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188845299Jonesboro Ark: W. L. Robins 1888. 1st Printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Light fading to image Very Good. Albumen photograph 6" x 4" on a peach-colored mount rounded corners. Image is vertically oriented showing the two-story brick building with its pediment high above the angled doorway where two men are standing at a street corner. Underneath in blue ink the photograph name & city. Mount: 6-1/2" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>Verso of the card with the complete financial details of the bank as of Jan. 21 1888. As the verbiage announces "We take great pleasure in calling your attention to a statement of our business at close of same this evening and taking into consideration our tender age of 'seven months' . our success has been unprededented." Jonesboro is found in the northeast part of the state is the county seat of Craighead County and home to Arkansas State. This an uncommon photographic trade card for this newly established bank in the town. W. L. Robins unknown books
17384782London: Printed by John Baskett Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1738. Octavo-sized title plus one leaf. Removed from larger collection of acts. Near fine. Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty unknown books
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
180044270Paris: Ve. Panckoucke An IX 1800. First Edition. Octavo 20cm.; recent salmon paper-covered boards red gilt morocco spine label; 4xvi118pp.; folding map bound in rear "Carte de la Côte Occidentale D'Afrique entre le Cap Blanc et le Cap Tagrin." New endpapers though half title and rear free endpaper retained. A Fine exceedingly fresh copy. Pelletan served as the director of the Compagnie de Sénégal the administrative company for the colony in 1787 and 1788 though the present work was composed from memory while Pelletan was imprisoned in 1793 at the height of La Terreur. The "Mémoire" provides geographical descriptions of the western coast of the African continent as well as an account of imports and exports the latter chiefly rubber and slaves Pelletan mentions 1000 to 1200 perhaps for the years under his administration prior to the suppression of the slave trade. The second half of the work deals primarily in describing the ravages of the slave trade on the country and it people: "It is without a doubt that the abolition of the slave trade will completely change the face of the region devastated for centuries by ceaseless warfare crippled by the enslavement of portions of its peoples and depopulated by this horrific commerce conducted by degraded persons and greedy European merchants who can only satisfy their avarice at the price of the blood and freedom of these miserable Africans" our translation; pp. 48-9. Pelletan also dedicates brief sections to the moral and physical attributes of the Senegalese inhabitants as well as a description of their homes and pottery before proposing a detailed outline for a newm post-slave trade colonial government for the region. See George E. Brooks "Western Africa and Cabo Verde 1790s-1830s" 2010 p. 13; and Paul Masson "Marseille et la Colonisation Française" 1906 pp. 231-2. Ve. Panckoucke unknown books
184235484London: William Clowes and Sons 1842. xiii 1 blank 325 1 pp. Bound in modern blue wrappers with copy of title page laid down on front wrapper. Lacking half title else Fine.<br/><br/> An indispensable primary source on England's efforts to stamp out the African slave trade. The many diplomatic exchanges are replete with information on the trade between Africa and the West Indies Brazil Cuba and Central America. Details on vessels engaging in the illegal traffic are reported with numerous lists of vessels their flags their captains and numbers of slaves "imported" into western ports. The various disguises and artifices of the slave ships are discussed at length and material on legal proceedings with respect to condemned vessels is recorded. Material on England's Treaty with Texas is printed as well as information on slave trading by ships sailing under the American flag. William Clowes and Sons unknown books
178834190Philadelphia: John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole 1788. 4pp folio caption title as issued folded. Printed in four columns per page. Uniformly toned some edge and spine wear. About Very Good.<br/><br/> More than three columns on page two print Parliament's Act regulating the African Slave Trade. The Act forbade any British ship "from any port of this kingdom" to transport African slaves except in accordance with registration requirements and detailed health and safety regulations. Many advertisements are also printed some of which reflect the busy West Indian trade; as well as news of arriving and departing vessels. John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole] 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
186827263Albany: The Argus Co. Printers 1868. First edition. Paper wrappers. Spine torn at head else a very good copy small nick to front wrapper with a vertical crease running throughout. 56 pp. 8vo. With an early mention of "petroleum" which was just becoming an important product to pass through Albany. Scarce. We could find no copies on OCLC or RLIN. Not in NYPL Baker Smithsonian LOC NYSL. The Argus Co., Printers unknown 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
189621325New York and elsewhere 1896. Folio. 14 1/2 x 12 inches. Approximately 350 larger ephemeral items and about 200 small scraps mounted on both pastedowns and recto and verso of 22 leaves. All leaves browned 3 leaves split vertically others with margins chipped some loosely inserted. Original rose-coloured glazed paper-covered boards lower cover blocked in blind and lettered 'Pat. March 76' in blind the upper cover blocked in gilt with three shaped raised panels with gilt borders enclosing chromolithographic images backstrip blocked in gilt corners rounded some fading to upper cover and backstrip inner hinges broken<br/> <br/>A spectacular album with an unusually rich assortment of advertising and trade cards including a selection chromolithographed designs of birds after Audubon.<br/> <br/>Internal evidence suggests that the album was probably assembled by a New York State resident living just south of Rochester - possibly from near Bath Cohocton or Canandaigua the patent date of the album gives a 'now earlier than' date whilst there are a number of dated items amongst the scraps the latest being 1896. Included are a large number of cards issued by local businesses as well as more national concerns like a fine series of six advertising cards for 'Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills" featuring toddlers playing baseball "Tum on ets' p'ay ball"; "See me tech it!"; "Aint dot out!"; "I'se bo'en home"; "I'se dot it!". There are also 33 'Arm & Hammer' bird cards after designs by John James Audubon 13 from the Arm & Hammer Brand / Church & Co. "Beautiful Birds of America" Collectors' Card 1st Series from 1894; the others probably from the second series. unknown books
