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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
19123345<p>J.E. Gilleland New Cambria MIssouri 1912 This is an original 18 page catalog issued for Spring and Summer of 1912 covering rugs carpets linoleums curtains draperies shades mattings etc. It is shown as catalog "B" on the cover. The catalog is oblong about 6in x 9in and is profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Great period photos and samples of patterns in use in the early 20th century. Staples rusted with a few leaves detached but otherwise very clean and near fine with virtually no wear. Included is the original envelope. Scarce</p> J. E. Gilleland paperback books
197813855London: Rough Trade 1978. Very good . Offset flyer printed black on red recto only; 8 1/4" x 12". Mild wear at edges. In black marker a contemporary hand has added: "Factory / Feb 16th." Very good or better overall. <br/><br/>An interesting document in the development of one of the most important indie record labels. Rough Trade began as a London record shop but soon expanded to tour promotion and releasing music under their own imprint. But it wasn't until the surprise success of Stiff Little Finger's first album INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL it debuted at #14 on the UK charts on Feb. 3rd 1979 that Rough Trade was truly established as a force in the UK music scene. This flyer promotes the band's second date on their subsequent UK tour at Manchester's famed Factory. Also on the bill are Robert Rental Essential Logic and Daniel Miller's The Normal. Miller would use his experience at Rough Trade to later launch Mute Records another key UK post-punk indie. Rough Trade unknown books
17329scsRochester Chamber of Commerce 1938. Quarto paperbound illus. gold wrappers 26 pp. Very Good with lightly rubbed & soiled covers. unknown books
1930GY913-5Riverside:: Issued for the Riverside County Chamber of Commerce by the Riverside Enterprise Press 1930. First Edition. Paperback. Like New. Map. No date but circa 1930. 26 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches. Folds down to 8 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Printed on the recto with just one panel printed on the verso with the title; text clean unmarked. Fine. "Map of City of Riverside California 'The Birthplace of the Navel Orange in America'" titled on the map when folded. Compiled and copyrighted by H. D. Bradley at Riverside California provided complimentary by the Riverside County Chamber of Commerce. A fine example of a cadastral map for Riverside California showing a comprehensive register of the real estate boundaries of Riverside including subdivisions and streets and indexes of city streets and streets outside the city. Scale: 1 mile is 2 1/2 inches. The map shows Central Junior High School which opened in 1928; but does not show Highway 91 which was extended to Riverside in the 1940s. 3 copies Worldcat. Issued for the Riverside County Chamber of Commerce by the Riverside Enterprise Press, paperback books
1938302789Riverside California Riverside County Chamber of Commerce 1938. 1938. Tall 8vo. With 55 halftone photographs; center map 16" x 9" of Riverside County. Fine fresh. 20 pages including red pictorial wrappers. Includes details on the cities of Arlington Banning Beaumont Blythe Coachella Valley Corona Hemet Elsinore Perris Riverside High Grove San Jacinto Nuevo-Lakeview Norco Palm Springs West Riverside Idyllwild and Keen Camp. Soft cover. Fine. Riverside, California, Riverside County Chamber of Commerce, 1938. paperback books
1902282522Richmond: Geroge W. Engelhardt 1902. A wealth of information about the merchants tradesmen and manufacturers of Richmond at the turn of the last century. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. The decorated cloth binding has a bit of wear but is generally bright and clean. Geroge W. Engelhardt unknown books
187427269Portland Maine: Printed by B. Thurston & Co. 1874. First edition. Paper wrappers. Chips to spine and wrappers else a very good copy. 63 pp. 8vo. OCLC shows 5 copies of this edition. Engraving of Portland on the rear wrapper. Printed by B. Thurston & Co. unknown books
1934188375Government Printing Office 1934-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1946 reprint of the 1934 edition. Brown paper wraps have mild wear. Has underlining to the first 1/4 of text with name written along the top edge of the front cover. All foldouts are included and unmarked. Has a good binding. Government Printing Office paperback books
