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0265282918.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1905002413Chicago: A. J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Company 1905. First Edition. Very good. Trade catalog n. d. ca 1905; oblong folio 18 1/4 x 13; pp. 58 recto only; textured olive wraps 1/4 cloth and large rivets as published; a small cut to cloth on spine; wraps with a few spots to margins and nicks and cuts along edges of paper; faint vertical crease; numerous sepia-tone illustrations; very good condition. A beautiful lavish trade catalog for the A. J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Company - established in 1869 and known for manufacturing luxury furniture. Each page featured an entire suite ie. beds bureau chifforette vanity foot stool etc. the materials the pieces were made of Mahogany Walnut the style of the furniture Queen Anne Hepplewhite William and Mary and the dimensions. A. J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Company hardcover
200722366London: Christie's 2007. 1st. Soft cover. New. 11.7x9.0x2.0in. 2 volumes. <br>The catalogues for an auction that didn't take place when Prince Charles raised the money to buy the collection for the nation. A superb reference for authentic Chippendale furniture in two volumes: 368 pages in volume 1 and 346 pages in volume 2. 634 lots are described and illustrated in color. <br>714pp 9.26lb 11.7x9.0x2.0in <br>EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES NECESSARY Christie's paperback
23961New York: American Art Galleries 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. 10.5x7.8x1.7in. Reprinted: Antique Classic Reprints 1977 not issued with a dust jacket; some discoloration along rear edge of spine. <br>The 1929 Loan Exhibition helped kindle a great awareness of as well as an enthusiastic interest in collecting American decorative arts. Profusely illustrated in black and white. <br>487pp 3.39lb 10.5x7.8x1.7in American Art Galleries hardcover
198330514Atlanta: Atlanta Historical Society 1983. 1st. Soft cover. Near Fine. 10.8x8.0x0.6in. slightly darkened on spine. <br>126 objects are described and illustrated in black and white and on 8 color plates. Includes a preliminary checklist of some nineteenth-century Georgia furniture makers. <br>204pp 1.29lb 10.8x8.0x0.6in Atlanta Historical Society paperback
189852137North La Crosse WI; Chicago IL; Detroit MI; Blawnox PA; Cambridge MA; Grand Rapids MI; Augusta ME: A.F. Spettel 806 Caledonia St.; Perkins 125 South 4th Street for the North La Crosse Reed & Rattan Works La Crosse Reed Furniture Works; Ford & Johnson Co.; Wolverine Reed Co.; Fibre Furniture; J.L. Hammett Co.; Grand Rapids Fibre Cord Company; Needlecraft Publishing Co. 1898-1929. First -- 11 sepia-tinted cabinet photos 2 albumen 9 photos of printed images embossed photographer’s name at lower edge of cabinet card a few w/ pencil & ink pricing & inventory information on backs minor dustsoiling edgewear; 2nd -- 25 original linen-backed photographs some sepia-tinted sized from 5 x 7 in. up to 6.5 x 8.5 in. nearly all the larger size nearly all w/ pencil & ink pricing annotations furniture descriptions and a few w/ La Crosse Reed Furniture Work stamp on verso soiling edgewear some creasing minor fraying; 3rd -- Oblong 8vo. 95 1 pp. photo plates throughout burgundy-coloured softcovers gilt lettering stamped on front chipping head & foot of spine soiling edgewear wear to corners preserving part of original mailing envelope dated 1910 to North La Crosse Reed & Rattan Works; 4th -- 8vo. 78 pp. Photo-illustrated throughout w/o self-printed softcovers some soiling edgewear; 5th -- Oblong 8vo. 64 pp unpaginated with photo illustrations throughout beige printed softcovers lettering in gray & black on front cover soiling edgewear rubbing wear to corners; 6th -- 8vo. 40 pp. photo plates & text illustrations beige softcovers printed in decorative red black & orange on front cover minor dustsoiling edgewear thumbing; 7th -- 4to. 48 pp. Photo-illustrated title photo text illustrations throughout decorative printed borders Beige softcovers yapp edges Arts & Crafts cover art in gray green & brown on front cover lettering in black silver & red minor shelfwear rubbing preserving original price list and order forms in rear; 8th -- 4to. 23 1 pp. text and photo illustrations throughout self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers minor tear head of spine edgewear creasing still G copy stapled as issued all from the collection of Erma Wilson Multhauf of Cedar Falls IA and noted rattan furniture restorer who purchased the material from the La Crosse Reed Furniture Works when it went out of business after World War II. This amazing salesman sample photo archive for the North La Crosse Reed & Rattan Works and the La Crosse Reed Furniture Works provide an indispensable visual record of reed and rattan wicker furniture produced and sold in Wisconsin during the Arts & Crafts era. Wicker furniture experienced a tremendous rise in popularity during the last decades of the 19th century with many manufacturers producing items in