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(Trade Catalogue)
J. Bouvard & Cie catalogue of mounted samples of epaulets and military regalia
Lyon France: J. Bouvard & Cie 20 Rue Lafont 1900. 14 thick card sheets with samples centrally mounted vertically to recto and verso some sheets quite thick to accommodate larger epaulets each with manuscript notations of name size etc. 11-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches. Black cloth album with the printed label of "J. Bouvard et Cie Fabrique de Dorures Soireries Ornaments d'Eglise" to front paste-down. Some wear commensurate with age and use spotting and thumbsoiling apparently complete with all samples backing possibly restored at an early date. 14 thick card sheets with samples centrally mounted vertically to recto and verso some sheets quite thick to accommodate larger epaulets each with manuscript notations of name size etc. 11-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches. This very unusual French sample book contains a large range of epaulets and sequin samples with a few lettering and star samples. J. Bouvard & Cie 20, Rue Lafont unknown
Bookseller reference : 263502
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(Trade Catalogue)
James W. Tufts . Arctic Soda Water Apparatus
Boston: 33 to 51 Bowker Street and 49 & 51 Cardon Street printed by Wilson & Son University Press Cambridge 1884. 7 photogravure plates woodcut illustrations throughout text. With printed order slip tipped-in following text publisher's acknowledgment slip laid-in at front. 256pp. Roan cloth decoratively stamped in gilt and black on cover and spine; decorative blind stamping to rear board; minor edge wear mainly at head and tail of spine; illustrated throughout with black-and-white drawings and photographs. 7 photogravure plates woodcut illustrations throughout text. With printed order slip tipped-in following text publisher's acknowledgment slip laid-in at front. 256pp. A beautifully illustrated trade catalog detailing both the remarkable variety and elaborate designs of the Tufts company's commercial soda fountains. 33 to 51 Bowker Street, and 49 & 51 Cardon Street [printed by Wilson & Son, University Press, Cambridge] unknown
Bookseller reference : 370801
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(Trade Catalogue: Mining Machinery)
Jeffrey M'F'G Co. Engineers Founders and Machinists. Chain Belting Steel Cable Conveyors Labor Saving Appliances
Columbus Ohio and New York 1895. 8vo. 190 x 128 mm. 7 ½ x 5 inches. 144 pp. Illustrated throughout with half-tone images and diagrams 2 of which are folding. Original printed wrappers a few stains but a sound and attractive copy. Specialty items include elevators drive belts conveyors sprocket wheels and machinery for mining and mill factories. Established in Columbus in 1877 Jeffrey Manufacturing was instrumental in developing the mining and coal industries of eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. One of its most important products was the "Jeffrey Electric Locomotive" which moved on tracks inside mines and towed tons of rock and saved hours of labor and contributed to mine safety. Not cited in Romaine. This catalogue is one of the few original sources documenting mining equipment produced by the largest industrial plants in Ohio at the end of the nineteenth century. unknown
Bookseller reference : 499
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(TRADE CATALOG)
Keds Sneakers.
New York: United States Rubber Co 1940. This production was issued for Boy Scouts only. Folio 12 x 20 inches. It is bound at the bottom so that Boy Scouts could take it and go door to door and flip the pages for their prospective customers to view the various styles available. The first leaf is a chromolithograph and the remainder are monochrome. 16 leaves showing the various types of Keds available and 4 leaves at the rear discussing the prizes available to Troops that sell the most Publisher's yellow flexible soft front cover with the following printed message "53 Million Keds Messages to 7 Basic Markets." The rear cover is stiff cardboard. All bound by a single brad at the bottom. A few red dots on front and very minor foxing to first leaf else a very clean and handsome copy.Some of the styles features are: Yeoman Oxford Majestic Oxford Bike Keds Kes Speedway Keds Stride Keds Devlin. Majestic Keds etcIn 1916 U.S. Rubber consolidated 30 different shoe brand names to create one company. Initially the brand name "Peds" was chosen for the company from the Latin word for feet but the name was already trademarked so the settled on the name "Keds." Because the shoes had a soft rubber sole they became known as sneakers as the rubber soles allowed "sneaking around silently". By the early 1920s the shoes were worn by Olympic soccer players national and international tennis champions and college athletes. In 1926 the Keds Triumph shoe was introduced They remain hugely popular even today. United States Rubber Co, unknown
Bookseller reference : 74795
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(TRADE CATALOG)
King Color Rules the Home.
Detroit: Acme White Lead and Color Works 1928. First edition. Quarto. 55 1 pp. Color illustrations of decorated rooms throughout. Publisher's gray bards with front cover bearing red lettering green endpapers. Very small and discrete personal stamp at upper margin of frontispiece and title else a really lovely copy. Acme White Lead and Color Works unknown
Bookseller reference : 74351
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(TRADE CATALOG)
Kirsch Rod and Window Draping Book cover title.
