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1927rif. 118679Melbourne: Gippsland & Northern Co-Operative Co. Ltd 1927. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Melbourne Gippsland & Northern Co-Operative Co. Ltd. 1927. Quarto 36 pages with numerous illustrations some from photographs plus text on the covers the index on the inside rear cover and advertisements on two other surfaces. Saddle-stapled two-colour pictorial wrappers slightly marked; staples a little rusty staining slightly the paper nearby; bottom corner a little creased throughout; two light vertical creases throughout presumably where folded for posting; a very good copy. Gippsland & Northern Co-Operative Co. Ltd paperback
1910rif. 3260Sioux City IA: G.H. Jenkinson Company 1910. Oblong folio in wrappers 36 pages. Illustrated. Trade catalogue with a vast array of items for the butcher shop and home manufactured by the G.H. Jenkinson Company including platform scales meat slicers lard presses salt and pepper shakers hotel linens and candy maker supplies among many other things. Over two hundred categories of items outlined in the index. Hole punch through upper left corner for hanging. Near fine condition in publisher's green and orange printed wrappers with brick red cloth spine. OCLC locates just one copy at Iowa State Historical Society; Jenkinson does not appear in Romaine. G.H. Jenkinson Company hardcover
rif. 78996New York NY National Blank Books 1911. 8vo 23.5 x 14.8 cm.liv 192 pp.; numerous full-colour illustrations. Publisher's full cloth. Spine with gilt title; front board with gilt and black printed panel gilt armorial company's devise and gilt number 22; rear board with gilt armorial company's device. Printed endpaper; book block with rounded corners and marbled edges. = A rare excellently preserved catalogue containing endless variety in pass books memorandum books buyers books manuscript books miniature blanks open end memorandum books scrap books counter order books invoice books printed cash books letter copying books trial balance books etc. as well as luxurious half bound and full bound blank books all manufactured by a company in the town of Holyoke Massachusetts known for its paper mills and a sales office in Duane Street Lower Manhattan. "The National Blank Book Company originally began as a small New York City outfit in 1843 known as the J.G Shaw Company named for its founder. The company manufactured quality blank book products on a small scale. As a consequence of the 1873 Wall Street panic Shaw became indebted to Massachusetts papermakers William Whiting of Holyoke and Levi L. Brown of Adams. In 1875 Shaws company reorganized in New York with Whiting and Brown as partners. Shaw withdrew from the firm by 1877 but remained a part of the industry for many years. In 1880 Whiting and Brown officially changed the companys name to National Blank Book. A year later the factory moved to Cabot Street in Holyoke MA. It was not until 1892 that the main offices also moved to Holyoke." Holyoke Library online. 1967 National Blank Book merged with Dennison a similar company to become Dennison-National. In turn in 1990 Dennison-National merged with Avery. Today Avery Dennison is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. Catalogue unmarked clean the binding excellent with after 115 years just a few very minor signs of handling. hardcover
1920rif. 4801Barcelona: Orfebres de Espana Sociedad Anonima 1920. Tall brad-bound trade catalogue 23 leaves printed rectos only. Trade catalogue of flatware illustrated in various patterns. Some wear to the printed card-stock wrappers otherwise very good. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies. Orfebres de Espana, Sociedad Anonima unknown
1925rif. 145580Melbourne: The Union Manufacturing & Agency Company 1925. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Melbourne The Union Manufacturing & Agency Company circa 1925. Small octavo pages 161-296 as issued with numerous illustrations plus text on the wrappers; an unnumbered 8-page index printed on salmon-pink paper is bound in between pages 288 and 289. Colour-decorated cream title-wrappers with text printed in green on the other three surfaces; trifling signs of age and use; an excellent copy. 