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195032191New York: RCA Institutes Technical Press 1950. First editions vols 3 and 4 are third printings. Six volumes 1 and 2 in publisher's printed wrappers 3-6 in publisher's cloth. Wrappers are worn and have some tape mends otherwise a very good set. <br/><br/> RCA Institutes Technical Press hardcover books
195507907Detroit: Studebaker-Packard Corporation 1955. First Ediiton Thus. Original Wraps. Very Good. Octavo 52 pages. Owner's Manual for the 1956 Packard Clipper with the 4 page supplement "Your New 156 Packard Executive." The removable Owner Identification Card not present. Very good. <br/><br/> Studebaker-Packard Corporation paperback books
194921545Bangor ME: Eastern Corporation 1949. Broadside. Very good. Ten lithographed sheets of type faces on various paper manufactured by the publisher.<br/> <br/>Grayda and Batnam on Atlantic Ledger; Goudy Old Style on Atlantic Bond; Calligraphy on Atlantic Antique Laid; Alternate Gothis and Franklin Gothic on Manifest Bond; Binny & Ronaldson on Manifest Bond; Monotype Baskerville on Atlantic Bond; Futura on Atlantic Bond; Cloister Black on Atlantic Antique laid; Garamont and Garamont Bold on Atlantic Antique Laid; Square Serif on Manifest Bond.<br/> <br/>The sheets measure 17x22 ubches or therabouts. They have all been folded twice. There is some separation at the edges of the fold marks and some occasional agebrowning else this are in good condition. Most have pencile annotation at the bottom. Three are date 1947 - 1949; the others are not. Eastern Corporation unknown books
1964287509Boston: Map Corporation of America 1964. Map. Lithograph. Unfolded pamphlet 33 1/2" x 22".<br/><br/> Extremely detailed maps of Manhattan contained in a pamphlet entitled: "Visitor's Approved souvenir Maps of New York City." Subtitle reads: Including World's Fair Area Manhattan Mid-town Subways Financial Area. On the large map of Midtown streets are clearly labeled as well as important buildings and institutions such as the Empire State Building the UN Port Authority and Central Park. There is an index listing countless buildings as well: museums hotels parks theatres skyscrapers sightseeing and many more. Subway lines are noted in red. The verso has three maps one map of the borough of Manhattan showing subway lines one map of New York City showing the subway lines into Brooklyn Queens and the Bronx and one map of Lower Manhattan labeled similarly to the map of Midtown Manhattan.<br/><br/> Map Corporation of America unknown books
195627405Boston 16 Mass: Atlas Plywood Corporation 1956. Boards. Near Fine. 9 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches dimensions of tabbed loose leaf binder. Fourteen 8 x 10 inch approximate photographs plus "title page" photograph. Boards. A loose leaf binder with photographs depicting testing of crates and the attendant necessary equipment. Photos show a "large revolving drum" construction shop a compression machine what looks like a drop test chassis with crate affixed two photos of several men in a laboratory using a microscope and several other instruments a blueprint in progress two closeup images of instruments including a mullen tester a very large press used to compress pieces of plywood together testing in action and several other images. No doubt used as a sales tool demonstrating how thoroughly the company could build and test crates for reliable performance.<br/><br/>The tenth edition of Industrial Research Laboratories of the United States 1956 locates the Atlas Plywood Corporation's Department of Research and Design at 431 Market Street Lawrence Mass. the same address as on the card cover of this folder hence our approximate dating. Atlas Plywood Corporation unknown books
19182198471Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation 1918. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Fold-out diagrams included. Faintly stained along spine owner bookplate on front endpaper first plate and adjacent page foxed illustration of airplane affixed to title page. 1918 Hard Cover. 72 pp. A handbook of the workings of the Curtiss Standard JN4-D Military Tractor. Contents include specifications examination of parts general construction flying landing tables and more. Black and white illustrations included. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation hardcover books
