Manufacturing History from The Owl at the Bridge

"First Edition: May 2006." "Published on the occasion of the exhibition [of the same title] at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, May 5-October 29, 2006." Contents include Manufacturing and Marketing in Europe, 1600-2000; The Sexual Politics of Cutlery; The Design of Table Tools and the Effect of Form on Etiquette and Table Setting; The Proliferation of Cutlery… Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este item

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. … Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este item

Naugatuck, Conn., Eastern Malleable Iron Co., 1952. Hard Cover. 140 p., illus., diagrams, many photos incl. color; 26 cm. The industrial history of a Connecticut manufacturer of specialized iron parts. Handsomely bound in sturdy black cloth with decorative iron inset in front cover. Stock#31797. Very good; no dj (as issued?).

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… Ler mais sobre este item

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;… Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este item

[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… Ler mais sobre este item

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/… Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este item

[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.

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--… Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este item