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2010x-0521768837Cambridge Univ Pr 2010. Hardcover. New. 573 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2011x-1107007615Cambridge University Press 2011. Hardcover. New. 621 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. Cambridge University Press hardcover
2004x-0521829836Cambridge Univ Pr 2004. Hardcover. New. 2001 edition. 628 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2008x-0521896576Cambridge Univ Pr 2008. Hardcover. New. 510 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.50 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2008x-0521896584Cambridge Univ Pr 2008. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition edition. 490 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.50 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2003x-0521828562Cambridge Univ Pr 2003. Hardcover. New. 2000 edition. 532 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
77306New York NY.: Sweet's Catalogue Service. Very Good. Hardcover. The books in this 4 Volume set are all hard-bound in green cloth with black stamping on the upper covers and spines. The covers show light scuffing and light edge-wear. The bindings are solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations but also with some foxing to the fore-edge of Volume I. . Sweet's Catalogue Service hardcover
188076931New York: G. B. Bunnell's Museum ca. 1880. Trade card measuring 7 x 3 3/4 inches. Printed in color one one side with informative text on the verso. Excellent condition of this scarce dime museum trade card.As B. T. Barnum gained a foothold in proper society he gradually let go of his famous American Museum really just a euphemism for a freak show. In 1876 Bunnell a protege of Barnum opened the New American Museum at Broadway and 9th in New York to continue the tradition. He soon lowered his price from a quarter to a dime ad his became the most successful dime museum in the country. Choung Chi Lang along with his wife "by special permission of the Minister of China was one of Bunnell's chief attractions. Lithographed by H. A. Thomas. G. B. Bunnell's Museum unknown
176428707Paris: Aux dépens de la Compagnie 1764. 1 vols. 12mo. 19th century marbled boards paper manuscript label. Blanks at front and back removed marginal repair to title some soiling at front and back else very good with the signature of La marquise des Armoises d'espineaux with the 1765 date throughout. 1 vols. 12mo. Not in Kress Aux dépens de la Compagnie unknown
1814List3201Birmingham United Kingdom 1814. Copper medal measuring 1 ½ inches in diameter. Appears Very Fine. A copper medal commemorating the passage of the United Kingdom’s Slave Trade Act 1807 produced for distribution in Sierra Leone. One side depicts a European and an African man shaking hands and reads “WE ARE ALL BRETHREN†and exergue: “SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED BY GREAT BRITAIN 1807â€. The reverse is inscribed in Arabic and reads translated “Sale of slaves prohibited in 1807 Christian era in the reign of George the Third; verily we are all brothers.†The 1807 act did not abolish slavery but rather criminalized British participation in the African branch of the slave trade; it was enforced by the Royal Navy’s West Africa Squadron in the so-called Blockade of Africa. The squadron was based in Freetown Sierra Leone’s capital and would bring freed people from intercepted slave ships to the city. unknown
194162799Toronto ONT: Champlain Society 1941-1944. Three vols. Thick 8vo. cxxviii 374 2 xiii 1 subscriber’s list & publisher’s ads; xlix 1 427 1 xiii 1 subscriber’s list & publisher’s ads; lxiii 1 341 3 xiii 1 subscriber’s list & publisher’s ads pp. Frontispiece’s in first 2 vols. 3 folding maps plates. Uniformly bound in red publisher’s cloth gilt lettering & lozenge on spine t.e.g. minor dustsoiling slight bumping edgewear still VG bright set numbered on verso of title largely uncut & unopened w/ leaf of ink manuscript laid-in from previous owner commenting on the content in vol. II. First edition No. 265 of 550 sets mirroring the publication of the Hudson’s Bay Record Society Series but only 500 were available for sale originally of the letters by Dr. John McLoughlin Chief Factor of Fort Vancouver during the period represented here. These letters provide invaluable glimpses of the inner workings of the Fur Trade Pacific Northwest Indians Customs Social History and the political struggles of the time. McLoughlin had been a partner with the North West Company fur traders until merged into the Hudson’s Bay Co. and was appointed Chief Factor to the Columbia District and originally placed at Fort George Astoria but in 1825 moved to Fort Vancouver and constructed by the Company. He directed the fur trapping expeditions throughout the region regularly interacted with the local Native American tribes and aided American missionaries when they first arrived as well as exploiting advantages in what would become British Columbia and Alaska against the Russians. Champlain Society, hardcover
