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1930Best.-Nr. 138476Stoke-on-Trent: Wengers Ltd 1930. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stoke-on-Trent Wengers Ltd. September 1930 printed at the foot of the inside rear cover. Quarto ii 66 pages with a map and numerous illustrations plus text printed on the inside surfaces of the covers and a pictorial advertisement for the company printed in red on the outside rear cover. Flush-cut quarter cloth tape and three-colour card covers with the original loop of string through a hole punched in the top left corner; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy. 'This book is intended to give a rough outline and simple description of the Manufacture of Pottery commencing with the preparation and composition of the body raw materials used in the body the methods of forming and shaping same the first or Biscuit firing the composition preparation and application of Glazes methods of Decoration and classes of Colours used in the various methods; also of the methods of decorating Glass and the processes of Enamelling Sheet and Cast Iron Copper and Jewellery' inside front cover. Wengers, Ltd paperback
Best.-Nr. 82494First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large oblong quarto iv first blank li pages plus 150 leaves all but one printed rectos only with full-page plates on 143 of them. Original limp cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; edges lightly foxed with the bottom edge slightly marked; expert repairs to tiny tears to the bottom margin of four leaves with tiny nicks to a few others; an excellent copy. A superb catalogue from this company specialising in 'plant for harbour works dredging and excavating. Coaling vessels floating cranes tugboats'. The main sections are dredgers and hoppers 91 plates tugboats 16 plates elevators 11 plates excavators 17 plates and floating docks 5 plates. Each plate contains a description of the specific item the client and/or the location for example '"Sedjoumi" Sea-going Screw Tugboat. French Government. Regency of Tunis'. Offered together with a copy of the 1913 edition of the separately issued catalogue devoted to coaling vessels limp cloth oblong quarto 64 pages; cloth a little rubbed and marked front free endpaper and title leaf a little marked. 2 items. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 2404Rutland Vt.: The Company 1889. . 5 wood-engravings of tents by the Lewis Engraving Company of Boston. Single sheet printed on pink paper accordion-folded into 16 pp.; small chip out of bottom corner of first page first page Dating is based on a 42 star-flag: Washington was the 42nd state admitted in 1889 followed by Idaho in 1890 Rutland, Vt.: The Company, 1889. unknown
Best.-Nr. 24963New York Wickwire Spencer Steel. 1927. 4to. 138pp. Original cloth-backed wrappers. Colour and b/w illustration. Some internal marking and repairs to upper wrapper but a very good copy. First edition. Everything from chain-link fencing through kitchen utensils to ox muzzles New York, Wickwire Spencer Steel. 1927. hardcover
1908Best.-Nr. 145012Adelaide: Printed C.G. Röder G.m.b.H. Leipzig for the Company 1908. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Printed C.G. Röder G.m.b.H. Leipzig for the Company 1908. Oblong quarto 38 pages with 51 illustrations from photographs 31 of pianos pianofortes and organs 18 of small portraits of prominent European musicians and composers and one larger portrait of William Kuhnel. Loosely inserted is a price list a bifolium printed in blue and decorated in gold on two-tone paper dated 1 January 1911; an order form is also present. Flush-cut quarter cloth and red papered card covers with both sides extensively lettered and decorated in gilt; a large two-colour illustration on the front cover; a very fine copy it appears to be uncirculated in the original plain envelope a little marked and torn. 'Sole agents for Julius Feurich Leipzig; R. Lipp & Sohn Stuttgart; R. Görs & Kallmann Berlin; Carl Faust & Sohn pianos; the "Waldorf" pianos; also Estey-Organs over 400000 sold' subtitle. 'In 1898 Albert Conrad designer of Austral Buildings in Hindley Street was commissioned to create Kuhnel's emporium that expanded to house 400 pianos at 136 Rundle Street opposite Adelaide Arcade . By the 1920s Kuhnel's was the largest piano and organ store in Australia' AdelaideAZ website. The only copy of this lavish catalogue located in Trove is in the National Library of Australia: 'A finely printed trade catalogue intended for this Adelaide piano importer's wealthier clients . The catalogue was produced in Germany which at that time considered itself home to the most accomplished printers in Europe'. Printed C.G. Röder G.m.b.H., Leipzig (for the Company) paperback
