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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 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
1949réf. 129844n.p.: Office of Information Economic Cooperation Administration 1949. 33p. stapled wraps 5x7 inches penciled numbers on front wrap else very good condition. Compares US favorably to the USSR; apparently a US-funded reprint. Emblem on last page shows shield with stars and stripes bearing the slogan "For European recovery supplied by the United States of America Office of Information, Economic Cooperation Administration unknown books
réf. TK0360no place: no date. 9.5 x 12.75 inches. 40 pages. 145 numbered photographic tinted illustrations each with numerous figures. Original plain black wrappers. With apologies but there is no manufacturer name on this trade catalogue of hand-crafted ornamental 'finishing' pieces such as decorative brasses for a piece of furniture. Many are with motifs from nature leaves flowers. Other ornaments: lions lizards angel wings wheat eagle-heads sun-faces etc. Each figure is numbered with the highest number showing is 3836 ornaments are shown. [no date]. unknown books
1907réf. 1386549Washington: Government Printing Office 1907. Hardcover. Octavo 766 pages. In Fair condition. Ex-library with call number label on spine bookplate on front pastedown library stamps to endpapers and title page library pocket on rear pastedown.Spine is blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners mild shelf wear. Text block has cracked hinges light age-toning to paper. Illustrated: color frontispiece folded map. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column N. 1386549. FP New Rockville Stock. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1984réf. 102185Oakland CA: Labor Network on Central America 1984. Pamphlet. 32p. 8.5x11 inches preface introduction findings conclusions recommendations illustrated with photos very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Labor Network on Central America unknown books
1843réf. 41470New Orleans 1843. Printed folio sheet folded to 4 pp each page 9-1/4" x 11-1/4." Printed on recto of first leaf only interior pages blank addressed in ink on last page to Captain J. Keyes Florence Alabama. Old folds address page worn. Blank hole where seal was broken no text affected. Text clean. Very Good. The head of the firm Maunsel White of New Orleans was an energetic Irish immigrant. He married the daughter of a wealthy Creole merchant allied with Andrew Jackson. Wikipedia says "White maintained a lifelong friendship with Jackson for whom he served as a cotton factor from 1826 until Jackson's death in 1845." White carefully delivers hopeful but cautious news to his clients. He celebrates "the marvellous increase in the growth" of cotton "resulting in a crop larger by far than any that has preceded it." However "the next crop will show a considerable falling off. From the onset the season opened unfavorably" because of rains and other weather problems. But "new and extensive channels of trade infused fresh vigor and life into the manufacturing districts of Great Britain." The Letter demonstrates the importance of the South's commercial connection with England. He reminds his customers of "a subject of great importance and one which cannot be too frequently impressed upon your mind; we mean the picking and ginning of the staple the necessity of which is sometimes lost sight of in the desire of sending Cotton early to market." This necessity of course would be met with slave labor. We do not locate this printed letter on OCLC as of November 2025 although OCLC records several items relating to Maunsel White: a letter from Andrew Jackson to White in 1842; the firm's business records at the University of North Carolina; and a similar letter on the cotton trade from 1841 at the Library of Congress OCLC 1284917506. unknown books
1900réf. 68841Boston MA: William Read & Sons Selling Agents 1900. 8vo. Bifolium advertisement for the gun the title leaf illustrated with an example of the gun the two interior pages describing the gun and operating directions in 11 paragraphs repeating the cover illustration and giving prices "12 gauge only" the verso of the integral leaf with a price list for parts an image from a photograph illustrating them. Illustrated self-wrappers some edgewear very good. William Read & Sons, Selling Agents unknown books
1825réf. 10255New Hastings; Fulham 1825. Engraved illustrated trade card 10 x 14 cm. image area with full margins. A trade card advertisement for baths in New Hastings on the southeast coast of England. The fine view is that of an elegant two-story brick building with a few genteel couples strolling in the foreground. Prices are given for hot baths cold baths showers and servants. The engraving is signed "J. Rouse Drawing Master Fulham. "James Rouse fl. 1815 - 1830. Rouse illustrated several plate books. One An Illustrated Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands 1816-17 with George Cruikshank; and also Hypermyriorama of Sussex 1824 with eighteen colored plates; and Beauties and Antiquities of Sussex 1825. Fine. unknown books
