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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
1803WRCAM14111Stockholm 1803. 4pp. Small quarto. Plain wrappers. Neat old bookplate else good. Regulates the tobacco trade. BELL S646. unknown books
1816WRCAM39129London: Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 1816. 2pp. plus docket title printed on verso of second leaf. Folio. Early horizontal folds. Near fine untrimmed. Official Parliamentary draft printing of a commercial agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States passed just over a year after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. The convention of commerce establishes that the same import and export duties be applied to goods carried by American and British ships in direct British- American commerce. Duties on and bounties for prize ships and goods are also put on the same terms. This version of the bill would have been printed while the question was being considered by Parliament. Not in Kress or TPL and not listed on OCLC. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed unknown books
181025380New York City NY: Not Published 1810. One page letter dated New York 18th December 1810 and being given to James Thomson Grocer New York. ".Sir - As I am going to Havannah in the Brig Galen Capt. Annes it is My wish that if any accident Should happen to prevent me returning in the vessel you will See to and take possession of what property of mine may be in her and in case of My Death that by virtue of my power of attorney you collect my estate together as much as in your power and after paying my just and lawful debts remit the remainder to my brother John Gann Goodestone near Wingham County of Kent England. Yours William Gann" Approx. 8" x 13" size; ink handwriting very legible. Light wear dustiness split at one section at old fold lines; in very good condition and interesting early 19th century New York City business history law ephemera. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Not Published paperback books
182524840United States of America: Not Published 1825. 12 ledger style pages loose. Entries all written in a strong legible hand in ink and signed Paul Langdon presumably acting as supercargo on these vessels. Brig Diomede: In account with Paul Langdon ".Disbursements in Charleston as per bills.by My draft on Mrs. Ann Shaipley."; the following three pages with list of disbursements for Diomede at Liverpool October 1825 very detailed including payments for various foods repairs on the brig services from harbor personnel and more and a page on accounts for salt carried cash to Timothy Wiggin & freight discount.Schooner William: at Miragoane Hayti sic with similar payments as above provisions coffee commissions fresh beef yams coffee marketing crew wages duties; with accounts noted to George Moody W.E. Rogers. Schooner Milo: two pages regarding salt & shingles shipped on board charges on account customs cash account totals of Spanish dollars & gold doubloons; sale of sundries shipped by N. & Arthur Folsom and noted at Wilmington Feb 1 1827. Ship Newport: two pages with attached list of 15 names including William E. Putnam Edward A. Bragdon Charles O. Emerson John B. Fernald J.P. Moody Joseph Bragdon Jr. Stephen Grant Henry Hill Frederick Williams Jeremiah Brooks Charles Moody Henry S. Thompson Joseph Sewall Alexander Demuth William H. Sewell at bottom of page is an un-numbered name as if the compiler John B. Tercel. Accounting for cash received of Lindsay & Haven and disbursements for the ship at Charleston paid by Paul Langdon: men employed at the rigging cash for marketing cabin boom knifes & spoons mending timber dogs heaving the ship off stevedores blacksmiths wood "cash paid Woman cook 29 days." advanced wages for Mr. Hill Libby Woodson and "Cash paid for knife for the Italian Sailor" dated July 1835.Miscellaneous: One of the pages headed Elizabeth Sewall with 3-line entries for 1833 & 1835 regarding the payment of services for ".labour & superintending her Farm." during those years; another page with the date of December of 1859 with short entries for the entire month detail weather farming woodcutting & fishing activities some community information names of McIntire Hutchins Lucas Wilson in a somewhat more spidery hand and with a note at the side "All above is from my best recollections." Approx. 8" x 12 1/2" size some light edgewear little spotting;in very good condition; interesting maritime trade history. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
1879106415<p>Pamphlet 8vo cloth covers gilt title on top cover illustrated 80 pp. Some cover and edge wear center margin tears throughout not affecting text or illustrations by pre drilled hole in pamphlet normal aging and browning; otherwise very good. Somewhat scarce brush catalogue from the 1870s. Whiting started making brushes in the 1850s and by 1868 he had a stand-alone brush business that included other family members. The company expanded a great deal and was considered one of the best brush makers by the 1890s. By the time of John Whiting's death in 1892 it was probably the largest manufacturer in the United States. This attractive little catalogue includes an engraving of the Whiting factory and images of the brushes they made. A complete price list is included. </p> books
