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184945044Boston: Ruggles Nourse Mason & Co 1849. 1st Printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Faint fold-lines. Very Good. Single sheet broadside leaflet. Illustrated with 6 cuts of the various size wrenches. 9-7/8" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>Rare advertising broadside for this wrench "acknowledged to be the most convenient efficient and strongest now made and having been long in use and fully proved are most favorably known among our mechanics manufactureres and dealers." Ruggles, Nourse, Mason & Co unknown books
188057441Boston MA: G.W. Simmons & Son 1880. Advertising circular. Broadside 14 x 8 1/2 inches. An advertisement featuring a 'heliotype" from a camp-scene line-drawing of two well-attired hunters and a fisherman their day's bag and an African-American attendant all standing by their tent behind them a lake full of ducks and Simmons decoys. The lower two-thirds of the broadside advertises the company's suits with W.H.H. Murray testimonial quoted tents and decoys. Moderate soiling several tiny splits at folds a good copy. Folded as for mailing. #4281. <br/><br/> G.W. Simmons & Son unknown books
45813N.p.: by the Company ca 1920s. Single sheet ca 14" x 9" folded to make a four-panel brochure. Some pencil graffiti to blank portions; general light wear; Very Good. Includes 30 opaque color samples all present. Undated but this Glidden product appears to have been produced from the early 1920s through the Great Depression. unknown books
167520252np 1675. 8 pp. 12mo. Disbound. Fine. 8 pp. 12mo. No French Goods in Brandenburg. The minister from Brandenburg to Vienna complains of the damage done to Brandenburg commercially through the sale of luxury items imported from France. Their distribution has ruined the country and ruined families and he urges controls on imports. unknown books
189515394Minneapolis MN: Minnesota State Federation of Labor 1895. Blue cloth binding with front board lettered in gilt professionally rebacked. Abt VG boards soiled/dampstain to fore-edge margin in first third of text block/hinges repaired. 128 pp. Errata slip tipped-in prior to title page. Illustrated with woodcuts. 8vo. 6 1/4" x 9 1/8" <br/><br/> Minnesota State Federation of Labor hardcover books
191640342n. p. 1916. 1st printing thus i.e. of this issue. Not found on OCLC. Original publisher's grey-green paper wrappers printed in dark green & brown ink to front wrapper. Stapled. Age-toning. General wear & soiling to wrappers with largish stain to lower left portion of front wrapper affecting date text. A VG copy. Unpaginated. Illustrated with many photographic portraits of prominent men in the local butcher trade. 10-3/4" x 7-7/8" <br/><br/>Typical trade journal with topical articles on the business as well as pieces on the local practitioners. unknown books
188536110Chicago: The Jewelers' Journal Office 57 Washington Street 1885. 1st printing. Printed pink paper wrappers with cord 'hanger' to text upper left. Age toning to wrappers which show only light wear. A VG - Nr Fine copy of a rare item. 79 1 pp. Index inside front wrappers. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6" <br/><br/>A rare almanac focusing on the jewelers' trade. Not found on OCLC. The Jewelers' Journal Office, 57 Washington Street unknown books
19082921New York & Chicago 1908. Thick quarto. 12 issues of this professional journal for the ice trade. Profusely illustrated with ads for all business connected to the trade. Contents include articles on large scale refrigeration installations various technical matters regional association activities trade conventions etc. Text block very good but three quarter brown morocco binding is split at the hinges and quite rubbed. Scarce in the trade. unknown books
192019778Camden NJ: Victor Talking Machine Company 1920. This promotional booklet for the Victor Talking Machine Company argues for the use of music to help recent immigrants assimilate into American society. The author was hired in 1911 to head Victor's new educational department which aimed to develop music appreciation among the American public generally. Here she asserts that "a great movement is now sweeping the country to bring securely into the fold of American citizenry our adopted brothers from other lands -- to make firm and lasting ties that bind them to their new homeland." Traditional American music can forge those bonds for "nothing is more unifying and democratic than the group singing of old familiar and patriotic songs." The book delves into the history of American popular music and dance and includes suggested songs. Victor record numbers are conveniently provided next to each reference so the newly appreciative public may listen for themselves. 