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187636504np 1876. Beautifully handcolored engraving depicting four eye-level views of Howe Machine Company factories surrounded by busy streets ferries and carriages. A coin with profile of Elias Howe Jr. is at center left. Attractively framed and matted. Image 13-1/4" x 15-1/4" by sight. Not examined out of frame. Fine. <br/><br/> The Company's New York offices were located at 699 Broadway from 1867-1876. We locate this extremely attractive broadside only in the Jay Last Collection at the Huntington Library. unknown books
182525214Washington D.C. 1825. Printed broadside 8" x 13.5". Light toning untrimmed minor edgewear old folds couple of pinholes at junctions but not affecting any text. Very Good.<br/><br/> This rare broadside announcement of a patent issued to Samuel Lane of Maine is signed in type by President John Quincy Adams Secretary of State Henry Clay and Attorney General William Wirt. It contains a complete Description "in the words of the said Samuel Lane himself" of his improvements to the corn-shelling machine. <br/> In 1828 Lane was the first to receive a patent for a combine. One of the witnesses to Lane's Description was William Blagrove probably the first full-time Patent Agent in Washington DC appointed in 1819.<br/>Not located on OCLC AAS Catalog American Imprints. unknown books
191344659New York 1913. <p>Tabulating Machine Company - C-T-R - IBM The Tabulating Machine Company. A business compass: Facts made immediately available for determining business policy. New York ©1913. Original gray printed wrappers. Very good. 48pp. Illustrated. 228 x 152 mm.</p> <p> Herman Hollerith a clerk at the U S Census Bureau invented the punch-card tabulator applying for his first patent in 1884; his punched-card system reigned as the primary large-scale data-processing system until the advent of the electronic digital computer. In 1896 Hollerith formed the Tabulating Machine Company; the British branch known as the British Tabulating Machine Company was formed in 1907 and remained connected to its American counterpart until 1949. Hollerith remained head of the Tabulating Machine Company until 1911 when he sold it to industrialist Charles R. Flint who renamed the company C-T-R. In 1915 Thomas J. Watson became president of the new company and in 1924 Watson renamed the company International Business Machines IBM. Origins of Cyberspace 373.</p> . unknown books
191444664London 1914. <p>Muldivo Calculating Machine Company. The Muldivo calculating machine. Made in France. London n.d. ca. 1914. Original printed wrappers. 12pp. Illustrated. 248 x 187 mm. VG. Advertising brochure published by the British branch of the Muldivo company. The brochure includes views of Muldivo's French factories. Origins of Cyberspace 340.</p> . unknown books
188136888New York: Root & Tinker 1881. Oblong 4to broadsheet 9-1/2" x 12." Light dusting Very Good. <br/><br/> The recto is a color Lithograph. President Garfield and his Cabinet are depicted Garfield in the center shaking hands. The Capitol Building is in the background. At the bottom of the image in tiny print are the names of the persons depicted. The verso advertises the Company with illustrations of its flagship product "The Hartford" "The most elegant machine ever put upon the market. An entire work cabinet in itself from the size and solid framing of its drawers."<br/> The Weed Sewing Machine Company "obtained the patent rights of the late Theodore. E. Weed of Fairfield Connecticut inventor of a sewing machine prized for its simple construction and ease of operation making it competitive with the designs of Elias Howe 1846 Allen B. Wilson and Isaac Singer. The Weed Company played a major role in making Hartford one of three machine tool centers in New England and even outranked the Colt Armory in size if not fame. Weed eventually was the birthplace of both the bicycle and automobile industries" online essay 'The Miracle on Capital Avenue' in Connecticut Explored.<br/>OCLC 45451588 1- Smithsonian as of June 2020. Not in Romaine or Winterthur. Root & Tinker unknown books
