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19356437Novara. Ferrovie Dello Stato. n.d. c.1935 Bound in pictorial paper wrappers. 8vo. Edizione Americana. Illustrated with monochrome photographs. Usual sunning to front and rear covers covers slightly chipped else a Near Fine copy. Ferrovie Dello Stato. unknown books
2008131924Glen Ellyn IL: Gahlberg Gallery College of DuPage 2008. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 24 through March 1 2008. Essay by curator Dominic Molon. Includes 8 black and white images. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Scarce with no copies listed in OCLC or anywhere else. Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage unknown books
1912242248Barcelona: Camara Oficial de Industria de Barcelona 1912. Pamphlet. 46p. wraps 5.25 x 8.25 inches wraps worn spine sunned else very good condition. Text in Spanish. Guide to rules of the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona. Camara Oficial de Industria de Barcelona unknown books
183129476New York 1831. 31 1 pp. Disbound foxed Good. Caption title as issued.<br/><br/> A report on the status of the iron and steel industries and a call for their protection by federal tariff legislation.<br/>AI 7164 4. unknown books
1911SJ13665London:: Society of Chemical Industry 1911. 1911. Series: Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry no. 22 vol. XXX November 30 1911. 4to. pp. 1291-1342. figs. Original printed wrappers. Very good. Society of Chemical Industry, 1911. unknown books
1831WRCAM23722Baltimore 1831. 44pp. Dbd. A bit foxed. Very good. Calls for the continued protection of American industry by duties tariffs and other protective measures. AMERICAN IMPRINTS lists only the Library of Congress copy. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 5637. unknown books
18313680Baltimore: Pr. by Sands & Neilson 1831. 8vo. 44 pp. <br><br>A defense of Congress's power to regulate commerce by imposing tariffs on foreign goods. Contents include a list of members in the back. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sabin 398; Goldsmiths'-Kress 26742; American Imprints 7163; BAL 11039. Original wrappers. Wrappers torn at spine with rear wrapper separating. Rubber stamps: "New Jersey Historical Society" and "deaccessioned." Ownership signature on front cover. Smudged ink inscription on title-page without touching text. Stains and short tears in upper margins of first few pages. Occasional spots of foxing. Untrimmed. Pr. by Sands & Neilson unknown books
193588894Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry. Japanese Government Railways 1935. Revised Edition. Paperback. Good. illustrations folding map 50p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19 cm. Cover chips and tears reglued here and there leaving some small gaps on narrow backstrip and in upper right corner of front cover. Internally sound with some creasing and dog-earing. An uncommon tourist guide. <br/><br/> Board of Tourist Industry. Japanese Government Railways paperback books
195172419New York 1951. Paperback. Very Good. 100p. Yellow wrapper. 28cm. Light cover soil. <br/><br/> paperback books
199425249Leipzig: Die Deutsche Bibliothek Deutsches Buch-und Schriftmuseum Der Deutschen Bucherei 1994. 63 pages; color black & white illustrated throughout the catalog of this exhibition. German and English text with essays on this American-born German-based handmade paper artist: 'Creations in Handmade Paper Works from the Paper Studio of John Gerard' by Harriett Watts and 'Numeralien or How a Book is Produced' by Uwe Warnke; with list of artist's exhibited works biographical information curriculum vitae. Approx. 6 1/2" x 10" size oblong format; in printed hand-made paper covered wraps. Slight wear in very good condition. First Printing. Handmade Paper Cover. Very Good. Die Deutsche Bibliothek Deutsches Buch-und Schriftmuseum Der Deutschen Bucherei paperback books
185838668Providence: Knowles Anthony & Co. Printers 1858. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A good copy with chipped spine front wrapper detached edges toned contents clean and bright. 131 pp. 8vo. Provides great detail on agricultural and industrial activity in Rhode Island was well as reviews of technology and agricultural methods. Some biographies. Knowles, Anthony & Co., Printers unknown books
1919WRCAM48855Phoenix 1919. 4pp. 12mo. Self-wrappers. Minor edge wear. Very good. A short but very interesting pamphlet issued by the Arizona Office of Live Stock Sanitary Board on May 1 1919 printing the requirements for bringing live stock into Arizona. It lists separate guidelines for horses cattle sheep swine and dogs as well as conveying information on who may inspect the livestock health certificates exceptions and permits. Lastly it strictly forbids anyone "from shipping any virulent blood or Hog Cholera Virus into the State of Arizona without the permission of the State Veterinarian." unknown books
