1927Best.-Nr. 00006425London: Country Life 1927. Second Edition revised. Hardcover. Very good /good. Large folio 41cm. Bound in publisher's green buckram with a bright green polished cloth to spine with gilt lettering. Appears to be a variant possibly later binding as opposed to the gilt decorated green buckram binding seen on other copies of this issue. In the unclipped dust jacket frayed to spine ends and with small nibbles to tips a closed tear to rear panel now reinforced with archival tape to verso and further small nicks and some soiling mottling. Still a presentable example of the scarce jacket. x 438. Illustrated throughout with b&w plates as well as architectural drawings the book serves as a visual guide to best practice in each section with only a brief one or two page introduction. Some faint mottling to the buckram of the covers but overall a very sound tight copy all the pages clean and bright. The second edition was extensively revised. Weight: 3.9kg. Will require additional postal charges to overseas destinations. Country Life hardcover
1873Best.-Nr. 92974Cincinnati: Excelsior School Furniture Manfactur'g Co 1873. Paperback. Fair. illustrations 62 unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Lacks backstrip. Covers soiled chipped and worn. Heavily dampstained on corner of title pages. Some dog-earing and soiling along edges. Excelsior School Furniture Manfactur'g Co paperback
Best.-Nr. 140797Paris Édouard Rouveyre Éditeur. ca 1890. Original publisher's dark-blue cloth hardback lettering on label spine & on ornamental label frontcover large 4to: title-page table of contents 100 mounted plates with ca. 1000 illustrations. Fine firm copy. Paris, Édouard Rouveyre Éditeur. ca 1890 hardcover
Best.-Nr. 72738Frankenberg 1984/1985/1986. . Der für den Handel und für Thonet-Außendienstmitarbeiter bestimmte Hefter enthält: 1. Neues von Thonet Germany Nr. 17 Januar/März 1986: Sondernummer zum 100. Geburtstag von Mies van der Rohe. 2 Bl. Mit mehreren s/w Abb. Eine komprimierte Zusammenfassung des Werkes von Mies van der Rohe. - 2. Thonet Art Nouveau. ohne Jahresangabe. 2 Bl. Mit farb. Abb. Die hier gezeigten Möbel wurden 1910 von Marcel Kammerer für Thonet entworfen und hergestellt bei Thonet Vienna. - 3. Thonet Bugholz - Traditionell 1985. Juli 1985. 18 Bl. Mit zahlr. farb. Abb. OBrosch. Zeigt - teils in verschiedenen Interieurs - die berühmten Thonet-Stühle in der von Michel Thonet entwickelten Bugholztechnik hier teils mit Rohrgefllechtbespannung teils mit textiler Polsterung. - 4. Tische - Stahl. August 1984. 16 S. Mit farb. Abb. OBrosch. Stahlrohrtische und -tischsysteme. Mit Stahlrohr arbeitete Thonet seit den 1920er und 1930er Jahren. - 5. Tische - Holz. Juni 1984. 20 S. Tische in traditioneller und moderner Bugholztechnik teils mit Säulenfüßen. - 6. Preiskatalog April 1985. nur für den Handel bestimmt. 87 S. Mit zahlr. s/w Abb. OBrosch. leichte Gebrauchsspuren. [Frankenberg], 1984/1985/1986. unknown
Best.-Nr. 72435München Edition Bemberg 2000. . Deckel-Titel: "Setz Dich! - Setzen Sie sich bitte!" - Diese Publikation erscheint anläßlich der gleichnamigen Ausstellung über Sitzmöbel aller Art überwiegend aus dem 19. u. 20. Jahrhundert. Der im unteren Rand mit farbigen Stuhl-Abbildungen illustrierte Vorderdeckel zeigt mittig vor pinkfarb. Grund die ausgeschnittene Silhouette eines sitzenden Mannes. - Umschlag mit schwachen Kratzsp.; sonst gutes Exemplar München, Edition Bemberg, 2000. unknown
Best.-Nr. 72816Nürnberg Germanisches Nationalmuseum 1989. . Zur Ausstellung im Germanischen Nationalmuseum Nürnberg 29. November 1989 bis 18. Februar 1990. - Beiträge von Eva B. Ottilinger Helmut W. Lang Milena Lamarová u.a. Katalog bearbeitet von Claus Pese u. Ursula Peters: 237 Objekte. - Umschlag tlw. aufgehellt Folienkasch. tls. gelöst; gutes Exemplar Nürnberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 1989. unknown
Best.-Nr. 58523Köln Walther König 1980. . Mit eigenhändiger WIDMUNG des Verfassers datiert 21. Februar 1998. - Der Band skizziert die historische Entwicklung Industrialisierung Gußeisen Thonets Stühle u. gebogenes Holz als Vorläufer des gebogenen Rohrs De Stijl High Tech u.v.m. u. enthält u.a. einige Quellentexte alphabetisch geordnete Übersichten über das Schaffen einzelner Designer u. die Produktion der verscheidenen Länder nebst Modellvarianten u. Zuschreibungen. - Herbert Schuldt geb. 1941 Lyriker Essayist Übersetzer u. Künstler - Gutes Exemplar Köln, Walther König, 1980. unknown
