New York: the University, 1938. 284p., glossy paperstock throughout much in the vein of lesser school yearbooks but ratcheted up to a Big Business production. Hardbound in massive 12.5x9 inch black cloth boards with pressed decoration and titling in raised bronze, doublespread photographic endsheets, running borders in purple ("violet") ink..... More
Cat.No: 238182
San Francisco: San Francisco Bay Area Women's Yellow Pages, 1987. Paperback. x, 100p., 8.25x10.75 inches, services, resources, advertising, listings, very good trade paperback in yellow pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 222307
San Diego: General Dynamics Corporation. Astronautics Division, 1963. 47 page hardcover, very good, in a slipcase with minor shelfwear. Brass plate mounted on the slipcase is engraved: "Prophecies by distinguished Americans of man's employment of space in 2063 A.D...." The commemorative album was printed in a limited edition of 201..... More
Cat.No: 346540
Mexico City: F. Laso y Comp., impresores, 1901. Hardcover. 379, [1] pages, portraits, illustrations, boards. Bound in green publisher's cloth, stamped on front and spine with decorative type. Presentation inscription from Fernando Guachalla to Andres Muñoz, dated May 1905. Front board discolored and whitened from foot towards center of the..... More
Cat.No: 345991
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Brooklyn, NY: C.J. Tagliabue Manufacturing Co., [1920s?]. Ephemera. 1 brochure, with pop-up elements. 18 x 14.75 (folded 9.25 x 4 in.). Elaborate pop up brochure for Tagliabue Manufacturing which sold measuring instruments like hydrometers, barometers, and thermometers. More
Cat.No: 324465
New York: Industrial Relations Department, The National Association of Manufacturers, 1943. Pamphlet. 29p., stapled wraps, 6x8.5 inches, staples rusted, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 351346
npl: [United Steelworkers of America?], c1978. paperback. 23p., 4x5.5 inches; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 302128
Buffalo, NY: World’s Dispensary Medical Association, [not before 1927]. Staplebound. 32 pp., illustrations, color printed wraps. 4 x 5.5 in. Oblong pamphlet. Surface scratched on rear cover. A booklet with a very abridged history of aviation, emphasizing the then-recent solo flight of Charles Lindbergh from New York to Paris and..... More
Cat.No: 298631
Buffalo, NY: American Artists Club, 1926. Hardcover. 96p., illustrations, boards. 10.5 x 7 in. Bound in indigo publisher’s cloth, gilt stamped on front cover. A directory of singers, musicians, and dramatic readers. With an autobiographical sketch by A.A. Van De Mark, founder of the Club; a rags-to-riches story; VanDeMark was..... More
Cat.No: 306136
Washington DC: American System Council, 1940. Pamphlet. 68p. staplebound booklet, pencil notation on verso of front wrap, staples rusted, else very good, 4x5.5 inches. Explanation of the American government and way of life, with an emphasis on personal freedom, free enterprise, the family, and Christianity. More
Cat.No: 336938
New York: American Text Book Publishers Institute, [1952]. Pamphlet. 8p., wraps. 8.5 x 5.5 in. Wrappers soiled, otherwise Good. Industry response to popular criticism that school textbooks are "subversive." More
Cat.No: 326508
Honolulu, Hawaii: American-Japanese Investment Co., 1928. Ephemera. Ten certificates issued to various shareholders (all names Japanese), signed in pen by the company president and treasurer, with various stub remnants, tax stamps, and handwritten notes. All were issued in 1928. In 1943, due to the war the firm changed its name..... More
Cat.No: 300829
Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1927. Paperback. 112 pages, illustrations, paperback. Blank order form inserted. Edgewear to covers, leaves evenly agetoned. German bookseller's catalog of Americana, with 472 annotated entries (in English). More
Cat.No: 345114
San Francisco: Castagnetto & Matteucci, 1913. Paperback. [48]p., illustrations, wraps. 10x7 in. Edge wear; splitting at head of spine. Good. Trade catalogue from a San Francisco firm, with a full line of jewelry and silver products (earrings, bracelets, hat pins, chains, watch fobs, lockets, watch cases, scarf pins, cuff links..... More
Cat.No: 328769
Chicago: Machinery and Allied Products Institute, [1944]. Pamphlet. 39, [1] pages, staplebound pamphlet. Minor tear to edge of rear cover and final leaf. Very Good. A preliminary report part of the trade federation’s task of “a comprehensive analysis and criticism of the Keynes-Hansen over-saving theories and the public policies that..... More
Cat.No: 342092
[Endicott, NY]: Triple Cities Civic and Workers Committee, [1939]. Approximately 8.5x15 inch broadside, horizontal crease, penciled notes at bottom stating "Endicott-Johnson Company Union defense. Binghamton, Johnson City and Endicott, NY. Dec. 1939." In response to an AFL critique of the company's management, pours effusive praise on George F. Johnson as..... More
Cat.No: 321590
[Oakland, CA?]: [publisher not identified], 1982. Staplebound. 3 items. Includes two catalogues, one for art works and another for a silent auction. Accompanied by a stapled booklet with biographies of artists who contributed works to the auction. East Bay Japanese for Action (now J-Sei) was founded in 1971 as a...... More
Cat.No: 308463
Clermont-Ferrand, France: Michelin Co., 1924. Single sheet folded to make a [4]p. brochure, 5.25 x 8.5 inches, illus., horizontally creased, small stain on rear wrap else very good condition with list of prices laid in. Text in French. Brochure advertising the company's tires. More
Cat.No: 250597
Winsted, CT: Harrison Son Co., 1910. Pamphlet. 24 pages, illustrations, staplebound pamphlet. Minor bump to foot of spine. Very Good. Second edition. Illustrated catalog of folding chairs. Dedication: "This book is respectfully dedicated to those who use chairs." More
Cat.No: 340776
New York: Corn Exchange Bank of New York, 1903. Pamphlet. [32] pages, diagram, sewn pamphlet. Vertical fold, otherwise Very Good. Consists of a list of speakers and attendees, with seating chart and diagram. The Corn Exchange Bank merged with the Chemical Bank and was succeeded by Chase Bank after a...... More
Cat.No: 340773
Palo Alto, CA: Bayshore Employment Service, 1993. 8.5x11 inch handbill; two b&w portraits, slightly edgeworn, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 336117
Fort Wayne, IN: Public Energy Club, [not after 1981?]. Pamphlet. [28]p., illustrations, wraps. 8.25 x 5.25 in. Spotting to covers. Very Good. Propaganda for a pyramid scheme involving investments in the energy sector, preying off anxieties that followed the OPEC crisis and proudly “patterned after the very successful multi-level marketing..... More
Cat.No: 319994
Philadelphia: Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, [not before 1933]. Ephemera. 2 cards. Minor staining. Very Good. Medical advertising ephemera. Two advertising cards for a benzedrine inhaler. One card has before and after illustrations of a patient’s nose showing reduction in inflation and clearance of nasal passages. More
Cat.No: 339457
New York: National Association of Manufacturers, 1944. Pamphlet. 47p., stapled wraps, 6x8.5 inches, staples heavily rusted, three rust stains on front wrap, else very good condition. Addresses are titled "A Better American Through Freedom of Enterprise," "Management's Job," "America Looks to the Future," and "Industry Has a Program." More
Cat.No: 278870
[Los Angeles]: Paramount Pictures, [1928]. Handbill. 9.5x12.25 inch handbill, very good. Advertisement with rave reviews for the silent film co-written by Herman Mankiewicz. Jannings won the first ever Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance of a general in exile who becomes a movie extra. More
Cat.No: 311812
