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189937004Homer City PA: Prairie State Incubator Co. Lithographed by Seiter & Kappes NYC 1899. 1st edition thus. No copies located on OCLC. Full color chromolithographed paper wrappers. Rear wrapper depicts 6-5/8" x 9-1/2" color image of "The Largest Incubator and Brooder Works in the World.". Average wear. Paper chipped at spine ends. A VG copy. 128 pp. Profusely illustrated with much in color. 11-1/4" x 8-1/8" <br/><br/> Prairie State Incubator Co. Lithographed by Seiter & Kappes, NYC unknown books
186610295New York 1866. 8vo. 14 pp. <br><br>On the Empire State's participation in the 1867 World's Fair and Universal Exposition. A very scarce report. We trace no copies via WorldCat. Without wrappers. Corners and edges with a little bumping. Outer pages lightly soiled. First page with a few notations in ink and pencil. unknown books
1808WRCAM7296Washington 1808. 111pp. Gathered signatures stitching undone. Untrimmed. Tanned and lightly dampstained. Some gnawing to top margin of last 20 leaves or so text unaffected. Else good. Outlines the troubles in foreign trade reiterating the suspension of the embargo laws and reprinting extracts from many relevant letters some between Pinkney and Madison. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 16472. unknown books
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. <br/><br/> paperback books
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 books
189741312San Francisco: California State Board of Trade 1897. 1st printing. Color illustrated printed paper wrappers. Significant wear to wrappers some scuffing and soiling chipping to edges. Paper age-toned. Withal an About VG example. 152 2 pp. Color frontis b/w intratextual illustrations & folding color map within. 10-1/4" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/>"Early History; Commercial Position; Climate; Scenery; Forests; General Resources; Irrigation; Mining; Agriculture; Horticulture; Olive Culture; Citrus Culture; the Sugar Beet; Raisin Growing; Transportation; Fruit Canning; Dairying; Poultry Raising; Floriculture; Live Stock; Sheep Husbandry; Forage Plants; Education; Religion; Political Status; Immigration; California and the Insane; Lick Observatory; SAn Francisco; Statistical; Gold Production; Land Values." Rare in the trade. California State Board of Trade unknown books
1896173503Chicago: Local Alliance no. 72 of The Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance 1896. Eight page newspaper 6x9 inches pages 1-4 roughly opened single printed sheet folded to form a small 8 page newspaper newsprint browned. STLA was associated with the Socialist Labor Party. This issue includes election news and both the local and national slates and a call for a local rally. Local Alliance no. 72 of The Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance unknown books
188132777Albany N.Y.: Van Benthuyson Printing House 1881. Cf. Romaine p. 19 for other catalogues issued by this Hoosick Falls NY manufacturer. Printed green wrappers stapled. General wear & soiling. Agent ink signature to bottom of front wrapper. Occasional po pencil annotation. A VG copy. 32 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Van Benthuyson Printing House unknown books
18806512East Liverpool Ohio: the company; Simms Steam Print 1880. 16mo single sheet uncut & folded to form 10 pages; illustrated. Net price list of decorated ware with descriptions of Toilet Sets Tea Sets Decorated Ware Covered Jugs Molasses Cans Etc. Knowles Taylor and Knowles was formed in 1870 though its antecedents date to 1854. By the early 1870's the company specialized in Iron Stone China and operated four kilns. One horizontal fold light edgewear with some tiny losses slightly foxed & soiled. Still very good. OCLC locates no copies. [the company]; Simms Steam Print unknown books
1879106415<p>Pamphlet 8vo cloth covers gilt title on top cover illustrated 80 pp. Some cover and edge wear center margin tears throughout not affecting text or illustrations by pre drilled hole in pamphlet normal aging and browning; otherwise very good. Somewhat scarce brush catalogue from the 1870s. Whiting started making brushes in the 1850s and by 1868 he had a stand-alone brush business that included other family members. The company expanded a great deal and was considered one of the best brush makers by the 1890s. By the time of John Whiting's death in 1892 it was probably the largest manufacturer in the United States. This attractive little catalogue includes an engraving of the Whiting factory and images of the brushes they made. A complete price list is included. </p> books
186245055Syracuse 1862. 1st Printing presumed. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Faint fold-lines. Bit of age-toning and edge rash. Overall Very Good. Single sheet broadside leaflet. Testimonials dated 1862 occupy the bottom half of the circular. Illustrated with a cut of the device. 10" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/>"It has become a matter of great importance to Farmers that some way should be devised to Cut Vegetables rapidly and cheaply for Feeding Stock and especially that the Vegetables should be cut in such shape as to be most favorable for the Stock." This that device or so the manufacturer asserts. unknown books
