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1842WRCAM53413Boston 1842. 791pp. Dbd. Light foxing heavier to initial leaves. Good plus. Account of a meeting of a trade association for the Massachusetts shoe industry with minutes speeches and a roll of attendees. With several pages of interesting advertising at the rear for a book on stenography with printed text samples. unknown books
185827638New York: Printed by John A. Douglas & Co. 1858. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A very good copy top third of spine split owner's name small circular stain to last few leaves. 36 pp. 8vo. The copy of the editor of the New York Abend Zeitung with one name corrected within. Printed by John A. Douglas & Co. unknown books
188443140London: Whitehead Morris and Lowe Printers 1884. 1st printing thus. Original printed light grey paper wrappers lacks rear wrapper. Age-toning. Unobtrusive paper repair along spine. Very Good. 15 1 pp. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>No copies found on OCLC. Whitehead, Morris and Lowe, Printers unknown books
18707159New York City 1870. A tri-fold circular 18 x 9 cm. when flat. Alas not illustrated. A small handbill-sized trade catalogue with an introduction by B. Staubach followed by information on Miles' "Challenge" Butchers' Meat Cutter Bell's Improved Ham Pump the "Challenge" sausage stuffer the Plunger sausage stugger various lard presses and butchers' fixtures. Each with a narrative description some with pricing information. The verso includes testimonials information on Steam Engines and the Upright Steam Engine and locations of the Miles' Challenge Meat Cutter. Near fine. unknown books
1890502San Francsico California: Pacific Rolling Mill Company 1890. 8vo. 250 x 170 mm. 10 x 7 inches. 100 pp. plus 4 leaves of ruled paper 2 with measurements in manuscript. Illustrated throughout with simple drawings of parts many stenciled with green wash; one plate folding. Bound in limp cloth covered boards title in gilt on front cover; a cloth binding shows some wear to gilt title two pencil drawings on front endpaper; other a very good sound copy. Straight forward price list of iron bar steel rail rolled and forged metal axles nuts bolts washers and dozens of other metal products. There is no introduction about the history of the firm just images of parts prices and a few lines of text describing specifications for some of the more complicated manufacture items. What distinguishes this rare trade catalogue is the design sense of many of the images and the application of stenciled color to highlight the object. The printed form of the parts are in outline and as one pages through the catalogue the images take on an abstract quality. Metal parts become contoured shapes with form being determined only by the light green wash applied to the physical part of the design. Although unintentional I am sure this late 19th century publication replete with many of the characteristics of period book design exhibits a very modernist feel one that is most unusual in publications of this nature. Although called the 7th edition this is only one of three issues of the PRMC's product guide and price list that is known. Organized in 1867 PRMC grew continuously and by 1892 was producing more than 40 thousand tons of iron and steel. "This giant enterprise is so closely identified with the manufacturing interests of the Pacific Coast that there is scarcely a manufacturing firm or corporation on the Coast that does not depend upon its output. The mills are located at Potrero Point in South San Francisco and cover an immense area" Master Hands. Romaine Guide to American Trade Catalogues p. 200 this edition and one from 1886 both known in only one copy each at California Historical Society. OCLC cites an edition from 1885 in one copy at San Francisco Public Library and this edition 1890 also in only one copy at California H. S. See: Master Hands in the Affairs of the Pacific Coast Historical Biographical and Descriptive. A Resumé of the Builders of Our Material Progress. San Francisco: Western Historical Publishing Company 1892 pp. 260. Pacific Rolling Mill Company unknown books
189937004Homer City PA: Prairie State Incubator Co. Lithographed by Seiter & Kappes NYC 1899. 1st edition thus. No copies located on OCLC. Full color chromolithographed paper wrappers. Rear wrapper depicts 6-5/8" x 9-1/2" color image of "The Largest Incubator and Brooder Works in the World.". Average wear. Paper chipped at spine ends. A VG copy. 128 pp. Profusely illustrated with much in color. 11-1/4" x 8-1/8" <br/><br/> Prairie State Incubator Co. Lithographed by Seiter & Kappes, NYC unknown books
18921393St. Louis 1892. About very good. 74pp. Oblong octavo. Original illustrated wrappers stapled. Light wear and chipping to spine rear cover with closed tear minor soiling. Minor scattered foxing and offsetting. Handsome illustrated trade catalogue for the firm of P.C. Murphy manufacturers of fine trunks and traveling bags. The work is filled with a wide variety of trunks and suitcases illustrating each with prices listed for available sizes. Choose from barrel top or flat top canvas or leather or imitation etc. Forematter indicates this to be the company's twenty-first annual catalogue and terms for purchase are listed inside the front cover. An ephemeral piece we find single copies of three other years in OCLC but none of the present edition. unknown books