18956891Waynesboro Franklin Co. Pennsylvania: Frick Company Engineers 1895. Octavo 24 x 15 cm. 201 15 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with engravings and diagrams. FIRST EDITION thus of this trade catalogue for the Frick Company of Franklin County Pa. focused on their line of heavy machinery in refrigeration applications. Text black generally clean and bright. Head of spine bumped a bit. In publisher's gilt-stamped burgundy cloth with some rubbing. Generally very good or better. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies; Romaine records two other Frick Co. catalogues. Frick Company, Engineers hardcover books
1809WRCAM47399London 1809. 1pp. on a folded folio sheet with printed docketing on the fourth page. Folio. Lightly tanned around the edges. Near fine. Rare printing of a British Parliamentary "slip bill" seeking to reestablish trade between Great Britain and the United States a few years before the outbreak of the War of 1812 and in the midst of great tension between the two nations. This bill was considered by Parliament in the spring of 1809 in the wake of President Jefferson's rescinding the Embargo Act and following the negotiations between U.S. Secretary of State Robert Smith and British envoy David Erskine which created a glimmer of hope that Anglo- American relations might be repaired after a period of great stress and turmoil. In March 1809 Jefferson signed the Non- Intercourse Act which rescinded the Embargo of 1807 and held out the promise of resuming trade with England and France if either of those nations ended its commercial restrictions toward the United States. The Erskine-Smith negotiations of April held out the promise of improved relations and in May the Parliament considered the present bill which permitted trade between Great Britain and the United States to be carried on in American ships. Unfortunately Prime Minister Canning disavowed the Erskine-Smith Agreement in late May and Anglo-American relations continued to deteriorate culminating in outright warfare in 1812. <br> <br> Slip bills are printed during the legislative process in small numbers for the use of legislators and staff. They are ephemeral items and their survival is rare. A printed note before the text of the bill reads "the figures in the margin denote the Number of the Folios in the written copy" which indicates just how early in the legislative process these bills were printed. OCLC locates only a single copy at the University of Massachusetts. OCLC 49887290. unknown books
18520000528New York: the company 1852. First edition. Soiled foxed & spotted modest edge wear including a couple of small losses upper wrap partially separated previous owner's name in pencil at front wrap label pasted in at the last page of text apparently correcting an error in the address of a retailer good or better. 8vo 28 & 4 pp. with engraved frontis. Original printed wraps sewn with an illustration of distilling equipment on the rear wrap. Romaine; p.135. <br/><br/>Formed in 1847 the company was the family business of Samuel J.Tilden Governor of New York & 1876 Democratic nominee for president. Their most successful product known as “Tilden’s Extract†was extracted from cannabis indica & as described on p.21 “specially recommended for tetanus hydrophobia neuralgia gout rheumatism epidemic cholera convulsions hysteria mental depression insanity and uterine hemorrhage.†OCLC finds 9 copies under 4 accession numbers all but 2 with 28 pages apparently omitting the final 4 pages present in this volume which comprise advertising. the company paperback books
189621325New York and elsewhere 1896. Folio. 14 1/2 x 12 inches. Approximately 350 larger ephemeral items and about 200 small scraps mounted on both pastedowns and recto and verso of 22 leaves. All leaves browned 3 leaves split vertically others with margins chipped some loosely inserted. Original rose-coloured glazed paper-covered boards lower cover blocked in blind and lettered 'Pat. March 76' in blind the upper cover blocked in gilt with three shaped raised panels with gilt borders enclosing chromolithographic images backstrip blocked in gilt corners rounded some fading to upper cover and backstrip inner hinges broken<br/> <br/>A spectacular album with an unusually rich assortment of advertising and trade cards including a selection chromolithographed designs of birds after Audubon.<br/> <br/>Internal evidence suggests that the album was probably assembled by a New York State resident living just south of Rochester - possibly from near Bath Cohocton or Canandaigua the patent date of the album gives a 'now earlier than' date whilst there are a number of dated items amongst the scraps the latest being 1896. Included are a large number of cards issued by local businesses as well as more national concerns like a fine series of six advertising cards for 'Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills" featuring toddlers playing baseball "Tum on ets' p'ay ball"; "See me tech it!"; "Aint dot out!"; "I'se bo'en home"; "I'se dot it!". There are also 33 'Arm & Hammer' bird cards after designs by John James Audubon 13 from the Arm & Hammer Brand / Church & Co. "Beautiful Birds of America" Collectors' Card 1st Series from 1894; the others probably from the second series. unknown books
