Search Results: Manufacturing History from The Owl at the Bridge

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., April 1938. Soft Cover. On Exhibition at The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. April 1938. 113 p., index; 19.5 cm. Contents include Botany of Tobacco and Illustrations of the Plant; Ceremonials, Rituals, and Mythology of Tobacco; Reports on Tobacco, Smoking, etc., by Explorers to America and the Orient; Aboriginal and Commercial Cultivation of Tobacco; Therapeutics; Literature; Tobacco Conttroversy; Smoking; Snuffing; Academic Discussions and Doctoral Dissertations on Tobacco; Commerce in, and Manufacture of Tobacco and Pipes; Legislation, Monopolies, Taxation Relating to Tobacco; Additional Autograph Letters & Manuscripts; Books Relating to Tobacco Published in 17 Languages. "Descriptive Notes adapted from Tobacco: Its History... by Jerome E. Brooks." Brown printed wraps; VG. With 2 printed sheets outlining the Arents Collection at the NYPL. Stock#21318.

Pasadena Art Museum, ©1971. Hard Cover. 175 p., illus. (some color); index; 27 cm. "March Fourteen through April Twenty-Five, Nineteen Seventy-One." 668 items illustrated; cross-referenced index of designers and manufacturers. Stock#44858. Vg / no dj.

Worcester, Mass., AAS / JCB Associates, 1950 [Davis Press, Worcester, Mass.]. Soft Cover. 110 p.; 25 cm. Title continues: Exhibited at the John Carter Brown Library in the Spring of 1949, augmented by related titles from the Library of the American Antiquarian Society. Introduction by Edmund S. Morgan. Sections include House; Homestead; Farm; Staple Products; Mining, Manufacturing, & Other Industries; The Sea; Arts & Crafts; Science & Medicine; Finance, Business, & Law; Education; Welfare Agencies; Transportation; Military & Naval; Entertainment; Death & Disaster. Stock#20348x. Vg/ paper.

Providence, R.I., Bodell & Co. [1928]. Soft Cover. 31 p., 5 charts; 19 cm. Dated "Providence, January 31" 1928, at end. "The last few years have witnessed a distinct turn for the worse and New England has lost its dominant position in the industry." Stock#43471. Vg / soft cover.

London: David Bogue, 1849. First Edition. Hard Cover. viii, 146 p., 6 leaves of colored plates, illus.; 21.5 cm. "Apsley Pellatt IV (1791-1863) of the Falcon Glassworks, Blackfriars, London, was one of the chief innovators of the mid-19th century British glass industry. He learned about the historical techniques of glass-making by travelling about Europe viewing continental methods at first hand, and by rigorous experimentation. His Curiosities of Glass Making (1849) became an invaluable manual for his glass-making contemporaries." With the bookplate of Josiah Vavasseur, O.B., 1834-1908, noted for engineering hydaulic power in naval gunnery. Bound in 3/4 green leather, some foxing to verso of plates; very good. Stock#OB826.

National Planning Association [Washington, DC, 1961].. Soft Cover. Ninth Case Study in an NPA Series on United States Business Performance Abroad. x, 106 p., plates, map; 23 cm.; stiff pictorial paper covers; VG+. Contents include Development of Manufacturing Industry in Brazil, GE's Activities in Brazil, GE's Policies and Practices, GE's Contribution to Brazil, Chronological List of Main Events in GE's History in Brazil, Statistics Illustrating GE's Quantitative Contribution to the Brazilian Economy. stock#27760x

Providence, R.I., Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1898; reprint Cranston, R.I., Owl at the Bridge, 2010. The game of golf was new to the United States when Gorham published this catalog of golf prizes in 1898. The St. Andrews Golf Club at Hastings-on-Hudson in New York, established in 1886, was the first permanent club; the first American book on golf was published in 1895. Gorham engaged the young William (Will) Bradley (1868-1962) as printer. The book is filled with delightful stories, a golf poem (The Links o' Innerleven) and a golf song. There is golf history and plugs for golf as a game that doesn't require athletic ability--"a good golfer depends more upon steadiness of nerve than upon muscular agility." The game is good for women as well as men and is growing so fast that there are nearly 75 golf clubs in the country (can you imagine!). Gorham golf-related products include match boxes (20), flasks, umbrella handles, and loving cups of various sizes and cost. Soft Cover. 52 pages,… Read More

The Owl at the Bridge / NewBook, 2001. Meticulous reproductions of all 19 annual Gorham production catalogs published between 1880 and 1909, plus an 1889 spoon catalog, the 1928 Modern America flyer (Eric Magnussen's design), the 1889 Paris Exposition catalog, and two 1900 Paris Exposition catalogs, as well as (these are not indexed) a number of smaller catalogs and lists-- priced Buttercup & Lancaster lists, an umbrella-handle catalog and some price sheets. Browsers will be rewarded with unexpected treats. The annual catalogs and the 1900 English-language Paris Exposition catalog (which includes some Martelé) are fully indexed. It is possible to seek individual pieces by production code number-- for example, to call up all napkin rings-- or to scroll through each year's catalog (each year being set up as a folder). The eight disks contain the following folders of jpg images: 1, Index & thumbnail images of the entire file; 2, catalogs for 1880 through 1885; 3, catalogs for 1886, 1888, 1889 (spoons),… Read More

Martino [2000]. Hard Cover. xxiii, 422p.,23 cm. Reprint of the 1960 edition. The 7000 American trade catalogs inthis work are arranged by industry. The over sixty different industries represented cover all aspects of American manufacturing. Romaine provides information about size, pagination, illustration, and an index of manufacturers. Sheehy CH 735; Besterman 6189. Stock# 31,819. Fine, in publisher's shrink-wrap/ no dj as issued.

