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187645220Philadelphia:: The American Iron and Steel Association 1876. original printed wrappers. Some dust-soiling and spotting to the wrappers. 8vo. The American Iron and Steel Association, unknown
1888H29631Pittsburgh: Iron City Commercial College; printed by Jos. Eichbaum & Co 1888. Wraps. Good. 6 booklets all used and filled in by a student at the business college P. R. Kincaid. All are from the "Actual Business Department" of the Iron City Commercial College" a competitor of Pittsburgh's Duff's Business College. All in fair to good condition with soil stains and wear to covers some waterstaining evident to text but generally good. 4 of the booklets measure 11 x 8.5 inches: "Checks" which has 3 1/2 sheets of actual blank checks left and 8 pages of check stubs all filled in with dates account names amounts etc.; "Notes" which consists of promissory notes with stubs much like the check book with two sheets of stubs filled out and a number of blank notes left; "Bills Payable/Receivable" with columns filled out by Kincaid -- some soil waterstaining etc. -- and "Drafts" akin "Checks" and "Notes" this also has stubs and one blank draft left with 5 sheets of stubs filled out by Kincaid. The remaining 2 items are larger measuring 14 x 10 inches in wraps fair condition with soil wear stains to covers and waviness and blurriness to pages and their contents: "Cash Book" has 6 pages filled out with figures and 10 pages left blank; "Journal" has 31 of 32 pp. filled out. Iron City Commercial College; printed by Jos. Eichbaum & Co unknown
185023992New York 1850. Very good overall. An interesting letter detailing the negotiation over wooden vs. iron railroad bridges. In this letter addressed to Strong M. M. White agent of the New York Iron Bridge Co. seeking to persuade the Vermont railroad to eschew a wooden bridge and setting out advantageous terms for purchasing an iron bridge.<br /> <br /> Strong was "liable as endorser on paper for the Rutland and Washington Railroad Company which subsequently failed to an amount considerable exceeding all his property." He was sued in the Supreme Court of Vermont lter in the 1850s and looks to have been bankrupted losing his real estate marble quarry share etc. See "Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Vermont vol. 42 Montpelier Vt 1870 by Wheelock Veazey a Vermont Civil War hero.<br /> <br /> Letter written on blue laid paper 4pp 8 x 10 1/4"written on 1pp docketed on the verso with period folds. A small raised oval in the top left corner unreadable by this cataloguer. Verso a little marked a little creased. unknown
1892380876London : Chapman & Hall 1892. New edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of previous owner. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xv 296 pages ; 18cm. ; illustrated. Notes; new edition. London : Chapman & Hall hardcover
1878ZB314857Paris: 1878. quarto 98 pp library markings text age toned lacks back cover of paper wrappers and spine strengthened with cloth tape good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Paris: hardcover
188519428Wells Gardner Darton & Co. Good. 1885. Hardcover. Beige pictorial cover is soiled and worn head cap is crushed tail cap is rubbed corners are frayed but cover is in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Lacking frontispiece front end sheet and rear end sheet. Pages are lightly toned clean and in very good condition. B&W illustrations. . Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co. hardcover
1878ZB314855Paris: 1878. quarto 113 pp library markings lacks back cover of paper wrappers text age toned with early and late leaves flaked at margins but no loss neat rebacking with cloth tape good only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Paris: hardcover
1878ZB314856Paris: 1878. quarto 98 pp. folding map; library markings lacks back cover of paper wrappers text age toned map has short tear spine strengthened with cloth tape good only softcover. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Paris: paperback
189157039Bath Iron & Rimber Company 1891. Soft Cover. Poor. Prospectus and invitation to buy stock for Bath Iron and Timber Company in Bath Virginia. Pamphlet secured by string binding. 14 pgs. Large chips on front cover and back cover mostly missing. Pencil cursive practice across inside cover and title page. Bath Iron & Rimber Company paperback
1877ZB314858Lille: 1877. quarto 118 pp library markings text age toned lacks back cover of paper wrappers and front cover chipped at fore edge spine strengthened with cloth tape good only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Lille: hardcover
188527883Boston: Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co. Boston & New York 1885. Business card 3" x 5" printed on white card stock on both sides using several different typesettings. Front of card has detailed engraving of the Phenix Iron Foundry buildings with people and carriages along the streets surrounding the foundry and water and ships in the background. Quite clean. Very attractive Near Fine.<br /> <br /> The Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company moved to Chelsea Mass. in the early 1880s. This business card was probably engraved and printed within the several years preceding that move. The Phenix Iron Company was established in 1830 and incorporated as a stock company in 1832. The foundry produced some of the earliest American textile-printing machines including the first American-made calico printing machine. Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co., Boston & New York unknown
1878ZB326313Lille 1878. quarto 103 pp library markings text age toned lacks back cover of paper wrappers and front cover chipped spine strengthened with cloth tape good only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Lille hardcover
18851010801.22Imprimerie Nationale Paris 1885 - 1890. Hardcover. Good. 4to. Seven annual reports rebound in protective boards Good condition. Apprx 600 pages in seven individual issues edges chipped contents clean binding tight. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris hardcover
189319cmT. Fisher Unwin 1893. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. no later printings mentioned. a previous owner's signature and date '93. a publication of the pseudonym library. Iron is the pseudonym of Olive Schreiner. the boards are shelf rubbed and a little worn and the spine is darkened. the binding is excellent. condition given in terms of the book's age. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. T. Fisher Unwin hardcover