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193249704New York: D. Van Nostrand Company. Very Good. 1932. Hardcover. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company Inc. 1932. Volume Fourteen. Illustrations fold-out maps spine ends just a bit bumped all else is Clean and Very Good. . D. Van Nostrand Company hardcover books
1923285832New York: Aueronautical Chamber of Commerce 1923. hardcover. very good-. Illustrated with photographs and design drawings. 8vo pale green cloth bottom edge of front cover and spine are discolored and scuffed. New York: Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America 1923.<br/><br/> Aueronautical Chamber of Commerce unknown books
1930285831New York: Van Nostrand 1930. hardcover. very good. Profusely illustrated with photographs. folding maps and design drawings. 8vo pale green cloth. New York: Van Nostrand 1930. Spine slightly cocked but overall a very good copy.<br/><br/> Volume Twelve.<br/><br/> Van Nostrand unknown books
193052998New York: published for the Chamber by D. Van Nostrand Co 1930. 8vo pp. xii 647 1; 3 folding maps numerous illustrations throughout; a fine copy in a slightly worn and uncommon dust jacket. <br/><br/> published for the Chamber by D. Van Nostrand Co unknown books
19493352Aladdin Co. Bay City MI. Circa 1949. A very nice as new home plans catalog from Aladdin Readi-Cut Homes. 35 pages profusely illustrated in color and black and white of readi-cut homes from modest bungalows to tiny cottages to ranch houses that look like something the Cleaver's would live in to more elaborate brick faced tudor homes. The catalog is clean and unmarked and includes a flyer and the original mailing envelope dated May 1949. Perfect as a reference guide for restoring an older home. You might now be living in "The Gables" "The Shelburne" The Sunshine" The Concord" "The Palm Springs" "The Vassar" and not even know it! Aladdin Homes Co. paperback books
19523365Aladdin Co. Bay City MI. Circa 1952. A beautiful home plans catalog from Aladdin Readi-Cut Homes. 63 pages profusely illustrated in color and black and white of readi-cut homes from modest bungalows to tiny cottages to ranch houses. The catalog is clean bright and with no wear. Perfect as a reference guide for restoring an older home. You might now be living in "The Rio Grande"" "The Santa Fe" The Graystone" The Jasmine" "The Lexington" or "The Pasadena" and not even know it! Aladdin Homes Co. paperback books
19772284Casablanca 1977. Paperback. Very Good. photos 52p. Original wrapper. 28cm. We don't know how many of these "Annual Reviews" were published. <br/><br/> paperback books
1934282New York: The Committee 1934. Pamphlet. 48p. stapled wraps 4.5x6 inches very good condition. "A denunciation of the 1933 AFL convention which praised the NRA honored government officials and ejected a delegation sent by the Second A.F. of L. Rank and File Conference." Seidman 108. The Committee unknown books
1927254517New York: International Publishers 1927. 96p. original publisher's cloth binding frontispiece small piece of thick paper glued in gutter between title page & index else very good condition. Lacks jacket. Seidman A146. Delegates included James H. Maurer Chairman John Brophy Frank L. Palmer James William Fitzpatrick. International Publishers unknown books
1957QES1013-9Anaheim CA:: Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Visitors and Convention Bureau 1957. Brochure. Very Good. 9 x 4 inches. 6 pp. Opens to 9 x 12 inches 3 panels each side. Printed in grey black and orange illustrations map of hotels / motels and amusement parks; text clean unmarked except routes between two hotels / motels and Knott's Berry Farm and Disneyland are indicated in pencil on the map. With a rubber stamp for the 39 Motel Midway City CA within blank rectangle on back panel. SCARCE. Very Good. Promotional brochure for Orange County with a map indicating hotels motels restaurants bars and cocktail lounges. Illustrations throughout. A list of tourist attractions in and near Anaheim is also listed. Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, Visitors and Convention Bureau, unknown books
195238806Washington DC: Chamber of Commerce of the United States 1952. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial thick paper wrappers; 55pp. Mild external wear; Very Good. Red Scare-era primer on Communists: how to recognize them how to beat them around the world and in the woodpile. With laid-in mimeographed cover-letter by Emerson Schmidt. Chamber of Commerce of the United States unknown books