Wisconsin and other Midwest States and the domestic reeds used by American manufacturers proved especially flexible and were more capable of being painted or stained while Rattan was harder to weave and could only be shellacked. The cabinet photos by Spettel and Perkins include images of high-backed fancy Victorian rockers a foot stool magazine rack sewing basket a Turkish chair a round table and several other wicker rocking chairs. Spettel 1866-1935 was brought into his brother Clement Spettel’s photography studio in 1886 because his business was so popular and they would thrive in North La Crosse WI until 1906 when Aloysius moved his business to North Dakota. The business location on 806 Caledonia was established by the brothers in 1888 and was initially called the New Gallery then the National Art Studio and sometime around 1897-98 it was simply A.F. Spettel while Clement worked at 320 North 4th on the City’s south side. Of particular interest is the “Perkins†Studio Cabinet photo as there is no known other example of a Perkins photographer at that location although that studio location served eight other known photographers between 1888 and 1900. The collection of factory linen-backed photographs depict a wide variety of Victorian rattan furniture including wing-back chairs & rockers stacking children’s stools children’s high chair rocker sewing baskets waste baskets and more. Nearly all of them have inventory numbers and prices on verso some individually priced others priced by the dozen ranging from $ 2.75 to $ 8.50. The Ford & Johnson Fiber-Rush and Malacca furniture catalogue includes a wide range of Mission-style and Arts & Crafts period furnishings including tables library tables settees rockers and more. The Art Fibre Weaving catalogue not only includes excellent photographic images of wicker furniture but also images of fibre art weaving classes schools and equipment. See: Edwin L. Hill A History of Photography in La Crosse Wisconsin 1853-1930 pp. 160-170 175; Raether Wisconsin Family Albums & Photographers’ Imprints and Biographies 1800s to early 1900s pp. 315-316; George M. Brown The White Directory of Manufactures of Furniture and Kindred Goods of the United States pp. 20-21; Tracing the Trends of Wicker Furniture Through History Patio Productions 2014. A.F. Spettel, 806 Caledonia St.; Perkins, 125 South 4th Street for the North La Crosse Reed & Rattan Works, La Crosse Reed Furni paperback
014243Baltimore MD: John Duer & Sons no date. ca. 1930s. The 9"x4" sample card contains 9 cane or reed samples and two samples of cane webbing. Blue printed stiff card; cane & reed samples are held by elastic cord and cane webbing samples are glued to the card. VG corners lightly bumped light wear. . Soft Cover. Very Good. John Duer & Sons Paperback
196247367Long Island City NY: Scalamandre Silks 37-24 24th St. 1962. 76 sample cards 5.25 x 10.25 in. w/ 424 fabric & trim samples stapled & taped on thick card stock including silk fringes tassels decorative borders ribbons braids and more all in vibrant colours many with ink and pencil annotations indicating stock numbers quantity and prices. All of these are housed in the original sample case covered in green cloth with lid 7 x 15.25 x 13 in. brass handle on one end some wear & rubbing minor bumping & fraying to fore-edges still a VG- exampler. First edition thus of this stunning salesman sample case for silk trimmings used in interior design by the famed Franco Scalamandre’s designers. These samples include French Tufts Rosettes elaborate silk braids borders ribbons tassels and more many of them in traditional styles and colours for use in recovering and restoring furnishings draperies and other period pieces. Scalamandre d. 1988 established Scalamandre Silks in 1929 focused on supplying silk fabrics and trims to the growing movement of restoring historic houses and furnishings in the United States. His plant in Long Island City NY wove historic fabrics to match those acquired by Hearst for San Simeon. He established the Scalamandre Museum of Textiles which thrived until the late 1960s offering beautiful exhibits of historical documents and traditional textiles. His company helped with the restoration of Monticello and was perhaps best known for their reproductions and restorations of draperies wallpapers and upholstery for the Kennedy White House from 1961-1962 and has continued to supply historic fabrics to every administration since. Scalamandre Silks, 37-24 24th St., hardcover