192043960Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Company 1920. Miniature book approx. an inch-and-a-half square 38 x 38 mm unpaged text printed on rectos only; illustrations; printed staplebound self-wrappers volume laid into publisher's printed bifolium toned accompanied by one piece of type measuring 1/6 of an inch square on which is cast the Lord's Prayer; tear and loss to bifolium the former crudely repaired the latter not affecting text; text volume and cast fine. The Lord's Prayer "can be plainly read with the aid of a good reading glass." <br/><br/> Lanston Monotype Machine Company unknown books
1914446631914. <p>Muldivo Calculating Machine Company. A masterpiece of French mechanism. N.p. n.d. ca. 1914. Unbound circular. Single sheet. 272 x 215 mm. Tears in lower margin not affecting text readability. Good. Lists three models of the Muldivo calculator.Origins of Cyberspace 341.</p> . unknown books
191444658London 1914. First edition. <p>Tabulating Machine Company - C-T-R - IBM British Tabulating Machine Company Ltd. The use of the "Hollerith" tabulating & sorting machines by wholesale merchants. London n.d. ca. 1914. Original printed self-wrappers. Light soiling. 8pp. Illustrated. 248 x 187 mm.</p> <p> Herman Hollerith a clerk at the U S Census Bureau invented the punch-card tabulator applying for his first patent in 1884; his punched-card system reigned as the primary large-scale data-processing system until the advent of the electronic digital computer. In 1896 Hollerith formed the Tabulating Machine Company; the British branch known as the British Tabulating Machine Company was formed in 1907 and remained connected to its American counterpart until 1949. Hollerith remained head of the Tabulating Machine Company until 1911 when he sold it to industrialist Charles R. Flint who renamed the company C-T-R. In 1915 Thomas J. Watson became president of the new company and in 1924 Watson renamed the company International Business Machines IBM. Origins of Cyberspace 374.</p> . unknown books
1928WRCAM39924Chicago: Mills Novelty Company 1928. 32pp. including illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers soiled chipped and torn. Some soiling and wrinkling to text. Good. A rare catalogue for spare and repair parts for slot machines produced by the Mills Novelty Company which billed itself as the world's largest manufacturer of coin-operated machines. The illustrated catalogue gives descriptions and prices for hundreds of parts for three different types of side-arm machines. Each page of the catalogue carries a running headline reading "Mills machines make more money." The rear wrapper shows an illustration of their new plant at 4100 Fullerton Avenue in Chicago which the Mills Novelty Company occupied in 1926. No copies are listed on OCLC for this ephemeral catalogue. Mills Novelty Company unknown books
185654024Lawrence MA 1856. 16mo pp. 2 138 2 plus 24 pages of blank ruled paper for notes; original brown cloth with title stamped in gilt on spine and upper cover; edgewear contemporary owner's signature on endpaper very good. Key by number to patterns of gears hangers and pulleys giving weights diameters remarks etc. 3 in OCLC as of May '19. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1870106353<p>This broadside is 16½x10¼" and is tipped into an archival rag mat. Very slight aging though delicate this ad is in wonderful condition; near fine to fine. The Aiken Knitting Machine Co was located in New York City with their factory in Franklin N.H. The printed images show their various types of knitting machines and winder for spooling yarn with the direction to "Please Put Up In Your Office". The Aiken family moved to New Hampshire in 1938 and were fairly well known industrialists and inventors. In May 1855 Jonas B. Aiken secured a patent Patent 12933 for a knitting machine. Their machines appeared to get a lot of good press in the 1860s and they seemed to have established a very respectable business. </p> Baptist & Taylor, books