1888Best.-Nr. 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 books
1869Best.-Nr. 42317New York: Crichton & Co. Steam Book and Job Printers 1869. 32pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers illustrated with pictures of the Hot Engine. Laid in on tissue paper is a "sectional view" with explanations. Several illustrations and testimonials with a "History of the Caloric Engine." Several pencil notes. Near Fine. The Introduction asserts "obvious and substantial advantages over any other power ever used in its simplicity of construction perfect reliability uniformity of power and action freedom from noise entire safety little attention required and great economy in operating." This rare item is the earliest and probably the first trade catalog issued by the Company. OCLC 609841510 2- NYHS Duke as of July 2026. Not in Winterthur or Romaine. Crichton & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers unknown books
1920Best.-Nr. 46668San Antonio TX: The company 1920. 12mo. 32 pp. Illustrated; includes instructions for measuring a foot for ordering. Offering ladies' pumps oxfords and slippers children's shoes and hunting and riding boots for men. Tan wrappers printed in green stapled. Very good. The company unknown books
1910Best.-Nr. 47274Grand Rapids MI: Alabastine Company 1910. Very Good . Grand Rapids MI: Alabastine Company ca. 1910 Small octavo 15cm; side-stapled pamphlet in illustrated card wrappers; 24pp.; illus. throughout with color samples to pp. 20 and 22 offsetting. A Very Good or better example. Rear wrapper states that Alabastine paint can be purchased at Smith's Drug Store in Winamac Indiana. A funny little catalog which poses the question "Are you good looking" or have your walls overpowered you in your own home Essential reading for the image-minded homemaker who wants to look incredible in her "reddish tan dining room" painted with Alabastine products. Alabastine Company unknown books
1950Best.-Nr. 29382Bridgeport CT: Hollander Metal Product Corp 1950. Very Good. Bridgeport CT: Hollander Metal Product Corp. ca. 1950s. Six-panel folding trade catalog with 58 belt buckle samples. Belt buckles tied down and numbered and first four sample pages are labeled either bronze cast bronze brass wire or steel wire. Variance in design and size are subtle though apparent. Hollander would go on to produce belt buckles for the Department of Defense during the Vietnam War. Folder edgeworn scuffed and rubbed with brief exposure to edges. Rust-spotting and dust soiling to interior; overall Very Good. Hollander Metal Product Corp unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. 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 books
1930Best.-Nr. 21583Basle Switzerland: J.R. Geigy S.A. 1930. Very Good. Basle Switzerland: J.R. Geigy S.A. 1930. Octavo 24cm.; publisher's grey blind-embossed cloth upper cover and spine lettered in white; 444pp.; two-hundred and thirty-six 236 wool samples mounted throughout. Boards slightly warped with light soiling rear cover and textblock fore-edge a bit foxed else Very Good contents bright and sound. Catalog of dye samples issued by the venerable Swiss chemical company of J.R. Geigy founded ca. 1758 by Johann Rudolf. Shortly after this volume was issued the company entered the pharmaceutical business eventually merging with Ciba AG in 1971 to form Ciba-Geigy. The present work issued for the company's customers "to guide them in the use and about the properties of our wool colours.It has been our aim to make this little work as short and at the same time as lucid as possible." The opening pages provide instructions in using their product including the dissolving of dyestuffs before use. The bulk of the work organized into tables separated by wool sample beginning with a short and vivid description "cheapest greenish yellow"; "the Erioglaucines fastest to light"; "of good evenness and particularly well suited for navy blues". These are followed by instructions in dyeing cotton wool or silk degrees of fastness to shrinking discharging properties etc. OCLC lists a number of similar titles as of December 2021 none matching pagination of this edition. J.R. Geigy S.A. unknown books
