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19206138San Francisco: Danner & Baker Inc 1920. Oblong stapled booklet 23 x 27 cm. 80 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION of this number. A trade catalogue of glassware porcelain and Satsuma pottery from this long running San Francisco dealer in crockery and glassware. Near fine in green- and gilt-titled tan wrappers. Previous owner's inscription to the from wrapper panel. OCLC locates one record for Catalogue no. 4 but the location is lacking; one copy each of Catalogues no. 3 & 5. Danner & Baker, Inc unknown books
19304680Brussels Belgium: Affiches Marci 1930. Folio 38 x 33 cm 20 pages. Album containing 156 chromolithograph trade cards. In French and Flemish. Album produced for Côte d'Or customers to collect specifically the company's botanical trade cards. Each page contains an outlined area for eight specific cards with a description for each printed in French and Flemish. Full-color trade cards are pasted down and depict a wide range of flora fauna and fungi. Album contains the full set. Côte d'Or was founded in 1883 by Belgian chocolate manufacturer Charles Neuhaus. Both the company's name and logo an elephant surrounded by palm trees and pyramids recalls the African origin of the source of the cacao beans used in the production of chocolate. The company is still producing chocolate today. An incredible example of vibrantly colored and elaborately designed trade cards and the intersection of advertising and the popular hobby of collecting. Cards and album produced by Belgian printing house Affiches Marci a company established in 1819 and still in business today. In slightly rubbed and bumped boards with slightly fraying green cloth spine; the front cover features a full color illustration of the botanical cards with the company's logo and the back features slightly faded checked floral pattern. Some slight edgewear and foxing to pages and cards otherwise very good. Affiches Marci hardcover books
5983290New York: National Aniline & Chemical Co. Very good. Series: National U.S.A. Dyes no. 143. 9x6 in. 14 pp. 64 samples of dyed wool containing samples of dyed wool and instructions for dyeing. The National Aniline & Chemical Company est. 1917 produced now-scarce publications of shade cards and other manuals considered invaluable on account of their fund of technical information and work completed on a large scale. Dyed wool samples numerous illustrations of 1920s New York technical dying instructions throughout. Covers faded and slight signs of external dampstaining slight handling creases rubbing; overall very good. WorldCat lists 1 other copy. REFERENCE: American Dyestuff Reporter 1921. <br /><br /> National Aniline & Chemical Co. books
189051050Various places 1890. mostly boys with simple tackle as pictured on nine advertising trade cards most 3 x 4 inches for New England businesses one from New Jersey primarily clothing concerns but including an organ manufacturer soap manufacturers a confectioner and a dye house; advertising copy printed on the verso of four cards. Some rubbing but a very good lot. For the nine trade cards $100. <br/><br/> hardcover books
188336090Atlanta 1883. Broadside 5-3/8" x 8-1/2". Very Good. unknown books
185465544Philadelphia PA: Rice & Hart Publishers No. 27 Minor Street 1854. Single sheet folded. 25 cm. 4 pp. text on 2 outer pages only. Old fold lines else very good. Text in two columns printing the notices for this publication from the National Intelligencer of Feb. 11 and the Washington Union of Feb. 4. The contents including the list of portraits and biographies in of each of the four volumes is also listed. OCLC lists two copies of this circular: NY Hist. Soc. and AAS. The "National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans" was published by Rice & Hart in 1854. <br/><br/> Rice & Hart, Publishers, No. 27 Minor Street 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
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
108085Manchester England: Joseph Brown Maker 7 Nicholas Street n. d. Tall folio three preliminary leaves with monochromatic illustrations of clothing and accessories followed by 30 leaves with over 400 samples on the recto and verso of each leaf of the colors and designs of various clubs organizations and societies. Maroon cloth boards with an embossed club necktie on the upper board and silver stamped title. Binding slightly rubbed minor foxing; very good. § An early 20th century trade catalogue with cloth samples showing the official colors of over 400 English clubs organizations and societies. The samples represent a remarkable array of both prominent and provincial social and sporting clubs as well as military regiments schools colleges and universities. An interesting record of this colorful coded language still in use today. Joseph Brown hardcover 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
1890106522<p>Chromolithograph advertising and promotion cards various sizes from 3 ¼" x 3 ¼" to 6" x 8". Normal aging a little browning on reverse text on reverse of one card basically gone. A couple of colorful little girl and flower cards one an advertisement for Magic Yeast indicating E.W. Gillett as manufacturer. Fairly colorful lot. </p> 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
