Book trade circular (3 Ergebnisse)

Small broadside. 20 x 13 cm. Old fold lines, some minor rumpling and toning along top margin, else very good. Docketed in manuscript on verso. Proposed duties on various kinds of imported books are listed: 20% on English language books printed before 1840; 20% on books in foreign languages not printed in the U.S.; 30 cents per pound on books in English valued at less than $2 and printed since 1840; [etc.]. Signed in type by 14 American publishing houses who agreed to the terms, including Harper & Brothers, D. Appleton & Co., Little, Brown, and eleven other well-known American publishers. No listings found on OCLC.…

Single sheet, folded. 25 cm. [4] pp., text on 2 outer pages only. Old fold lines, else very good. Text in two columns, printing the notices for this publication from the National Intelligencer of Feb. 11, and the Washington Union of Feb. 4. The contents, including the list of portraits and biographies in of each of the four volumes, is also listed. OCLC lists two copies of this circular: NY Hist. Soc. and AAS. The "National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans" was published by Rice & Hart in 1854.…

Single sheet, printed on blue paper, folded. 26 cm. [4] pp., including one page of text, [2pp. blank], addressed on fourth page to G. & C. Merriam, Springfield, Mass., with a round stamped red postal mark. Old fold lines, a few closed tears, else very good. The firm of H.W. Derby & Co. assures the public that the November 15 fire which lately damaged their place of business and destroyed a large portion of their stock will not stop them from filling orders for books, stationery and other articles. They have purchased the entire stock of Messrs. Bradley & Anthony who have decided to retire, and will move into their store at No. 113 Main Street immediately. Once their building at 145 Main Street is repaired, they will return there. Signed in type by H.W. Derby & Co., Cincinnati, November 23d, 1849. No listings found on OCLC. George and Charles Merriam, to whom this copy was addressed were successful book publishers and sellers in Springfield, Massachusetts.…