New York: Henry Lindenmeyr and Sons, [ca. 1900]. Oblong 8vo, unpaginated; illustrated; original green pictorial wrappers, bound with yellow string; edges toned and slightly bumped, two minor ink stains, else very good. Samples are designed to show "how these stylish cover papers may be used for very elaborate work or..... More
New York: Turkish Information Office, 1953. Octavo, stiff paper folding wrappers containing 8 pamphlets and brochures (complete) tied with a red ribbon; title printed in gilt on upper cover; generally fine. Includes Economic Development in Turkey (pp. 20, pictorial wrappers); Aspects of Turkey (pp. 24, map, pictorial wrappers); President Celal..... More
West Springfield, Massachusetts: Strathmore Paper Company, [ca. 1940]. 4to pictorial portfolio, corners lightly bumped, else fine. 8 loose leaf swatches of sample paper, each printed with different exemplary letterhead. List of distributors on back of portfolio, "printed by Letterpress in 3 Impressions on Strathmore Beau Brilliant, Mentone Ivory". Not located..... More
West Springfield, Massachusetts: Strathmore Paper Company, [ca. 1950]. 4to, unpaginated; 12 mounted illustrated swatches of paper samples; original decorative wrappers, edges a bit sunned, minor tears to edges, very good; interior fine. One copy in OCLC, forming part of a larger collection at the University of Connecticut. More
New York: C. Bischoff & Co., ca. 1890s. 8vo (227 x 140 mm.), accordion fold with 11 panels, each displaying 3 or 4 dye-cloth samples numbered 1-36, 2-leaf pamphlet describing the treatment of each sample tipped in to first panel; original white printed wrappers (stained); cloth samples a bit wrinkled..... More
Nairobi: [East African Posts & Telecommunications], 1963. 4to, pp. xxiii, [1]; 252, 20, 20; original staple-bound paper wrappers printed in black and red; paper toned, wrappers a touch soiled and dogeared, text clean, very good. Includes yellow pages and a telegraphic address list. British Library only in OCLC. More
[Boston? ca. 1910.]. White cardstock, approx. 3" x 5¼"; creased; lightly soiled; otherwise very good. Trade card with a halftone portrait of a Wu Ting Fang (1842-1922), a Chinese diplomat to the United States. He briefly served as a leader of the Chinese Republic in 1917. More
London: printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, printed by Harrison an Sons, 1912. Folio, pp. 33, [1]; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; light chipping, pressure stamp on first leaf; accession numbers at lower left corner of first page; all else very good. Contains 23 responses from 23 countries on the methods..... More
Providence: Benjamin Francis Brown, 1888. Oblong 32mo (approx. 2½" x 4"), pp. 46, [2]; section of 24 blank pages for notes bound in after p. 46; hinges starting else a very good example in original morocco-grained paper-covered boards. An early discount book, each leaf devoted to a particular Rhode Island..... More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1848. 8vo, pp. [4], 36, 35, [1], 47, [1], 40, 48, 39, [1], 32, 52, 56, 48, 36, 24; text illustrations throughout with full-page engravings heading each section; contemporary green cloth, gilt title on spine; light wear to extremities, edges spotted, very good with..... More
New York: W. S. Campbell, 1848. Bifolium, 8vo, advertisement printed on first page only, with an order in manuscript on the following pages; previous vertical hold, near fine. More
San Francisco: Bacon & Company, Book and Job Printers, 1886. First edition, 8vo, pp. [3]-919; original blindstamped green cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine, sprinkled edges; very good with two very faint dampstains to the lower cover and two unobtrusive bookstore stamps on the prelims. "Aristocracy..... More
Batavia & Weltevreden (Java): Albrecht & Co., [1915]. First edition, tall 8vo, pp. [4], ii, [4], 333, [1]; ads on rear endpapers; errata slip tipped in at p. 95; large folding map of the Malay Archipelago printed in color (loose, but present), and 30 plates (1 loose but present), largely..... More
Buintenzorg, Java: Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel. Afdeeling Handel, [1920]. Second edition, tall 8vo, pp. viii, 275, [1], 60 (ads); mounted frontispiece, 4 large folding maps (world, Malay Archipelago and Java) printed in color, and 49 plates (several in color and 3 folding), largely from photographs; original ochre cloth..... More
Boston: J. E. Hinckley and Co., 1834. First edition, 8vo, pp. 12; original printed wrappers; stitching loosening, else very good. A protest against "the measures of the President in the removal of the deposites from the Bank of the United States, and in assuming entire control over the treasure of..... More
Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1880. First edition, 8vo, 3 parts in 1; pp. ix, [1], 3-48; 20 (appendix); 36; 2 large folding tables; original printed wrappers; fore-edge of front wrap a little chipped, else very good. More
Providence: Knowles, Anthony and Co., 1852. 12mo, pp. 24; original brown printed wrappers; small sticker at the top outer corner of the front wrapper, bottom corner of front wrapper curled; all else about fine. With the ownership signature of Henry J. Beckwith at the top. The Atlantic deLaine Company, "for..... More
Paris: Capelle, 1856. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 528; original blue paper wrappers; textblock split and essentially separated into two parts, wrappers lightly toned, textblock clean. Audiganne was the head of the French Ministry of Commerce and wrote a number of books on industry and transportation. In this book he..... More
Boston: Oakes & Solomons, 1848. First edition, 16mo, pp. 43, [3]; original purple cloth gilt, spine sunned, corner of upper cover stained; binding cracked at the end of the second gathering; all else good or better. The box was used for "revolving and sliding motions in the various kinds of..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., Industrial Publishers, 1876. 8vo, pp. [2], iii-xii, 13-256, 23, [1]; original blind-stamped purple cloth; gilt spine lettering; spine faded; otherwise very good. First published in 1851, this is a useful work with “a strong historical sense” (Hindle, p. 78). It was put together in..... More
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Saint Paul, Minnesota: Creative Communications, ca. 1985. Tall 4to, unpaged; original grey spiral bound wrappers printed in red; fine. Lists hundreds of type samples. Not in OCLC. More
New York: Prall Lewis & Co., 1851. Fourth edition, 12mo, 4, 141, [1]; engraved frontispiece and title page, 1 engraved plate, folding map of New York; bound with, as issued: New-York - as it is; being the counterpart of the metropolis of America, 1851. Pp. [4], 18, [2]; engraved plate..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, [1916]. 8vo, pp. xx, 729; adverts on endpapers; folding map; tables throughout; original yellow cloth lettered in black on upper cover and spine; some soiling, hinges cracked, text lightly toned; very good. History and description, particulars of trade, manufacturing, communication, government, finance, defense, shipping, religions..... More
Madrid: por D. Joachin Ibarra, 1775. 8vo, pp. 527, [1]; leaf Q2 (pp. 243-244) lacking, but replaced by a neatly executed manuscript facsimile; contemporary full speckled calf, gilt-decorated spine in six compartments, tan leather label in one, edges stained red, marbled end papers; extremites rubbed, one-inch closed tear on leaf..... More
Allahabad: printed by F. Lucker, Supt., Government Press, United Provinces, 1913. Folio, pp. [6], 20, [2]; 19, [1]; [4], 13, [1]; lx, 4, [2]; ex-Oregon Agricultural College with bookplate, pressure stamp on title page, pocket inside back cover, original printed salmon wrappers contained in a library card binding backed in..... More
