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1829ZB480814Havre: Imprimerie du Commerce Alph. Lemale 1829. first edition; 4 vi 230 pp. printed paper wrappers dark and badly chipped at spine text age tined with speckling on late leaves partially unopened but becoming disbound name of previous owner John A. Stevens of the New York Chamber of Commerce on front cover scarce. - 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. Photos available upon request. Havre: Imprimerie du Commerce, Alph. Lemale, unknown
189486157Imprenta Navegación y Comercio 1894. hardcover. Bueno. Madrid 1894. Imprenta de Navegación y Comercio. Tela lomo piel. Ilustrado con numerosas láminas una desplegable fuera de texto. Sello anterior propietario. Contiene publicidad de la época. 23x16. 326 pp. Imprenta Navegación y Comercio hardcover
189775054New York: Knickerbocker Press 1897. Fifth edition. Octavo. 128 pp. Printed in red and black throughout. Numerous illustrations of the company's machines Some full page others vignettes. One fold out plan. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Minor extremity wear but a very good solid and attractive copy.John C. De La Vergne organized the De La Vergne Refrigeration Machine Co. The original intent was to manufacture refrigeration machines for breweries. His first machine had a 70-ton refrigeration capacity for Burr & Son Co. brewery in New York City. Soon the company was providing refrigeration for most of America’s best known breweries as well as some overseas. By the 1890s De La Vergne refrigeration was used by hotels restaurants dairies creameries chocolate manufacturers steamships and many more businesses.After De La Vergne died in 1892 the business was taken over by Jacob Ruppert who was interested in oil engines to meet the demand to power ice-making machines. “The result†said the 1936 issue of the Baldwin-Southwark Magazine “was the first commercially successful oil engine in the world.†In 1903 De La Vergne Refrigeration manufactured a 125 HP dual flywheel oil engine for display at the 1904 World’s Fair in St.Louis. (Knickerbocker Press hardcover
18435977New York City: H. H. Schieffelin & Co 1843. First Thus. Loose Sheet. Loose sheet printed verso and recto measuring just shy of 8 inches x 9.75 inches. Old folds now mellowed but with a nasty closed tear running down the middle of the sheet for 6.5 inches.Now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing. Included is a handsomely printed handbill 4 x 6 inches for a 1988 lecture on "Victoria Opium and Empire." by Frank. J. Novak M.D. presented at Stanford University's Fairchild Auditorium. Commodities report from the Schieffelin drug firm including the going rate for opium oil. Jacob Schieffelin and his brother founded their drug company in 1794; in 1813 the firm passed to his sons who renamed the firm H. H Schieffelin located at the intersection of John St. and Cliff St. in Lower Manhattan about two blocks from today's South Street Seaport Museum. That firm dissolved in 1848.<p>Other trade goods listed include agricultural produce soaps lucifer matches various gums sulphur asbestos ginger etc. A fine glimpse into daily American life and global trade.</p> . H. H. Schieffelin & Co unknown
188021257New York 1880. Very good condition. Brightly colored trade catalogue with elaborate use of type fonts at the wrapper printed in vivid red yellow blue and green. With a red stamp at front wrapper "For sale by Wm. Moore Poughkeepsie NY". Also a logo at front wrapper of a steer with a bit of a grin within a red circular border. Illlustration of the sack of Royal Bone Phosphate against a back drop of brightly flowering plants at rear wrapper. With text pertaining to the products on offer and illustrations. 6 x 4 1/2" not paginated. unknown
188888722New York: by the Company 1888. Folding sales brochure opening to approx. 8-3/8" x 17-1/2." Illustrated with line engravings on three panels with ornamental engraved title page. Faint vertical crease; mild edge-soil still a handsome Very Good or better example. Stamped in three places with the hand-stamp of a local retailer "J.S. Harah" of Uniontown PA. <br /> <br /> Quite charming illustrated brochure for this prominent 19th-century American importer and wholesaler of hats gloves and accessories. Rear panel features a portrait of HRH the Prince of Walesn later Edward VII "as he appeared at Homburg August Last Wearing Tyrolean Soft Hat" - a very early reference to the Homburg or Homborg hat that would become a ubiquitous men's topper through the first decades of the 20th century. by the Company unknown
18982034Chicago: Foster-Munger Co 1898. First Thus. Paperback. Poor. 8vo. Pp. 463. Frontis. photo portrait of Carleton Foster with tissue guard. Laden with line drawings and photos of fixtures and mill work for residential and commercial applications. The section on stained glass windows is illustrated in color. Bound in stiff illustrated wraps.A perforation through the book at upper left corner so the volume could hang from a hook in a business much like a phonebook for easy reference. Spine backing is missing book is totally shaken but complete with covers loose. Several leaves dog-eared. With the occasional rubber stamps of former owner George H. Cutter and Brother of Meadville Pennsylvania. Scarce. Presents all manner of interior and exterior woodwork including telephone niches stair works cupboards kitchen dinette features fireplace surrounds etc. WorlCat locates only two copies of this 1898 edition one at the Art Institute of Chicago the other at Virginia Commonwealth University. Foster-Munger Co paperback
