Napoleonic wars. Baltimore merchants were a hotbed of organization for various American subversive enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. Dbd. Light uniform browning old library stamp at head of titlepage. Very good. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 10854. KRESS 5070. SABIN 3045. unknown books
1840Best.-Nr. 8144New York: John B. Rey 1840. Broadside 16.5 x 22.3 cm. printed one side only with split fountain roller rainbow. Illustrated. Date range from the range of listings in directories etc. We would be tempted to call this a trade card but for the thin stock it is printed on more fit to be pasted up than handed out. Described as a "manufacturer of cordials bitters essences syrups rock candy sweetmeats brandy fruits sweet plain and fancy chocolate prepared cocoa cocoa paste vermicelli maccaroni catsups sauces extracts etc. John B. Rey was located at 31 & 33 Burling Slip" Doggett's New-York City Directory for 1848-49 page 340; earlier listings were just "33 Burling Slip". At the time of the Directory's publication seven chocolate makers were listed. John B. Rey's operation was taking advantage of the rapid industrialization of the chocolate making process as this card depicts two pieces of large machinery - a melangeur right and a cacao press - that would have been driven by steam notice the belt drives in the image. Burling Slip was just north of South Street and the South Street Seaport with its famous fish market. Although the printer is not credited this is a noteworthy piece of promotional printing as it displays the split fountain or rainbow roller process of printing multiple colors simultaneously in this case a mirrored red green and blue. A few light creases from folding; some light soiling or foxing. Still near very good and very handsome. Rare. Unrecorded. OCLC records no copies. John B. Rey unknown books
1828Best.-Nr. 2401Gibraltar 1828. Good. 3pp. on a bifolium. Previously folded with separations. Tanned somewhat brittle. An interesting example of official communications concerning trade between colonial Cuba and the Spanish mainland. In this manuscript letter date March 14 1828 the new Spanish Vice Consul in Gibraltar writes to the Governor General of Cuba concerning several topics. These include the regulation of shipping to Cuba and by implication the rest of the Caribbean through Gibraltar particularly of French ships leaving Mediterranean ports. Also discussed is keeping track of individuals particularly merchants going to Cuba by means of identification papers and other documents. The consul also reminds the colonial government of the importance of documenting duties and tariffs paid for shipping cargo and goods. unknown books
1789Best.-Nr. 37445Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale 1789. French Trade with the United States A very rare decree concerning the trade in wheat and grain between France and the United States. Echeverria and Wilkie records a single copy in a private library OCLC cites copies in Heidelberg the Library and Archives of Canada at NYPL and a copy at Yale Franklin Collection with a variant imprint. Quarto. Moderate tanning particularly at edges leaves slightly separated at fold. A very good copy. ECHEVERRIA & WILKIE 789/44A. OCLC 1426766518 45249572 variant. unknown books
1814Best.-Nr. 38942London: Printed by R.G. Clarke 1814. England Seeks a Trading Foothold in South America The final settlement between England and Spain at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. An important treaty which guarantees for England most favored nation status in the event of the commerce of Spanish America being opened to foreign trade. Includes an article of agreement regarding the injustice and inhumane nature of the traffic in slaves and a SEPARATE ARTICLE stipulating that the king of Spain not engage in any treaty with France "of the nature not known under the domination of the Family Compact." Printed in English and Spanish. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Near fine. hardcover books
1789Best.-Nr. 47977Madrid. February 28 1789. Spain Regulates Trade with the Americas This royal decree liberalized the tightly controlled trade between Spain New Spain and the Captaincy of Caracas. The Crown hoped to spur navigation and commerce and lessen the incentive for smuggling. Export duties on goods travelling to the Indies were to be slashed by ten percent but penalties against contraband would still be enforced. Two worm holes very minor soiling else fine. unknown books
