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1860D4923Pennsylvania 1860s-1870s. Hardcover. Very Good. Ledger belonging to Levi Oberholzer manufacturer of cough medicines in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Reverse calf oblong 4to about 9.25-by-7.75 inches; spine stamped: RECEIPTS; contains hundreds of manuscript entries acknowledging payment for materials and ingredients for remedies many with attached revenue stamps plus numerous bank checks payable to Oberholzer's order. Offers a wealth of handwriting specimens and signatures pretty engraved checks and more from Philadelphia Boston and New York as well as smaller cities and towns in the northeastern United States. A nice example of the commerce of the period specific to health medicine and pharmacy. <br/><br/> hardcover books
185120015London: n. p. 1851. Folio printed on blue paper 10.81 x 8.63 inches 4 pages. Addressed in ink autograph to Messrs. Smith and Dove Andover Mass. with a canceled three cent U.S. stamp and a red round stamp for Boston 20 December. <br /><br />"The prospects for contract business during the approaching season may be considered favorable since the reports from the Interior respecting the crops are in every instance satisfactory." <br /><br />A detailed prospectus for Russian flax futures contracts and various other export goods with a list of goods exported from Archangel in 1851 from the merchant bankers Brandt & Sons which had agencies in Archangel Riga and London. <br /><br />The mailing address of this copy of the circular gives some idea of the international markets of New England textile mills; Smith and Dove ran an industrial spinning mill for linen thread in Andover. Prices are quoted in Roubles and Pounds Sterling at an exchange rate of 38d per Silver Rouble. <br /><br />A few small separations along old creases with loss of a letter or two; some light soiling and wear; in very good condition. n. p. books
185419994Chester England Oct. 17 1854. Stampless cover unlined blue folio 9.8 x 7.88 inches 3 pages plus integral address. Approx. 600 words. Clear ink stamps for Chester and Liverpool. <br /><br />"I have a little piece of poetry by me which you have not had and so I will send it. I do not know if you will like it but it is a favourite with some of my little friends and I thought it might do for the Child's Paper. It is of course my own." <br /><br />On securing the American evangelical ammunition needed for winning the hearts and souls of pious children in England. Knill the daughter of an English evangelical missionary to Jamaica India and St. Petersburg Russia who had settled later in life as a nonconformist preacher in Chester here writes to Russell S. Cook of the American Tract Society to request more children's publications and to alert him that she will submit a poem for publication in the <i>Child's Paper</i>. <br /><br />Though the Tract Society is not mentioned by name the letter is directed to Cook at the 150 Nassau St. address where the society had its headquarters from 1847 to 1858; see the AAS 19th Century American Children's Book Trade Directory. <br /><br />Knill's request for publications carries a hint of perhaps teasing impatience noting <br /><br />"I have never had any additional 'Child's Papers' and my friends are continuously inquiring for them. What shall I tell them That they need not expect any for you will not send them Then I want some other things from your side of the World if you would be so kind as to see that that they come. I want four copies of 'Songs for the little ones at Home' and one of those little books of hymns and tunes like that you had with you here out of which we all sang together the night before you sailed. Do you remember . . . Please make them all up into a big parcel and send them straight to me here as those Edinburgh people charge double carriage. Here is the list lest you should forget. 8 additional copies of the Child's Paper for each month in this year. 4 -- -- 'Song for the little ones at home.' 1 -- -- 'Hymn Book' " <br /><br />Knill sends news of a week of revivals promises more information on the old Providence House landmark in Chester and offers to settle her accounts as needed. Knill seems likely the author responsible for the anonymous short pieces datelined Chester Eng. in the early issues of <i>Child's Paper</i> as well as at least one piece published under the name "Mary Isabella" from Chester. Records suggest Knill appears was born March 28 1835 and baptised in November of that year baptism records that year have her name misspelled Knell; by the 1861 census she is listed as married to the noncomforming minister Charles Chapman. <br /><br />Outside panels sunned and somewhat stained; a little loss to one edge from the original seal present; in very good condition quite legible. With a preliminary transcript. books
