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(Charleston: Steam power-Press of Walker and James), nd [1854]. 8vo. 32 pp. Original printed wrappers; pale tideline through text and some soil, otherwise a good copy. Trade catalogue offering a diverse stock of whale oils, "Vulcanized rubber belting," scales, hose (for fire engines and hydrants), safes, and life insurance. Illustrated wrappers advertise "Platt's patent grist mill" and "Francis' Metallic Life Boats." Uncommon; OCLC records five copies (NcD, ScU, Greenville Co. Public Library, Delaware, Ford Museum). Not in Turnbull.

Charleston: Steam Power_press of Walker & James, 3 Broad-Street, [ca. 1853, per internal date], 32pp. Octavo, illustrated wrappers. General exterior soil; large but mild tideline stain through all pages, not affecting legibility whatsoever. Scarce antebellum South Carolina trade catalog by Lewis M. Hatch (1815-1887), an enterprising Charleston merchant. Hatch's firm offered whale, large and sperm oil and belting for machinists to use in paper and textiles mills. Remarkably, the majority of this catalog (pp7-32) is devoted to the selling of C. Rich and Company's Improved Patent Salamander Safes ("Warranted free from Dampness, as well as Fire-proof") begging the question: exactly how many safes was Hatch selling or hoped to sell? Sixteen pages of this section, alone, are devoted to double-column listings of satisfied customers -appearing first: South Carolinians, Georgians, Alabamians, Floridians and Louisianans-and elsewhere in America. Hatch also self-advertised as the Charleston agent for the… Read More