Sturgis MI: Kirsch Manufacturing Company 1925. First edition. Octavo. 30 pp. with numerous illustrations of drapes and other window treatments. Eight of the pages have color illustrations for showing fabrics. Publisher's pictorial color wrappers Mild spine rubbing else a very good copy.Laid in is a typed letter to the recipient of this catalog Ms. Annette Weatherford a Home Economics Instructor from Ashland Oregon. Kirsch Manufacturing Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 72093
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(Trade catalogue)
Kuaint Kueer and Kurios and Book of New Receipts with Catalogue of Novelties and Wonders cover title
New York: George Blackie & Co 1870. Woodcut illustrations throughout. 12mo. Publishers pink pictorial wrappers. Woodcut illustrations throughout. 12mo. Includes marked playing cards gambling and magic books magic tricks novelties and all sorts of curiosities and miscellany such as "False Moustaches that cannot be detected when worn" offered by New York wholesale agents George Blackie & Co. George Blackie & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 315110
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(TRADE CATALOG: FURNITURE)
L-Mobel Katalog 1950.
Germany: N.p. 1950. Oblong quarto 12 3/4 x 9 inches. 60 pp. Comprised entirely tinted illustration of early mid-century furniture offerings. Publishe'rs wrappers with two brads gilt and black cover lettering. Small bit of lower to with gnawing. A very good and visually pleasing catalog. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 76742
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(TRADE CATALOG: FURNITURE)
Le Carnet de L'Ebeniste Parisien: Collection de Meubles Simples.
Paris: D.Guilmard 1845. First edition Oblong quarto 10 x 7 inches. Title page plus the complete complement of 123 full page lithographs of French furniture. Although not stated in OCLC. this cops copy has 5 bis plates for no. 22 and one bis plate for no. 66. Publisher's blind ruled brown cloth gilt gilt cover lettering. marbled endpapers From hinge nicely repaired but still with a chip to the loer gutter margin of the marled endpapers. The text block is quite clean. A handsome copy of a wonderful trace catalog.There were 3 or 4 editions of this catalog and the only way of telling the difference is by the plate count which has by far the most number of plates. And this copy has even more as no cataloger have ever mentioned the bis plates. Only 5 of this edition located by OCLC all with no mention of any bis plates. "Little is known about the life of the Parisian publisher of Le Garde-meuble Désiré Guilmard c. 1810-c.1885 except that he founded the publishing firm of D. Guilmard in 1839. Because his name appears as the "delineator" of the majority of the furniture plates in Le Garde-meuble many historians presumed he was a furniture designer. However he is not known to have had a furniture shop nor are there any signed examples of his furniture extant. We do know that Guilmard was closely connected to the Parisian design community and through his numerous publications see below became an influential purveyor of taste. He was also an exceptionally able businessman who promoted French furniture and design during a fifty-year period of rapidly changing taste" Smithsonian. D.Guilmard hardcover
Bookseller reference : 75952
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(TRADE CATALOG: PRINTING)
Les Procedes Modernes d'Illustrations.
Valence-sur-Rhone: Imprimerie d'Art Jules Ceas & Fils ca. 1910. First edition. Oblong folio 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. 8 including title pp. of text plus 34 full page illustrations each with its tissue guard. Publisher's string-tied wrappers with gilt cover lettering and inset color illustration. Some guards with fold or small tears. An excellent copy.A wonderfully vivid catalog of the printing capabilities of this venerable French printing house. Jules Ceas & Fils seem to have specialized in art books and finely printed matter including advertisements. The text speaks of their great mastery of trichromatic printing and various other advances in the art. In the main the book is a demonstration of their abilities. The first 14 full page illustrations are trichromatic color and the remaining 20 are full page monochromatic illustrations. Many of the color illustrations are for French firms and a number of fairly famous artists were used such as G. Camps M. de Juilly L. Ageron and others. No copies located by OCLC. Imprimerie d'Art Jules Ceas & Fils unknown
Bookseller reference : 74539
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(TRADE CATALOG: CONSTRUCTION)
Ornamental Plastic Relief Work and Interior and Exterior Composition: Capitals and Ornaments.
Detroit: Detroit Decorative Supply Co. 1908. First edition. Quarto. 114 pp. Straight informative text until p. 5 and then photographic illustrations of products on the rectos with descriptions and pricing on the opposing versos. Publisher's pictorial wrappers in shades of gray. Some rubbing but very good. OCLC only locates two copies. Detroit Decorative Supply Co. unknown
Bookseller reference : 76621
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(Trade Catalogue)
PIERCE BRO'S FURNITURE-UNDERTAKERS.
