Boston: The A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., (c. 1920). Paperback. photos, 38p. Softcover in original wrappers. 24 cm. Modest wear. Water towers, railroad tanks, box tanks, etc.made out of cypress and other woods. More
[Chicago?]: n.d. [probably 1928]. Thick volume (about 6 cm.). Marbled boards backed in cloth. 29 cm. Front hinge splitting. A lot of attachments, sample forms and suggested verbiage for questions about securities, etc. Some of the material is undated and some is dated 1928. The looming stock market crash makes..... More
Philadelphia: Asten-Hill Mfg. Col, 1940. Paperback. 22 double-leaved pages including plates. Softcover in original tied wrapper. 31cm. Organized and printed back to front. Fragile outer layer of cover has some edge-wear, a few short tears and is a bit ragged on one lower corner on back cover. More
New York: (ca. 1930). Paperback. 12 plates. No text. Wrapper (splitting at fold and chipped). Oblong 25cm. Price list (1p.) and letter of Instructions (1p.) laid in. A sales catalog. More
![Item #79915 Carriage Catalogue of The Boston Buckboard Co. [cover title]. Boston Buckboard Co](https://mcblainbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/79915.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1499364561)
New Haven: n.d. [Introductory material dated Jan. 1, 1883]. Paperback. illustrations, 32p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. Light cover soiling and wear (including a couple of minor chips). "Wholesale Price List" [broadside] laid in and also dated Jan. 1, 1883. 31 carriages are illustrated, one to a page, on..... More
(Chicago): The Chicago Real Estate Index Co., (c. 1928). Paperback. folding "index to maps" as frontis (chipped and rather worn), 132 full page maps plus numerous unnumbered advertisement pages; unnumbered 10-page essay titled "Chicago-Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," by John J. Flinn bound in between maps 47 and 48. Softcover in..... More
New York: Colwell Cooperage Co., n.d. (1917 inked on title-page). Paperback. photos, index, 55p. Original Stiff green wrapper. 24 cm. Backstrip heavily scuffed. Dampstain along bottom edge of pages. Small retangular piece of back cover at botton edge cut off. More
Camden: RCA Manufacturing Co., n.d. 33 1/3 rpm LP record in later plain white paper sleeve. 30 cm. CS 057395. Record has some light scratches. Some splitting in sleeve folds. More
Cincinnati: Excelsior School Furniture Manfactur'g Co., n.d. [1873 seems to be the latest date on the testimonials and recommendations]. Paperback. illustrations, (62) unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Lacks backstrip. Covers soiled, chipped and worn. Heavily dampstained on corner of title pages. Some dog-earing and soiling along edges..... More
Detroit: The Far East Publishing Co., 1908-1909. Each issue in original softcover wrapper. 27cm. Some cover soiling and wear. Good. Adachi Kinnosuke was Proprietor and Editor of this pro-Japanese publication. Printed note dated April 28th, '08 announcing the resurrection of the old "Far East" as "Pacific Era" That name lasted..... More
Djoka: n.d. [ca. 1928]. Paperback. Illustrated. 33p. Softcover in oiginal green wrapper. Oblong 16 cm. Minor corner chipping & soiling. Batik, leather, brass, tortoiseshell, silverwork and other arts and crafts. Probably issued around 1928 since the brochure says that "Inlandsche Kunst" was established in 1924 and won awards in 1924..... More
New York: n.p., 1907, 1908, 1909. Paperback. 4 photos (in the 1907 report), 27, 27, 27p. Softcovers in original wrapper. 26 cm. Later string ties. Business card for Jose Merla, Manager of Royal "M. C.." Lines laid in one of the reports. More
Buffalo: n.d. [1915]. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, index, 207p. Original cloth. 26 cm. Corners and edges rubbed. Trade catalog. More
Springfield, Ohio: James Leffel & Co., 1885. Paperback. illustrations, 64p. Softcover in original wrapper. 17 cm. Cover spotting, scuffing and wear. Contents have a few bits of foxing but are generally sound and clean. More
Springfield, OH: Leffel News Print, 1885. Paperback. illustrated, map, 126p. Softcover in original wrapper. 18 cm. Backstrip chipped at ends and spotted. Minor staining in upper margin of some leaves; contents otherwise sound and clean. More
Chicago: The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, (c. 1933). Hardcover. a few color illustrations, black and white photos, unnumbered pages (approx. 136). Original blue cloth. 34 cm. Original silver card slipcase. Slipcase generally intact but has some chipping and wear and has some splitting, mostly along sides of bottom edge. More
![Item #60948 Articles of Association [and] Prospectus. Mombasa Electric Light, Limited Power Co](https://mcblainbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/60948.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1497869731)
[Mombasa?]: Articles of Association undated; Prospectus dated Aug. 24, 1908. Paperback. Two separate, tall (33 cm.) pamphlets. 10p. (Articles) [and] 6p. Leaflet (Prospectus). Edgewear. Vertical crease. More
![Item #73289 Stock Transfer Ledger, 1851-1883. [our title]. New Haven Clock Co](https://mcblainbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/73289.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1769639102)
n.p. n.d. [1883?]. Hardcover. Small format ledger book with handwritten entries. Pages not numbered. 19 cm. Covers intact but worn around edges and heavily scuffed. Contents sound. Later typed labels identifying contents mounted on front cover and front free endpaper. More
n.p. [presumably somewhere in Japan]: n.p., n.d. Paperback. black & white illustrations, 26cm. Softcover in stiff flexible cover. (72) unnumbered pages. Modest soiling. Contents sound with chipping and short edge tears on many leaves -- no loss of text or images. An uncommon catalog offering mostly small, decorative stands, plate..... More
Paris: OECD, (1961). Paperback. 2 maps, 52p. Wrapper. 25cm. More
New York: Parish-Watson & Co., Inc, 1917. Hardcover. frontis and 15 other color plates (showing a total of 18 objects). 109p. 33 cm. Original boards. Cover soiling/spotting. Front cover gnawed along portion of top, not effecting contents. 162 objects are described. Parish-Watson was a New York art dealer with some..... More
New York: September 20, 1929. Hardcover. map, 2 folding charts, vi, 423p. Flexible brown cloth. 27cm. Moderate cover soil and wear. Chip at head of title-leaf. Former owner's name. No Jacket. Copy No. 155 of an unstated number. More
![Item #71026 The Nursery Chair. [cover title]. Norwell Shepard, Co](https://mcblainbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71026.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1499553833)
Boston: Compliments of Shepard, Norwell & Co. Winter Street, Boston, n.d. [ca. 1880?]. Paperback. 4 color illustrations (none full-page), [8]p. 11cm. Corner of front cover browned. Faint stamp (postmark?) on back cover. Eight short poems in this little promotional booklet. More
n.p. (c. 1881). Approx. 11 x 6 cm. Narrowly trimmed along bottom. The first panel shows a man complaining about a shrunken and tattered suit, saying "I only wore this suit two weeks" while three Asians in the background sit beneath a caption identifying them as "Chinese Cheap Labor." The..... More
(New Haven): Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 1905. Hardcover. photos, 75p text. Original Flexible leather. 15 cm. Corners and edges of cover chipped. Former owner's name on title-page. Published with a blue ruled graph leaf bound in between many (but far from all) of the printed leaves. Numerous pencil and ink..... More