19008941<p>London: Various 1900. 50 books and pamphlets from the personal library of the furniture designer and high-end London shop-keeper Sir Ambrose Heal which reflect his love for the Arts and Crafts movement and his passion as a pioneer and champion of design. The collection reveals Heal's connections with many of the leading figures of the time with inscribed copies from his fellow furniture designer Hamilton Smith review copies of works by William Lethaby and his own copies of early publications by the Designs and Industries Committee which he had helped found. There are polemics by Clough Williams Ellis as well as obscure exhibition catalogues and reports several unrecorded from organisations that he supported and helped to run. Altogether a fascinating insight into the life of an influential taste-maker and businessman in England in the first half of the century who ran Heal and Son on Tottenham Court Road for 40 years and played an active role in cultural life in London and further afield. The collection includes: BOOKS 1 'The Caliph's Design Architects ! Where is Your Vortex' by Wyndham Lewis. First edition. First Impression. Scarce one of only 1000 copies produced. A printed label to the front cover. Original blue marbled wrappers over card worn away to spine panel. Internally in very good condition. Published by The Egoist Ltd. 2019. Laid in is a printed invitation from the Royal Society of British Artists requesting the company of Mr A Heal dated March 29th 1930. 2 GIFT TO HEAL FROM A FURNITURE DESIGNER 'The People's Album of London Statues'. Described by Osbert Sitwell. Drawn by Nina Hammett. Published by Duckworth London 1928. Ambrose Heal book plate to front paste down. Hand written pencil note to front free end paper reads 'Given to me by Hamilton Smith Christmas 1928' - Hamilton Temple Smith was a fellow furniture designer with whom Heal shared a patent. Brown cloth boards with decorative embossing to front in good condition. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing. 3 'England and the Octopus' by Clough Williams Ellis. 1928. Boards and internally in good condition. All that remains of dust jacket is front cover which has been excised neatly and laid in. An influential polemic against urban sprawl. 'Heal' inscribed in pencil to front paste down. 4 'Britain Must Rebuild A Policy for Regional Planning' by Frank Pick. Published by Kegan Paul. In good condition. 'Ambrose Heal' written in pencil across front board. Front free end paper inscribed 'Ambrose Heal Nov '41'. 5 GIFT TO HEAL 'Henry Irving'. The Vellum Parchment Shilling Series. No III. Published by Field & Tuer. By William Archer. In good condition. Annotated 'HH from C.C.B. '92'. 6 'Guinevere' by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Illustrated by Byam Shaw. Published by TC & EC Jack. Pocket book. Inlaid decorative gift card reads 'From Philip Carr To Mr Ambrose Heal'. 7 'Cosmic Vision' by TJ Cobden Sanderson. First Edition 1922. Blue cloth covered boards a little worn to edges end papers and text clean. b/w frontispiece protected by dust sheet in very good condition overall throughout. 8 'Lettering in Ornament' by Lewis F Day. First Edition 1902. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. 218 pp. 9 'William Richard Lethaby 1857-1931'. Published by Central School of Arts and Crafts 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards a little discoloured. Text block sound overall in good condition. 86 pp. Laid in is a compliments slip from the Principal of London County Council. 10 REVIEW COPY 'Art and Handicraft' by John D Sedding. First Edition 1893. Green cloth covered boards with gold titles. Edges and spine sunned /darkened but in very sound condition. End papers clean some foxing text clean throughout. Inlaid is a printed note from Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. To the reverse is a faint pencil drawn sketch of a building with tree in foreground. 11 'Handicrafts and Reconstruction. Notes by Members of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society'. Published for John Hogg. 1919. 139 pp. Original green cloth boards frayed to edges. Internally in good condition leaves age toned throughout. 12 'The Attribute Proper to Art: Pure Art Value' by Thomas Henry Lyon M.A. Brown card wrappers in good condition. Front free end paper inscribed 'Ambrose Heal from J H Lyons. April 20th 1932' presumably a family member related to the Cambridge architect and designer Thomas henry Lyon. PAMPHLETS AND BOOKLETS DESIGN & INDUSTRIES JOURNAL: Heal co-founded the Design and Industries Association which aimed to encourage greater design values within industrial production. 15x DIA journals news sheets and lecture booklets dated variously between 1919 1927. Includes Booklet Number One 'The Future Of Industrial Design' by Herbert Read with other contributions by Anthony Bertram and John Grey and William Lethaby's Art and Workmanship - all very scarce. Laid in is an overdue subscription reminder payable to The Design & Industries Association dated July 1925 made out in hand to Mr Ambrose Heal who in 1915 had helped to found the Association DIA 2 'A Note Regarding Script Types' by Douglas C McMurtie. Published by Press of Ars Typographica New York 1925.32 pp. In very good condition throughout. Ambrose Heal book plate to inner front wrapper. 3 Annual Reports of the Committee of the Art-Workers' Guild dated 1926 1929 & 1935. In very good condition. 4 3x pamphlets published by The Civic Arts Association dated 1927. Titled 'On Medals On Inscriptions Lest We Forget'. In good condition. 5 'The Future of the Past by John Leighton'. Programme for a production dated AWG Revels 1924. Card wrappers darkened and bumped to edges Text clean and unmarked. Catalogue for a production of 'The Statue of Artemis' signed 'with compliments from John Leighton'. Card wrappers. In fair condition. 