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195017916<p>Lindau Germany: Lutterloh n.d. ca. 1950 An illustrated manual translated from the German on the Lutterloh System a method of pattern-cutting created by Maria Lutterloh in the 1930s based on The Golden Ratio. From the title page: "From the earliest times artists painters and sculptors have applied their special units fo measure for the proportions of the human body – and also in architecture. The classical measure is the golden rule sectio aurea. The golden rule is considered the origin and the source of all beauty and harmony in the entire universe. What music is to the ear so is the measurement of the golden rule to the eye." Contents include prefatory essays on "How to Dress from the Morning to the Evening" and "The Art of Cutting" followed by over 100 pages of charming illustrated dress figures and a further 200-plus pages of cutting/sewing diagrams. Gathered in original red two-ring binder with gilt title and design. 415 illustrated / photographed figures color & b/w throughout first section plus 222 pages of drawn cutting/sewing diagrams. . 8 x 6 in. . Binder in very good condition. Pages exceptionally clean and bright throughout. Two leaves towards mid-section torn at lower ring-hole. A very good copy. Little is known about Maria Lutterloh herself but the dressmaking method she pioneered survives to this day under the brand name Luttlerloh System International: "In 1935 Maria Agienberger Lutterloh had a vision. Drawing from the profound beauty and balance of the Golden Ratio she devised an ingenious system for dressmaking. This wasn't just any method—it was a revelation allowing dressmakers to craft customized patterns from a single template all inspired by this timeless proportion… Today Lutterloh System International stands as a beacon for those who seek the perfect fusion of art and function. Dive deep with us into this world where the Golden Ratio is not just a principle—it's a promise of unparalleled beauty and precision" Lutterloh System International The Golden Rule page.</p> Lutterloh,
197317327Santa Ana California: n.d. ca. 1973-1980 The machine sewing samples in the present item include different styles of stitches both simple stitches and machine embroidery cuffs collars hems buttonholes monograms and more. The samples are expertly executed and neatly organized and the typewritten instructions are thoroughly annotated. Some of the annotations reference machine settings while others identify ideal colors of thread and note the prices of various pieces of equipment for Elna machines "Eyelet plate: $2.45". Original light blue three-hole binder. . 9 in x 11 in. With 150 mounted stitchery samples in over a dozen colors of thread on cloth including many examples of elaborate machine embroidery. With accompanying typewritten instructions on how to use an Elna sewing machine. Each sample labeled in manuscript with the machine settings necessary to achieve the stitch. Creasing and some toning to binder. Quite clean throughout despite some toning in places. Manuscript annotations throughout. Color-printed Elna sewing machine catalogue laid in at back. An envelope taped to the inside cover of the binder contains sales receipts for two Elna sewing machines 1973 and 1980 purchased by Helen Poore at a shop in Santa Ana California. An expert example of a machine sewing workbook. A unique item. Very good. The quality of the work in the present item indicates that the creator Helen Poore may have been training for a career as a seamstress or designer or was already a professional learning to use an unfamiliar machine.
