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1978Best.-Nr. 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
1895Best.-Nr. 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
1950Best.-Nr. 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
1920Best.-Nr. 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
1899Best.-Nr. 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
1940Best.-Nr. 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
1935Best.-Nr. 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
1806Best.-Nr. 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
1948Best.-Nr. 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
1975Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1929Best.-Nr. 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
1969Best.-Nr. 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
1913Best.-Nr. 5042Kaslo BC: Kaslo Board of Trade 1913. Paperback. Very Good. Cover is printed in red and black and reads "Kaslo West Kootenay British Columbia : An Illustrated Booklet Containing An Interesting Summary of the Varied Resources and Attractions of a City and District With a Very Promising Future / Issued by Authority of the Kaslo Board of Trade / February 1913". A promotional booklet from the Kootenay Lake town of Kaslo BC published to aid in promoting the town following the 1890s mining boom flood and fire. Saddle stapled wraps narrow 8vo size 9.25 inches tall pp. 1-16 illustrated throughout w. halftone photo reproductions line drawings tables and a map on back cover signed at bottom left "JT". It is interesting to note some of the ghost town names printed on the inside back cover in the "Table of Distances from Kaslo" and on the map on the back cover such as "Ironton" "Quarry" "S. Bench" and "Goldhill". Upper cover w. "Kootenaian Job Department / Kaslo" printed on verso and three of the ancient and then fashionable swastika good luck signs later appropriated by the Nazis within the box surrounding the historiated "T" in the first line of text on p. 1. Volume w. rust to staples minor wear and soil else unmarked. Also included is a pink "Empire Day" ribbon dated May 24th 1909 w. some soil and fraying at ends. A rare piece of Kootenaiana and the only copy we have ever seen. OCLC locates just one other extant hard copy of this early Kaslo promo. Kaslo Board of Trade paperback
1911Best.-Nr. 75471chSaskatoon Saskatchewan Canada: Saskatoon Board of Trade 1911. Map. Fair. No Binding. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large folded map with birds-eye photographic views at top and bottom. Measures about 38"x42". General toning and wear along edges with short splits. A scarce commercial map. . Saskatoon Board of Trade unknown
Best.-Nr. ria9789211304633_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; UNCITRAL Yearbook compiles key documents and the annual report outlining the efforts of the Commission and its Working Groups in international trade law. As a core UN legal body UNCITRAL steers the modernization and harmonization of ru paperback
Best.-Nr. 6479891Cambridge University Press CUP . Hardback. Used. pp. 856 1st Edition Cambridge University Press CUP hardcover
Best.-Nr. c2434Profizdat Publishers All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions Moscow 1982. Cream cloth large photographs text in English Russian Spanish German and French 222pp. A good copy. Jacket - small piece missing top rear panel edge tears. A signed presentation copy from two delegates of the trade unions of the USSR to the Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU Melbourne ACTU Congress 10/08/83. hardcover
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1977Best.-Nr. 2091202133206355Kokusho Publishing Association edition 1977. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 books in total Kokusho Publishing Association edition paperback
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Best.-Nr. 14101Abel Heywood & Son Ltd. Manchester. 'WEEK - OCT. 31st to NOV. 5th 1966'. 2pp. on a folio sheet 63 x 36cm. In fair condition on aged and lightly-worn paper. Not filled in. Stamped '577' in red. One side listing the newspapers available from the Monday to the Friday of the week and the other giving those on the Saturday 'Odd Papers' 'BRANCHES' and 'TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUPPLIES'. A range of periodicals is listed including local and national newspapers 'Continental Publications' comics 'Sparky' 'Wham' and 'Smash' specialist 'Architect and Building News' and hobby 'Philatelic Mag.' magazines 'Bolton Journal Series' [Abel Heywood & Son Ltd., Manchester.] 'WEEK - OCT. 31st to NOV. 5th, 1966'. unknown
1886Best.-Nr. 2091502135409106Not Available 1886. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 4 Not Available paperback
