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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
1773WRCAM14144Paris 1773. 4pp. Quarto bifolium. Light stain else good. Relates to various problems and disturbances in the port of Marseilles including fraud in the tobacco tax and trade. Not in Wroth. unknown books
19203351<p>Oversize quarto bound in the original printed wrappers. A fine copy with no wear or marks. 184 pages profusely illustrated with sheet metal building materials such as metal Spanish tile metal shingles roofing siding gutters awnings stamped and spun zinc and copper doors widows metal ceilings portable buildings etc. Great black and white photographs drawings and some color. An excellent reference source for the restorer.</p> The Edwards Manufacturing Co. books
1808WRCAM7297Washington 1808. 139pp. Dbd. Good. Prints the decrees etc. issued by Great Britain France and other "belligerent" countries including translations of French West India and Spanish decrees. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 16484. unknown books
1820WRCAM41367Washington 1820. 8pp. Dbd. Untrimmed. Stab holes in gutter. Tanned at extremities. Very good. A report from Thomas L. McKenney on the relations between Indian agents and Indians in Mississippi. He recommends forming closer trading bonds with the Indians so that they are less likely to destroy supplies and goods which they are wont to purchase. SHOEMAKER 3860. unknown books
19123342<p><b>HOME BUILDING BUNGALOW TRADE CATALOG </b> Los Angeles Investment Co. 1912 Oblong octavo 92 pages. This copy is in poor condition missing both front and back covers and likely the last page of text. The book is well used the title page has edge chips and soiling. Internally it is clean and a very suitable working copy. This book has home designs in the Arts and Crafts style about one per page with a black and white picture of the house and a floorplan with measurements prices and descriptions. It is amazing to see so many familiar California style homes pictured with nothing around them! No other houses not many trees it looks like the company built one house to a block took a picture and then sent out the salesmen with this catalog. A scarce item.</p> Los Angeles Investment Co. paperback books
18936177Montreal: The Gazette Printing Company 1893. First edition . Very Good/Valuable reference for the development of commerce in Montreal from the earliest times to the end of the 19th century. 23 cm; 225 pages and 20 half-tone plates 3 maps two of them folding. Extra half-tone printed title page. Bound in brown pebbled cloth. Slight fray at head; front free endleaf loose else unblemished and in very good condition! Signature of Dugald MacDonald on title page. The Gazette Printing Company hardcover books
197185213Manila: Bureau of Printing 1971. Hardcover. Good. 3 vols. frontises each section separately numbered. Contemporary blue boards with original wrappers for the various parts bound in. 29cm. Corners bumped. Advance Report No. 48 is not present -- we don't know which Province is missing in this set. We assume that these volumes were compiled from separately issued Advance Reports. <br/><br/> Bureau of Printing hardcover books
1803WRCAM14111Stockholm 1803. 4pp. Small quarto. Plain wrappers. Neat old bookplate else good. Regulates the tobacco trade. BELL S646. unknown books
18561319512New York: The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 316 pages; Fair; bound in brown cloth spine has gilt lettering front and back covers have embossing; binding has significant wear along the sides of the spine with tearing cracking and minor detachment throughout has severe damage at the top and bottom of the spine with large chunks missing at both ends has heavy discoloration has wear along the top and bottom edges with minor fraying and bumping on the fore edge corners front cover has pen markings; pages have heavy age toning have crinkling and minor detachment in several locations contains several fold out graphs; shelved case 13. 1319512. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York hardcover books
18704337Philadelphia: Haddock & Son Printers 1870. Bi-fold catalog 28 x 21.5 cm. 4 pages. Printed in blue and red. One engraved image of "The Excelsior Fruit Drop Machine". A catalog of confections offered by George Miller & Sons of Philadelphia. Decorative red border encloses product list. Items include cough confections Arabian gum drops and sticks fruit nuts jelly work rock candy chocolate sardines fancy toys and more. George Miller & Sons established in Philadelphia in 1833. Philadelphia was a large candy-making center in the 19th and 20th centuries. Philadelphia grew from having just four confectioners in 1800 to 117 large-scale wholesalers 418 retailers and 1011 places listed as corner candy stores just a century later. Fold creases otherwise near fine. Not in Romaine. Haddock & Son, Printers unknown books