188139337San Francisco 1881. Modest wear. A Very Good item. Recto with chromolithographed image of Columbia holding a globe sitting on a pile of books with the Boston Daily Globe newspaper as background. Verso with Bourgoin's business stamp. 4-3/4" x 3-1/16" 12 cm x 7.8 cm. <br/><br/>Scarce production trade card used by late 19th C San Francisco antiquarian bookseller A. Bourgoin who we can document flourished well into the 1890s. unknown books
1817WRCAM12769New York 1817. 32pp. Gathered signatures. Titlepage and p.32 bit dust soiled else very good untrimmed and unopened. Advocates an increase in commerce and manufacturing while decreasing their costs. The address is signed in print by the Committee of Correspondence which included Samuel L. Mitchill. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 39988. 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
1838List601Most Latin America 1838. Mostly Latin America 1809 - 1838. Over 150 pieces comprising over 280 pages .5 linear feet. The Massachusetts merchant Captain Eliphalet Smith Jr. 1780-1838 was a merchant trading primarily in Latin America during the Revolutionary Period. Described by the Chilean historian Diego Barros Arana as "an unscrupulous adventurer who saw in the countries struggling for independence nothing more than a field for his speculations" Smith bore witness to many seminal events in the continent's political history. These letters offer first-hand accounts of such events as the Sieges of Cadiz and Montevideo Admiral William Brown's victories in the Argentinian Independence War the Peruvian silver trade Simon Bolivar's arrival in Guayaquil and the battles of Real Felipe Fortress. <br /> <br /> Smith's business correspondence from the period sheds light on the pro-Regency networks active in the Americas during the period as his loyalties - like most merchants - were based on the Spanish Armada's control of trade. The tensions between Smith and the nascent Chilean government came to a head when goods from Smith's ship the Brig Macedonian were seized by Lord Cochrane Vice Admiral of the Chilean Squadron in two separate incidents in 1818 and 1821. The ensuing legal disputes would cast a long shadow over relations between the United States and Chile until the cases were resolved by international tribunal. The collection includes several original documents relating to the episodes including Smith's recollections of the events and several letters to investors describing the confiscated goods. <br /> <br /> Smith's efforts and their tacit support by the U.S. government make him a key figure in early relations between the United States and the new Latin American regimes. In 1822 an agent of the United States State Department acknowledged that "the Brigs Canton and Macedonian were for more than three years constantly violating blockades neutral and belligerent rights and supplying the royalists and flew the Spanish flag." Likewise historian Patricia Marks writes that Smith had business connections with Spanish merchants in Peru and refers to a quote from Viceroy to Peru JoaquÃn de la Pezuela: "Smith and the Macedonian became anathemas to the patriots. San MartÃn is reputed to have said that he did more damage to the cause of liberty than any other man." Historian Joseph Byrne Lockey points out that Smith's actions had greater implications regarding the perception of the United States in revolutionary-era Latin America: "The conduct of Captain Smith supported in so far as it was legal by the government at Washington contributed together with other incidents of a similar sort not a little to the dimming of the earlier impression of the Patriots that the United States would be in the struggle their friend and ally." <br /> <br /> The collection here consists of 153 documents from Smith's estate including letters received by Smith mercantile inventories and holograph copies of letters sent by Smith during the period. Correspondents include Smith's contacts in Latin America and his creditors in the United States. As a collection the documents relay scarce firsthand accounts of several seminal political events and map an extensive network of mercantile contacts and inventories. They are worthy of further research by scholars of the political history of Latin America and Spain and of early United States / Latin American relations as well as scholars of trade between China and Latin America. <br /> <br /> Overall the collection presents an uncommon opportunity to acquire primary source material from Latin America's Revolutionary Period. We find records from the Macedonian and Smith in the Forbes family collection at Harvard as well as some later documents relating to Smith's claims at the University of Virginia Special Collections. We find no publicly held examples of Smith's personal correspondence or papers prior to 1820. A full write-up and inventory is available in our PDF catalog. unknown books
