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1915réf. 10258Various places 1915. Twenty-six trade cards all illustrated with portraits of the proprietors some with real photo illustrations. Various sizes largest 16.5 x 15.5 cm. some printed both sides. The businesses include restaurants cafes a grocer an oyster house a fruit house lunch counter confectionery & ice cream fish and canned goods a hotel with fishing parties a "Schlitz Forum & Cafe" a beer bottler a nurseryman wine & liquor shop a saloon a buffet and short order lunch counter a chop house a summer garden dining hall and candy shop. Boston Mass. Brooklyn N.Y. Iowa New Orleans Vermont Providence Rhode Island Springfield Ill. New Bedford Mass. Bainbridge Bradford & Walnutport Penn. Iowa Rochester Rensselaer & Syracuse N.Y. Philadelphia Two Rivers Wisc. Lake Mills Wisc. Metamora Ill. Toledo Ohio and others. Condition varies but most are very good or better. unknown books
1920réf. 9871Montelimar: the company 1920. Oblong album 21 x 30.5 cm. 38 pages; with 52 original labels or wrappers pasted-in each with a handwritten annotation on the leaf not the label with the name of the product including weight and price. FIRST EDITION. A handsome salesman's sample album that showing the varied offerings of the firm of Nougats Arnaud Soubeyran. Products represented include fruit nougats chocolate pistachios . all with very beautiful labels including one illustrated by Alain Saint-Ogan. The labels are striking in their design many with electric colors and colorful ribbons. "The history of this great house located in Montelimar north of Avignon begins in 1837 with a marriage between Mr. Arnaud confectioner and a Miss Soubeyran. Together they launched nougat production on a scale exceeding that of any single pastry chef. Their goal was to position their high-end confectionery by employing the best regional raw materials" company website. The firm persists and includes a Nougat Museum in the town of Montelimar. Some light dusting to some of the leaves and the labels but mostly sound and clean. The colors are unfaded. In full green alligator-patterned cloth tied on cord. Gilt titled on the front board. Some light rubbing to edges otherwise near fine. Rare. OCLC locates no copies of any publication of Arnaud Soubeyran. the company hardcover books
1930réf. 9939Herkimer N.Y.; Buffalo: H M Quackenbush; J.W. Cleent Co 1930. Quarto-sized booklet in stapled wrappers 24 x 17.5 cm. 21 pages. Profusely illustrated. FIRST EDITION of this catalogue of nut picks and nut crackers from the Central New York State firm of H.M. Quackenbush. The text is printed throughout in green and dark brown; the catalogue is illustrated with detailed engravings. While the catalogue does not hint at the many other household products produced by the manufacturer one sentence draws the eye. "We will mail upon application our general catalogue showing our air guns and air gun ammunition." Fine in wrappers. OCLC locates one copy UCSB. H M Quackenbush; J.W. Cleent Co unknown books
1881réf. 9346New York: the company; Neuman & Dinglinger Lith 1881. Trade card 15.5 x 8.7 cm. Recto is a chromolithograph printed in red pale blue and gold; verso printed in red and black. A trade card advertising the G.H. Mumm Champagne imported by Fred de Bary & Co. located at the time at 43 & 44 Warren Street in New York City. The card lists the comparative quantities of champagnes brought into the United States by various importers. Of a total of 214 732 cases of the bubbles G.H. Mumm & Co. tops the list at 69 308 cases. Near fine. the company]; Neuman & Dinglinger, Lith unknown books
1856réf. 1319512New York: The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 316 pages; Fair; bound in brown cloth spine has gilt lettering front and back covers have embossing; binding has significant wear along the sides of the spine with tearing cracking and minor detachment throughout has severe damage at the top and bottom of the spine with large chunks missing at both ends has heavy discoloration has wear along the top and bottom edges with minor fraying and bumping on the fore edge corners front cover has pen markings; pages have heavy age toning have crinkling and minor detachment in several locations contains several fold out graphs;. 1319512. Special Collections - Downstairs. The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York hardcover books
1949réf. NF3712CHAOS IN THE GOVERNMENT-AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Chamber of Commerce of the United States 1949 first edition vg or better in yellow wraps. A summary based on the findings of the Hoover Commission. Chamber of Commerce of the United States paperback books