1899Best.-Nr. 9101Cincinnati: C.J. Krehbiel & Co 1899. Octavo in wrappers 19 x 12.5 cm. 122 pages. Thoroughly illustrated with photographs and diagrams numerous plates some folding. FIRST EDITION. The second catalogue of Cincinnati's Triumph Ice Machine Company; the first catalogue of 80 pages was issued the prior year. A detailed and technical catalogue of the refrigeration and refrigerating machinery offered by the firm. Triumph's machinery was instrumental in growing the ability of meat packers fisheries and canners to preserve foodstuffs safe for longer. Clean and sound internally. In publisher's gilt-titled textured cream-colored wrappers with the lightest toning. Near fine. OCLC locates one copy Case Western Reserve; not in Romaine. C.J. Krehbiel & Co unknown books
Best.-Nr. 3384Paris: Imprimerie et Librairie Administratives de Paul Dupont 1858. . Small folio late 19th century marbled boards cloth spine slightly abraded; original blue printed wrappers bound in; blindstamp of the Boston Public Library on the first page; unopened. The July 1858 issue of "Annales du Commerce Exterieur". The immediate cause of the 1857 panic was the failure of the New York branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. a major financial force that collapsed following widespread embezzlement. Others causes included the removal of funds from U.S. banks by British investors which raised questions about the overall U.S. economy. The fall of grain prices which spread economic misery into rural areas. The collapse of land speculation programs that depended on new rail routes ruining thousands of investors. Investor confidence was further shaken in mid-September when 30000 pounds of gold were lost at sea in a shipment from the San Francisco Mint to eastern banks. The gold and SS Central America sank during the North Carolina Hurricane of 1857. Public confidence in the government's ability to back its paper currency with specie was shaken as well. Eventually the panic and depression spread to Europe South America and the Far East. No recovery was evident in the United States for a year and a half and the full impact did not dissipate until the Civil War. The South was hurt less than the other regions of the country and many there concluded that the superiority of their economic system had been vindicated this has been posited as a contributing factor to the secession of many of the Southern States resulting in the Civil War. Pages 57-62 outline the trade between France and the United States during the years 1856-1857 with a retrospective look at past trade. Paris: Imprimerie et Librairie Administratives de Paul Dupont, 1858. hardcover books
1876Best.-Nr. 13129Philadelphia 1876. Chromolithographed trade card 3 x 6.5 inches. Minor wear paper and adhesive remnants on verso from removal from scrapbook or similar album. Overall very good. A bright and colorful trade card advertising one of Philadelphia's most successful businesses at the time of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in that city. John B. Stetson 1830-1906 was the son of a successful New Jersey hatter. After being diagnosed with tuberculosis and told he didn't have long to live Stetson traveled west to Colorado for the dry mountain air. Near Pike's Peak sometime in the early 1860s Stetson invented the cowboy hat -- lightweight wide-brimmed waterproof and made out of animal felt usually beaver or rabbit skins. Because it sat easily atop the head offered good protection from the sun could be used to fan the flames of open-air fires and could even carry water Stetson's "Boss of the Plains" style became the most popular hat in the American West. Stetson returned to Philadelphia in 1865 and set up a factory that would turn out millions of hats in the next century and a half. The present trade card emanates from the 1876 Centennial Exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of American independence. An illustration of two women and three men show them all wearing Stetson's trademark hats; his address at the time was 1748 to 1754 North 4th Street; his factory would eventually grow to encompass over nine acres and produce over two million hats a year. By 1886 Stetson was the most prolific hat maker in the world. unknown books