187552425Montpelier VT: by the Company 1875. 12mo 19cm. Cloth-backed printed card wrappers; 152pp; includes text figures and full-page illustrations; 3 folding plates including large folding frontispiece. Last leaf and margins of title page slightly browned; mild crease to front wrapper; still a tight Near Fine copy exceptionally well-preserved. Handsome early trade catalog for this Vermont manufacturer containing detailed descriptions of machinery together with testimonials technical specifications lumbering industry statistics etc. Not in Romaine. OCLC notes two locations AAS Vermont Hist. Soc. by the Company unknown books
18520000528New York: the company 1852. First edition. Soiled foxed & spotted modest edge wear including a couple of small losses upper wrap partially separated previous owner's name in pencil at front wrap label pasted in at the last page of text apparently correcting an error in the address of a retailer good or better. 8vo 28 & 4 pp. with engraved frontis. Original printed wraps sewn with an illustration of distilling equipment on the rear wrap. Romaine; p.135. <br/><br/>Formed in 1847 the company was the family business of Samuel J.Tilden Governor of New York & 1876 Democratic nominee for president. Their most successful product known as “Tilden’s Extract†was extracted from cannabis indica & as described on p.21 “specially recommended for tetanus hydrophobia neuralgia gout rheumatism epidemic cholera convulsions hysteria mental depression insanity and uterine hemorrhage.†OCLC finds 9 copies under 4 accession numbers all but 2 with 28 pages apparently omitting the final 4 pages present in this volume which comprise advertising. the company paperback books
1900227800Philadelphia: 10 and 12 North 6th Street 1900. with 4 pp. Discount sheet laid in. Illustrated. 112 pp. Printed orange wrappers wrappers split at hinges else very good. with 4 pp. Discount sheet laid in. Illustrated. 112 pp. 10 and 12 North 6th Street unknown books
18956891Waynesboro Franklin Co. Pennsylvania: Frick Company Engineers 1895. Octavo 24 x 15 cm. 201 15 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with engravings and diagrams. FIRST EDITION thus of this trade catalogue for the Frick Company of Franklin County Pa. focused on their line of heavy machinery in refrigeration applications. Text black generally clean and bright. Head of spine bumped a bit. In publisher's gilt-stamped burgundy cloth with some rubbing. Generally very good or better. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies; Romaine records two other Frick Co. catalogues. Frick Company, Engineers hardcover books
18727549Geneva N.Y.: Graves Selover and Willard's Washington Street Nurseries 1872. Octavo-sized booklet machine sewn 23.5 x 15 cm. 8 pages. Title from cover. FIRST EDITION. Annual wholesale trade list of Graves Selover and Willard's Washington Street Nurseries. founded 1864-5. The catalogue is divided into a Fruit Department apples pears cherries plums peaches apricots grapes etc. and an Ornamental Department roses deciduous trees shrubs plants for hedges stocks and seedlings and grafted roots. A short section of novelties includes Ash Leaved Maple Variegated Imperial Cut Leaved Alder and Paul's New Double Scarlet Thorn. Washington Street also issued a series of lengthier trade catalogues. OCLC locates no copies. Graves, Selover and Willard's Washington Street Nurseries unknown books
18072759City of Washington: A. & G. Way 1807. 8vo. 7 pp. fold. table. <br><br>The petitioners seek to have Congress make Plymouth North Carolina a port of entry. The congressional committee recommends against it. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 14060. Removed from a library-style pamphlet binding and in new wrappers. A. & G. Way unknown books
