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1901réf. 72016Denver CO: The Smith-Brooks Printing Co 1901. Fourth edition. Paperback. Very Good. 40pp. 24mo 15.5 cm; illustrated wraps. Thirty-three illustrations printed throughout. Folded map tipped-in at the rear measures approximately 14" x 15" sheet / 12.25" x 14" printed map area and border and is in Very Good condition. Booklet covers show some very light dust soiling and staining. Corners and edges of the covers are bumped and lightly creased. Else clean and sharp. Charming souvenir booklet/tourist guide and map for Idaho Springs Colorado. "The Idaho Springs Chamber of Commerce offers this booklet as a souvenir of Idaho Springs believing that it will prove of interest to those seeking health recreation or gold mining investment. It tells of the wealth of its gold mines of the invigorating powers of its Mineral Springs and of the attractive scenic splendor of the Rocky Mountains which surround the town. This issue as a fourth edition will complete for free distribution eighty thousand copies of the booklet. The Smith-Brooks Printing Co paperback books
1890réf. 24064Chicago: Unique. ca1890. Bolted stainless steel clamp needed to support the weight of the contents. Overall very good; some of the photographs are faded to various degrees otherwise rich crisp images most likely contact prints from a view camera negative. Oblong folio. Album 2.5" x 15.5" x 11.5"; photographs 13.75" x 11"; containing 129 albumen or early silver bromide original photographs mounted on to cloth backing along with several blueprints; a handful of additional photographs are laid in with a paper wrap. Most of the images are uncredited though about six have the photographer's stamps on the back. Album cover stamped in gilt with the name of the firm. Small silver plaque affixed to the center of the cover with the name E F Steck engraved upon it. Steck was the superintendent of the company. The inside front cover is marked #1. Exhaustive catalog documenting firefighting equipment used during the waning days of the horse-drawn fire truck era with photographs of various fire pumps hook and ladder trucks fire extinguishers fire grenades water nozzles etc. and two blueprints showing the inner workings of a carbonic acid chemical engine pump and extinguisher. Probably a unique prototype to hold all of the original photographs taken of the company's inventory. Photographs depict an array of trucks and apparatus including several views of the same product used by fire companies from across the country including Massachusetts Pennsylvania New York Chicago Los Angeles and Oregon. While the majority of the images show unmanned trucks and apparatus against a white canvas background there are some photographs taken on the street in front of fire stations or with firefighters to show scale or in action shots notably one image depicting nine men on a ladder reaching to the top of a five-story building and firefighters shooting water at smoldering buildings. A few images capture civilians usually on the periphery or looking out windows. The first 80 photographs in the album have red and white number labels on the reverse. The following 27 photographs are not numbered but are titled and listed by the manufacturer's style type; there are 13 styles and between one and three photographs of each style. The next 20 photographs feature a variety of apparatus and the last two depict fire extinguisher products. Unique. unknown books
1900réf. 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
1875réf. 21027New York City: Rogers Brothers ca1875. Edition unknown. Original publisher's stamped three-quarter leather and green cloth. Very good; contemporary annotations throughout; one leaf cut down. 4to 40 thick card-stock leaves on linen stubs meas. appx. 260 x 204 mm. Photographs are deep robust albumen prints mounted both recto and verso. The volume bears the ink stamp of Koch & Bergfeld Bremen Germany on the corner of the front pastedown. Apparently a unique first iteration of an extensive inter-business trade catalog. The Rogers Company catalog are located in OCLC in one 16 page price list without illustration. Romaine adds to this but shows nothing that approaches the kind of catalog offered here. McKinstry offers nothing from the Winterthur collection. This elaborate photographically illustrated catalog was expensive and time consuming to produce and most likely had a limited distribution to jobbers for the Rogers Co. products. Each item in this catalog has a penned or printed in the photo stock number with pricing information in dollars. The company produced all manner of "electro-silver-plated" tableware; depicted in the photographs. In addition to daily utensils and serving dishes of all kinds e.g. cut glass cruits for every form of entertainment there are elaborate decorative centerpieces for table decoration. Rogers Brothers hardcover books
1875réf. 20118New York: J L Mott Iron Works 1875 / 1877. First Editions. The catalog of 1875 is in its original printed limp black cloth gilt stamped publisher's binding; the Supplement is as issued - a printed title wrapper. Both contained within a custom made portfolio with cloth ties. Very good; neatly rebacked; occasional marginal tears; one endpaper with modest chipping at the fore-edge. Folio. 2 132 pp.; Supplement - 8 pp. The catalogs measure appx. 54 x 38 cm. Both are lavishly illustrated throughout; printed on glazed paper. A stunning large format catalog for all kinds of garden ornaments - for public and private use. There are also several pages for stable equipment lamps aquariums garden seating planters etc. Mott was a manufacturer of all kinds of metal goods and plumbing supplies. McKinstry citing only much later printings of smaller catalogs; Romaine p. 258 - citing a much later printing of this garden ornament catalog in the same large format as a "masterpiece". J L Mott Iron Works hardcover books