183335264New York: George F. Hopkins & Son 1833. Wraps. Good. Disbound wraps. Approx. 8" x 5". 34 pages. Number 2016 marked out on the title page. Pendleton supports the development of manufactures and arts in America in the same years as the nullification crisis caused by 1828 and 1832 tariffs. He argues free trade is bad for the country and protection for the new industries is necessary. <br /> <br /> AI 19604; Sabin 3743n. George F. Hopkins & Son unknown
180236639New Providence Nassau Bahama Island: Port of Nassau Bahama Island Custom-house 1802. Document. Good. Document measures approximately 13" tall by 8" wide. Small tears at the folds. Printed form completed in manuscript certifying that Josiah Baker master of the Brigantine "burthen One hundred & Twenty tons" mounted with no guns navigated with Seven men American built and bound for Savannah Georgia having on board 1024 "Bushels of and and twenty of Fish part of the Cargo." With various signatures and seals dated "this Fourth Day of December 1802 and in the Forty third Year of His Majesty's Reign." Clean and bright. Port of Nassau, Bahama Island Custom-house unknown
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
188917253Chester Pennsylvania: Board of Trade. Very Good. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Pictorial frontispiece. Engraved illustrations of locations and portraits. Two small mended bottom edge tears that do not interfere with text. Text Is tight clean and intact. Located on the west bank of the Delaware River. 99 pages including 31pages of advertisements. Pennsylvania ; 8vo 8" - 9" ; 99 pages . Board of Trade hardcover
189140775Detroit: Rogers & Thorpe Publishers. Fair with no dust jacket. 1891. 1st Edition. Flexible cloth. Brown flexible boards with gilt stamping front panel remaining portion of rear panel detached heavy chipping and loss to covers with some soiling tearing to margins of final page. Else a complete copy here in fair to good condition being sold here AS IS. An uncommon early Detroit item with numerous biographical sketches of late nineteenth century businessmen and companies flourishing in downtown Detroit Michigan. With photographs of both people and businesses - residential homes Detroit Stove Works several tobacco companies Hudson's and other retail establishments etc. ; MCN33619; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 160 pp . Rogers & Thorpe, Publishers hardcover
188931647Atlanta: Printed at Constitution Job Office 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. 142 pages. MISSING THE CITY MAP. Brown cloth hardcover with black stamped advertisements and gilt stamped title on the front cover. Black imprinted advertisements on the back cover. Text is detached from the covers and spine. Map removed from the back cover leaving a cracked hinge. A purple stamp "Property of Radio Station WSB" stamped on the front paste down and on the rear paste down. Fair only. <br /> <br /> Contents include a brief description of history geographical climatic healthfulness centrality population railroads manufacturing mercantile and other Atlanta information. There is a contents section and an index to the advertisers. Several nice illustrated advertisements. A sample of advertisers includes the Atlanta Brewing Company Atlanta Cotton Mills Capital City Bank Gate City National Bank J. J. Maddox Spelman Seminary Whitehall Hotel and railroad advertisements. Pages are very clean. Printed at Constitution Job Office hardcover
189417996Holland 1894. Ephemera. Very good condition. Trade card for the renowned Dutch chocolate maker Van Houten which invented a treatment of cocoa to remove the bitter taste known as "Dutch process" chocolate. The inventions of Van Houten led to the mass production and world wide distribution of chocolate which took place in the nineteenth century. <br /> <br /> The front of the card with color map of Australia showing Western Australia Northern Territory South Australia Queensland New South Wales Victoria and Tasmania. The map shows Coolgardie but not Kalgoorlie. Verso with a dark green Art Deco border and Art Deco text font with data on Australia. Population is listed as 4006000. Below this is the heading "The six British Colonies united to form a Federation are": West Australia South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland Tasmania. Statistical information including the square miles and population are given for each of these colonies as well as the capital of each and its population. The number of Aborigines is listed at 230000. 3 7/8 x 3 3/8". Corners very gently rubbed. Not found on Trove. unknown
