205 résultats
184718568Washington: Ritchie & Heiss printers 1847. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Government document: 29th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 31. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume; inner edge a little irregular. Shallow tear at bottom margin not extending into text area. Ink numeral at top margin of p. 1. Ritchie & Heiss, printers unknown books
181611996Washington: William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 14 pp. <br><br>Recommending an increase in the tariff on cotton goods. House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 1st session no. 49. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 39597. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with rubber-stamp of the War Department Library. Last two leves separating bottom outer corners folded. Two pages slightly adhered in inner margin not affecting text. Light spotting and staining in some inner margins. William A. Davis 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
187754690Indianapolis IN: Indianapolis Journal Co 1877. Trade catalogue. 8vo. 32 pp. 4-page inserted price list dated March 1877. Profusely illustrated with seven black and white wood-engraved plates four large black and white illustrations in text and five striking folding chromolithograph plates. Original printed green wrappers foxed. Very good. <br/>A scarce catalogue of heavy agricultural machinery with five brilliantly colored folding plates chromolithographed by Chandler Indianapolis depicting the "double canvass separator Hasselman separator oscillator thresher agricultural engine and the Eagle horse power." Romaine records nothing from this firm. OCLC locates several items from this firm but nothing before 1883. 1219. <br/><br/> Indianapolis Journal Co unknown books
182418594London: Hatchard and Sons 1824. Disbound 41pp. First and last leaves lightly dusted and worn else Very Good. The author argues that "notwithstanding the preferential duty rate of 10s. per hundredweight enjoyed by West Indian sugar as against East Indian the latter could be entered for internal consumption so as to afford a large profit to importers. It would be a most advantageous speculation for young men of good character and with small capital native or European to embark in the manufacture of sugar in Bengal." Ragatz. FIRST EDITION. Ragatz 249. Hatchard and Sons unknown books
1900227800Philadelphia: 10 and 12 North 6th Street 1900. with 4 pp. Discount sheet laid in. Illustrated. 112 pp. Printed orange wrappers wrappers split at hinges else very good. with 4 pp. Discount sheet laid in. Illustrated. 112 pp. 10 and 12 North 6th Street unknown books
189043958Providence R. I.: Snow & Farnham Printers 1890. 1st Printing. Pale green paper wrappers printed with dark blue ink. 'Flip book' orientation. Minor wear & age-toning. Small chip to left of spine. Withal a nice VG copy. 47 1 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Snow & Farnham, Printers unknown books
1894505671894. Interstate Commerce Commission. Eighth Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission December 1 1894. Washington: Government Printing Office 1894. 271 pp. Original cloth some shelfwear internally clean. Ex-library. Stamps to front free endpaper. $5. unknown books
186874151Springfield Ohio: Republican Print Co. Very Good. 1868. Softcover. 9 x 6 inches bound in peach wrappers; complete in 24 pages with numerous terrific illustrations articles and ads. Beautiful fresh condition. . Republican Print Co. paperback 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
1896403737Denver: Denver Chamber of Commerce 1896. 8vo. 96 pp. Illustrated. Original salmon wrappers. Some minor soiling. FIRST EDITION compiled by Secretary M. C. Jackson. Includes the text of President F. W. Crocker's address. <br/><br/> Denver Chamber of Commerce unknown books
186245055Syracuse 1862. 1st Printing presumed. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Faint fold-lines. Bit of age-toning and edge rash. Overall Very Good. Single sheet broadside leaflet. Testimonials dated 1862 occupy the bottom half of the circular. Illustrated with a cut of the device. 10" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/>"It has become a matter of great importance to Farmers that some way should be devised to Cut Vegetables rapidly and cheaply for Feeding Stock and especially that the Vegetables should be cut in such shape as to be most favorable for the Stock." This that device or so the manufacturer asserts. unknown books
187469531San Francisco 1874. Paperback. Very Good. 30p. Blue wrapper. 22cm. Small label on corner of front cover. Laid in is a similarly-sized broadsheet titled "Communication from Leland Stanford to the Committee on Corporations of the Senate" which is dated in type Jan. 22 1874. <br/><br/> paperback books
184017810Newport R.I.: James Atkinson 1840. 8vo 102 pp in original sewn wrappers. Very good with a corner missing from rear wrapper and occasional light foxing. First publication in this form; originally a series of articles published in the Newport newspaper Herald of the Times written in opposition to Van Buren's economic policies and in support of the Whig Party platform. Hazard 1797-1886 was a Rhode Island textile manufacturer and dedicated social reformer who favord protections for American domestic manufacturing as a solution to unemployment. He later published works on capital punishment and poverty issues. Sabin 31111 noting that the work "contains many facts relative to the early history of manufactories in Rhode Island"; Bartlett p. 148. James Atkinson unknown books
187740877New York: C. Jourgensen Printer 1877. 1st printing Romaine p. 113. Original printed yellow paper wrappers. Slight roll to spine. Average wear & soiling with unobtrusive evidence of damping in top margin. Front wrapper top corner with modern paper reinforcement to verso. Withal a respectable Very Good copy. 158 2 blank pp. Profusely illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> C. Jourgensen, Printer unknown books