Best.-Nr. 72590München Prestel 1992. . Veröffentlicht anläßlich der Ausstellung "Ein Stuhl macht Geschichte" im Bauhaus Dessau 22.8 .- 25.10.1992; im Vitra Design Museum Weil am Rhein 6.11.1992 - 28.3.1993; im Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg 16.4. - 13 6.1993 u.a. - Zur Entstehung u. Entwicklungsgeschichte des Schwingstuhls seit 1926. Mit Vorwort von Wolfgang Thöner Nachwort von Ludger Prinz Anmerkungsteil Auswahl-Bibliographie Bildnachweis u. Register. - Gutes sauberes Exemplar (München), Prestel, (1992). unknown
Best.-Nr. 59227Mailand Görlich 1966. . Sedie e poltrone tavoli trespoli specchi cassettoni mobili a doppio corpo "pezzi" di vario genere. - Venezianische Lackmöbel des 18. Jahrhunderts: Sitzmöbel Tische Spiegel Truhen Kommoden Schränke u.a.m. - Rückenkante des VDeckels bestoßen Deckel leicht geworfen; sonst gutes Exemplar Mailand, Görlich, (1966). unknown
Best.-Nr. 58058Köln DuMont-Schauberg 1894. . Außentitel: Kunst-Sammlung Adolf von Liebermann Berlin. - Versteigerungskatalog zu Berlin im Gerson'schen Hause . den 13. März 1894 und die folgenden Tage. - Katalog zur Auktion der Kunst-Sammlung des Berliner Bankiers Adolf Liebermann 1829 - 1893 der eine Fülle von Möbeln Kleinskulpturen Silber- Email- und Holzschnitzarbeiten besaß nachdem er in den 1870er Jahren seine große Gemäldesammlung hatte versteigern lassen müssen. - Umschlag angestaubt etwas fleckig u. mit kleinem Einriß hinten Tafeln gebräunt u. das benachbarte Textblatt jew. mit rosafarbenem ! Abklatsch; 1 Tafel lose sonst innen gut. Köln, DuMont-Schauberg, 1894. unknown
Best.-Nr. 50628London 1927-1931. . Umschläge tls. mit Läsuren. - 1 H. Clifford Smith: Gothic and Early Tudor. 1929. 92 S. u. 60 Taf. Publ. no. 154 W. 2 H. Clifford Smith: Late Tudor and Early Stuart. 1930. 56 S. u. 52 Taf. Publ. no. 180 W. 3 Oliver Brackett: Late Stuart to Queen Anne. 1927. VIII 52 S. u. 29 Taf. Publ. no. 181 W. 4 Ralph Edwards: Georgian. 1931. VIII 96 S. u. 30 Taf. London, 1927-1931. unknown
Best.-Nr. 500476469Sans date. Très bon état unknown
1930Best.-Nr. 63608Darmstadt Germany: Verlagsanstalt Alexander Koch 1930. 4to. 8 183 9 pp. Including many photo plates some colour plates illustrated ads. Pictorial white publisher’s cloth with sleek cover art & lettering in red black & white by designer Ludwig Kozma beveled boards minor shelfwear very light interior toning as usual still a VG copy. First edition of this splendidly illustrated work by the pioneering interior design and architectural publishing house who first launched periodicals and publications on German design and interior decoration in the 1880’s and following World War I into the 1920’s was one of the premier proponents of the Modernist aesthetic. Designers featured within encompass Le Corbusier Ludwig Kozma Laszlo Carl Muller Sobotka Vinecky Fritz Gross and many others. Verlagsanstalt Alexander Koch, hardcover
Best.-Nr. 4187-A-66269High Wycombe: Furniture Industries Ltd. n.d. 36x28 cm. original softcover stapled. 35 pp. many ills. and photo's of mostly wooden chairs tables cupboards. -cover rubbed bumped top edge of several pages repaired with tape 3 central sheets loosened dog-eared. Producers of Ercol furniture. Separately included is a two page price-list with 'index to pages' and 'index to articles' Furniture Industries Ltd. paperback
1929Best.-Nr. OLDFURNSET-01Old Furniture Ltd. HARDCOVER. 1929. OLDFURNSET-01 :Six hardcover collections of Old Furniture Magazine published between 1927-1929. Includes Vol.1: June-Sept 1927; Vol. 2: Oct-Dec 1927; Vol. 3: Jan-Apr 1928; Vol. 4: May-Aug 1928; Vol. 5: Sept-Dec 1928; Vol. 6: Jan-April 1929; Vol. 7: May-Aug 1929; Vol. 8: Sept-Dec 1929. No dust jackets. Boards on each volume are lightly scuffed/soiled. Edges sunned. Considering the books are nearly a hundred years old these volumes are in good/very good condition. Some have Jonathan Williams' father's name written on inside boards or ffep. From the personal collection of poet/publisher/photographer Jonathan Williams 1929-2008 at Skywinding Farm Scaly Mountain North Carolina. . Good. Old Furniture Ltd. hardcover
