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1788réf. 39695London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols. 1788. Folio. Pages 313-316 2 as issued. Disbound else Very Good. "Numb. 36." printed in left corner at head of title. The matters include "A Petition of the Aldermen Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Town of Wokingham in the Counties of Berks and Wilts. . . representing the present State of the African Slave Trade as being contrary to the Principles of Justice Humanity good Policy and Religion; and submitting the same to the Consideration of the House." The reception of a Report concerning the regulation of Trade between the North American Colonies and the West India Islands and "the Countries belonging to the United States of America" is noted. This is an early protest against the continuation of the African Slave Trade. Printed and Sold by John Nichols... unknown books
1911réf. 11460Boston 1911. each volume is 10-12 pages. A series of bulletins written to provide knowledge of possible trades to parents or girls. Each bulletin offers information as to necessary training the pay that can be expected as well as a census of women involved in the trade etc. An incomplete run sold individually: ``# 4: nursey maid; # 5: dressmaking; # 6: millinery; # 7: straw hat making; # 8: manicuring and hairdressing; # 11: clothing machine operating. unknown books
1933réf. 39484Virginia State Chamber of Commerce 1933. VIRGINIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. VIRGINIA. Industrial Issue. Autumn 1933. Volume VIII Numbers 2-4. Richmond Virginia: Virginia State Chamber of Commerce 1933. A 21-page magazine featuring photographs and captions about Virginia's industry. Very Good crease length-wise through the middle of the magazine. $10.00. Virginia State Chamber of Commerce unknown books
réf. 37044TRADE CATALOGUE VELVET & TAPESTRY-TEPPICH-FABRIK. N.P.: Schutz circa 1904. 8vo. Cloth accordion folds. 8 colored plates. Scarce colored sample book of fabric and tapestry designs pasted-down on eight connected accordion folding boards. Front board detached. unknown books
1890réf. 8657Salt Lake City 1890. Trade card 8 cm x 11.5 cm printed on both sides. Near fine. Trade card for Salt Lake City's Valley House which was located at the corner of South Temple and West Temple the present-day site of Abravanel Hall. The building was originally constructed by Wilford Woodruff upon his arrival to the valley in 1847. It was converted into the Valley House Hotel in the 1870s before being demolished in 1915 to erect the Bamberger Bus Depot. The reverse prints 'Information for Tourists' which contains a brief description of the Temple Block the Salt Lake Theatre ZCMI Fort Douglas and other points of interest. unknown books
1930réf. 1378Salt Lake City: The Chamber of Commerce 1930. 31pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Color illustrated wrappers. Better than very good. An illustrated guide for the prospective tourist to Salt Lake and Utah. Contains images of many long gone establishments Pinecrest Mineral Baths Saltair II Salt Lake Country Club. Double-page map at the center. "Unique Utah and Salt Lake City! Here is one of the few cities of the United States with an outstanding historic pioneer past and a romance-awakening personality that has firmly established it in the mind of the American traveler as a center of unique interest retaining as it always will the glamour of the Old West." Flake/Draper 7495. The Chamber of Commerce unknown books
réf. 67651New York: Donaldson Brothers. Very Good. 12.5 cm x 7.5 cm. With a couple of short closed tears to the edges. Illustrations: Mormon Temple Tabernacle and Assembly Hall Salt Lake City; Completion of the Pacific Railroad 1869; An Indian attack on an Emigrant Train. No. 42. This is one of a series of fifty cards giving a pictorial history of the United States and Territories. Donaldson Brothers 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
1917réf. 514931917. Interstate Commerce Commission. Unreported Opinions of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Volume 2 Table of Cases; Table of Cases Cited; Table of Commodities; Table of Localities. Division of Indices. Washington: Government Printing Office 1917. iii 370 pp. Ex-library with stamps and markings. Tan cloth worn and soiled. Good. $25. unknown books
1917réf. 514871917. Interstate Commerce Commission. Unreported Opinions of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Volume 2 Table of Cases; Table of Cases Cited; Table of Commodities; Table of Localities. Division of Indices. Washington: Government Printing Office 1917. iii 370 pp. Ex-library with stamps and markings. Tan cloth worn and soiled. Hinges cracked but holding. $25. unknown books