1972447631972. 1st edition thus. Red leatherette stamped in gilt. Ribbon page markers. General signs of use. Bookplate. Laid-in ephemera. A VG copy. 676 pp. Folding maps 2 in rear pocket. 6" x 4-11/16" <br/><br/> hardcover books
193146405London: Henry Sotheran Ltd 1931. 1st printings. Printed buff paper wrappers. Age-toning. Most a bit cocked. Signs of use with occasional prior owner annotations. A couple with wrappers beginning to detach. Withal a solid VG lot. Catalogues range in length from 72 pp to 176 pp most ~96 pp. 8vo. ~8-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/>Decade breakdown: 1930s - 5; 1940s - 9; 1950s - 13; 1960s -1. Most catalogues with a thousand to two thousand entries from Acta Eruditorum Lipsiae 1683 - 1739 to Zuchetta Brescia 1600 as found in catalogue No. 825 1931. A vertible treasure trove of bibliophilic information - both descriptive & price history - primarily works of science medicine & chemistry as offered by the oldest antiquarian book firm still in business today. Henry Sotheran Ltd unknown books
19313358<p> Armstrong Cork Co. Lancaster Penn. 1931 An 80 page catalog 12mo bound in stiff cardboard wrappers. Every page is a full color plate of rugs or linoleum flooring. Some of the designs very bold and ususual. A little wear to the front cover but overall a clean copy with the colors bright.</p> Armstrong Cork Co. paperback books
192664945Austin TX: Austin Chamber of Commerce; Von Boeckmann-Jones Co. Printers 1926. Black lettered tan patterned paperwraps stapled. 16 cm. 56 pp. A promotional for the city illustrated with numerous black & white photos. A very good copy. OCLC lists copies at Amon Carter Daughters of the Republic of Texas Lib. Texas Christian and Yale. Two other copies not giving pagination are found at Calif. State Lib.-Sutro and Texas A&M. A typed note across the bottom of the front wrappers states "R. Niles Graham-Pease collection" which is housed at the Texas State Library and Archives their copy has different pagination. <br/><br/> Austin Chamber of Commerce; Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., Printers paperback books
194141977Detroit: Evans-Winter-Hebb Inc for Buick Motor Company 1941. 1st printing. Color printed paper wrappers stapled. General wear. A VG copy. 31 1 pp. Every page with at least one color illustration. Oblong format: 9-1/2" x 13-1/2" <br/><br/>An attractive promotional piece extolling the 1942 Buick line Special Roadmaster & The Limited as offered during the austere war years. The Special Convertible Coupe is especially appealing and these days probably a bit pricey if all original. Evans-Winter-Hebb Inc for Buick Motor Company unknown books
192649572Long Island City New York: Interboro Hoist & Body Corporation Borden Avenue and Van Dam Street 1926. 1st printing thus i.e. for this year. Bound in a brown 3-hole binder. Now with a custom-cut protective mylar wrapper. Edge wear to covers with a tideline to front cover upper right corner. Withal a solid VG copy. Each section A - Y with a separate pagination. ~ 200 pp. Illustated throughout with b/w photographic images. 11-1/8" x 8-3/4" <br/><br/> Interboro Hoist & Body Corporation, Borden Avenue and Van Dam Street unknown books
191539973Detroit Mich: Maxwell Motor Company 1915. 1st printing. Printed paper wrappers stapled 1915 - Peach; Service - Grey. Original buff paper mailing envelope. Minor wear & soiling. A VG set. Unpaginated though 40 & 24 pp respectively. Each booklet fully illustrated. 5-7/16" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>Maxwell - Briscoe Motor Company formed ca 1904 was named after its founders Jonathan Dixon Maxwell who earlier had worked for Oldsmobile and the Briscoe Brothers Metalworks with Benjamin Briscoe President of the company in 1907. OCLC shows 2 holdings of this specific Maxwell catalogue. Rare in the trade. Maxwell Motor Company unknown books
190639953Syracuse / New York: H H Franklin Manufacturing Company. Engravings and Printing by Bartlett & Company - The Orr Press 1906. 1st printing. Original decorative printed heavy-stock brown paper wrappers stapled. Decorative eps. Only faint wear. Odd unobtrusive spot of foxing. Nr Fine. 36 pp. Illustrated with 23 b&w photographic images of divers vehicles parts systems etc. 10-1/2" x 8" <br/><br/> H H Franklin Manufacturing Company. Engravings and Printing by Bartlett & Company - The Orr Press unknown books
