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188888722New York: by the Company 1888. Folding sales brochure opening to approx. 8-3/8" x 17-1/2." Illustrated with line engravings on three panels with ornamental engraved title page. Faint vertical crease; mild edge-soil still a handsome Very Good or better example. Stamped in three places with the hand-stamp of a local retailer "J.S. Harah" of Uniontown PA. <br /> <br /> Quite charming illustrated brochure for this prominent 19th-century American importer and wholesaler of hats gloves and accessories. Rear panel features a portrait of HRH the Prince of Walesn later Edward VII "as he appeared at Homburg August Last Wearing Tyrolean Soft Hat" - a very early reference to the Homburg or Homborg hat that would become a ubiquitous men's topper through the first decades of the 20th century. by the Company unknown
18806512East Liverpool Ohio: the company; Simms Steam Print 1880. 16mo single sheet uncut & folded to form 10 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. Net price list of decorated ware with descriptions of Toilet Sets Tea Sets Decorated Ware Covered Jugs Molasses Cans Etc. Knowles Taylor and Knowles was formed in 1870 though its antecedents date to 1854. By the early 1870's the company specialized in Iron Stone China and operated four kilns. One horizontal fold light edgewear with some tiny losses slightly foxed & soiled. Still very good. OCLC locates no copies. [the company]; Simms Steam Print unknown
18849686Defiance OH: White & Mains Printers 1884. Unbound. Good binding. Quarto. 4 pp. illus. Bifolium printed on all 4 pages. Wear to the inner margin; soiling; vertical crease from folding; light wear to the extremities. An early advertisement for this company that was around roughly from 1880 to at least 1920. White & Mains, Printers unknown
1869351956Cairo: Maá¹baÊ»at WÄdÄ« al-NÄ«l 1869. 12 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Rose printed wrappers. Removed. Very good. Contemporary note in English at top of front wrapper "E.A. Park presented by the Vice Consul at Cairo. 12 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Speech on the history of Arab Ottoman trade noting the key position of Egypt as nexus between Red Sea and Mediterranean commercial routes. This was delivered at a time when Egypt was asserting greater claims of sovereignty under Isma'il and when the trade laws were moving away from shari'a basis to a commercial code often derived from European models.<br /> <br /> The author is named as the learned Italian Cavalieri Francis Anton DiMarca. Not in OCLC Maá¹baÊ»at WÄdÄ« al-NÄ«l unknown
184647512Kopenhagen Jens Hostrup Schultz 1846. 4to. 4 pp. <br/><br/><em>In this decree the Danish King states that the decree issued by "Der Deutschen Bundesversammlung" in 1845 about the abolition of the slave trade Negerhandel should be in force also in the German speeking part of Denmark Herzogthum Holstein. </em> unknown
1895499Columbus Ohio and New York 1895. 8vo. 190 x 128 mm. 7 ½ x 5 inches. 144 pp. Illustrated throughout with half-tone images and diagrams 2 of which are folding. Original printed wrappers a few stains but a sound and attractive copy. Specialty items include elevators drive belts conveyors sprocket wheels and machinery for mining and mill factories. Established in Columbus in 1877 Jeffrey Manufacturing was instrumental in developing the mining and coal industries of eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. One of its most important products was the "Jeffrey Electric Locomotive" which moved on tracks inside mines and towed tons of rock and saved hours of labor and contributed to mine safety. Not cited in Romaine. This catalogue is one of the few original sources documenting mining equipment produced by the largest industrial plants in Ohio at the end of the nineteenth century. unknown
1884370801Boston: 33 to 51 Bowker Street and 49 & 51 Cardon Street printed by Wilson & Son University Press Cambridge 1884. 7 photogravure plates woodcut illustrations throughout text. With printed order slip tipped-in following text publisher's acknowledgment slip laid-in at front. 256pp. Roan cloth decoratively stamped in gilt and black on cover and spine; decorative blind stamping to rear board; minor edge wear mainly at head and tail of spine; illustrated throughout with black-and-white drawings and photographs. 7 photogravure plates woodcut illustrations throughout text. With printed order slip tipped-in following text publisher's acknowledgment slip laid-in at front. 256pp. A beautifully illustrated trade catalog detailing both the remarkable variety and elaborate designs of the Tufts company's commercial soda fountains. 33 to 51 Bowker Street, and 49 & 51 Cardon Street [printed by Wilson & Son, University Press, Cambridge] unknown