6 2x pamphlets titled 'The History of Writing' from The Ideal Home Exhibition Olympia 1934. In good condition. 7 Oxford Copy Books x2 unused. 8 Mermaid Society 1903 programme for a production of 'Comus'. Card wrappers bound by orange string to spine. Age worn leaves foxed overall in good condition. Unrecorded programme for a performance in Regent's Park which included Mrs Beerbohm Tree in the cast. 9 Der Zwiebelfisch x2 dated 1909. In good conditiom. 1 x Kultur des handwerks Dec 1926. 10 'Undescribed Copy Books in the Ekstrom Collection Svenska Skolmuseet Stockholm' by Carl Bjorkbom. Inscribed to front ' With compliments from the author'. Inlaid is a signed letter to Mr Heal from Carl Bjorkbom. 11 The Statue of Artemis Shrovetide Revels Art Workers' Guild 1919 inscribed 'With Compliments John Leighton' - Master of the Art Workers' Guild. 12 Catalogue of a Book Exhibition at the Central School LCC 1912 elaborately annotated by Heal to the rear. A further collection of pamphlets which include exhibitions members lists Imperial Arts League 1915 listing Heal's membership annual reports and catalogue lists for various societies and arts organisations. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1900</p> Various hardcover
190859337Springfield IL: Board of Prison Industries of Illinois Illinois State Reformatory Print 1908. Two vols. 1st - Oblong 4to. 11 x 7.75 in. 75 1 pp. woodcut engraved borders throughout. With over 150 text woodcut engravings & illustrations of Arts & Crafts furniture. Orange decorated printed softcovers decorative Arts & Crafts borders in black & bright orange on front cover minor shelfwear slight creasing to front cover still NF copy w/ original order sheet ditto TLS & envelopes laid-in; 2nd - 8vo. 8 pp. Self-printed softcovers NF copy all preserved w/ original mailing envelope to H.R. Phelps Lockport Illinois. First editions of these uncommon catalogue and price list for Arts & Crafts furnishings supplied by prison labor during the Progressive Era as the Illinois Board of Prison Industries underwent substantial changes following passage of 1903-1904 laws in Illinois regarding prison labor products to be strictly used by Illinois schools and public institutions. Although Illinois prison labor was producing everything from foundry work to textiles crushed rock to fertilizer and stationery the present catalogue focuses primarily on the Arts & Crafts era quarter-sawn oak furnishings manufactured at Joliet Penitentiary. Items include school desks opera house theatre chairs office desks roll top desks book cases stacking lawyer’s cases dining room tables library tables chairs stools and settees. Worldcat locates 2 copies of first SMU ILL State no copies of price list; See: Koerber & Brieschke Menard: Development of a Nineteenth-Century Pirson Jounral of the Illinois State Historical Society Vol. 96 No. 3 Autumn 2003. Board of Prison Industries of Illinois, Illinois State Reformatory Print, paperback
187858315Paris: V.L. Quetin ca. 1878. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 7.75 in. 1 leaf lithograph title 94 i.e. 110 lithographed plates 1 leaf of index on blue-tinted paper stock. Quarter-green leather over pebbled green cloth raised bands embossed borders in blind gilt lettering on spine minor scuffing & wear rubbing bumping & wear to couple corners w/o ffep. still VG- copy w/ bright plates from the library of Victor Colas 256 13d Voltaires Paris notation on front marbled pastedown. A well-illustrated printer’s specimen book issued to depict the varieties of Second Empire French furniture featuring styles such as Louis XV Louis XVI and the decorative styles of Napoleon III’s designers. Victor Joseph Quetin 1822-1877 was an entrepreneurial printer who began producing these Furniture style books for Parisian craftsmen cabinetmakers and would sell these volumes of specimen sheets to manufacturers to show their prospective clients. The furnishings shown in these leaves encompass tables chairs toilettes some with bidets built in many with attached mirrors bed frames armoires buffets desks and desks with built-in bookcases. The index which is often missing provides an excellent quick reference to the styles types of furnishings as well as the specific plate. Demand increased as Paris & France underwent tremendous renovations and progress during the Second Empire and many of the furnishings inspired by the designs of Carlin Weisweiler and Riesener were presented to the public at the 1867 Exposition Universelle. His son Victor Leon Quetin b. 1852 would later in the 1870’s take up the family business released the albums under a new imprint of “V.L. Quetin†and also began issuing colour chromolithograph specimen catalogues of elaborate draperies bed curtains window treatments and casements. Also issued was a newspaper Journal le magasin de meubles†which offered details of the specimen catalogues he would assemble subscriptions and pricing with details on colour lithography and hand-colouring as well. His designs were dependent upon using a specialized machine which would enlarge reduce or even alter lithographic designs for clients. See: Victor Quetin De la papeterie a la lithographie D’Avoise a Meung-sur-Loire en passan par les Moulins de Paillard 16e-18e siecle; Alfred Lemercier La lithographie francaise de 1796 a 1896 et les arts qui s’y rattachent: manuel pratique p. 344. V.L. Quetin, hardcover
