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1904Q1859Philadelphia: Fleisher's Yarns 1904. Wraps. Fair. Softcover 8vo 56pp. With an extra leaf laid-in. Stated fifth edition. Loss to the bottom edge of the front cover else about Very Good with intermittent soil and toning. Embossed cover printed white with a silver effect; illustrations of the company's Philadelphia mills on the last page. Similar to books published by O.N.T. or D.M.C. thread companies the manual provides a range of practical projects but with a distinct style of modeling that shows women in action. Drinking a cup of tea tying a blouse reading a letter--they're more reminiscent of modern fashion editorials than the disembodied garments seen in popular catalogs. <br/><br/> Fleisher's Yarns paperback
1920112440Sydney: Electrolux Limited 1920. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sydney Electrolux Limited 1920s. Octavo 64 pages including the covers with numerous illustrations from photographs. Two-colour decorated wrappers a little unevenly sunned and lightly marked with the front cover slightly curled along the top and bottom edges; an excellent copy. Our favourite is how 'To Clean Fur of Domestic Animals' pages 46-47: 'Place small nozzle on end of hose and run lightly up the animal's coat. Dogs become very fond of having their coats cleaned by Electrolux . This also removes all vermin'. As this item is surely only for the purist and completist we include a copy of 'An Introduction to Your New Electrolux Model: Model 89 Cleaner Instruction Book' oblong octavo 24 pages plus card covers with a front cover cut-out; undated but looks 1960s. 2 items. Electrolux Limited paperback
1912127339Chicago: Montgomery Ward & Co 1912. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Chicago Montgomery Ward & Co. 1912. Large quarto 331 × 237 mm 880 extensively illustrated pages plus 52 colour plates. Three-colour pictorial wrappers; trifling silverfish damage mainly marginal to the top corner of the last six leaves; acidic paper uniformly tanned and slightly brittle; tears to the edges of some leaves expertly sealed; occasional short closed marginal tears; chips to a few leading margins; six leaves of colour plates of rugs and soft furnishings between pages 384-385 detached and now housed separately in a custom-made Mylar pocket a few leading edges are a little chipped; overall an excellent copy of an item definitely not made to survive as well as this example has done. The colour plates are a highlight: they include women's shoes 16 plates; men's wear 12 plates; rugs and soft furnishings 12 plates; and books 4 plates. Montgomery Ward & Co paperback
192080066Los Angeles: Germain Seed & Plant Co 1920. Wraps. Good. Tall octavo: 168 pp. plus 4 pp. bound-in order form. Black-and-white illustrations from photographs and numerous line drawings. White paper wrappers printed in orange and black. Minor loss to the first leaf of the order form. Some chipping and light staining to the wrappers; the binding staples have oxidized causing some staining. OCLC locates one holding at the California State Library.<br /> <br /> Priced trade catalogue with index primarily featuring seeds and plants - vegetables grasses annuals and perennials - as well as including various tools equipment bird feeders and cages feed and supplies for raising poultry and rabbits insecticides and even large-scale agricultural dusters. "Fifty years of service to the residents of California have been appreciated to such an extent that we have been able to grow larger in point of size and we hope more and more in the esteem of our patrons. Germain Seed & Plant Co unknown
195080410Chicago: Goes Lithographing Company 1950. Wraps. Very good. Oblong sample book 16 ½" x 10" containing 96 stock specimens. Original printed cardstock covers bound with two brads and a cloth tape spine with tabbed sections.<br /> <br /> The company now based in Wisconsin and still in operation today was founded in 1881 by Indiana-native Charles B. Goes 1855-1910. In 1884 the first stock certificate blanks were published and became the foundation for all Goes Stock Lines sold to printers stationers and office suppliers. The line features detailed vignettes depicting patriotic eagles and industry themed illustrations such as agriculture oil drilling and mining ventures. One stock image suggests the Atomic Age with the nuclear symbol in the foreground of a modern cityscape with a jet flying through the skies.<br /> <br /> This sample book is an important piece of printing history. It appears a few of the stock samples have been removed and one stock sample is torn. Some fraying to the spine and light foxing to a few of the specimens which are otherwise in very good condition. Goes Lithographing Company unknown