First published 1987. 'Decorative tiles have adorned the façades and interiors of ancient Persian temples, Islamic mosques and pleasure palaces, medieval castles and cottages, Victorian churches and shops. This traces the rich tradition. Various manufacturing and decorating processes, as well as the most significant designers and potteries in Britain, the Continent and in the United States. Dutch delftware tiles are described in detail, as are Portuguese azulejos, Italian maiolica panels...' Hard Cover. 128 pages. Dust jacket; new. stock#23226x/h.

[Maidstone, The Buttonhook Society, 2010]. An introduction to the Gorham Manufacturing Company of Providence, Rhode Island, American silver manufacturer, for (mostly British) collectors of buttonhooks; of value to anyone interested in American silver. Arranged in nine sections including a brief history of the firm, production codes and other marks, and a chapter on Gorham's brief English foray, with many photographs and new archival information. Printed in a limited run; we are the American distributor. Soft Cover. 68 pages, illustrations, including color; 25 cm. Fine, new from publisher. Soft cover. Stock#46382x (house).

[Providence] Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1978. Soft Cover. vi, 62 p., 86 b/w illus.; 23 x 30 cm. Pawtucket grew into a major textile manufacturing center in the 19th century. Soft cover; Very Good. Stock#47449.

272 pages each; two volumes. Financial ledgers of the Wilkins Toy Company, later Kingsbury Manufacturing Company of Keene, New Hampshire. Comprehensive records of receipts and expenditures of this prominent toy maker. The ledgers are the deluxe version with high-grade leather bindings and marbled endpapers. The spines are not broken but the backstrips are lacking. Stock#ofc0039

Washington, D.C., GPO, 1880. Hard Cover. 595 p.; 24 cm. Title continues: Vol. III. Iron and Steel, Ceramics and Glass, Forestry, Cotton. The glass portion is of historical significance. Until this time, glassmakers in the U.S. were unable to compete with European firms; after this, American glass manufacturing grew until it became dominant in world markets. Good copy in original pictorial gold-stamped green cloth, slight fraying at extremities. Stock#OB436.

Providence, Rhode Island Historical Society, 1959. Soft Cover. [12] p., illus.; 23 cm. Edited by Joseph (Darby) Ott. Ten pieces from Dr. Brown's collection and 34 of Ott's own. Made useful for its list of makers, definitions, 12 marks, and Ott's 4-page essay on Manufacturing and Marking Pewter. No copy in OCLC / World Cat. Stock#47710. Vg / soft cover.

[1938]. Soft Cover. [4], 94 p., photos. A folksy, down-home account, from beginning to end, of the manufacture of 'the greatest solace of a troubled world.' Printed in brown; brown paper covers embossed '1939 New York World's Fair'; paper front cover label, a bit soiled; good+. Stock#20684.

W. L. Allison Co., NY [1898?]. Fireside Series for Boys. Hard Cover. 'My Dear Lads: The beginning of the present century… was a dark time to those who lived by their daily labor at home. The heavy taxation entailed by the war, the injury to trade, and the enormous prices of food, all pressed heavily upon the working-classes. The invention of improved machinery, vast as has been the increase of trade which it has brought about, at first pressed heavily upon the hand workers, who assigned all their distress to the new inventions. Hence a movement arose, which did much damage and for a time threatened to be extremely formidable. It had its ramifications through all the manufacturing districts of England, the object being the destruction of the machinery, and a return to the old methods of work. The troubles… were known as the Luddite Riots… In the present… Read More

Title continues: A Full Report from the Short-hand Notes of W. B. Gurney, Esq. With An Address To The Merchants, Manufacturers And Traders Of Great Britain, By Pedro De Zulueta, Jun., Esq. And Documents Illustrative Of The Case. Zulueta had financed the slave-trading voyage of the ship Augusta, siezed by the British on its way to Africa; the Augusta had been a Russian vessel, also financed by Zulueta, which the British had earlier siezed off Africa for slave-trading. First published London, Wood, 1844; this reprint NY, Negro Universities Press [1969]. Hardcover. lxxiv, 410 pages. Bound in brown cloth, no dust jacket; Very Good. Stock#23331/h.

Three bookseller catalogues on the history of technological development in Britain and the U.S. "A Selection of Books Printed in North America or Great Britain, Made Up in Part of Works on Agriculture, Architecture, Art and Music, Cookery, Economics, Education, Design, Gardening and Landscape, International Exhibitions, Manufacturing, Medicine, Photography, Science, Social Conditions, Technology, Transportation; also Trade Catalogues and general woks such as Dictionaries and Encyclopedias." (2) 300 items; (3) 415 items; (5) 444 items; all illustrated, all 28 cm., all stapled in pictorial paper covers, all Good. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0275.

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover. xxxiii, 419 p., illus.; 22 cm. Series: Harvard Studies in Business History 8. "Business history of a firm that manufactured Britannia ware, plated silver, and finally sterling silverware." Larson 857. "Notes and references" pp. [383]-402. Very Good, no dust jacket. Stock#43426x.