1880118360Bendigo: The Company 1880. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Bendigo The Company 1880s. Quarto 8 pages with 6 illustrations of footwear and a large illustrated advertisement. Salmon-pink title-wrappers; acidic paper now brittle with a few edge tears and chips and minimal expert conservation in two spots; a very good copy. The catalogue record in Trove suggests 1895 but it also calls for 6 pages and says Bendigo is in NSW! Curiously newspaper advertising for J.H. Abbott and Co. Tanners & Curriers seems to cease in 1889 but we can find nothing to indicate if they went out of business then. The Company paperback
18962111902160500899Not Available 1896. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: A5 138p Size: There are name marks etc. Not Available paperback
1896009573Falmouth: Board of Trade and Industry Falmouth Mass. 1896. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. This is the very scarce1896 first edition not the 1976 reissue. Maroon cloth boards with gold lettering. Very good condition. Top 3" of the front hinge is loose. Text pages are clean with no foxing or other major flaws. box 147 <br/> <br/> Board of Trade and Industry (Falmouth Mass.) hardcover
18862081402109703059Kansendo Yurindo 1886. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Kansendo Yurindo paperback
1858ZB464782Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale 1858-1860. 2 volumes folio 35 cm. tall vi 473 pp. viii 449 pp later red quarter leather bindings lightly rubbed but a very good set; largely tabular without commentary or interpretation. - 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. Photos available upon request. Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale, hardcover
1883145921883. A series of 6 individual collectible cards depicting the story of an owl "husband" who stays out late & faces the wrath of his owl "wife"; with gilt borders and titles beneath each illustration reading "Well I should screech; that Owl man is not home yet" "The house is late what shall I say to the Owl woman" "Been to the club have you I'll see that you have club enough" Take a back seat will I I'll let you know whom I'm glaring at" "It will take a pair of Gold Bracelets and a Seal Skin Sacque to repair the havoc of this unhappy night" and "Owl man and Owl woman Owl maid and Owl bach They are happy once more Tho' they've had many a scratch". With a listing on the back of each card of A & P's Branch Houses in the United States including a separate list for New York City. 3 x 4 1/2 " very good. HKD1125. unknown
1888009299Washington D. C: U S Government Printing Office 1888. 354pp. Includes annual reports on the various railroad companies. Pages lightly yellowed. Previous owner's name and 1889 date inside front and back covers. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. U S Government Printing Office hardcover
182975517New York: Albert Grosfield Inc. 1829. First edition of this Early Grosfeld catalog. The wholesale price list is 4 pp. and printed on rectos only. The printed paper wrapperstwo brads split to upper spine tell us that Albert Grosfeld's main showroom was on Third Avenuce in New York City but he also had showrooms in Chicago and Los Angele. Is is accompanied by 100 placards showing the furniture on offer. Each card measures 7 5/8 by 9 1/2 inches and bears a photographic illustration of the piece along with a printed description stock number and dimensions As follows: 1111/20150 Adam Satinwood Writing Desk hand-decorated leather top. MADE IN ENGLAND. H. 38". W. 42". D. 23". Very good condition.The company seems to have specilaized in high end reproductions of antique furniture. They survives the Gfreat Depression and mwere quite active in the Mi-Century Modern Movement. Albert Grosfield Inc. hardcover
18819346New York: the company; Neuman & Dinglinger Lith 1881. Trade card 15.5 x 8.7 cm. Recto is a chromolithograph printed in red pale blue and gold; verso printed in red and black. A trade card advertising the G.H. Mumm Champagne imported by Fred de Bary & Co. located at the time at 43 & 44 Warren Street in New York City. The card lists the comparative quantities of champagnes brought into the United States by various importers. Of a total of 214 732 cases of the bubbles G.H. Mumm & Co. tops the list at 69 308 cases. Near fine. the company]; Neuman & Dinglinger, Lith unknown
18876832Providence R.I.: the company; Geo. F. Chapman Printers 27 Pine Street 1887. Bi-fold handbill 21.5 x 15 cm. 8 pages plus folded broadside. Illustrated. A small trade catalogue promoting barrel trucks wheeled racks which hold barrels and allow them to be moved around a warehouse or shop. Illustrated with two full-page images interior scenes of a “wholesale liquor store†and of a “retail grocery†each showing the barrel trucks in use. The broadside folded inside is a list of first-year purchasers of the “1665 Barrel Truck†and is torn at the edges. The handbill itself is fine clean and bright. Unrecorded. OCLC locates no copies. the company; Geo. F. Chapman, Printers, 27 Pine Street unknown
189336600Denver: News Print 1893. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy small chips on the corners of the wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. The Denver Chamber "protests against this circular of the City of Hartford challenges the truth of every assertion of its preambles and asks that those whose judgment may have been affected to examine the actual facts in the premises." OCLC shows only seven copies all but one east of the Mississippi. News Print unknown
