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Published Under the Joint Auspices of the Merchants' Exchange and Board of Trade of the City of Oakland, Cal, by Authority of thBiblio.com

Oakland "Athens of the Pacific." The City of Churches The City of Schools and Colleges The City of Art and Science The City of Wealth and Industry The City of Health and Homes. Also Facts and Figures of Alameda County Its Cities and Towns Farms and Factories Railroad and Shipping Interests Public Institutions Harbors Climat Soil Products Etc. Etc.

1896rif. 002571Oakland CA: Calderwood G. W. and Loofbourow G. T. 1897 Copyrighted 1896. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 11 3/4 x 9 1/4; pp. iii-v 3 9-99 1; pink wraps printed in blue with a sepia-tone photograph; illustrated with numerous maps and b & w photographs; two stamps of the Calfironia State Board of Trade to lower margin of front wrap; small antiques shop label to front wrap verso; a thin strip of clear tape to spine cover; a few spots to margins; overall bright and well-preserved; in about very good- condition. Intented to be "mailed free to prospective home seekers on application to Secretary of Merchants' Exchange or Board of Trade Oakland Cal." the book was pronounced by then former Mayor William R. Davis to be: ".the best and most accurate presentation of our resources and local attractive features and as an advertising medium yet published in the interest of Alameda County." It began with an aptly-titled chapter - "Deadly Parallel" - listing specific statistics and numbers from August 1896 of people dying of heat-stroke in cities around the country while in Oakland the temperature is balmy 65 degrees. It proceeds to describe Alameda County and the City of Oakland their climate resources modern ammenities notable businesses often with flowery and/or bombastic statements e.g. "One does not need to sniff the odor of the Chicago River or of its immense piggeries as a New Yorker contemptuously styled its huge pork-packing establishments to realize that he is in the Garden City." Several copies at institutions most e-publications; none other in the trade as of December 2019. Calderwood, G. W. and Loofbourow, G. T. paperback

ZH BOOKS · Stati Uniti950,00 USD≈ 847,08 €

[PANAMA; TRANSATLANTIC AND CENTRAL / SOUTH AMERICAN MARITIME TRADE]:Biblio.com

MID-NINETEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT SALES AGENT'S LEDGER RECORDING SHIPS AND THEIR CARGOES ARRIVING AT PANAMA

1852rif. 1338Original manuscript. 1852-1854. Folio 38 x 27cm. Full contemporary reverse calf with gilt morocco titles labels to the spine "Rough Sales Book / S & L / B". Marbling to page edges. Marbled endpapers with engraved label for "Baily Brothers Booksellers Stationers Account Book Manufacturers" London to the front pastedown. 172pp. of manuscript text in ink on red-ruled laid paper watermarked "W. King / 1850" followed by c.160pp. blank with a handful of pages torn out following the conclusion of the manuscript text section and another within the text. The majority of entries are in English with some in Spanish mostly written in the same hand. Condition is very good the binding firm with marking to the boards chipping to the head of the spine and a little wear to the extremities. The contents with a 3cm tear to the head of the first text page and two pages partially cut/torn away at the bottom are otherwise in good order. The ledger of a British sales agents operating in Panama during the mid-nineteenth century detailing the importation and sale of a wide variety European and South American goods into the country. The manuscript meticulously records the origin city/country importer ship the goods received and sold and the charges entailed for each shipment. A typical entry for example records the arrival of "gunpowder received per "Alexander" and sold on behalf of the Kames Gunpowder Company Glasgow" followed by details of the subsequent purchasers "J. D. Cordova" etc. and the charges/commissions taken by the agent including fees for landing expenses and "carriage to arsenal". Many of the entries describe large diverse cargoes combining both essential and luxury goods including: alpacas; chocolate pots; "41 cases of pickles and mustard"; lavender water; rocking chairs; a "copying machine"; cinnamon; scissors razors; bone buttons; horse brushes; compasses; gin; hatchets; bedsteads; looking glasses; children's toys; cloves; muslins; kegs of shot; cups and saucers; tobacco; machetes; claret; playing cards rat traps; "Aqua de Colonia" cologne; silk gloves; saddles; blunderbusses; padlocks; lace; pantaloons; "Jamaica rum"; almonds; vinegar; bonnets; sausages; gold frames; water closets; wash stands; champagne; mosquito nets; and much else besides. The origin ports include major European trade centres such as Liverpool and Glasgow but also include many South American ports such as Guayaquil Equador carrying beans cocoa coffee sugar and quinoa amongst other things; Buenaventura Colombia; Callao Peru carrying candlesticks coffee mills and bayonets; Lima Peru "bottled fruits" and cherry cordial; and Valparaiso Chile; as well as San Francisco and New York to the north. The importers themselves are also a mixture of British and Panamanian companies. A fascinating detailed insight into Panama's transatlantic and South American trade during the mid-nineteenth century. [Original manuscript]. hardcover

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SLAVE TRADE IN THE MAURITIUS ET ALBiblio.com

Papers relating to the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the Mauritius and elsewhere: 1817-1820; together 10 Papers on the Slave Trade bound in 1 Volume.

