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186187508Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1861. Later edition first published 1856. 12mo 18cm. Publisher's full morocco elaborately embossed with gilt titles and matching gilt devices to front and rear boards; all edges gilt; 300pp; frontispiece engraved extra-title and 4 inserted leaves of plates; 4pp publisher's catalog bound in at end of text. Mild overall rubbing with some softness to leather at head and heel; top edge gilt slightly oxidized; still a sound Very Good copy in a quite lovely mid-19th c. gift binding. Early pencil gift inscription to a Mary F. Sisson dated 1854. <br /> <br /> A religious and temperance miscellany mostly short moral tales with a few verse works interspersed. T.S. Arthur 1809-1885 is best-remembered for his hugely popular temperance trace Ten Nights in A Bar-Room and What I Saw There 1854 but he was an incredibly prolific writer churning out more than 100 titles between 1840 and the early 1880s. For the current work see WRIGHT II:150 recording one copy of an 1856 edition by the current publisher and another the same year from a Chicago publisher. H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss unknown
1890234021890. Very good overall. Card printed in English and Chinese with the name of the establishment in an elaborate type font. The company had locations in Chinkiang Nanking Wuhu and Kiukiang. It records "Bum Boat General Store Keepers Butcher & Bakers Commission Agents & c and Coal Merchants". <br /> <br /> This card hails from the period following the Treaty of Tianjin which ended the Second Opium War opened more Chinese ports to foreign trade and allowed foreign legations in the Chinese capital. "Bum boats" were small water taxis and boats used for short trips.<br /> <br /> Chinese text in 2 vertical columns to left and right of English text. Removed from an album with black paper adhering to verso. 4 1/4 x 2 3/4" unknown
185921288New York 1859. Good overall. Sales flyer with 10 different type fonts employed as well as 2 illustrations of the butter churns. The air pressure churn was patented in Lapham & Wilson NY; it was exhibited at the 1859 New York State Agricultural Society winter exposition. Printed on pale blue paper a bit of loss at upper left corner just affecting the "N" and "E" in "New"; a bit marked at front wrapper. With advertising text on the verso for the air pressure churn also with many elaborate type faces used. Not dated. Folded printed only on one side. 9 1/4 x 11 1/2" unknown
18908657Salt Lake City 1890. Trade card 8 cm x 11.5 cm printed on both sides. Near fine. Trade card for Salt Lake City's Valley House which was located at the corner of South Temple and West Temple the present-day site of Abravanel Hall. The building was originally constructed by Wilford Woodruff upon his arrival to the valley in 1847. It was converted into the Valley House Hotel in the 1870s before being demolished in 1915 to erect the Bamberger Bus Depot. The reverse prints 'Information for Tourists' which contains a brief description of the Temple Block the Salt Lake Theatre ZCMI Fort Douglas and other points of interest. unknown
1876212711876. Very good condition. Sales flyer for Poughkeepsie NY watch and jewelry dealer printed in black in many type fonts and with an advertisement on the verso for Arundel tinted spectacles early sunglasses.<br /> <br /> Many different type fonts are printed here advertising watches in gold & silver cases jewelry silver wars and clocks with the ad for the sunglasses on the verso. Arundel spectacles "have the power of arresting the heat-rays of solar or artificial light before entering the eye. They are violet colored yet so constructed that when applied to the eye appear colorless. With a testimonial from Judge T. R. Westbrook Kingston NY. 6 x 12" unknown
186027356Boston: Committee of the Boston Board of Trade on Immigration 1860. First edition. Removed. A very good clean bright copy with mail folds. Unpaged 1 pp. Sm. 4to. A letter from the Committee of the Boston Board of Trade on immigration informing its members that it has a "favorable opportunity of supplying employers in all branches of manufactures trade agriculture mining domestic services etc. with such help as they require. of a superior class of skilled labor from Great Britain." Committee of the Boston Board of Trade on Immigration unknown
189873941Government Printing Press 1898 Wraps. 8vo. First edition. 522 pp. Very good. Extremities worn. Some chips at spine ends. Illustrated with numerous fold out maps. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. Government Printing Press paperback
189678264Rochester N.Y.:: Chamber of Commerce 1896. First edition. publisher's illustrated wrappers. Old owner's address stamp inside the front cover and at head of title page. Small chips at a tape repair at the spine with a 1" piece of tape extending onto the cover illustration. 8vo. Illustrated cover by Harvey Ellis '96. Folding photographic frontispiece; illustrated throughout from photographs. Chamber of Commerce, unknown