1920réf. 18053Frankfort NY ca1920. Leatherette string tied albums. . Very good; some wear to the leatherette bindings. Oblong 4to appx. 200 8 x 10 inch photographs. One volume with brief type written text descriptions of the machines on the verso of each photograph. A superb road construction machinery catalog illustrated with original 8 x 10 inch photographs. The catalog includes many different types of exotic equipment not normally depicted in such catalogs e.g. belt-hoists conveyors crushers roller screens scrapers etc. There are also occasional pencil notes on the verso with prices. Also included in the notes are some of the American locations where Acme equipment was in use. hardcover books
1803réf. 10056Konigsberg: Goebbels und Unzer 1803. First Edition. Contemporary paper backed boards and label. Very good; spine label partially abraded. 8vo xvi 1 - 232 pp. Statesman statistician and economist the author had an eminent career in public policy making and teaching. He was for a time the principal advisor to Hardenberg and present at Paris for the peace conference in 1813 as well as the Congress of Vienna. He was also responsible for the complete overhaul and modernization of the Prussian satistical bureau beginning in 1810. He was the author of several books on statistics as well as economics and law. The work offered here is his first publication. It is a detailed exposition of how the social and commercial maintenance of the guild system is an obstacle to the economic progress of the state and its populace. Given the author's proximity to the center of Prussian power and government it can be read as a 'map' for the future development of the German state under Prussian leadership after unification. Palgrave II p. 318. Goebbels und Unzer hardcover books
1762réf. 10095Breslau .: G G Horn 1762. First Edition. Contemporry three quarter leather. A very good copy with some wear to the binding. 8vo. There is an elaborate eng. vignette title. A two-part analysis of coinage and monetary value. The first section deals with the origin and implementation of monetary regulation and minting of money. The second is an essay on the maintenance of exchange rates and relative values of currency in the modern era. G G Horn hardcover 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
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
1808réf. 681New York: Frank White & Co. 1808. First Edition. orig. blue wrappers. A fair copy with a tide mark throughout. 8vo. A report of several resolutions taken by the party and a speech concerning British interference with American trade and shipping to the continent. S & S # 14858. Frank, White & Co. unknown books
1910réf. 4742Philadelphia: Bowen Dungen Co. ca 1910. Edition unknown. as issued. A very good copy; cloth speciman torn. sheet. There is a mtd. sample of cloth. An unusual speciman sheet for the millinery trade. The material was intended for use as bows sashes or trimming. Bowen Dungen Co. hardcover books
1875réf. 5042York PA: E J Evans Co. ca 1875. First Edition. As issued. Very good. 4to 4 pp. Folded sheet; printed on a thin glazed paper. A large format nursery and seed catalogue. Evans' catalog is primarily devoted to trees and berries of all kinds.The last page lists the offerings in the ornamental department. Absent from Romaine. E J Evans Co. unknown books
1890réf. 5424Mianus CT: Palmer Bros. ca. 1890. Edition Unknown. Original printed wrappers. Good; loose in the wrappers. 8vo 16 pp. The text is illustrated throughout as are the pictorial wrappers. A early trade catalog of dynamos motors castings and plating equipment. Unlocated. Palmer Bros. 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
1908réf. 9111Cincinnati: Lunkenheimer Co. 1908. Edition Unknown. orig. publisher's cloth. A very good copy. 8vo. The catalog is illus. throughout. A thick catalog of metal machinery oilers valves etc. A good reference. Lunkenheimer Co. hardcover books
1880réf. 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
1910réf. 6212New York: Earl & Wilson ca 1910. First Edition . orig. printed. wrappers. A very good copy. ob. 8vo. The catalog is illustrated throughout. A men's furnishing catalog devoted to collars and shirts. In addition to the normal illustrations the catalog contains two leaves of embossed illustrations showing how collars would look in three dimensions. Earl & Wilson 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
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
1900réf. 5130Frankfort NY: Acme Machinery Co. ca 1900. Edition Unknown. orig. publisher's printed wrappers. A good copy; marginal tide mark . ob. 8vo. The catalog is illus. throughout. 64 pp. The Acme catalog of road building equipment in Spanish and obviously intended for the Latin American export market. The catalog contains all kinds of heavy equipment as well as the design for a small cement plant. Some of the large pieces are illus. with half tone photographs and cut away schematic drawings. Acme Machinery Co. unknown books