19148876Paris: Imprimerie de la Samaritaine 1914. Booklet stapled in wrappers 24 x 15.5 cm. 15 pages. Illustrated throughout. Text in French. FIRST EDITION. A small trade catalogue featuring aprons of every type offered by Paris' famous Samaritaine department store. The aprons are divided into men's and women's. Women's aprons include those for trade kitchen nurse and baker. For men the aprons include those for gardener valet military grocer wine merchant chef doctor and veterinarian. Small aprons for valet boys and dining room boys are also included. Illustrated wrappers with 2 cm. stamp on front panel "Collection Debuisson Paris". Mme Roxane Debuisson 1927-2018 assembled one of the great collections of materials related to the history of Paris. Much of it resides at Stanford University though some was sold at Drouot in March of 2019. Pages lightly age-toned otherwise fine. Near fine. OCLC locates no copies. Imprimerie de la Samaritaine unknown
190543524Quebec: Presented by Robt. Borland & Co. Coal Merchants 1905. Near Fine. 16.5cm. 43p. many full page printed advertising including some for coal related companies original printed wraps on textured long grain wrappers which is rather unusual. Presented by Robt. Borland & Co., Coal Merchants unknown
1935134183Adelaide: Hannan Bros. Limited 1935. Very Good. Adelaide Hannan Bros. Limited circa 1935. Octavo an illustrated advertising leaflet printed recto only. Two creases; a very good copy. Offered together with a slightly larger leaflet for 'Hannans sic Freelite 6-Volt Wind Driven Electric Lighting and Battery Charging Plant for the Farm House' a little creased with a small light stain. 2 items. Hannan Bros. Limited unknown
1932137294Sydney: Kavanagh and English Ltd 1932. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sydney Kavanagh and English Ltd. 1932. Quarto ii 56 pages extensively illustrated with three pages in colour. Overlapping wrappers decoratively lettered in gilt; edges a little creased and marked; slight silverfish loss to the first leaf not affecting the text; a very good copy. Primarily kitchen utensils but we also noticed in passing meat safes canary cages 'in gilt or colours' and asbestos mats. Kavanagh and English Ltd paperback
19155864Philadelphia Pa: The Company 1915. Booklet 23 x 14.5 cm. 60 pages. Illustrated. Index. Trade catalogue of a supplier of ice cream making equipment from freezers and mixers to scoops waffle cone irons molds and milk-shake mixers. There are even "special wood soled shoes for ice cream makers". The wrapper indicates the firm was founded in 1864. Tiny bit of edgewear to printed brick colored wrappers otherwise fine. Scarce. OCLC locates three copies; though founded in 1864 the firm is not represented in Romaine. The Company unknown
19236133New York: Wood & Selick Inc. Hudson Duane & Thomas Streets 1923. Quarto 28 x 25 cm. 76 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated. Lacking the separate price list. Publication date from the UC Davis copy which includes a price list dated March 15th 1923. ~ FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A trade catalogue of supplies and machinery for the ice cream trade including everything a small business might need to outfit an ice cream parlor including ice cream machines electric fudge warmers also good for bullion! ice cream pails trowels scoops spoons ladles straws soda glasses sundae cups chairs tables and other shop furniture. The firm of Wood & Selick was formed in 1880 and became a significant supplier of ingredients equipment and machinery for the baking confectionery and ice cream industries. They also were well known for a side business as the producers of W&S Cough Drops. Business was so good that the firm commissioned a new seven story brick warehouse at the corner of Duane and Hudson Streets in what is now known as New York’s Tribeca the handsome Babcock & Morgan building was recently home to David Bouley’s eponymous restaurant. Light soiling to publisher’s wrappers otherwise near fine. Scarce. OCLC locates two copies UC Davis and UVA’s Small Collection. Wood & Selick, Inc., Hudson Duane & Thomas Streets unknown
193079774Basle Basel: Durand & Huguenin SA 1930. Fine. Basle Basel Durand & Huguenin SA 1930s. Octavo a textured card folder on the rear inside surface of which is mounted a two-panel folding catalogue of 32 dyed fabric samples; mounted on the front inside surface is a bifolium last leaf blank giving dying instructions on the first page and specific formulae for the 32 samples on the verso. Corners a little bumped otherwise a fine copy with the rubber-stamp of the sole Australasian agent Norman G. Clark. The business that Norman Clark founded in 1919 is still in existence; following his death in 1951 his sons incorporated it as Norman G. Clark Pty. Ltd. For this reason together with the disruptions caused by the Second World War and the immediate post-war period it is highly likely that this trade catalogue dates back to the 1930s. We purchased this item many years ago from the estate of Dr Hedley Ralph Marston; if you don't know about him consult the Australian Dictionary of Biography without delay. Durand & Huguenin SA unknown