189356869Salem OR: Buren & Hamilton 1893-1904. 4to. 90 mylar sleeve leaves unnumbered. containing 403 invoices shipping & waybills TLS ALS TL copy letters and more many of which appear on steel-engraved letterhead many printed on colour-tinted paper often shipping and weight bills still retaining original stamps a few mailing envelopes a number of check receipts many w/ manuscript and stamped autographs others w/ corrections and/or annotations in ink or pencil; also included are actual samples of velvet fabrics wallpapers and textured colour sample papers printing sample for perforated business card. All preserved in recent 3-ring cloth binder stamping on front cover. An exceptional archive of original letters invoices waybills business cards and receipts all documenting the thriving business of Buren & Hamilton at the end of the Gilded Age and beginning of the Progressive Era in Salem Oregon in the aftermath of the 1893 economic crash. Drawing from suppliers in California just a few years before the San Francisco Earthquake & Fire the company also sourced from Seattle WA New York and Chicago. Portland was the manufacturing and industrial hub of Oregon as can be seen in these invoices and receipts: such companies as The Columbia Chair Company Dealers who sold chairs office chairs and rockers from 309-311 Front St. shipped rocking chairs and office chairs to Salem in 1903; Henry Jenning & Sons located at 172-174 First St. shipped a load of leather oak chairs in 1903; J.G. Mack & Co. located at 86 & 88 Third St. in Portland supplied velvet rugs oil cloths and lamp shades in 1903; while the A. Merle Co. and McCord & Work located on Water St. supplied brass and iron bed frames the same year. Buren & Hamilton also sourced mattresses and sacks of recycled denim cotton “Shoddy†from Peters & Roberts Furniture Co. for mattresses; and purchased often from the Portland Mattress & Upholstery Co. at 18-20 Front St. which supplied wool-combed coverings mattresses mattress tops from 1900-1904 -- their factory would be gutted by fire in 1907. Many of the items were shipped down the Willamette River on the Oregon City Transportation Co. ships with a note from 1904 indicating the company had completed a sale of odd sized mattresses to them; numerous Southern Pacific Oregon Division freight bills; as well as a shipment on the SS Oregonian via the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. of five crates of chair seats from Marshall Field & Co.In addition it appears that Oregonians in and around Salem purchased heavily from the store luxury goods such as beveled mirrors framed artwork sleek wallpapers velvet fabrics tapestries oriental rugs and more. Many of the invoices letters waybills and documents record many items supplied by the storied W.P. Fuller & Co. of San Francisco & Sacramento CA as well as their subsidiary in Portland OR. They were main suppliers of beveled and mirrored glass on the Pacific Coast which often had to be imported from England into the U.S. and several of the orders in 1899-1901 note that the company was having issues supplying such pieces to Buren & Hamilton due to labor difficulties finally sourcing mirrors from Pilkington Bros. English Picture Glass. They occasionally canceled orders and the Fuller Co. writes in 1901 over a canceled order of “deadening felt.†The W.P. Fuller Co. explain that “your reasons for wishing to cancel your order are not considered sufficient to justify us in doing so . . . †and that they were aware that “some of our competitors are circulating unjust and untrue reports concerning us all the time.†Included amongst these letters are samples of cotton backing for carpets and even three original samples of wallpaper. There are also present a number of letters and invoices from the firm of Tozer & Son which took over the W.P. Fuller Wallpaper division about 1901 with letters present making that announcement. Of additional interest are the many invoices letters and waybills back and forth with the storied Schussler Bros. on 119-121 Geary St. Star King Building in San Francisco detailing many of the popular framed and matted photographs and images for Salem shoppers. These encompassed the “Lone Indian†which were often reproductions of the iconic End of the Trail sculpture by James Earle Fraser; Athletes Dutch Windmills Shakespeare prints of assorted types and sizes Lone Arab a Chinese print a boxing series of matted “Deal of a Fellow†Madonna Artotypes -- typically reproductions of Raphael’s Madonna and Taber art photos. Many of the letters bill heads and invoices sport steel engraved architectural vignettes documenting buildings which would be destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fire