'Established 1889' is printed on the front cover; the full page of requests to the customer printed on the verso states that the company has 'built up a very large business during the past 36 years'. The index is in two parts - General Catalogue and Fun Catalogue - and the following note is printed on the last page of the index: 'We publish Two Catalogues one containing our General Stock and the other comprising chiefly Tricks Games Puzzles Amusement Devices and Books. If you have either of these Catalogues and wish us to send you the other please forward six pence'. We have previously handled a copy of the companion General Catalogue which was numbered 33b. Offered with a copy of 'Catalogue No. 34A. The Union Manufacturing & Agency Company Just for Fun Catalogue' issued after the company had 'built up a very large business during the past 40 years' thus circa 1929; as above apart from the pagination - now pages 153-288 - rear wrapper a little scored with slight loss to the top margin of the rear wrapper and the last three leaves; other minor signs of age and use but overall a very good copy. 2 items. [The Union Manufacturing & Agency Company paperback
1938rif. 143190Adelaide: Cyclone Fence & Gate Co. Pty. Ltd 1938. First Edition. Paperback. Adelaide Cyclone Fence & Gate Co. Pty. Ltd. 1938. Octavo 84 pages with hundreds of illustrations including a colour-pictorial title page. Three-colour pictorial textured card covers with an irregular die-cut display window in the front cover exposing part of the title page illustration; slight moisture damage to the bottom corner of the margin of the last eight leaves with slight surface loss to several pages and minimal loss to two corner-tips; a pity as this copy appears to be uncirculated. Gates 'Field Wrought Iron Ornamental' are the most substantial and interesting sections of the catalogue running to more than 28 pages. Fencing is also heavily represented but the contents also include playground equipment tennis nets tree guards and numerous other miscellanea. Cyclone Fence & Gate Co. Pty. Ltd paperback
1911rif. 143192Melbourne: Vacuum Oil Co. Pty. Ltd 1911. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Melbourne Vacuum Oil Co. Pty. Ltd. circa 1911. Tall duodecimo 233 × 102 mm ii 30 4 Buyers' Notes pages with numerous illustrations. Textured wrappers a little marked; a very good copy internally fine. The specialties range from 'Axle Grease Favourite' to 'Vacme Compound Leather Dressing Oil' via Baker's Glucose Crayons numerous Oils including Burning Baking Clutch Floor Dressing Harness Marine Motor Olive Salad and Spraying Perfection Cook Stoves and Heaters and Rayo Lamps and Lanterns. The date is found on page 26 in the discussion on the New Perfection Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook Stove; first introduced in 1907 the '1911 models are supplied with Iron Heater'. Vacuum Oil Co. Pty. Ltd paperback
1904rif. 27708New York: Voight & Williams 1904. First printing. Paperback. Good overall. A trade catalog not located on OCLC with blacksmith supplies. Extra material includes a letterhead note from Voight & Williams on Burden Horse shoes and nails pinned to the lower title page and 2 other printed price lists. Large 4to 139pp including index illustrations and diagrams throughout. Printed stiff paper wrappers spine chipped away covers dusty and loose. Internally bright and clean bar some notes on one of the products page 23. Each page has a red border and their name printed over the page. The illustrations are of farrier's and blacksmith's tools and supplies. Voight & Williams paperback
1928rif. 134179Sydney: Printed by V.S. French & Co 1928. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sydney Printed by V.S. French & Co. 1928. Small octavo 64 pages. Saddle-stapled decorated wrappers a little tanned; acidic text paper uniformly tanned; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy. The inkstamp of the local distributor Gladiola Co. Waymouth Street Adelaide is on the front cover. [Printed by] V.S. French & Co paperback
1877rif. 8323Chicago Il: National Live-Stock Journal Print 1877. Octavo sewn in wrappers 22.7 x 15 cm. 36 pages. Illustrated with six lithographic plates. FIRST EDITION. Joint public auction of short horns with attractive lithographs engraved "on stone by J.R. Page by Clay & Richmond Co. Buffalo N.Y." Text block sound; dampstain to edges of most plates. Wrappers separated and chipped at edges. Still overall near very good. Marginal pencil annotations throughout; auction winners names and prices have been written in for each lot. OCLC locates just one copy UMichigan Clements. National Live-Stock Journal Print unknown
