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182024296Montreal 1820. Quarto. 3pp. docketed on verso of second sheet. Old folds. Some separation at folds repaired with old tape. Minor paper loss to second leaf affecting a few letters of text. Manuscript letter from the large Montreal merchant house of Desrivieres Blackwood & Co. to the firm of Hamilton & Cummings based in Queenstown Ontario concerning the account of Berthelot & Rolette. The letter includes details of the amounts credited and drafted with the amounts given in both New York and Quebec currency values. With integral address leaf stamped at Montreal. unknown books
1820WRCAM42050Montreal 1820. 3pp. docketed on verso of second sheet. Quarto. Old folds. Some separation at folds repaired with old tape. Minor paper loss to second leaf affecting a few letters of text. Good. Manuscript letter from the large Montreal merchant house of Desrivieres Blackwood & Co. to the firm of Hamilton & Cummings based in Queenstown Ontario concerning the account of Berthelot & Rolette. The letter includes details of the amounts credited and drafted with the amounts given in both New York and Quebec currency values. With integral address leaf stamped at Montreal. unknown books
189149359Boston: Daniel Gunn & Co. Printers 1891. 1st Printing. Not in Romaine though see p. 96 for 4 later beginning 1896 Master & Wells catalogues / lists. Red paper wrappers printed in black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Modest wear & soiling a VG copy. 81 pp inside rear wrapper paginated as p. 81. Inside front wrapper as frontispiece. 16mo. 5-9/16" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/>A very comprehensive offering of things that sparkle and/or go boom. from "Small Chinese Fire Crackers" Box $1.75. P. 68 to "An Exhibition Collection Large Work Fire-work Exhibition Collection No. 12 A Town or City Exhibit. $200. . An excellent selection of high grade material and is suitable for a town city or club exhibit." p. 60. <br /> <br />While other years of Masten & Wells catalogues are represented on OCLC we find no holding of this 1891 printing. Daniel Gunn & Co., Printers unknown books
188932786Pittsburgh PA 1889. Not in Romaine. Blue cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Beveled edges. Volume professionally recased. 390 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1822WRCAM38089Washington 1822. 7pp. Dbd. most leaves loose. Old stain in upper half throughout. Good. This Senate documents prints the memorial from America's foremost learned society asserting that that any tax on imported books is "detrimental to the progress of knowledge" and asking that those duties be suspended. The memorials written by Peter Duponceau and R.M. Patterson review the policies of other governments toward duties on imported books providing a useful survey of the tax policies of the major European powers. OCLC and American imprints together locate only five copies at Yale the University of Virginia the New York Law Institute the Library of Congress and Princeton. Scarce. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 11000. OCLC 23248452. unknown books
1825WRCAM38259New York: Corrected and published by Edmund M. Blunt 1825. 4196pp. plus 20pp. of advertisements. Tall narrow octavo. Contemporary calf gilt morocco label. Hinges cracked boards worn. Tanned scattered foxing. Fair. First edition under this title of this perennially popular and relied-upon guide for figuring the weight of packages and casks based on their depth and breadth. The work was originally published in 1816 but was found to be so full of errors that it was republished in this "corrected" edition under a new title in 1825. Blunt was also the publisher of the essential navigation guide THE AMERICAN COAST PILOT. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 19773. Corrected and published by Edmund M. Blunt hardcover books
188133597Syracuse N.Y.: Journal Print 1881. 1st edition thus Romaine p. 3. Printed self-wrappers sewn. Vignette of the factory to front wrapper. Rear wrapper with advert touting Standard Oil as a customer. General wear with stain to upper text block corner. Spine paper shows wear & shipping. Foxing to wrappers. Withal an About VG copy. 35 pp. Pp 21 - 35 are testimonials from satisfied customers across the eastern half of the nation. Illustrated with 19 cuts of 7 presses & associated ancillary equipment. 8vo. <br/><br/> Journal Print unknown books
184945044Boston: Ruggles Nourse Mason & Co 1849. 1st Printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Faint fold-lines. Very Good. Single sheet broadside leaflet. Illustrated with 6 cuts of the various size wrenches. 9-7/8" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>Rare advertising broadside for this wrench "acknowledged to be the most convenient efficient and strongest now made and having been long in use and fully proved are most favorably known among our mechanics manufactureres and dealers." Ruggles, Nourse, Mason & Co unknown books