1923Best.-Nr. 61450Portland OR: Doernbecher Manufacturing Company Planned and Produced by The Arcady Company 1923. Atlas folio. 12.5 x 18.5 in. 54 pp unpaginated. Illustrated with photos and camera-ready advertising copy in two-tone illustrations throughout. Half-beige over tan boards black & brown lettering on front cover minor bumping to corners minor bumping head & foot of spine some scuffing still a VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce sales campaign catalogue illustrating Doernbecher’s line of Jazz Age bedroom furniture manufactured in Portland OR with an intent to raise the awareness of the fast-growing middle class market of better bedrooms and better furnished homes. The largely pen & ink drawings are designed to appeal to the widest range of Western customers and include specific examples of such stores as the Bellview Furniture Co. Idaho Sheppard & Lawrence Lorraigne CA Procter & Johnstone Home Furnishings Paducah KY and many others. Specific details for the 200 300 400 600 etc. suites are all available with finishes in Walnut Oak Silvertone Ivory and more. Following World War I Doernbecher manufacturing first established in Portland OR in 1921 maintained an assembly line for producing furniture nearly five miles long. Original sales literature catalogues and advertising manuals for the storied Western manufacturer are quite scarce. No copies in Worldcat. Doernbecher Manufacturing Company, [Planned and Produced by The Arcady Company], hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 61772Oshkosh WI: Northern Hemolock & Hardwood Manufacturers’ Assoc. Rotary Birch Club 1930. 8vo. 16 pp unpaginated. printed in green & black. Colour-illustrated title numerous photo text and colour illustrations throughout including 4 printed varnish stain samples. Embossed decorated green softcovers raised gilt lettering front cover decorative red border minor shelfwear dustsoiling couple corners w/ minor creasing still VG bright copy. First edition of this very scarce and beautifully illustrated catalogue filled with Colonial & Federal Revival furniture in maple including bedroom living room kitchen dining room and smoking room furniture. Of particular interest are the nicely printed varnish/stain samples including Natural or Honeytone on Birdseye Maple; Green Moire on Birdseye Maple Antique Maple Finish and Brown produced with acid staining. Worldcat locates 1 copy Winterthur. Northern Hemolock & Hardwood Manufacturers’ Assoc., Rotary Birch Club, paperback
1923Best.-Nr. 61276New York NY Chicago IL San Francisco CA & High Point NC: The Simmons Co. 1923. Oblong 4to. 9.5 x 7.75 in. 136 pp. decorative colour-tinted borders throughout. With over 130 photo photos. Gray textured & printed softcovers raised embossed gilt & blue lettering company logo on front cover minor shelfwear very slight bumping to corners still NF copy. First edition of this very scarce bed catalogue by Simmons including wood & metal frames a number with beautiful art deco designs. Of additional interest are plates depicting folding metal spring cots metal spring beds hat trees and even wood slatted folding chairs. Founded originally in 1870 the company under the direction of Zalmon Simmons Jr. song of the founder oversaw phenomenal growth following World War I by taking over plants from Atlanta GA to Los Angeles CA and Vancouver BC while moving their headquarters in 1923 to New York. Worldcat locates 1 copy Carnegie Lib. Pittsburgh. The Simmons Co., paperback
1912Best.-Nr. 60283New Orleans LA: The McDermott Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd. 736-738 Poydras St. ca. 1912. Tall 8vo. 2 576 xvi pp. “Section G” printed on coated paper stock. With well over 1500 photographic and woodcut-engraved text illustrations throughout. Dark green publisher’s cloth Arts & Crafts decoration front cover black lettering front cover & spine minor scuffing edgewear minor bumping to corners inner hinges starting still VG- sound copy. Second edition stated revised & updated of this surprisingly scarce Louisiana medical supply company’s offerings in the Progressive Era. This catalogue includes a remarkable range of early 20th-Century medical equipment ranging from microscopes fitted with new electric arc lamp to electric centrifuges for testing hypodermic syringes antitoxine syringes anaesthetic equipment electrical illuminating apparatus electro-therapeutic wall cabins X-Ray machines portable radiographic Scheidel cases and much more. The McDermott Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd. was owned and directed by T.C. Hills 1867-1930 and Edwin J. Sack initially on Charles Street specializing in surgical instruments artificial limbs trusses medical equipment and more. Founded originally at the end of the 19th-Century and specializing in artificial limbs and trusses by 1910 the company had substantially expanded and moved to 736-738 Poydras St. expanding their offerings and their reach. Worldcat does locate over 10 locations for this catalogue however the collation is often not matching and the dating incorrect. The McDermott Surgical Instrument Co., Ltd., 736-738 Poydras St., hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. 