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19233356Gordon-Van Tine Co. Davenport Iowa Circa 1923 <p>An oblong ocavo bound in the original color pictorial wrappers. 102 pages of building materials for a home. There are full page pictures and descriptions of various styles of Oak front doors art front doors leaded and stained glass panels trim built in kitchens cabinets breakfast nooks lighting fixtures roofing etc. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. Some wear to paper spine and light soiling otherwise a near fine copy.</p> Gordon-Van Tine Co. paperback books
195550419Magnolia Springs AL: Melrose Boat Works 1955. Square 8vo. 27 pp. Illustrated. Includes illustrated descriptions and plans for a variety of cabin cruisers apparently the firm's specialty sailing sloops and runabouts. Not recorded on OCLC. Illustrated silver and orange wrappers stapled; poor quality paper browned but very good. <br/><br/> Melrose Boat Works unknown books
194141977Detroit: Evans-Winter-Hebb Inc for Buick Motor Company 1941. 1st printing. Color printed paper wrappers stapled. General wear. A VG copy. 31 1 pp. Every page with at least one color illustration. Oblong format: 9-1/2" x 13-1/2" <br/><br/>An attractive promotional piece extolling the 1942 Buick line Special Roadmaster & The Limited as offered during the austere war years. The Special Convertible Coupe is especially appealing and these days probably a bit pricey if all original. Evans-Winter-Hebb Inc for Buick Motor Company 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
17852954The Hague: Isaac Scheltus 1785. Very Good. Broadside. Text in two columns. Large woodcut of coat of arms of the Dutch Republic along with the arms of all member states woodcut initial also with modified Dutch Republic arms. Crease down the vertical and horizontal middle other small creases in the lower half ink offsetting from folding on lower half small tears and chips along edges small dark stain just above top woodcut. The origins of the Dutch Naval College. <br/><br/>Fascinating broadside detailing tax duties on ships trading in the East and West Indies America the Cape of Good Hope and elsewhere levied for - and applied towards - the newly founded Dutch Royal Naval College "Kweekschool voor de Zeevaart" or Seminary for Navigation which produced officers for the Dutch Sea Service. Notably these officers were not trained at sea but in the classroom -- and in the courtyard where the navy erected large model training ship for the ultimate experiential learning. The vessel was large enough for young students to climb the rigging. It is with good reason that graduates were described as "paper sailors." <br/><br/>According to this broadside the Dutch Republic approved and consented to the establishment and maintenance of the Kweekschool in the year 1781 for which the bespoke taxes were collected. The academy was officially opened in 1785 the same year that this "Publicatie" was printed. Taxes were only levied on ships of the East Indies Oostindien and the Cape of Good Hope Kaap.<br/><br/>It was with some urgency that the Kweekschool was developed: at this time there was a radical shift in the balance of maritime power: the power of the Dutch East India Company was in gradual decline in deference to the rising British East India Company which came to dominate global trade. In particular 1785 marks the first full year following the end of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War which broke out over British and Dutch disagreements on the legality and conduct of Dutch trade with Britain's enemies during the War of American Independence. <br/><br/>The broadside is signed in print by Caspar Clotterbooke 1711-1791 who was Secretary of the States of Holland at the time.<br/><br/>OCLC shows no copy in any institution outside of the Netherlands. Our copy appears to be the only one on the market; it is probable that this is the only one in private hands.<br/><br/>Literature: See especially Margaret E. Schotte Sailing Schools: Navigating Science and Skill 1550-1800 JHU Press 2019 passim. Isaac Scheltus unknown books
46884U.K.: Boz Books n.d. 1st Printing. Blue card stock wrappers white paper leaves printed in black stapled. A VG/NF copy. Some light pencil marking checking items off and blue "Sold" stamp markings over items listed. 40 pp. unnumbered. Couple illustrations. 8-1/4: x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Boz Books unknown books
25271TRADE CATALOGUE BOOKBINDING MATERIALS. N.P.: Mochizuki Co. Ltd. n.d. Small folio. Cloth binder. 6 pages 5 pa of samples. This is a trade catalogue from a Japanese firm containing ninety-nine samples headbands and fifty-two samples of bookmarks. Descriptive text is in Japanes Fine. unknown books
