Geo. F. Blake Manufacturing Company:
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF BLAKE'S IMPROVED STEAM PUMPS AND PUMPING ENGINES.
Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper has title printed in blue, with vignette of a steam engine in background, and the words, "For Sale By Miller, Chapman & Castle, Butte, Montana." Rear wrapper with an engraving of Blake's Vertical (Marine) Duplex Pump. [2], 78pp, with numerous additional pages [i.e., 15A-15D, 73A-73B, etc.]. Profusely illustrated with the Company's products. Some wrapper spotting and text margin spotting, else Very Good. A classy showcasing of this Company's steam machinery, with dozens of engravings. It is dated 'January 1, 1890' on page 1. OCLC records several versions of this Catalogue, all of them scarce, one with a San Francisco merchant's name on the front wrapper. Romaine 193 [reference].
Price: $275.00
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[Blake, A.P.]:
TO THE RESCUE OF AMERICAN COMMERCE.
J.E. Farwell & Co., Boston:, 1869
12pp. Stitched, partly uncut. Light wear, title and last page dustsoiled, Good+. Blake seeks subscribers for $2,000,000 of the capital stock of his new Company, which intends to purchase "a line of American Steamships between Boston and Liverpool." million will be used for purchasing the steamers, and the other half million for this and that. He anticipates profitable traffic in passengers and freight. He includes a Form of Subscription, estimates of profit, and other useful material including a description of the steamer Ontario, which "is already fully ship-rigged." OCLC records many, many microform copies, but only one of the real thing. FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin, Eberstadt, or Decker. OCLC 47720650 [1- WRes. Hist. Soc.].
Price: $250.00
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