1867réf. ST20572Hamilton Scotland: W. Naismith 1867. FIRST EDITION. 168 x 106 mm. 6 1/2 x 4 1/4". vii 183 pp. In the very rare original green paper wrappers. Spine cocked wrappers somewhat soiled spine with paper beginning to lift along the bottom inch of the rear joint other minor exterior defects but the volume solid and internally in excellent condition. QUITE A GOOD COPY of a fragile inexpensively produced volume one would expect to find in shambles. Told in the form of letters drawn from the author's actual correspondence as well as his contemporary journals this first-hand account by a young sailor of the transatlantic slave trade in the years 1800-04 brings those horrific voyages vividly to life. At the same time the author writing in direct unvarnished prose makes it clear he is at least as much an observer of difficult sea life in general as he is concerned with the abolition of a great evil. In the preface Robinson 1786-1875 explains his reasons for publishing this record of his time aboard a slave ship: "I have heard so many gross misstatements respecting West Indian slavery and the horrors of the 'Middle Passage' that I formed the resolution should time be allowed me to give the result of my own experience . . . in order to disabuse the minds of many well-meaning people." He is rightly aware that some readers may be offended by unconvincing apology in an account encumbered with naïveté : "It is doubtless the opinion of many that I put myself into a wrong position and incurred blame and obloquy by entering into this obnoxious trade at all. It may be so; I will not dispute the matter. I certainly did not feel myself comfortable or at home in the service. But let it be remembered in my favour that the trade was then a lawful one; whilst at the same time I was induced to enter it by what is called an accidental circumstance . . . and an irresistible desire for a seafaring life so completely carried me away that it became a matter of perfect indifference to me where the ship went if not to the bottom provided I was aboard of her--or in what trade engaged if not a pirate." As indicated the letters originating in various ports in England West Africa and the West Indies depict a harsh life at sea for all involved but most especially for the wretches who made up the ship's cargo. An accident on board nearly cost Robinson his foot and ended his career at sea just a year before in his words "the united voice of a generous and philanthropic people" passed the Emancipation Bill into law ending British participation in the slave trade. The phrasing here makes it clear our narrator had his heart mostly in the right place. This is a very rare book which is not surprising for a pocket-sized work from a provincial press near Glasgow issued in insubstantial paper wrappers. OCLC records just two copies in libraries both in the UK while RBH and ABSA seem to list no copies at auction except the present one. W. Naismith unknown books
1930réf. 21584Basle Switzerland: J.R. Geigy S.A. 1930. Very Good . Basle Switzerland: J.R. Geigy S.A. n.d. ca. 1930. Octavo 24cm.; publisher's blue blind-embossed cloth upper cover and spine lettered in white; 455pp.; three-hundred and twelve 312 mounted cotton samples. Boards slightly warped minor shelf wear to spine ends and corners else Very Good or better internally fine and bright. One of a series of instructional catalogs issued by the Swiss dye company though the preface explains that "We cannot however strictly guarantee the statements of the tables as the requirements re. fastness etc. vary too much according to the branch of industry." The opening leaves list twelve different instructions in cotton dyeing though the bulk of the volume organized into tables separated by the dye samples. These are subdivided into various classes beginning with the "Direct Colours" and followed by "Formic" "Diazotizing" "Nitrophenyl" "Eclipse" and "Basic. J.R. Geigy S.A. unknown books
1826réf. 47522Washington DC: Gales & Seaton 1826. Very Good. Washington DC: Gales & Seaton 1826. First Edition. Octavo 22cm; original publisher's cloth over blue paper-covered boards; 77pp.; one fold-out plate. Collated complete. Boards rubbed with some spotting and dampstains; cloth on spine fraying. Front cloth joint splitting but holding; pages foxed; endpapers dampstained. Unidentified numerical ex-library stamp on top of p. 3 else free of institutional markings. Overall a Very Good copy. Inscribed on front cover: "From the Honble. John Q. Adams" who served as U.S. President at the time of publication and contributed the introductory comment published on p. 3. This inscription written on behalf of the President whose hand suffered from a tremor later in his career. Volume documenting the challenges the U.S. government faced trying to enforce an 1808 ban on the international slave trade which involved a complicated six-year-long case in which three American slave ships the Constitution the Louisa and the Merino were seized for transporting enslaved people between Havana Cuba Pensacola Florida and Mobile Alabama. More than 100 enslaved people were seized in the capture of the ships. At the conclusion of the case in 1825 only 65 of them were accounted for the others died escaped or were simply lost in the broader institution of slavery. The 65 remaining humans were sold at auction and the slave traders were not punished other than the financial loss of their ships and cargo. While the enforcement of the 1808 ban may have been a deterrent for some slave traders the National Archives estimates that 1.2 million slaves were brought into the U.S. illegally during the first half of the 19th century. Provenance: We have been unable to establish which library this came out of though we have checked each copy-specific description of the examples listed in OCLC none of which are described as being inscribed by or for Adams. The previous owner states that he purchased this copy from a Parisian dealer in the 1980s. References: "Traveling the Beaten Trail: Charles Tait's Charges to Federal Grand Juries 1822-1825" published in the Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library No. 8. Alabama Law Scholarly Commons 2013. National Archives and Records Administration Southeast Region Atlanta Shoemaker 27399. Gales & Seaton unknown books
1950réf. 92712Pensacola Florida 1950. Very Good. Folded four-page program. 23 cm. The third and fourth pages list about 175 individuals couples businesses and organizations as Patrons. We have no further information about the Negro Chamber of Commerce of Pensacola which appears to have organized this event. unknown books