1806WRCAM30424Baltimore: Warner & Hanna 1806. 49pp. Errata slip laid down in lower margin of last leaf. Dbd. Light uniform browning old library stamp at head of titlepage. Very good. This petition one of many from various merchant organizations lobbies the President of the United States and Congress to defend American commerce with Europe in light of British violation of the "neutral rights" occasioned by the early years of the Napoleonic wars. Baltimore merchants were a hotbed of organization for various American subversive enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 10854. KRESS 5070. SABIN 3045. Warner & Hanna unknown 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
4929AMERICAN IRON TRADE THE STATE OF THE TRADE AND MANUFACTORY OF IRON IN GREAT-BRITAIN CONSIDERED. London: 1750. 8vo. Disbound. 15 pages. First edition. Sabin 90633; Kress S-1991; Goldsmiths' Library 8504. An interesting anonymous tract largely about the trade in iron from the American colonies. Rare. Kress only records a photocopy. unknown books
1778WRCAM39128London 1778. 3pp. plus printed docket title on verso of second leaf. Bifolium. Three early horizontal folds. Very minor foxing and soiling. Near fine untrimmed. The rare Parliamentary printing of a bill relating to American trade under consideration by the house of Commons. In 1660 during the reign of Charles II Parliament passed a bill "for the encouraging and encreasing of Shipping and Navigation" which granted bonding for ships and vessels transporting goods from British plantations in Africa Asia and America directly to another British plantation or to a port in England Ireland or Wales. Three years later Ireland was struck from the list. The present law passed during the American Revolution restores Ireland's bonds privileges allowing her ports to accept goods directly from the colonies in the Americas now mostly limited to Canada and the West Indies Asia and Africa. Not in Kress Goldsmiths' or TPL. OCLC locates three copies at the University of Arizona the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Regina Saskatchewan. A rare example of a law reflecting the changes of British mercantilism at the close of the First Empire. 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
181025380New York City NY: Not Published 1810. One page letter dated New York 18th December 1810 and being given to James Thomson Grocer New York. ".Sir - As I am going to Havannah in the Brig Galen Capt. Annes it is My wish that if any accident Should happen to prevent me returning in the vessel you will See to and take possession of what property of mine may be in her and in case of My Death that by virtue of my power of attorney you collect my estate together as much as in your power and after paying my just and lawful debts remit the remainder to my brother John Gann Goodestone near Wingham County of Kent England. Yours William Gann" Approx. 8" x 13" size; ink handwriting very legible. Light wear dustiness split at one section at old fold lines; in very good condition and interesting early 19th century New York City business history law ephemera. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Not Published paperback books
182524840United States of America: Not Published 1825. 12 ledger style pages loose. Entries all written in a strong legible hand in ink and signed Paul Langdon presumably acting as supercargo on these vessels. Brig Diomede: In account with Paul Langdon ".Disbursements in Charleston as per bills.by My draft on Mrs. Ann Shaipley."; the following three pages with list of disbursements for Diomede at Liverpool October 1825 very detailed including payments for various foods repairs on the brig services from harbor personnel and more and a page on accounts for salt carried cash to Timothy Wiggin & freight discount.Schooner William: at Miragoane Hayti sic with similar payments as above provisions coffee commissions fresh beef yams coffee marketing crew wages duties; with accounts noted to George Moody W.E. Rogers. Schooner Milo: two pages regarding salt & shingles shipped on board charges on account customs cash account totals of Spanish dollars & gold doubloons; sale of sundries shipped by N. & Arthur Folsom and noted at Wilmington Feb 1 1827. Ship Newport: two pages with attached list of 15 names including William E. Putnam Edward A. Bragdon Charles O. Emerson John B. Fernald J.P. Moody Joseph Bragdon Jr. Stephen Grant Henry Hill Frederick Williams Jeremiah Brooks Charles Moody Henry S. Thompson Joseph Sewall Alexander Demuth William H. Sewell at bottom of page is an un-numbered name as if the compiler John B. Tercel. Accounting for cash received of Lindsay & Haven and disbursements for the ship at Charleston paid by Paul Langdon: men employed at the rigging cash for marketing cabin boom knifes & spoons mending timber dogs heaving the ship off stevedores blacksmiths wood "cash paid Woman cook 29 days." advanced wages for Mr. Hill Libby Woodson and "Cash paid for knife for the Italian Sailor" dated July 1835.Miscellaneous: One of the pages headed Elizabeth Sewall with 3-line entries for 1833 & 1835 regarding the payment of services for ".labour & superintending her Farm." during those years; another page with the date of December of 1859 with short entries for the entire month detail weather farming woodcutting & fishing activities some community information names of McIntire Hutchins Lucas Wilson in a somewhat more spidery hand and with a note at the side "All above is from my best recollections." Approx. 8" x 12 1/2" size some light edgewear little spotting;in very good condition; interesting maritime trade history. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
1219s.l.: s.n. . . 8vo side-stitched; age-darkened and chipped; uncut and unopened; bottom lower right of all leaves dog-eared not affecting text. Sabin 105462Ñnot differentiating between this 14 pp. printing and one with 8 pp. The American Antiquarian Society's copy of the 14 pp. edition has a contemporary ownership signature dated 12 June 1810" on title. A Federalist pamphlet in the Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign of 1810 s.l.: s.n., . 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
1712WRCAM40325London 1712. 2323-324pp. Folio. Dbd. Small tear to fore edge of p.323 not affecting text. Lightly soiled. Very good. An act "for the incouragement of the trade to America" alleviating duties on incoming goods from the colonies. Mainly aimed a relieving duties on goods seized in the then on-going war between England France and Spain. ESTC N52389. 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