1942rif. 128354North Melbourne: Muir's Proprietary Limited 1942. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. North Melbourne Muir's Proprietary Limited circa 1942. Octavo 23 pages with numerous illustrations. Saddle-stapled pictorial wrappers; rusty staples removed but not before they had stained and slightly damaged the adjacent areas of paper; a very good copy. Loosely inserted is the 'Price List. Jan. 16th. 1942' gate-fold 8 pages. 2 items. Muir's Proprietary Limited paperback
1910rif. 10052Milwaukee: H.C. Schranck Co 1910. Oblong octavo 22.5 x 29 cm. 61 pages numbered 969-1030. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. Trade catalogue for H.C. Schrank Co. of Milwaukee a manufacturer and distributor of equipment and supplies for bottlers. The catalogue covers a wide range of equipment from carbonating machines to fillers and bottlers crowning and filling machines cappers water stills and labeling machines. Supplies include wooden boxes for bottles siphon bottles and siphon-related parts bottle brushes faucets taps jars and pots for flavors and syrups copper measures and graduating cups corks and caps aprons boots and finger protectors and much more. Sample labels printed in three colors occupy the center portion of the catalogue. Internally with some light stains and rubbing to edges. Attractively re-bound with new endpapers and the original printed cover inlaid into the new marbled boards. Overall very good. Unrecorded. OCLC locates no copies; not in Romaine or Noling. H.C. Schranck Co hardcover
1930rif. 78627Neenah Wisconsin: Neenah Foundry Company 1930. Wraps. Very good. Illustrated catalog showing a complete line of standard street and sewer castings including cemetery and park castings the Chicago standard manhole cover sidewalk plates inspection hole covers etc. Established as the Aylward Plow Works in 1872 the Neenah Foundry Company continues to manufacture iron castings for the heavy truck agriculture construction and related markets. A major customer over the years is the city of Chicago and Neenah Foundry manholes and other products can be found in all 50 U.S. states and 17 international cities. Booklet 6" x 9": 20 pp. with black-and-white illustrations. Bound with two staples in printed gray paper wrappers. Some mild rubbing with a bit of light spotting to the front panel; otherwise very good. Scarce OCLC locates no holdings. Neenah Foundry Company unknown
1920rif. 6138San Francisco: Danner & Baker Inc 1920. Oblong stapled booklet 23 x 27 cm. 80 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION of this number. A trade catalogue of glassware porcelain and Satsuma pottery from this long running San Francisco dealer in crockery and glassware. Near fine in green- and gilt-titled tan wrappers. Previous owner’s inscription to the from wrapper panel. OCLC locates one record for Catalogue no. 4 but the location is lacking; one copy each of Catalogues no. 3 & 5. Danner & Baker, Inc unknown
1936rif. 97764Tuttlingen: Chiron 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tuttlingen Chiron circa 1936 see our footnote. Small folio xx xii 563 pages with innumerable illustrations of surgical implements plus unnumbered coloured card section dividers. Half leather and papered boards a little rubbed bumped and lightly worn at the extremities; marginal tears to a few leaves expertly sealed; a very good copy. The text is in German English French and Spanish. Page xviii contains some fine self-promotional copy along with a line illustration of the 'Hindenburg'. 'The airship . an example of today's technical progress for whose construction and complement only the very best was selected is equipped with CHIRON stainless steel instruments'. The airship flew from March 1936 until destroyed by fire 14 months later on May 6 1937 at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey of its second season of service. Provenance: the New Zealand collector and photographic historian Hardwicke Knight 1911-2008 with his 'Hardwicke Albion Press' bookplate on the front pastedown. Chiron hardcover