Lorain Ohio: Pierce Brothers. Very Good. 1908. Softcover. Press of The Lorain Printing Co. Lorain Ohio. 1908. This catalogue is soft-bound in gray wrappers with black printing to the covers. The staple binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations of furniture Chairs Parlor Goods Couches Davenports Rockers Jewel Stoves Etc. as well as the Funeral Parlor Chapel Reception Room and an illustration of an early Horse-Drawn Ambulance. Complete in 16 pages and measuring 6 x 9 inches and very fresh bright condition. . Pierce Brothers paperback
Bookseller reference : 74868
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(TRADE CATALOGUE)
Portuguese Door Hardware
TRADE CATALOGUE Portuguese Door Hardware. Braga: circa 1920's. Oblong folio 15 x 18 1.2 inches. Wrappers. 127 plat Scarce Portuguese trade catalogue illustrating hundreds of door and furniture hardware samples drawn to scale. Included are escutcheons pulls strap hing knobs keys etc. Represented are various styles from simple modern styles to elaborate baroque designs. Plates are sepia prints. Many plates signed F. Costa. Plain wrappers worn and chipped and partially missing. Plates have rectangular stamps. unknown
Bookseller reference : 35911
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(TRADE CATALOGUE)
Portuguese Renaissance Furniture
TRADE CATALOGUE Portuguese Renaissance Furniture. Braga: circa 1920. Oblong folio 10 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches. Wrappers. 12 plates. First edition. Scarce Portuguese trade catalogue illustrating Renaissance styled furniture. Included are designs for wardrobes beds chairs tables cabinets etc. Several plates display arrangements of the furniture in room settings. Plate are sepia prints. Plates are identified in the margins in blue ink. Very go. unknown
Bookseller reference : 35913
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(TRADE CATALOGUE)
Portuguese Door Hardware
TRADE CATALOGUE Portuguese Metal Household Articles. Braga: circa 1920. Oblong folio 15 x 18 1.2 inches. Wrappers. 53 plates. Scarce Portuguese trade catalogue illustrating hundreds of domestic household articles drawn to scale. Included are picture frames mirrors sculptures trays plaques medallions candlesticks vases etc. They include various styles and feature sculptures influenced by African and Asian themes and elaborate baroque and Renaissance styled pieces. Plates are sepia prints and some signed F. Gortz and M. Silva. Edges of plain wrappers sunned. unknown
Bookseller reference : 35912
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(TRADE CATALOGUE)
Portuguese Door Hardware
TRADE CATALOGUE Portuguese Door Hardware. Braga: circa 1920's. Oblong folio 15 x 18 1.2 inches. Wrappers. 73 plate Scarce Portuguese trade catalogue illustrating hundreds of door and furniture hardware samples drawn to scale. Included are escutcheons pulls strap hing knobs etc. Represented are various styles from simple modern styles to elaborate baroque designs. Plates are sepia prints. Plain wrappers worn and chipped and partially missing. Plates have circular stamps. unknown
Bookseller reference : 35910
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(Trade Catalogue: Iron & Steel)
Price List and Catalogue of the Pacific Rolling Mill Company Manufacturers of Iron and Steel. Seventh Edition
San Francsico California: Pacific Rolling Mill Company 1890. 8vo. 250 x 170 mm. 10 x 7 inches. 100 pp. plus 4 leaves of ruled paper 2 with measurements in manuscript. Illustrated throughout with simple drawings of parts many stenciled with green wash; one plate folding. Bound in limp cloth covered boards title in gilt on front cover; a cloth binding shows some wear to gilt title two pencil drawings on front endpaper; other a very good sound copy. Straight forward price list of iron bar steel rail rolled and forged metal axles nuts bolts washers and dozens of other metal products. There is no introduction about the history of the firm just images of parts prices and a few lines of text describing specifications for some of the more complicated manufacture items. What distinguishes this rare trade catalogue is the design sense of many of the images and the application of stenciled color to highlight the object. The printed form of the parts are in outline and as one pages through the catalogue the images take on an abstract quality. Metal parts become contoured shapes with form being determined only by the light green wash applied to the physical part of the design. Although unintentional I am sure this late 19th century publication replete with many of the characteristics of period book design exhibits a very modernist feel one that is most unusual in publications of this nature. Although called the 7th edition this is only one of three issues of the PRMC's product guide and price list that is known. Organized in 1867 PRMC grew continuously and by 1892 was producing more than 40 thousand tons of iron and steel. "This giant enterprise is so closely identified with the manufacturing interests of the Pacific Coast that there is scarcely a manufacturing firm or corporation on the Coast that does not depend upon its output. The mills are located at Potrero Point in South San Francisco and cover an immense area" Master Hands. Romaine Guide to American Trade Catalogues p. 200 this edition and one from 1886 both known in only one copy each at California Historical Society. OCLC cites an edition from 1885 in one copy at San Francisco Public Library and this edition 1890 also in only one copy at California H. S. See: Master Hands in the Affairs of the Pacific Coast Historical Biographical and Descriptive. A Resumé of the Builders of Our Material Progress. San Francisco: Western Historical Publishing Company 1892 pp. 260. Pacific Rolling Mill Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 502
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(TRADE CATALOG: TOMBSTONES)
Quality Memorials cover title.