5 x 7.25 inches 38 pp with halftone photographic illustrations. Soiling and some loss to front wrapper one signature loose from staples; good. 4 copies located in OCLC. This promotional booklet for the Victor Talking Machine Company argues for the use of music to help recent immigrants assimilate into American society. The author was hired in 1911 to head Victor's new educational department which aimed to develop music appreciation among the American public generally. Here she asserts that "a great movement is now sweeping the country to bring securely into the fold of American citizenry our adopted brothers from other lands -- to make firm and lasting ties that bind them to their new homeland." Traditional American music can forge those bonds for "nothing is more unifying and democratic than the group singing of old familiar and patriotic songs." The book delves into the history of American popular music and dance and includes suggested songs. Victor record numbers are conveniently provided next to each reference so the newly appreciative public may listen for themselves. Victor Talking Machine Company unknown books
5611"Hishu" today Saga Prefecture: 1841-45. A very rare Japanese manuscript sea chart of the sea routes from Saga Prefecture a major trading area in the west to Osaka through the Inland Sea which is more than 400 km. long and includes in excess of 3000 islands. The Inland Sea one of the main trade routes for the Japanese in the Edo period has numerous areas of turbulence and navigating through the numerous islands and rocky outcroppings presented enormous problems in the era before modern navigation systems. In the early 1840s the central government in Edo ordered each fiefdom to prepare maps of coastal routes to facilitate trade and shipping. Our manuscript was prepared by Tsugihei Miyachi a high level sea pilot "mite kako" in the Saga Prefecture shipping office as an employee of the Nabeshima Clan. The map were it to be unbound is about 11340 mm. long about 37 feet depicting Saga in the west to Osaka in the east. It is finely drawn in black ink heightened with wash in green purple blue grey and red. Five of the openings have folding extension sections pasted onto the lower margins of the leaves. Blue lines depict safe sailing routes for smaller ships. The map depicts in very great detail areas of turbulence there are famous whirlpools in the Inland Sea numerous islands rock formations and landscapes for orientation anchorages harbors and fishing areas. Each section of the map has been annotated by the compiler with notes on distances characteristics of rivers landmarks for navigation tidal activities the route to Nagasaki etc. The first map opening depicts Saga and the final opening Osaka. The sea chart is prepared with considerable local knowledge of castles and temples. A series of notable castles each is labeled with name of the lord assets etc. are depicted along the shores and Miyachi describes harbors for anchoring and to get fresh water. The routes are drawn from a "bird's-eye view" perspective with lovely vistas of mountains and islands and villages and towns. The two leaves of manuscript text at the beginning in the style of a dedicatory letter to the fiefdom lord describes the compiler's efforts over a five-year period to prepare the map. He writes that it is based on his own personal experiences as a sea pilot. He states that purple denotes routes he has taken red denotes shallows blue lines denote the routes for large ships grey for land and green for mountains and forests. The eleven pages of text at the end provide details on prevailing weather patterns and how to prepare for inclement weather how to navigate by landmarks and the stars wind and tidal patterns and the history of the preparation of this map "it took me five years of daily observation to prepare this work". He provides a list of his voyages to different cities on this route. On the final page the author states that three copies were made: the first for the fiefdom lord the second for a cabinet member and the third for Miyachi's divisional chief. A modern scholar has laid-in a note describing this sea chart as one of those three. Japanese sea charts are rare survivals and we know of no other similar example outside of Japan. ❧ The sea pilot Miyachi's log books are preserved in the Nabeshima clan's archives see the Saga kenritsu toshokan database. unknown books
1980210498Birmingham AL: Trade Union Action League 1980. 6p. 8.5x14 inches stapled at upper left neatly creased from folding for mailing else very good condition. Also included is a special supplement consisting of a single 8.5x11 inch sheet printed both sides fold-creased with address stamp and small stain on verso else very good condition. Articles on workers in the western US and their fightback a trade union democracy conference in Detroit and more. Trade Union Action League unknown books
195121257New York: the Committee 1951. 31p. wraps illus. the Committee unknown books
1929198035New York: Trade Union Unity League 1929. 29 iiip. wraps corner crease to front cover otherwise minor wear. Trade Union Unity League unknown books