18285231Guanajuato: Imprenta del Supremo Gobierno a Cargo del C.J.M. Caranco 1828. Good plus. 229pp. plus folding chart. Disbound. Minor foxing and wear. Apparently unrecorded pamphlet that publishes an early statistical and narrative account of the economical and governmental situation in early Guanajuato. The work was printed four years after the adoption of the federal constitution and the organization of the Mexican states. It furnishes an account of agriculture industry government and haciendas and well as statistics on population and economic production. With one folding chart that depicts rural hacienda and ranch production; an interesting snapshot of the early economic life of the central Mexican state. Not in OCLC. Imprenta del Supremo Gobierno a Cargo del C.J.M. Caranco unknown
18175224Veracruz 1817. Good plus. 230pp. plus folding plate. Disbound. Light staining from removed wrappers. Later ownership inscription at foot of title page. Trimmed close affecting initial page numbers. Light dampstaining and tanning internally. An interesting contemporary tract concerning the fall off in agricultural industrial and mineral production in New Spain during the War for Independence. The author José Maria Quiros was a bureaucrat at the Spanish colonial consulate in Veracruz and is therefore particularly attentive to shipping and exports. A folding chart at the rear prints annual production numbers for products and materials in each of the three categories. A handful of copies in OCLC. unknown
197442804South Holland Illinois: White's Pit Stop Inc 1974. Very good. A fantastic quintessentially 1970's dealer catalog of custom chopper accessories for domestic and Japanese bikes. Published by the Chopper Corner company of suburban Chicago the profusely illustrated contents consist of original company ads and price lists most illustrated and 3 separate publications: CHOPPER: The Custom Motorcycle Guide 74 ; PAUGHCO Quality Motorcycle Accessories Catalog 101 ; A COLLECTION OF EMBROIDERED MOTOCYCLE EMBLEMS. Nudity and chrome abound in this uncommon and compelling example of the marketing of outlaw biker culture. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated thin card wraps. Bound by 2 brad tacks at left margin. About very good. Black and white mechanically reproduced product description leaves many illustrated bound together with color brochures and 3 separate color publications into a single catalog. Hundreds of pages. Approximately 1 1/2" thick. Wraps moderately worn. Rear wrapper and two leaves detached. Contents clean and well preserved throughout. White's Pit Stop, Inc paperback
188943737Chicago: Baldwin Calcutt & Co. 1889. 1889. First edition. 12" x 9 1/4" in dark blue-green printed thick boards with title in gilt. 971 pp. Sepia-tinted frontispiece with tissue guard. 7 plates. Over 100 photographic lithographic and woodcut text illustrations with some color-tinted and many full-page illustrations. Maps. Excellent land promotion published the year that Washington became a state. Overview of the state of Washington followed by an overview of the city of Tacoma. The overview of Tacoma is followed by articles about and illustrations of hops hop picking logging and lumber with sections of the Tacoma Cedar Lumber Company and The St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company Gig Harbor Lumber Company and Link's Planing Mills; real estate land development and real estate agents including the Lombard Investment Company Pinkham & Walker E.N. Ouimette with many illustrations and maps of Tacoma residences and homes; railroads such as the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway the Great Northern Railway and others; growing steel industry with companies like the Standard Iron Works shipping banking and much more. Illustrations include a birds-eye view of Tacoma views of American Lake several businesses in Tacoma etc. Minor bumping to corners minor chipping and outer hinges just beginning at head and foot of spine. Linen hinge repair at gutter margin of title page. Very good. Baldwin, Calcutt & Co., 1889. hardcover
