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1864réf. 27277Boston: Printed by John Wilson and Son 1864. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy sunned at the extremities one crease throughout leaves clean. 18 pp. 8vo. Sabin 31825. Printed by John Wilson and Son unknown 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
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
1802réf. 354336Washington 1802. 4pp. Dbd. Contemporary manuscript page inscription and early stain in upper outer corner not affecting text. Minor foxing and offsetting. Good. 4pp. Dbd. Congressional report calling for government encouragement of infant industries by allowing certain raw materials to be imported free of duty while imposing a 20% duty on imported fur hats brushes stone ware printing types saddles cannon ball and glass ware and other duties on gun powder cordage soap candles of tallow window glass and iron. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3412 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1778réf. 37240Madrid: Pedro Marin 1778. Commercial Policy in Spanish America Detailed rules and regulations governing Spain's late 18th-century commercial policy in Latin America with a preliminary section of nineteen pages providing a summary of the articles and tariffs documented in the main portion of the text. With this REGLAMENTO. the Crown terminated Cadiz and Seville's monopoly of trade with Spanish America allowing other cities of the realm to participate. In addition to much information on commerce and numerous tariffs on a large variety of Spanish and American goods several sections discuss shipping ports and other maritime activities directly related to commercial activity. The work also includes the text of concessions granted to Louisiana. Quarto. Contemporary mottled calf spine gilt extra. Light shelf wear corners rubbed. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage modern bookplate on front pastedown clipped booksellers' descriptions pasted to front free endpaper. Text quite clean. Very good plus. PALAU 255843. SABIN 68890. MEDINA BHA 4845. unknown books
1844réf. 5316Puebla: Imprenta Antigua en el Portal de las Flores 1844. About very good. 20pp. Original printed wrappers. Light dampstaining and spotting. Even toning. Scarce pamphlet containing rules and regulations for the tribunal that adjudicated commercial and trade disputes in Puebla just prior to the Mexican-American War. The texts articulates the jurisdiction and power of the court its form and function and the responsibilities of its officers and appointees. In attractive printed yellow wrappers; OCLC records this imprint but notes no locations. Imprenta Antigua en el Portal de las Flores 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
1986réf. 149439Budapest: ICPS 1986. Pamphlet. 38p. 8x5.5 inch booklet faintest signs of age or handling else very good condition. ICPS H-1415 / Documents on the struggle against chemical weapons volume II. ICPS unknown books
1714réf. 21230London 1714. Broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Disbound. Small folio. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Mild foxing. An early British petitionary leaflet calling for greater enforcement of customs laws for imported goods. The author charges that most consignments of foreign goods are now being made to "Naturalized Foreigners and Unfreemen" who are not under the same obligations as Freemen who state in their oath "not to Colour of Cover the Goods of Aliens." If "no Remedey be given" it is argued "all Persons will be discouraged from taking their Freedoms and few will be left of Substance to perform the necessary Service in the Government of London." The document is among the earliest examples of lobbying literature which first began proliferating during the major changes in British government in the mid-1710s. ESTC records four copies at the British Library Oxford the National Library of Wales and the California State Library. Hanson 1980. unknown 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
1915réf. 9940Montreal P.Q.: Seagrams; Montreal Lithographing Company Limited 1915. Booklet stapled in wrappers 15 x 8 cm. 35 1 pages. Illustrated in color throughout. Typographic border in blue throughout. Wrappers illustrated by Paul Caron signed in the illustration. Text in French. FIRST EDITION. A wholesale catalogue of spirits from the Seagrams Corp. marketed to the French-speakers presumably of Quebec Province. Fifteen spirits - a few gins and otherwise whiskeys - are featured including Usher's Green Stripe Peter Dawson Golden Wedding: American Pure Rye Old Mull: Fine Mellow Whiskey and others. Most recipes are accompanied by two cocktail recipes. Slightest edgewear to edges of wrappers otherwise fine. Scarce. OCLC locates one copy National Gallery of Canada. Seagrams; Montreal Lithographing Company, Limited unknown books
1867réf. 65547Washington DC 1867. Small broadside. 20 x 13 cm. Old fold lines some minor rumpling and toning along top margin else very good. Docketed in manuscript on verso. Proposed duties on various kinds of imported books are listed: 20% on English language books printed before 1840; 20% on books in foreign languages not printed in the U.S.; 30 cents per pound on books in English valued at less than $2 and printed since 1840; etc. Signed in type by 14 American publishing houses who agreed to the terms including Harper & Brothers D. Appleton & Co. Little Brown and eleven other well-known American publishers. No listings found on OCLC. unknown books
1978réf. 41341London: Rough Trade 1978. Very good plus. Flyer promoting the second date at Manchester's famed Factory of Stiff Little Finger's UK tour after the surprise success of their first album - an interesting document in the development of one of the most important indie record labels. Rough Trade who issued this flyer began as a London record shop and soon expanded to tour promotion and music releases under their own imprint. Yet it wasn't until the unexpected success of Stiff Little Finger's first album INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL it debuted at #14 on the UK charts on Feb. 3rd 1979 that Rough Trade was truly established as a force in the UK music scene. Also on the bill are Robert Rental Essential Logic and Daniel Miller's The Normal. Miller would use his experience at Rough Trade to later launch Mute Records another key UK post-punk indie. 8.25'' x 12''. Offset flyer printed black on red recto only. Mild wear at edges. In black marker a contemporary hand has added: "Factory / Feb 16th.". Rough Trade 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
1790réf. 51521Rouen: L. Oursel 1790. With a Partially-Printed Letter Transmitting the French Revolutionary Proclamation Proclamation by the Revolutionary government of France abolishing the monopoly of the French East India Company on trade beyond the Cape of Good Hope and declaring it open to all Frenchmen. The Compagnie des Indes Orientales was established in 1664 to compete with the British and Dutch East India companies. It had considerable difficulty maintaining itself financially through its long history and it was finally liquidated in 1769. In 1785 it was reconstituted and granted a seven-year monopoly on trade beyond the Cape of Good Hope but the French Revolution and the democratic zeal that accompanied it put an end to that with the present decree. The brief proclamation is accompanied by a transmittal form from the Bureau Intermediane du Departement de Montivilliers indicating that one copy of the proclamation was sent to the recipient. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Light wear and soiling. Very good. 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
1958réf. 72778Washington: GPO 1958. Paperback. Good. Vols. or Parts 2-4 ONLY of 4. iv 745-1337 iv 1339-1984 v 1985-2355p. Green wrappers. 23cm. Mark from an old strip or tape around top of backstrip and all three volumes. Institutional stamp on title-pages. Age-toned. Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. GPO paperback books
1870réf. 7159New York City 1870. A tri-fold circular 18 x 9 cm. when flat. Alas not illustrated. A small handbill-sized trade catalogue with an introduction by B. Staubach followed by information on Miles’ “Challenge” Butchers’ Meat Cutter Bell’s Improved Ham Pump the “Challenge” sausage stuffer the Plunger sausage stugger various lard presses and butchers’ fixtures. Each with a narrative description some with pricing information. The verso includes testimonials information on Steam Engines and the Upright Steam Engine and locations of the Miles’ Challenge Meat Cutter. Near fine. unknown books