193414000London: N.C.L.C. Publishing Society Ltd 1934. Pictorial staple-bound pamphlet; 20pp. Pencil date and Call Book Store stamp to cover sunned along edges soft creases to right corners else very good. Published by the National Council of Labor Colleges. N.C.L.C. Publishing Society, Ltd unknown books
1966233126New York: Trade Unionists for Peace 1966. Four-panel brochure with black and white image of a Vietnamese farmer on the cover brief essay inside "He's a worker too" in both English and Spanish arguing that American workers should show solidarity with Vietnamese workers by opposing the war. Trade Unionists for Peace unknown books
197214019Rome: Arti Grafiche Wanzer 1972. First Edition. Octavo. Original printed wrappers; 433 7pp. Light wear; Very Good. (Arti Grafiche Wanzer) unknown books
1986149439Budapest: ICPS 1986. 38p. 8x5.5 inch wraps booklet faintest signs of age or handling. ICPS H-1415 / Documents on the struggle against chemical weapons volume II. ICPS unknown books
1796WRCAM54712Mostly at sea from New York with stops in Calcutta Saint Helena Ascension Island and Cornwall England 1796. 246pp. Square folio. Original crude burlap covers stab-sewn with thick string. A bit toned and foxed occasional ink or tobacco burns. Very good. A remarkable artifact of early American naval commerce containing the sailing directions and shipboard activities of the "Ship Washington of Philadelphia" which sailed from New York to Calcutta rounding the southern tip of Africa and visiting Saint Helena and Ascension Island before crashing on the rocks at Cornwall England on the way to Hamburg Germany. The log contains a navigational ledger with locations headings wind and weather remarks along with occasional sick lists names of men "unfit for duty" those put on light duty temperatures and other information. The remarks are quite detailed and specific regarding shipboard work and activity. <br> <br> The captain of this final voyage of the ship WASHINGTON was Samuel Hubbart but the identity of the sailor who kept this log is unknown. The ship departed New York on July 4 1795 and reached Calcutta on August 31. Without the need for recording navigational data while in port the log's author switches from the ledger-style format and writes longer more-detailed daily entries describing the crew's activities. The crewmen mentioned include pilots boatswains carpenters coopers caulkers sailmakers and others. Most of the entries pertain to the maintenance of the ship while anchored in the bay. Numerous mentions are made of crew on board fixing various equipment including types and amounts of supplies. A few entries note the employment of Indian "Cooleys" on board the ship making various repairs. An interesting incident of September 17 bears relating: <br> <br> "Hearing a noise upon the main Deck Mr. Naylor went to see what was the matter - upon engaging found Abraham Moor had struck Thomas Williams the Cook as Moor said for wanting to trouble a girl which Moor had on board - Mr. Naylor told him he should not ill use that man for he had every reason to believe it to be false what he alledged against the Cook. Moor said he did not come here to be jawd by a black Man.S." <br> <br> After swearing he would "never go home" on the WASHINGTON Moor literally jumped ship just after this confrontation and hid on another ship before being found and brought back to the WASHINGTON "in irons." <br> <br> In early November a few entries mention the ship receiving a supply of sugar taking on "Three Burr Load of Sugar" on November 7 and two more "Burr Load" two days later. Subsequent entries detail the loading of several "Burr Load of Bales" and "one hundred bags of ginger." <br> <br> Over the course of the ship's time at Calcutta the author mentions encounters with at least four other American ships: the GANGES the HAMILTON the MAJOR PINKNEY of Charleston and the "American Ship Camilla of New York arriv'd here from London." <br> <br> By early February the WASHINGTON left Calcutta for the voyage to Hamburg spelled variously here as "Hamborough" and "Hamburgh" though the ship would never make it to Germany. On March 15 and again on April 6 the recordist notes an inventory of the ship's water supply. By March 23 the ship reaches a point "prependicular on Cape Lagulas Bank" the southernmost point of Africa. About a week later the punishment of a drunken sailor is reported: <br> <br> "Joseph Gonrabbysp who has for some time past been addicted to Drunkeness and no person on board having given him any liquor he was discovered this morning to have taken from the Ships stores about half a Gallon of rum and from his being frequently very drunk there is no doubt of his having been Guilty of the same offence before for which Capt. Hubbart is necessitated to order his Boatswain to flog him. Accordingly mustered all hands aft and give him one and a half dozen lashes." <br> <br> On April 16 