60157Portland OR: Ira F. Powers Furniture Co. 1924. Folio. 9.25 x 13 in. 16 pp. With photo illustrations & text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers striking cover art of young woman in Flapper Era dress perched on a Powers chair arranging Autumn leaves in a vase minor shelfwear dustsoiling very minor rubbing still VG copy. First edition of this exceptionally scarce in-house quarterly advertising periodical issued by the storied Portland Oregon furniture company and even including an architectural floor plan for a small 1920’s bungalow. Founded originally in 1872 by Ira Powers Sr. 1832-1902 his son Ira Jr. 1872-1933 believed in promotion and was one of the primary sellers of home furnishings in the Pacific Northwest first opening their historic main store at Third & Yamhill in 1911 now known as the Director Building. No copies in Worldcat. Ira F. Powers Furniture Co., paperback
1908Best.-Nr. 59337Springfield IL: Board of Prison Industries of Illinois Illinois State Reformatory Print 1908. Two vols. 1st - Oblong 4to. 11 x 7.75 in. 75 1 pp. woodcut engraved borders throughout. With over 150 text woodcut engravings & illustrations of Arts & Crafts furniture. Orange decorated printed softcovers decorative Arts & Crafts borders in black & bright orange on front cover minor shelfwear slight creasing to front cover still NF copy w/ original order sheet ditto TLS & envelopes laid-in; 2nd - 8vo. 8 pp. Self-printed softcovers NF copy all preserved w/ original mailing envelope to H.R. Phelps Lockport Illinois. First editions of these uncommon catalogue and price list for Arts & Crafts furnishings supplied by prison labor during the Progressive Era as the Illinois Board of Prison Industries underwent substantial changes following passage of 1903-1904 laws in Illinois regarding prison labor products to be strictly used by Illinois schools and public institutions. Although Illinois prison labor was producing everything from foundry work to textiles crushed rock to fertilizer and stationery the present catalogue focuses primarily on the Arts & Crafts era quarter-sawn oak furnishings manufactured at Joliet Penitentiary. Items include school desks opera house theatre chairs office desks roll top desks book cases stacking lawyer’s cases dining room tables library tables chairs stools and settees. Worldcat locates 2 copies of first SMU ILL State no copies of price list; See: Koerber & Brieschke Menard: Development of a Nineteenth-Century Pirson Jounral of the Illinois State Historical Society Vol. 96 No. 3 Autumn 2003. Board of Prison Industries of Illinois, Illinois State Reformatory Print, paperback
1916Best.-Nr. 59653Jamestown NY: Furniture Trade Publishing Co. 112 East 3rd St. 1916. 4to. 9 x 12 in. 96 pp. Photo & text illustrations throughout some printing in red & black a few colour-tinted. Colour-illustrated softcovers advertising on back cover for Sturgis Steel Go-Cart Co. & Paasche Air Brush Co. minor dustsoiling edgewear still VG bright copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce supplement celebrating the quadrennial Furniture Exhibition held in Jamestown NY which during the Progressive Era was the center of American furniture manufacturing. This exhibition would be the last held in the Roberts Building as in 1917 the annual expositions would be held at the Jamestown Furniture Exposition Building in downtown Jamestown. This installment in the very rare trade magazine lavishly illustrates the early 20th-Century furniture manufacturers and their styles including quarter-sawn oak Craftsman Furniture Phonograph cabinets mahogany furniture Wellsville quality sofa and Davenport beds and more. No copies in Worldcat. Furniture Trade Publishing Co., 112 East 3rd St., paperback