1949000356California State CHamber of Commerce 1949. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition thus staple-bound 6" x 9"; pp. 3-23 including text to back cover verso; original printed wraps; 1" closed cut to fore-edge of back cover; slight wear to head of spine; illustrated with graphs tables and diagrams; very good. A summary of the economic growth and recovery of California in the postwar years 1946 through 1948. California State CHamber of Commerce paperback books
189443553n.p.: Hartman & Cadick 1894. First editions. Self wrappers. Good to very good. 8 pp. 8 pp. 8 pp. 8vo. The mid-term elections of 1884 were a disaster for the Democrats led by Grover Cleveland. Republicans and Populists in large part due to the efforts of Joseph Weeks Babcock 1850-1909 a Republican Congressman from Wisconsin who helped organize the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee in 1893 and was a major force in routing the Democrats in the 1894 House elections which cost the Democrats 113 of their 218 seats. They are most likely printed by Hartman & Cadick Republican printers. All follow the same format of quoting leading figures and using bold face type. 1: Caption title "If the Laboring Class be to Perish I Say the Whole Nation." A the head of the title: No. 1 - From the Congressional Record. The caption title is from the English Reformer William Cobbett followed by "You cannot reduce the laborer to a state of starvation and degradation without also destroying national prosperity" a quote from Joseph Norton Dolph 1835-1897 Senator from Oregon from one of his many speeches quoted here. OCLC locates only a single copy at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. A very good copy docketed on front wrapper mail fold. 2: Caption title "The industrial side of the tariff controversy must not be overlooked. The four millions of people who work in our factory system are the most potent factors outside of agriculture in our civilization." - Hon. J. W. Babcock Wisconsin. A the head of the title: Record No. 3. Apparently unrecorded. We could find no copies in OCLC NUC or other reference sources. Chip to front wrapper else very good with docketing stamp. 3: Caption title "When you Rob the Laboring Men of their Employment you Rob the Farmers of their Customers." The quote from the caption title belongs to Charles Curtis 1860-1936 Republican from Kansas who would go on to become Hoover's Vice President. OCLC locates one copy at the Western Reserve Historical Society Library. A good copy browned some minor chipping docketing stamp on front wrapper. [Hartman & Cadick?] unknown books
1950289555Reno Nevada.: Published by the Reno Junior Chamber of Commerce. 1950. Pictorial stapled wraps. Very good a little wear to spine. . 28x21.5 cm. . Photo album of the effects of the 1950 flood on Reno Nevada with captions. Published by the Reno Junior Chamber of Commerce. paperback books
1971181687Reading England: STUG 1971. Single sheet mimeographed both sides edgeworn else very good condition. Bulletin on conditions in the Ideal Casements factory in Reading along with a Marxist analysis of the Indo-Pakistan war. The Oct. 20 1971 issue of The Red Mole includes an article on the factory that mentions the role of this humble bulletin. STUG unknown books
1904290421Kinderhook N. Y.: W. S. Kline & Company 1904. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. An illustrated guide to the city of Raleigh North Carolina 1904 depicting various landscapes monuments and local businesses. With photographic illustrations of such places as the local pharmacist birthplace of President Johnson numerous banks and schools and others. Short closed tears to the edges of the covers and a few leaves. Stapled softcover with light red printed paper covers. Very Good binding. W. S. Kline & Company unknown books
2603San Francisco: The Chamber 1874. . 8vo pale blue wrappers lacking many segments; text firm and unchipped except for lower outer corner of title missing not affecting text. Fifteen holdings in OCLC. San Francisco: [The Chamber], 1874. unknown books
28105.2Philadelphia: Printed by J. B. Lippincott & Co n. d. 1st edition. Ca 1893. Scarce OCLC locates 13 cc. Not in Romaine. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to front board. Floral patterned paper eps. Soiling to boards with a bit of fraying to spine ends. Period pos to front paste-down and later one to preliminary blank. A solid VG copy. 78 2 pp. Advertisement penultimate page listing the divers locomotive types 9 custom built by Baldwin. Frontis from a photograph showing an interior factory view of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Images from photographs of the 14 engines on exhibit. Woodcut of "Old Ironsides" 1832 locomotive built by Matthias Baldwin. 4to. 10-7/8" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/>Baldwin exhibited 14 locomotives in the Exposition including an Express Passenger Locomotive "American Pattern" Class 8-34 C; 3 Compound Express Passenger Locomotives a "Double-Ender" Type Wootten Fire-Box Class 8 20/38 1/4 C No. 694 an "American Type" Class 8 20/38 C No. 450 & a "Special High-Speed" Type Class 8 20/38 1/4 C No. 13350; a Passenger Locomotive "American" Type Class 830 C No. 13400 and other divers models such as a Logging Locomotive "Double-Ender" Pattern Class 8=22 1/4 C No. 13361. Printed by J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