1894réf. NF3183LAKE ERIE AND OHIO RIVER SHIP CANAL Provisional Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh Pa. 1894 first edition minor clear tape reinforcement to the lower section of the spine and fore edge of the front cover both easily removed with careful means else a vg copy in wraps with map tipped in. The first of several pamphlets published in an attempt to connect Pittsburgh industry with the Great Lakes. Provisional Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, Pa paperback books
1792réf. 31794Philadelphia: s.i. 1792. Very Good. Philadelphia: 1792-93. Single folded sheet 41.5 x 33.5cm; report in manuscript verso filled nearly to completion recto a quarter filled. Signed by Captain David Ross and two other parties; docket dated 1793 signed by Inspector Jeremiah Simmons. Stock exceedingly brittle with shallow chipping long closed tears along folds with old archival mending age-toning and light soiling as well as contemporary wax seal remnants. Overall a Very Good and legible survival. Cargo report executed in manuscript and dated November 9th 1792 listing materials shipped from Port-de-Paix Saint-Domingue modern day Haiti to Philadelphia for the firm Dutilh & Wachsmuth. The date places this report in the early days of the Haitian Revolution following the August 1791 enslaved peoples' revolt. The island was a vital source of commercial interests to Philadelphia and the burgeoning revolution was at the forefront of everyone's mind making this voyage and the survival of associated documents all the more significant. Dun cites one contemporary account "'No business is going on here' one letter told 'as every one is taken up with meetings committees and arming themselves.'" Dun p. 484. Goods delivered include wine sugar and coffee and were delivered to Dutilh and a handful of others including Captain Ross himself who received a hogshead of molasses. Ross eventually rose to the rank of Continental Navy Lieutenant during the Quasi-War with France and is remembered for commanding the privateer Belvedere guiding her back to Dover after an engagement with a French brig "leaving Belvedere with 50 round shot in her hull and her sails and rigging further shredded." References: James Alexander Dun "What Avenues of Commerce Will You Americans Not Explore! Commercial Philadelphia's Vantage onto the Early Haitian Revolution." The William and Mary Quarterly July 2005 Third Series Vol. 62 No. 3 pp. 473-504 See also the Destroyer History Foundation website. [s.i.] unknown books
1960réf. 17659Boston: Massachusetts Department of Commerce 1960. Color pictorial folding map. Near Fine. A richly illustrated mid-century Massachusetts travel map by Ernest Dudley Chase blending tourism promotion with pictorial cartographic design. Issued by the Massachusetts Department of Commerce around 1960 this vibrant folding travel map presents the Bay State as a year-round destination through detailed pictorial cartography by Ernest Dudley Chase. Equal parts guide souvenir and promotional artifact it reflects the optimism and visual clarity of postwar American state tourism design. Physical Description: Color pictorial map printed on a single sheet folding to approximately 8.5 × 5.5 inches and opening to 33.5 × 21.25 inches approx. 51 × 82 cm. Illustrated throughout with labeled vignettes pictorial index to points of interest mileage table covered bridge index beach directory calendar of events and state forests and parks. Includes inset map of Greater Boston and extensive color halftone illustrations on the verso. Printed form designation: Form 97 50M-9-60-928745. Condition: Paper clean and supple with bright color retention throughout. Text and imagery crisp and fully legible. Minimal handling wear and a faint even age-toning consistent with paper stock. No tears stains or losses observed. First state tourism issue. Scarcity Note: Examples survive but well-preserved copies with strong color and no structural issues are increasingly difficult to locate. Maps by Ernest Dudley Chase remain actively collected within the pictorial cartography field. This map exemplifies Ernest Dudley Chase's mature style characterized by densely composed yet legible illustrations that balance informational clarity with visual charm. Towns landmarks recreational areas and historic sites are rendered through small carefully captioned scenes that invite close inspection. The design functions both as a navigational aid and as a narrative portrait of Massachusetts presenting history leisure and modern infrastructure as a cohesive cultural identity. --- Contextual / Historical Significance: Produced during the postwar expansion of domestic tourism the map reflects a broader effort by American states to promote regional identity through graphic design. Chase's work occupies a key position within mid-20th-century pictorial cartography bridging traditional mapmaking with illustration and popular graphic culture. Subjects: Massachusetts Tourism State-Sponsored Travel Promotion Mid-Century Graphic Design Illustrated Maps Ernest Dudley Chase New England Cultural History Pictorial Cartography Travel Ephemera Americana. Bibliographic References: "A Meticulous Maker of Maps" biographical study of Ernest Dudley Chase OCLC/WorldCat listings for Ernest Dudley Chase pictorial maps and state tourism publications. Massachusetts Department of Commerce unknown books
