Business from Pages For Sages

The economic status of the United States in 1842 was presented in this copy of the Annual Address delivered before the Board of Trade of the City of Pittsburgh, on 24th January, 1842 by A. W. Loomis, Esq. The address is contained in a 35 page booklet measuring approximately 6 x 9 inches. The booklet was published in 1842 by… Read more about this item

he booklet, Spode, George III - George VI, was produced at the time of the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and was intended to show the world the role played by Spode in providing fine tableware for the British Royal Families since the reign of George III. The booklet, which measures approximately 5 x 6 ¾ inches,… Read more about this item

The Dun Emer Press (fl.1902–1908) was an Irish private press founded in 1902 by Evelyn Gleeson, Elizabeth Yeats and her brother William Butler Yeats, part of the Celtic Revival. It was named after the legendary Emer and evolved into the Cuala Press. From 1908 until the late 1940s it functioned as Cuala Press, publicizing the works of such writers as… Read more about this item

This First Edition copy of The World of Aldus Manutius - Business and Scholarship in Renaissance Venice, by Martin Lowry was published in 1979 by the Cornell University Press of Ithica, NY and printed by the Cambridge University Press in Great Britain. The book, which measures approximately 6 ¼ inches wide by 9 ½ inches tall by 1 1/8… Read more about this item

The Holiday Gift Buying season, with all the hustle and bustle of finding the right present for the right person at the right price, remains a time we all look forward to. If you have ever wondered how this seasonal shopping may have been done some 98 years ago, then this Montgomery Ward's "Holiday Book of a Thousand Bargains" -… Read more about this item

The Civil War had just ended, and the country was trying to figure the best way to achieve an economic recovery. Many proposals were forthcoming, one of which was to adopt a free trade approach to international commerce. Mr. Stebbins, the author of the pamphlet British Free Trade, a Delusion – To the Farmers, Mechanics, Laborers, and all voters of… Read more about this item

This copy of the magazine The Illustrated Milliner, Vol. XXI, No. 5, March 15, 1920 was published by The Illustrated Milliner Company of New York. The magazine, which measures approximately 10 inches wide by 13 ½ inches tall, contains 66 pages of articles, illustrations and advertisements that support its contention of being The World's Greatest Millinery Magazine with Worldwide Circulation… Read more about this item

This copy of the monthly journal/magazine "Carpentry and Building", Vol. II No. 8, August, 1880 was published in New York by David Williams. The journal was intended for the use of people in the carpentry and building business, providing advertising, current prices for building materials, and multiple articles of interest and education for its readers. The item, which measures approximately… Read more about this item

This publication is not only scarce, but special. First of all, throughout are the introductory initials and tail pieces, plus the elaborate title page, all designed in color by Dard Hunter. Secondly, the Homes of Great Business Men, commonly for sale, dealt with one business man and were bound in boards or paper. Our "Little Journeys to the Homes of… Read more about this item