19206853Barcelona: Encuardernaciones Patentadas Spirax Sol; Papeles de Estano-Barna 1920. Booklet spiral-bound along top edge 17 x 13 cm. 58 leaves printed rectos only. Illustrated throughout in chromolithography. Title from cover. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A trade catalog for the distinctive and elaborate bottles for wine and spirits from the firm of Destilerias Hilario Botella from Jativa in Spanish Valencia. The first offerings are the highly decorated bottles in styles such as Anfora Valenciana Nagasaki del Japon Carmen Sevilla Piramidal Conica and most exciting the Botella Pinguino Patentada– a 1000 gram bottle in the shape of a penguin. Bottles for dozens of types of spirits are included as well as a lemonade dispensing device and two pages of fine leather goods. Some offsetting throughout; rear wrapper panel soiled but mostly clean and bright. Some early ink scribbles to front wrapper verso otherwise generally very good or better. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies. Encuardernaciones Patentadas Spirax Sol; Papeles de Estano-Barna hardcover
19485344Barcelona: Destilerias Escat 1948. Stapled booklet 17 x 12 cm. 32 pages. Illustrated throughout in Cromotecnica. FIRST EDITION. An attractively-produced promotional booklet for various spirits and liqueurs of Destilerias Escat. The spirits include Anis de la Corona Anis Conac Y Ron Escarchados Kummel no.00 Crema de Cacao Conac Jerezano and other cognacs Anisette Burdeos Estomacal Escat Vit Absenta Crema de Naranja y Bitter Ron Criolla and other rums Peppermint Curasao Triple Amer Escat and Ginebra la Cruz. Each receives a double-page spread illustrated by Juan Gil Ricardo Fabregas or Angel Vintro. In publisher’s original card-stock wrappers color-printed to imitate illuminated parchment with silk tie. Near fine. Rare. OCLC locates no copies. Destilerias Escat unknown
184932London: J. R. Andrews 1849. Very good copy. 8vo. 215 x 140 mm. 51/2 x 8 1/2 inchesii 10 pp. Original printed paper wrappers. A detailed catalogue of copper and brass good including pots pans kettle and cookware of every kind table ware and cutlery; also fenders fire irons lamps lanterns candle sticks; tin and steel goods japan good and much more. All items priced. Not is OCLC or COPAC. J.. R. Andrews unknown
18423123New Orleans: January 21 1842. About very good. 3pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old folds. Small loss from wax seal affecting a few words on third page. Light wear and soiling. A wandering "woe is me" missive from Charles Penfield to his business partners back home in Massachusetts detailing his numerous misfortunes on a journey by boat to Mexico and thence to New Orleans. He writes: "To tell you of my misfortunes I think you should rather console with me than to sensure sic me however you can write your friends in Baltimore & let them see me &c. First of my troubles I was fined in Mexico as you have the documents to amount of moste 600 dollars with the expenses. Next misfortune was detained in town 22 days to attend to the board 2 dolls. per day horse hire about 25 or 40 dolls. with expenses on the road vessel being 40 miles before the town. Next I took the yellow fever or Mexican fever & as you must expect my bill was high when I went to town. The deaths was 25 a day population of 6000." He goes on to detail freight costs to New Orleans and the other expenses related to the journey writing: "You had better get these papers translated by some Spanish merchant in Boston & make claim on Mr. Brown." He also notes in a post script that the price of freighting cotton to Liverpool is a half penny per pound. A detailed account of the trials and tribulations of uncertain business ventures in antebellum America. January 21 unknown
185161963London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1851. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 21cm. Two volumes in brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt; blue and white printed endpapers with publisher's advertisements; xii244pp; vi248pp; 10 tinted lithographs some with hand coloring and 3 black and white lithographs. Errata slip in vol. I following contents. Binder's ticket of Remnant & Edmonds London to rear pastedown of vol. I. Ownership inscriptions of F. J. Young to front endpaper versos. Unfaded and straight frayed at spine ends vol. I with tear to cloth over rear joint and minor perforations to paper over interior hinges vol. II starting split to front joint short tears to cloth over both joints and short 2-in crack to rear hinge; occasional spots of browning but generally clean: Very Good. <br /> <br /> A Royal Naval officer's journals of visits to Dahomey a kingdom located in what is now southern Benin published with an antislavery intent: "It is the object of the author.to illustrate the dreadful slave hunts and ravages the annihiliations and exterminations consequent on this trade; and to bring prominently before the British public the sacred service they are rendering" through their efforts to halt the slave trade p.iv vol.I. NOT IN ABBEY. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans unknown