194527202Mansfield Ohio: Westinghouse Electric Corporation 1945. Wraps. Good. 36 pages. Blue printed wrappers stapled. 8 1/2 x 11 inches three hole punched as issued. Worn and lightly soiled. Included is an undated Stain Removal Chart provided by Monsanto Chemical Company under the ALL laundry detergent brand very soiled/stained/pencil scribbled. Wraps. A guidebook intended for the lady of the house that reviews washing drying ironing laundry planning and buying of washables. Considering the information available on today's bottle of laundry detergent this guide is remarkably informative. It shows various fiber types classifies them identifies their sources and even shows a magnified illustration. It tells how to sort. Various types of then navailable electric irons including some most readers of this listing haven't seen even in antique shops. It even has a layout for a combination kitchen laundry that will be most efficient.<br /> <br /> A useful source for anyone interested in the state of the art in 1945 and what were the hot topics manufacturers felt necessary to address at the time. Only one copy in Worldcat at George Mason Univ. as of this writing. Westinghouse Electric Corporation unknown
182317666<p>London: Printed for Henry Colburn and Co. 1823 Third edition "revised and greatly enlarged. To which are now first added estimates of household expenses founded on economical principles and adapted to families of every description." OCLC records no copies of any earlier editions and only eight copies of this edition in North America. Jisc COPAC also does not record copies of any earlier editions. Contemporary marbled boards rebacked in modern calf with red spine label. . Twelvemo. . Some rubbing to boards. Very fresh throughout. A very good unusually clean copy. A household management manual that gives advice on the inner workings of the English middle- and upper middle-class home—everything from preparing tea to preventing mold growth. The manual is organized in chapters according to parts of the household: Residences Principal Apartments Auxiliary Apartments Domestic Offices External Conveniences i.e. gardens and Servants' Hall plus chapters of general advice and the lengthy section on budgeting in annual income brackets from £55 to £5000. The budgeting section lists full estimates of expenses for each of these income brackets: the lower income brackets list just simple purchases like food clothing and candles while the highest includes the salaries of twenty-two servants.</p> Printed for Henry Colburn and Co., hardcover
1925106000<p>Folio pamphlet 14" x 9" green paper covers includes double-page map of Atlantic City 64 pp. Slight edgewear some minor tears around staples rear cover with small edge chip: otherwise very good generally bright and clean. This is a promotional piece put out by the Atlantic City Real Estate Board. It starts off with a health report highlighting the virtues of Atlantic City including information on its hospital the temperatures one can expect and the benefits of bathing in its waters. However most of the 64 pages are dedicated to presenting real estate values in Atlantic City. The brochure shows changes in property values from the early part of the last century to about 1925. There is a double page map of the city that shows the various districts.</p> Amusement Publishing Company,
184470148Boston: Benjamin H. Greene 1844. Second Edition overall first edition with the author's name appearing on the title-page. 8vo original disbound wraps now bound into a full calf binding. iv 60 pp. An as near fine copy the text-block is crisp and clean the binding in excellent condition there is old nearly invisible evidence of a very light water stain which does not affect in any significant way the appearance of the book or its usefulness. FIRST EDITION TO INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE-PAGE SECOND EDITION OVERALL. The work in the form of a long letter discusses the failure of the bank in Pennsylvania which attempted to take the place of a previously existing National Bank. The failure of the bank is discussed at length in this letter to a European lady in order to answer the queries of European investors and Americans living abroad. The bank in question was not a federal institution but rather a privately run state sanctioned institution which attempted to take on the role of a federal bank. Cary also discusses national and state debts and many of the most important issues of the day such as slavery lynch laws dishonesty the tyranny of public opinion the security of property elections and the strength of the government and the concept of government in place in the United States. He attempts to explain the course of things in the new country and defend its manner of resolution and change against the admonitions and complaints of writers such as Charles Dickens and Capt. Marryat Benjamin H. Greene paperback