the WASHINGTON arrived at the remote island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean sending "the Boat on shore with an Officer to the Governor for permission to Anchor." Here the WASHINGTON restocked supplies including water potatoes & other vegetables rice and bread before embarking for Ascension Island which they reached on April 25. The author remarks on the "number of remarkable rocks like pyramids" and "a low point of black Rocks with a fine white sandy beach back of it" witnessed at Ascension Island. The WASHINGTON spent one night at Ascension where a group of men went ashore in order to "spend the Night in Catching Turtle in the different Bays." The crewmen caught twelve turtles and brought them aboard ship before continuing their journey. <br> <br> While heading north to Europe the WASHINGTON was boarded on May 17 by the "Quebec British Frigate Cap J Cook in Company with the Carnatic 74 Rear Admr Powel with a convoy of 21 sail of Transports & Gun boats with 10000 Troops on board bound for Martinico Martinique." On June 7 they again encounter another ship "a Spaniard from some port in South America bound for Cadiz out 3 months & 10 days - we cannot understand rightly what port she was from." <br> <br> Then on June 18 disaster struck the WASHINGTON as it ran aground at the Lizard Rocks off Cornwall England. The log book records the ship's demise: <br> <br> "The weather still very thick and hazy. At 9PM hearing the Surf break on shore took in all the studding sails Braced the Yards sharp and hauled to the Southward finding ourselves in amongst the Rocks off the Lizard have all aback and endeavored to get her out from among them but the Flood tide making very strong drove the Ship so hard upon the Rocks that with every endeavour we found it impracticable to get her off she having settled on them & the strength of the tide Thumping her very hard upon the Rocks sounded the Pump and found she made water very fast. Fired several Guns as a signal of Distress which brought several boats off from the Shore to our assistance." <br> <br> For the next couple of weeks the crew of the WASHINGTON participated in "discharging the cargo" from the ship so that it is not "plundered by the natives" sending everything to Falmouth "where the Goods are deposited under the protection of a Custom house Yaught." The log book mentions one crewman of the WASHINGTON "threatening revenge on Captain Hubbart." Another crewman is put "under a Guard of Soldiers" after selling off some of the muslin stored in the bales rescued from the wreck. Here the ship's log ends along with the career of the Ship WASHINGTON. <br> <br> A unique record of the last voyage of an early American trading vessel with insight into late 18th-century navigational methods and the commercial interests of Federal-era America. unknown books
1729658131729. London: printed and sold by J. Roberts 1729. London: printed and sold by J. Roberts 1729. English Trade in the West Indies Trade. Great Britain. Amhurst Nicholas 1697-1742 Attributed. Observations on the Conduct of Great-Britain With Regard to the Negociations and Other Transactions Abroad. London: Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts 1729. 61 1 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in later plain wrappers. Light rubbing minor wear to spine ends and corners light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf. Light toning to text light foxing to a few leaves. A nice copy. $100. First edition. Attributed in some sources to Nicholas Amhurst this pamphlet defends Sir Robert Walpole then chancellor of the exchequer against accusations of neglecting England's West Indian commerce to the advantage of Spain. It describes English expeditions to counter Spanish influence and in the interest of fairness lists English ships taken by Spain since the Treaty of Hanover 1725. English Short-Title Catalogue T41776. unknown books
186928703Trenton N.J.: Printed at the True American Office 1869. 3.75" x 5.5". Original printed gold-colored wrappers stitched. 11 1 blank pp. Light wrapper wear Very Good.<br/>OCLC 55187463 1- Rutgers as of 3/12. Printed at the True American Office unknown books
19203344<p>A fine copy of a rare trade catalogue issued by the Trenton Potteries Company. Decorative wrappers bound in dos-a-dos style tied with two silk twists one olive green one ochre. "Bathrooms of Character" has 40 pages beautifully illustrated with plans for creating a stylish bathroom. The cover design features a background in olive green squares outlined in white suggesting tiles with title letters in a raised white Arts and Crafts font. Embellishments of "tiles" with soft ochre stylized irises and foliage complete the handsome composition. The pamplet's counterpart "Porcelain Fixtures For Kitchen and Laundry" has 31 pages also nicely illustrated. Its cover design is identical to that of the bathroom pamphlet reversing the use of colors with ochre squares