1849réf. List3334New York City 1849. Eight letters. Overall excellent. A small collection of letters to Boston-based grocers Silas Pierce & Co. sent from New York by steamboat with notes on covers or stamps reading “Boat Mail” or “Steam Boat Mail”. Five of the letters are from Wyckoff & Scrymser which was likely owned by a member or members of the prominent New York Wyckoff family the Scrymser surname first appears in the Wyckoff family history in 18411. Wyckoff & Scrimser discuss sweet and red wine prices “opperations in Trent” likely Trento Italy delayed shipments and issues with products; for instance: “The Harmony has not yet made her appearance neither the Aselia the non arrival of the latter is very perplexing but we see no remedy for it. . Annexed please find the sales of the Raisins amount Nett proceeds to your Co Nine Thousand One Hundred Seventy Four 06/100 Dollars which we hope may be found correct and satisfactory. There were a number of the parcels that were sold from the wharf but rejected which we were obliged to and store that the objections might not be known &c. The half boxes . did not have any external appearance of damage and could onky be known by opening. We rather congratulated ourselves that we have got off so well with this fruit as we had strong fears of the result.” December 29 1843 Also discussing business with Italy is a letter from Wm. A Lüs on behalf of Ferd. Baller & Co. of Messina which traded in citrus fruit: “The principal object of my friends is to introduce their Brand favorably into your market & their efforts to do this will alone be sufficient to secure you a superior article of fruit & other Goods; . they are also in the position of obtaining any other Sicilian produce at the most advantageous terms while at Messina or Palermo through their agent there.” August 30 1849 Demand for citrus products was high as it had been discovered late in the 18th century that citrus prevented and cured scurvy. Demand was so great in fact that some researchers partly credit the citrus trade with creating the Sicilian mafia.2 A letter from the Bank of Commerce in New York discusses credit and lastly Joseph Knowles possibly of the Massachusetts-based Thomas Knowles & Company sends an intriguing note: “Your favor of the 26th inst is rec’d For the intimations therein contained I cannot feel too highly flattered — Trusting that the above Jacob Little Co’s check on Messrs Gilbert & Sons for Three hundred eighty nine dollars $389 may remove all scruples – I would request that the shoes be shipped in good order by first sailing packet for New York”. October 27 1840 This is plausibly related to the investor and stock speculator Jacob Little 1794–1865 known for his short-selling tactics and generally considered as Knowles suggests unscrupulous.3 Of interest to researchers of mercantile history in the northeast and steamboat mail. 1 Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Streeter Eds. The Wyckoff Family in America: A Genealogy The Tuttle Company 1934: 310. 2 Arcangelo Dimico Alessia Isopi and Ola Olsson “Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: The Market for Lemons” The Journal of Economic History 77 no. 4 December 2017: 1083–1115. 3 “The Convertible Bonds: How Jacob Little Manipulated Matters Years Ago” The New York Times February 23 1882. unknown books
1933réf. 39484Virginia State Chamber of Commerce 1933. VIRGINIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. VIRGINIA. Industrial Issue. Autumn 1933. Volume VIII Numbers 2-4. Richmond Virginia: Virginia State Chamber of Commerce 1933. A 21-page magazine featuring photographs and captions about Virginia's industry. Very Good crease length-wise through the middle of the magazine. $10.00. Virginia State Chamber of Commerce unknown books
1947réf. 1300Mount Holly Chamber of Commerce 1947. MOUNT HOLLY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THE STORY OF MOUNT HOLLY NEW JERSEY. Illustrated. Mount Holly NJ: Mount Holly Chamber of Commerce 1947. Small 8vo. printed wraps; 46 pages. First Edition- not a reproduction. A scarce book published by the local Chamber of Commerce to present an accurate and honest description of Mount Holly as a place to work and live. Very Good contents clean & tight. $125.00. Mount Holly Chamber of Commerce unknown books
1962réf. 34944Geiger Brothers 1962. MANASQUAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. MANASQUAN. Compiled By Townspeople For the Diamond Jubilee. Lewiston Maine: Geiger Brothers 1962. Sm. 4to. imitation blue leather stamped in silver. First Edition. Very Good ink name front endpaper. $20.00. Geiger Brothers unknown books
