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rif. B9781168487179New. unknown
1879rif. AQ21694London: E. Butterwick & Co. 1879. 32pp. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Edge-wear browned and spotted. The Butterick Company produced sewing patterns used to make clothing as well as numerous publications focused on fashion and home clothing design. The company began in 1863 with Ebenezer Butterick 1826-1903 a tailor from Sterling Massachusetts and his wife Ellen August Pollard Butterick 1831-1871 when they invented the graded sewing pattern which revolutionised the practice of home sewing. The plethora of available patterns represented in this catalogue include designs for ladies' cloaks basques over-skirts corset-covers and gored wrappers. . Quarto. [E. Butterwick & Co.] hardcover
1962rif. OVW14420Williston Chamber of Commerce. Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Hard cover published by Williston Chamber of Commerce in 1962. No dust jacket. Orange-red covers with white lettering and design on front. Corners of back covers are bumped some. Spine is cocked some and has a small scrape area on bottom half. Back cover has some scuffing in middle. Top edges of pages have some slight staining. Book is in good condition. 4to 158 pages 1.8 lb.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 158 pages . Williston Chamber of Commerce hardcover
rif. B9781168491503New. unknown
1901rif. 003361Oakland CA: Tribune Print 1901. First Edition. Good. First edition; 6 3/4 x 5 1/4; pp. 1 2-15 1; olive wraps printed and ruled in black and illustrated with a vignette to front wrap and a map to back wrap; edges of wraps brittle with several closed cuts and chips; in good to very good condition. An early-20th-century publication it was intended as a boost to internal immigration to the Bay Area touting Oakland and Alameda County's beauty and infrastructure - its wine-making history its free library the water frontage and harbor commerce etc. Tribune Print paperback
1873rif. 002874Washington DC: Published by Order of the Secretary of War 1873. First Edition. Good. Six maps for: Monday February 17 1873 - 11 P. M.; Tuesday February 18 1873 - 7:35 A. M.; Tuesday February 18 1873 - 4:35 P. M.; Wednesday February 19 1873 - 7:35 A. M.; Wednesday February 19 1873 - 4:35 P. M.; Wednesday February 19 1873 - 11 P. M.; 8 3/4 x 11 1/2; relief shown by hachures and gradient tints; small reference table in the lower half of the image; edges brittle with small chips and cuts; overall in good to very good condition. A scarce collection of maps their publication began in January of 1871 with no less than 3 maps being published every day. Samuel Morse's invention of the telegraph had made it possible to easily observe gather and transmit data from different points over the entire country. A small note at the head read: "All observations made at the same moment of actual not local time." Released by the US Army's Signal Service the maps were intented to be primarily used by farmers and merchants. They were published in at least three different sizes and formats the current being one of the smaller ones. These particular maps showed precipitation and wind velocity at various elevation points. Published by Order of the Secretary of War unknown
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
1888rif. 009299Washington D. C: U S Government Printing Office 1888. 354pp. Includes annual reports on the various railroad companies. Pages lightly yellowed. Previous owner's name and 1889 date inside front and back covers. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. U S Government Printing Office hardcover
1998rif. 007570Cambiage MA: Mit Pr 1998. 504 pp/illus/maps. A sweeping and detailed examination of "Architecture the Automobile Retailing in Los Angeles 1920-1950". During this thirty year period Los Angeles saw the rise of the regional shopping center that was to be emulated throughout the rest of the country and eventually bring us Wal-mart. This is well-illustrated survey with maps photographs and drawings. Clean. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mit Pr paperback
1909rif. 23294Sydney: W.E. Smith Limited 1909. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Illustrated record of the 7th Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire Sydney 1909 being an event designed to draw closer business ties between Britain and the colonies; features many of the important Sydney/NSW companies of the time in finance agriculture manufacturing transport etc; b&w plate illustrations throughout including two frontispiece with printed tissue-guards; green cloth boards with gilt design and titling to front board; heavy tanning to endpapers occasional minor foxing o.w. Very Good throughout. W.E. Smith Limited hardcover
rif. B9781169551794New. unknown