1964réf. 17364Washington: GPO 1964. 22p stapled wraps 6x9 inches very good condition. GPO 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
1993réf. 67162Glendale:: Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce. Fine. 1993. Paperback. B004B87EW4 . Black and white photographs throughout. First edition paperback. Fine in oversize pictorial wraps.; 80 pages . Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce, paperback books
1920réf. 6136Silver Creek New York: Huntley Manufacturing Co 1920. Booklet 23 x cm. 43 pages. Index. Illustrated. Trade catalogue with descriptions of equipment for the milling and processing of peanuts including dimensions and capacities. A single page is dedicated to each piece of equipment with an illustration and technical specs. Fine in stapled publisher’s printed tan wrappers. OCLC locates eight copies. Huntley Manufacturing Co unknown books
1913réf. 3341BUNGALOW HOMES TRADE CATALOG. Los Angeles Investment Co. 1913 Extremely scarce trade catalog of home designs for California. Oblong octavo in pictorial color wrappers. Stated Twelfth Bungalow Book Edition 1913. This is a well used copy but complete. Creased well thumbed stray pencil marks light scribblings some pages soiled two signatures on the title page but wonderful. 92 pages with an illustration of each house apparently as built with an accompanying floor plan with measurements. Many interior shots as well. Virtually all are Arts and Crafts bungalow style homes that fill so many streets in the L. A. area. Indispensable to the restoration architect a modern builder or just a small house enthusiast. Los Angeles Investment Co. paperback books
1902réf. 9077Pittsburgh Pa: Published by Standard Sanitary M'f'g Co.; Chasmar-Winchell Press 1902. Quarto-sized cord-bound booklet 22 x 18 cm. 54 2 pages. Illustrated. Printed throughout in red and black. Awards page gilt printed and blind-stamped. The second trade catalogue issued by Pittsburgh's Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. The prior year the company issued their first catalogue with the same pagination. The catalogue begins with images of complete bathrooms with each element specified. The later part of the catalogue lists individual elements with dimensions and prices. Standard Sanitary worked with Chasmar-Winchell Press to design this and their other elegant catalogues. Internally fine. Original wrapper printed in black and brown has one small adhesion mark. Otherwise near fine. OCLC locates no copies of this and three copies of the 1901 printing; not in Romaine. Published by Standard Sanitary M'f'g Co.; Chasmar-Winchell Press unknown books
1770réf. 97Birmingham or Sheffield 1770. Oblong folio. 390 x 220 mm. 15 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Vellum spine over decorative blue paper wrappers paper label with title in Italian on upper board and ink title in Italian on spine. Paper stock toned with age a few leaves with staining in the margin otherwise in good condition. Silversmith model book containing 80 full-page engravings of candles sticks and holders candelabra pitchers plates salt and pepper shakers serving utensils silverware and other household pieces. Each image is beautifully and careful engraved with rich detail and ornamentation. Each includes a printed product number as well as one in ink with a different item number and a price. Although there is no title-page or signatures of engravers this large sales catalogue appears to be English as some of the engravings have English words of explanation engraved in the text. The binding is definitely Italian and the paper label is in an Italian hand. The watermark is a "fleur de lis" pattern suggesting an international company manufacturing the silver. There were only a few English companies with the capacity to export at this time including silver works in Sheffield and Birmingham both of which by 1770's had established networks of dealers selling their wares across the continent. This catalogue with specific Italian connections is very unusual and suggests the scope of the business had reached export capacity by the third quarter of the century. The most important Italian silver makers at this time were Giardini of Rome and Venuti of Naples. . unknown books
1854réf. 70354Mobile AL: Mobile Journal of Commerce 1854. 4to 29 cm. Bifolio three pages blank verso of integral leaf employed for addressing. An issue devoted to an "Annual Report of the Market" with three columns of text comparative tables for crops important trade ports in country and abroad a table comparing annual activity in Mobile with seven other southern ports or states a 10-year table of activity in Mobile and much more. Forwarded by Jas. G. Whitaker & Co. to a Providence Rhode Island company. Old fold lines else very good. Mobile Journal of Commerce unknown books