Ball Ground Georgia: Southern Marble and Stone Company 1924. First edition of this issue. Quarto. 138 pp. Pp. 9-130 are entirely taken up with photographic illustrations of the various tombstones on offer. Publisher's stiff burgundy wrappers with cover lettering and designs in black and silver. A very good copy.Comes with 3 price lists dated 1924 2 printed ink blotters 3 self-addressed envelopes 6 copies of the Contract and 4 sheets of letterhead paper featuring the Sphinx. In 1835 the world's richest deposit of white crystalline marble was discovered in the area of Georgia then known as "Long Swamp Valley." As quarries moved into the area it soon became known as Marble Hill. Around 1880 the greater world became aware of these rich deposits and soon sought to take them over. Early in the 20th century Frank H. Sidall and H.C. Clement both Northerners looking to make some money in the "New South" created the Georgia Marble Company. By 1916 the Georgia Marble Company had purchased the Southern Marble and Stone Company and four more plant facilities at Marble Hill Nelson Ball Ground and Marietta. With the final purchase in 1941 of the Georgia Marble Finishing Works at Canton the Georgia Marble Company had achieved a virtual monopoly of this excellent supply of top-tier marble. Although it was purchased by a Canadian multinational company in 2003 the Georgia Marble Company continues to be the world's largest producer of marble products. Southern Marble and Stone Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 75090
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(TRADE CATALOG: MINING)
Rand's Little Giant Slugger and Economizer Rock Drills Improved Air Compressors Air Hose Steam Hose Air Receivers Pipe and Fittings Engines Boilers Drill Steel.
New York: Rand Drill Co. 1897. First edition. Oblong quarto 12 x 9 1/4 inches. 40 pp. and with numerous very high quality engravings of men and machinery throughout. Publisher's pale yellow wrappers with the front cover bearing an image of en working a mine and the back with an image of a rock drill. Very old central fold perhaps for mailing front cover with three old and small taper repairs. A very clean copy of this scarce trade catalog. OCLC only locates one copy.The Rand Drill Company established in the 1870s by brothers Jasper and Addison Rand and the first to see the benefits of Ingersoll's pneumatic drill became a significant name in the development and manufacturing of pneumatic drills and other mining equipment. Simon Ingersoll was an American inventor who created the steam-powered percussion rock drill which replaced the hand drill and was a major advancement in the mining and construction industries. Simon Ingersoll founded Ingersoll Rock Drill Company in 1871 in New York and in 1888 it combined with Sergeant Drill to form Ingersoll Sergeant Drill Company. In 1905 Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Company merged with the Rand Drill Company to form the mega-corporation Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll himself died penniless. Rand Drill Co. unknown
Bookseller reference : 76228
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(TRADE CATALOGUE) HEILIGENTHAL, J Jph
Recueil des dessins d'ornements d'architecture de la manufacture de J. Jph. Heiligenthal et Cie. à Strasbourg successeur de Mr. Beunat. Contenant tout ce qui a rapport à la Décoration des Appartemens tels que Panneaux Dessus de Portes Dessus de Glaces Frises Pilastres Montants Rosaces Entablements Moulures Ecoinsons Modillons &c. &c.
<p>1813. Strasbourg J. Jph. Heiligenthal 1813. 86 full-page engraved plates printed on the recto only engraved title plates 2 -86. Folio. Original dark green paper boards rubbed. Edges stained yellow.</p><p><em>Trade catalogue of Jacques Joseph Heiligenthal 1785 - 1870 successor of M. Beunat in Strassbourg showing hundreds of ornaments for interior decoration. c.f. Metropolitan Museum of Art 59.501.</em></p> hardcover
Bookseller reference : 101094
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(TRADE CATALOGUE)
REVETEMENTS ARTISIQUES DECORATION MURALE
TRADE CATALOGUE REVETEMENTS ARTISIQUES DECORATION MURALE. Paris: Coube circa 1895. Oblong 4to. Decorated wrappers. i 26 colored lithographic plates. First edition. Interesting fin-de-siecle French trade catalogue featuring samples of faience bricks and tiles manufactured for hospitals and sanitary facilities. The plates have a high gloss finish which has browned slightly with age. With t rubber stamp of "Charles Soubiran Bordeaux" on the front cover and first printed leaf. Rare. No copies cited by OCLC. unknown
Bookseller reference : 32260
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(Trade Catalogue) DG Brimms & Sons, Moorooka, QLD D G
Ring bound trade catalogue for "Brimsboard Superfine".; Furniture quality H.M.R. veneered panels.