as well as many of the business records for those companies. One of the freight bills bears the photographic letterhead of the Chicago & North-Western Railway Co. dated 1904. Another significant supplier was the D.N. & E. Walter & Co. of San Francisco which supplied linoleum flooring fabrics and more for Buren & Hamilton from 1899-1904 and even includes in one of the letters a piece of the red velvet fabric they no longer carried.Buren & Hamilton was originally founded in the late 1880’s by A.T. Yeaton as a furniture/undertaker business later sold to A.B. Buren and finally sold to Max O. Buren and Clarence Hamilton who operated at three locations along Commercial St. including Greenbaum’s Building at 298 Commercial the building at 136 Commercial 340 Court St. now Sid’s Furniture. Clarence bought out Max Buren’s shares in 1916 becoming the C.S. Hamilton Furniture Co. and operating until it was sold to Rubenstein’s in the 1960’s. See: Norma Hamilton Cochran Historic Businesses -- Hamilton Furniture Salem History Matters March 17 2017; New Stationery Department of Schussler Brothers San Francisco The American Stationer Vol. LIV 1903 pp. 4-5; John Caldbick Panic of 1893 and its Aftermath HistoryLink Essay 20874 Oct. 1 2019. Buren & Hamilton, hardcover
193063608Darmstadt Germany: Verlagsanstalt Alexander Koch 1930. 4to. 8 183 9 pp. Including many photo plates some colour plates illustrated ads. Pictorial white publisher’s cloth with sleek cover art & lettering in red black & white by designer Ludwig Kozma beveled boards minor shelfwear very light interior toning as usual still a VG copy. First edition of this splendidly illustrated work by the pioneering interior design and architectural publishing house who first launched periodicals and publications on German design and interior decoration in the 1880’s and following World War I into the 1920’s was one of the premier proponents of the Modernist aesthetic. Designers featured within encompass Le Corbusier Ludwig Kozma Laszlo Carl Muller Sobotka Vinecky Fritz Gross and many others. Verlagsanstalt Alexander Koch, hardcover
195456138Waiblingen Stuttgart & Hamburg-Poppenbuttel: Karl Oppenlaender & Soehns; Friedrich Tunck 1954-1958. Three pieces. 1st -- Oblong 4to. 12 x 8.5 in. 86; 24; 2; 4; 4 unpaginated. pp. Catalogue printed throughout in sepia w/ orange borders photo illustrations diagrams & illustrations throughout together with miniature colour paint sample booklet w/ 12 paint samples and varnish finish sample card w/ six samples and two price-lists 1 mimeographed. Colour-printed softcovers in black white & orange plastic comb binding as issued minor edgewear rubbing still VG copy w/ TLS from Vereinigte Mobelfabriken in Hamburg to International Import in Vancouver BC containing shipping costs lists stapled and manufacturers stamp on covers; 2nd -- 8vo. 4 pp unpaginated. w/ photo illustrations. Tan printed softcovers manfacturers stamps on covers crossed out addresses still VG; 3rd -- 8vo. 4 pp unpaginated. Printed in orange & black photo illustrations self-printed softcovers NF. First editions of these very scarce sample catalogues and brochures for German Mid-Century modern home furnishings. The first catalogue for Opal small furniture for every home includes sections on portable small serving tables bar trolleys club tables radio game folding and nesting tables nicely designed Scandinavian inspired coffee tables and many other types of furnishings and shelving including magazine racks. Of special interest are the inserted paint & varnish samples offering tangible visual and tactile reference for Mid-Century finishes on furnishings. The other two catalogues include those for small side tables plant stands & TV tables as well as shelves to fit over window radiators underneath large picture windows. No copies located in Worldcat. Karl Oppenlaender & Soehns; Friedrich Tunck, paperback
196754601Dallas TX & New York: Artes de Mexico Internacionales Inc. Rees & Orr Inc. 225 -- 5th Ave. ca. 1967. 8vo. 190 leaves unnumbered. Frontisp. photo showing Mexican artisans most plates in black & white some colour all w/ product information all w/ decorated initials. Limp brown suede split-pin binding decorative wrought iron split-pins lettering stamped on front cover in gilt & brown stamps on frontisp. & rear cover minor edgewear rubbing remnants of brown spine on rear cover still VG copy. First edition thus of this scarce Mexican Colonial Furniture catalogue touting the Rustic Hacienda and Wrought Iron styles available with most based on 15th through 18th-century Spanish Colonial pieces. These include beautifully carved bench storage chests Apostles chests painted with Byzantine-inspired icons woven palm Aragonese chairs wrought iron chairs designed by James Ely wrought iron chandeliers wall sconces and lighting fixtures. Rees & Orr Inc. was originally founded in 1943 by John Orr and continued to operate as a specialty furnishings and art dealer until 1987.Worldcat locates 2 copies Univ. of Toronto Royal Ontario Museum. Artes de Mexico Internacionales, Inc., Rees & Orr, Inc., 225 -- 5th Ave., unknown