189051050Various places 1890. mostly boys with simple tackle as pictured on nine advertising trade cards most 3 x 4 inches for New England businesses one from New Jersey primarily clothing concerns but including an organ manufacturer soap manufacturers a confectioner and a dye house; advertising copy printed on the verso of four cards. Some rubbing but a very good lot. For the nine trade cards $100. <br/><br/> hardcover books
188537510Meriden CT: Lithograph copyright by J. H. Bufford's Sons 1885. Printed by Horton-Printer 1885. Folding trade card 4 pp. Folded to 3" x 5." Colored in pink and pale green inks. Lithograph of the Washington Monument surrounded by trees and sightseers. The inner pages describe the firm's Clothing Department and Tailoring Department. The rear page describes the Hat Trunk and Furnishing Departments. The description is surrounded by views and descriptions of "Comparative Height of Various Structures in the World." Fine.<br/><br/> The firm was a major clothier in Meriden Connecticut in the late 1800's.<br/>Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica 1555-1977 Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies University of Pennsylvania. [Lithograph copyright by] J. H. Bufford's Sons, 1885. Printed by Horton-Printer unknown books
188529001127New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving of New York 1885 - 1886. This was a dry good business that acted as middlemen between the manufacturers and retailers of dry goods. Additionally he founded the Continental Bank of New York in 1870 along with Jacob H. Schiff Marcellus Hartley Robert L. Cutting and Joseph Seligman. Two items advertising the memorial of Horace Brigham Claflin who was an American merchant who founded the Bulkley & Claflin Company later after Claflin's death it became known as H. B. Claflin Company. Over the years this bank was acquired many times and is still in existence today under JP Morgan Chase. The first item is apparently from the Dry Goods Bulletin which serves as an memoriam/obituary for Claflin. The front side has an engraving of Claflin as well as his birth and death dates December 18 1811 - November 14 1885. The back side has a description of his life. Measures 14 1/4" x 12 3/4". The second item is a 16 pg. booklet done by the New York Chamber of Commerce that is the minutes of the meeting following Claflin's death as well as a biographical sketch of the man. The booklet states that "Mr. Claflin was one of the great merchants which the present century has produced and his life and character present a striking illustration of the maxim 'Act well your part there all the honor lies.' " pg. 3 The meeting end with several resolutions one of which was "the entire community of dry good merchants are called upon to mourn the loss not only of the most eminent member of their profession but also of a true friend." pg. 11 #1 This was accomplished when on the day of his funeral "the wholesale stores and commission houses throughout the dry goods district in New York City closed at noon and business was suspended. That portion of the City usually so active and busy was silent and deserted." pg. 15 The booklet also includes a portrait engraving of Claflin. Black covers. Measures 9 1/4" x 6" <br/><br/> Atlantic Publishing & Engraving of New York unknown books
189443553n.p.: Hartman & Cadick 1894. First editions. Self wrappers. Good to very good. 8 pp. 8 pp. 8 pp. 8vo. The mid-term elections of 1884 were a disaster for the Democrats led by Grover Cleveland. Republicans and Populists in large part due to the efforts of Joseph Weeks Babcock 1850-1909 a Republican Congressman from Wisconsin who helped organize the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee in 1893 and was a major force in routing the Democrats in the 1894 House elections which cost the Democrats 113 of their 218 seats. They are most likely printed by Hartman & Cadick Republican printers. All follow the same format of quoting leading figures and using bold face type. 1: Caption title "If the Laboring Class be to Perish I Say the Whole Nation." A the head of the title: No. 1 - From the Congressional Record. The caption title is from the English Reformer William Cobbett followed by "You cannot reduce the laborer to a state of starvation and degradation without also destroying national prosperity" a quote from Joseph Norton Dolph 1835-1897 Senator from Oregon from one of his many speeches quoted here. OCLC locates only a single copy at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. A very good copy docketed on front wrapper mail fold. 2: Caption title "The industrial side of the tariff controversy must not be overlooked. The four millions of people who work in our factory system are the most potent factors outside of agriculture in our civilization." - Hon. J. W. Babcock Wisconsin. A the head of the title: Record No. 3. Apparently unrecorded. We could find no copies in OCLC NUC or other reference sources. Chip to front wrapper else very good with docketing stamp. 3: Caption title "When you Rob the Laboring Men of their Employment you Rob the Farmers of their Customers." The quote from the caption title belongs to Charles Curtis 1860-1936 Republican from Kansas who would go on to become Hoover's Vice President. OCLC locates one copy at the Western Reserve Historical Society Library. A good copy browned some minor chipping docketing stamp on front wrapper. [Hartman & Cadick?] unknown books