1920Best.-Nr. 9871Montelimar: the company 1920. Oblong album 21 x 30.5 cm. 38 pages; with 52 original labels or wrappers pasted-in each with a handwritten annotation on the leaf not the label with the name of the product including weight and price. FIRST EDITION. A handsome salesman's sample album that showing the varied offerings of the firm of Nougats Arnaud Soubeyran. Products represented include fruit nougats chocolate pistachios . all with very beautiful labels including one illustrated by Alain Saint-Ogan. The labels are striking in their design many with electric colors and colorful ribbons. "The history of this great house located in Montelimar north of Avignon begins in 1837 with a marriage between Mr. Arnaud confectioner and a Miss Soubeyran. Together they launched nougat production on a scale exceeding that of any single pastry chef. Their goal was to position their high-end confectionery by employing the best regional raw materials" company website. The firm persists and includes a Nougat Museum in the town of Montelimar. Some light dusting to some of the leaves and the labels but mostly sound and clean. The colors are unfaded. In full green alligator-patterned cloth tied on cord. Gilt titled on the front board. Some light rubbing to edges otherwise near fine. Rare. OCLC locates no copies of any publication of Arnaud Soubeyran. the company hardcover books
1910Best.-Nr. 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 books
1915Best.-Nr. 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 books
1895Best.-Nr. 6891Waynesboro Franklin Co. Pennsylvania: Frick Company Engineers 1895. Octavo 24 x 15 cm. 201 15 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with engravings and diagrams. FIRST EDITION thus of this trade catalogue for the Frick Company of Franklin County Pa. focused on their line of heavy machinery in refrigeration applications. Text black generally clean and bright. Head of spine bumped a bit. In publisher’s gilt-stamped burgundy cloth with some rubbing. Generally very good or better. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies; Romaine records two other Frick Co. catalogues. Frick Company, Engineers hardcover books
1889Best.-Nr. 8382Indianapolis Ind: J.B. Allfree Co.; Gilmore & Miller Printers 1889. Octavo cord-bound in wrappers 19.5 x 13.5 cm. 70 pages. Illustrated with steel engravings throughout and with three folding plates. All pages ruled in red. FIRST EDITION. A very attractive trade catalogue of the J.B. Alfree Company manufacturers of milling machines including the "Keystone" Four Roller Flour Mill the "Success: Bolter and Dresser the J.B. Alfree Sieve Scalper the J.B.A Purifier the "Climax" Bran Duster and more. Includes specifications and diagrams. Price list and order slip one piece for bolting cloth laid-in. Some light wear to spine of wrapper; small adhesion to front panel of illustrated chromolithograph wrapper. Still near very good or a bit better. Rare. OCLC locates no copies and only one copy of any Allfree catalogue; no Alfree listings in Romaine. J.B. Allfree Co.; Gilmore & Miller, Printers hardcover books
1930Best.-Nr. 9939Herkimer N.Y.; Buffalo: H M Quackenbush; J.W. Cleent Co 1930. Quarto-sized booklet in stapled wrappers 24 x 17.5 cm. 21 pages. Profusely illustrated. FIRST EDITION of this catalogue of nut picks and nut crackers from the Central New York State firm of H.M. Quackenbush. The text is printed throughout in green and dark brown; the catalogue is illustrated with detailed engravings. While the catalogue does not hint at the many other household products produced by the manufacturer one sentence draws the eye. "We will mail upon application our general catalogue showing our air guns and air gun ammunition." Fine in wrappers. OCLC locates one copy UCSB. H M Quackenbush; J.W. Cleent Co unknown books
