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1825WRCAM38259New York: Corrected and published by Edmund M. Blunt 1825. 4196pp. plus 20pp. of advertisements. Tall narrow octavo. Contemporary calf gilt morocco label. Hinges cracked boards worn. Tanned scattered foxing. Fair. First edition under this title of this perennially popular and relied-upon guide for figuring the weight of packages and casks based on their depth and breadth. The work was originally published in 1816 but was found to be so full of errors that it was republished in this "corrected" edition under a new title in 1825. Blunt was also the publisher of the essential navigation guide THE AMERICAN COAST PILOT. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 19773. Corrected and published by Edmund M. Blunt hardcover books
1906228234n.p. Citrograph Press ca. 1906. 1906. 3 1/4" x 6". 10 illustrations including cover photo of The Anderson Hotel. 16 pages including pictorial stiff wrappers. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Promotional pamphlet focusing on Colton's business climate. Not in Rocq. Soft cover. Very Good. [n.p., Citrograph Press, ca. 1906]. paperback books
40043COLORADO SPRINGS-MANITOU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. COME TO COLORADO SPRINGS - MANITOU: THE PIKES PEAK REGION. Colorado Springs: The Chamber 1920s. Square 8vo. Colored illustrated wrappers. 22 pages. Scarce travel promotion for Colorado Springs and region in the 1920s. A rich illustrated many in color booklet of the sites natural wonders as well as tourist resort activities available to the automobile traveler. unknown books
40042AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL - COLORADO COLORADO SPRINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. DAILY DOINGS IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION. Volume IV Number 5. Colorado Springs: July 5 to 11 1914. Illustrated wrappers. 31 pages. Weekly periodical published by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce for t automobile travelers to their region. "Official guide book published every Saturday by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce." "Welcome stranger." E issue includes day-by-day things to do with photographic illustrations of sit and natural wonders in the region. Also includes local advertisements. unknown books
17622191Cadiz: Don Manuel Esoinosa de los Monteros 1762. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. 20.5 x 14 cm 158 pp. 1 f. index. With woodcut head- and tail-pieces blazon of Charles III and two Spanish galleons. Bound in mottled calf over boards spine gilt in six decorative compartments. Somewhat worn at extremities. Generally very good. First enlarged edition of an illustrated merchant's guide to the duties and tariffs levied by the Spanish crown on exports from the Americas chiefly gold and silver but also concerning timber textiles furs coffee spices and foodstuffs.After first offering a general overview of Spanish colonial commerce with Western Europe Garcia de Prado provides a wide range of practical instructions for traders negotiating the hazardous waters of colonial finance giving sample calculations for the volume of shipping containers converting currency and-crucially-providing a comprehensive alphabetical list of the royal tariffs on exports from America and the West Indies printed as a table for quick reference in terms of maravedis de plata silver coins of account and quintales approx. 46 kg. The second half of the work is concerned with trade in gold and silver explaining the six classes of government tariffs and their application to quintales of the metals in their various states acuñada labrada grana fina etc. Printed at the Royal Navy Office in Cadiz where Spanish shipping vessels would have arrived from the Americas the present work anticipates later efforts by the Spanish Bourbons-particularly Charles III and the Marquis de Esquilache-to reform the fiscal administration of its colonial properties. Garcia de Prado remarks in his introduction that a much smaller work un Quaderno with the same title was printed in 1745 and that the present work aims to augment and update the information contained therein. JCB.III.1320; Medina 3999; Palau 58415; Sabin 15037 Don Manuel Esoinosa de los Monteros hardcover books
1928m2537Clearwater Fla.: Clearwater Chamber of Commerce n.d. ca. 1928-1930. Octavo color-illustrated wrappers stapled 32 pp. Photos color illustrations. Promotional piece for the city of Clearwater. Ex-library copy; otherwise Good. Clearwater Chamber of Commerce, n.d. [ca. 1928-1930.] unknown books
195073821Lower Lake California: Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce 1950. Located north of Napa County and San Francisco Clear Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake wholly within the state and at an age of 2.5 million years the oldest lake in North America. It is known as the "Bass Capital of the West" and has long been a destination for watersports and other outdoor activities as this pictorial travel brochure attests: "Lake and mountain scenery may be enjoyed comfortably from the resort or hotel of your choice and many vantage points are to be found on the winding roads which encircle the lake. For the more adventuresome horses are available to explore the miles of bridle paths or a different but equally compelling view may be obtained from boats of which every type from canoe to 60-foot yachts are at the disposal of the vacationer." Features six photographic illustrations and two maps including a cartoon rendering of Clear Lake by Lee Fidge. Accompanied by a two-sided Clear Lake Business Directory leaflet which lists 119 businesses in Clearlake Highlands Clearlake Park Clearlake Oaks Glenhaven Lower Lake and Lakeport. Printed in black blue and red on a 12" x 17 ½" sheet of white paper that folds to 4" x 8 ¾" 12 panels. Light toning to the outer panels; else very good or better. Scarce OCLC locates only two holdings Yale and UC Davis. Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce unknown books
194148593Washington: the Chamber 1941. 11p. wraps. the Chamber unknown books