187740877New York: C. Jourgensen Printer 1877. 1st printing Romaine p. 113. Original printed yellow paper wrappers. Slight roll to spine. Average wear & soiling with unobtrusive evidence of damping in top margin. Front wrapper top corner with modern paper reinforcement to verso. Withal a respectable Very Good copy. 158 2 blank pp. Profusely illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> C. Jourgensen, Printer unknown books
189936006Homer N.Y. 1899. Ca 1890s. Not in Romaine. Pale blue printed wrappers. Mild wear & soiling to wrappers. A VG copy. 77 3 blank pp. 75 drawn b/w illustrations of divers styles of carriages. Oblong format: 3-3/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>Rare trade catalogue from the hay-day of polite horse-powered travel- not in Romaine though see p. 78 for other catalogues by this firm. OCLC records no copies institutionally held. unknown books
18964969New York: Bartlett & Company The Orr Press 1896. Octavo 20.5 x 14 cm. 97 pages. Date derived from Water Street address on title page. An extensively illustrated trade catalogue of heating furnaces and cooking ranges. Before the 1830s gravity hot-air furnaces were produced according to the specifications of individual buildings. The first mass-market manufacturer in the United States was Richardson & Boynton established in 1837 and in business for more than a century thereafter. The company survived the competitive surge in home heating manufacturers in the decades after the Civil War Fuller & Warren of Troy for instance also advertised as "the oldest house in the trade" introducing innovations in fuel source efficiency flue design cleaning access and model size - to say nothing of aesthetic appeal - at a surprising rate. The foundries and shop buildings occupied a double block in Red Hook Brooklyn; corporate offices 232-234-236 Water Street were across the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan. By the 1890s Richardson & Boynton were advertising themselves as manufacturers of multiple designs of furnaces fireplace heaters laundry water heaters cooking ranges stoves and kitchen appurtenances such as kettles urns pastry ovens and steam tables. Owing ostensibly to climbing tunnage and wharfage costs the entire operation decamped to Dover New Jersey in February 1896. Elaborate illustrations with equally elaborate cutaways; specification charts. A bit of chipping to head and foot of wrapper at spine otherwise very good in two-toned brown wrappers with gilt decoration. Pages clean and bright. Scarce. OCLC locates three copies of all other Richardson & Boynton cataloguesbut none of this issue; Romaine page 363 for other issues. Bartlett & Company, The Orr Press unknown books
1802WRCAM36254Washington 1802. 4pp. Dbd. Contemporary manuscript page inscription and early stain in upper outer corner not affecting text. Minor foxing and offsetting. Good. Congressional report calling for government encouragement of infant industries by allowing certain raw materials to be imported free of duty while imposing a 20% duty on imported fur hats brushes stone ware printing types saddles cannon ball and glass ware and other duties on gun powder cordage soap candles of tallow window glass and iron. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3412. unknown books
189835207New York 1898. Not in Romaine though see p. 267 for 2 catalogues by this firm 1878 & 1894. Linen cloth 3-hole binder with printed title lettering to front cover. Some wear & soiling to binder. A VG copy. 8 73 1 blank pp. P. 73 an index. Illustrated. 12-1/2" x 9-3/8" <br/><br/>Fairly uncommon trade catalogue in this specialty- OCLC lists only one holding of Adee's catalogues that of the 1894 editon. hardcover books
183935498London: William Clowes and Sons 1839. Folio. vi 35 1 blank pp. Disbound light dustsoiling of outer leaves moderately foxed minor edgewear. With the half title. Two light rubberstamps on title page. Good. <br/><br/> An indispensable primary source on England's efforts to stamp out the African slave trade. England exchanges diplomatic correspondence with Austria Prussia Russia Buenos Ayres Chile Egypt Mexico Montevideo New Granada Peru Venezuela and the United States. This item reports much information on the illegal traffic with data on ships their captains slaves "imported" into western ports efforts to enlist other nations' support in stamping out the slave trade. "The active and undisguised assistance given to the Slave Trade by citizens of the United States of America is as notorious as it is disgraceful. William Clowes and Sons unknown books
184932London: J. R. Andrews 1849. Very good copy. 8vo. 215 x 140 mm. 51/2 x 8 1/2 inchesii 10 pp. Original printed paper wrappers. A detailed catalogue of copper and brass good including pots pans kettle and cookware of every kind table ware and cutlery; also fenders fire irons lamps lanterns candle sticks; tin and steel goods japan good and much more. All items priced. Not is OCLC or COPAC. J.. R. Andrews unknown books
180637539Washington D.C.: A. & G. Way Printers 1806. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. 4 pp. 8vo. Discusses whaling and the duty on American oil. Shaw & Shoemaker 11714. A. & G. Way, Printers unknown books