180135810Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson Junior 1801. 8 18 blanks pp. Stitched into contemporary marbled wrappers. Fine.<br/> offered with Manuscript document headed "Chamber of Commerce 2nd March 1801." Folio leaf folded to 1 3 blanks pp addressed on last page "For Mr. T. W. Francis". The manuscript prints Resolutions to be considered for revision of certain Rules at the next meeting.<br/><br/> The Rules set forth in XVI numbered paragraphs were adopted at a meeting on January 5 1801. AAS's copy has our imprint; other copies list only the year not the month or day. The Chamber's web site states "Since 1801 the Chamber has brought area businesses and civic leaders together to promote growth and create opportunity in our region." This mission comports with that printed in its Articles of Association: "For the purpose of aiding the Trade of the City of Philadelphia by carrying into effect such Rules and Regulations as may from time to time be established with respect to our Commerce and the adjustment of Mercantile differences between each other." <br/> Thomas Whilling Francis 1767-1815 born in Philadelphia graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1784. He then entered the family mercantile firm of Willing and Francis. In 1786 he became a private in the Fourth Company Second Philadelphia Battalion of the City Cavalry and years later was promoted to Captain. An original member of the Chamber of Commerce he served on its Committee for the first month of its existence and in 1815 was its vice-president. He was also a director of various Philadelphia mercantile educational governmental and benevolent establishments. "The Second Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry" THE PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY VOLUME 49 1925 pp.83-85. <br/>AI 1148 1- PHi and Sabin 61974 neither noting the month in the imprint. Not in Rink or Eberstadt. OCLC 191262677 1- AAS as of April 2019. Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior unknown books
188436091Atlanta 1884. Broadside 6" x 9-3/8". Fine. <br/><br/> A new firm was birthed by J.M. McCombs F.M. McCombs and George Taylor of Boston "under the firm name of McCombs Taylor & Co. and will continue the business of the Atlanta Machine Works in all its various branches. Our Mr. Taylor who will have charge of the Mechanical Department of our works is an inventor of Machinery Draftsman and Mechanical Engineer of over twenty years experience. We are prepared to build Engines and Boilers Gold Mills Pulleys Shafting and Hangings Switch Stands and Railroad Castings Elevators and Hoisting Machines Steam Pumps." and other stuff too. 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
185419994Chester England Oct. 17 1854. Stampless cover unlined blue folio 9.8 x 7.88 inches 3 pages plus integral address. Approx. 600 words. Clear ink stamps for Chester and Liverpool. <br /><br />"I have a little piece of poetry by me which you have not had and so I will send it. I do not know if you will like it but it is a favourite with some of my little friends and I thought it might do for the Child's Paper. It is of course my own." <br /><br />On securing the American evangelical ammunition needed for winning the hearts and souls of pious children in England. Knill the daughter of an English evangelical missionary to Jamaica India and St. Petersburg Russia who had settled later in life as a nonconformist preacher in Chester here writes to Russell S. Cook of the American Tract Society to request more children's publications and to alert him that she will submit a poem for publication in the <i>Child's Paper</i>. <br /><br />Though the Tract Society is not mentioned by name the letter is directed to Cook at the 150 Nassau St. address where the society had its headquarters from 1847 to 1858; see the AAS 19th Century American Children's Book Trade Directory. <br /><br />Knill's request for publications carries a hint of perhaps teasing impatience noting <br /><br />"I have never had any additional 'Child's Papers' and my friends are continuously inquiring for them. What shall I tell them That they need not expect any for you will not send them Then I want some other things from your side of the World if you would be so kind as to see that that they come. I want four copies of 'Songs for the little ones at Home' and one of those little books of hymns and tunes like that you had with you here out of which we all sang together the night before you sailed. Do you remember . . . Please make them all up into a big parcel and send them straight to me here as those Edinburgh people charge double carriage. Here is the list lest you should forget. 