19203349<p>Marietta Manufacturing Co. Indianapolis Indiana circa 1920 A large format 47 page catalog of options available for decorating the kitchen and bath in the 1920's. Beautiful color drawings of bathrooms kitchens breakfast rooms along with many color plates of sample designs for borders and decorated caps. The last ten pages or so are of wall decorations and industrial applications such as museum restrooms lobby areas etc. A bit of spotting to the front cover but overall a near fine copy.</p> Marietta Manufacturing Co. paperback books
19083340<p>Shattock and McKay Co Chicago 1908 <b>HOUSEBUILDING TRADE CATALOG </b>A substantial octavo of 460 pages bound in blue ribbed cloth with white letter and decoration on front cover and spine. Wear to extermities occassional damp staining but overvall a better than good copy. The book is profusely illustrated with detailed photos of building products interior pictures of installed products and line drawings. It has porch designs a beautiful section in color on parquetry floors plate and cut glass color illustrations of stained glass more than 10 pages in all styles and much more. An ideal manual for the house restorer or architect.</p> Shattock & McKay hardcover books
191320036Hartford CT: Pope Manufacturing Co 1913. Boston businessman Alfred Pope saw his first bicycle at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Enchanted by the invention he studied the manufacturing process and was soon producing bicycles from a plant in Hartford Connecticut and championing the development of better roads to ride them on. By the 1890s the Pope Manufacturing Company was making about 250000 bicycles a year. But Pope recognized that the automobile was the way of the future. "In 1896 he founded the Columbia Electric Vehicle Co. in Hartford and a year later demonstrated the world's first public production model electric-powered car. His production of 2092 cars some gas-powered in 1899 accounted for nearly half the automobiles made in the United States" connecticuthistory website. This catalogue advertises five different styles Touring Roadster Phaeton Limousine Coupe of the company's 1913 Model 31 a gas-powered vehicle with a powerful engine said to embody "all of those features thus-far perfected and deemed essential to a perfect motor car." Prices ranged from $2250-$3750. Today a restored Model 31 will set you back about $200000. 8.75 x 11.75 inches 7 pp in illustrated stapled wrappers. Some scratching and light soiling to front wrap internals clean. Very good. Not located in OCLC. Boston businessman Alfred Pope saw his first bicycle at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Enchanted by the invention he studied the manufacturing process and was soon producing bicycles from a plant in Hartford Connecticut and championing the development of better roads to ride them on. By the 1890s the Pope Manufacturing Company was making about 250000 bicycles a year. But Pope recognized that the automobile was the way of the future. "In 1896 he founded the Columbia Electric Vehicle Co. in Hartford and a year later demonstrated the world's first public production model electric-powered car. His production of 2092 cars some gas-powered in 1899 accounted for nearly half the automobiles made in the United States" connecticuthistory website. This catalogue advertises five different styles Touring Roadster Phaeton Limousine Coupe of the company's 1913 Model 31 a gas-powered vehicle with a powerful engine said to embody "all of those features thus-far perfected and deemed essential to a perfect motor car." Prices ranged from $2250-$3750. Today a restored Model 31 will set you back about $200000. Pope Manufacturing Co unknown books
19323340Markkleeberg-Leipzig 1932. Small octavo 74 pages plus insert with two post-cards. Text in German. Printed throughout in maroon. Illustrated catalogue for German food production machines and products specifically for bakeries ice cream and candy production. Detailed images throughout. Over one hundred items featured including such as: Holzlöffel wooden spoon Waffeln waffles Eis-Handwagen ice hand-wagon Friko-Elektra-Eismaschine 30 Liter 30 Liter Friko Electric Ice Machine and Papierbecher paper cups. In green wrappers with red text hole-punch to upper left corner otherwise fine. OCLC locates no copies. unknown books
19194838Hudson N.Y.: Gifford-Wood Co 1919. Octavo-sized booklet 84 pages. Illustrated. Trade catalogue of tools for cutting handling and storing ice. Includes a selection of field saws. In illustrated wrappers with an attractive image of people on a frozen lake. Attractively designed color wrappers are soiled and scuffed internally near fine. Generally near very good. OCLC locates just one copy. Gifford-Wood Co unknown books
19204801Barcelona: Orfebres de Espana Sociedad Anonima 1920. Tall brad-bound trade catalogue 23 leaves printed rectos only. Trade catalogue of flatware illustrated in various patterns. Some wear to the printed card-stock wrappers otherwise very good. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies. Orfebres de Espana, Sociedad Anonima unknown books