193646148Tournus: Blot-Galland Constructions Metalliques Ancienne Maison Galland-Belet 1936. Folio. 76 pp. 100s of illustrations & diagrams. Illustrated printed green softcovers woodcut cover illustration of blacksmith working at a forge with ornamental ironwork surrounding the lettering very minor toning & sunning to fore-edges VG copy w/ Typed letter dated 8 August 1936 about price increases and 4 pp. illust. price list. First edition of this scarce and lavishly illustrated catalogue of ornamental ironwork including garden furniture tables and chairs for outdoor cafes iron stands for tables; beautiful art deco iron railings for buildings stairways doors fences finials fleurons palmettes iron doors; as well as iron aluminum and bronze fences for crypts & tombs small funerary chapels doors for churches & chapels and even architectural ornaments. No copies located in Worldcat. Blot-Galland Constructions Metalliques, Ancienne Maison Galland-Belet, paperback
185936023Memphis: n.a. 1859. Paper. Good. Paper. Approximately 7.5" x 8". Folded. One page. Paper is cut on the left edge with minor loss of content. Light edge wear elsewhere. Receipt is illustrated printed and handwritten. Receipt records 7 items for a total price of 90. Few examples seen for receipts from this company online. One collection "Historic Billheads and Invoices .100 Years of Memphis Billheads 1846-1946" has three examples from 1854 to 1860. n.a. unknown
191260283New Orleans LA: The McDermott Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd. 736-738 Poydras St. ca. 1912. Tall 8vo. 2 576 xvi pp. “Section G†printed on coated paper stock. With well over 1500 photographic and woodcut-engraved text illustrations throughout. Dark green publisher’s cloth Arts & Crafts decoration front cover black lettering front cover & spine minor scuffing edgewear minor bumping to corners inner hinges starting still VG- sound copy. Second edition stated revised & updated of this surprisingly scarce Louisiana medical supply company’s offerings in the Progressive Era. This catalogue includes a remarkable range of early 20th-Century medical equipment ranging from microscopes fitted with new electric arc lamp to electric centrifuges for testing hypodermic syringes antitoxine syringes anaesthetic equipment electrical illuminating apparatus electro-therapeutic wall cabins X-Ray machines portable radiographic Scheidel cases and much more. The McDermott Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd. was owned and directed by T.C. Hills 1867-1930 and Edwin J. Sack initially on Charles Street specializing in surgical instruments artificial limbs trusses medical equipment and more. Founded originally at the end of the 19th-Century and specializing in artificial limbs and trusses by 1910 the company had substantially expanded and moved to 736-738 Poydras St. expanding their offerings and their reach. Worldcat does locate over 10 locations for this catalogue however the collation is often not matching and the dating incorrect. The McDermott Surgical Instrument Co., Ltd., 736-738 Poydras St., hardcover
194556162Seattle WA: Roger Dudley Commercial Photographers 1 Stuart Building ca. 1945. 4to. 27 linen-backed silver gelatin photos cream- & gray-coloured linen backings all w/ linen hinges at gutter margin all stamped in lower fore-edge of blank or on verso w/ professional photographer’s stamp. Contemporary black limp simulated leather post-binder rounded corners nickel-plated screw posts at inner gutter margin minor edgewear slight soiling some rubbing still VG exemplar w/ images all having bright strong contrast. This salesman sample photo catalogue of Mid-Century Modern cabinetry was apparently produced for a Seattle based manufacturer offering a wide range of products. The photos encompass Scandinavian Modern-inspired kitchen cabinets with very clean lines stylish hardware and laminate countertops; an entire array of counters display cabinets and sales counters for a Seattle Pharmacy including night shot showing the sales floor through the glass brick lined door showing the prescription counter products on the shelves pharmacist and assistant as well as the soda fountain counter fitted with a Coca Cola Multiplex dispenser. Also included are photos of several styles of glass-fronted display cabinets the window casements for a florist shop and a beautifully created bedroom set featuring his & hers twin beds each with built-in radio vanity and stylish dressers. Of special interest are the series of images of a post-World War II sporting goods store fitted with knotty-pine cabinetry all filled with displays of fishing gear a Martin 60 Outboard Motor ca. 1946-47 fishing tackle hunting rifles and shotguns cartridge boxes tennis rackets taxidermy trophies for deer and elk racks and much more. Dudley Sr. 1895-1954 began his career as a photographer with Walter Miller 1877-1938 who had apprenticed and partnered with Asahel Curtis in Seattle and later set up his own Dorpat Studio in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Building. Dudley bought out the business in the mid-1930s and would continue working the business until his death in 1954 followed by his son Roger Dudley Jr. who had joined the firm in 1945. See: A Guide to the Walter P. Miller Photographs Circa 1920-1932 Golden Gate National Recreation Area National Park Service GOGA-00789; Sherrard Seattle Now & Then: Street Photography Nov. 27 2010. Roger Dudley, Commercial Photographers, 1 Stuart Building, hardcover