191549115Detroit Mich: Maxwell Motor Co. Inc 1915. 1st printing. Green & white card stock covers stapled. Minor wear & soiling. Some foxing. A VG item. A fold-out pictorial brochure with 10 panels each with a b/w image of a Maxwell automobile in divers settings e.g. "ploughing through the heavy snow near the top of Mount Lassen." 5" x 5-1/8" <br/><br/>Maxwell - Briscoe Motor Company formed ca 1904 was named after its founders Jonathan Dixon Maxwell who earlier had worked for Oldsmobile and the Briscoe Brothers Metalworks with Benjamin Briscoe President of the company in 1907. <br /> <br />OCLC shows no institutional holdings of this specific Maxwell catalogue. <br /> <br />Rare. Maxwell Motor Co. Inc unknown books
191744837Cleveland Ohio: The Reflex Ignition Co 1917. 1st printing thus. Light greyish-brown paper wrappers stapled printed in dark brown. A Near Fine example. 15 1 pp. Printed by The Artcraft Co. Cleveland. Stapled to the title leaf is a 1917 Dealer's price list printed on yellow paper 6-1/4" x 3-1/2". Illustrated with cuts & drawings of the divers available spark plugs. 7-1/4" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> The Reflex Ignition Co unknown books
191136985San Francisco 1911. 1st edition thus. OCLC locates just one institutional holding. Original publisher's beige rough-weave cloth screw-post binder with nickle plated metal spine label identifying the binder as "Waterhouse Binder Spreader. Patented February 28 1911.". Expected wear & soiling to binding. Age toning to paper. A solid VG copy. xx 620 pp. Thumb-tabbed Index at front. Profusely illustrated with cuts. 4to. 12" x 10-1/4" <br/><br/>Waterhouse & Lester a venerable California firm that began as a supplier of carriage & wagon equipment becoming one of the largest suppliers in their day of automotive equipment such as that found in this catalogue. Herein will be found not only carburetors but also all ancillary material such as rings & snaps as well as the tools necessary e.g. calipers & tap wrenches to maintain one's 'horseless carriage'. hardcover books
191632826Hyde Park Boston Mass: B. F. Sturtevant Company 1916. 1st printing. Printed grey paper wrappers. Age toning to wrappers. A VG copy. 23 1 blank pp. Illustrated with 28 b/w images from photographs one schematic. 11" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/>"The B.F. Sturtevant Co. of Hyde park Boston Mass. was a big engineering firm even before the advent of the new science of aeronautics. Whilst the First World War was raging in Europe The Sturtevant Aeroplane Co. 1915-1918 was formed by the parent company to develop military aircraft. . They produced a number of aircraft for both the army and the navy in particular the "Battle" S4 aeroplane of naval type and the USN bought 12 of those machines whose inner structure was all metal a rather innovative approach for the time applied by Mr. Grover Loening Sturtevant's chief designer. . however it wasn't an elegant nor fast nor agile aircraft." The company also "designed developed and produced a number of high quality high performance aero engines. The 5A here advertised was only produced through 1917. It was "was installed in the Sturtevant S-4 and some L.W.F. V-1 training airplanes used by the Signal Corps at North Island Calif. and Mineola New York. Neither of these airplanes was too successful . Part of their difficulty resulted from the 5A engine which weighed more than 3.5 pounds per horsepower." sturtivant.org. Given it's short production life this Sturtevant Model 5A trade catalogue a rare survivor from the early days of US aviation- OCLC locates 2 cc though surprisingly neither are on the East Coast. B. F. Sturtevant Company unknown books
193031916Troy Ohio: The Waco Aircraft Company 1930. Printed paper wrappers stapled. Some general wear & soiling to wrappers. Date stamped with "1931". String hole along spine. A VG copy. 15 1 pp. Illustrated from photographs 15 images. Oblong 8vo: 5-1/2" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/>The catalogue features both the Straight-Wing and Tapered-Wing versions of Waco's "225" open cockpit bi-plane so designated because it's powered by the Wright J-6 7-cylinder 225 HP "Whirlwind" motor. The Waco Aircraft Company unknown books
1929262849Baltimore: Baltimore Association of Commerce 1929. First. paperback. very good-. folding map photo Illus. 66pp. 8vo pr. wrs. wrappers sunned near spine two small tears to wrappers. Baltimore: Export and Import Bureau Baltimore Association of Commerce 1929.<br/><br/> Contains extensive survey of the port and its activities along with many economic statistics.<br/><br/> Baltimore Association of Commerce unknown books
