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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
1961réf. 32741New York: National Foreign Trade Council 1961. First edition. Cloth. A very good clean crisp copy light foxing on the top edge. 458 pp. 8vo. Copy of Albert J. Parreño with his name stamped in gilt on front board: Parreño served on the panel on Foreign Investments. National Foreign Trade Council hardcover books
1959réf. 32753New York: National Foreign Trade Council 1959. First edition. Cloth. A very good copy with a sunned spine. No dust jacket. 476 pp. 8vo. National Foreign Trade Council hardcover books
1968réf. 27644New York: New York Chamber of Commerce 1968. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. Tiny nick else a fine copy. 48 pp. Illus. with color and b/w photos. Sm. 4to. OCLC shows only 6 copies. New York Chamber of Commerce unknown books
1947réf. 27642New York: n.p. 1947. First edition. A near fine copy with a paper clip impression on the front. 2 pp. 8vo. Another no tax resolution against a car and truck tax. n.p. unknown books
1842réf. 27637New York: J. P. Wright Printer 1842. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. Lacking the printed wrappers else a very good or better bright copy. 11 pp. 8vo. The Chamber argues for a "discriminating duty on foreign imports" as opposed to direct taxation to raise the funds needed by the Federal government. Presented at the 2nd session of the 27th Congress. OCLC locates two copies: Library Company of Philadelphia and Boston Atheneum. Sabin 54161. Amer. Imprints 423608. J. P. Wright, Printer unknown books
1824réf. 27645New York: Printed by Daniel Fanshaw 1824. First edition. Stitched self wrappers. A very good or better untrimmed copy mild foxing mainly on the edge of the front wrapper signed "R. Hand" with the word "approved" on first page. 23 pp. 8vo. Argues against new tariffs and restrictions on Trade which it declares are unconstitutional. There can be no taxes whose purpose is not strictly to raise revenue thus taxation cannot be used as a policy tool. "It is painful to your memorialists to perceive that while the nation. is beginning to see the advantages of a free Commerce and the evils of restrictive laws.attempts are making in the United States to induce the national government to adopt a narrow retrograde policy." 18th Congress 1st session. Shaw & Shoemaker 17405; Kress Lib. C.1301. Printed by Daniel Fanshaw unknown books
1947réf. 27643New York: n.p. 1947. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A near fine copy with a paper clip impression on the front. 6 pp. 8vo. A thorough critique of New York subway problems with the usual Chamber of Commerce solution. n.p. unknown books
1819réf. 27640Washington D. C.: Printed by Gales & Seaton 1819. First edition. Removed. Marginal holes from binding untrimmed small stain on rear wrapper a good copy. 8 pp. 8vo. The Chamber calls for Congress to impose a heavy tonnage duty to counteract the French duties on American goods. OCLC show only two copies: LOC and Boston Athenaeum Shaw & Shoemaker 49872. Printed by Gales & Seaton unknown books
1864réf. 27636New York: John W. Amerman Printer 1864. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A very good copy light offsetting to front wrapper one initial at top edge mail fold marginal line to one paragraph. 26 pp. 8vo. Reprints Barstow's original argument against the Usury laws Report upon the Usury laws as well as nearly ten years of further reports and memorials questions and answers to criticisms and various appendices. Barstow argues that the current laws restrict trade: "We have for many months witnessed in our city a most grievous pressure on our money market; a pressure almost beyond a parallel for intensity. The cost of raising money has weighed down the energies of many enterprising men. Usury Law restrictions have afforded no alleviation in the hour of need. The very reverse of this has been their result." Scarcer than the initial report. OCLC shows only six copies: NYPL Stanford Law Harvard Brit. Lib. 2 and American Antiquarian Society. John W. Amerman, Printer unknown books
1858réf. 27638New York: Printed by John A. Douglas & Co. 1858. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A very good copy top third of spine split owner's name small circular stain to last few leaves. 36 pp. 8vo. The copy of the editor of the New York Abend Zeitung with one name corrected within. Printed by John A. Douglas & Co. unknown books
1806réf. 27931Washington D. C.: A. &. G. Way Printers 1806. First edition. Removed. A very good copy with inked page numbers marginalia editing remarks and scattered soiling. 12 pp. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 11712. A. &. G. Way, Printers unknown books
1860réf. 27356Boston: Committee of the Boston Board of Trade on Immigration 1860. First edition. Removed. A very good clean bright copy with mail folds. Unpaged 1 pp. Sm. 4to. A letter from the Committee of the Boston Board of Trade on immigration informing its members that it has a "favorable opportunity of supplying employers in all branches of manufactures trade agriculture mining domestic services etc. with such help as they require. of a superior class of skilled labor from Great Britain." Committee of the Boston Board of Trade on Immigration unknown books
1874réf. 27269Portland Maine: Printed by B. Thurston & Co. 1874. First edition. Paper wrappers. Chips to spine and wrappers else a very good copy. 63 pp. 8vo. OCLC shows 5 copies of this edition. Engraving of Portland on the rear wrapper. Printed by B. Thurston & Co. unknown books
1879réf. 27274Syracuse: Syracuse Lithographing Engraving and Printing Co. 1879. First edition. Paper wrappers. Some chipping to spine else a very good copy tanning at edges. 59 pp. adv. 5 pp. Illus. with 4 b/w engravings. 8vo. Tipped-in complements from the Secretary P.H. Agan. A complete portrait of Syracuse with discussion of education the University founded just ten years earlier and the business sector. A subtle piece of boosterism. Some nice advertising engravings. OCLC shows only 3 copies. Syracuse Lithographing, Engraving,, and Printing Co. unknown books