1880118360Bendigo: The Company 1880. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Bendigo The Company 1880s. Quarto 8 pages with 6 illustrations of footwear and a large illustrated advertisement. Salmon-pink title-wrappers; acidic paper now brittle with a few edge tears and chips and minimal expert conservation in two spots; a very good copy. The catalogue record in Trove suggests 1895 but it also calls for 6 pages and says Bendigo is in NSW! Curiously newspaper advertising for J.H. Abbott and Co. Tanners & Curriers seems to cease in 1889 but we can find nothing to indicate if they went out of business then. The Company paperback
184932London: J. R. Andrews 1849. Very good copy. 8vo. 215 x 140 mm. 51/2 x 8 1/2 inchesii 10 pp. Original printed paper wrappers. A detailed catalogue of copper and brass good including pots pans kettle and cookware of every kind table ware and cutlery; also fenders fire irons lamps lanterns candle sticks; tin and steel goods japan good and much more. All items priced. Not is OCLC or COPAC. J.. R. Andrews unknown
1900263502Lyon France: J. Bouvard & Cie 20 Rue Lafont 1900. 14 thick card sheets with samples centrally mounted vertically to recto and verso some sheets quite thick to accommodate larger epaulets each with manuscript notations of name size etc. 11-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches. Black cloth album with the printed label of "J. Bouvard et Cie Fabrique de Dorures Soireries Ornaments d'Eglise" to front paste-down. Some wear commensurate with age and use spotting and thumbsoiling apparently complete with all samples backing possibly restored at an early date. 14 thick card sheets with samples centrally mounted vertically to recto and verso some sheets quite thick to accommodate larger epaulets each with manuscript notations of name size etc. 11-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches. This very unusual French sample book contains a large range of epaulets and sequin samples with a few lettering and star samples. J. Bouvard & Cie 20, Rue Lafont unknown
1900E12833Wwilmington DE: George A. Wolf 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. A tight near fine example. touch of wear at the extremiies and a couple small light stains front board. Internally fine and clean. Very scarce.Small folio in lime green cloth hardcovers decorated in black and gilt. Title page printed in red and black. 93 pp. with index. Folding double page sepia photographic double panorama of the City of Trenton photographed from the top of the Washington Battle Monument. Illustrated throughout with photographs of public officials places of interest fire department Bordentown Military Institute reproductions and illustrated adverts fro Trenton industrial companies such as iron and cable works including Roebling the rubber industry potteries including a color tinted full page from the Maddock Pottert Co.'s Lamberton Works Morris & Willmore Anchor Pottery Keystone and American Porcelain Works; and other industries including the renton Brewing Co. Trenton Watch Co. <br/><br/> George A. Wolf hardcover
18962111902160500899Not Available 1896. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: A5 138p Size: There are name marks etc. Not Available paperback
1898500023028London: HMSO 1898. Hardcover. Good. library bound 555pp 149pp <br/> <br/> HMSO hardcover
1858ZB377700Washington: 1858. 4 pp issued as 35th Congress 1st Session SRC 285; light chipping at spine now in self wrappers complete but good only; the open sea may be a common highway for the world but British armed vessels may not interfere with ships flying the American flag under the pretext of suppressing the slave trade or for any other reason Great Britain must be made to understand this and the Senate is ready to fully support the President in sending a naval force to the Gulf of Mexico to protect American commerce in those infested seas. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: unknown
190026434Liebig Company 1900. Very good condition. Set of six beautifully colored lithographic trade cards of Australia including a kangaroo image issued by the Liebig company with the text in Italian. The set is titled "In Australia". The Italian set is identical to the French edition but more uncommon. One of the most graphic sets produced by this European company which enjoyed an international market in the late 19th and early 20th century. Pictured are indigenous peoples a kangaroo and an emu natural scenery and an exotic plant; farming and ranching and seaport scenes. Liebig Company unknown
18819346New York: the company; Neuman & Dinglinger Lith 1881. Trade card 15.5 x 8.7 cm. Recto is a chromolithograph printed in red pale blue and gold; verso printed in red and black. A trade card advertising the G.H. Mumm Champagne imported by Fred de Bary & Co. located at the time at 43 & 44 Warren Street in New York City. The card lists the comparative quantities of champagnes brought into the United States by various importers. Of a total of 214 732 cases of the bubbles G.H. Mumm & Co. tops the list at 69 308 cases. Near fine. the company]; Neuman & Dinglinger, Lith unknown