1932010065Los Angeles: Mining Department Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 1932. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scarce OCLC locates only 7 copies. Near Fine light wear at corners. Bookplate of Grooves Middulburger front end page. 156 pp. 44 page Classified Index of Products of Los Angeles County. Mining Department Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Hardcover
1962342Minneapolis Minnesota: Minneapolis Area Chamber of Commerce 1962. Paperback magazine; saddle bound with two staples. Monthly publication complete with 12 issues. Ex-library issues with library labels on cover; occasional library stamping or embossing on inside pages. All good condition; minimal wear with an occasional small tear. Text very good with little to no markings. Itemized list of issues: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 1962<br /> January<br /> Upward turn: business & economic outlook '62<br /> <br /> <br /> 1962<br /> February<br /> New look at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul international airport<br /> <br /> <br /> 1962<br /> March<br /> Radio enters a new era / When radio was young / Dilemma of the ducks / On the gravy train: Will Jones & Bradley Morison / Back to school for businessmen<br /> <br /> <br /> 1962<br /> April<br /> Minneapolis 1972: a look at the city's future.<br /> <br /> <br /> 1962<br /> May<br /> Television: how it grew what's going on today what's ahead / Debate on the farm / The city charter a new look at an old program<br /> <br /> <br /> 1962<br /> June<br /> The Minneapolis neighbor improvement program / Progress on the river / Federal aid to education / A Briton looks at the Twin Cities<br /> <br /> <br /> 1962<br /> July<br /> no subheading<br /> <br /> <br /> 1962<br /> August<br /> 1962-1963 Annual Buyers Guide Issue<br /> <br /> <br /> 1962<br /> September<br /> A close look at the Minnesota tourist industry / The chamber of commerce analyzes six key issues / Headaches ahead: freeway traffic in the Twin Cities / How building in Minneapolis is booming<br /> <br /> <br /> 1962<br /> October<br /> Portrait of Minneapolis / How it all began / On to the moon / We need industry square<br /> <br /> <br /> 1962<br /> November<br /> no subheading<br /> <br /> <br /> 1962<br /> December<br /> Holiday greetings<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p dir="ltr">Greater Minneapolis magazine issues feature multiple full-color local advertisements local company profiles in addition to business and people "lists" in featured issues. Frequent profiles of the arts architecture local printing sports zoos theaters agriculture and general city life. A time capsule of Minneapolis growth often featuring advancements in technology and predictions for future industry trends. A sampling of topics include: Medical Alley Northwest Airlines Delta Control Data 3M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Guthrie Theater Minneapolis Institute of Arts Mia Minnesota State Fair Pillsbury WCCO Minneapolis Star and Tribune Green Giant IDS Center "the space race" Northrop Auditorium Metrodome the Lakers the North Stars the Vikings the Twins Fairview Hospital the highway system Honeywell Northwest National Bank KSTP-TV the Minneapolis skyway system recycling Midland National Bank and Nicollet Mall.</p> . Minneapolis Area Chamber of Commerce paperback
1963339Minneapolis Minnesota: Minneapolis Area Chamber of Commerce 1963. Paperback magazine; saddle bound with two staples. Monthly publication complete with 12 issues. Ex-library issues with library labels on cover; occasional library stamping or embossing on inside pages. All good condition; minimal wear with an occasional small tear. Text very good with little to no markings. Itemized list of issues:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 1963<br /> January<br /> no subheading<br /> <br /> <br /> 1963<br /> February<br /> no subheading<br /> <br /> <br /> 1963<br /> March<br /> no subheading<br /> <br /> <br /> 1963<br /> April<br /> no subheading<br /> <br /> <br /> 1963<br /> May<br /> Chamber adds suburban relations department<br /> <br /> <br /> 1963<br /> June<br /> June is bustin' out!