1908Best.-Nr. 3211Rome N.Y. 1908. Ten trade catalogues. Items mostly uniform in size ~ 19 x 12.5 cm. though page count does vary from 14 to 155. Each catalogue contains an index. Each catalogue is illustrated and most include select full-color images. Including the Erie Can Company’s there are four general catalogues that cover a broad range of products; three catalogues are specific to syrup cans; and the remainder feature one specific type of product or another. ~ Incorporated in 1901 the American Can Company was a member of the “Tin Can Trust” that controlled a large percentage of the tin market. In 1913 the U.S. Government sued the company on the grounds of monopoly. The individual catalogues: 1. American Can Company. American Steel Lead Kegs. New York: American Can Company circa 1908. 24 pages. Steel kegs for lead manufacturers and lead users; features product descriptions for five unique kegs and over 25 testimonials from consumers across the country. Illustrated cover. Cream wrappers with black/red text bound with red ribbon and staple. Slight discoloration and creasing otherwise very good; 2. Tin Galvanized and Japanned Ware; Catalogue No. 16. No date. 147 pages plus index. Features Canco trademarked products also manufactured by American Can Company. In total over 275 unique products featured. Gray wrappers with embossed type. Rounded edges. Slight bumping to spine otherwise fine condition; 3. Tin Galvanized and Japanned Ware; Catalogue No. 17. No date. 155 pages plus index interleaved with graph paper. Very nearly same content as #16 but this edition is interleaved with graph paper presumably for consumers to mark their notes. Bound in black vinyl with gold print. Rounded edges. “E. Hoffman” printed on the cover. Edges of cover chipping but text is in fine condition; 4. Tin Galvanized and Japanned Ware; Catalogue No. 18. No date. 123 pages interleaved with graph paper. Same as #17 with variations in featured products. Bound in blue vinyl cover has white paint stain and printed name is scratched out. Otherwise very good; 5. Druggists’ Tinware; Catalogue No. 21. No date. 98 pages. Illustrated throughout with select full-color images. Has ninety-nine unique products for druggists: arnica salve boxes cosmoline cans insect powder guns tooth powder boxes herb cans and more. Gray wrappers with green and gray text company name embossed on front cover and monogram embossed on back. Some pencil marks and slight discoloration on wrappers text in fine condition; 6. American Can Company. Syrup Cans; Catalogue 43. No date.15 pages. Illustrated throughout. Indexed catalogue of cans for syrups. Features twelve unique cans in variety of sizes and shapes. Light gray wrapper with red and black print. Interior text has some water staining; 7. American Can Company. Syrup Cans; Catalogue 45. No date.14 pages. Almost identical to #43 in form condition and content. Illustrations vary just slightly and this catalogue does not feature the “‘Chelco’” Metal Swing Seal” thus features just eleven products; 8. Syrup Cans; Catalogue 47. No date. 14 pages. Same as #45; 9. Seamless and Pieced Boxes Hinged Slip and Sliding Covers; Catalogue No. 56. No date.37 pages. Thirty-eight seamless and pieced boxes in oblong square and miscellaneous shapes with slip hinge or sliding covers. Also highlights location of manufacturer: Brooklyn Richmond Philadelphia Boston Chicago St. Louis. Gray wrappers with green and black text pencil marks on back cover; water stains throughout; 10. Erie Can Company. Illustrated Catalogue Sheet Metal Specialties including Tea Coffee and Spice Cabinets Cans and Caddies and Sample Room Goods Etc. Chicago: Erie Can Company no date. 27 pages. Features thirty-three unique products from painters pots and brush safes to display cabinets and coffee caddies. In cream wrappers with some discoloration and slight edge chipping. Text slightly discolored by staple binding. As a collection overall condition is very good. unknown books
1899Best.-Nr. 9101Cincinnati: C.J. Krehbiel & Co 1899. Octavo in wrappers 19 x 12.5 cm. 122 pages. Thoroughly illustrated with photographs and diagrams numerous plates some folding. FIRST EDITION. The second catalogue of Cincinnati's Triumph Ice Machine Company; the first catalogue of 80 pages was issued the prior year. A detailed and technical catalogue of the refrigeration and refrigerating machinery offered by the firm. Triumph's machinery was instrumental in growing the ability of meat packers fisheries and canners to preserve foodstuffs safe for longer. Clean and sound internally. In publisher's gilt-titled textured cream-colored wrappers with the lightest toning. Near fine. OCLC locates one copy Case Western Reserve; not in Romaine. C.J. Krehbiel & Co unknown books