30107Philadelphia: Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co n. d. 1st edition Romaine p. 301. Ca 1871 - 72. Original publisher's pebbled terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. Beveled edges. Overall VG slightly shaken/some shelfwear. 134 pp. T.p. printed in red & black. Text within rectangular red-rule border. Illustrated with wood engraved frontis depicting the 'Baldwin Locomotive Works' factory 11 intratextual cuts & 16 pasted-in photographs of divers Baldwin locomotives. 4to: 11" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>The Baldwin Locomotive Works an American builder of railroad locomotives was located in Pennsylvania originally Philadelphia then moving in 1906 to nearby Eddystone. The company was the largest US producer of custom made-to-order steam locomotives. Founded in the early 1830s by Matthais Baldwin the firm stopped producing locomotives in 1956 ceasing business in 1972 having produced over 70000 engines the vast majority powered by steam. This one of the firm's first photograhically illustrated catalogues a lavish production issued in the ealy 1870s as Baldwin overtook Rogers as the premier locomotive manufacturer in the United States. Herein will be found photographs of their divers products including fill in with some names of locomotives. While not a particularly rare catalogue it's importance & desirablility lies in documenting the ascent to prominence of this significant US heavy equipment manufacturer as well as being an early trade catalogue illustrated with actual photographs. Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
19333355Quaker Lace Co. Philadelphia Circa 1933. A 24 page trade catalog of curtains drapery and window treatments. Original colored black card paper wrappers profusely illustrated in black and white. A fine copy with no wear. Quaker Lace Co. paperback books
192649516New York City: Street & Smith Corporation 1926. 1st Printing thus i.e. of this catalogue. Off-white paper covers printed in red & black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Some wear & soiling to covers. Age-toning to paper. Bookseller logo stamp to inside rear cover with offset to opposite page. A Very Good copy of this uncommon survivor. 3 - 33 1 pp. 7-1/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>Francis Scott Street and Francis Shubael Smith began their publishing partnership in 1855 when they took over a broken-down fiction magazine. They then bought the existing New York Weekly Dispatch in 1858. Francis Smith was the company president from 1855 until his 1887 retirement; his son Ormond Gerald Smith taking over his role. . The company which owned a six-story building at 79 Seventh Avenue just above 14th Street became a publisher of inexpensive novels and weekly magazines starting in the 1880s and continuing into 1959. . Ormond Smith remained company president until his death in 1933." Wiki <br /> <br />Herein we see the current offerings of S & S' many successful series. e.g. The Love Story Library "Romances That Please Millions" Round the World Library "Stories of Jack Harkaway and His Comrades" New Southworth Library "Splendid Romances of American Life" etc. etc. <br /> <br />An invaluable window into the poplular reading habits of early 20th C. American readers. Street & Smith Corporation unknown books
1891560171891. PUBLISHED FOR THE TRADE. ALL ABOUT GIRLS: Their virtures and failings. Illustrated. Chicago: Published for the trade 1891. 24mo. green wrappers printed in black 94 pp. Edgeworn somewhat soiled chip to bottom edge upper wrapper starting at hinge. A good copy. unknown books
190943503Providence: Providence Board of Trade 1909. Paperback. Good. illustrations photos 497-548p. Wrapper. 31cm. This issue commemorates a visit to Providence by the Honorary Commercial Commissioners of Japan October 22-23 1909. The cover and pages 505 507-509 and one unnumbered plate relate to this event. This issue commemorates a visit to Providence by the Honorary Commercial Commissioners of Japan October 22-23 1909. The cover and pages 505 507-509 and one unnumbered plate relate to this event. <br/><br/> Providence Board of Trade paperback books
