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1890270456Cincinnati. : Brown Carriage Co. No date circa 1890. Staple bound. . Lacks the cover light soiling to title page and last page otherwise a complete copy with clean contents. . Catalog of two-wheeled horse-drawn carts. Text in English Spanish and Portuguese. Brown Carriage Co. unknown books
1897106081Elkhart Ind.: Elkhart Carriage and Harness Mfg. Co. 1897. Paperback. Good. Unpaginated. 32 p. 23 cm. 32 b&w illustrations of carriages and harnesses. Illustrated paper covers. Some soiling. Spine tail torn. Chips and minor tears especially front cover near lower spine. Pages yellowed. Small stain page 5. <br/><br/>Really an advertising medium for the Elkhart Company "The Rural Magazine" nevertheless endeavoured to entertain its readers with four pages of amusing anecdotes. Besides this however there is ample information on the company's products directions for ordering how they ship freight on buggies their warranty etc. Delightful illustrations of surreys phaetons piano-body buggies wagons and a separate section for their harness department. Elkhart Carriage and Harness Mfg. Co. paperback
190099066Mutual Carriage and Harness Manufacturing Company 1900. Pamphlet. Used - Good. No date ca 1900 60 pages. Many large engravings. 10 x 7.75" printed wrapper. Wrap soiled corners bugeated with many tiny text losses G. Mutual Carriage and Harness Manufacturing Company unknown
186030187New York: No stated photographer 1860. First edition. Unbound CDVs. Good. Three photographs of three different vehicles all photographed against a backdrop and with a Brewster & Baldwin sign and the 786 Broadway address. One shows a gent leaning against what looks like a painted pillar. A strip of the pillar is visible in another CDV. Irregularly trimmed; some staining. In 1860 James Benjamin Brewster and Theodore E. Baldwin formed Brewster & Baldwin Carriages. In 1870 the firm became J.B. Brewster of the same family but a competitor of Brewster & Co. America's premier carriage-making firm for decades to come. Brewster & Co. is the Brewster of "You're a Brewster body" in Cole Porter's "You're the Top." Very scarce. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. Sold as a group. No stated photographer unknown
185099561850. Horse and carriage ambrotype circa 1850-1859 documents mid-19th century American civilian transportation and rural social life during the decade immediately preceding and encompassing the early Civil War period. The image holds research value for the study of early photographic practice particularly outdoor ambrotype production as well as material culture relating to horse-drawn mobility family presentation and dress in pre-industrial and wartime America. Ambrotypes were typically produced in controlled studio environments due to technical limitations; the presence of an outdoor composition situates this image within a less common subset of early American photography.<br /> Quarter plate ambrotype photograph showing a family seated within a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by two large horses with an adult man standing at the front holding the animals. The man wears a broad-brimmed hat consistent with mid-19th century rural or frontier attire. The group is positioned outdoors likely on unpaved ground with no visible studio backdrop emphasizing natural light exposure. The composition centers the carriage and team with human figures arranged to present both transport and family unit simultaneously. The photograph is housed in its original leather presentation case with red velvet interior lining and a decorative copper mat framing the image. The ambrotype process a glass-based photographic technique introduced in the early 1850s produces a unique non-reproducible positive image distinguishing it from later paper-based photographic formats such as cartes de visite.<br /> Ambrotypes emerged during a transitional period in photographic history bridging earlier daguerreotype practices and the rise of reproducible paper photography. By the late 1850s and into the Civil War era photographic documentation expanded alongside technological shifts yet outdoor images remained comparatively uncommon due to exposure constraints and equipment limitations. This image contributes to the visual record of civilian life during a period often dominated by military imagery offering insight into transportation clothing and social presentation outside formal studio settings. Light wear to case exterior minor rubbing at edges; interior velvet intact with moderate compression; glass plate and mat remain well-preserved with clear image visibility. Overall very good condition. unknown
189511398London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office By Harrison and Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1895. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Recently rebacked in gilt lettered red cloth. Moderate dark smudgy paint staining mostly to front board. Light edgewear fraying and bumping. Solid binding. Some light pencil marking to text. Pages lightly browned and foxed with periodic light chipping or small tears to some edges. Former owner name on front pastedown. No ex-lib marks stamps or stickers. In this edition naval mountings and their stores are not included. The contents have been rearranged and weights and dimensions as a rule have been removed from the text and given in the form of tables. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 468 pages . Her Majesty's Stationery Office By Harrison and Sons hardcover