1885Best.-Nr. 4833New York: John Matthews Apparatus Co 1885. Quarto 104 pages. Fully illustrated. FIRST EDITION. A lovely trade catalogue for this important manufacturer of bottling equipment soda fountains and carbonation apparatus. The fountains get progressively larger and more elaborate. Also includes siphon boxes for home delivery of soda water. Edges of wrappers and one or two pages with repair corners bumped. Some soiling throughout. In elaborately decorated printed wrappers. Good. Rare. OCLC locates just one copy in this series; Noling page 283. John Matthews Apparatus Co unknown books
1920Best.-Nr. 6853Barcelona: Encuardernaciones Patentadas Spirax Sol; Papeles de Estano-Barna 1920. Booklet spiral-bound along top edge 17 x 13 cm. 58 leaves printed rectos only. Illustrated throughout in chromolithography. Title from cover. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A trade catalog for the distinctive and elaborate bottles for wine and spirits from the firm of Destilerias Hilario Botella from Jativa in Spanish Valencia. The first offerings are the highly decorated bottles in styles such as Anfora Valenciana Nagasaki del Japon Carmen Sevilla Piramidal Conica and most exciting the Botella Pinguino Patentada– a 1000 gram bottle in the shape of a penguin. Bottles for dozens of types of spirits are included as well as a lemonade dispensing device and two pages of fine leather goods. Some offsetting throughout; rear wrapper panel soiled but mostly clean and bright. Some early ink scribbles to front wrapper verso otherwise generally very good or better. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies. Encuardernaciones Patentadas Spirax Sol; Papeles de Estano-Barna hardcover books
1913Best.-Nr. 8101Philadelphia; Chicago: Abram Cox Stove Co 1913. Tall octavo 20.4 x 11.4 cm. 80 pages. Illustrated. Index. Printed throughout in black and pale blue. FIRST EDITION. A combination trade catalogue and cookbook produced by Philadelphia's Abram Cox Stove Company. Includes Bills of Fare for winter and summer dinners and advice on setting the table. The recipes are uncredited. The rear of the book includes an envelope pasted down and printed with "Use this pocket for clippings". ~ Internally clean and sound. In publisher's cream-colored oilcloth boards printed in navy blue. Some light adhesion to oilcloth corners slightly rubbed otherwise fine. Scarce. OCLC locates six copies. Abram Cox Stove Co hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 2473Denver Co.: The Company 1919. . 4to buff wrappers front pictorial printed in black and darker beige No holdings in OCLC for this company but its forerunner J. George Leyner is represented in 3 holdings . Denver, Co.: The Company], [1919]. unknown books
1885Best.-Nr. 8436New York: Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Co.; Macgowan & Slipper Printers 30 Beekman Street 1885. Booklet stapled in wrappers 15.5 x 12 cm. 136 pages. Illustrated throughout. Title from cover. Date from page of medals received. Stated "Fourth Edition". There were at least three distinctly different works with this title issued by the corporate author: 1890 72 pages with the Lalance and Grosjean Manufacturing Co name; 1891 32 pages an almanac not a trade catalogue; and this one undated ~136 pages a trade catalogue. Promotional combined trade catalogue and cookbook for Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Company manufacturers of kitchen ware. Illustrated descriptions of the wares typically two to a page face recipes. The recipes are decidedly Anglo-French not American and they lean towards more elegant fare. Illustrations include the Agate Iron Ware manufacturing plant on front wrapper verso an assortment of medals and awards and an image of a homemaker sitting in her kitchen surrounded by Agate Ware while consulting this cookbook. The front panel bears the printed promotional statement "Compliments of F. A. Walker & Co. Cornhill". In original chromolithograph wrappers decorated in a Japonisme-style. Small stain along bottom edge of text block bit of bumping to the corners. Wrappers worn at corners and with some wear to the bottom of the spine panel. Overall near very good. Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Co.; Macgowan & Slipper, Printers, 30 Beekman Street unknown books