189973580New York: L. H. Mace & Co. 1899. First edition. Quarto. 44 pp. with full page photographic illustrations of baby carriages on all but 4 pages. Publisher' brown wrappers with company name in raised gold lettering and title in white. A bit of edge wear and an old faint tidemark to outer lower corner about an inch but a very good copy.One is tempted to think that the excessive coddling of youngsters is a Millennial thing; not so. These carriages are excessively luxurious and with prices to reflect that. Carriage No. 794 is a work of art very rococo in design and lined with satin and silk and it is priced a modest $54 about $1600 in today's dollars. OCLC records no copies. L. H. Mace & Co. unknown
189072314New York : J. W. Reedy Elevator Manufacturing Co. ca. 1890. First edition. Octavo. 20 pp. All but the last two pages bearing full page illustrations of various types of elevators and their mechanisms. Publisher's stapled gray wrappers with black cover lettering on the front and a view of the Chicago Reedy factory of the rear. Some mild browning along the edges but remarkably fine. J. W. Reedy Elevator Manufacturing Co. unknown
189072315New York : J. W. Reedy Elevator Manufacturing Co. ca. 1890. First edition. Octavo. 20 pp. All but the last two pages bearing full page illustrations of various types of elevators and their mechanisms. Publisher's stapled gray wrappers with black cover lettering on the front and a view of the Chicago Reedy factory of the rear. Some mild browning along the edges but remarkably fine. J. W. Reedy Elevator Manufacturing Co. unknown
186985507h<p>London: Illustrated London News 1869. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Half-year run bound in early half-leather over pebbled cloth boards. Some edge-wear and bumping to covers; small paper label painted over to upper spine. Edges toned and old library bookplate and marks to front and rear endpapers. Front hinge nearly exposed internally at endpaper but still firm. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome volume and internally unusually bright and clean. Superb illustrations.</p> Illustrated London News hardcover
189927704New York: J.W.Fiske 1899. First printing. Paperback. Very good condition. Items being offered include stalls and fittings weather vanes largest assortment in the US hitching posts including ones titled 'Jockey' 'Chinese' and 'Darkey'. All items priced. Small 4to 194pp with diagrams and b&w photo illustrations throughout. Printed blue stiff paper wrappers with red cloth spine title in black on spine and front. Covers sunned dusty at edges internally a bright clean copy. J.W.Fiske paperback
188682608Scranton: The Company 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Scranton The Company 1886. Quarto 272 pages extensively illustrated with engravings including 54 full-page plates of locomotives plus 2 frontispieces bird's-eye views of the two manufacturing plants. Original blind-decorated black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and attractively so on the front panel; cloth a little bumped and rubbed at the extremities; minor professional restoration to the head and foot of the spine with new endpapers; minor worming and tidemarks to some top corner tips; trifling signs of use and age; an excellent copy with a cancelled Art Gallery of South Australia bequest stamp on the verso of the title page. The Company hardcover
1888222155Geneva Printing Press of the ""Tribune de Geneve"" 1888 1888. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary cloth-backed gilt titled leather. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Slight marginal tanning as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 158 pages; 158 pages plates some folded folded map; 17 cm. Subjects: Geneva Switzerland -- Guidebooks -- Description and travel . Geneva, Printing Press of the ""Tribune de Geneve"" [1888] hardcover
187017985New York 1870. Very good condition. Full color lithographed catalog page of the New York porcelain importer George F Bassett & Company showing 8 plates with in an "Wild Animal" series decorated with graphics of animals and the alphabet including one of the kangaroo. The company was founded in 1874; it had a factory in Limoges France and imported porcelain from Bohemian and Czechoslovakian factories. <br /> <br /> The plates are decorated primarily in brown and green- animals include tiger leopard stag elephant bear camel & lion. 9 1/4 x 15 3/4". Closed tear lower border lower left margin in the corner missing not affecting illustrated area. Very unusual. unknown
18972092902138300950Not Available 1897. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