189247152.1Boston: Pope Manufacturing Co 1892. 1st Printing. Printed blue paper self-wrappers sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Light age-toning at the extremities VG. 12 pages. Illustrated with 4 cuts of people on cycles with t.p. having decorative ornamentation to left. 12mo. 5-5/8" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/>"Pope Manufacturing Company was founded by Albert Augustus Pope around 1876 in Boston Massachusetts and incorporated in Connecticut in 1877. Manufacturing of bicycles began in 1878 in Hartford Connecticut at the Weed Sewing Machine Company factory. Pope manufactured bicycles motorcycles and automobiles. From 1905 to 1913 Pope gradually consolidated manufacturing to the Westfield Mass plant. The main offices remained in Hartford. It ceased automobile production in 1915 and ceased motorcycle production in 1918. The company subsequently underwent a variety of changes in form name and product lines through the intervening years. Yet all the way up to present-day bicycles continue to be made available under the Columbia brand." Wiki. An early promotional brochure by this long-time bicycle manufacturer. Herein the company touts it's product anchored with a 2 page manifesto: "Why Should I Ride a Bicycle" Evidently enough people agreed they should for "by the mid-1890s at the height of the bicycle craze Pope was manufacturing about a quarter million bicycles annually." Pope Manufacturing Co unknown 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
1925WRCLIT61651Paris 1925. Quarto. Printed wrappers. Scattered foxing spine slightly creased else a nice copy. Edited by Paul Valery Leon-Paul Fargue and Valery Larbaud. A representative issue of this important venue for contemporary French literature and literature in translation. Publication spanned thirty-two numbers issued between 1924 and 1932. The editors Paulhan Ponge Macleish Sceve et al. One of 250 numbered copies on lafuma of 2850. unknown books
1926WRCLIT61652Paris 1926. Quarto. Printed wrappers. Bit of use at edges minor foxing very good. Edited by Paul Valery Leon-Paul Fargue and Valery Larbaud. A representative issue of this important venue for contemporary French literature and literature in translation. Publication spanned thirty-two numbers issued between 1924 and 1932. Jacob Jouhandeau Riviere the editors et al. One of 250 numbered copies on lafuma of 2850. unknown books
1927WRCLIT61653Paris 1927. Quarto. Printed wrappers. Spine a bit sunned and cocked with short tear else very good. Edited by Paul Valery Leon-Paul Fargue and Valery Larbaud. A representative issue of this important venue for contemporary French literature and literature in translation. Publication spanned thirty-two numbers issued between 1924 and 1932. Jouve Guillere the editors et al. One of 2500 numbered copies on alfa of 2850. unknown books
1927WRCLIT61649Paris 1927. Quarto. Printed wrappers. Some foxing and soiling small loss at toe of spine; just a good copy with prospectus laid in. Edited by Paul Valery Leon-Paul Fargue and Valery Larbaud. A representative issue of this important venue for contemporary French literature and literature in translation. Publication spanned thirty-two numbers issued between 1924 and 1932. Nietzsche translated by Paulhan Breton first part of NADJA O'Flaherty the editors et al. S.P. copy in addition to 2900 numbered copies. unknown books
1961119641Tanganyika 1961. hardcover. Illus. some color. many tables. slim 8vo cloth d.w. Tanganyika December 1961.<br/><br/> unknown books
195238806Washington DC: Chamber of Commerce of the United States 1952. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial thick paper wrappers; 55pp. Mild external wear; Very Good. Red Scare-era primer on Communists: how to recognize them how to beat them around the world and in the woodpile. With laid-in mimeographed cover-letter by Emerson Schmidt. Chamber of Commerce of the United States unknown books
194769621Washington: the Chamber 1947. 57p. wraps slight soiling along spine. Seidman C119. the Chamber unknown books
1933871221933. TRADE CATALOG - BABY PRAMS AND FURNITURE. COMPAGNIE LYONNAISE DE CONSTRUCTION DE VOITUES ET JOUETS D'ENFANTS; Lyon. Les Voitures d'Enfants - Les Meuble Lacques. Album No. 1. Lyon: The Company 1933. Oblong quarto printed wrappers; 68 pp. illustrated throughout. Art deco prams weighty looking "landaus" and smaller "cabs" in a range of high modern styles followed by strollers fabricated of either metal some of which are collapsible or wood some cribs and cradles and suites of decorated lacquer furniture for children. 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
197638684Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1976. First Edition. Quarto. Printed card wrappers softcover as issued; 381pp; illus. Mild external wear; internally clean tight and unmarked - Very Good or better. Important early attempt to reconcile electronic medical recordkeeping with privacy concerns. Though issued pre-Internet among the report's conclusions is one that strikes this cataloguer as still-pertinent: ".what we have today are ambiguous and ill-defined systems that leave people uncertain and fearful about their capacity to control the circulation of their medical and health data. Government Printing Office 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