c.1980's. Ring binder. Fine. A six page colour brochure precedes 18 ring bound double sided slips displaying 35 samples 1 missing.; 4to 11" - 13" tall . unknown
Bookseller reference : B7460
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(Trade Catalogue)
Ruswin Hardware
New Britain Conn: Russeell & Erwin Mfg. Co. The American Hardware Corporation Successor nd. Illustrated.71 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Tan pictorial printed wrappers. Fine. Illustrated.71 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Mostly Door Knobs and Thheir Hardware. <br/><br/> Russeell & Erwin Mfg. Co., The American Hardware Corporation, Successor unknown
Bookseller reference : 239743
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(trade catalogue)
SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY EQUIPMENT: Catalog W-60
Minneapolis: Geo. T. Walker & Company Inc. Very Good. 1959. Hard Cover. Trade Catalogue Stout 4to 1026 pp VG in cloth. Over 3500 b&w engravings with detailed descriptions of everything in scientific equipment from acid handling equipment to wire. Includes an index. Surprisingly uncommon. . Geo. T. Walker & Company Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9787
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(trade catalogue)
SCIENTIFIC GLASS APPARATUS CO. INC. COMBINED GENERAL AND INTER-JOINT CATALOGUE 63
Bloomfield 1962. Hardcover. Sm.4to. 1536pp. illustrations cloth. VG plus . hardcover
Bookseller reference : s208
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(Trade Catalog) (Hammered Pewter) Deykin & Harrison
STERLING SILVER WARES ELECTRO PLATE PATRIARCH PLATE AND PURITAN PEWTER
<p>Birmingham: Deykin & Harrison Ltd. circa 1920 . An octavo bound in the original cloth-backed redpaper over stiff card pictorial cover. This very scarce trade catalogue of 191 pages plus index represents the work of one of the most prestigious manufacturers of domestic metalware in Britain. The firm was established in 1781. This catalogue represents early twentieth century wares shown at Venetian Works Jennens Row Dale End Birmingham. The city of Birmingham well-known as one of the most important centers of metalwork throughout English history contributed a wealth of artisans to the Arts and Crafts period. The "Puritan Pewter" line with it's finely hammered finish was one of the firm's most successful offerings well-illustrated in this catalogue. There is some overall soiling and wear to the binding but it remains a bright sound copy of an elusive trade catalogue.</p> hardcover
Bookseller reference : 903
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(TRADE CATALOGUE) YOUNG & MARTEN, LTD
Stock Selections No. 15 for the Building & Allied Trades cover title
Southend-on-Sea: Young & Marten Ltd ca. 1924. Tall 8vo. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w 2 tinted and 4 color wallpapers samples and 32 color paint sample swatches tipped in. 524 pp. on various paper stocks. Publisher's purple cloth front cover titled and decorated in gilt spine faded Attractive trade catalogue by this well known firm featuring a wide selection of home construction products including light fittings fireplaces bathroom fittings leaded lights door and window furniture paint wallpapers etc. Young & Marten, Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 101008
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(TRADE CATALOG: REFRIGERATION)
The De La Vergne Refrigerating Machine Company.
New York: Knickerbocker Press 1897. Fifth edition. Octavo. 128 pp. Printed in red and black throughout. Numerous illustrations of the company's machines Some full page others vignettes. One fold out plan. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Minor extremity wear but a very good solid and attractive copy.John C. De La Vergne organized the De La Vergne Refrigeration Machine Co. The original intent was to manufacture refrigeration machines for breweries. His first machine had a 70-ton refrigeration capacity for Burr & Son Co. brewery in New York City. Soon the company was providing refrigeration for most of America’s best known breweries as well as some overseas. By the 1890s De La Vergne refrigeration was used by hotels restaurants dairies creameries chocolate manufacturers steamships and many more businesses.After De La Vergne died in 1892 the business was taken over by Jacob Ruppert who was interested in oil engines to meet the demand to power ice-making machines. “The result†said the 1936 issue of the Baldwin-Southwark Magazine “was the first commercially successful oil engine in the world.†In 1903 De La Vergne Refrigeration manufactured a 125 HP dual flywheel oil engine for display at the 1904 World’s Fair in St.Louis. (Knickerbocker Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 75054
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(Trade Catalogue: Steam Pumps)
The Deane Steam and Power Pumps and Pumping Machinery
Holyoke Mass U. S. A.: Dean Steam Pump Company 1897. 8vo. 205 x 135 mm. 8 x 5 ¼ inches. 132 pp. Illustrated throughout with half-tone images and diagrams. Original stiff blue paper wrappers with title printed in gilt on the front cover and company name on rear cover; chipped at head of spine and cracked in lower part of spine sewing of the text block weak call number in white ink on spine; bookplate of the Engineering Societies Library of New York. Dean Steam Pump is one of the most respected brands in its industry. Established after the Civil War the company under various ownerships has produced reliable and industrial grade pumping systems and over time has introduced innovations that have been become standards for the entire trade. In the 19th century the company made the transition from steam to turbine to electric pumps and produced vacuum pumps air pumps circulating pumps etc. for such diverse businesses as maple sugar companies to petroleum refiners. Romaine Guide to American Trade Catalogues p. 297 cites an 1890 edition published from the New York Offices and this edition published in 1897. OCLC only cites one edition published in Indianapolis in 1894 in one copy. George Frederick Gebhardt Steam Power Plant Engineering New York John Wiley 915 p. 618. Dean Steam Pump Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 503
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(TRADE CATALOG: VIBRATORS)
The Veedee Story of Vibration.
New York : Veedee Manufacturing Company 1904. First edition of the trade catalog marketing a vibrator which they unfortunately entitled "The Veedee." Small octavo. 16 pp. including 6 pages of photographic illustrations of the device itself and its various methods of application. Publisher' printed red wrappers. Lower tip of rear wrapper with a very small piece excised else a very good copy.As often the case with promotional material this pamphlet starts off with many laudatory reviews: "What a gigantic thrill"; "I'd rather have a vibration treatment than eat": "It simply thrills the pain out of you." Then comes the litany of ills that this wonder device will do away with; deafness influenza asthma. kidney disease rheumatism gout paralysis sciatica etc. A fun chapter is called "A Pleasant Sensation." From the illustrations it appears to be a hand-held device you would crank to provide the "vibrations." OCLC locates zero copies. Veedee Manufacturing Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 75659
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(TRADE CATALOG: GEORGE WERNER)
The Werner Speed Wagon and Speed Sleigh. Built by George Werner Buffalo New York. Exhibited at Pan-American Exposition Buffalo 1901.