23725Oshkosh Wis: J.H. Yewdale & Sons Co Printers Milwaukee. Undated ca. 1890. 9.25" x 6.25"136 pp in maroon cloth boards with title in gilt. Light to boards and fore edge some old dampstaining affecting bottom margin near gutter with small loss to a few leaves but still about very good. A scarce catalogue offering dining desk/office lawn and rocking chairs in a wide range of styles and materials as well as a few high chairs cradles and stools. Each of the ca. 130 items is illustrated individually. Not found in OCLC which does record single copies two catalogues from this firm one dated 1908s and the other listed as "1900s. J.H. Yewdale & Sons Co,, Printers (Milwaukee) unknown
193357762Chicago IL: Wallace Supplies Manufacturing Co. 1310-12 Diversey Parkway 1933. Two parts. 1st - 4to. 7 2 pp. Colour-illustrated throughout on green colour-tinted paper stock black lettering self-printed softcovers w/ cover art image of Art Deco Streamline chrome chair very minor closed tear at spine very faint corner tidemark to back upper corner still VG; 2nd - 4to. 4 pp. which opens into 11 x 17 in. advertising poster to be posted in employee bulletin board by prospective clients w/ advertising promo card stapled to upper left corner minor shelfwear VG. First editions of these scarce illustrated catalogues of Streamline Art Deco modern chrome furniture manufactured by the noted Wallace Company during the Great Depression against the backdrop of the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. The designs shown include Z-type chairs Z-type office chairs Sagless chrome chairs Barrel type office chair adjustable tables dining tables and dining chairs w/ colours including red & green as well as wood. No copies in Worldcat. Wallace Supplies Manufacturing Co., 1310-12 Diversey Parkway, paperback
191958905Chicago: Sears Roebuck & Co. 1919. 4to. 784-859A pp. i.e. 85 pp additional pages added-in. printed in sepia tint throughout w/ 100’s of text illustrations. Brown illustrated self-printed softcovers minor creasing edgewear slight chipping head & foot of spine still VG copy w/ Sears Roebuck order form laid-in. First edition thus of this stand-alone furniture catalogue listing 100’s of items to fill the newly introduced Sears Honor-Bilt Ready-Cut Houses which quickly became the standard bearer kit home across the United States. This catalogue includes Morris Rockers Morris easy chairs wicker furniture outdoor hammocks folding lawnchairs and canvas chairs. In addition there are many different Arts & Crafts Library Sets including chairs desks library tables and setees in quarter-sawn oak. Also featured are kitchen cabinets refrigerators dining room sets fireproof saves bedroom sets and even sulkies for wheeling around small children. No copies in Worldcat. Sears, Roebuck & Co., paperback
191823731Pittsburgh PA: W/ & H. Walker 1918. 7 1/2" x 5 3/8" 96 pp extensively illustrated. Some chipping to wrappers at spine; very good. Offering "unheard of bargains in home furnishings" this catalogue includes rocking chairs dining chairs beds dressers desks tables bookcases buffets kitchen cupboards china cabinets wardrobes and other furniture -- much of it Mission style and made of quarter-sawn oak. Also includes refrigerators and stoves luggage sewing machines. A good visual reference for period styles available to shoppers on a budget. W/ & H. Walker unknown
192460157Portland OR: Ira F. Powers Furniture Co. 1924. Folio. 9.25 x 13 in. 16 pp. With photo illustrations & text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers striking cover art of young woman in Flapper Era dress perched on a Powers chair arranging Autumn leaves in a vase minor shelfwear dustsoiling very minor rubbing still VG copy. First edition of this exceptionally scarce in-house quarterly advertising periodical issued by the storied Portland Oregon furniture company and even including an architectural floor plan for a small 1920’s bungalow. Founded originally in 1872 by Ira Powers Sr. 1832-1902 his son Ira Jr. 1872-1933 believed in promotion and was one of the primary sellers of home furnishings in the Pacific Northwest first opening their historic main store at Third & Yamhill in 1911 now known as the Director Building. No copies in Worldcat. Ira F. Powers Furniture Co., paperback
1944871891944. FURNITURE Kenmochi Isamu. Kenchiku Shinsho 9 KIKAKU KAGU. Tokyo Showa 19 1944 2nd printing after the first of 1943. 12mo. bound Western style in illustrated boards heavily illustrated with photos. THE STANDARDS OF FURNITURE was an important work as is evidenced by its reprinting in the closing days of a losing war effort. Kenmochi is generally acknowledged to be one of the foremost industrial designers of the 20th century. In very good condition. unknown
