Jackson, Michigan: Aspinwall Manufacturing Co., n.d., [ca. early 1890s]. Oblong 12mo, pp. [12]; 10 wood-engraved illustrations throughout; pictorial chromolithograph wrappers; previous fold, else fine throughout. A half dozen or so Aspinwall trade catalogues in OCLC, but not this one. More

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co, n.d.. [ca. 1880]. Single sheet folded to make 4 pages, small folio, printed in double column on blue paper; top and bottom edges a little ragged, else near fine. 200-odd titles listed alphabetically by author. Burndy Library and Winterthur only in OCLC. More

[New York]: South Street Seaport Museum, 1993. Oblong 4to, pp. 8; original grey printed wrappers; fine. More

New York: C. W. Little & Co., n.d., [ca. 1890s?]. 8vo, pp. 42; stapled self-wrappers, sadly, I believe, without the first leaf. Extensively illustrated with a plethora of common wares for sale, including rings, lace, pins, studs, scarfs, charms of all varieties, buttons, pens, pencils, tooth brushes, hair curlers, whistles..... More

[Chicago: 1863]. Quarto bifolium (approx. 10½" x 8½"), the first page with a cut of the firm's 5-storey building at 42-46 Wabash Ave., and a list of woolen and cotton goods with prices supplied in manuscript (carried over to p. 3); page 2 with a printed letter to prospective customers..... More

[Providence? ca. 1840s - 50s.]. Broadside (approx. 12" x 8½") printed on yellow paper; the left margin slightly erose, all else very good. The notice of The Casket dates this to the late 1840s to mid-1850s. In a mid-1850s Kimball imprint they describe themselves as "wholesale dealers in cheap publications..... More

Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, printers, 1879. 16mo, pp. 96; pastedowns and free endpapers on yellow paper with advertisements, last 5 pages also with printed ads in display type; original green cloth-backed pictorial gray-green paper-covered boards; ownership signature in pencil at the top of the front free endpaper..... More

Monticello, IA: Hall Mfg. Co., 1914. 8vo, pp. 31, [1]; illustrated throughout; near fine in original embossed gray wrappers printed in blue. Hall made safety hoists, come-alongs, blocks and pulleys, compressors, wire stretchers, augers, post hole diggers, etc. More

Hartford: [1869]. Broadside (approx. 26" x 16"), folio; typographic ornamental border; text in double column; stock unevenly toned, three shallow losses not affecting text, mostly clean tears along previously folds without loss of meaning, small soil spot at center. Advertisement for "The oldest and best news and family paper published..... More

Beijing: Science Press, 1987. 8vo, pp. [4], vi, 510; printed from typescript; graphs, maps, tables, illustrations throughout; previous owner's bookplate, otherwise near fine in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine. "From May to September 1981, the Sino-W. German Joint Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau made multi-disciplinary investigations of..... More

New York, Boston, and Chicago: International Publishing Co., 1886. Large 8vo, pp. viii, [1], 34-213, [1]; numerous wood-engraved illustrations throughout, some full-page; original ochre cloth stamped in black and gilt; very good. International Publishing Co. made a number of directories for states and cities around the U.S. including Baltimore, Cincinnati..... More

Boston: Joseph Burnett & Co., [1879]. 32mo, pp. 40; tables, illustrations, text in decorative line borders; original pictorial wrappers; later (1949) owner's rubber stamp inside back cover, else near fine. Attractive little calendar and promotional booklet produced yearly, usually under the title "Burnett's Floral Handbook and Ladies Calendar," by the..... More

Syracuse, N. Y. McArthur, Wirth & Co., 1900. 4to, pp. 81, [3]; illustrated throughout; original pictorial tan wrappers; one-third of the front cover is torn away, all else very good. An interesting trade catalogue nonetheless. Not in Romaine; not in OCLC. More