19031220251965<p><em><strong>DICKINSON E. E. Co. Essex Connecticut.</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Company Ledger for Dickinson's Witch Hazel Co. 1903–1906.</strong></em></p><p><strong>Large folio ledger approx. 20 x 12 in. contemporary half calf over ribbed cloth gilt-lettered spine; marbled endpapers with original Dickinson's Witch Hazel advertising labels. Several hundred pages extensively filled in a neat clerical hand; minor wear to binding internally clean and legible throughout. A substantial early 20th-century business ledger documenting the operations of the E. E. Dickinson Company one of the most prominent American producers of witch hazel extract during a period of established national distribution. Entries record "Cash Received" and "Cash Paid" detailing transactions with druggists wholesalers and regional firms with columns for freight discounts and credit structures offering a clear view of the firm's commercial network and accounting practices.<br />Founded in 1875 by Edward E. Dickinson Sr. building on earlier developments by the Rev. Thomas N. Dickinson the company expanded into the dominant force in the trade at one point supplying a substantial portion of the world's witch hazel. The present volume reflects that scale capturing the routine mechanics of a mature manufacturing enterprise operating within a national market.<br />Retaining original Dickinson's advertising labels the ledger underscores the firm's developed brand identity and provides an unusually vivid and well-preserved record of American pharmaceutical commerce at scale.<br /></strong></p> hardcover
19104739San Francisco: Rincon Publishing Company 1910. Octavo 18 19-249 13 pages. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION. A collection of attributed recipes written in narrative format assembled to raise funds for a club house. Includes household tips and a section on Lemon Remedies. Local advertisements precede follow and are interspersed throughout the recipes. Organized in 1898 San Francisco's Corona Club was a women's charitable and civic organization. At the time of this publication the club's numbers were limited to two hundred women but the limitation was later lifted. Sections including Social Services Book Review Child Welfare Dramatic and Household Economics carried out a wide variety of activities providing funds and support "to make this great city a better place in which to live". In rubbed and slightly bumped white oilcloth with blue titles printed to cover. Some light foxing and edgewear throughout otherwise very good. Manuscript recipes throughout twenty-seven written on blanks and in margins one laid in one tipped-in and one clipping laid in. And with the ownership inscription of "Lilian F. John 1015 Gough St. S.F." OCLC locates twelve copies; Brown 93; Cook page 32. Rincon Publishing Company hardcover
19105470San Francisco: Rincon Publishing Company 1910. Octavo 6 19-249 13 pages. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION likely second printing. This printing lacks the initial 13 pages of ads but the pagination begins at "19" leading us to believe that this issue followed that with ads in the front. A collection of attributed recipes written in narrative format assembled to raise funds for a club house. Includes household tips and a section on Lemon Remedies. Local advertisements precede follow and are interspersed throughout the recipes. Organized in 1898 San Francisco's Corona Club was a women's charitable and civic organization. At the time of this publication the club's numbers were limited to two hundred women but the limitation was later lifted. Sections including Social Services Book Review Child Welfare Dramatic and Household Economics carried out a wide variety of activities providing funds and support "to make this great city a better place in which to live". In soiled and slightly bumped blue-titled white oilcloth. Tideline to the gutter at the bottom of text block Some light foxing and edgewear throughout. Good. Manuscript recipes throughout twenty-seven written on blanks and in margins one laid in one tipped-in and one clipping laid in. OCLC locates twelve copies; Brown 93; Cook page 32. Rincon Publishing Company hardcover
17623407Amsterdam n.p. 1762. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Two works in 4 parts bound in one. Octavo. Oeuvres diverses: Two parts. Pp. ii blank half-title iv 70; 175 1 blank. Charming engraved illustration to title title printed in red and black. BOUND WITH: L'anti-financier: Two parts. Pp. ii half-title Explication de l'estampe on verso 60; 107 3 blank. Plus handsome allegorical frontispiece. Decorative head-pieces footnotes. HARDCOVER bound in full speckled calf spine gilt extra in compartments between raised band 2 gilt lettered crimson morocco labels gilt French fillet to sides gilt inside dentelles and boards' edges all edges gilt marbled endpapers green ribbon marker; leather bit chafed and blemished in places corner-tips worn neat contemporary manuscript inscription to first blank prelim small old stamp to title-page. Overall a handsome copy in a very good condition. ~ First issue of the FIRST EDITION of "L'anti-financier". It comprises of 2 parts preceded by the Appeal to the Parliament. Attributed to Edme-François Darigrand Cf. NUC pre-1956 ca. 1735-1771. Occassionally attributed to Jean-Baptiste Darigrand Cf. London School of Economics. "Oeuvres diverses de Mr. Thomas" comprises of 2 parts. The first part is "Poesie" which contains 3 works. The second part "Eloquence" comprises of Eloge de Maurice Comte de Saxe; Eloge de Henri-François Daguesseau; Eloge de René Duguay-Trouin. It was published in Amsterdam by E. van Harrevelt in 1762. Antoine Léonard Thomas 1732-1785. A-1 <br/> <br/> Amsterdam, n.p. hardcover