186536606Theberton Suffolk U.K.: circa 1865. 1865. Good. - The closing 8 lines of a letter penned in black ink on part of a sheet of cream note paper 3-5/8 inches high by 4-3/8 inches wide. Signed "Thos. Milner Gibson". Folded for mailing approximately 1 inch from the top edge. The left edge is slightly creased. Good. <p>Gibson is writing to his correspondent about reports written by Walter Plowden the first British Consul to Abyssinia. "Perhaps his reports on Abyssinia may have been sent before he was made Consul in 1848 or 1849. If you could send me these to Theberton I should be very much obliged."<p>Thomas Milner Gibson 1806-1884 was a British Conservative politician who adopted Liberal views and became an ardent supporter of the free-trade movement. He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Manchester in 1841 and from 1846 to 1848 was Vice-President of the Board of Trade under Prime Minister Lord John Russell. From 1859 to 1866 he sat in the cabinet as President of the Board of Trade first under Lord Palmerston and then under John Russell. Gibson was a leader in the movement for the repeal of taxes on educational materials and his successful efforts on behalf of journalism and advertising were recognized by a public testimonial in 1862. He retired from political life in 1868. Gibson and his wife resided at Theberton House in the village of Theberton Suffolk.<p>British diplomat Walter Plowden 1820-1860 was the British Consul at Massawa in Eritrea at that time part of Ethiopia on the Red Sea coast from 1848 to 1860. He played a role in Ethiopian politics cultivating the friendship first of Ras Aliregent of the Ethiopian emperor and later of the emperor Tewodros. In 1860 he was murdered by a warlord hostile to Tewodros. His writings on Abyssinia were published by his brother in London in 1868. Theberton, Suffolk, U.K.: circa [1865]. unknown
184227637New York: J. P. Wright Printer 1842. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. Lacking the printed wrappers else a very good or better bright copy. 11 pp. 8vo. The Chamber argues for a "discriminating duty on foreign imports" as opposed to direct taxation to raise the funds needed by the Federal government. Presented at the 2nd session of the 27th Congress. OCLC locates two copies: Library Company of Philadelphia and Boston Atheneum. Sabin 54161. Amer. Imprints 423608. J. P. Wright, Printer unknown
1850402831st Cong. 2d Sess.: SED6. 1850. 43pp disbound light scattered foxing and wear. Very Good. <br /> <br /> On the misuse of the American flag in the African-Brazilian slave trade. The United States is "mortified" at this practice; the U.S. consul includes eye-witness reports. SED6. unknown
189218107France 1892. Very good condition. Trade card for the most successful cigarette merchant in Egypt Nestor Gianaclis named after the man who founded the Egyptian cigarette industry in 1871 when he set up a factory in the Khairy Pasha palace in Cairo. Gianaclis' cigarettes made with imported Turkish tobacco became so popular with the British officers stationed in Egypt that the company began exporting to the UK and eventually to Europe and the US. With gilt text and gilt highlighted chromolithographic illustrations of 9 medals Bruxelles 1891; Paris Calcutta Toulon and two crests De S. A. le Khedive d'Egypte at the left and at the right "Et de la Cour de S. A. le Prince Heritier de Grece. 2 7/8 x 1 1/2 unknown
1892285644Brooklyn: E.W. Bliss 1892. hardcover. very good-. Frontispiece pictures of the factory and of international medals won. Many full page & half page illustrations. 389pp. small 8vo flexible blue cloth back cover gently creased; small hole in spine light damp-stains on the bottom margins of a few pages. Brooklyn: E.W. Bliss 1892. Ninth edition.<br/> <br/> Bliss was the premier manufacturer of heavy industrial sheet metal.<br/> <br/> E.W. Bliss unknown
186928703Trenton N.J.: Printed at the True American Office 1869. 3.75" x 5.5". Original printed gold-colored wrappers stitched. 11 1 blank pp. Light wrapper wear Very Good.<br /> OCLC 55187463 1- Rutgers as of 3/12. Printed at the True American Office unknown
1858ZB377700Washington: 1858. 4 pp issued as 35th Congress 1st Session SRC 285; light chipping at spine now in self wrappers complete but good only; the open sea may be a common highway for the world but British armed vessels may not interfere with ships flying the American flag under the pretext of suppressing the slave trade or for any other reason Great Britain must be made to understand this and the Senate is ready to fully support the President in sending a naval force to the Gulf of Mexico to protect American commerce in those infested seas. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: unknown
1898500023028London: HMSO 1898. Hardcover. Good. library bound 555pp 149pp <br/> <br/> HMSO hardcover