Buffalo NY: George Werner 1901. First edition Oblong quarto. 12 pp. Printed on rectos only. Illustrated. Publisher's string-tied blue wrappers lettered in silver. Very good; no real issues.This pamphlet is composed of two illustrations of Werner's Speed Wagons one in color and the remaining pages tout the excellence of his vehicles. The first wagon shown is labeled No. 2: Regular Speed Wagon and the second is labeled No. 3; Speed Wagon on Wheels. Presumably George had already retired No. 1 in all three copies located by OCLC there are six leaves present as here. Werner's speed wagons could probably outrun any vehicle on a 1901 road. They had tubular steel running gear wire wheels and pneumatic tires. George Werner founded the family carriage business soon after the Civil War and produced vehicles for wealthy Buffalonians until 1904. George Werner unknown
Bookseller reference : 73582
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(TRADE CATALOG: GAMES)
The West & Lee Game and Printing Co.'s Illustrated Catalogue of Chivalrie with Rules of the Game.
Worcester: The West & Lee Game and Printing Co. 1874. First edition. Small octavo. 31 1 pp. plus five foldout engravings of people playing the games numerous textual illustrations of required equipment. Publisher's printed light sage wrappers. A couple of chips to the lower corner of rear wrappers one of the foldouts with a tear at the fold-line light spine erosion. But a very good copy of this very ephemeral piece. Game rules seem to have had short life spans.There is no history or definition of this game but from reading the catalog it seems to be a variety of croquet. But instead of simple hoops this game used very elaboarate and expensive pieces. Castles that actually look like castles for example. This was an expensive piece of advertising and surely was meant more as a promotional than as a catalog. A yard game for the well heeled. The West & Lee Game and Printing Co. unknown
Bookseller reference : 76466
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(Trade Catalogue - Farm Machinery)
The Williams Improved Bellows Falls Evaporator.for Evaporating Maple Sap Cover title
Bellows Falls VT: Vermont Farm Machine Co 1898. Illustrated with wood engravings. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed pink wrappers with slight wear and soiling a few tears and one crude repair; internally clean. Illustrated with wood engravings. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sap Evaporator. <br/><br/> Vermont Farm Machine Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 232100
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(TRADE CATALOG)
Thermolite: The All-Temperature Fire Cement. Being a Comprehensive Treatise on the Value and Application of Thermolith in the Various Industries in Which It Is Used.
Pittsburgh: Harrison-Walker Refractories Co. 1924. Harrison-Walker Refractories Co. unknown
Bookseller reference : 75840
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(TRADE CATALOG: HAIR JEWELRY)
Trade Cataloge of Hair Jewelry with Over 400 Offerings.
N.p.: N.p. ca. `975. Presumed first edition. Oblong quarto 11 1/8 x 8 inches. 29 leaves paginated with no gaps and printed on rectos only bearing 466 patterns. No title page but nonetheless a remarkable display of Victorian hair jewelry. Most often used to connote mourning but were used for other purposes as well. Extremely popular in the mid to late 19th century and then all but forgotten. Front blank with old two-inch cellotape repair to leaf 8. Contemporary sand-grain blue cloth with blind stamped borders but no lettering. A bit loose in the binding. Hair jewelry catalogs seldom come up.Hair was fashioned into a piece that was braided woven or otherwise worked into a form and a design. Brooches bracelets earrings watch fobs and rings could be made from hair. While it is impossible to declare with any certainty we find in the catalog of hair jewelry by Charles T. Menge of New York ca. 1875 exactly the same twining borders and two pieces that are a definite match. Of course copying was probably rampant then but an interesting tidbit nonetheless as this would make it an American company rather than a British one. N.p. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 76847
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(Trade Catalogue)
Universal Design Book No. 25 on Builder's Woodwork . Whole Sale Millwork of Quality. Bossman & Cassoon
Harrison N.J.: Bosman & Casson 1927. Illustrated. 356 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Faux leather. Fine. Illustrated. 356 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. <br/><br/> Bosman & Casson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 239742
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(TRADE CATALOGUE)
VELVET & TAPESTRY-TEPPICH-FABRIK
TRADE CATALOGUE VELVET & TAPESTRY-TEPPICH-FABRIK. N.P.: Schutz circa 1904. 8vo. Cloth accordion folds. 8 colored plates. Scarce colored sample book of fabric and tapestry designs pasted-down on eigh connected accordion folding boards. Front board detached. unknown
Bookseller reference : 37044
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(Trade Catalogue: Sporting Rifles)
W. J. George Far Killing Sporting Gun & Ammunition Manufacturer. New Illustrated Price List of Sporting Guns Rifles Revolvers Walking Stick and Air Guns Pistols Ammunition Loading Machines Bags Covers Traps &c. &c
Dover Kent England: W. J. George 1897. 4to. 285 x 225 mm. 11 x 8 ¾ inches. 24 pp. Illustrated throughout with lithographic images of sporting rifles and equipment. Original green coated paper wrappers title information and images I gold ink on front cover; wrapper edges rubbed with minor tears paper spine rubbed away wrappers nearly detached. Attractively produced gun catalogue issued by one of Great Britain's most storied rifle manufacturers and gunsmith to the Queen. The illustration are highly detailed especially for the various shot guns offered for sale. Jonathan Ulhman. Bibliography of Books on Cartridges or Ammunition International Ammunition Association Inc. p.1. https://cartridgecollectors.org/. W. J. George unknown
Bookseller reference : 505
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(TRADE CATALOG: FURNITURE)
Wholesale Price List Plus 100 Plates of Furniture: Albert Grosfeld Inc. Importers and Makers of Fine Furniture.
