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1835174462Chalons: Boniez-Lambert Imprimeur Libraire 1835. 1st Edition in this form. Paperback. Good good paperback copy. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Unread and unopened copy. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 84 pages; Physical desc.: 84 p. 22 cm. Notes: Public Meeting: society of agriculture trade science and arts of the Marne. Language: French. Chalons: Boniez-Lambert, Imprimeur Libraire paperback
1865354277Detroit 1865. 8pp. printed in double columns. Dbd. Separating a bit at folds else very good. 8pp. printed in double columns. Dbd. An interesting post-Civil War economic tract this vigorous attack on the principles of free trade appeals to farmers workers and mechanics in the West and Northwest to push for protectionist trade policies. Ward contends that only by raising duties on imported goods can the United States "keep the principal part of our coin at home." <br/><br/> unknown
1898232100Bellows Falls VT: Vermont Farm Machine Co 1898. Illustrated with wood engravings. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed pink wrappers with slight wear and soiling a few tears and one crude repair; internally clean. Illustrated with wood engravings. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sap Evaporator. <br/><br/> Vermont Farm Machine Co unknown
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
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
188436091Atlanta 1884. Broadside 6" x 9-3/8". Fine. <br/><br/> A new firm was birthed by J.M. McCombs F.M. McCombs and George Taylor of Boston "under the firm name of McCombs Taylor & Co. and will continue the business of the Atlanta Machine Works in all its various branches. Our Mr. Taylor who will have charge of the Mechanical Department of our works is an inventor of Machinery Draftsman and Mechanical Engineer of over twenty years experience. We are prepared to build Engines and Boilers Gold Mills Pulleys Shafting and Hangings Switch Stands and Railroad Castings Elevators and Hoisting Machines Steam Pumps." and other stuff too. unknown books
188336090Atlanta 1883. Broadside 5-3/8" x 8-1/2". Very Good. unknown books
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
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 books
1817WRCAM12769New York 1817. 32pp. Gathered signatures. Titlepage and p.32 bit dust soiled else very good untrimmed and unopened. Advocates an increase in commerce and manufacturing while decreasing their costs. The address is signed in print by the Committee of Correspondence which included Samuel L. Mitchill. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 39988. unknown books
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
1808WRCAM9314New York 1808. 92pp. Dbd. A few leaves foxed dampstain to gutter of a few leaves. Hole in two leaves affecting a few letters of text with a closed tear to another leaf. Good. First American edition. Discussion of trade between America and Great Britain including mention of the West Indies and the problem of smuggling. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 15238. unknown books
1865WRCAM29886Detroit 1865. 8pp. printed in double columns. Dbd. Separating a bit at folds else very good. An interesting post-Civil War economic tract this vigorous attack on the principles of free trade appeals to farmers workers and mechanics in the West and Northwest to push for protectionist trade policies. Ward contends that only by raising duties on imported goods can the United States "keep the principal part of our coin at home." unknown books
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
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 books
182918792Washington 1829. 8vo. 33 pp. <br><br>February 16 1829.Read ordered to lie on the table and be printed." Government document: 20th Congress 2d Session. 79. Removed from a nonce volume. Pencilled numeral in top right corner of p. 1. Foxed. Very good. unknown books
181011376Washington City: Pr. by R.C. Weightman 1810. 8vo. 13 pp. <br><br>The Chamber urges renewal of the charter of the Bank of the United States 1791-1811. The memorial is signed by William Fitzsimons "and one hundred and one others. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 21725. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; light foxing. Good condition. Pr. by R.C. Weightman unknown books
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
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 books