qms418Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1982. Quarto paperbound stiff illus. white wrappers unpaginated. Title page detached laid-in a few ink marks to index; otherwise a very attractive copy with minimal wear clean & tight. unknown books
1976264075South Burlington: Early American Industries Association 1976. Reprint. hardcover. very good. With copious interesting texts -- various paginations but likely over 1000 pages -- and thankfully an index to each volume at the end. Very thick 4to blue cloth with red spine labels spine is a bit faded; pages slightly bumped at upper corner. South Burlington Vermont: Early American Industries Association 1976. A very good solid copy.<br/><br/> The organization was formed to preserve the tools implements and technology of early American artisans.<br/><br/> Early American Industries Association unknown books
188327291New York: New York Association for the Protection of American Industry 1883. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy with nicks on the spine small chips to the wrappers some edgewear mildly creased leaves clean. 70 pp. 8vo. New York Association for the Protection of American Industry Document no. 2. Peter Cooper's opening remarks could have been written today: "The advocates of free trade . are trying to persuade . people that it is for our interest to buy from other countries all the manufactures that they have to offer. These advocates of free trade propose that our mechanics shall either work at the starvation wages of foreign laborers or be forced to abandon their trades." Other speeches on free trade including William Dodge William Evarts Dexter Hawkins and Cyrus Hamlin President of Middlebury College on the blight of free trade. The ojectives of the New York Association for the Protection of American Industry was: "1. To disseminate ideas favorable to just protection of manufactures. 2. The development protection and advancement of the various industries of the United States. 3. The restoration and development of ocean navigation in American-built ships sufficient for the exigencies of trade commerce and manufactures and for the advantage and safety of the country. 4. The security of the comfort and improvement of workmen and-by encouraging allowances or pensions after long-continued service in important establishments-of their support in old age." New York Association for the Protection of American Industry unknown books
13396DOCUMENTS DECORATIFS BEAUX-ARTS INDUSTRIE INDUSTRIES D'ART. MONOGRAPHIE L'HOTEL DU MINISTERE DU TRAVAIL. Paris: Armand Guerinet n.d. Folio. Portfolio. 73 plates. First edition. A photographic record of the l'Hotel du Ministere du Travail showing decorations interior and exterior views. Lacking plates 74 and 75 plates slightly yellowed and cockled. unknown books
1960005713San Francisco: Ceramic Tile Industry 1960. SCARCE. 20 pp. in stapled pictorial wrappers. A guide book of sorts published for the convention by the Ceramic Tile Industry with drawings of and text on noted San Francisco buildings that featured tile works. Very Good a few tiny edge tears to wrappers. overall light toning. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ceramic Tile Industry Paperback books
185538667Providence: Knowles Anthony & Co. Printers 1855. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A very good copy with small chips and creases to front wrapper spine worn contents bright. xvi 135 pp. 8vo. Includes: ""The Agricultural Wealth of Rhode Island and the Duties it imposes upon her Citizens. An Address before the Rhode-Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry and the Rhode-Island Horticultural Society at their Fifth Industrial Exhibition in Providence; Delivered September 14 1854 by Rev. William Clift Stonington Ct." with a separate title page. Provides great detail on agricultural and industrial activity in Rhode Island was well as reviews of technology and agricultural methods. Some biographies. William Clift 1817-1890 Amherst graduate pastor of the Stonington Congregational church rote much on agriculture and "was a bold and valiant enemy of rum and tobacco." Sabin 70736n. Knowles, Anthony & Co., Printers unknown books