1887505451887. Interstate Commerce Commission. First Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission December 1 1887. Washington: Government Printing Office 1887. 240 pp. Original cloth gilt title to spine. Worn text block partially detached secured with tape interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Stamps to endleaves. $5. unknown books
187927274Syracuse: Syracuse Lithographing Engraving and Printing Co. 1879. First edition. Paper wrappers. Some chipping to spine else a very good copy tanning at edges. 59 pp. adv. 5 pp. Illus. with 4 b/w engravings. 8vo. Tipped-in complements from the Secretary P.H. Agan. A complete portrait of Syracuse with discussion of education the University founded just ten years earlier and the business sector. A subtle piece of boosterism. Some nice advertising engravings. OCLC shows only 3 copies. Syracuse Lithographing, Engraving,, and Printing Co. unknown books
190036847Dayton Ohio 1900. Trade card from "The Station Confectionery Tables for Ladies and Gentlemen." Pink card stock printed with blue inks oblong 4" x 2-1/4." Very Good with the Union Bug of Dayton's Allied Printing Trades Council at the bottom. <br/><br/> Dayton's Union Station opened in 1900. Legal segregation was the norm in most of the Union until passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. unknown books
188816374Florence MA: Nonotuck Silk Co 1888. Small 8vo pp. 89 v. Paper wraps. Leaves a little browned but a nice copy. Instructions and patterns for several kinds of embroidery darning crochet with advertisements for threads and "ready-made" knitted items. Nonotuck Silk Co 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
1871232330London and Derby: Bembrose & Sons 1871. First Edition. Lithographed title within an ornamental mirror frame showing carved fretwork 52 large woodcut designs several double-page on 31 leaves. 10 2; 10 pp. publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 4to. Publisher's blind-stamped green cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gold; with ticket "bound by Bemrose & Sons Derby." Very slight rubbing to spine tips and lower joint else about fine neatly rebacked. With Christmas inscription dated 1871 on the flyleaf. First Edition. Lithographed title within an ornamental mirror frame showing carved fretwork 52 large woodcut designs several double-page on 31 leaves. 10 2; 10 pp. publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 4to. Superb copy of this fine trade catalogue from Bemrose 1831-1908 author of A MANUAL OF WOOD CARVING which according to the author's Preface to this work had already entered its fourth edition. Bembrose & Sons unknown books
1891505631891. Interstate Commerce Commission. Fifth Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission December 1 1891. Washington: Government Printing Office 1892. 414 pp. Original cloth gilt title to spine. Light shelfwear internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine. $5. Contains a fold-out map of the United States of America dated 1890. unknown books
188932786Pittsburgh PA 1889. Not in Romaine. Blue cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Beveled edges. Volume professionally recased. 390 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> hardcover books
18704337Philadelphia: Haddock & Son Printers 1870. Bi-fold catalog 28 x 21.5 cm. 4 pages. Printed in blue and red. One engraved image of "The Excelsior Fruit Drop Machine". A catalog of confections offered by George Miller & Sons of Philadelphia. Decorative red border encloses product list. Items include cough confections Arabian gum drops and sticks fruit nuts jelly work rock candy chocolate sardines fancy toys and more. George Miller & Sons established in Philadelphia in 1833. Philadelphia was a large candy-making center in the 19th and 20th centuries. Philadelphia grew from having just four confectioners in 1800 to 117 large-scale wholesalers 418 retailers and 1011 places listed as corner candy stores just a century later. Fold creases otherwise near fine. Not in Romaine. Haddock & Son, Printers unknown books
18704889Cleveland OH: H.H. Hatch & Co 1870. Trade card 7 x 12cm. Printed one side in black and gold on pale red card stock. The 1886 Directory Leading Manufacturers and Merchants of the City of Cleveland and Environs describes the firm as follows. "One of the best-known houses in Cleveland is that of H. B. Hatch & Co.' importers and wholesale liquor dealers. This house dates its foundation from 1855 and from that time was continued successfully by the firm of Hillyard & Hatch who were succeeded by Skeels & Hatch then followed Skeels Hatch & Co. who in turn were succeeded by H. H. Hatch & Co. In 1879 the firm was Hatch & Zangerle and in 1885 the present firm of H. B. Hatch & Co. composed of H. B. Hatch and Cass H. Hatch sons of Mr. H. H. Hatch succeeded to the entire business and under their able administration of affairs the trade has been increased and the facilities enlarged so as to meet all demands. The business house is 25x100 feet in extent and is well arranged and contains a large stock and valuable assortment of the finest wines from the vineyards of the most distinguished growers of France and other parts of Europe also choice brandies gins etc. of the firm's own importation and the finest American wines brandies etc. and the choicest old Bourbon and rye whiskies the best made in the land. These goods are all of high standard quality and command the attention of the trade a large business being carried on by the firm with all parts of the States of Ohio New York Massachusetts Vermont Pennsylvania etc. The Messrs. Hatch are both of Cleveland where they were born and brought up and as merchants and useful citizens stand high in commercial and financial circles. Mr. C. H. Hatch is a member of the Royal Arcanum.". Some light discoloration to verso otherwise very good or better. H.H. Hatch & Co unknown books
