Trade Circular (7 results)

1st Printing (presumed), ca early 1860s. Single sheet broadside leaflet. Illustrated with a cut of the machine, as well as 21 cuts of the different tile shapes possible. 10-3/4" x 8-1/4" Clayton a well-known 19th C manufacturer of brick, tile, etc. Faint fold-lines. Bit of age-toning & signs of light wear. Overall, Very Good. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.…

1st Printing (presumed). Single sheet broadside leaflet. Testimonials, dated 1862, occupy the bottom half of the circular. Illustrated with a cut of the device. 10" x 7-3/4" "It has become a matter of great importance to Farmers that some way should be devised to Cut Vegetables rapidly and cheaply for Feeding Stock, and especially that the Vegetables should be cut in such shape as to be most favorable for the Stock." This that device, or so the manufacturer asserts. Faint fold-lines. Bit of age-toning, and edge rash. Overall, Very Good. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1929 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 18 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 18 Volume 1929.…

Advertising circular. Broadside, 14 x 8 1/2 inches. An advertisement featuring a 'heliotype" from a camp-scene line-drawing of two well-attired hunters and a fisherman, their day's bag, and an African-American attendant, all standing by their tent, behind them a lake full of ducks (and Simmons decoys?). The lower two-thirds of the broadside advertises the company's suits (with W.H.H. Murray testimonial quoted), tents, and decoys. Moderate soiling, several tiny splits at folds, a good copy. Folded as for mailing. (#4281).…

Small broadside. 20 x 13 cm. Old fold lines, some minor rumpling and toning along top margin, else very good. Docketed in manuscript on verso. Proposed duties on various kinds of imported books are listed: 20% on English language books printed before 1840; 20% on books in foreign languages not printed in the U.S.; 30 cents per pound on books in English valued at less than $2 and printed since 1840; [etc.]. Signed in type by 14 American publishing houses who agreed to the terms, including Harper & Brothers, D. Appleton & Co., Little, Brown, and eleven other well-known American publishers. No listings found on OCLC.…

Single sheet, folded. 25 cm. [4] pp., text on 2 outer pages only. Old fold lines, else very good. Text in two columns, printing the notices for this publication from the National Intelligencer of Feb. 11, and the Washington Union of Feb. 4. The contents, including the list of portraits and biographies in of each of the four volumes, is also listed. OCLC lists two copies of this circular: NY Hist. Soc. and AAS. The "National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans" was published by Rice & Hart in 1854.…

Single sheet, printed on blue paper, folded. 26 cm. [4] pp., including one page of text, [2pp. blank], addressed on fourth page to G. & C. Merriam, Springfield, Mass., with a round stamped red postal mark. Old fold lines, a few closed tears, else very good. The firm of H.W. Derby & Co. assures the public that the November 15 fire which lately damaged their place of business and destroyed a large portion of their stock will not stop them from filling orders for books, stationery and other articles. They have purchased the entire stock of Messrs. Bradley & Anthony who have decided to retire, and will move into their store at No. 113 Main Street immediately. Once their building at 145 Main Street is repaired, they will return there. Signed in type by H.W. Derby & Co., Cincinnati, November 23d, 1849. No listings found on OCLC. George and Charles Merriam, to whom this copy was addressed were successful book publishers and sellers in Springfield, Massachusetts.…