194769621Washington: the Chamber 1947. 57p. wraps slight soiling along spine. Seidman C119. the Chamber unknown books
1937220157Washington DC: Chamber of Commerce of the United States 1937. Pamphlet. 30p. wraps slightly edge worn previous owner's name on front wrap else very good condition 6x9 inches. Chamber of Commerce of the United States unknown books
195464074Washington: the Chamber 1954. 90p. wraps illus. the Chamber unknown books
186610295New York 1866. 8vo. 14 pp. <br><br>On the Empire State's participation in the 1867 World's Fair and Universal Exposition. A very scarce report. We trace no copies via WorldCat. Without wrappers. Corners and edges with a little bumping. Outer pages lightly soiled. First page with a few notations in ink and pencil. unknown books
1943220156New York: Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York 1943. Four panel brochure 3 panels with text one blank 5.5x8.5 inches minor toning and creasing else good condition. The Chamber opposes the closed shop dues check-off and calls for government supervision of union elections. Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York unknown books
1966251672Bucharest: Chamber of Commerce of the Socialist Republic of Romania 1966. 38p. stapled wraps 4.75 x 6.25 inches wraps lightly worn staples rusted else good condition. Supplement to the Romanian Foreign Trade No. 4 61 1966. Chamber of Commerce of the Socialist Republic of Romania unknown books
2522qmsBardstown KY: Chamber of Commerce n.d. Octavo paperbound stapled b&w photo illus. white wrappers 15 pp. Includes ads for Wickland T. W. Samuels Distillery Inc. Baldwin’s Tourist Court Komfy Tourist Rooms The Old Talbott Tavern. Very Good with light soiling to wrappers. Chamber of Commerce, n.d. unknown books
195021680Washington: Chamber of Commerce 1950. 74p.wraps. Chamber of Commerce unknown books
1924242101Chicago: Privately Printed 1924. First edition. 17 plates from photographs. 8 365 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in gilt. Apart from one small faint stain on upper cover this is a fine clean copy. Original owner's signature on front pastedown "E.O. Wooton / Washington D.C. / Dec. 1924. First edition. 17 plates from photographs. 8 365 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A classic of ranch life in Wyoming. "Clay came to America in 1874 having known cattle farmers and literature from childhood. He became the outstanding representative of the British-owned cattle companies of the 1880's. His MY LIFE ON THE RANGE privately printed1924 is packed with facts on cattle cattlemen and ranches. I cite it here for its pictures of life and its sense of the beautiful" J. Frank Dobie COW PEOPLE.<br/><br/>The original owner E.O. Wooton.1865-1945 was an American botanist professor of chemistry and botany at New Mexico State College from 1890 to 1911 and assistant curator at the National Herbarium in 1910. Howes C470 Privately Printed unknown books
1883236859Kansas City Missouri: Press of Ramsey Millett & Hudson 1883. Illustrated with 2 full-page Engravings. 76 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers printed in red and black. Vertical crease to front wrap and a few corners previously turned down a few prices realized in pencil. Very good. Illustrated with 2 full-page Engravings. 76 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Over sixty-five Galloway bulls and heifers on the block giving detailed pedigree. With an introduction by Matthews explaining the his interest in the breed. Not in OCLC Press of Ramsey, Millett & Hudson unknown books
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
1920381Map Western Canada <i>The Canadian West. Compiled from Government Maps and Revised to January 1920. Presented with the Compliments of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. </i>44 cm x 120 cm color lithographed map prepared for the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1920. Folded creased as expected after a century only three small fold separations without loss of text or image. Printed on good paper still crisp and fresh. The size prevents this seller taking a panoramic photograph. Condition fine as noted above. Canadian Bank of Commerce books
19015653Havana 1901. Paperback. Very Good. 116p. Original lightly worn wrapper. <br/><br/> paperback books
189741312San Francisco: California State Board of Trade 1897. 1st printing. Color illustrated printed paper wrappers. Significant wear to wrappers some scuffing and soiling chipping to edges. Paper age-toned. Withal an About VG example. 152 2 pp. Color frontis b/w intratextual illustrations & folding color map within. 10-1/4" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/>"Early History; Commercial Position; Climate; Scenery; Forests; General Resources; Irrigation; Mining; Agriculture; Horticulture; Olive Culture; Citrus Culture; the Sugar Beet; Raisin Growing; Transportation; Fruit Canning; Dairying; Poultry Raising; Floriculture; Live Stock; Sheep Husbandry; Forage Plants; Education; Religion; Political Status; Immigration; California and the Insane; Lick Observatory; SAn Francisco; Statistical; Gold Production; Land Values." Rare in the trade. California State Board of Trade unknown books
190167625Cincinnati: George A. Kraemer. Good. 1901. Hardcover. 221 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 11x7.75 inches. Tan cloth covers with red printing. The covers are soiled and rubbed. Remnants of a bookplate on the front pastedown. Previous owner signature and stamp on the front end pages. The contents are complete and sound. Good. . George A. Kraemer hardcover books
60817bdPresented in the Interest of Progress through the United Efforts and Co-operation of the Businessmen’s Ass’n Chamber of Commerce and the Industrial Plants of The Village of Oak Harbor. Fold-out map edged with advertisments for area businesses. Phone numbers in the advertisements contain only four numerals leading us to date the map ca. early 1950s. Two-sided measuring 16 1/2†x 21 1/2â€. Near-Fine with a touch of foxing age darkened spotting to title. unknown books