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1879réf. 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
1962réf. 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
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1901réf. 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
1873réf. 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
1896réf. 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
1888réf. 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
1998réf. 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
1909réf. 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
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1909réf. 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
1900réf. 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
1900réf. 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
1900réf. 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
1890réf. 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
1859réf. 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