1893171903Z. Takenouchi. 明治 26 1893. Striking black and white wood engraved illustrations 32pp 26.6 x 19.5cm very good copy. This is a fascinating catalogue of Takenouchi Safes from 1893 with detailed illustrations specifications and prices. Takenouchi was the first safe manufacturer in Japan and the business was very successful numbering the Royal Household and major companies amongst their clients. The idea of the business started soon after Yokohama was opened as a trading port. The founder's father an iron monger was asked to repair a British businessman's safe after it was damaged by fire. He learned how effective the safe was in protecting its contents from the fire. Since fires were frequent and hazardous in Japan his son Zenjiro Takenouchi founded the business to produce fireproof safes in Japan. The company obtained numerous patents and had the reputation for safes that were extremely robust and difficult to break-in. This reputation still survives today. <br> <br>The catalogue includes beautiful engravings of the company's shopfront factory and trademarks and of numerous versions of its safes. These show the thick steel doors which were elegantly decorated with distinctively Japanese designs including images of pine trees. The inner drawers of the safes were made of paulonia wood which protects the contents from humidity. The brochure gives specifications and prices weighing scales also illustrated details of the effectiveness of safes letters of appreciation from clients who managed to rescue their valuables from fire hazards and a list of businesses who used their safes. The clients included Mitsui Trading Company branches in China and India and Kanematsu in Sydney. . Z. Takenouchi. unknown
18493468374Edinburgh, Sutherland and Knox, 1849/51. Ca. 2313 S. New cloth (stamp on title page).
1820bb3229Janet et Cotelle Relié 1820 In-8, viij & 498 pp., : P. Levot dans sa : 'Biographie bretonne, recueil de notices sur tous les bretons qui se sont fait un nom' nous fournit de nombreuses pages sur la vie de Tollenare, page 902 à 908 en voici un extrait concernant l'ouvrage en question : 'Les questions si ardues et si complexes de douanes, d'intérêt de l'argent, de banques, d'emprunts, d'amortissement, y sont discuttées avec un talent qui porte le cachet de l'expérience unie à la connaissance des divers théories sur ces matières.' ; quelques rousseurs, bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
181642431Bruxelles M.-E. Rampelbergh n.d. around 1816. 8vo. Contemp. full calf foreedges of each board overlapping the foreedge by 3 cm. to protect the the numerous thin vellum tabs. Spine ends a bit worn. Spine gilt and a bit rubbed. Early annotations on inside covers. X276 pp. and many illustrations of different coins in woodcut. Long vellum tabs attached for easy turn-up. <br/><br/><em>A scarce commercial easy-reckoner for European merchants with attractive woodcuts of current and historic coins. </em> hardcover
181642431Bruxelles, M.-E. Rampelbergh, n.d. (around 1816). 8vo. Contemp. full calf, foreedges of each board overlapping the foreedge by 3 cm. to protect the the numerous thin vellum tabs. Spine ends a bit worn. Spine gilt and a bit rubbed. Early annotations on inside covers. X,276 pp. and many illustrations of different coins in woodcut. Long vellum tabs attached for easy turn-up.
18862091502135409106Not Available 1886. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 4 Not Available paperback
1879AQ21694London: E. Butterwick & Co. 1879. 32pp. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Edge-wear browned and spotted. The Butterick Company produced sewing patterns used to make clothing as well as numerous publications focused on fashion and home clothing design. The company began in 1863 with Ebenezer Butterick 1826-1903 a tailor from Sterling Massachusetts and his wife Ellen August Pollard Butterick 1831-1871 when they invented the graded sewing pattern which revolutionised the practice of home sewing. The plethora of available patterns represented in this catalogue include designs for ladies' cloaks basques over-skirts corset-covers and gored wrappers. . Quarto. [E. Butterwick & Co.] hardcover
186727767AMYOT, 1867, in-8°, P., Amyot 1867, 2 volumes in-8, CLXII-400 & 596p., 1 planche hors texte, reliures postérieures demi-basane bordeaux, dos lisses à filets (rousseurs, dos légèrement passés, bon exemplaire).
