Columbus, Ohio and New York: 1895. 8vo. 190 x 128 mm., [7 ½ x 5 inches]. 144 pp. Illustrated throughout with half-tone images and diagrams, 2 of which are folding. Original printed wrappers, a few stains but a sound and attractive copy. Specialty items include elevators, drive belts, conveyors..... More
Brooklyn, N. Y. M. T. Davidson, 1897. (Trade Catalogue: Pumps) M. T. Davidson. Improved Steam Pumps, Pumping Engines and Hydraulic Machinery, Air Pumps, Condensers, Evaporators, and Distilling Apparatus. 8vo. 200 x 150 mm., [8 x 6 inches]. [2], 115 pp. Illustrated throughout. Wanting publisher’s wrappers. Romaine..... More
Des Moines: 1870-72. 1. Report of the Census Board on Plans for a New Capitol Building. Executive Office, Des Moines, February 1, 1870. 4 pp. 2. Report of the Committee on Building Stone to the Board of Capitol Commissioners of the State of Iowa, January 11th, 1871. Embracing the..... More
Hartford: Printed for Hudson and Co., and Cooke and Hale, 1818. 8vo. 220 x 135 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¼ inches]. viii, [3]-424 pp. Illustrated with eight full-page plates. Contemporary tree calf, red leather label; binding lightly rubbed, but in excellent condition. First American edition published immediately after..... More
Manchester, New Hampshire: 1849. Broadside. 8vo. 215 x 175 mm., [8 ½ x 7 inches]. Text enclosed within a decorative typographical border. Folded with previous repairs to folds, small hole at center fold. Dated December 5, 1849 and signed Mary Bennet. The broadside records the rules which every..... More
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Chicago: McCormick, C.H. & Bros. 1868. 8vo. 235 x 150 mm., [9 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. 23, [1] pp., including wraps. Illustrated with 4 full-page and 1 half-page woodcuts of mowers in use. Orig. printed & pictorial wraps. Illustration of McCormick's Chicago factory complex on back wrap; image of..... More
New York: C. M. Saxton & Co., Agricultural Book Publishers, 1857. 8vo. 195 x 130 mm., [7 ¾ x 5 ¼ inches]. 120 pp., plus 12 pp. ads. Lithographic frontispiece and 11 plates. Original brown publisher’s cloth; spine faded, text lightly foxed, ex-library copy. Lithographic title-page with date of..... More
Germantown, Pa. P. R. Freas & Co., Printers, 1832. 12mo. 160 x 120 mm., [6 ¼ x 4 inches]. 120 pp. Contemporary red leather backed marbled paper boards, leather tips; spine faded brown and rubbed, light foxing throughout, but a sound and attractive copy. Lloyd’s farming manual is filled..... More
New York: Published by the Author, 1834. 8vo. 190 x 120 mm., (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches). viii, 9-179 pp. Original cloth boards, rebacked with cloth, remnants of original spine laid down. Light foxing throughout. With faults a good, sound copy. Second edition originally published in New York by H...... More
Utica: Printed by William Williams, 1827. Small 4to. 225 x 140 mm., (9 x 5 1/2 inches). 216 pp. Original blue boards, white cloth spine; cloth spine worn, remnants of paper label visible yet binding is sound. Text browned throughout; page 129 torn at inner margin without loss, signature z...... More
New York: Scribner & Co., 1861. . 8vo. 230 x 150 mm., (9 x 6 inches). 64 pp. Illustrated with 16 lithographic plates and one image bound-in from the R. H. Allen Company which illustrates the machinery used to separate the fiber from the leaves of tropical plants. Original publisher's..... More
Philadelphia: ca. 1835. Folio broadside. 360 x 265 mm. (14 ¼ x 10 ½ inches). Illustrated at center with a woodcut of the Carpet Hall by N. Johnson and with circular emblems of the 24 States of the Union arrayed as a border cut by Pease. Trimmed to the image..... More
Quincy (Illinois): Gibson & Warren, Books and Job Printers, December 1853. Folio Broadside. 560 x 405 mm. (21 3/4 x 16 inches). Text in numerous fonts and sizes. Decorative border enclosing text. Folded. Light tide marks in corners and margins, but paper quality is very good. Very attractive promotional broadside, advertising..... More
Philadelphia: R. F. Stockton, December 15, 1842. Folio broadside. 520 x 375 mm. (20 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches). Folded with minor tears to edges. Foxed with some browning to the edges, but the paper quality is sound. Captain Robert F. Stockton (1795-1866), noted New Jersey military man, politician, and entrepreneur..... More
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New York: June, 1959. Manuscript Patent Drawing. Oblong 4to. 260 x 385 mm. (10 x 15 inches). Text in brown ink and four drawing in black ink. On coated paper. Small tear to lower margin, some minor discoloration to the paper, otherwise very good. Patent number 24.375, signed by Clough and..... More