192442326New York: National Cotton Candy Floss Machine Co. 1924. Four bifolia one pink the rest cream nested inside a cream bifolium wrapper with original stamped and posted envelope dated 1924 and additional sales material laid in. Two horizontal fold-lines throughout light toning and additional creasing; wear soiling split edges and minor loss to original mailed envelope. VG. Unpaginated ~ 24 pages ephemera. B/w photographic reproductions. 11" x 8-3/8"; envelopes 4-1/8" x 9-1/2" and 3-5/8" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/>Full-page or longer descriptions of each of five new cotton candy machine models by John Parcell's National Cotton Candy Floss Machine Co. on three bifolia illustrated with the features clearly delineated and pitched for the discerning entrepreneur. Also includes a Foreword bifolium "order blank" return envelope printed ad jingle "Said Mr. Gallagher / To Mr. Shean / That machine of Parcell's / Surely is a dream / A little sugar here and there / And you've got candy everywhere . . . " and original mailed envelope to one Mr. Wm. E. Moss of Hamburg NY. [National Cotton Candy Floss Machine Co.] unknown books
19103344Brooklyn: A. Johnson Machine Works 1910. Octavo 68 pages. Illustrations throughout. Trade catalog featuring machines for manufacturing of crown corks crowning machines machines for manufacturing of corks and cork discs machines for screw caps and special machines which include a friction capping machine automatic rotary cap spinning machine single head cap spinning machine and an automatic rotary screw cap capping machine. Each item includes detailed rendering as well as description mechanical and output details. In brown wrappers secured with brads quite bruised and worn. Text edges worn with slight foxing throughout. Title page marked up company address lined-out and amended in pen also with pencil marks. Otherwise good. OCLC locates just one copy at the Smithsonian. A. Johnson Machine Works unknown books
18892125New York & Boston: Ames Plow 1889. Octavo 84 pages. Profusely illustrated. Printed throughout in blue ink. A handsome small trade catalogue for this manufacturer and distributor of carts barrows presses mills sausage stuffing equipment presses etc. Some wear to spine of printed wrapper wrapper started at front hinge otherwise very good. Scarce. Ames Plow unknown books
1918446531918. <p>Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Burroughs automatic bookkeeping machines. N.p. January 1918. Unbound brochure. 4pp. Illustrated. 287 x 214 mm.</p> <p> Advertisement for the British Burroughs Standard Model 256E a 13-column duplex machine. The name and address of Burroughs's Manchester distributor John Drucquer are stamped on the first and last pages. Origins of Cyberspace 237.</p> . unknown books
1912446551912. <p>Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Statements. N.p. n.d. ca. 1912. Original printed wrappers. 17 1pp. Illustrated. 220 x 141 mm.</p> <p> Advertising brochure published by Burroughs's British division containing testimonials and sample statements generated on Burroughs bookkeeping machines. Origins of Cyberspace 236.</p> . unknown books
1922446561922. <p>Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. The A B C of business: Adding bookkeeping calculating. N.p. May 1922. Unbound brochure. 6pp. Illustrated. 287 x 222 mm. Light soiling.</p> <p> Includes a list of British and Irish businesses that "have proved the efficiency of Burroughs machines." Origins of Cyberspace 239.</p> . unknown books
192044661Emeryville CA 1920. <p>Marchant Calculating Machine Company. Here is the calculator you have been waiting for. Emeryville Calif.: Marchant Calculating Machine Company n.d. ca. 1920. Unbound single sheet folded. VG. 2pp. Text illustrations. 307 x 204 mm.</p> <p> A circular advertising the Pony Marchant Calculator a manually operated desktop machine for multiplication and division manufactured in the San Francisco Bay Area. Origins of Cyberspace 336.</p> . unknown books
187427146Holyoke Mass. : Holyoke Machine Co 1874. Cloth. Very Good. 91 pages. Original brick cloth with company name and location embossed in gilt on front cover. Three previous owner names on front flyleaf including a presentation to J. W. Danielson Esq from S. F. Stebbins Agent for the company. Cloth. Nicely illustrated with cuts by Sebald Wightman Buffalo Kilburn Boston and others unidentified. A sound technical catalog that would enable an engineer to determine with some precision whether the specs for the equipment offered might meet their requirements.<br/><br/>A scarce catalog with only two copies in Worldcat as of this writing. Holyoke Machine Co unknown books
