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A Connecticut Shoemaker's Account Book 1825-1856
Manuscript Account Book of Edward R. Clark, Shoemaker.
Haddam Neck, CT: 1825-1856. A Connecticut Shoemaker's Account Book 1825-1856. A wonderful look at a craftsman's life in early 19th century Connecticut. Most of Clark's trade came from mending shoes, for which he averaged 40 cents a pair, his steadiest customers being members of the Brainerd family, an old and... Read More
Price: $850
![Remarks on Currency and Banking; Having Refference [sic] to the Present Derangement of the Circulating Medium in the United States. Nathan Appleton.](/pictures/thumb/311267.jpg?v=1525811412)
A Nice Association Copy
Remarks on Currency and Banking; Having Refference [sic] to the Present Derangement of the Circulating Medium in the United States.
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1841. First edition. A Nice Association Copy. Nathan Appleton (1779-1861) was an American merchant and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1831-1833 and again in 1842. He was one of the founders of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company. He... Read More
Price: $325
ALS. To Thomas W. Olcott. About a loan.
New York: April 6 1832. Olcott was the president of the Mechanics and Farmers' Bank of Albany, N.Y. and a prominent figure in New York State politics and finance. Reads in part: " I have your letter of 4st & regret---not get the loan of 1200$..." Read More
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Document, signed (“John Jacob Astor”).
New York: May 12, 1813. Concerning an indenture between the Columbian Insurance Company of New York and Astor, John Grant and John G. Coster, Merchants relating to lands taken by the British during the War of 1812. Read More
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1916 Metz Car Advertising Broadside
Metz 1916 Touring Car and Roadster Models: printed advertising broadside.
Waltham, MA: Metz Company, 1916. First edition. 1916 Metz Car Advertising Broadside. In 1893 C.H. Metz began working for Waltham Company, early auto manufacturers; in 1909 he bought the company and instituted a plan whereby the public could buy 14 separate packages and build their own car. This approach was... Read More
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1916 Metz Car Advertising
Metz Commercial Cars $600 Completely Equipped Including Electric Starter and Lights.
Waltham, MA: Metz Company, 1916. First edition. 1916 Metz Car Advertising. In 1893 C.H. Metz began working forWaltham Company, early auto manufacturers; in 1909 he bought the company and instituted a plan whereby the public could buy 14 separate packages and build their own car. This approach was superceded in... Read More
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Die Beförderung der Künste, der Manufacturen und der Handelschaft oder Beschreibungen der nützlichen Maschinen und Modellen ... : Erläutert durch...
München: Mit churfürstlich akademische Schriften, [1776]. German edition of Bailey's Advancement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce with 55 plates in Volume II. Read More
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Typed letter signed "Otto H Kahn" to "Mr. Halpern" (Seymour Halpern) in response to Halpern's inquiry regarding the key to...
New York: December 2, 1930. German-born investment banker, Otto Hermann Kahn (1867-1943), was a well-recognized public figure who was immortalized in song by Fanny Brice and was the inspiration for the cahacter Roscoe W. Chandler in the Marx Brothers’ Animal Crackers, though he appears to belie his notoriety in this... Read More
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Portrait photograph of Albert C. Barnes.
New York: 20 October 1937. Albert C. Barnes (1872-1951), self-made businessman, had a distaste for inherited privilege and a respect for the common man, which fed the fires of his interest in industrial relations, self-improvement, and equal rights for African Americans. His desire to provide nondiscriminatory access to art and... Read More
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AGENTS OF THE COTTON SCHEME
Autograph Indenture, Signed "Edward C, Biddle" and others.
Philadelphia: December 29 1846. AGENTS OF THE COTTON SCHEME. The last vestige of the firm that hastened the downfall of banking titan Nicholas Biddle. Though just one of the contributing factors to the demise of U.S. Bank of Pennsylvania, Nicholas Biddle’s speculation in cotton and his manipulation of the market is... Read More
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"THE PRESENT UNSETTLED CONDITION OF AFFAIRS"
Autograph Letter, signed, "N. Biddle" to Mssrs. Gibbons & Fisher of Mobile, Alabama, regarding the details of a recent judgement...
Andalusia [PA]: September 18, 1842. "THE PRESENT UNSETTLED CONDITION OF AFFAIRS" An anxious letter written from Biddle’s estate, Andalusia, at the lowest point of his personal and professional downfall. Reading in part: “I had yesterday the pleasure of receiving your favor of the 9th inst. apprizing me of your receiving... Read More
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Billhead from J. & R. Floyd, Wholesale Grocers for shipment of coffee, nails, powder and soap for $918 from Pittsburgh...