188037349n.p.: n.p. 1880. First edition. Self wrappers. About very good small chips and tears to edges wrappers soiled. 4 pp. 8vo. In support of Free Trade. Notes that our transportation infrastructure has expanded greatly due to our making rather than importing steel for rails with no shortages. OCLC locates a few different issues most from the American Iron and Steel Association but a few mostly likely published by the Republican Congressional Committee. n.p. unknown books
189515394Minneapolis MN: Minnesota State Federation of Labor 1895. Blue cloth binding with front board lettered in gilt professionally rebacked. Abt VG boards soiled/dampstain to fore-edge margin in first third of text block/hinges repaired. 128 pp. Errata slip tipped-in prior to title page. Illustrated with woodcuts. 8vo. 6 1/4" x 9 1/8" <br/><br/> Minnesota State Federation of Labor hardcover books
185965546Boston MA: M.M. Ballou Publisher and Proprietor 1859. Single sheet folded. 25 cm. 4 pp. One page of text 2pp. blank docketed on 4th page in manuscript "Ballou's Pictorial circular Feb. 1 1859." Old fold lines else very good. Signed in type by M.M. Ballou Publisher and Proprietor Boston February 1st 1859. The circular states that Ballou's now in its sixteenth volume is a desirable medium for advertising not only because of its longevity but also because "it is reaching the most available class of the community and . each number of the paper is preserved after reading being regularly bound up every six months so that an advertisement becomes a permanent card." The terms offered were 25 cents per line. No listings found on OCLC. <br/><br/> M.M. Ballou, Publisher and Proprietor unknown books
18721427091872. TRADE CATALOGUE -- NURSERYMAN'S GUIDE. DEWEY D.M. Nurseryman's Specimen Book of American Horticulture and Floriculture Fruits and Flowers Ornamental Trees Shrubs Roses &c. D.M. Dewey's American fruit & flower plates colored from nature 2300 varieties. With a chromolithographic title page and 56 stencillled plates of fruits flowers and 9 chromolithographic plates plates of fruits flowers and trees. 8vo. 220 x 140 mm bound in contemporary morocco rebacked. Rochester N.Y.: D.M. Dewey n.d. ca. 1872. An early American trade catalogue of Fruit Flowers Trees and Nursery stock issued according to the Smithsonian Library "ca. 1872" by the firm of D.M. Dewey Rochester N.Y. Many of the plates have captions giving name of variety of plant and brief information on main characteristics and growing season. The Smithsonian copy contains only 24 plates compared to the 40 in the above copy. "Nurserymen's plates were an American innovation. They were made by various methods the most distinctive being painted in watercolors. In design and coloring these plates were more akin to folk painting than to the commercial art of their time" Charles von Ravenswaay "Drawn and Colored from Nature" in Antiques Magazine March 1983 pp. 594-599. Some minor wear overall in excellent condition. See Raphael. An Oak Spring Pomona Nos 63 to 66. unknown books
1888TB31677Norwich Conn.: The Norwich Board Of Trade 1888. First Edition. Very good in its original binding of brown blind embossed cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the front board. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 6 1/2 inches with moderate wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a vertical crease to the rear board. Without a dust jacket. 80 pages of text and images followed by 34 pages of ads by local merchants and businesses. Illustrated throughout from images from black and white photographs of homes businesses manufacturing buildings and monuments. The Norwich Board Of Trade hardcover books
1896516511896. Ninth Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission December 1 1895. Washington: Government Printing Office 1896. 301 pp. Ex-library with stamps location label on spine. Cloth worn. $5. unknown books
188448668Rochester N. Y.: Post-Express Print 1884. 1st Printing. Not found in Romaine. Original publisher's pale orange paper covers printed in black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Modest signs of wear age-toning faint sign of damping to upper textblock corner still overall VG. 36 pp. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/>Somewhat uncommon publication documenting periodical publications in the late 19th C. OCLC records holding of 5 different issues in 5 different institutions from 1881 - 1906 No. 58 each in a solitary holding. Post-Express Print unknown books
18607334Chicago: Cameron Amberg & Co. Printers; and Shober & Carqueville Lithographers 1860. Trade card 13 x 7.5 cm. printed both sides the verso in chromolithography depicting the interior of a dining car with tables set in anticipation of the passengers' meals. Text on the recto reads "These Dining and Restaurant Cars run on the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad between Chicago and Omaha are in all respects the most luxurious traveling conveniences on the American continent. A bottle of fine French wine is served for an additional fifteen cents with an Extra Fine Meal for which only seventy-five cents is charged. Passengers will bear in mind that these are not the commonly-called Hotel Cars with their attendant high prices and bed-room odors. Our Dining Cars are used for no other purpose. All meals on Overland Trains are served in them. A. Smith Sup't Dining Car Line." The company became the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad in 1866 the company changed names frequently. In the mid-1870s the company established its Chicago-Omaha route. As such this card likely dates between the mid-1860s and mid-1870s. The railroad became known for introducing the first "elegant" dining cars to passenger trains and the lithograph on this trade card by Shober & Carqueville Lithographers of Chicago exudes elegance indeed. No tears folds or bends; slight glue residue on back. Cameron, Amberg & Co., Printers; [and] Shober & Carqueville Lithographers unknown books
