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G. & D. Cook & Co.'s Illustrated catalogue of carriages and special business advertiser.
by G. & D. Cook & Company. [George Cook, David Cook, H J Kimball, James Brewster ; foreword by Paul H. Downing ; design, Edmund Gillon]
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New York : Dover Publications, 1970., 1970. Good. 226 p. (chiefly illus.) 18 x 25 cm. (9 x 7 in.) ; Series: Dover pictorial archive series; ISBN: 0486223647; 9780486223643 LCCN: 74-105523 ; LC: TS2033; Dewey: 688.6 ; OCLC: 105677 ; Reprint of the 1860 ed., with Downing's introd. added ; stiff pictorial paper wrappers ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; "New Haven, CT entrepreneur James Brewster introduced New Haven carriages to the south in the 1830's. He invested in railroads, canals, and in the G. & D. Cook Carriage Company. Although he opposed slavery, he carried on a lively trade with his southern customers. At the outbreak of war, rather than suffer from his lack of contact with the south, his company began manufacturing gun carriages for use by the Northern Armies. Th is facsimile catalogue is the last produced before the start of the Civil War." ; crease to front cover ; edge wear ; G
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- Joseph Valles - Books
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- Title
- G. & D. Cook & Co.'s Illustrated catalogue of carriages and special business advertiser.
- Author
- G. & D. Cook & Company. [George Cook, David Cook, H J Kimball, James Brewster ; foreword by Paul H. Downing ; design, Edmund Gillon]
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- Used - Good
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- New York : Dover Publications, 1970.
- Date Published
- 1970
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- carriages victorian antebellum new haven connecticut james brewster Horse drawn carriages United States phaetons buggies calashes advertisements york wagons vehicles plantations chaise barouches quinnipiack coaches coupes charriottee iron tanneries
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