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1950rif. 80410Chicago: Goes Lithographing Company 1950. Wraps. Very good. Oblong sample book 16 ½" x 10" containing 96 stock specimens. Original printed cardstock covers bound with two brads and a cloth tape spine with tabbed sections. The company now based in Wisconsin and still in operation today was founded in 1881 by Indiana-native Charles B. Goes 1855-1910. In 1884 the first stock certificate blanks were published and became the foundation for all Goes Stock Lines sold to printers stationers and office suppliers. The line features detailed vignettes depicting patriotic eagles and industry themed illustrations such as agriculture oil drilling and mining ventures. One stock image suggests the Atomic Age with the nuclear symbol in the foreground of a modern cityscape with a jet flying through the skies. This sample book is an important piece of printing history. It appears a few of the stock samples have been removed and one stock sample is torn. Some fraying to the spine and light foxing to a few of the specimens which are otherwise in very good condition. Goes Lithographing Company unknown
1914rif. 8876Paris: Imprimerie de la Samaritaine 1914. Booklet stapled in wrappers 24 x 15.5 cm. 15 pages. Illustrated throughout. Text in French. FIRST EDITION. A small trade catalogue featuring aprons of every type offered by Paris' famous Samaritaine department store. The aprons are divided into men's and women's. Women's aprons include those for trade kitchen nurse and baker. For men the aprons include those for gardener valet military grocer wine merchant chef doctor and veterinarian. Small aprons for valet boys and dining room boys are also included. Illustrated wrappers with 2 cm. stamp on front panel "Collection Debuisson Paris". Mme Roxane Debuisson 1927-2018 assembled one of the great collections of materials related to the history of Paris. Much of it resides at Stanford University though some was sold at Drouot in March of 2019. Pages lightly age-toned otherwise fine. Near fine. OCLC locates no copies. Imprimerie de la Samaritaine unknown
1905rif. 43524Quebec: Presented by Robt. Borland & Co. Coal Merchants 1905. Near Fine. 16.5cm. 43p. many full page printed advertising including some for coal related companies original printed wraps on textured long grain wrappers which is rather unusual. Presented by Robt. Borland & Co., Coal Merchants unknown
1935rif. 134183Adelaide: Hannan Bros. Limited 1935. Very Good. Adelaide Hannan Bros. Limited circa 1935. Octavo an illustrated advertising leaflet printed recto only. Two creases; a very good copy. Offered together with a slightly larger leaflet for 'Hannans sic Freelite 6-Volt Wind Driven Electric Lighting and Battery Charging Plant for the Farm House' a little creased with a small light stain. 2 items. Hannan Bros. Limited unknown
1932rif. 137294Sydney: Kavanagh and English Ltd 1932. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sydney Kavanagh and English Ltd. 1932. Quarto ii 56 pages extensively illustrated with three pages in colour. Overlapping wrappers decoratively lettered in gilt; edges a little creased and marked; slight silverfish loss to the first leaf not affecting the text; a very good copy. Primarily kitchen utensils but we also noticed in passing some meat safes canary cages 'in gilt or colours' and asbestos mats. Kavanagh and English Ltd paperback
1923rif. 6133New York: Wood & Selick Inc. Hudson Duane & Thomas Streets 1923. Quarto 28 x 25 cm. 76 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated. Lacking the separate price list. Publication date from the UC Davis copy which includes a price list dated March 15th 1923. ~ FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A trade catalogue of supplies and machinery for the ice cream trade including everything a small business might need to outfit an ice cream parlor including ice cream machines electric fudge warmers also good for bullion! ice cream pails trowels scoops spoons ladles straws soda glasses sundae cups chairs tables and other shop furniture. The firm of Wood & Selick was formed in 1880 and became a significant supplier of ingredients equipment and machinery for the baking confectionery and ice cream industries. They also were well known for a side business as the producers of W&S Cough Drops. Business was so good that the firm commissioned a new seven story brick warehouse at the corner of Duane and Hudson Streets in what is now known as New York’s Tribeca the handsome Babcock & Morgan building was recently home to David Bouley’s eponymous restaurant. Light soiling to publisher’s wrappers otherwise near fine. Scarce. OCLC locates two copies UC Davis and UVA’s Small Collection. Wood & Selick, Inc., Hudson Duane & Thomas Streets unknown
1915rif. 5864Philadelphia Pa: The Company 1915. Booklet 23 x 14.5 cm. 60 pages. Illustrated. Index. Trade catalogue of a supplier of ice cream making equipment from freezers and mixers to scoops waffle cone irons molds and milk-shake mixers. There are even "special wood soled shoes for ice cream makers". The wrapper indicates the firm was founded in 1864. Tiny bit of edgewear to printed brick colored wrappers otherwise fine. Scarce. OCLC locates three copies; though founded in 1864 the firm is not represented in Romaine. The Company unknown
1922rif. 51133Fitchburg MA: Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works 1922. Trade catalogue. 12mo. 20 pp. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers very soiled spine worn corners chipped stapled; spine partly separated but a good copy. Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works unknown