19322801591932. unbound. very good. These historically-important contracts were issued in 1932 by Mascot films at the height of their success releasing cliff-hanger shorts to the movie industry. The signatures include Monte Montague 1889 - 1959 a seasoned Western actor who appeared in more than 100 films signing a contract agreeing to appear in the film "The Shadow Of The Eagle" January 26 1932 to play the part of Calhoun at the rate of $75.00 per week. Also included is John Trent 1906 - 1966 a commercial pilot turned actor. He really flew planes in the pictures he was in but was never comfortable acting. This contract arranges for Trent to appear in the film "The Whispering Shadow" December 4 1932 at the rate of $75.00 per week. Mascot finally figured out he couldn't act so they cancelled the film! Both items are in very good condition.<br/><br/> American film company of the 1920s and 1930s best remembered for producing and distributing film serials with "cliff hangers" and B-westerns. They bought out Sennett Studios when Mack Sennett went bankrupt during the great depression and later were absorbed into Republic Pictures in time to reap the rewards of television syndication.<br/><br/> unknown books
185718923New York: Various 1857. Hard Cover. Very Good. TRINITY CHURCH PAMPHLETS Collected for the Corporation: 1857. Clean buckram exlibrary binding properly deaccessioned. Titles in brackets are as found in the CONTENTS page of the Trinity Pamphlets. Following that is the actual pamphlet running title and page count. Details of the 19 pamphlets: 1 Charter The Charter of Trinity Church in the city of New York; and Laws and Proceedings Relating to the same connected with the application now pending before the legislature concerning that corporation C. Van Benthuysen and Company: Albany NY 1846. 46 pages last blank. 2 Report of Commissioners of Land Office of 1836 The Trinity Church Title. Report of the Commissioners of the Land Office made to the House of Assembly May 12 1836. Pudney & Russell Printers: New York 1855 32 pages. 3 Memorial of Trinity Church to the Legislature in 1853 Memorial of the Corporation of Trinity Church to the Legislature March 26th 1853 from title page to #2 above State of New-York No. 63 In Senate Mar. 26 1853 Memorial of the rector church wardens and vestryment of Trinity Church in the city of New York. 6 pages last blank 4 Remarks on Trinity Church Bill. Troup Troup Robert Remarks on Trinity Church Bill before the Council of Revision. T. & J. Swords New York 1813 but reprinted here by James A Sparks 1846. vi 5-70 pages last blank. 5 Clark's minority report State of New-York No. 117 In Senate April 9 1846. Report of Mr. Clark from the Committee on Charitable and Religious Societies on memorial of inhabitants of the city of New-York in relation to Trinity Church. 36 pages last blank. 6 Examination of Clark's Minority Report Examination of a minority report made by the Hon. Orville Clark to the Senate of the State of New-York on the Memorials of Inhabitants of the City of New York in Relation to Trinity Church C Van Bethuysen and Co Albany: 1846 36 pages last blank. 7 Report of Committee of Assembly 1847 State of New-York No 114 In Assembly March 30 1847. Report of the Committee on the Judiciary on sundry memorials of inhabitants of the city of New-York for the repeal or modification of an act passed January 25 l8l4.20 Pages. 8 Remonstrance of Trinity Church 1847 Remonstrance of the Corporation of Trinity Church against the repeal or modification of the Act of 25th January 1814. C Van Benthuysen and co Public Printers: Albany 1847. 16 pages. Includes pasted-in errata on page 11. 9 Communication of Vestry Feb 20 1856 to Senate State of New-York No 45. In Senate Feb 20 1856. Communication of the vestry of Trinity Church in the city of New York to the Honorable the Senate of the State of New-York in reply to resolutions of the Senate passed April 13 1855. 58 pages. 10 Factys versus Fancy Facts against fancy or A true and just view of Trinity Church / by William Berrian. New York: Pudney & Russell Printers 1856. 74 pages. 11 Reports of Senate Committee Reports of the Select Committee of the Senate on the affairs of Trinity Church with the Testimony Relative Thereto. Van Benthuysen Printer: Albany 1857. 284 pages last blank. 12 Argument of Counsel Arguments of the counsel of Trinity Church before the Senate Committee. C. Van Benthuysen Printer: Albany NY 1857. 66 pages. 13 Remonstrance and Protest Remonstrance and protest of the rector church wardens and vestrymen of Trinity Church against the repeal amendment modification or alteration of the act of 1814 in Relation to the said Corporation C Van Benthuysen: Albany 1857. 14 pages last blank. 14 Debates Debates on the Trinity Church bill in the Senate of the State of New York / reported by Douglas A. Levien. J Munsell: Albany NY 1857. 2. 98 pages. 