1924rif. 137304Sheffield: Christopher Johnson & Co 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sheffield Christopher Johnson & Co. July 1924. Quarto vi pages plus 55 plates numbered between 5 and 93 with seven in colour all printed recto only each with a facing captioned leaf printed verso only and a tipped-in detachable slip printed in red 'Prices shown in this list are subject to 50% discount'. Light-blue papered boards lettered in black a screw-post binder lightly worn and now with minor expert conservation to the joints; a few tidy price changes in red pencil; a very good copy internally in fine condition. The front pastedown bears a small company label number-stamped 243. A superior production with the plates produced 'from photographs'. The contents are mainly numerous examples of kitchen cutlery either with only the knives shown or in canteens. There are eight plates devoted to pocket knives penknives pruning and farmers' knives and hunting knives and daggers. Loosely inserted are some related pieces of ephemera including a four-page supplementary catalogue of 'Acceptable Wedding Presents'. A small quantity. Christopher Johnson & Co hardcover
1950rif. 143191Brunswick: T.N. Chuck Wire Fence & Gate Co. Pty. Ltd 1950. Paperback. Very Good. Brunswick T.N. Chuck Wire Fence & Gate Co. Pty. Ltd. circa early 1950s. Octavo 80 pages with numerous illustrations reproduced mainly from photographs. Colour-pictorial textured card covers a little marked with 'Industrial' written in ink on the front cover; overall an excellent copy. If you've seen one length of Man-proof Industrial Fencing you've seen it all. However the last 32 pages of this catalogue praise the 'Harmonies in Wrought Iron. Chuck Wrought Ironwork harmonises splendidly with modern architecture and when used with artistry adds both character and charm. Whether it be entrance Gates Fly Wire Doors Balustrades or Ornamental Wrought Ironwork for Outdoors the practical yet decorative qualities of Chuck Wrought Iron are unsurpassed'. T.N. Chuck Wire Fence & Gate Co. Pty. Ltd paperback
1939rif. 137293Adelaide: Clarkson Limited 'wholly set up and printed . at The Hassell Press' 1939. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Clarkson Limited 'wholly set up and printed . at The Hassell Press' February 1939. Quarto ii 134 pages with well over 700 illustrations. Pictorial wrappers slightly rubbed; top corner of the entire catalogue lightly bent throughout with dogear creases to a few bottom corners; an excellent copy. Clarkson Limited ('wholly set up and printed ... at The Hassell Press') paperback
1928rif. 26399New York: Craige-Wilson Inc. 1928. Very good condition. Two volumes of this "Ready to Wear - Custom-Quality" clothing catalogue for the Fall & Winter season 1928-29 and Spring & Summer season 1929. These suits were sold through a representative of the National Association of Direct Selling Companies in this case the salesman was E. M. Ames of Skowhegan ME. Fall - 16pp with 2 to 3 samples per page. Spring - 20pp w 3 - 4 samples on every other page. All woolen samples almost all in perfect condition 2 with minor moth damage. Suits priced from $8.75 - $23.50. It's difficult to imagine anyone wearing a wool suit in summer but the samples are here to prove that you could buy them. An added feature on the inside front board is "Perspiration Proof Lining in all suits priced $13.75 and Up!" Unrecorded on OCLC and catalogs not located in a Google search with the exception of an advert in Popular Mechanic March 1927 for "experienced tailoring salesmen - young men's clothing direct to consumer Craige & Wilson Inc. 10 Waverly Pla. N.Y.C." 2 volumes 4to quarter brown cloth and publishers brown papered boards title in darker brown on front board spine with no title. Spine tips a little rubbed a little shaken. Craige-Wilson, Inc. unknown
1929rif. 7485Hartford: Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co 1929. First Thus. Stiff Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 4to. Pp. 36 2 laid in leaves. Black & white illustrations. Stiff gray paper wraps saddle stapled titles embossed and printed in blue blind embossed border and Rampant Colt. Laid in Retail Price List "PL 11" of January 1930. Laid in announcement of "Two New .22 Caliber Colt Revolvers." Covers minimally stained leaves crisp and bright. A brief history begins "Ninety-three Years of Colt Fire Arms Manufacture" dated from the first revolvers made at Paterson New Jersey in 1836. The new .22 caliber products announced are the Official Police Revolver and Officers' Model Target Revolver. Front cover emblazoned with the company motto" "The Arm of Law and Order". A handsome fresh copy now preserved in a clear archival sleeve with an acid-free backing. Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co unknown