1520rif. 2344New York: Dr. Jeanne Walter n.d. ca. 1915-20. 24mo 5 3/4 x 3 7/16 inches; 143 x 88 mm 23 1 pages in printed stapled wrappers soft cover. An early 20th-century version of fat shaming: Dr. Jeanne Walter promises to reduce your "superfluous flesh" if you buy her medicated rubber garments. "Any physician will tell you that by inducing profuse perspiration you can reduce flesh relieve any kind of rheumatism skin diseases and many other ailments because it stimulates circulation and eliminates waste products through the pores" page 3. This pamphlet features a woman modeling such products as chin bust and abdominal reducers as well as jackets suits belts and pants. All in glorious black-and-white halftone illustrations. Most products are aimed at women although a page is devoted to a mustachioed guy wearing an abdominal belt that works by "stimulating circulation in the organs of digestion and by drawing out the uric acid from the system relieving any rheumatic condition that may exist" page 20. The pamphlet doesn't carry a date. But 1915 would have been the earliest date of issue based on an advertisement in The New York Times of October 3 1915 in which the company announced a new address of 353 Fifth Avenue the same address printed on the pamphlet. OCLC shows one institutional holding of a 1909 edition that carries a different title pagination and size at the American Textile History Museum Library. However there are no holdings of this edition. RARE. CONDITION: Some nicks and creasing to wrappers stains to lower wrapper rusting to staples tiny ink mark at bottom corner throughout. A Very Good copy. Dr. Jeanne Walter
1909rif. 230574Chicago: Chicago Association of Commerce 1909 . First edition. Hardcover. Good plus. Sixteenmo 256 pages red cloth silverfish tracks on covers bright gilt stamping presentation stamp on front pastedown. Two very fresh folding maps in the rear pocket. . This new work is "for the dual purpose of properly guiding and assisting in the entertainment of visitors to Chicago and to instruct Chicagoans themselves in subjects of civic interest .It may be accepted as a compendium of reliable information regarding the city. A departure is made from the usual scheme of such publications in arranging a series of street car rides about the city. . The index at the back of the book is a complete key to everything in the Guuide." - Preface. IMPORTANT: Under the caption "Street Names and Numbers" will be found instructions for finding the location of the streets and avenues of the city under the new numbering plan adopted in a recent ordinance. The two maps accompanying the Guide also will prove of value for this purpose to the stranger. Chicago Association of Commerce, hardcover
1900rif. 26434Liebig Company 1900. Very good condition. Set of six beautifully colored lithographic trade cards of Australia including a kangaroo image issued by the Liebig company with the text in Italian. The set is titled "In Australia". The Italian set is identical to the French edition but more uncommon. One of the most graphic sets produced by this European company which enjoyed an international market in the late 19th and early 20th century. Pictured are indigenous peoples a kangaroo and an emu natural scenery and an exotic plant; farming and ranching and seaport scenes. Liebig Company unknown
1900rif. 26433Liebig Company 1900. Very good condition. Set of six beautifully colored lithographic trade cards of Australia including a kangaroo image issued by the Liebig company with the text in French. The set is titled "L'Australie". One of the most graphic sets produced by this European company which enjoyed an international market in the late 19th and early 20th century. Pictured are indigenous peoples a kangaroo and an emu natural scenery and an exotic plant; farming and ranching and seaport scenes. Liebig Company unknown
1900rif. 23450Liebig Company 1900. Very good condition. Set of six beautifully colored lithographic trade cards of Australia including a kangaroo image issued by the Liebig company with the text in French. The set is titled "L'Australie". One of the most graphic sets produced by this European company which enjoyed an international market in the late 19th and early 20th century. Pictured are indigenous peoples a kangaroo and an emu natural scenery and an exotic plant; farming and ranching and seaport scenes. Liebig Company unknown
1890rif. 234021890. Very good overall. Card printed in English and Chinese with the name of the establishment in an elaborate type font. The company had locations in Chinkiang Nanking Wuhu and Kiukiang. It records "Bum Boat General Store Keepers Butcher & Bakers Commission Agents & c and Coal Merchants". This card hails from the period following the Treaty of Tianjin which ended the Second Opium War opened more Chinese ports to foreign trade and allowed foreign legations in the Chinese capital. "Bum boats" were small water taxis and boats used for short trips. Chinese text in 2 vertical columns to left and right of English text. Removed from an album with black paper adhering to verso. 4 1/4 x 2 3/4" unknown