18607334Chicago: Cameron Amberg & Co. Printers; and Shober & Carqueville Lithographers 1860. Trade card 13 x 7.5 cm. printed both sides the verso in chromolithography depicting the interior of a dining car with tables set in anticipation of the passengers' meals. Text on the recto reads "These Dining and Restaurant Cars run on the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad between Chicago and Omaha are in all respects the most luxurious traveling conveniences on the American continent. A bottle of fine French wine is served for an additional fifteen cents with an Extra Fine Meal for which only seventy-five cents is charged. Passengers will bear in mind that these are not the commonly-called Hotel Cars with their attendant high prices and bed-room odors. Our Dining Cars are used for no other purpose. All meals on Overland Trains are served in them. A. Smith Sup't Dining Car Line." The company became the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad in 1866 the company changed names frequently. In the mid-1870s the company established its Chicago-Omaha route. As such this card likely dates between the mid-1860s and mid-1870s. The railroad became known for introducing the first "elegant" dining cars to passenger trains and the lithograph on this trade card by Shober & Carqueville Lithographers of Chicago exudes elegance indeed. No tears folds or bends; slight glue residue on back. Cameron, Amberg & Co., Printers; [and] Shober & Carqueville Lithographers unknown books
188343132London: Theodore Baxter Agent 1883. 1st printing thus. Original printed grey paper wrappers lacks rear wrapper. Age-toning with some edge-chipping to front wrapper. Unobtrusive paper repair along spine. About Very Good. 31 1 blank pp. Illustrated including a fold-out at front. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>OCLC records one holding institution of an 18 page pamphlet with this title. Theodore Baxter (Agent) unknown books
1892504Chicago Ill. U. S. A.: Thomas Kane & Company 1892. Oblong 8vo. 195 x 270 mm. 7 ½ x 11 inches. 43 pp. Illustrated throughout with lithographs many full-page images of launches and boating equipment. Bound in original green paper wrappers title on front cover vignette of a sailing launch on the back cover. Very good copy. Well-illustrated catalogue of launches and boiler engines produced in Racine Wisconsin by the Thomas Kane & Company who maintained a salesroom in Chicago. The company won a first prize for their steam boat launches sail boats and row boats at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. This catalogue issued the previous year illustrates many of the launches and boats that were part of the exposition and competition. Romaine Guide to American Trade Catalogues p. 66 listing catalogues for the years 1880 1885 and 1893. Outing an Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Sport Travel and Recreation. New York Vol. XXIV 1894 p. lxix. OCLC cites copies at Harvard and SMU. Thomas Kane & Company unknown books
188536110Chicago: The Jewelers' Journal Office 57 Washington Street 1885. 1st printing. Printed pink paper wrappers with cord 'hanger' to text upper left. Age toning to wrappers which show only light wear. A VG - Nr Fine copy of a rare item. 79 1 pp. Index inside front wrappers. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6" <br/><br/>A rare almanac focusing on the jewelers' trade. Not found on OCLC. The Jewelers' Journal Office, 57 Washington Street unknown books
45551New York n. d. 1st printing thus ca 1889 Romaine p. 213 incorrectly identifying the firm as "E. J. Denning. Printed buff paper wrappers stapled. Age-toning. Paper starting to separate along spine fold. Very Good. 48 pp. Illustrated with cuts. Oblong 8vo. 5-5/8" x 9-1/8" <br/><br/> unknown books
187029174Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird Industrial Publisher 1870. 1st edition thus. Not in Romaine who lists only one Baird catalogue 1879. Original printed pale salmon-colored wrappers. Index to inside wrappers. Wrappers stained primarily to extremities extending unobtrusively into text block upper margin. Paper rash to spine crown. Withal a VG copy. 81 1 pp. Last page blank. Woodcut vignette of scientific instruments to front wrapper. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>Rare bookseller trade catalogue; OCLC lists one institutional holding Harvard though noting a different NY bookseller on the front wrapper. Henry Carey Baird, Industrial Publisher unknown 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
189348551New York: Sudhaus & Erlenkötter 1893. 1st printing thus. Original pale green glazed paper covers printed in black. Later black cloth spine. General wear & soiling to covers. Some leaves at rear with dog-earred lower corners. Overall Very Good. 4 297 3 pp. Items presented in alphabetical order. Laid-in after p. 14 an advertising leaflet for a "Capital Dry Cell Battery" with mss note in bottom margin: Dz. $42 00/100 Net." Profusely illustrated with each instrument / item depicted. 10" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/> Sudhaus & Erlenkötter hardcover books