193079777Basle: Durand & Huguenin S.A. 1930. Near fine. Basle Durand & Huguenin S.A. circa 1930s. Octavo a leporello comprising 9 card panels with 44 mounted samples of dyed silk thread with hand-ruled black ink borders and manuscript captions plus 3 leaves of duplicate typescript. A few faint spots and other minor signs of age and handling; in near-fine condition. A sample catalogue prepared by Swiss dyestuffs manufacturer Durand & Huguenin S.A. for their Australian agents Norman C. Clark Melboune both company stamps are present. The three leaves of duplicate typescript give details of the dyeing recipes and processes. Durand & Huguenin S.A. unknown
191096611Milwaukee: Associated Manufacturers Co 1910. Paperback. Fine. Milwaukee Associated Manufacturers Co. later 1910s. Octavo 100 pages with numerous illustrations; pages 7 and 84 have additional or alternative information supplied in manuscript on pieces of tipped-on recycled AMCO flyers thus presumably as issued and there are numerous in-house annotations to other pages. Card covers; a fine copy. The date is hinted at on page 5: 'Due to the European situation it has been and is at the time that this catalogue is compiled almost impossible to secure brush material'. Associated Manufacturers Co paperback
19349623Meriden CT: Ivanhoe Division of the Miller Company 1934. First Thus. Three-ring binder. Very Good. Unpaginated. Illustrated with black & white photographs and illustrations of Ivanhoe products. Contained in a three-ring binder with stiff printed cover gilt lettering printed on spine and stamped on cover. Cover and spine with light evidence of wear. A superb catalog illustrating the handsome industrial metal lighting fabrications that were resurrected for residential and commercial applications in the 1980s and 1990s. Many examples reflect the art-deco sensibility of the era. A handsome well preserved copy. Ivanhoe Division of the Miller Company unknown
197311640Spokane: Jensen Byrd Co 1973. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Pp. 4671. Laden with b&w illustrations of products. Printed on white blue and yellow stock. Bound in maroon-colored cloth with yellow lettering and illustration of Pacific Northwest states printed on cover and spine. Slight edge-wear else a bright copy. A pink note paper is tipped in to the first page on which Stanley Jensen then VP Sales has written that the catalog is not entirely up-to-date but indicates the lines that Jensen-Byrd carries. His business card is affixed too. A staggering compendium of products designed for the ease of life and business that provides a glimpse of life in Seattle in the 1950s. Everything from laundry stoves to garage-door hardware presented with b&w illustrations. Shipping expense will be greater than initially charged; we will appeal for only enough postage to cover shipment. Assuredly shipping expense will be at cost. Jensen Byrd Co hardcover
19103344Brooklyn: A. Johnson Machine Works 1910. Octavo 68 pages. Illustrations throughout. FIRST EDITION. Trade catalogue featuring machines for manufacturing of crown corks crowning machines machines for manufacturing of corks and cork discs machines for screw caps and special machines which include a friction capping machine automatic rotary cap spinning machine single head cap spinning machine and an automatic rotary screw cap capping machine. Each item includes detailed rendering as well as description mechanical and output details. In brown wrappers secured with brads quite bruised and worn. Text edges worn with slight foxing throughout. Title page marked up company address lined-out and amended in pen also with pencil marks. Otherwise good. OCLC locates just one copy at the Smithsonian. A. Johnson Machine Works unknown
19269301New York: Francis Keil & Son 1926. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 3.75" x 6.25". Pp. 670 2. Product illustrations throughout. Light green linen-covered wraps. Illustration of key duplicating machine on rear cover. Very Good with light wear to covers and spine. Stamp of their Pacific Coast distributor A.W. Pike & Co. of San Francisco to endpapers. The 50th anniversary catalog for this company which was headquartered on 163rd Street in New York City. A well preserved copy. Francis Keil & Son unknown
193280065Boston: Knapp Brothers 1932. Wraps. Good. Oblong quarto: 64 pp. Profusely illustrated largely in black and white with some renderings in brown and orange borders and text. Original blue paper wrappers printed in navy and gold. Dampstaining to the spine and along the edges resulting in some color bleed from the wrappers to the first and last leaves. The wrappers are toned along the extremities. Not located in OCLC although digital versions of some earlier catalogues are available.<br /> <br /> Priced trade catalogue showcasing over 120 different styles of Knapp shoes primarily men's with some women's girls and boys options as well. Many of the men's shoes are given names based on occupations or locations often drawn from the types of materials used - including bizzarely "The Dictator" made of Australian kangaroo leather - while the women's and girls shoes are all given women's names. An illustration of the hand-sewing department is included along with a note acknowledging the times: "It is our policy to maintain our high standards of Quality under any and all conditions. We do not propose to lower our quality in order to meet the low priced competition of the so-called 'depression shoes' now being retailed in many stores. Knapp Brothers unknown