181740639Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son 1817. 1st printing thus cf. Romaine p. 70 for a similar catalogue for March 1817. Publisher's printed self wrappers sewn. Disbound lacking other wrappers. Some dust soiling & age toning. Very Good. 23 1 pp. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>Carey beginning his career in 1785 was a monumental figure in the early history of US publishing. to quote Tebbel "Carey accomplished so many noteworthy things that it is difficult to choose which to mention. . Carey's influence on publishing history went beyond his list however. His success as a bookseller his efforts to organize the trade and to improve the distribution of books were as notable as what he published." Tebbel HISTORY v1 pp. 106 - 109. Carey took his son Henry Charles into business with him in 1817 so this a very early trade catalogue from one of the premier publishing firms of the early 19th C. Rare. M. Carey & Son unknown books
189547972San Francisco 1895. Ca 1895. Green cloth spine over elaborately lithographed glossy stock covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wear soiling & chipping to covers. About Very Good. 79 1 pp. Tall 8vo. 10-1/8" x 6-7/8" <br/><br/>We find OCLC recording one institutional holding the Huntington who dates the catalogue as 1888 however on page 14 advertising "New Regulation Forage Cap Badges" we find the statement "Adopted by United States Army April 12 1895 ." so we presume the catalogue issued shortly thereafter to accommodate the need to meet this new uniform requirement. Rare. hardcover books
1850402831st Cong. 2d Sess.: SED6. 1850. 43pp disbound light scattered foxing and wear. Very Good. <br/><br/> On the misuse of the American flag in the African-Brazilian slave trade. The United States is "mortified" at this practice; the U.S. consul includes eye-witness reports. SED6. unknown books
1808WRCAM7297Washington 1808. 139pp. Dbd. Good. Prints the decrees etc. issued by Great Britain France and other "belligerent" countries including translations of French West India and Spanish decrees. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 16484. unknown books
1809WRCAM7295Washington 1809. 8887pp. Dbd. Very good. James Madison's speech regarding mounting tensions between the U.S. and Britain and France with repercussions from the British attack on the frigate Chesapeake and effects on foreign trade. Prints correspondence from William Pinkney and Robert Smith among others. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 189631888818885. unknown books
1808WRCAM7296Washington 1808. 111pp. Gathered signatures stitching undone. Untrimmed. Tanned and lightly dampstained. Some gnawing to top margin of last 20 leaves or so text unaffected. Else good. Outlines the troubles in foreign trade reiterating the suspension of the embargo laws and reprinting extracts from many relevant letters some between Pinkney and Madison. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 16472. unknown books
1846402129th Cong. 1st Sess.: SD377. 1846. 248pp disbound light fox. Very Good. <br/><br/> A detailed review of "the state of things on the coast of Africa" the activities of England in "checking the African slave trade" and the roadblocks to establishing a treaty with the U.S. in that regard. British board-and-search tactics so reminiscent of the objectionable practice that helped bring on the War of 1812 were a major obstacle to such a treaty. SD377. unknown books
184611440Washington: Ritchie & Heiss prs. 1846. 8vo. 17 pp. <br><br>Navigation of the river is difficult because a large number of ships had been purposely sunk in the river and other obstacles placed there during the American Revolution to thwart the British. Current demands of commerce require the clearing of the channel. Government document: 29th Cong. 1st sess. Senate doc. 15. Removed from a nonce volume. Good condition. Ritchie & Heiss, prs. unknown books
182427645New York: Printed by Daniel Fanshaw 1824. First edition. Stitched self wrappers. A very good or better untrimmed copy mild foxing mainly on the edge of the front wrapper signed "R. Hand" with the word "approved" on first page. 23 pp. 8vo. Argues against new tariffs and restrictions on Trade which it declares are unconstitutional. There can be no taxes whose purpose is not strictly to raise revenue thus taxation cannot be used as a policy tool. "It is painful to your memorialists to perceive that while the nation. is beginning to see the advantages of a free Commerce and the evils of restrictive laws.attempts are making in the United States to induce the national government to adopt a narrow retrograde policy." 18th Congress 1st session. Shaw & Shoemaker 17405; Kress Lib. C.1301. Printed by Daniel Fanshaw unknown books
181011376Washington City: Pr. by R.C. Weightman 1810. 8vo. 13 pp. <br><br>The Chamber urges renewal of the charter of the Bank of the United States 1791-1811. The memorial is signed by William Fitzsimons "and one hundred and one others. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 21725. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; light foxing. Good condition. Pr. by R.C. Weightman unknown books