New York: Albert Grosfield Inc. 1829. First edition of this Early Grosfeld catalog. The wholesale price list is 4 pp. and printed on rectos only. The printed paper wrapperstwo brads split to upper spine tell us that Albert Grosfeld's main showroom was on Third Avenuce in New York City but he also had showrooms in Chicago and Los Angele. Is is accompanied by 100 placards showing the furniture on offer. Each card measures 7 5/8 by 9 1/2 inches and bears a photographic illustration of the piece along with a printed description stock number and dimensions As follows: 1111/20150 Adam Satinwood Writing Desk hand-decorated leather top. MADE IN ENGLAND. H. 38". W. 42". D. 23". Very good condition.The company seems to have specilaized in high end reproductions of antique furniture. They survives the Gfreat Depression and mwere quite active in the Mi-Century Modern Movement. Albert Grosfield Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 75517
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(trade)
DIRECTION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE ANNUAL ISSUE ANNUAL DATA FOR THE YEARS 1937 1938 AND 1948-1952
Statistical Office of the United Nations and International Monetary Fund Statistical papers Series T. Vol IV No. 1/2. 4to. 443pp. original printed wraps. VG. paperback
Bookseller reference : a55782
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(Trade) Crockau, N von
Memorial . Wider die Einfuhr-und Verkauffung der Frantzoesischen Warren und Manufacturen uebbergeben worden
np 1675. 8 pp. 12mo. Disbound. Fine. 8 pp. 12mo. The minister from Brandenburg to Vienna complains of the damage done to Brandenburg commercially through the sale of luxury items imported from France. Their distribution has ruined the country and ruined families and he urges controls on imports. unknown
Bookseller reference : 20252
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(Trenton Potteries Company) (Arts and Crafts Trade Catalogue)
BATHROOMS OF CHARACTER Bound Together With PORCELAIN FIXTURES FOR KITCHEN AND LAUNDRY
<p>A fine copy of a rare trade catalogue issued by the Trenton Potteries Company. Decorative wrappers bound in dos-a-dos style tied with two silk twists one olive green one ochre. "Bathrooms of Character" has 40 pages beautifully illustrated with plans for creating a stylish bathroom. The cover design features a background in olive green squares outlined in white suggesting tiles with title letters in a raised white Arts and Crafts font. Embellishments of "tiles" with soft ochre stylized irises and foliage complete the handsome composition. The pamplet's counterpart "Porcelain Fixtures For Kitchen and Laundry" has 31 pages also nicely illustrated. Its cover design is identical to that of the bathroom pamphlet reversing the use of colors with ochre squares outlined in white and the iris designs executed in olive green. The text presents a wide array of superior qualities of the products including "Your Maid Will Find Cleaning Easy". It attests to shared contemporary frustrations "Every woman has had experience with the "servant problem". Dimensions and prices are included. This is the sixth edition of a booklet that was updated beginning circa 1914. Advertisements for the brochures were carried by some of the most prestigious periodicals of the day including House Beautiful Country Life and The Fra. Very scarce indeed particularly in fine condition and retaining the original postal envelope addressed in this case to "Gladys Drinkwater 1124 St. Vincent Street Utica N.Y." The envelope has a pencil date of 10/21/21 as well as the original three cent purple George Washington stamp canceled.</p> Trenton Pottery Co. paperback
Bookseller reference : 3344
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(Tudor, William).
LETTERS ON THE EASTERN STATES.
pp. vi, (2), 5-356. Old damp stain and browning. 12 mo. Worn original leather backed marbled boards. Contemporary manuscript ownership of Gorham Parsons. First Edition. "William Tudor (1779-1830) was an American merchant, Massachusetts legislator, U.S. consular officer (Lima and Rio de Janiero), founder and first editor (1815-17) of the North American Review, and one of the founders of the Boston Athenaeum. He was also famous as the creator of the and established the ice trade with the West Indies. A keen critic of contemporary manners, in this his best-known work he publishes the text sixteen actual letters he wrote to various individuals around the country." He covers subjects such as: Politics; Religion; Commerce; Literature; Fine Arts; On the Relative Ranks of Americans; Character and Condition of Women; Agriculture; Manufactures; Harvard University; Genius; Characters and Manners of the Inhabitants of Boston; the Future state of the Indians; funeral ceremonies; and more. Howes T405; Sabin 97407; S&S/AI 2241. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W145 Rear
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(Tudor, William).
