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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
15202344New York: Dr. Jeanne Walter n.d. ca. 1915-20. <br /><br />24mo 5 3/4 x 3 7/16 inches; 143 x 88 mm 23 1 pages in printed stapled wrappers soft cover. <br /><br />An early 20th-century version of fat shaming: Dr. Jeanne Walter promises to reduce your "superfluous flesh" if you buy her medicated rubber garments. "Any physician will tell you that by inducing profuse perspiration you can reduce flesh relieve any kind of rheumatism skin diseases and many other ailments because it stimulates circulation and eliminates waste products through the pores" page 3. <br /><br />This pamphlet features a woman modeling such products as chin bust and abdominal reducers as well as jackets suits belts and pants. All in glorious black-and-white halftone illustrations. Most products are aimed at women although a page is devoted to a mustachioed guy wearing an abdominal belt that works by "stimulating circulation in the organs of digestion and by drawing out the uric acid from the system relieving any rheumatic condition that may exist" page 20. <br /><br />The pamphlet doesn't carry a date. But 1915 would have been the earliest date of issue based on an advertisement in The New York Times of October 3 1915 in which the company announced a new address of 353 Fifth Avenue the same address printed on the pamphlet. <br /><br />OCLC shows one institutional holding of a 1909 edition that carries a different title pagination and size at the American Textile History Museum Library. However there are no holdings of this edition. RARE. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some nicks and creasing to wrappers stains to lower wrapper rusting to staples tiny ink mark at bottom corner throughout. A Very Good copy. <br /><br /><br /> Dr. Jeanne Walter paperback books
8969One adult ticket to the the top of the "Top of the World-Trade Center Observatories". These are very rare as they were printed inside the world trade and they were used to go to the top without waiting in line you would give up the ticket once you went inside. Dated August 18 2001 only 23 days before the destruction of the towers. The ticket is blue printed on a image of the Twin Towers and The Statue of Liberty . In excellent condition. From 9/11 Charity auction. unknown books
6254Unbound sheets of black construction paper 17 x 14 cm. mounted with thirty-one chromolithograph trade cards. Two of the cards those for the Maison du Petit st. Thomas are die-cuts of an artist's palate. Mounting paper is worn and chipped at edges; though the cards are mounted the rectos of the cards themselves are very good. unknown books
19256596Paris: Boulenger; Imp. G. Bolan 1925. Stapled folio 28 x 38 cm. 2 3-24 leaves of plates; with an additional eight unnumbered plates laid-in loosely at back. A handsome trade catalogue from this maker of tableware with most designs representing a form of Art Deco. The first plate is a selection of monograph styles followed by plates of silverware serving vessels and implements tea and coffee sets and decorative table pieces including centerpieces table lighting and vases. Of the loose plates four of them appear in a different style and bear the imprint "Imp. Faucheax et Fils Chelles". Some light wear and fading to gilt-printed pale blue wrappers. Internally near fine. Scarce. OCLC records one copy with this title Victoria & Albert and five copies of all Boulenger trade catalogues. Boulenger; Imp. G. Bolan unknown books
193146405London: Henry Sotheran Ltd 1931. 1st printings. Printed buff paper wrappers. Age-toning. Most a bit cocked. Signs of use with occasional prior owner annotations. A couple with wrappers beginning to detach. Withal a solid VG lot. Catalogues range in length from 72 pp to 176 pp most ~96 pp. 8vo. ~8-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/>Decade breakdown: 1930s - 5; 1940s - 9; 1950s - 13; 1960s -1. Most catalogues with a thousand to two thousand entries from Acta Eruditorum Lipsiae 1683 - 1739 to Zuchetta Brescia 1600 as found in catalogue No. 825 1931. A vertible treasure trove of bibliophilic information - both descriptive & price history - primarily works of science medicine & chemistry as offered by the oldest antiquarian book firm still in business today. Henry Sotheran Ltd unknown books
40225New York: Durant Motors Inc n. d. 1st printing presumed. Printed paper wrappers stapled. Interior rear wrapper provide vehicle specifications as well as 6 dealer locations. Modest wear to wrappers with chip to upper portion of rear wrapper fore-edge. Vertical fold line. A VG copy. Unpaginated though 12 pages. Pages with pink & orange border. Illustrated with 14 different photographic-style images of 2 models as well as various aspects of the vehicles including passenger compartment engine clutch frame etc. Oblong format: 4-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/>Durant Motors Inc. a relatively short-lived automobile manfacturer established in 1921 by former General Motors CEO William "Billy" Durant following his termination by the GM board of directors. Initially the firm enjoyed some success primarily due to Durant's previous track record at General Motors but long-term sales proved to be less than necessary to maintain production economies and the firm went out of business in 1931. This a rare advertising brochure from Durant Motors; OCLC locates no copies of it and in fact only 2 Durant pieces are recorded by OCLC each in a single copy. Durant Motors Inc unknown books
1802WRCAM36248Washington 1802. 4pp. Dbd. Contemporary manuscript page inscription and early stain in upper outer corner throughout affecting some text. Minor foxing and offsetting. Good. Report on a House resolution that Thomas K. Jones a Boston wine merchant would receive drawback for Malaga wine he reshipped despite having added brandy for preservation. Shaw & Shoemaker locate two copies; OCLC locates none. Rare. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3406. unknown books
1930789341930. Hardcover. Very Good. First item: illustrations some color photos 332p. Second item: illustrations some color photos 324p. Original matching red cloth bindings. 25cm. Former owner's name a Presbyterian missionary in Thailand in both volumes. Calling card of Rear Admiral Mom Chao Thavara Mongolwongse first President of the Medical Association of Siam mounted on front pastedown of the second volume. Moderate scuffing and wear. No Jackets. Both volumes were issued for the Medical congress. <br/><br/> hardcover books