3367<p>The Gordon-Van Tine Co. Davenport Iowa 1934 This is a large quarto size catalog of home designs from the Gordon-Van Tine Company. . 136 pages with a home on almost every page including a floor plan layout with measurements. The homes are illustrated in black and white the wrappers in full color. Included is the original mailing envelope several letters to a prospective customer in Chicago and other sales ephemera. A perfect guide for the restorer. </p> Gordon-Van Tine Co. paperback books
193148961Los Angeles 1931. 1st printings presumed. 1913: cloth spine over printed fabric covered card stock. The remainder printed paper covers stapled. General wear & soiling with signs of use. Some with prior owner signatures & annotations. Very Good. Divers paginations with the 1913 List being the most extensive at 158 pp. Most pocket sized from 6" x 3-1/4" to 7-3/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/>Useful lot to document & track paper availability styles & prices in the period leading up to and through World War I with the 1918 List proclaiming on the front cover "DO NOT WASTE PAPER". hardcover books
191443255Los Angeles 1914. 1st edition thus. Flexible full maroon leather binding. Brown patterned paper eps. Some wear at spine ends. Very Good. 129 1 blank pp. 20 subject tabs to right side of text block. "To the Trade" leaflet tipped in to rear eps. Illustrated with drawings diagrams pictures etc. 7-1/8" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/> hardcover books
192069512Washington 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. The first two items bound together in contemporary green cloth and the remaining items bound together in a smaller second volume bound in lighter green cloth. 23cm. No Jacket. Laid in are five additional pamphlets relating to Bills of Lading or the Commerce Court. Obviously compiled by someone interested in Bills of Lading. <br/><br/> hardcover books
196828370Bethlehem Pa.: Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce 1968. 1st edition. Quarto cloth paper label 226 pp. Color illus. b&w illus. Former-owner name stamp light cover wear; Very Good. Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce, 1968. hardcover books
1978111995Benicia: Benicia Chamber of Commerce 1978. 16p 5.5x8.5 inches folding map Bay Area map on rear panel very good reprint in stapled pictorial wraps. Benicia Chamber of Commerce unknown books
1934282New York: The Committee 1934. Pamphlet. 48p. stapled wraps 4.5x6 inches very good condition. "A denunciation of the 1933 AFL convention which praised the NRA honored government officials and ejected a delegation sent by the Second A.F. of L. Rank and File Conference." Seidman 108. The Committee unknown books
7113N.p. n.d. 8vo. vii 1 blank 251 8 7 blank pp. <br><br>Legal brief by the railroad commission of 16 Midwestern states including Arkansas Colorado Illinois Iowa Louisiana Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Nevada North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Texas Washington and Wisconsin. Original textured wrappers; soiled chipped completely detached from text block. Corners of pages i17 chipped. unknown books
192273804Washington: GPO 1922. Paperback. Very Good. index iv 150p. Wrapper. 23cm. Corner lightly creased. Form 801C. <br/><br/> GPO paperback 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
19203344<p>A fine copy of a rare trade catalogue issued by the Trenton Potteries Company. Decorative wrappers bound in dos-a-dos style tied with two silk twists one olive green one ochre. "Bathrooms of Character" has 40 pages beautifully illustrated with plans for creating a stylish bathroom. The cover design features a background in olive green squares outlined in white suggesting tiles with title letters in a raised white Arts and Crafts font. Embellishments of "tiles" with soft ochre stylized irises and foliage complete the handsome composition. The pamplet's counterpart "Porcelain Fixtures For Kitchen and Laundry" has 31 pages also nicely illustrated. Its cover design is identical to that of the bathroom pamphlet reversing the use of colors with ochre squares outlined in white and the iris designs executed in olive green. The text presents a wide array of superior qualities of the products including "Your Maid Will Find Cleaning Easy". It attests to shared contemporary frustrations "Every woman has had experience with the "servant problem". Dimensions and prices are included. This is the sixth edition of a booklet that was updated beginning circa 1914. Advertisements for the brochures were carried by some of the most prestigious periodicals of the day including House Beautiful Country Life and The Fra. Very scarce indeed particularly in fine condition and retaining the original postal envelope addressed in this case to "Gladys Drinkwater 1124 St. Vincent Street Utica N.Y." The envelope has a pencil date of 10/21/21 as well as the original three cent purple George Washington stamp canceled.</p> Trenton Pottery Co. paperback books