15 To the Senators etc. To the senators of the Senate of the State of New York : being an examination and exposure of the "Report of the Select Committee to whom was referred the Report of Trinity Church made in 1855 made in Senate Janyar 29th 1957 and re-committed for further inquiry by a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church February 12 1857. 32 pages last blank. 16 Letter of Mr. Barnard A letter from the Hon. D.D. Barnard addressed to the Hon. Erastus Brooks Senator &c. on the proceedings against Trinity Church now pending in the Senate of the State. Van Benthuysen: Abany NY 1857. 44 pages last blank 17 A Word for Trinity Church A word for Trinity Church from the American Church Monthly for April 1857 /by N.H. Hudson. Edward P. Allen: New York 1857. 28 2-blank pages. 18 A Review etc. A Review of the reports evidence and arguments as presented in the case of Trinity Church to the Legislature of New York 1857. 34 pages last blank. 19 The Title Parish Rights and Property The title parish rights and property of Trinity Church New York : from the appendix to Bishop De Lancey's twentieth conventional address delivered in Oswego August 19 l857. Curtiss & White Printers: Utica NY 1857. 24 pages last blank and including errata at base of page 23 tipped in. This collection is scarce but was apparently published in this form - We find 4 examples in institutional collections in OCLC/Worldcat. Hard Cover. Various unknown books
008284NY: Technical Advisory Corporation 0. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A beautifully preserved copy of this historic early 20thC plan for a suburban community in Bergen County New Jersey. Small 4to blue stiff covers titles stamped in gilt 77p illustrated with 12 plates 2 foldout tables and large foldout map at rear pasetdown. 193-. Technical Advisory Corporation 0 hardcover books
195351301New York: Stevens-Nelson Paper Corp 1953. First edition 4to irregular pagination; with 107 specimen sheets some with illustrations but most printed in colors by various designers and printers from around the world; original quarter blue morocco over marbled boards gilt-lettered spine; edges a little rubbed but in all a near fine copy. A collection of various poems and ephemeral pieces each printed on a different type of paper in the Stevens-Nelson arsenal. Papers range from domestic to Japanese imports and on the verso of each is a brief comment as to which sort of printing that specific paper is best suited for. Title and introduction designed by Bruce Rogers. One of the finest of paper specimen books. <br/><br/> Stevens-Nelson Paper Corp hardcover books
S2497Chicago: The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation. Collectible - Acceptable. Chicago: The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation 1927. Volume I. Brown leather hardcover with some gold on front and spine and raised lettering and design. 288 pp. Includes tabs for each category B&W and color illustrations. Cover soiled corners & spine edges bumped. Text block tight. Pages lightly soiled. Chicago: The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation hardcover books
17973Garden City Long Island New York: Curtiss-Wright Aeroplane & Motor Corporation Large photograph of this aeronautical manufacturing facility in Garden City Long Island; with the identification in the photo at bottom right; approx. 16" x 19 1/2" size overall with 3/4" approx. margins on sides and top about twice that at bottom; some chipping at corners; soiling in lower margin; photo has long been rolled with that tendency in the paper; good condition and interesting Long Island aviation manufacturing and science technology history. Good. Curtiss-Wright Aeroplane & Motor Corporation unknown books
19406854New York: the company 1940. Oblong metal ribbon-bound book 14.5 x 22.5 cm. 41 12 pages. Illustrated. Images of product on rectos with descriptive text on versos. A salesman's promotional catalogue for the "Quality Group" line of spirits from Park & Tilford including Harvey's Sherries Marie Brizzard and champagnes and wines from Heidsieck Beaulieu Vineyards Blanchy Martel & Co. Booths Sanderson and a number of spirits under the Park & Tilford brand. The text descriptions contain more technical information than is usually found in promotional materials of this time. Bound in textured black card stock with the corporate name stamped in silver. Some light creasing to the edges of the wrappers otherwise fine. OCLC locates no copies. the company unknown books