1874réf. 70358Mobile AL: R. Moore & Co 1874. Printed handbill 8 ½ x 11 inches two columns one printing "Official Report Cotton Exchange" a report on gold and exchange and latest reports from New York and Liverpool the other a report on wholesale groceries and provisions meats fish coffee "country produce" naval stores tobacco etc. Old fold lines small snag in central fold Very good. R. Moore & Co unknown books
1875réf. 70359Mobile AL: R. Moore & Co 1875. Printed handbill 8 ½ x 11 inches two columns one printing "Official Report Cotton Exchange" for Mobile a report on gold and exchange and latest reports from New York and Liverpool the other a report on wholesale groceries and provisions meats fish coffee "country produce" naval stores tobacco etc. Old fold lines small snag in central fold Very good. R. Moore & Co unknown books
1903réf. 69158Jackson MS: Tucker Printing House 1903. Illustrated trade card 5 3/8 x 7 inches verso printing a captioned photo illustration of the "Historic Old Capitol." Thick card stock a little soiling. Very good. Tucker Printing House unknown books
1796réf. 5074Mexico City: May 13 1796. About very good. Broadside 17 x 12.25 inches. Old fold lines. Slight separation and loss at center fold slightly affecting a few letters. Minor wear else. Proclamation made by the Viceroy of New Spain authorizing trade between Cuba and the United States. The Caribbean was in tumult in the 1790s with Toussaint L'Ouverture overthrowing the French colonial government and outlawing slavery. Likewise in Cuba there was a similar revolt against slavery demanding abolition and equality -- both revolutions were of substantial concern to slaveholders in the American South. Specifically the present decree mentions flour and other vital foodstuffs as a measure against shortages in Cuba intended to prevent further trouble. "Para precaver la escasez de viveres y con especialidad de harinas que verosimilmente causaria la guerra concedio El Rey Permiso por Real Orden de 25 Junio de 93. para que los Anglo-Americanos.pudiesen conducirlos a la Havana pagando los derechos los puertos habilitados de España." The Viceroy at the time was Don Miguel de la Grua Talamanca de Carini y Branciforte First Marques de Branciforte. The Marques was notoriously corrupt even for colonial Spain having gained position through marriage to the Prime Minister's sister. He made sure to make some profit on everything that passed through his hands including taking advantage of the war in Cuba to remove the French from their lands and sell them to his benefit. A rare and interesting decree. We locate a single copy in OCLC at the University of Minnesota. May 13 unknown books
1947réf. vas687Miami: Miami Chamber of Commerce 1947. Quarto stiff pictorial wrappers ring-bound 55 pp. Maps charts graphs. “This study is untended to provide facts about Miami and vici9nity which might be helpful to an industry business firm or public institution in its consideration of this area as a location.” Includes railroad freight and passenger statistics port statistics diary production labor housing taxes and much more. Good; old damp-stain along lower edge. Miami Chamber of Commerce, (1947). unknown books
1850réf. 402831st Cong. 2d Sess.: SED6. 1850. 43pp disbound light scattered foxing and wear. Very Good. On the misuse of the American flag in the African-Brazilian slave trade. The United States is "mortified" at this practice; the U.S. consul includes eye-witness reports. SED6. unknown books
1846réf. 402129th Cong. 1st Sess.: SD377. 1846. 248pp disbound light fox. Very Good. A detailed review of "the state of things on the coast of Africa" the activities of England in "checking the African slave trade" and the roadblocks to establishing a treaty with the U.S. in that regard. British board-and-search tactics so reminiscent of the objectionable practice that helped bring on the War of 1812 were a major obstacle to such a treaty. SD377. unknown books
1904réf. 70360Mobile AL: Sanford & Wilson John Forsyth and others 1904. 4to. 1-4 pages each issue some issues lacking a blank integral leaf. 39 scattered issues from this period published under several variant titles by several different publishers; the largest run in the group consists of 26 issues September 1 1859 -- August 18 1860 of 31 issued during the period under the title Merchants' and Planters' Prices-Current published by John Forsyth. The balance of the group consists of five issues published 1848-1859 and ten issues published 1866-1904. Each issue includes all manner of information concerning trade from the port of Mobile during the past week especially cotton with names of ships coming and going destinations tables of goods comparisons with previous years a weekly review if the Mobile market business news notes etc. The long run from 1859 and 1860 offers an excellent view of the market on the eve of the Civil War. Several issues have letters written on the recto of an otherwise blank integral leaf. Overall a very good lot. For the 39 issues Sanford & Wilson, John Forsyth [and others] unknown books