1994réf. 564101994. United States Court of International Trade Reports. Volume 18. Washington D.C.; U.S. Government Printing Office. 1994. xi 1307 pp. Original publisher's blue cloth. As new excellent condition. $20. Supersedes U.S. Customs Court Reports. Name changed by Public Law 96-417 which clarified and expanded the status jurisdiction and powers of the former United States Customs Court and changed the name of the Court to the United States Court of International Trade. unknown books
1992réf. 564051992. United States Court of International Trade Reports. Volume 16. Washington D.C.; U.S. Government Printing Office. 1992. xi 1215 pp. Reprint Buffalo: W.S. Hein. Hardcover. Very good condition. $20. Supersedes U.S. Customs Court Reports. Name changed by Public Law 96-417 which clarified and expanded the status jurisdiction and powers of the former United States Customs Court and changed the name of the Court to the United States Court of International Trade. unknown books
2000réf. 564112000. United States Court of International Trade Reports. Volume 24. Washington D.C.; U.S. Government Printing Office. 2000. xi 1515 pp. Original publisher's blue cloth. As new excellent condition. $75. Supersedes U.S. Customs Court Reports. Name changed by Public Law 96-417 which clarified and expanded the status jurisdiction and powers of the former United States Customs Court and changed the name of the Court to the United States Court of International Trade. unknown books
1999réf. 564071999. United States Court of International Trade Reports. Volume 23. Washington D.C.; U.S. Government Printing Office. 1999. ix 1151 pp. Reprint Buffalo: W.S. Hein. Hardcover. Very good condition. $20. Supersedes U.S. Customs Court Reports. Name changed by Public Law 96-417 which clarified and expanded the status jurisdiction and powers of the former United States Customs Court and changed the name of the Court to the United States Court of International Trade. unknown books
1993réf. 564061993. United States Court of International Trade Reports. Volume 17. Washington D.C.; U.S. Government Printing Office. 1993. Xiii 1514 pp. Reprint Buffalo: W.S. Hein. Hardcover. Very good condition. $20. Supersedes U.S. Customs Court Reports. Name changed by Public Law 96-417 which clarified and expanded the status jurisdiction and powers of the former United States Customs Court and changed the name of the Court to the United States Court of International Trade. unknown books
1939réf. 158Washington DC: United States Government Printing OFfice 1939. Second Edition. Cloth. Very good. Inserted maps and charts fold-out: Index Map: Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts 1939; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Inside Route Key West to Rio Grande No. 1 1936 Florida and Gulf of Mexico; No. 2 1936 Gulf of Mexico: Sabine Pass to St. George Sound; No. 3 1936 Gulf of Mexico: coast of Texas. 8vo; vi 397pp; pale green buckram over board with black decorative border and title to front cover and spine stamped in black seal of Department of Commerce to back cover; purple stamp of Hydrographic Office Navy to front free endpaper; errata and updates with tipped in corrections at page; light green edges; light foxing to edges and cover light soiling to cover lightly cocked forward; binding tight maps all present and clean; very good. United States Government Printing OFfice unknown books
1943réf. TB31945Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1943. Ninth Edition of 1943. Very good in light green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front board. A small quarto of 10 by 7 inches with the cloth on the spine faded stains on the front and rear boards and a prior owner's name on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. 466 pages of text and illustrated with 5 fold-out charts. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1920réf. 32212NY: Woman's Trade Union League 1920. 9 x 12 in. sheet folded into four pages with text and cartoons calling on union members to suppor the bread makers union. Nice for display. Little krinkled verygood. Woman's Trade Union League unknown books
1930réf. 789341930. Hardcover. Very Good. First item: illustrations some color photos 332p. Second item: illustrations some color photos 324p. Original matching red cloth bindings. 25cm. Former owner's name a Presbyterian missionary in Thailand in both volumes. Calling card of Rear Admiral Mom Chao Thavara Mongolwongse first President of the Medical Association of Siam mounted on front pastedown of the second volume. Moderate scuffing and wear. No Jackets. Both volumes were issued for the Medical congress. hardcover books
1912réf. 72562Washington: GPO 1912. Hardcover. Very Good. folding map index 898p. 23cm. Former owner's name stamp on endpaper. No jacket. GPO hardcover books