182612203Edinburgh: William Blackwood 1826. Third edition. Cloth over Boards. Good condition but mild ex-library. Octavo pp. 184. The text of three letters to the Edinburgh Weekly Journal by Sir Walter Scott defending the issuing of Scottish bank notes. An important historical text. William Blackwood hardcover
186855411New York: Kiggins Tooker & Co 1868. Stated fourth edition. 12mo 19cm. In tan printed paper wraps; i-xvi 17-366pp. A stable copy with wrappers showing general mild wear and soil spine cracked with losses at head and tail internally clean though some leaves browned with single wormhole in lower margin: Very Good. <br /> <br /> Kellogg's ideas about interest rates and government-issued paper money were first published in 1843 as "Usury: the Evil and Remedy." He expanded these ideas into a book Labor and Other Capital in 1849. The present edition of 1861 was edited by Kellogg's daughter. "Kellogg's chief idea was that interest rates should be based not on the scarcity of credit but on the basic operating costs of banks. 'Kelloggism' had a great influence on such inflationary movements as the Greenback and the Populist." See ADAMS Radical Literature in America p.49 first edition. SABIN 37286. Kiggins, Tooker & Co unknown
17326120London: Printed for T. Dormer 1732. First edition. Modern quarter morocco over cloth with gilt to spine. Measuring 180 x 111mm and collating complete including frontis folding game board and concluding woodcut: 2 62 2. From the collection of stage magician Ricky Jay with his bookplate to upper pastedown. Top margin trimmed close with consistent loss to running headers and occasional loss to page numbers with no other text effected. Pages somewhat toned with minor marginal chips but otherwise unmarked. A scarce satire playing both on the rising popularity of get-rich-quick schemes and on the economics of the marriage market the present is the only example to appear in the auction record. OCLC locates only twelve institutional copies. The present is the only example currently in trade.<br /> <br /> A Scheme for a New Lottery warns readers against the dangers posed by get-rich-quick schemes targeting large-scale scams like the recently burst South Sea Bubble sometimes called the world's first Ponzi scheme and the pawn-broking swindle of the so-called Charitable Corporation. These scams were appealing to ordinary people at a time when few were "successful in using wealth from trade to found a landed family" Rapp. Mocking both the conmen and the conned A Scheme satirically proposes "Another Lottery which may prove a general benefit to all concern'd; as there is no better Remedy for a Bite from a Mad Dog than the Liver of the Dog that bit." The proposed lottery filled with abstruse rules and convoluted promises ensures that the cycle continues.<br /> <br /> A Scheme also mocks marriage as a scam in which women could either make a wise match in a rich man or lose it all by marrying down. The lottery provides "Fifty Thousand tickets to be deliver'd to Maids or Widows or any that appear to be such" in the hopes of winning a financially stable husband represented by the tickets drawn. Such a match could be a good one: "A Ware-House Keeper with the Salary of a Hundred Pounds" or "the Governour." It could also by virtue of lottery be a loss: "2 Scotchmen both Pedlars 500 Broken Booksellers" and a range of other ruinous bounders are also listed as prizes. For those who desire an advance attempt the folding game bound in the book invites blindfolded women to stick a pin in the board to claim their prize. The present copy was played gently with pin marks revealing a Blacksmith and a Valet de Chambre among those husbands won<br /> <br /> The popularity of A Scheme resulted in a reissue the same year with a canceled title page as The Ladies Lottery and falsely attributed to Swift.<br /> <br /> ESTC N20921. Printed for T. Dormer unknown
172910556Dublin: S. Powell and sold by G. Ewing 1729. First edition. Cloth over Boards crimson linen from early 20th century. Very Good mild ex-library. 12mo; 57 pp in 4s. With the two fold-out tables after p. 20 but lacking two tables after p. 30. . an important and famous and scarce book. Despite the two tables which are lacking a tidy and fascinating publication. S. Powell and sold by G. Ewing hardcover