<br /> <br /> <br /> 1963<br /> July<br /> Chamber growth in the coming year<br /> <br /> <br /> 1963<br /> August<br /> 1963-1964 Annual Buyers Guide Issue<br /> <br /> <br /> 1963<br /> September<br /> no subheading<br /> <br /> <br /> 1963<br /> October<br /> Chamber's book best seller / Building for the future / Government contracts / City school proposal<br /> <br /> <br /> 1963<br /> November<br /> Growing up fast! / Market for millions / "Show of the century" / Barren or beautiful / Friendly Russian invaders<br /> <br /> <br /> 1963<br /> December<br /> Road to economy / The unbalanced balance / Challenge in a changing world<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p dir="ltr">Greater Minneapolis magazine issues feature multiple full-color local advertisements local company profiles in addition to business and people “lists†in featured issues. Frequent profiles of the arts architecture local printing sports zoos theaters agriculture and general city life. A time capsule of Minneapolis growth often featuring advancements in technology and predictions for future industry trends. A sampling of topics include: Medical Alley Northwest Airlines Delta Control Data 3M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Guthrie Theater Minneapolis Institute of Arts Mia Minnesota State Fair Pillsbury WCCO Minneapolis Star and Tribune Green Giant IDS Center “the space race†Northrop Auditorium Metrodome the Lakers the North Stars the Vikings the Twins Fairview Hospital the highway system Honeywell Northwest National Bank KSTP-TV the Minneapolis skyway system recycling Midland National Bank and Nicollet Mall. </p> <br /> <br /> <br /> . Minneapolis Area Chamber of Commerce paperback
1960336Minneapolis Minnesota: Minneapolis Area Chamber of Commerce 1960. Paperback magazine; saddle bound with two staples. <p dir="ltr">Monthly publication complete with 12 issues. Ex-library issues with library labels on cover; occasional library stamping or embossing on inside pages. All good condition; minimal wear with an occasional small tear. Text very good with little to no markings.<br /> <br /> Itemized list of issues:</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 1960<br /> January<br /> Minneapolis - city of action<br /> <br /> <br /> 1960<br /> February<br /> Economic understanding<br /> <br /> <br /> 1960<br /> March<br /> Minnesota - first in turkey production<br /> <br /> <br /> 1960<br /> April<br /> Towering symbol of economic growth packaging industry section<br /> <br /> <br /> 1960<br /> May<br /> Minnesota leads in boat building<br /> <br /> <br /> 1960<br /> June<br /> Minnesota trucking industry - big business<br /> <br /> <br /> 1960<br /> July<br /> Chamber off and running into sixties<br /> <br /> <br /> 1960<br /> August<br /> 1960-1961 Annual Buyers' Guide<br /> <br /> <br /> 1960<br /> September<br /> Lake Superior circle route: official opening - September 16 and 17 1960<br /> <br /> <br /> 1960<br /> October<br /> Minnesota gets set: pro ball in '61!<br /> <br /> <br /> 1960<br /> November<br /> Ring the bell for liberty<br /> <br /> <br /> 1960<br /> December<br /> Twin Cities welcome Griffith & Senators<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p dir="ltr">Greater Minneapolis magazine issues feature multiple full-color local advertisements local company profiles in addition to business and people "lists" in featured issues. Frequent profiles of the arts architecture local printing sports zoos theaters agriculture and general city life. A time capsule of Minneapolis growth often featuring advancements in technology and predictions for future industry trends. A sampling of topics include: Medical Alley Northwest Airlines Delta Control Data 3M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Guthrie Theater Minneapolis Institute of Arts Mia Minnesota State Fair Pillsbury WCCO Minneapolis Star and Tribune Green Giant IDS Center "the space race" Northrop Auditorium Metrodome the Lakers the North Stars the Vikings the Twins Fairview Hospital the highway system Honeywell Northwest National Bank KSTP-TV the Minneapolis skyway system recycling Midland National Bank and Nicollet Mall. </p> <br /> <br /> <br /> . Minneapolis Area Chamber of Commerce paperback
188785724The Board of Trade of San Jose 1887. Soft cover. Very good/No jacket. Bin 4 Long Case. First issue of quarterly publication with intact fold out map. Heavy wear on jacket some areas chipped away at spine. Binding well intact. Clean. The Board of Trade of San Jose unknown
