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[AUTOMOBILES -- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH]. [ROGERS, George A (Pres), WALDEN, Forrest S (Vice Pres), MARK, Robert E (Sec) & HAY, JH (Biblio.com

Our machine shop service. Automotive Engine Rebuilders Association. Salesman sample photo catalogue.

1948réf. 56976Salt Lake City UT: Motor Mercantile Co. Strevell-Paterson Hardware Co. 124-128 SW Temple ca. 1948. Thick 4to. 9.25 x 11.5 x 2.75 in. 15 leaves unnumbered. printed on yellow-tinted paper w/ plasticized thumb tabs at fore-edge margin with 60 original photographs preserved in original mylar sleeves as issued many w/ printed captions tipped-in on recto occasional curling and bowing to old mylar. Black pebbled cloth post-binder ornamental gilt lettering stamped on front cover rounded corners minor wear to corners minor chipping head & foot of spine minor bumping still a VG copy. First edition of this very scarce salesman sample photo catalogue detailing the rebuild and machining services automobiles and trucks offered by the Motor Mercantile Co. following World War II. The firm had developed many of their machining and reconditioned parts methods to maintain civilian and military automobiles during wartime rationing. The album opens with a photo of the historic Strevell-Paterson Hardware Co. which was historically located at 126-128 SW Temple in Salt Lake followed by photo of the new building for Strevell-Paterson Finance Co. housing the Motor Mercantile Co. after the War. In addition images of the parts counter machine shop and sales office are shown. Each section includes series photos showing the reconditioning of parts such as reconditioning crank shafts; meticulously refacing and reconditioning engine valves; boring and honing engine cylinders; powder coating machined and reconditioned parts and showing the necessary lathe work. Also detailed are reconditioning connecting rods pistons pins broken studs on engine blocks brake service and even manufacturing windshields. Originally founded in 1918 by A.D. McMullen a former Stevell-Paterson sales manager the company operated at 115-117 SW Temple for years and within a few years they appear as a subsidiary of Strevell-Paterson Hardware Co. with their logo painted on the side of the historic building in the first photograph. Rogers 1878-1966 was longtime sales manager who had begun working for Strevell-Paterson as a traveling salesman before World War I. No copies located in Worldcat. Motor Mercantile Co., [Strevell-Paterson Hardware Co., 124-128 SW Temple, hardcover

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[ETHIOPIA] SALT, HenryABAA

A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels Into the Interior of That Country Executed Under the Orders of the British Government in the Years 1809 and 1810.An Account of the Portuguese Settlements on the East Coast of Africa.A Concise Narrative of Late Events in Arabia Felix; And Some Particulars Respecting the Aboriginal African Tribes.Together with Vocabularies of Their Respective Languages

1814réf. 60635London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington by W. Bulmer and Co 1814. First Edition. First printing. Quarto 32cm. Rebound in modern half marbled calf and marbled paper over boards titled in gilt on red leather spine label; modern brown endpapers; iii-xvi506lxxv1pp; 7 maps 5 folding one also hand-colored engraved by A. MacPherson after drawings by J. Outhett 27 plates and two in-text vignettes engraved by C. Heath after drawings by H. Salt and occasional relief diagrams. Errata to p.xvi. Former owner T. Bateman's stamp to title page. Lacking the half-title and the chart of Annesley Bay otherwise complete. A sturdy copy board edges gently rubbed slight dustiness to plate edges very occasional spots of foxing generally bright and fresh: Very Good. A handsome account of exploration in Ethiopia including depictions of notable nobles archaeological discoveries and hippopotamus hunting. Salt accompanied George Annesley on a tour of Egypt Ethiopia and India in 1802-06; following that he toured Ethiopia in 1809-1810 "as a quasi-official envoy under Canning's sponsorship marching from the Red Sea coast with an escort of 160 bearers to explore trade and diplomatic links with the Ethiopian emperor Wolde Selassie. Britain fearing a French alliance with Egypt wished to secure a port on the Red Sea. Salt carried out a little archaeology discovering at Aksum three large limestone tablets engraved with ancient Ethiopian inscriptions. Little came of the mission for the government but Salt earned over £1000 for the first edition of this book" HOWGEGO II S6. LOWNDES p.2180. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington by W. Bulmer and Co unknown books

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