Philadelphia, PA: M. Carey and Son, 1819. 8vo. boards missing. xvi, (9)-280 pages. First edition (Shaw and Shoemaker 49094; Sabin 62041; Rink, Technical Americana 3014). Preface, index, Thirteen essays dealing with the question of manufacturing in the United States and the need for protective tariffs. A supplement to the text includes petitions to the U.S. Congress on the subject, with one from the Society for the Promotion of American Manufactures of Delaware, E.I. duPont, President...
Santa Cruz: The Good Book Press, 1987. 12mo. half leather, handmade paper over boards. (vi), 16 paper samples, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 48 numbered copies. This copy has also been signed by Peter and Donna Thomas. Printed by letterpress on all rag handmade paper using Weiss types by Peter Thomas. With three linocuts by Donna Thomas. An interesting selection of papers Peter Thomas made while experimenting with a beater he built himself. He...