1842réf. 6316London: T.R. Harrison 1842. Near fine. 38pp. stitched. Very minor bumps to top edge of first leaf light dust-soiling to outer leaves. A very rare treaty between Queen Victoria’s Britain and the “Oriental Republick of the Uruguay” printed in both English and Spanish in two parallel columns throughout. According to the text the parties were “mutually animated by a sincere desire to co-operate for the utter extinction of the barbarous Traffick in Slaves.for the special purpose of immediately attaining this object so far as relates to the total and final abolition of the Slave Trade of the Oriental Republick of the Uruguay.” The treaty is comprised of fourteen original articles plus three annexes totaling forty-six additional articles and four additional articles at the end covering a host of issues pertaining to the suppression of the slave trade. These issues included enforcement procedures the establishment of “Mixed Courts of Justice” “Regulations in respect to treatments of liberated negroes” and much more. With regard to slaves found on international vessels the two nations hoped for “permanent good treatment and a full and complete emancipation according to the humane intentions of the Parties of the Treaty.” The present treaty was part of a larger effort by the British Crown to put an end to the transatlantic slave trade in the first half of the 19th century; at this same time Britain had reached terms on a similar treaty with the Republic of Texas and other nations. The document is signed at the end in type by J.H. Mandeville and Jose Ellauri representatives of the two countries who originally signed the treaty at Montevideo on July 13 1839; the present work was “Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty” in 1842 likely due to bureaucratic delays. Uruguay would have been an important ally for Great Britain in monitoring the seas against the transatlantic slave trade given its position opposite the South Atlantic Ocean from West Africa. OCLC records just a single physical copy of this treaty at the University of Arizona. Cundall 2854. T.R. Harrison unknown books
1943réf. 41290New York: Brazilian Government Trade Bureau 1943. First edition. Very good copies with light soiling and a few small tears. 4 panels x 2 sides each. 8vo. Two trade brochures for Brazil produced during Word War II. 1. Brazil at a Glance: 8 columns 1 sheet 23 x 40 cm folded to 23 x 10 cm. 2 maps 6 photographs. Dated 1943. OCLC locates one copy at Univ. of Chicago. One copy also at Travel brochure and map collection #6591. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library. 2. What is your I.Q. on Brazil. An Educational quiz based on Official Figures facts and curiosities. 8 columns 1 sheet 23 x 40 cm folded to 23 x 10 cm. 1 mapb4 photographs 100 question yes-no list. No dates but 1941 see Survey Graphic 1941 p 98 for advertisement. None on OCLC. One at Travel brochure and map collection #6591. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library. Brazilian Government Trade Bureau unknown books
1918réf. 45760Buenos Aires 1918. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. Very good edge tears toning and browning occasional soiling & staining. 29 pp. 3 pp. adv; 20 pp. 4 pp. adv. Illus. with b/w photos and advertisements.Very good edge tears toning and browning occasional soiling & staining. 4to. Issues Numbered 38 Junio & 39 Julio from 3d Epoca 1918. OCLC shows only two locations: BN Spain & Univ. Pompeu Fabra. Palau 32021. unknown books
1797réf. 43741Philadelphia: Printed by William Ross 1797. First edition. Removed. Very good mostly unopened uncut untrimmed copy minor browning at lower edge. 3 226-232 2 pp. 8vo. Evans dated it both 1797 and 1798. two petitions both concerning a waving of taxes on spirits the Orchard Cook and Abiel Wood case claiming the ship was wrecked on an island and the cost of recovering the cargo exceeded the cost of the mechandise and that their insurance had lapsed. In the second case Hooper claimed he was lax in filing papers for re-shipping a cargo overseas. Wisely both were declined as the committee felt the government is not in the business of insuring that a business is successful and well run. Ah to return to those days. Orchard Cook 1763-1819 and Abiel Wood 1772-1834 had a better idea. They both became U.S. Representatives from Massachusetts. OCLC locates eight copies. Evans 33015. Evans 34753. ESTCW15017. [Printed by William Ross] unknown books
1798réf. 43744Philadelphia 1798. First edition. Removed. A very good copy lightly soiled and edge worn. 4 pp. 8vo. Nathaniel Cutter wanted relief from being re-taxed on goods that left Massachusetts where he had paid tax and then returned to the same port with the same goods because he was harrassed by the British and French and turned away in the Dominican Republic. The committee wisely wrote: "Your Committee however cannot find any good reason for relieving him against consequences of a risque which every exporter ought to calculate for himself." Cutter would continue to take risks suppling the French in Saint-Domingue and a claim was allowed him in 1803 by the American Commission in Paris for unpaid costs by the French See Greg H. Williams: The French Assault on American Shipping 1793-1813: A History p. 154. Evans 34754. ESTCW25464. unknown books