18671412291867. CORPORATION OF LONDON. Proceedings in reference to the preservation of the Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. Printed by order of the Corporation of London. 4 88 pp. 8vo red publisher's binding with gilt insignia and lettering on front outside cover. London: Benjamin Pardon 1867. This collection of proceedings by the Bunhill Fields Preservation Committee documents the Corporation of London's efforts to ensure the safety of the Bunhill Fields Burial Ground as the Corporation's lease was nearing its end Christmas 1867. Bunhill had been a burying ground of Nonconformists and other denominations since the sixteenth century. With the work of the committee the Corporation obtained an Act of Parliament in 1867 preserving the burial ground as an open landscaped space with seating gardens and the restoration of some of it most noteworthy monuments including John Bunyan Daniel Defoe and William Blake. The appendix contains a reprint of a rare tract from 1717 "Inscription on the Tombs in the Dissenters' Burial Place near Bunhill Fields." Some wear to edges of binding else fine. unknown books
1919qms1599New York City: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation Department of Education 1919. With Autograph of Walter Hinton Pilot NC-4 First Plane to Fly the Atlantic laid-in. Quarto blue cloth hardcover 88 pp. Good with light rubbing along edges. With related articles laid-in. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation, Department of Education, 1919. hardcover books
1934WRCLIT80434Woodside NY: Fairchild Aerial Camera Corp. 1934. Ca. 125 pages paginated in lettered sections. Quarto. Ringbound decorated printed boards. Large folding plate. Photographs and diagrams. Light smudges to boards anchor tape for folding plate slightly wrinkled but a very good copy lacking the price list from the sleeve attached to the rear board. First edition. A visually striking promotional and catalogue from Fairchild relating to all aspects of their development manufacture and implementation of aerial cameras beginning with military applications and branching out into civilian scientific and government uses. The overall design is notable and although there is no designer credited the printers are: Collins Doan Co of Jersey City. Scarce: OCLC locates four copies: MOMA Claremont College UCSB and Canada Sci & Tech College. Fairchild Aerial Camera Corp. hardcover books
198423823Calverton Long Island NY: Not Published 1984. Album with 29 color & black and white photographs printed on glossy Kodak paper; images of the visit of NY House Speaker Stanley Fink 1936 - 1997 and Paul E. Harenberg 1931- 2010 also a NY politician to the Calverton Grumman Aviation plant to inspect the Grumman X-29 - an experimental aircraft built primarily for the use of DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program testing - from the NASA site ". X-29 aircraft featuring one of the more unusual designs in aviation history were flown at NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility The demonstrators investigated advanced concepts and technologies during a multi-phased program conducted from 1984 to 1992 provided an engineering database that is available for the design and development of future aircraft."; photographs include the jet on the tarmac official handshakes with company representatives the X-29 in the hangar workers Mr. Fink & Mr. Harenberg taking turns sitting in the cockpit the assembly line plant photographs and an impressive aerial view of the Grumman manufacturing and testing grounds; photographs not credited presumably by a company photographer and dated via internal evidence; 8" x 10" size approx. size photographs; all in the original imprinted official Grumman blue plastic hardcover three-ring binder; each photograph loosely inserted two to a protective sleeve; a few of the sleeves chipped and worn; the photographs clean clearly-taken and in very good condition; an interesting visual record of this experimental jet aircraft at its inception and the involvement of politicians in promoting the aerospace and military. Photography. Three Ring Binder . Very Good. Not Published Hardcover books
192719220New York: n. p. ca. 1927. First edition. Wrappers a bit soiled and slightly worn; in very good condition. Original printed orange wrappers 9.5 x 6 inches wire stitched 8 pages. Illus. An early example of transmission of visual information over networks a promotional pamphlet from RCA on the wireless transmission of images as a boon to business banking news and law enforcement; RCA offers the service between New York and London and between San Francisco and Honolulu. One image here is a letter dated 1927; the service between San Francisco and London directly did not open until 1929. With a fairly detailed lay explanation of the technology behind the scanning transmission and printing of these images over long distances; the cost here quoted is $16 per inch of image transmitted. OCLC notes two locations of a single kindred promotional item with Radiogram in the title; no other examples found. n. p., unknown books