187427269Portland Maine: Printed by B. Thurston & Co. 1874. First edition. Paper wrappers. Chips to spine and wrappers else a very good copy. 63 pp. 8vo. OCLC shows 5 copies of this edition. Engraving of Portland on the rear wrapper. Printed by B. Thurston & Co. unknown books
1893285158Brooklyn: Schaeffer & Budenberg 1893. hardcover. very good. Injectors and Ejectors and Steam Engine and Boiler Appliances in General. Many Illus. 166pp. 8vo original brown cloth. Brooklyn: Schaeffer & Budenberg 1893. Very good<br/><br/> Schaeffer & Budenberg unknown books
1846402129th Cong. 1st Sess.: SD377. 1846. 248pp disbound light fox. Very Good. <br/><br/> A detailed review of "the state of things on the coast of Africa" the activities of England in "checking the African slave trade" and the roadblocks to establishing a treaty with the U.S. in that regard. British board-and-search tactics so reminiscent of the objectionable practice that helped bring on the War of 1812 were a major obstacle to such a treaty. SD377. unknown books
187927274Syracuse: Syracuse Lithographing Engraving and Printing Co. 1879. First edition. Paper wrappers. Some chipping to spine else a very good copy tanning at edges. 59 pp. adv. 5 pp. Illus. with 4 b/w engravings. 8vo. Tipped-in complements from the Secretary P.H. Agan. A complete portrait of Syracuse with discussion of education the University founded just ten years earlier and the business sector. A subtle piece of boosterism. Some nice advertising engravings. OCLC shows only 3 copies. Syracuse Lithographing, Engraving,, and Printing Co. unknown books
1897503Holyoke Mass U. S. A.: Dean Steam Pump Company 1897. 8vo. 205 x 135 mm. 8 x 5 ¼ inches. 132 pp. Illustrated throughout with half-tone images and diagrams. Original stiff blue paper wrappers with title printed in gilt on the front cover and company name on rear cover; chipped at head of spine and cracked in lower part of spine sewing of the text block weak call number in white ink on spine; bookplate of the Engineering Societies Library of New York. Dean Steam Pump is one of the most respected brands in its industry. Established after the Civil War the company under various ownerships has produced reliable and industrial grade pumping systems and over time has introduced innovations that have been become standards for the entire trade. In the 19th century the company made the transition from steam to turbine to electric pumps and produced vacuum pumps air pumps circulating pumps etc. for such diverse businesses as maple sugar companies to petroleum refiners. Romaine Guide to American Trade Catalogues p. 297 cites an 1890 edition published from the New York Offices and this edition published in 1897. OCLC only cites one edition published in Indianapolis in 1894 in one copy. George Frederick Gebhardt Steam Power Plant Engineering New York John Wiley 915 p. 618. Dean Steam Pump Company unknown books
18707159New York City 1870. A tri-fold circular 18 x 9 cm. when flat. Alas not illustrated. A small handbill-sized trade catalogue with an introduction by B. Staubach followed by information on Miles' "Challenge" Butchers' Meat Cutter Bell's Improved Ham Pump the "Challenge" sausage stuffer the Plunger sausage stugger various lard presses and butchers' fixtures. Each with a narrative description some with pricing information. The verso includes testimonials information on Steam Engines and the Upright Steam Engine and locations of the Miles' Challenge Meat Cutter. Near fine. unknown books
18736783Ogdensburg New York: Republic and Journal Steam Presses 1873. Octavo-sized booklet in stapled wrappers 18 x cm. 24 pages. Illustrated. Title and publication information from wrapper. First edition the issue for the New York patent a Vermont issue was published by the Poland Steam Printing House of Montpelier. A trade catalogue for a simple but effective piece of dairy equipment used to cool the milk and separate cream usually as part of the butter making process. The milk pans themselves are illustrated on the rear wrapper panel. A bit of edge wear to a few leaves. In printed pale salmon wrapper edge chipped and lightly soiled. Scarce. OCLC records no copies of this issue and just one issue of the 1873 Montpelier issue and two issues of the 1874 Ogdensburg issue. Republic and Journal Steam Presses unknown books
1897505Dover Kent England: W. J. George 1897. 4to. 285 x 225 mm. 11 x 8 ¾ inches. 24 pp. Illustrated throughout with lithographic images of sporting rifles and equipment. Original green coated paper wrappers title information and images I gold ink on front cover; wrapper edges rubbed with minor tears paper spine rubbed away wrappers nearly detached. Attractively produced gun catalogue issued by one of Great Britain's most storied rifle manufacturers and gunsmith to the Queen. The illustration are highly detailed especially for the various shot guns offered for sale. Jonathan Ulhman. Bibliography of Books on Cartridges or Ammunition International Ammunition Association Inc. p.1. https://cartridgecollectors.org/. W. J. George unknown 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
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 books