1817réf. 37608Washington D.C.: Printed by William A. Davis 1817. First edition. Removed. A very good copy with War Department Library stamp on title light foxing. 4 pp. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 42693. [Printed by William A. Davis] unknown books
1880réf. 37349n.p.: n.p. 1880. First edition. Self wrappers. About very good small chips and tears to edges wrappers soiled. 4 pp. 8vo. In support of Free Trade. Notes that our transportation infrastructure has expanded greatly due to our making rather than importing steel for rails with no shortages. OCLC locates a few different issues most from the American Iron and Steel Association but a few mostly likely published by the Republican Congressional Committee. n.p. unknown books
1894réf. 43553n.p.: Hartman & Cadick 1894. First editions. Self wrappers. Good to very good. 8 pp. 8 pp. 8 pp. 8vo. The mid-term elections of 1884 were a disaster for the Democrats led by Grover Cleveland. Republicans and Populists in large part due to the efforts of Joseph Weeks Babcock 1850-1909 a Republican Congressman from Wisconsin who helped organize the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee in 1893 and was a major force in routing the Democrats in the 1894 House elections which cost the Democrats 113 of their 218 seats. They are most likely printed by Hartman & Cadick Republican printers. All follow the same format of quoting leading figures and using bold face type. 1: Caption title "If the Laboring Class be to Perish I Say the Whole Nation." A the head of the title: No. 1 - From the Congressional Record. The caption title is from the English Reformer William Cobbett followed by "You cannot reduce the laborer to a state of starvation and degradation without also destroying national prosperity" a quote from Joseph Norton Dolph 1835-1897 Senator from Oregon from one of his many speeches quoted here. OCLC locates only a single copy at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. A very good copy docketed on front wrapper mail fold. 2: Caption title "The industrial side of the tariff controversy must not be overlooked. The four millions of people who work in our factory system are the most potent factors outside of agriculture in our civilization." - Hon. J. W. Babcock Wisconsin. A the head of the title: Record No. 3. Apparently unrecorded. We could find no copies in OCLC NUC or other reference sources. Chip to front wrapper else very good with docketing stamp. 3: Caption title "When you Rob the Laboring Men of their Employment you Rob the Farmers of their Customers." The quote from the caption title belongs to Charles Curtis 1860-1936 Republican from Kansas who would go on to become Hoover's Vice President. OCLC locates one copy at the Western Reserve Historical Society Library. A good copy browned some minor chipping docketing stamp on front wrapper. [Hartman & Cadick?] unknown books
1888réf. 37351n.p.: n.p. 1888. First edition. Self wrappers. About very good edges soiled and chipped mail fold. 4 pp. 8vo. Various excerpts of speeches from members of the House of Representatives during April and May 1888 which highlight the dangers of Free Trade during the 1888 Harrison Cleveland election. OCLC locates three copies: Columbia Rutherford B. Hayes Library and the Wisconsin Historical Society. n.p. unknown books
1751réf. 41756London: n.p. 1751. Modern marbled paper-covered boards. Minor wear to extremities browning to title page edge wear to last leaf still a near fine copy. 1 57 1 pp. Folio. "Very rare and valuable. It contains an Appendix of Premiums paid by the Irish Linen Board" Higgs Bibliography of Economics p.8. An important source document. There is also a 28 page edition. OCLC locates only four complete copies of this separate issue: Yale Amer. Textile Museum Univ. Mass. Univ. Minn. and nine of the 28 page extract. Kress 5155. Higgs 54. Goldsmiths'-Kress 08612.1. n.p. hardcover books
1806réf. 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
1893réf. 36600Denver: News Print 1893. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy small chips on the corners of the wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. The Denver Chamber "protests against this circular of the City of Hartford challenges the truth of every assertion of its preambles and asks that those whose judgment may have been affected to examine the actual facts in the premises." OCLC shows only seven copies all but one east of the Mississippi. News Print unknown books