3169New York: The Company: 227 Broadway . . Single sheet 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches folded in three to 8 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Bluff paper with black printing. Twelve wooden samples all extremely attractive and two having died wood inlays. One sample with very minor chip. One copy located at Winterthur New York: [The Company]: 227 Broadway, . unknown books
1930589Osburn Id 1930. Very good. Folding map 27 x 42 inches. A couple of short separations along folds. Several contemporary pencil manuscript annotations. Light tanning and dust soiling. Scarce map of tunnels and several surface constructions related to the Mineral Point mine in Osburn Idaho operated by the Coeur D'Alene Mines Corporation. The map dates to 1930 and illustrates the tunnel system and existing surface structures of the mine colored in several different shades. The Coeur D'Alene Corporation was organized in 1928 and still exists today as the global corporation Coeur Mining although it divested of its mining interests located near its namesake city in the early 2000s. This map therefore constitutes an important record of one of its earliest mining efforts. unknown books
195017127Chicago: Match Corporation of America Circa 1950s. Hardcover. Very good. Plastic-comb-bound book 10" x 11.5" approx. in illustrated cloth boards. Approx. 136 samples glue-mounted in nine tabbed sections with tissue guards between pages. Pages profusely illustrated in full color. Light rubbing to boards. Boards bowed. Tabs frayed. Light wear to page edges. Interior generally bright and fresh. Very good. 182pp. Also includes Order form booklet ad for gold stamping machine ordering information sheet sketch request form distribution contract booklet and price list. <br/><br/>An extravagant catalog of promotional matchbooks from the "World's largest direct selling manufacturer of advertising book matches." Includes examples with sample text and graphics as well as examples from companies all over the US from diners and motels to major corporations like ALCOA and Borden's. Includes hundreds of stock images and text with various styles sizes and finishes from a 10 match book with single color printing to embossed gold foil 40 match books. Striking #sorrynotsorry. Match Corporation of America hardcover books
191629755Philadelphia: Hess-Ives Corporation 1916. 8vo. 31 pp. b&w and color illustrations. Decorative stiff wrappers. Previous owner's neat signature on the front wrapper. Faint dampstain and wrinkling. A near very good copy. The catalogue and instructions for the ingenious camera that was capable of producing direct color photographs Hichrography from three negatives simultaneously exposed as well as conventional b&w. The camera was available in 4 sizes; the plates and the accessories are pictured and priced. This process was awarded the first United States patent in color photography. <br/><br/> Hess-Ives Corporation unknown books
191529754Philadelphia: Hess-Ives Corporation 1915. 8vo. 12 pp. illustrations from b&w photographs. String-tied decorative stiff wrappers. Faint dampstain; owner's name on the front wrapper. Three page price list laid-in with holograph corrections. Very good. This is the introductory catalogue for the ingenious camera that was capable of producing direct color photographs Hichrography from three negatives simultaneously exposed as well as conventional b&w. The camera available in 3 sizes another was introduced three months later is pictured and priced. This process was awarded the first United States patent in color photography. The laid-in price list also includes plate holders film paper and chemicals. <br/><br/> Hess-Ives Corporation unknown books
007573Great Britain: British Overseas Airways Corporation No date circa 1950's. Very Good a 1/2" w at bottom tapering to 3" long chip bottom right corner the only real fla which could be covered by framing. Original silkscreen travel poster for BOAC featuring Scottish Highland dancers in vibrantly colored kilts. An excellent image well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Very Good. 19 3/4" x 29 3/4". British Overseas Airways Corporation books
192543411925. 1 pg. TLS from Charles M. Schwab the Chairman of Bethlehem Steel to Edward T. Stotesbury senior partner at the Drexel & Company banking house of Philadelphia associate of J.P.Morgan and one of the wealthiest men in the nation. Drawn on Bethlehem Steel stationary and dated October 28th 1925. Schwab is extending an invitation to Stotesbury to visit some of Bethlehem's "principal steel plants". Bright and clean and well-preserved Schwab's signature strong and legible. <br/><br/> unknown books