20775Philadelphia: Thayer Merriam & Co. Undated ca. 1889. Publisher's broadsheet prospectus 9.5 x 12 inches for "Barnum's Own Book" apparently one of many editions of The Life of Barnum the World-Renowned Showman which came out under several different imprints in 1890. Printed on very thin paper it has old tape reinforcements to closed tears at two edges and there are old folding creases. Still a very good example. Thayer Merriam & Co. appears to have operated only from 1881 to 1892 during which time they put out about 25 books likely all sold by subscription. This prospectus touts the widespread appeal of Barnum's story on one side and on the other solicits sales agents -- because "everybody wants this captivating story of the great showman". Potential agents are advised to make sure they don't have a canvassing book for any "bogus Life of Barnum" of which we are told there are many and should they have one to send it to Thayer Merriam along with 35 cents. In exchange they will receive a Thayer Merriam "canvassing-book and outfit" for "the only genuine life of Barnum written by himself." It is not clear if a Thayer Merriam edition was ever actually published--though the salesman's sample was two copies have appeared at auction. Only one holding is recorded in OCLC--at Tufts but the Tufts catalogue which includes several editions of this book does not actually list one from this publisher. Either way this broadsheet is an excellent artifact of the American book trade in the late 19th century. Thayer, Merriam & Co unknown 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
30107Philadelphia: Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co n. d. 1st edition Romaine p. 301. Ca 1871 - 72. Original publisher's pebbled terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. Beveled edges. Overall VG slightly shaken/some shelfwear. 134 pp. T.p. printed in red & black. Text within rectangular red-rule border. Illustrated with wood engraved frontis depicting the 'Baldwin Locomotive Works' factory 11 intratextual cuts & 16 pasted-in photographs of divers Baldwin locomotives. 4to: 11" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>The Baldwin Locomotive Works an American builder of railroad locomotives was located in Pennsylvania originally Philadelphia then moving in 1906 to nearby Eddystone. The company was the largest US producer of custom made-to-order steam locomotives. Founded in the early 1830s by Matthais Baldwin the firm stopped producing locomotives in 1956 ceasing business in 1972 having produced over 70000 engines the vast majority powered by steam. This one of the firm's first photograhically illustrated catalogues a lavish production issued in the ealy 1870s as Baldwin overtook Rogers as the premier locomotive manufacturer in the United States. Herein will be found photographs of their divers products including fill in with some names of locomotives. While not a particularly rare catalogue it's importance & desirablility lies in documenting the ascent to prominence of this significant US heavy equipment manufacturer as well as being an early trade catalogue illustrated with actual photographs. Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover 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
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
192664945Austin TX: Austin Chamber of Commerce; Von Boeckmann-Jones Co. Printers 1926. Black lettered tan patterned paperwraps stapled. 16 cm. 56 pp. A promotional for the city illustrated with numerous black & white photos. A very good copy. OCLC lists copies at Amon Carter Daughters of the Republic of Texas Lib. Texas Christian and Yale. Two other copies not giving pagination are found at Calif. State Lib.-Sutro and Texas A&M. A typed note across the bottom of the front wrappers states "R. Niles Graham-Pease collection" which is housed at the Texas State Library and Archives their copy has different pagination. <br/><br/> Austin Chamber of Commerce; Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., Printers paperback books