8 additional copies of the Child's Paper for each month in this year. 4 -- -- 'Song for the little ones at home.' 1 -- -- 'Hymn Book' " <br /><br />Knill sends news of a week of revivals promises more information on the old Providence House landmark in Chester and offers to settle her accounts as needed. Knill seems likely the author responsible for the anonymous short pieces datelined Chester Eng. in the early issues of <i>Child's Paper</i> as well as at least one piece published under the name "Mary Isabella" from Chester. Records suggest Knill appears was born March 28 1835 and baptised in November of that year baptism records that year have her name misspelled Knell; by the 1861 census she is listed as married to the noncomforming minister Charles Chapman. <br /><br />Outside panels sunned and somewhat stained; a little loss to one edge from the original seal present; in very good condition quite legible. With a preliminary transcript. books
188845299Jonesboro Ark: W. L. Robins 1888. 1st Printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Light fading to image Very Good. Albumen photograph 6" x 4" on a peach-colored mount rounded corners. Image is vertically oriented showing the two-story brick building with its pediment high above the angled doorway where two men are standing at a street corner. Underneath in blue ink the photograph name & city. Mount: 6-1/2" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>Verso of the card with the complete financial details of the bank as of Jan. 21 1888. As the verbiage announces "We take great pleasure in calling your attention to a statement of our business at close of same this evening and taking into consideration our tender age of 'seven months' . our success has been unprededented." Jonesboro is found in the northeast part of the state is the county seat of Craighead County and home to Arkansas State. This an uncommon photographic trade card for this newly established bank in the town. W. L. Robins unknown books
188537510Meriden CT: Lithograph copyright by J. H. Bufford's Sons 1885. Printed by Horton-Printer 1885. Folding trade card 4 pp. Folded to 3" x 5." Colored in pink and pale green inks. Lithograph of the Washington Monument surrounded by trees and sightseers. The inner pages describe the firm's Clothing Department and Tailoring Department. The rear page describes the Hat Trunk and Furnishing Departments. The description is surrounded by views and descriptions of "Comparative Height of Various Structures in the World." Fine.<br/><br/> The firm was a major clothier in Meriden Connecticut in the late 1800's.<br/>Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica 1555-1977 Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies University of Pennsylvania. [Lithograph copyright by] J. H. Bufford's Sons, 1885. Printed by Horton-Printer unknown books
188134703Providence R.I. 1881. 1st edition thus Romaine p. 189. Original brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. General wear to binding with dampstain to rear board. Hinges starting. Evidence of leaf removal prior to t.p. frontis. A Good copy of a rare trade catalogue no copies on OCLC. 252 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. <br/><br/> hardcover books
186065548Boston MA 1860. Single sheet folded printed on blue paper. 20 cm. 4 pp. One page of text 3pp. blank. Signed in type by George W. Bungay. Old fold lines light stain at right margin not affecting text. Very good. Bungay solicits merchants and manufacturers for business profiles which he has engaged to publish in the Waverley Magazine "a well-known and widely circulated journal printed weekly." which has an immense circulation in New York New England every State in the Confederacy and the British Provinces. The author promises truthful and graphic sketches of the businesses profiled which will be read by a wide audience and be of benefit to their enterprises as a "novel mode of advertising." for the cost of $10 and travel expenses. He lists several businesses he has already profiled approximately 20 many in the Boston area. Interested parties should contact Bungay at his Dental Room 165 Court St. Boston. No listings found on OCLC. George W. Bungay 1818-1892 was a prolific author and compiler of verse songsters biographical collections of politicians etc. often with a temperance theme. <br/><br/> unknown books
188522190New York: H.C. Long 1885. Colorful bald eagle with scales in its beak arm & hammer anvil tropical scene background embossed raised gilt decorations; lithographed cigar box label not dated; union printing slug & maker name at lower margin; approx. 6 1/2" x 10" size overall; little edgewear; in very good condition. . First Edition. Illustration. Very Good. H.C. Long 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