181523870paris 1815 une lettre (de 4 pages, une grande feuille pliée en deux) manuscrite à l'encre brune sur les 3 premières pages sur papier velin ligné filigrané, format : 20 centimètres de large x 25,5 centimètres de haut, adresse de la lettre au centre de la 4ème page à l'encre brune : à Mr Louis Admyraud à BEAULIEU par Mauzé (Charente-Inférieure), (lettre écrite par Mr Plessis), Paris LE 15 JUIN 1815,
182024296Montreal 1820. Quarto. 3pp. docketed on verso of second sheet. Old folds. Some separation at folds repaired with old tape. Minor paper loss to second leaf affecting a few letters of text. Manuscript letter from the large Montreal merchant house of Desrivieres Blackwood & Co. to the firm of Hamilton & Cummings based in Queenstown Ontario concerning the account of Berthelot & Rolette. The letter includes details of the amounts credited and drafted with the amounts given in both New York and Quebec currency values. With integral address leaf stamped at Montreal. unknown books
1820WRCAM42050Montreal 1820. 3pp. docketed on verso of second sheet. Quarto. Old folds. Some separation at folds repaired with old tape. Minor paper loss to second leaf affecting a few letters of text. Good. Manuscript letter from the large Montreal merchant house of Desrivieres Blackwood & Co. to the firm of Hamilton & Cummings based in Queenstown Ontario concerning the account of Berthelot & Rolette. The letter includes details of the amounts credited and drafted with the amounts given in both New York and Quebec currency values. With integral address leaf stamped at Montreal. unknown books
187017985New York 1870. Very good condition. Full color lithographed catalog page of the New York porcelain importer George F Bassett & Company showing 8 plates with in an "Wild Animal" series decorated with graphics of animals and the alphabet including one of the kangaroo. The company was founded in 1874; it had a factory in Limoges France and imported porcelain from Bohemian and Czechoslovakian factories. <br /> <br /> The plates are decorated primarily in brown and green- animals include tiger leopard stag elephant bear camel & lion. 9 1/4 x 15 3/4". Closed tear lower border lower left margin in the corner missing not affecting illustrated area. Very unusual. unknown
189149359Boston: Daniel Gunn & Co. Printers 1891. 1st Printing. Not in Romaine though see p. 96 for 4 later beginning 1896 Master & Wells catalogues / lists. Red paper wrappers printed in black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Modest wear & soiling a VG copy. 81 pp inside rear wrapper paginated as p. 81. Inside front wrapper as frontispiece. 16mo. 5-9/16" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/>A very comprehensive offering of things that sparkle and/or go boom. from "Small Chinese Fire Crackers" Box $1.75. P. 68 to "An Exhibition Collection Large Work Fire-work Exhibition Collection No. 12 A Town or City Exhibit. $200. . An excellent selection of high grade material and is suitable for a town city or club exhibit." p. 60. <br /> <br />While other years of Masten & Wells catalogues are represented on OCLC we find no holding of this 1891 printing. Daniel Gunn & Co., Printers unknown books
182115086Orné de quatre-vingt-huit gravures. Offrant la carte générale de la France, les cartes particulières des départements (rehaussées), les productions du sol et de l'industrie, les curiosités naturelles, les noms des hommes célèbres, etc. Par L.N.A*** et C.T**.A Paris, chez Lelong 1821.Belle reliure plein veau glacé de l'époque. Dos lisse orné et doré avec pièces de titres et de tomaisons bordeaux. Triple filet doré encadrant les plats. Tranches marbrées. Petit accident à la coiffe supérieure du T6. Dos du T1 restauré. Rares rousseurs. Bon état. Format in-16°(15x10).
189314034Genève, la Maison Ernest Meyer, [1893]. Grand in-4 de [4]-207-[5] pages, pleine percaline bleue avec décor en noir et titre doré au premier plat, décor à froid au second, dos muet.
18922092902138303162Tokyo Hirofumi-kan 1892. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 190p Size: 20cm Tokyo Hirofumi-kan paperback