1861ZB464786Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale 1861. large quarto 29.5 cm tall cxlii 589 pp library and ownership markings later half leather worn especially at spine and front cover detached text still well sewn and very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale, hardcover
1858Q1698Philadelphia: W. G. Chittick & Co. 1858. none. Good. Single sheet 10.75 x 8.5 inches printed recto-only. Blue paper with embossed mark in corner. Very Good with short closed tears at the edges of the folds and pinhole abrasion at the intersecting creases light sunning. An exciting variety of fancy goods with exotic French names and international originand domestic cotton products like Beaverteen and Kentucky jeans. <br/><br/> W. G. Chittick & Co. unknown
1828ZB353133Washington: 1828. 6 pp issued as 20th Congress 1st Session HR 49; light extraction roughness at margin age toning short tears in botton margin good only in self wrappers; when the petitioner's late husband shipped his goods on a American vessel illegally engaged in the slave trade he forfeited all claims to compensation when it was seized in Pensacola by the American Army even though his share of the cargo was not contraband. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: unknown
1890106522<p>Chromolithograph advertising and promotion cards various sizes from 3 ¼" x 3 ¼" to 6" x 8". Normal aging a little browning on reverse text on reverse of one card basically gone. A couple of colorful little girl and flower cards one an advertisement for Magic Yeast indicating E.W. Gillett as manufacturer. Fairly colorful lot. </p>
184017810Newport R.I.: James Atkinson 1840. 8vo 102 pp in original sewn wrappers. Very good with a corner missing from rear wrapper and occasional light foxing. First publication in this form; originally a series of articles published in the Newport newspaper Herald of the Times written in opposition to Van Buren's economic policies and in support of the Whig Party platform. Hazard 1797-1886 was a Rhode Island textile manufacturer and dedicated social reformer who favord protections for American domestic manufacturing as a solution to unemployment. He later published works on capital punishment and poverty issues. Sabin 31111 noting that the work "contains many facts relative to the early history of manufactories in Rhode Island"; Bartlett p. 148. James Atkinson unknown
18816797Burlington Vt: The Ferguson Manufacturing Co 1881. Cord-sewn booklet 17.5 x 13 cm. 14 pages including. Illustrated. Date from various testimonials. Trade catalogue advertising the bureau creamery with testimonials price lists and more. An advertisement for the Automatic Milk Faucet also sold by Ferguson and for Wells Richardson and Co. Perfected Butter Color. Very light edge wear otherwise fine. OCLC locates no copies. The Ferguson Manufacturing Co unknown
18858436New York: Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Co.; Macgowan & Slipper Printers 30 Beekman Street 1885. Booklet stapled in wrappers 15.5 x 12 cm. 136 pages. Illustrated throughout. Title from cover. Date from page of medals received. Stated "Fourth Edition". There were at least three distinctly different works with this title issued by the corporate author: 1890 72 pages with the Lalance and Grosjean Manufacturing Co name; 1891 32 pages an almanac not a trade catalogue; and this one undated ~136 pages a trade catalogue. Promotional combined trade catalogue and cookbook for Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Company manufacturers of kitchen ware. Illustrated descriptions of the wares typically two to a page face recipes. The recipes are decidedly Anglo-French not American and they lean towards more elegant fare. Illustrations include the Agate Iron Ware manufacturing plant on front wrapper verso an assortment of medals and awards and an image of a homemaker sitting in her kitchen surrounded by Agate Ware while consulting this cookbook. The front panel bears the printed promotional statement "Compliments of F. A. Walker & Co. Cornhill". In original chromolithograph wrappers decorated in a Japonisme-style. Small stain along bottom edge of text block bit of bumping to the corners. Wrappers worn at corners and with some wear to the bottom of the spine panel. Overall near very good. Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Co.; Macgowan & Slipper, Printers, 30 Beekman Street unknown
187469531San Francisco 1874. Paperback. Very Good. 30p. Blue wrapper. 22cm. Small label on corner of front cover. Laid in is a similarly-sized broadsheet titled "Communication from Leland Stanford to the Committee on Corporations of the Senate" which is dated in type Jan. 22 1874. paperback
188521259Des Moines Iowa: Racine Seeder Co 1885. Very good condition. Trade catalogue with engraving of the sowing machine broadcasting seed at front wrapper and illustration at rear wrapper of a farmer sowing seed by hand & a caption signed M. Manz. Text pertains to the efficacy of the machine with 7 cuts or schematic illustrations of the sower's key parts. 32pp pale peach wrappers with engraved illustration of the factory inside the rear wrapper. 4 1/4 x 6 1/4" Racine Seeder Co unknown