1899rif. 27704New York: J.W.Fiske 1899. First printing. Paperback. Very good condition. Items being offered include stalls and fittings weather vanes largest assortment in the US hitching posts including ones titled 'Jockey' 'Chinese' and 'Darkey'. All items priced. Small 4to 194pp with diagrams and b&w photo illustrations throughout. Printed blue stiff paper wrappers with red cloth spine title in black on spine and front. Covers sunned dusty at edges internally a bright clean copy. J.W.Fiske paperback
rif. 4760Chicago: Orange Judd Company n.d. Printed Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 112. Bound in yellow paper printed in red and black. Side stapled. Black and white illustrations throughout. Front cover completely severed along spine fold and with a three inch closed tear; spine chipped; staples oxidized. "This catalog comprises all the best books pertaining to the practice and science of agriculture and allied subjects published in the English language." Hundreds of offerings described in detail. Circa 1905. Scarce. Now preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing. Orange Judd Company unknown
1886rif. 82608Scranton: The Company 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Scranton The Company 1886. Quarto 272 pages extensively illustrated with engravings including 54 full-page plates of locomotives plus 2 frontispieces bird's-eye views of the two manufacturing plants. Original blind-decorated black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and attractively so on the front panel; cloth a little bumped and rubbed at the extremities; minor professional restoration to the head and foot of the spine with new endpapers; minor worming and tidemarks to some top corner tips; trifling signs of use and age; an excellent copy with a cancelled Art Gallery of South Australia bequest stamp on the verso of the title page. The Company hardcover
1907rif. D21072Cronenberg 1907. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Brown printed wrappers. Catalog of saws tools and keys etc. Scarce. paperback
1930rif. 79774Basle Basel: Durand & Huguenin SA 1930. Fine. Basle Basel Durand & Huguenin SA 1930s. Octavo a textured card folder on the rear inside surface of which is mounted a two-panel folding catalogue of 32 dyed fabric samples; mounted on the front inside surface is a bifolium last leaf blank giving dying instructions on the first page and specific formulae for the 32 samples on the verso. Corners a little bumped otherwise a fine copy with the rubber-stamp of the sole Australasian agent Norman G. Clark. The business that Norman Clark founded in 1919 is still in existence; following his death in 1951 his sons incorporated it as Norman G. Clark Pty. Ltd. For this reason together with the disruptions caused by the Second World War and the immediate post-war period it is highly likely that this trade catalogue dates back to the 1930s. We purchased this item many years ago from the estate of Dr Hedley Ralph Marston; if you don't know about him consult the Australian Dictionary of Biography without delay. Durand & Huguenin SA unknown
1930rif. 79777Basle: Durand & Huguenin S.A. 1930. Near fine. Basle Durand & Huguenin S.A. circa 1930s. Octavo a leporello comprising 9 card panels with 44 mounted samples of dyed silk thread with hand-ruled black ink borders and manuscript captions plus 3 leaves of duplicate typescript. A few faint spots and other minor signs of age and handling; in near-fine condition. A sample catalogue prepared by Swiss dyestuffs manufacturer Durand & Huguenin S.A. for their Australian agents Norman C. Clark Melbourne both company stamps are present. The three leaves of duplicate typescript give details of the dyeing recipes and processes. Durand & Huguenin S.A. unknown
1910rif. 96611Milwaukee: Associated Manufacturers Co 1910. Paperback. Fine. Milwaukee Associated Manufacturers Co. later 1910s. Octavo 100 pages with numerous illustrations; pages 7 and 84 have additional or alternative information supplied in manuscript on pieces of tipped-on recycled AMCO flyers thus presumably as issued and there are numerous in-house annotations to other pages. Card covers; a fine copy. The date is hinted at on page 5: 'Due to the European situation it has been and is at the time that this catalogue is compiled almost impossible to secure brush material'. Associated Manufacturers Co paperback
1934rif. 9623Meriden CT: Ivanhoe Division of the Miller Company 1934. First Thus. Three-ring binder. Very Good. Unpaginated. Illustrated with black & white photographs and illustrations of Ivanhoe products. Contained in a three-ring binder with stiff printed cover gilt lettering printed on spine and stamped on cover. Cover and spine with light evidence of wear. A superb catalog illustrating the handsome industrial metal lighting fabrications that were resurrected for residential and commercial applications in the 1980s and 1990s. Many examples reflect the art-deco sensibility of the era. A handsome well preserved copy. Ivanhoe Division of the Miller Company unknown
1849rif. 32London: J. R. Andrews 1849. Very good copy. 8vo. 215 x 140 mm. 51/2 x 8 1/2 inchesii 10 pp. Original printed paper wrappers. A detailed catalogue of copper and brass good including pots pans kettle and cookware of every kind table ware and cutlery; also fenders fire irons lamps lanterns candle sticks; tin and steel goods japan good and much more. All items priced. Not is OCLC or COPAC. J.. R. Andrews unknown
1880rif. 118360Bendigo: The Company 1880. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Bendigo The Company 1880s. Quarto 8 pages with 6 illustrations of footwear and a large illustrated advertisement. Salmon-pink title-wrappers; acidic paper now brittle with a few edge tears and chips and minimal expert conservation in two spots; a very good copy. The catalogue record in Trove suggests 1895 but it also calls for 6 pages and says Bendigo is in NSW! Curiously newspaper advertising for J.H. Abbott and Co. Tanners & Curriers seems to cease in 1889 but we can find nothing to indicate if they went out of business then. The Company paperback