1919Best.-Nr. 58905Chicago: Sears Roebuck & Co. 1919. 4to. 784-859A pp. i.e. 85 pp additional pages added-in. printed in sepia tint throughout w/ 100’s of text illustrations. Brown illustrated self-printed softcovers minor creasing edgewear slight chipping head & foot of spine still VG copy w/ Sears Roebuck order form laid-in. First edition thus of this stand-alone furniture catalogue listing 100’s of items to fill the newly introduced Sears Honor-Bilt Ready-Cut Houses which quickly became the standard bearer kit home across the United States. This catalogue includes Morris Rockers Morris easy chairs wicker furniture outdoor hammocks folding lawnchairs and canvas chairs. In addition there are many different Arts & Crafts Library Sets including chairs desks library tables and setees in quarter-sawn oak. Also featured are kitchen cabinets refrigerators dining room sets fireproof saves bedroom sets and even sulkies for wheeling around small children. No copies in Worldcat. Sears, Roebuck & Co., paperback
1878Best.-Nr. 58315Paris: V.L. Quetin ca. 1878. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 7.75 in. 1 leaf lithograph title 94 i.e. 110 lithographed plates 1 leaf of index on blue-tinted paper stock. Quarter-green leather over pebbled green cloth raised bands embossed borders in blind gilt lettering on spine minor scuffing & wear rubbing bumping & wear to couple corners w/o ffep. still VG- copy w/ bright plates from the library of Victor Colas 256 13d Voltaires Paris notation on front marbled pastedown. A well-illustrated printer’s specimen book issued to depict the varieties of Second Empire French furniture featuring styles such as Louis XV Louis XVI and the decorative styles of Napoleon III’s designers. Victor Joseph Quetin 1822-1877 was an entrepreneurial printer who began producing these Furniture style books for Parisian craftsmen cabinetmakers and would sell these volumes of specimen sheets to manufacturers to show their prospective clients. The furnishings shown in these leaves encompass tables chairs toilettes some with bidets built in many with attached mirrors bed frames armoires buffets desks and desks with built-in bookcases. The index which is often missing provides an excellent quick reference to the styles types of furnishings as well as the specific plate. Demand increased as Paris & France underwent tremendous renovations and progress during the Second Empire and many of the furnishings inspired by the designs of Carlin Weisweiler and Riesener were presented to the public at the 1867 Exposition Universelle. His son Victor Leon Quetin b. 1852 would later in the 1870’s take up the family business released the albums under a new imprint of “V.L. Quetin” and also began issuing colour chromolithograph specimen catalogues of elaborate draperies bed curtains window treatments and casements. Also issued was a newspaper Journal le magasin de meubles” which offered details of the specimen catalogues he would assemble subscriptions and pricing with details on colour lithography and hand-colouring as well. His designs were dependent upon using a specialized machine which would enlarge reduce or even alter lithographic designs for clients. See: Victor Quetin De la papeterie a la lithographie D’Avoise a Meung-sur-Loire en passan par les Moulins de Paillard 16e-18e siecle; Alfred Lemercier La lithographie francaise de 1796 a 1896 et les arts qui s’y rattachent: manuel pratique p. 344. V.L. Quetin, hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 57762Chicago IL: Wallace Supplies Manufacturing Co. 1310-12 Diversey Parkway 1933. Two parts. 1st - 4to. 7 2 pp. Colour-illustrated throughout on green colour-tinted paper stock black lettering self-printed softcovers w/ cover art image of Art Deco Streamline chrome chair very minor closed tear at spine very faint corner tidemark to back upper corner still VG; 2nd - 4to. 4 pp. which opens into 11 x 17 in. advertising poster to be posted in employee bulletin board by prospective clients w/ advertising promo card stapled to upper left corner minor shelfwear VG. First editions of these scarce illustrated catalogues of Streamline Art Deco modern chrome furniture manufactured by the noted Wallace Company during the Great Depression against the backdrop of the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. The designs shown include Z-type chairs Z-type office chairs Sagless chrome chairs Barrel type office chair adjustable tables dining tables and dining chairs w/ colours including red & green as well as wood. No copies in Worldcat. Wallace Supplies Manufacturing Co., 1310-12 Diversey Parkway, paperback