Pittsburgh: J. & R. Floyd, August 14, 1846. Read More
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Character Counts : The Creation and Building of the Vanguard Group.
New York: McGraw Hill, [2002]. First Edition. Signed by the author on the ffep. Read More
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ALS. To John Keep Esq. Introducing William M. Gouge, author of the History of American Banking.
New York: October 27, 1843. Read More
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Typed letter signed ("John Wanamaker") to ("Mr. A.E. Daniels").
Philadelphia: May 27th, 1915. A letter and clean, crisp autograph by marketing pioneer and famous Philadelphia department store founder and owner, John Wanamaker (1858 - 1922), a merchandising genius and proponent of the power of advertising, who employed the first full-time ad copywriter, and whose other credits include the creation... Read More
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“Truly the way of the filanthropist [sic] is hard”
Typed Letter, signed (“Andrew Carnegie”), to John A. Stewart.
New York: May 13, 1912. “Truly the way of the filanthropist [sic] is hard”. To John A. Stewart of the National Committee for the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of Peace, “Congratulations upon your success so far. You may be sure that I will do all in my power... Read More
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Catalogue of Imported Galloway Cattle, Registered in the Galloway Herd Book, the property of A.B. Mathews of Kansas City, MO....
Kansas City, Missouri: Press of Ramsey, Millett & Hudson, 1883. Over sixty-five Galloway bulls and heifers on the block, giving detailed pedigree. With an introduction by Matthews explaining the his interest in the breed. Read More
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Wall St. Novel, 1885
On a Margin.
New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1885. Second edition. Wall St. Novel, 1885. A novel of Wall Street speculation, first printed in the previous year anonymously. This second edition has a new "Publisher's Note" which quotes a review of the Philadelphia Evening Sun identifying the author by name, and adding... Read More
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Pascal & the Origin of the Bus
Les Carrosses à Cinq Sols ou les Omnibus du Dix-Huitème siècle.
London: Firmin Didot, 1828. First edition. Pascal & the Origin of the Bus. Scarce treatise on the development of the omnibus in the 17th century, containing relevant documents and letters, including a facsimile letter in the hand of Pascal's sister, docketed by him. "The idea of a public transport service operating... Read More
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Autograph Note Signed ("J. Fenimore Cooper"), to P.A. Jay, Esq, requesting payment.
Paris: Nov. 14 1832. A note clipped from the bottom of a longer letter regarding monies owed to him. "Dear Sir, In the event that the said sum of one hundred and fifty dollars has been handed over to you, please pay it, as by the above order of Mr Wilkes..." Read More
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G.M.'s Harlow Curtice Praises Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt
Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt, n.p., November 1955.
G.M.'s Harlow Curtice Praises Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. Reflecting the pleasure other business leaders took in Eisenstaedt's speed and efficiency, the President of General Motors writes, “You are truly a proficient operator. This has been a very pleasant fifteen minutes. And you have made it so easy for me that I.... Read More
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Engelhard - Pirie Copy, inscribed by the three Barons Rothschild
Ces Messieurs de Rothschild.
Paris: Éditions Pierre Tisné, [1967]. First edition. Engelhard - Pirie Copy, inscribed by the three Barons Rothschild. Inscribed to Jane Engelhard on the title-page by the three Barons de Rothschild (Guy, Alain, and Elie), with a presentation card tipped in, and with a TLS from Baron Alain de Rothschild to... Read More
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E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company. A History 1802-1902.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. The Riverside Press, 1920. First edition, deluxe issue. Inscribed "To Anne du Pont Peyton with the writer's love September 1920" Read More
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Public Roads and Transportation
Essai sur la construction des routes et des voitures ... augmenté d'une Notice sur le Système Mac-Adam.
Paris: Anselin et Pochard, 1827. First edition in French. Public Roads and Transportation. Barbier attributes the translation to "Bailliet, maître des requêtes,"who perhaps also authored the substantial, original section (pp. 285-469) entitled "Considerations et Recherches sur Les Voies Publiques de France." Edgeworth (1744-1817), the father of novelist Maria Edgeworth, first published... Read More
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‘I’m Just About Dripping Everyday…’
Autograph letter signed "Willis R. Whitney" to "My dear friend Halpern" (Seymour Halpern" in response to Halpern's inquiry regarding the...
n.p: December 10, 1930. ‘I’m Just About Dripping Everyday…’. A fun, candid, and all-together whimsical letter from one of “the fathers of industrial research,”reading in part: “Writing, and even talking, is terrible stuff. Our words are never perfect fits for our ideas. I can’t think of the word “success” attached... Read More
Price: $250