rif. 64903London 1821-26. Folio 34 x 21cm. Later cloth-backed boards. Together 10 Papers on the Slave Trade in the Mauritius bound in one volume. Continuous pagination in manuscript pp.2871. Ex-library with ink-stamp to title Generally a very good copy. 1. Papers relating to the Slave Trade in the Mauritius 1817-1820. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 18 June 1821. 2. Further Papers relating to the Slave Trade viz. Copy of the Report of the United States of America in their last Sessions of Congress; relative to the mutual exercise of the right of Search by Great Britain and America with a view to the Suppression of the Slave Trade. 3. Further Papers relating to the Slave Trade viz. Correspondence with Foreign Powers and with His Majesty's Commissioners. 1821 1822. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 1 April 1822. 4. Further Papers relating to the Slave Trade viz. Communications to the Admiralty and Instructions to Naval Officers; since the 6th of February 1821. 5. Further Papers relating to the Slave Trade viz. Copies of Papers Relative to the Capture of the French ship Sylphe by His Majesty's sloop Redwing. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 14 June 1822. 6. Further Papers relating to the Slave Trade viz. Copies of Papers Relating to the Portuguese Brig "Gaviao" and the Spanish Schooner "Anna Maria." Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 26 July 1822. 7. Further Papers relating to the Slave Trade viz. Copies or Extracts of Correspondence from March 1822 between the Board of Admiralty and Naval Officers relating to the Slave Trade. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 10 July 1823. 8. Further Papers relating to the Slave Trade viz. Return to an Address of the House of Commons to His Majesty. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 11 July 1823. 9. Return to an Address of The Honourable the House of Commons dated 28 of March 1825. Statements of the Population of Mauritius and Dependencies According to the Census of 1822. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 30 May 1825. 10. Return to an Address of The Honourahle sic the House of Commons dated 24 February 1826. Copies or extracts of all Correspondence touching the Slave Trade received by the governors of Sierra Leone. and from the Governors of the Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope since 1st January 1825. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 2 May 1826. [London, 1821-26]. hardcover

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[TRADE - SLOVAKIA - HUNGARY - BROADSIDE].Biblio.com

Preis-courant. Von den nothwendigsten material- und specerey-waaren.

1781rif. ABC_50510Pressburg =Bratislava 1781. Ca. 46 x 32 cm. With an engraving of Pressburg Bratislava and an engraved title. A rare and highly evocative example of an 18th-century Preis-courant or commodity price current published in Pressburg modern-day Bratislava capital of Slovakia. Such documents produced at regular intervals often weekly served as indispensable instruments of commerce providing merchants and their correspondents with up-to-date market prices for a wide range of goods.The present work dated 2 April 1781 is a particularly attractive sheet. It combines a finely engraved panoramic view of the city with a densely organised tabular listing of commodities arranged in four columns on both sides. Prices are carefully entered by hand in ink in florins fl. and kreuzer kr. reflecting the customary monetary system of the Habsburg lands. The mixture of printed framework and manuscript additions is characteristic of privately published price currents which were distributed rapidly and updated locally to reflect current market conditions.The range of goods listed points to the thriving trade in raw materials medicinal substances and colonial produce. As was common practice in the 18th century many items are recorded using Latin nomenclature underscoring the documents relevance to apothecaries wholesalers and international merchants alike. Such lists offer a vivid cross-section of early modern trade from local agricultural products to exotic imports circulating along established commercial routes.At the time of publication Pressburg occupied a position of considerable importance within the Habsburg Monarchy. Situated on the Danube it functioned as a major trading hub linking Vienna Buda and the wider regions of Central Europe. Until 1783 it also served as the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary and as a major administrative and cultural centre where German predominated as the language of official and commercial communication. Its mercantile community comprising traders professionals and artisans played a key role in sustaining long-distance trade networks.The work has been folded the folds are slightly torn along the edges. Otherwise in good condition. unknown

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[TRADE CATALOGUE]Biblio.com

Cover title: Treacher & Co. Ltd. General Merchants. Bombay Byculla & Poona.

1906rif. 21209251906. Mumbai: The Times Press. 1906. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth upper board lettered in gilt spine lettered in black; advertisements to pastedowns; pp. x iv xxi 1 blank '800' i.e. 802 xi-xviii continued pagination from advertisements at front free endpapers included in pagination; pp. ii-x and xi-xvii printed on pink paper numerous lithographic in-text illustrations throughout p. iv printed in pink 23 ff. plates of which 6 on pink paper 9 in colour and 2 double-page pp. 352-530 'Jewellery and Hall-Marked Goods' printed on thick paper; rebacked with original spine laid down plate facing p. 732 with two central closed cuts browning to 2 ff. tipped-in advertisements after p. 330; a very good copy; contemporary manuscript corrections to p. i. An extensively illustrated and very rare Mumbai-printed trade catalogue advertising goods for the British market in India encompassing an extraordinary range of products from gunpowder to soap and everything in between with numerous coloured plates.Treacher & Co. were a prominent British-run firm operating as merchants druggists and chemists based in Bombay Mumbai and Poona Pune during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This extensive catalogue presents a vivid picture of colonial consumption and supply advertising an exhaustive array of merchandise including toiletries; crockery; agricultural machinery and flower and vegetable seeds; pipes; sporting equipment and 'Gymkhana kit' including Brooks' bicycle saddles for both men and women bicycle pumps dumbbells and Sandow's Obesity Reducer and Sandow's Combined Developer; alcoholic drinks as well as 'Sparklet's' carbonation tablets and 'Seltzogenes for the production of sodawater lemonade gingerade &c.'; parlour games including board games billiards roulettes and table bowls; cameras; books and medical remedies; jewellery; and more. The catalogue features numerous plates many chromolithographic or printed on coloured paper advertising china sets gunpowder biscuits tar and vinolia soaps California poppy perfumes Windsor & Newton's paints and hair lotions inter alia. A contemporary owner has corrected in manuscript the names of two of Treacher & Co.'s directors to p. i.No copies traced on OCLC or Library Hub. hardcover

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