185046838Portsmouth NH: Portsmouth Journal February 1850. First Edition. Oversized tabloid broadsheet circular 60x37.50cm.; text printed in triple columns. Some splitting to previous folds affecting a couple of words with brief loss of meaning light dust-soil to upper and lower margins else a Very Good still quite fresh example.<br /> <br /> Editorial composed in the wake of the repeal of the 1842 tariff and the substitution of the 1846 tariff which the author argues has crippled the finer manufactories and precluded further development. Young additionally provides a comprehensive examination of the advantages of English mill owners over American due to easy and cheap availability of capital including several figures for the Lowell and Lawrence mills. Not separately catalogued in OCLC nor does the record for the serial make mention of any recorded Extras. Portsmouth Journal unknown
197044815Washington DC: The Bureau of National Affairs Inc 1970. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm; dark green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xviii5037pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with light wear to extremities and two tiny tears. Papers presented to the Collective Bargaining Forum held in New York City May 12-13 1969. Includes contributions by Arthur J. Goldberg William F. May George Meany Virgil B. Day P.L. Siemiller ALgie A. Hendrix George Woodcock Solomon Barkin Joseph R. Crowley and others. The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc unknown
194643451New York: John Day Company 1946. Second Printing. Octavo 21cm.; publisher's cloth in tan dust jacket printed in red and black; ix3297pp. A few chips and closed tears to jacket extremities none quite touching text spine very slighty toned later ownership signature to front free endpaper else Very Good overall. Important work on the business and managerial structure of General Motors by the Austrian-American political economist and professor of management. John Day Company unknown
189629709Lausanne: F. Rouge Éditeur Librairie de l'Universit 1896-1897. 2 volumes. Rare First Edition. The First Major Work by this very important economist. Illustrated with numerous tables and graphs throughout. 8vo in a fine French binding of three-quarter burnt-red morocco over marbled boards spines lettered gilt on two gilt ruled black morocco labels additional gilt ruling at the ends. viii. 430: 4 426 pp. A very fine and attractive set of this rare first edition the handsome bindings as mint the text fresh and clean with just the lightest hint of age a superior set indeed. RARE FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREAT MODERN CLASSICS OF ECONOMICS IT WAS IN THESE COURSES THAT PARETO BEGAN HIS DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT OF 'PARETO EFFICIENCY' WHICH HELPED CREATE THE FIELD OF MICROECONOMICS AND CHANGED ECONOMICS FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY TO A PRACTICAL ONE.<br> In 1893 Pareto succeeded Léon Walras to the chair of Political Economy at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland where he remained for the rest of his life. He was he first to discover that income follows a power-law probability distribution of wealth in a society fitting the trend that a large portion of wealth is held by a small fraction of the population the 'Pareto distribution'.<br> Pareto's legacy in the study of economist is profound. Much in response to his efforts the economics evolved from a branch of moral philosophy as viewed by Adam Smith into a data intensive field of scientific research and mathematical equations. F. Rouge, Éditeur, Librairie de l'Universit hardcover
193810797New York: Ronald Press 1938. Second printing. Octavo. Cloth boards dustjacket; 798p. Volume in Near Fine condition with dusting & faint foxing to text block edges. In original dustjacket which is however somewhat worn with small marginal losses and closed tears age-toning to spine; Good only. Elementary economics textbook published at the height of the Great Depression clearly intended as a primer for an American public forced for the first time to comprehend economic dysfunction on a catastrophic scale. Much on New Deal monetary & fiscal policy social spending etc as well as discussion of the failures of Wall Street. Uncommon. Ronald Press unknown
198615068Amsterdam: North-Holland 1986. First Edition. Two octavo volumes; blue cloth; dustjacket; pp790-1273. Ink hand-stamps and old price-sticker residue to endpapers; Vol I lacking jacket Vol II in moderately rubbed and edgeworn jacket; else tight and unmarked. Very Good. A sound and unmarked working set. North-Holland unknown