1973rif. 11640Spokane: Jensen Byrd Co 1973. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Pp. 4671. Laden with b&w illustrations of products. Printed on white blue and yellow stock. Bound in maroon-colored cloth with yellow lettering and illustration of Pacific Northwest states printed on cover and spine. Slight edge-wear else a bright copy. A pink note paper is tipped in to the first page on which Stanley Jensen then VP Sales has written that the catalog is not entirely up-to-date but indicates the lines that Jensen-Byrd carries. His business card is affixed too. A staggering compendium of products designed for the ease of life and business that provides a glimpse of life in Seattle in the 1950s. Everything from laundry stoves to garage-door hardware presented with b&w illustrations. Shipping expense will be greater than initially charged; we will appeal for only enough postage to cover shipment. Assuredly shipping expense will be at cost. Jensen Byrd Co hardcover
1910rif. 3344Brooklyn: A. Johnson Machine Works 1910. Octavo 68 pages. Illustrations throughout. FIRST EDITION. Trade catalogue featuring machines for manufacturing of crown corks crowning machines machines for manufacturing of corks and cork discs machines for screw caps and special machines which include a friction capping machine automatic rotary cap spinning machine single head cap spinning machine and an automatic rotary screw cap capping machine. Each item includes detailed rendering as well as description mechanical and output details. In brown wrappers secured with brads quite bruised and worn. Text edges worn with slight foxing throughout. Title page marked up company address lined-out and amended in pen also with pencil marks. Otherwise good. OCLC locates just one copy at the Smithsonian. A. Johnson Machine Works unknown
1920rif. 67766Louisville KY: Kentucky Wagon Mfg. Co 1920. Oblong 8vo 14 x 23 cm. 20 pp. "Title" leaf and 19 full-page color plates of custom bodies with descriptions and specifications; extra plate of one of the bodies verso unprinted laid in. A rare trade catalogue with beautiful color plates. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Original illustrated wrappers stapled. Very good. Kentucky Wagon Mfg. Co unknown
1926rif. 9301New York: Francis Keil & Son 1926. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 3.75" x 6.25". Pp. 670 2. Product illustrations throughout. Light green linen-covered wraps. Illustration of key duplicating machine on rear cover. Very Good with light wear to covers and spine. Stamp of their Pacific Coast distributor A.W. Pike & Co. of San Francisco to endpapers. The 50th anniversary catalog for this company which was headquartered on 163rd Street in New York City. A well preserved copy. Francis Keil & Son unknown
1932rif. 80065Boston: Knapp Brothers 1932. Wraps. Good. Oblong quarto: 64 pp. Profusely illustrated largely in black and white with some renderings in brown and orange borders and text. Original blue paper wrappers printed in navy and gold. Dampstaining to the spine and along the edges resulting in some color bleed from the wrappers to the first and last leaves. The wrappers are toned along the extremities. Not located in OCLC although digital versions of some earlier catalogues are available. Priced trade catalogue showcasing over 120 different styles of Knapp shoes primarily men's with some women's girls and boys options as well. Many of the men's shoes are given names based on occupations or locations often drawn from the types of materials used - including bizzarely "The Dictator" made of Australian kangaroo leather - while the women's and girls shoes are all given women's names. An illustration of the hand-sewing department is included along with a note acknowledging the times: "It is our policy to maintain our high standards of Quality under any and all conditions. We do not propose to lower our quality in order to meet the low priced competition of the so-called 'depression shoes' now being retailed in many stores. Knapp Brothers unknown
1880rif. 6512East Liverpool Ohio: the company; Simms Steam Print 1880. 16mo single sheet uncut & folded to form 10 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. Net price list of decorated ware with descriptions of Toilet Sets Tea Sets Decorated Ware Covered Jugs Molasses Cans Etc. Knowles Taylor and Knowles was formed in 1870 though its antecedents date to 1854. By the early 1870's the company specialized in Iron Stone China and operated four kilns. One horizontal fold light edgewear with some tiny losses slightly foxed & soiled. Still very good. OCLC locates no copies. [the company]; Simms Steam Print unknown
1888rif. 88722New York: by the Company 1888. Folding sales brochure opening to approx. 8-3/8" x 17-1/2." Illustrated with line engravings on three panels with ornamental engraved title page. Faint vertical crease; mild edge-soil still a handsome Very Good or better example. Stamped in three places with the hand-stamp of a local retailer "J.S. Harah" of Uniontown PA. Quite charming illustrated brochure for this prominent 19th-century American importer and wholesaler of hats gloves and accessories. Rear panel features a portrait of HRH the Prince of Wales later Edward VII "as he appeared at Homburg August Last Wearing Tyrolean Soft Hat" - a very early reference to the Homburg or Homborg hat that would become a ubiquitous men's topper through the first decades of the 20th century. by the Company unknown