outlined in white and the iris designs executed in olive green. The text presents a wide array of superior qualities of the products including "Your Maid Will Find Cleaning Easy". It attests to shared contemporary frustrations "Every woman has had experience with the "servant problem". Dimensions and prices are included. This is the sixth edition of a booklet that was updated beginning circa 1914. Advertisements for the brochures were carried by some of the most prestigious periodicals of the day including House Beautiful Country Life and The Fra. Very scarce indeed particularly in fine condition and retaining the original postal envelope addressed in this case to "Gladys Drinkwater 1124 St. Vincent Street Utica N.Y." The envelope has a pencil date of 10/21/21 as well as the original three cent purple George Washington stamp canceled.</p> Trenton Pottery Co. paperback books
1675WRCAM45901London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker 1675. Broadside 22 x 14 1/2 inches printed on two sheets. Old fold lines. Repaired with tissue on verso along vertical fold. A few other small tears or tissue repairs. Very good. A rare broadside announcing the decree of the English government that all foreign goods destined for British colonies must first pass through England a policy of mercantilism later termed the "triangle trade." "This program permitted the profits from colonial trade and commerce to center in England promoted British shipping and enabled the British government to support itself by taxing this trade as it flowed through England" - DAH. <br> <br> The English government began its mercantilist policies under the Commonwealth government in a series of "navigation acts" which regulated English trade. The first Navigation Act passed in 1651 targeted Dutch commerce. It stipulated that only English ships could carry freight into English territories and that if a ship was not English it could only carry goods from the country from whence it hailed i.e. Dutch ships could only import Dutch goods etc. Acts passed in 1660 and 1663 under the Restoration government of Charles II isolated trade even further mandating that British colonial goods only be imported to England and forbidding English trade on anything other than English vessels. This policy of trade which was continued for the next two hundred years marked the ascent of British colonial mercantilism and planted the seeds of discontent which resulted in the American Revolution one hundred years later. <br> <br> The present proclamation is an enforcement of the Navigation Act of 1663 An Act for the Encouragement of Trade under which "no commodities of the growth production or manufacture of Europe shall be imported into any land island plantation colony territory or place to his Majesty belonging." In other words all European trade to the American and East Indian colonies of the English had to pass through English ports en route. As the law is being disobeyed to the detriment of trade and tax revenue the proclamation extends power for enforcement to the officials of the realm. It states: <br> <br> "whereas his Majesty is well informed that notwithstanding the said Act of Parliament great quantities of other commodities.have been and are daily imported into several of his colonies plantations and territories in Asia Africa and America.and that his Majesties subjects of some of his colonies and plantations have not onely sic supplied themselves with such commodities not shipped in England.but have conveyed them by land and water to other of his Majesties colonies and plantations to the great prejudice of his Majesties customs and of the trade and navigation of this kingdom." <br> <br> An important proclamation which illustrates the difficulty in maintaining and enforcing the laws central to the first British Empire. ESTC R25339. WING C3378. GOLDSMITHS' 2112. STEELE I:3619. KRESS S1421. DAH III p.374. Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker unknown books
1995243317Ferney Voltaire France / Oxford: Public Services International / TUIREG 1995. Unpaginated loose leaves standard size printed recto only on good-quality alkaline paperstock bound in a four-ring snap-open plastic binder measuring12x10 inches. At least one hundred printed pages. Plastic has picked up slight dust-soil paper is immaculate a very good copy. How to address general disregard of environment by state and corporate bodies i.e. people's health and safety while adjusting for local situations. Public Services International / TUIREG unknown books
194375648Washington 1943. Paperback. Good. iv 5p. Stapled Wrapper. 27cm. Cover soiled. <br/><br/> paperback books
19155070baIWashington D.C: Government Printing Office 1915. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. American Indians; 285p.; 29.7cm; maroon cloth rubbed; front inner hinge cracked; maps diagrams listed p. 5; 1 folded map; owner marks. Government Printing Office Hardcover books