194080068Syracuse New York: The Lamson Co 1940. Wraps. Very good. Quarto two volumes: 50 ff. and 25 ff. most recto only. Full-page and some inset captioned halftone photographs of conveyors installed at various companies around the country; line illustrations of engravings and parts followed by full-page captioned halftone photographs. Brad-bound brown paper wrappers printed in gold and red; brad-bound navy paper wrappers printed in gold and blue. Stamps for a Los Angeles branch office to several pages of both volumes; light dampstain to the fore-edge of some leaves in the first volume.<br /> <br /> Two catalogues one an overview of Lamson's conveyors the other specifically for the company's roller gravity conveyors with the latter including a technical overview and specs. The first catalogue includes a laid-in typed letter signed TLS on company stationery from a representative at the head office to California Walnut Growers in Los Angeles explaining the purpose of sending the catalogues and adding "We also manufacture belt conveyors that have rollers underneath the belts also conveyors where the belt slides in a regular pan trough so that loose products similar to walnuts etc. will not fall out. The Lamson Co unknown
1933118453Wetzlar: Ernst Leitz 1933. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Wetzlar Ernst Leitz August 1933. Small octavo 48 pages with 12 illustrations mainly from photographs. Title-wrappers very lightly marked with trifling creases mainly to the corners; an excellent copy. The booklet 'Photo List No. 7298' deals with 'four scientifically interesting applications of photography through the medium of the Leica camera . These are surgical photography photomicrography the reproduction of X-ray plates and films for the purpose of subsequent projection on the screen and the reproduction of manuscripts documents etc.'. Ernst Leitz paperback
1936129926Adelaide: Lenroc's 1936. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Lenroc's July 1936. Octavo 32 pages with numerous illustrations plus cover text and advertisements. Pictorial wrappers with the lettering on the outside surfaces in red and blue; wrappers slightly tidemarked; minimal signs of use and age; a very good copy. Lenroc's paperback
19505503N.p.: Ministerstvo Pishevoy Promishlennocti 1950. Octavo-sized accordion fold 25 x 18 cm. 24 pages. Illustrated with seventeen color plates by C.B. Popov. FIRST EDITION. A trade catalogue of Russian liquors issued by the Russian Ministry of Food. The spirits are of all types with a wide range of vodkas but also a rich variety of cordials brandies and dessert liqueurs. The handsome color plates all stand out for their single color backgrounds and the printing process would appear to have been a hybrid combining photolithography and lithography and then colored. Whatever one makes of the Soviet cultural landscape in general it did attain high standards in some fields and in a modest way this trade catalogue is a proud reflection of its aesthetic achievement. Clean and bright within. Textured wrappers with debossed copper lettering and gilt ruling; lightly soiled and with wear and some separation at spine. Good. OCLC locates no copies. Ministerstvo Pishevoy Promishlennocti unknown
1926124964Paris: Chambre Syndicale des Éditeurs de Livres d'Art et de Publications à Tirage Limité 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Paris Chambre Syndicale des Éditeurs de Livres d'Art et de Publications à Tirage Limité 1926. Large quarto approximately 150 pages with numerous illustrations many in colour. Contemporary quarter morocco and marbled boards a little rubbed at the extremities; foot of the front joint bumped affecting the first few leaves of the text block; a few light marks internally; some foxing to the edges and a handful of leaves; a very good copy. Number 915 of 2000 copies of this lavish collaborative sample book featuring illustrations and representative pages from 25 French fine press publishers 27 are listed as collaborators but two did not supply their material in time. The introduction by Louis Barthou indicates that it was inspired by the 1925 Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes. Chambre Syndicale des Éditeurs de Livres d'Art et de Publications à Tirage Limité hardcover
19347926Burlington Vt: Leader Evaporator Co 1934. Octavo-sized booklet stapled in wrappers 22. x 15.5 cm. 32 pages. Illustrated. Date from testimonial on page 32. A trade catalogue from a manufacturer of maple sugar making equipment and supplies including evaporators gathering tanks sap buckets sap spouts tapping bits gathering pails hydrometers thermometers filters syrup cans pails and cartons. Instructions for sugaring and testimonials from satisfied customers are included. The Leader Evaporator Company was formed in 1988. Some light fading to wrappers otherwise very good. OCLC locates one copy of this earliest of the Leader trade catalogues and a number of copies of various later editions. Leader Evaporator Co unknown