193742456Chicago: University of Plenocracy Publishers 1937. First American Edition. Octavo 22cm.; publisher's cloth in orange pictorial dust jacket; 8507pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece full-page illus. by George Clayton Field throughout. A few tiny chips to jacket extremities small stain from previously removed tape at top edge of rear panel else a Near Fine copy in the uncommon jacket. Contemporary photographic ex-libris to front pastedown of a "John J. King" a.k.a. "Buddha" with gift inscription to front free endpaper: "To Dear Lady Moore / High Priestess of Long . From 'Buddha.'" Treatise on so-called "Plenocracy" "The Science of Creating Abundance for All" rear jacket panel by the author of "Unseen Forces and How to Use Them" 1933. Ownership markings as wacky as the contents. OCLC locates five copies in the United States as of October 2018 Cal. State Northridge UCSB LC Illinois and Tennessee. University of Plenocracy Publishers unknown
184955145New York: Published by the Author 1849. First Edition. Presentation copy with a very early inscription Jan 1 1849 to a William F. Day "with the affectionate regards of the Author." First printing. Octavo 23cm; publisher's blind-embossed cloth titled in gilt on spine; xxx vi37-298pp. A very sound internally fresh copy; the boards slightly rubbed at edges with small perforations to cloth at joints; Very Good. <br /> <br /> A major early work of American economic reform in which Kellogg 1790-1858 articulated his views on fiat money interest and the labor theory of value. His proposal - that "paper currency issued from a central office.be loaned to individuals.at an interest rate uniform throughout the nation with interest fixed by the government at that rate which would secure to labor and capital their respective rights." see Destler "The Influence of Edward Kellogg Upon American Radicalism" in Journal of Political Economy v.40 no 3 Jun 1932 went little noticed at the time of publication but would become highly influential in the years immediately following the U.S. Civil War when federally-backed fiat money became a matter of necessity. The precise identity of the recipient of this copy is uncertain but one William F. Day appears in contemporary newspaper accounts as a civil attorney practicing in Elizabethtown New Jersey. ADAMS Radical Literature p.49. GOLDSMITH'S 36346. Published by the Author unknown
192188270New York: McGraw Hill Book Company 1921. First Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's pebble grain black cloth titled in gilt to spine. 340pp. Strong and tight a little dulled to the spine light bumping and scuffing to spine ends and corners; internally clean and fresh ink ownership to front flyleaf illustrated throughout with in-text reference charts and diagrams. An about very good copy of an important work.<br /> <br /> From the library of J.H.S. "Jimmy" Ellis president of the Kudner Ad Agency and one of the original and most influential "Mad Men" who was almost singlehandedly responsible for making corporations like Buick GEC and National Distillers into household names in the mid-twentieth century with his ownership signature to the front flyleaf. One of the earliest works on analysis of market research from the library of a man who built markets. McGraw Hill Book Company unknown
192956871New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1929. First Edition. First printing. Square octavo 19cm. Original yellow cloth titled and decorated in red on spine and front cover; 128pp. A tight Very Good copy lacking the pencil and with the "seal" on pp.17-128 broken. Scattered pencil marginalia; paper-clip stain to upper margin of title page still a quite nice example. <br /> <br /> A rather jubilant guide to playing the stock market for the common investor configured as a "game" in which the reader has inherited $10000 from an uncle they have never seen with the caveat that they will inherit the uncle's entire million-dollar estate if they can increase the $10000 to $15000 with a week's judicious trading. "The Wall Street Game as it is played in this book is so simple that anyone can play it without technical knowledge of the market.as in real Wall Street luck plays a prominent part. But you will have to use common-sense in buying and selling stocks or you will not win the million under your Uncle's will." In what may be the most monumental case of bad timing in publishing history the book was announced in Publisher's Weekly for October 26 1929 just two days before the Crash. Originally issued with a black Eagle Mikado pencil lacking from this copy. Farrar & Rinehart unknown
195882189Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1958. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Russet cloth titled in silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv368pp. Mild dusting to upper edge of text block; spine slightly pulled at crown without damage; internally clean and unmarked - on the better end of Very Good. In the original dustwrapper price-clipped heavily sunned on spine with small chips and tears just VG. A presentable but far from pristine first edition of Galbraith's landmark study of America's post-WW2 economy. Number 46 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century. Houghton Mifflin unknown