LETTERS ON THE EASTERN STATES.
pp. vi, (1) [Preface], (1) [Blank], 5-356. Loss bottom margin of page 249. Torn without loss page 225. Small loss in margin and a hole in text of page 19. Very damp stained. Foxed. Uncut and unopened. Early manuscript ownership of S.D. Patterson on title page. Bookplate of Phi Kappa Tau Society on front paste down. Front fly leaves torn. 205 mm. Original paper boards, worn. Front board detached. Major loss tail of spine. Remnants of original paper spine label. "William Tudor (1779-1830) was an American merchant, Massachusetts legislator, U.S. consular officer (Lima and Rio de Janiero), founder and first editor (1815-1817) of the North American Review, and one of the founders of the Boston Athenaeum. He was also famous as the creator of the and established the ice trade with the West Indies. A keen critic of contemporary manners, in this his best-known work he publishes the text sixteen actual letters he wrote to various individuals around the country." He covers subjects such as: Politics; Religion; Commerce; Literature; Fine Arts; On the Relative Ranks of Americans; Character and Condition of Women; Agriculture; Manufactures; Harvard University; Genius; Characters and Manners of the Inhabitants of Boston; the Future state of the Indians; funeral ceremonies; and more. First Edition. S&S/AI 2241; Howes T405; Sabin 97407. AI BX 2?
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(VENTO DES PENNES, L.N.)
La Noblesse ramenée à ses vrais principes, ou Examen du dévelopement de la Noblesse commerçante.
A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint et Saillant, 1759. iv, 307, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 5819; Einaudi 5860; Higgs 1981; INED 4410; Leblanc 217; Conlon 59:1259; not in Goldsmiths. First edition of this critical analysis of Coyer's famous work, La Noblesse Commerçante. Vento agrees with Coyer's insistence on the development of industry and trade but disagrees that this should (also) be a task of the nobility. 'Sans partager l'opinion de Coyer, l'auteur de La Noblesse Commerçante, Vento admet cependant la nécessité de développer le commerce, et expose quelques moyens aptes à le favoriser. En outre, Vento juge le célibat des prêtres et des officiers nécessaire, raison qui etaye encore sa théorie selon la noblesse ne doit pas déroger en s'occupant de commerce' (INED).
Bookseller reference : 18588
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(Wanamaker).
GOLDEN BOOK OF THE WANAMAKER STORES. Jubilee Year 1861-1911.
pp. x, 318 + Portrait Frontis, 94 full page sepia plates and a large folding view of Philadelphia. Top edge gilt. 8vo. Original gilt lettered and decorated red cloth binding. Original dust jacket worn and chipped with loss. A grand history of Philadelphia, issued by the great Wanamaker Department Store. The scarce photographic Bird's Eye view of the City of Philadelphia in 1911 is often sold alone, as a separate, for a higher price than is asked here for the complete book. PA 23 x5
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(Western School of Commerce)
WESTERN SCHOOL OF COMMERCE. 1906-'07. Stockton California. Together with 9.5 x 7.5 inches black & white photograph of the "Class of '11" posing in front of the building.
Stockton: Western School of Commerce / Logan Photographic Studio 1906. Sixth annual announcement. Oblong 24mo. Staple bound embossed paper covers printed in gold. Sixth annual announcement. Illustrated with photographs and penmanship samples. Lists of faculty and students contain many familiar local names. The building housing the school shown here in its original condition still stands on the northwest corner of Channel & San Joaquin Streets although to top floors have since been removed. Minor fading to covers. One small blemish on first page margin. Else in very good condition. Scarce. Photograph a bit worn on edges of mounting board else in very good condition. The two items sold together as one lot. Stockton: Western School of Commerce / Logan Photographic Studio 1906. unknown
Bookseller reference : 27481
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(world trade)
MEMORANDUM SUR LES BALANCES DES PAIEMENTS ET SUR LES BALANCES DU COMMERCE EXTERIEUR 1910-1923 VOLUME 1 AND VOLUME 2
Geneve 1925 League of Nations. In French. 2 volumes. 4to. 102 pp. 530pp. wraps. Good. Two volumes. . paperback
Bookseller reference : a17053
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(world trade)
WORLD TRADE IN SELECTED AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES 1951-1965 VOLUME II. -FOOD AND FEED GRAINS: WHEAT RICE MAIZE BARLEY AND OTHER CEREALS
Washington 1968 U.S. Department of Agriculture. Foreign Agricultural Economic Report No. 45. 4to. 1709pp. wraps. Depository library stamp on fron and on title page. A few ink numbers on front. VG. paperback
Bookseller reference : a49629
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(world trade)
WORLD TRADE IN SELECTED AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES 1951-1965 VOLUME III. -TEXTILE FIBERS: COTTON JUTE AND OTHER VEGETABLE FIBERS
Washington 1968 U.S. Department of Agriculture. Foreign Agricultural Economic Report No. 43. 4to. 76pp. wraps. Depository library stamp on fron and on title page. A few ink numbers on front. VG. paperback
Bookseller reference : a49626
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