189228464Gwalior India 1892-93 1892. Paper browning but generally sound; chips and tears at the edges and folds; in very good condition. All approximately 34.5 x 49.5 printed on the recto only in ten columns. Each column serves a different purpose: serial number; date; name of the trader; number of bags; destination; number of wooden crates; weight; taxes; signature of the recipient; and instructions for the tax collector. Documents permitting and taxing the movement of opium by the Government of Gwalior. The name of the trader on one of the documents has been identified as "Bhakim Chand Pijara." These documents were sold in a single lot at Superior Galleries Los Angeles January 16 2001 Session Two lot 847. The translation was done by an academic in New Delhi India for a librarian at Stanford University on behalf of the previous owner a private collector. <br/><br/> Gwalior, India, 1892-93 unknown books
187638352Galena: D. W. Scott & Co. Steam Book and Job Printers 1876. Later issue of this edition with date hand-canceled in pencil to 1880. Printed pale violet coated paper wrappers with printed date of 1877. Wrappers chipped & soiled with lower corner lacking from front wrapper. Front wrapper also with the line after "The Property of" scratched-out. A Good copy of a rare livestock catalogue. 39 1 begins section on Bulls 40 - 47 1 blank pp. 5 inserted plates with tipped-in images of divers cattle "L. C. Corwine Del". 8vo. 8-15/16" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/> D. W. Scott & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers unknown books
181740639Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son 1817. 1st printing thus cf. Romaine p. 70 for a similar catalogue for March 1817. Publisher's printed self wrappers sewn. Disbound lacking other wrappers. Some dust soiling & age toning. Very Good. 23 1 pp. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>Carey beginning his career in 1785 was a monumental figure in the early history of US publishing. to quote Tebbel "Carey accomplished so many noteworthy things that it is difficult to choose which to mention. . Carey's influence on publishing history went beyond his list however. His success as a bookseller his efforts to organize the trade and to improve the distribution of books were as notable as what he published." Tebbel HISTORY v1 pp. 106 - 109. Carey took his son Henry Charles into business with him in 1817 so this a very early trade catalogue from one of the premier publishing firms of the early 19th C. Rare. M. Carey & Son unknown books
189547972San Francisco 1895. Ca 1895. Green cloth spine over elaborately lithographed glossy stock covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wear soiling & chipping to covers. About Very Good. 79 1 pp. Tall 8vo. 10-1/8" x 6-7/8" <br/><br/>We find OCLC recording one institutional holding the Huntington who dates the catalogue as 1888 however on page 14 advertising "New Regulation Forage Cap Badges" we find the statement "Adopted by United States Army April 12 1895 ." so we presume the catalogue issued shortly thereafter to accommodate the need to meet this new uniform requirement. Rare. hardcover 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
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
1814WRCAM38942London: Printed by R.G. Clarke 1814. 29pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Near fine. 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. Printed by R.G. Clarke hardcover books
183516876Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1835. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. Original red morocco-backed red cloth by Delauney with stamp with royal monogram on upper cover. Rubbed upper joint starting head of spine chipped. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. With a notation from John B. Murray that this "was one of 9 volumes presented by His Majesty Louis Phillippe King of the French to John B. Murray New York 1846 and is now given to his nephew Archie Murray June 1872." The last must have donated it to a library as there is a discreet gift notation in gutter following title and a subject heading in upper margin of title written in pencil. A good copy. De L'Imprimerie Royale unknown books
1871232330London and Derby: Bembrose & Sons 1871. First Edition. Lithographed title within an ornamental mirror frame showing carved fretwork 52 large woodcut designs several double-page on 31 leaves. 10 2; 10 pp. publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 4to. Publisher's blind-stamped green cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gold; with ticket "bound by Bemrose & Sons Derby." Very slight rubbing to spine tips and lower joint else about fine neatly rebacked. With Christmas inscription dated 1871 on the flyleaf. First Edition. Lithographed title within an ornamental mirror frame showing carved fretwork 52 large woodcut designs several double-page on 31 leaves. 10 2; 10 pp. publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 4to. Superb copy of this fine trade catalogue from Bemrose 1831-1908 author of A MANUAL OF WOOD CARVING which according to the author's Preface to this work had already entered its fourth edition. Bembrose & Sons unknown books