1856réf. 27278Philadelphia: Deacon & Peterson 1856. First edition. Paper wrappers. Some chipping to spine else a very good copy with a small tear and mild crease on front wrapper leaves clean and bright. 39 pp. 8vo. Not in Sabin. Deacon & Peterson unknown books
1915réf. 10258Various places 1915. Twenty-six trade cards all illustrated with portraits of the proprietors some with real photo illustrations. Various sizes largest 16.5 x 15.5 cm. some printed both sides. The businesses include restaurants cafes a grocer an oyster house a fruit house lunch counter confectionery & ice cream fish and canned goods a hotel with fishing parties a "Schlitz Forum & Cafe" a beer bottler a nurseryman wine & liquor shop a saloon a buffet and short order lunch counter a chop house a summer garden dining hall and candy shop. Boston Mass. Brooklyn N.Y. Iowa New Orleans Vermont Providence Rhode Island Springfield Ill. New Bedford Mass. Bainbridge Bradford & Walnutport Penn. Iowa Rochester Rensselaer & Syracuse N.Y. Philadelphia Two Rivers Wisc. Lake Mills Wisc. Metamora Ill. Toledo Ohio and others. Condition varies but most are very good or better. unknown books
1899réf. 9101Cincinnati: C.J. Krehbiel & Co 1899. Octavo in wrappers 19 x 12.5 cm. 122 pages. Thoroughly illustrated with photographs and diagrams numerous plates some folding. FIRST EDITION. The second catalogue of Cincinnati's Triumph Ice Machine Company; the first catalogue of 80 pages was issued the prior year. A detailed and technical catalogue of the refrigeration and refrigerating machinery offered by the firm. Triumph's machinery was instrumental in growing the ability of meat packers fisheries and canners to preserve foodstuffs safe for longer. Clean and sound internally. In publisher's gilt-titled textured cream-colored wrappers with the lightest toning. Near fine. OCLC locates one copy Case Western Reserve; not in Romaine. C.J. Krehbiel & Co unknown books
1886réf. 29001127New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving of New York 1886. The front cover and first page of the booklet are detached. The title on the front cover is faded and hard to read. General soiling and toning due to age. The bulletin has been folded. The large format memoriam is trimmed on the edges. Two items advertising the memorial of Horace Brigham Claflin who was an American merchant who founded the Bulkley & Claflin Company later after Claflin's death it became known as H. B. Claflin Company. Over the years this bank was acquired many times and is still in existence today under JP Morgan Chase. The first item is apparently from the Dry Goods Bulletin which serves as an memoriam/obituary for Claflin. The front side has an engraving of Claflin as well as his birth and death dates December 18 1811 - November 14 1885. The back side has a description of his life. Measures 14 1/4" x 12 3/4". The second item is a 16 pg booklet done by the New York Chamber of Commerce that is the minutes of the meeting following Claflin's death as well as a biographical sketch of the man. The booklet states that "Mr. Claflin was one of the great merchants which the present century has produced and his life and character present a striking illustration of the maxim 'Act well your part there all the honor lies.' " pg. 3 The meeting end with several resolutions one of which was "the entire community of dry good merchants are called upon to mourn the loss not only of the most eminent member of their profession but also of a true friend." pg. 11 #1 This was accomplished when on the day of his funeral "the wholesale stores and commission houses throughout the dry goods district in New York City closed at noon and business was suspended. That portion of the City usually so active and busy was silent and deserted." pg. 15 The booklet also includes a portrait engraving of Claflin. Black covers. Measures 9 1/4" x 6" This was a dry good business that acted as middlemen between the manufacturers and retailers of dry goods. Additionally he founded the Continental Bank of New York in 1870 along with Jacob H. Schiff Marcellus Hartley Robert L. Cutting and Joseph Seligman. Atlantic Publishing & Engraving of New York unknown books
1814réf. 38942London: Printed by R.G. Clarke 1814. England Seeks a Trading Foothold in South America The final settlement between England and Spain at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. An important treaty which guarantees for England most favored nation status in the event of the commerce of Spanish America being opened to foreign trade. Includes an article of agreement regarding the injustice and inhumane nature of the traffic in slaves and a SEPARATE ARTICLE stipulating that the king of Spain not engage in any treaty with France "of the nature not known under the domination of the Family Compact." Printed in English and Spanish. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Near fine. hardcover books