1925rif. 6884Decatur Ill.; Fort Wayne Ind: the company; The General Printing Corp 1925. Folio x cm. 24 pages. Illustrated throughout and with a color illustrated title page. Printed throughout in green and black ink. An attractively printed trade catalogue for the Combination Soda Fountain Company founded in 1898 with the introduction of the “Iceless” soda water machine. The company further expanded in 1919 with the purchase of the Wise Soda Apparatus Company of Ohio. The catalogue depicts and provides information for various scale soda water set-ups both counter and wall type as well as a few pages of smaller equipment and accessories. A bit or edgewear to the decorated stiff wrappers printed in black green brown and gold otherwise fine. With the ownership label of the Robert A. Wright & Co. “Complete Store Equipment” of Pittsburgh. No publications of the company are located by OCLC. the company; The General Printing Corp unknown
1926rif. 80573Cleveland Ohio: Common Brick Manufacturers Association of America 1926. Illustrating the wide variety of pleasing effects architects have produced with common brick this photographic trade catalogue contains 62 black-and-white images ranging from the home of Russell F. Barker in Hartford Connecticut and Saratoga High School in New York to a home designed by David A. Ogilvie in Pasadena California and an entrance and porch designed by J. Lister Holmes in Seattle Washington. A printed description is affixed to the back of each image. The Common Brick Manufacturers Association of America produced a variety of publications to promote the use of brick in the construction of buildings and homes: "By the early 20th century many builders opted to outfit wood-frame residences with single-width brick faces for a more budget-friendly option that still fit aesthetic demands." Oblong octavo. Bound with bolts in brown leatherette with gilt-stamped titling. Mild smudging to a few of the images with some general shelfwear to the binding. Scarce OCLC locates no holdings of this title with a few examples of similar catalogues from the same publisher. Common Brick Manufacturers Association of America unknown
1930rif. 21584Basle Switzerland: J.R. Geigy S.A. 1930. Very Good . Basle Switzerland: J.R. Geigy S.A. n.d. ca. 1930. Octavo 24cm.; publisher's blue blind-embossed cloth upper cover and spine lettered in white; 455pp.; three-hundred and twelve 312 mounted cotton samples. Boards slightly warped minor shelf wear to spine ends and corners else Very Good or better internally fine and bright. One of a series of instructional catalogs issued by the Swiss dye company though the preface explains that "We cannot however strictly guarantee the statements of the tables as the requirements re. fastness etc. vary too much according to the branch of industry." The opening leaves list twelve different instructions in cotton dyeing though the bulk of the volume organized into tables separated by the dye samples. These are subdivided into various classes beginning with the "Direct Colours" and followed by "Formic" "Diazotizing" "Nitrophenyl" "Eclipse" and "Basic. J.R. Geigy S.A. unknown
1930rif. 79773Basle 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 four-panel folding catalogue of 80 dyed cotton samples; mounted on the front inside surface is a 12-page booklet last 3 pages blank giving detailed dying instructions and specific dying formulae for all 80 colours. Corners a little bumped otherwise a fine copy. 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
1941rif. 5439Seattle: Cragin & Co 1941. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Pp. xxiii; 288. With hundreds of black-and-white photos of tools and industrial supplies including more types of hammers than we knew existed. A preliminary page presents photos of their warehouse and showrooms. Bound in pebble-grained maroon cloth with lettering and design stamped in white. on front cover and spine. With a bookplate indicating this copy was send to the Pulp Mills Research Dept. at the University of Washington in 1944. Slight edge wear to cover. The 30th anniversary catalog for the longtime tool purveyor founded in 1911. Located at 932 First Avenue S. in the industrial Seattle neighborhood now known as SODO the building is long-gone and the property was most recently known as the WOSCA site across from Lumen Field. It was there in 1990 that Survival Research Laboratories performed "A Carnival of Misplaced Devotion. Cragin & Co hardcover