1870WRCAM52030Utica N.Y.: Curtiss & Childs 1870. 27pp. plus eight lithographic plates. Original brown wrappers printed in gilt. Spine heavily chipped moderate edge wear. Moderate tanning some offsetting from plates. Good plus. A scarce pamphlet documenting the cattle business of William D. Walcott and Samuel Campbell in upstate New York. Walcott and Campbell were initially partners in the cotton business owning one of the factories that gave New York Mills its name but the acquisition of more land in and around the town led them to import and breed significant numbers Shorthorn cattle becoming prominent members of that industry as well. This pamphlet catalogues some of the cattle bred between 1865 and 1869 accompanied by several illustrations of the stock. Not in OCLC. Curtiss & Childs unknown books
188234833La Paz: Imprenta de la Libertad 1882. First edition. Cloth. Title page with chip to top inner edge and neat label with name inked out shallow rough area on fore edge of last few leaves otherwise a very good copy. i 97 1 iii pp. 4to. Bolivian tariffs. Scarce. OCLC shows no copies for this year but Univ. Texas holds similar volumes for 1879 and 1890 and Univ. Illinois has 1894. Parreño sale 70. Imprenta de la Libertad hardcover books
2794Baltimore: Ivan R. Drechsler For Private Distribution 1941. . Large 8vo terracotta cloth front highly gilt with vignette of Koppers Company Bartlett Howard Division entrance with two iron dogs Sailor and Canton. ONE OF 500 NUMBERED COPIES. A history of the evolution of the original company that morphed into locomotive production and many other large scale iron productions. The dogs were the symbols of the companies and represented the enjoyment that leading members of the board derived from duck hunting and the retrieval of the shot birds by native American dogs the Chesapeake Bay Retriever. No book on the Chesapeake district would be complete without a nod to the terrapin and indeed the last chapter "Canvasback and Diamondback" has instructions for the preparing of both delicacies the wild duck and terrapin Baltimore: Ivan R. Drechsler [For Private Distribution], 1941. hardcover books
43765Siegburg: Deutsche Photogravur n. d. 1st printing presumed ca early 20th C. Not in Gabler. Bound in stiff brown card stock covers with gilt script stamping to front cover. Minor wear gilt a bit dull though overall a VG copy. 47 1 pp. Filled with photographic illustrations of the firm & its many aspects. 6-3/4" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>A promotional history of the firm. <br /> <br />OCLC records just one institutional holding though with 44 pp with none in the US. Deutsche Photogravur unknown books
172748529London: Printed for J. Roberts near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane 1727. 1st Edition European Americana 727/195; Goldsmith 6505. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Hint of age-toning. A VG copy. 4 31 5 pp. Head- tailpieces. 8vo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane unknown books
LV1054Zurich:: J. E. Wolfensberger n.d. 318 x 247 mm. 4to. 85 pp. Numerous illustrations 14 plates 12 color. Gilt-stamped red cloth dust-jacket; jacket lightly worn at extremities. Slip cover. Fine. RARE. J. E. Wolfensberger), n.d. hardcover books
187533711Somverville MA 1875. Broadside 5" x 10". A few old folds. Signed in type by A.T. Small Jas. E. Crawford Able Jones Sarah J. Price and J. Campbell as the Committee on Charges. Official Council blindstamp at the bottom right corner. Very Good. <br/><br/> The Sovereigns of Industry established in 1874 grew out of the Patrons of Husbandry a mutual aid society for farmers. The Sovereigns sought members among all workingmen not just farmers. Its purpose articulated by its founder William H. Earle of Massachusetts was "elevating the character improving the condition of and as far as possible perfecting the happiness of the laboring classes" through the establishment of consumer cooperatives. The cooperative network would allow workers to "control the whole of what they produce and exchange it as near as may be even with other hand-workers thus saving to themselves the fortunes which those who are devoted to manipulating other people's labour and to getting rich thereby have heretofore taken by extortion." Commons John R. et al.: HISTORY OF LABOUR IN THE UNITED STATES: NATIONALISATION 1860-1877 VOLUME II New York: 1921 Pages 172-173. <br/> A scandal occurred in Union Council No. 71 Somerville Massachusetts. A conspiracy to usurp the authority of the Council majority on the location of a new Hall was charged. The conspirators allegedly were guilty of self-dealing by choosing a Hall for their own personal gain. "Riotous disorderly and disgraceful proceedings" erupted.<br/>Not located on OCLC as of May 2017. unknown books