1929446691929. <p>Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Adding - bookkeeping - calculating machines. N.p. May 1929. Unbound brochure. 4pp. Illustrated. 281 x 216 mm. Light toning a few tiny marginal tears. VG. Provenance: Stamp of the L. N. E. R. London & North Eastern Railway on the first page. Advertisement for the Burroughs portable adding machine introduced in 1925. This was one of Burroughs's most popular models. Origins of Cyberspace 240.</p> . unknown books
1918446541918. <p>Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Burroughs adding machines. N.p. September 1918. Unbound brochure. 4pp. Illustrated. 278 x 204 mm. Provenance: Stamp of the Railway Manchester. Some soiling.</p> <p> Advertisement for the British Burroughs Standard Model 313 a seven-column machine designed for use in small retail businesses. Origins of Cyberspace 238.</p> . unknown books
39291TRADE CARD DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE COMPANY. Lithographic Color Printed Tr Card. Chicago & New York: G.H. Buek & Co. circa 1890. Color printed lithographi folding trade card 6 x 3 1/4 inches. Rare trade card for the Domestic Sewing Machine Company printed by G.H. Buek Company lithographers in New York City. The Domestic Sewing Machine Company was founded in New York about 1861 and became a major competitor to the Singe Sewing Machine Company. The front shows fashionably dressed men women and children reading a street billboard advertising the company's line with the m store visible in the background. The card also advertises their store in Chicago with equally fashionable men and women passing by. The back shows t Chicago store. The two-page interior shows four models of their machines wit prices from $55.00 to $125.00 all printed in blue ink. Very good. unknown books
258536San Jose and Sunnyvale: UE Organizing Committee 196-. An assemblage of materials from UE organizers mostly working with Westinghouse electrical workers. Mainly from the mid-1960s. Most are 8.5x14 or 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets; one UE's Program for Westinghouse Sunnyvale is four pages 8.5x14 inches. A large proportion are connected with election campaigning against the competing IBEW one from 1960 is defensive about the right of the "red" UE to work on security-related projects such as atomic submarine parts. All have two neat holes punched at top for filing; this doesn't impinge on more than one or two letters of the textual content. Otherwise mostly crisp and clean. UE Organizing Committee unknown books
190844647Detroit: Burroughs 1908. <p>Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Railroad Department. The railroad Burroughs. Auditor of passenger receipts. Detroit: Burroughs Adding Machine Co. May 25 1908. Original printed wrappers. 8pp. Color halftone tipped to p. 2. 210 x 136 mm. One of a series of brochures promoting the Burroughs Railroad Machine Style 15. Each of the brochures is aimed at a specific branch of a railroad accounting department. The Burroughs Adding Machine Company designed mechanical calculating machines specially adapted to railroad accounting needs and established its own Railroad Department the purpose of which was "to get in very close touch with the accounting of the railroads of the United States and Canada" and to advise railroads how Burroughs machines could be used to effect shortcuts in accounting. Origins of Cyberspace 230.</p> . Burroughs unknown books
190844649Detroit: Burroughs 1908. <p>Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Railroad Department. The railroad Burroughs. Auditor of disbursements. Detroit: Burroughs Adding Machine Co. May 25 1908. Original printed wrappers spine repaired. 8pp. Color halftone tipped to p. 2. 210 x 136 mm. One of a series of brochures promoting the Burroughs Railroad Machine Style 15. Each of the brochures is aimed at a specific branch of a railroad accounting department. The Burroughs Adding Machine Company designed mechanical calculating machines specially adapted to railroad accounting needs and established its own Railroad Department the purpose of which was "to get in very close touch with the accounting of the railroads of the United States and Canada" and to advise railroads how Burroughs machines could be used to effect shortcuts in accounting. Origins of Cyberspace 228.</p> . Burroughs unknown books