1859rif. 21288New York 1859. Good overall. Sales flyer with 10 different type fonts employed as well as 2 illustrations of the butter churns. The air pressure churn was patented in Lapham & Wilson NY; it was exhibited at the 1859 New York State Agricultural Society winter exposition. Printed on pale blue paper a bit of loss at upper left corner just affecting the "N" and "E" in "New"; a bit marked at front wrapper. With advertising text on the verso for the air pressure churn also with many elaborate type faces used. Not dated. Folded printed only on one side. 9 1/4 x 11 1/2" unknown
1885rif. 21256Des Moines Iowa: Racine Seeder Co 1885. Fine. Pristine folding memorandum and calendar in beautifully illustrated 3-panel wrapper printed in dark blue with highly ornate type fonts and decorative elements at the center panel. The right hand panel with 2 circular engraved vignettes depicting the Strowbridge Sower compared with sewing seed by hand "the old way the hardest work on the farm". On the interior the two side panels with additional engraved vignettes including a bird's eye view of the factory in Racine and a calendar with each month printed at the left hand page and text pertaining to the Strowbridge Sower at the right hand page. Text includes testimonials diagrams or cuts of the working parts of the sower salaries of US officers useful construction information and US population by state or territory. Opened measures 10 x 6 1/4". Very bright and clean. Racine Seeder Co unknown
1876rif. 212711876. Very good condition. Sales flyer for Poughkeepsie NY watch and jewelry dealer printed in black in many type fonts and with an advertisement on the verso for Arundel tinted spectacles early sunglasses. Many different type fonts are printed here advertising watches in gold & silver cases jewelry silver wars and clocks with the ad for the sunglasses on the verso. Arundel spectacles "have the power of arresting the heat-rays of solar or artificial light before entering the eye. They are violet colored yet so constructed that when applied to the eye appear colorless. With a testimonial from Judge T. R. Westbrook Kingston NY. 6 x 12" unknown
1880rif. 21257New York 1880. Very good condition. Brightly colored trade catalogue with elaborate use of type fonts at the wrapper printed in vivid red yellow blue and green. With a red stamp at front wrapper "For sale by Wm. Moore Poughkeepsie NY". Also a logo at front wrapper of a steer with a bit of a grin within a red circular border. Illlustration of the sack of Royal Bone Phosphate against a back drop of brightly flowering plants at rear wrapper. With text pertaining to the products on offer and illustrations. 6 x 4 1/2" not paginated. unknown
1885rif. 21259Des Moines Iowa: Racine Seeder Co 1885. Very good condition. Trade catalogue with engraving of the sowing machine broadcasting seed at front wrapper and illustration at rear wrapper of a farmer sowing seed by hand & a caption signed M. Manz. Text pertains to the efficacy of the machine with 7 cuts or schematic illustrations of the sower's key parts. 32pp pale peach wrappers with engraved illustration of the factory inside the rear wrapper. 4 1/4 x 6 1/4" Racine Seeder Co unknown
1894rif. 17996Holland 1894. Ephemera. Very good condition. Trade card for the renowned Dutch chocolate maker Van Houten which invented a treatment of cocoa to remove the bitter taste known as "Dutch process" chocolate. The inventions of Van Houten led to the mass production and world wide distribution of chocolate which took place in the nineteenth century. The front of the card with color map of Australia showing Western Australia Northern Territory South Australia Queensland New South Wales Victoria and Tasmania. The map shows Coolgardie but not Kalgoorlie. Verso with a dark green Art Deco border and Art Deco text font with data on Australia. Population is listed as 4006000. Below this is the heading "The six British Colonies united to form a Federation are": West Australia South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland Tasmania. Statistical information including the square miles and population are given for each of these colonies as well as the capital of each and its population. The number of Aborigines is listed at 230000. 3 7/8 x 3 3/8". Corners very gently rubbed. Not found on Trove. unknown
rif. 17429Paris: Bognard. Color trade card blank on the verso with two Pacific Islanders on the sand at the lower left with ocean behind and a collage of Australian items superimposed against the sky. With an Australian crest in the middle of the collage facsimiles of stamps from Australian colonies and international flags. With 'Stamp Series 20 for 10 cts' printed vertically at the right hand edge and Bognard Paris below that. 4 1/2 x 3 1/4". With a small circular perforation at the left edge. Bognard unknown
rif. 14626Corset clasp advertising card with illustration of three Chinese pig tail wearing laundry workers comparing a corset without the new corset clasps and one with the new product. With text at the top: "Side & dress steels guaranteed not to rust". With additional advertising text on the verso. Not dated. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. Upper right corner of front of card slt creased slt toning to lower edge of verso of card o/w very good. unknown