1924Best.-Nr. 64072New York: China Trade Bureau August 1921 to June 1924. 2 volumes large 4to lacking vol. I no. 1 and volume VI no. 6 but otherwise complete from volume I no 2 to volume VI no. 5 - 34 issues in all and contained in a library binding of blue cloth gilt-lettered spine; ex-Purdue University lightly marked. Issues range from 24 to 56 pages. Illustrated throughout. Publication was suspended during June July and August 1924 and finally folded withg the publication of volume VI no. 6 in September 1924. The China Review "is the only magazine published in the United States and edited by Chinese that deals exclusively with all phases of China political social industrial etc." Regular features include: book reviews China's Business Barometer; Finance Industry and Commerce; Foreign Press Comments; The Month in the East; Trans-Pacific Sailings; and Home and General News; together with feature articles by Nathaniel Peffer Cornelius Vanderbilt Charles Hodges Charles W. Mason Nora Waln Loretta Shaw Chungshu Kwei Dr. P. W. Kuo Genevieve Wimsatt K. H. Li Ma Soo James D. Bush and Robert Harris among others writing on various topics relating to China including Chinese Pagodas The Modern Chinese Girl The Future of American Trade in China China's Mathematics - The Oldest Approach and Development of Chinese Markets The Mongolian Situation Selling to the Chinese Millions China's Silk Industry China and the Four Power Treaty Tibet - The Closed Country The Part Birds Play in Chinese Life and many others of interesting content. China Trade Bureau, August, 1921 to June unknown books
1991Best.-Nr. 164191991. Federal Trade Commission Decisions. United States Federal Trade Commission. Washington: Government Printing Office 1922-1991. Hardcover. Vols. 5 to 8 10 12 to 15 22 to 29 34 37 39 to 41 44 to 46 50 52 to 75 77 78 80 to 82 84 to 90 114. Together 63 books. Twelve 12 linear feet of shelf space. Uniformly bound in publisher's tan buckram with red green and black gilt lettered spine labels. Ex-library with stamps else very good. $595. Formed in 1914 the Federal Trade Commission has a proud history of enforcing the nation's competition and consumer protection laws that spans more than a century. unknown books
1904Best.-Nr. 39516Copenhagen: forhen A. Christiansens Forlag Hermann-Petersen 1904. 50 Double-page colored plates after Rasmus Christiansen mounted on stubs. Introduction by Jul. Wulff. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Original leather-backed burgundy cloth lettered on cover in gilt. Spine repaired inner hinges strengthened. Some minor rubbing pencilled numbers in upper right margin of several plates. Very good. 50 Double-page colored plates after Rasmus Christiansen mounted on stubs. Introduction by Jul. Wulff. 1 vols. Oblong folio. DANISH TRADES FESTIVAL PARADE. In July 31/1 August 1904 a grand festival and parade was held in celebration of Danish Industry and Tradesmen. The elaborate floats representing the trades are depicted in these fine double-page colored plates including those of the printers the bakers the stroller-makers the pavers the bookbinders the furriers barrelmakers cigar and tobacco merchants bicyclewheel makers photographers metalsmiths hatmakers carriagemakers clockmakers wigmakers and many others. Under each illustration is text describing those involved. forhen A. Christiansens Forlag (Hermann-Petersen) unknown books
1813Best.-Nr. List1947Plymouth 1813. Plymouth Devon England: 21st July 1813. Folio 7 pages 13 1/8 x 8 ¼ inches duty blindstamp small ink stamp to upper inner margin of the first page two seals to the last page signed twice by Galindo. Toned some small repaired tears using reversible archival ph-neutral paper-repair tape very good to near fine. Very Good. An interesting document of privateering in the Peninsular war this 'Public Instrument of Protest' documents a Portuguese captain and crew complaint in detail to an English notary. After sailing from Calcutta to Brazil and then from Rio to just outside of Lisbon their ship the 700-ton 'Oceano' was seized and comprehensively ransacked by a French privateer the 'Lion' out of Lorient. Most of the crew and passengers were offloaded onto a passing American vessel the 'Leda' bound for Lisbon. Meanwhile the 'Lyon' escorted her prize towards the nearest French port but before a friendly haven was reached they were both set upon by the brigantine