188529001127New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving of New York 1885 - 1886. This was a dry good business that acted as middlemen between the manufacturers and retailers of dry goods. Additionally he founded the Continental Bank of New York in 1870 along with Jacob H. Schiff Marcellus Hartley Robert L. Cutting and Joseph Seligman. Two items advertising the memorial of Horace Brigham Claflin who was an American merchant who founded the Bulkley & Claflin Company later after Claflin's death it became known as H. B. Claflin Company. Over the years this bank was acquired many times and is still in existence today under JP Morgan Chase. The first item is apparently from the Dry Goods Bulletin which serves as an memoriam/obituary for Claflin. The front side has an engraving of Claflin as well as his birth and death dates December 18 1811 - November 14 1885. The back side has a description of his life. Measures 14 1/4" x 12 3/4". The second item is a 16 pg. booklet done by the New York Chamber of Commerce that is the minutes of the meeting following Claflin's death as well as a biographical sketch of the man. The booklet states that "Mr. Claflin was one of the great merchants which the present century has produced and his life and character present a striking illustration of the maxim 'Act well your part there all the honor lies.' " pg. 3 The meeting end with several resolutions one of which was "the entire community of dry good merchants are called upon to mourn the loss not only of the most eminent member of their profession but also of a true friend." pg. 11 #1 This was accomplished when on the day of his funeral "the wholesale stores and commission houses throughout the dry goods district in New York City closed at noon and business was suspended. That portion of the City usually so active and busy was silent and deserted." pg. 15 The booklet also includes a portrait engraving of Claflin. Black covers. Measures 9 1/4" x 6" <br/><br/> Atlantic Publishing & Engraving of New York unknown books
186019466Davenport Iowa: n. p. ca. 1860-1865. Some light soiling and wear; in very good condition. Trade card printed on glazed white card stock 2.25 x 3.5 inches. An attractive trade card for this homoeopathic doctor in Davenport Iowa advertising the dispensary hours and home address almost certainly for George K. Prince 1801-1865 an English-born physician who appears in the U.S. census in Davenport in 1860 and the local directory in 1863 under physicians. His credentials as listed here are impressive graduate of University of Edinburgh Licentiate of Apothecary's Hall London and a student of the Paris medical school "of thirty-five years standing." A nice bit of job printing design from the Quad Cities. Small bit of hand emendation to his hours. n. p., unknown books
189835207New York 1898. Not in Romaine though see p. 267 for 2 catalogues by this firm 1878 & 1894. Linen cloth 3-hole binder with printed title lettering to front cover. Some wear & soiling to binder. A VG copy. 8 73 1 blank pp. P. 73 an index. Illustrated. 12-1/2" x 9-3/8" <br/><br/>Fairly uncommon trade catalogue in this specialty- OCLC lists only one holding of Adee's catalogues that of the 1894 editon. hardcover books
193019955Leicester UK: Cascelloid ca. 1930s. Very good . Oblong 4to. album. Blue leather-covered boards. Contains 29 color photographs all 9" by 6.5" approx. mounted on rectos one each of light-gray cardboard leaves. About very good plus overall. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to boards. Several pages display mild soiling and offsetting from photos. Prints just a bit yellowed but remain sharp vivid and clean. <br/><br/>Beautifully-produced trade catalogue from the Cascelloid "Palitoy" company displaying a wide range of baby dolls and other toys. Several uncomfortable designs of black children with pitch-dark skin date this catalogue at roughly the 1930s when the Cascelloid company was dubbed the "House of Constant Progress" by the industry press for its material innovations with the plastics Bexoid and Plastex. One page features a celluoid model by the noted designer Mary Lucie Attwell a doll named "Diddums." The catalogue also displays the company's offerings of animal dolls die-cast trucks pool toys golf and ping-pong sets rattles pinwheels and more. Needless to say color photography was not the norm at this time and this catalogue comprises a beautiful set of vivid and sharp photographic prints. A truly exceptional example unlike anything we've seen: simultaneously surreal and nostalgic. [Cascelloid] hardcover books