HMS 'Achates'. The 'Lyon' escaped but the 'Ocean' was captured by Commander Morrison and the 'Achetes'. The 'Ocean' was taken to Plymouth and moored in the Hamoaze. The remaining Portuguese crew who had been forced to remain aboard the 'Ocean' by the French got a message to the 'Ocean's Master Dn. Ignacio Joze Martins and he and the boatswain made their way to Plymouth as quickly as possible. The sworn statement presented here is in English thanks to the translation given by Francisco Martins d' Magalhaens master of a Portuguese ship "now dwelling in Plymouth" The 'Oceano' sailed from Calcutta to Brazil arriving 10th February 1813. She left Rio on 4th April all was plain sailing until the afternoon of the 7th June off the Rock of Lisbon when the 'Lion' showed up first under false British colors then French. The fighting was fierce the privateer was driven off once but eventually the 'Oceano' was taken. The night of the 7th June was spent by the French 'conveying everything Moveable and Valuable from the Ocean to the Privateer'. The 'Leda' the US vessel landed the majority of the 'Ocean's crew including the Master in Lisbon on the evening of the 9th June.Monday 14th June the 'Lyon' engaged in a running battle with HMS 'Achates' and escaped but the 'Achates' did capture the 'Ocean'. Wednesday 16th June the 'Ocean' arrived in Plymouth under the watchful eye of the 'Achates'. Receiving the crew's message the Captain of the 'Ocean' left Lisbon for Falmouth and then Plymouth arriving on the 20th July. The document was dated 21st July 1813. Full transcription available. unknown books
1889Best.-Nr. 8382Indianapolis Ind: J.B. Allfree Co.; Gilmore & Miller Printers 1889. Octavo cord-bound in wrappers 19.5 x 13.5 cm. 70 pages. Illustrated with steel engravings throughout and with three folding plates. All pages ruled in red. FIRST EDITION. A very attractive trade catalogue of the J.B. Alfree Company manufacturers of milling machines including the "Keystone" Four Roller Flour Mill the "Success: Bolter and Dresser the J.B. Alfree Sieve Scalper the J.B.A Purifier the "Climax" Bran Duster and more. Includes specifications and diagrams. Price list and order slip one piece for bolting cloth laid-in. Some light wear to spine of wrapper; small adhesion to front panel of illustrated chromolithograph wrapper. Still near very good or a bit better. Rare. OCLC locates no copies and only one copy of any Allfree catalogue; no Alfree listings in Romaine. J.B. Allfree Co.; Gilmore & Miller, Printers hardcover books
1809Best.-Nr. 47399London. 1809. A Failed Opportunity to Normalize U.S.-British Trade Relations Rare printing of a British Parliamentary "slip bill" seeking to reestablish trade between Great Britain and the United States a few years before the outbreak of the War of 1812 and in the midst of great tension between the two nations. This bill was considered by Parliament in the spring of 1809 in the wake of President Jefferson's rescinding the Embargo Act and following the negotiations between U.S. Secretary of State Robert Smith and British envoy David Erskine which created a glimmer of hope that Anglo-American relations might be repaired after a period of great stress and turmoil. In March 1809 Jefferson signed the Non-Intercourse Act which rescinded the Embargo of 1807 and held out the promise of resuming trade with England and France if either of those nations ended its commercial restrictions toward the United States. The Erskine-Smith negotiations of April held out the promise of improved relations and in May the Parliament considered the present bill which permitted trade between Great Britain and the United States to be carried on in American ships. Unfortunately Prime Minister Canning disavowed the Erskine-Smith Agreement in late May and Anglo-American relations continued to deteriorate culminating in outright warfare in 1812. Slip bills are printed during the legislative process in small numbers for the use of legislators and staff. They are ephemeral items and their survival is rare. A printed note before the text of the bill reads "the figures in the margin denote the Number of the Folios in the written copy" which indicates just how early in the legislative process these bills were printed. OCLC locates only a single copy at the University of Massachusetts. Folio. Lightly tanned around the edges. Near fine. OCLC 49887290. unknown books
