Campello, MA. Geo. E. Keith Company. 1905. BOOKLET, black and white illustrations, unpaginated (approx. 15 pp), 6 x 5 inches, wrappers (softbound), opening vertically. Stain at right edge of spine affecting all pages, otherwise very good condition. Front cover states; "H.E. Bicknell & Co., Northampton, Mass"
Chicago. Spiegel's House Furnishing Company. 1905. Twenty-six page staple-bound catalogue (including covers), 6 x 8 3/4 inches, offering a variety of home furnishings. Front page states "Goods shipped on installment credit to any section of the United States." At the top of the interior pages is the slogan "We trust.....
East Pittsburgh, Pa. Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. 1916. Photo-illustrated catalog, 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches, 16 pp., pictorial paper wrappers, featuring an extensive variety of Westinghouse Electric Ranges (or combination Gas and Electric). Retail net prices are given. Numerous models are pictured and described. Unfortunately, centerfold pages (7.....
Grand Rapids, Michigan. Leonard Refrigerator Company. 1927. Illustrated catalog, 10 3/4 x 8 1/2, 72 pp., color pictorial card wrappers, picturing and describing a variety of Leonard Refrigerators, all of them requiring ice to preserve the appliance's contents. Initial pages discuss the refrigerator's cork board insulation, porcelain lining, high quality.....
Portland, OR. Honeyman Hardware Company. No date. Ca. 1922. Catalogue No. 9. Massive hardware catalogue; cloth binding; 10 x 8 1/2 inches; 2012 pp; tabbed index at front. Corners bumped and lightly abraded; light toning to front cover. Lavishly illustrated and tightly bound; contents in very good condition. Dating based.....
Mansfield, Ohio. Westinghouse. No date. Ca. 1935. Am attractive color catalog, 8 ¼ x 11 inches, 20 pp., depicting floor plans for a "scientifically" designed kitchen (three "centers" anchored by fridge, range, or sink) with five different "model electric kitchens" illustrated in color. One page shows "bleed-through" from black ink.....
Detroit, Michigan. F. L. Jacobs. 1946. Booklet, 6 x 9 inches, 16 pp (including decorative color paper covers) describing, and picturing in color, various aspects of the "completely automatic home laundry." Text states that you put in the clothes, add soap, flip the switch, and "Launderall does everything else efficiently.....
Dick Turpin. No date. Ca. early 1900s. Single-colored broadside sheet, 39 x 27 1/4 inches, uncut, folding to 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Light toning along folds, but otherwise in pristine condition. Uncut sheet of labels for matchboxes, the labels in different sizes (for kitchen and pocket matches, plus.....
Ca. 1893. BOOKLET, black and white illustrations, 32 pp, 9 x 6 inches, pink pictorial wrappers (softbound). Cover detached and worn with long tear to rear and small paper loss to spine, soft creasing throughout, interior clean. Extensive description of the sap evaporator ("not the old Cook Evaporator, but has.....
Ottawa, Illinois. J. E. Porter Co., Circa 1880? Eighty-page catalog, 9 1/4 x 6 inches, profusely illustrated in black and white, featuring farm equipment: hay carriers, sling carriers, grapple hay forks, pulleys, barn door hangers, harness hooks, and many other mechanical devices "adapted to the real needs of the farmer.....
Washington, D.C. Cornelius Wendell, Printer. 1857. 3 chromolithographic plates, color map, 46 full page black and white illustrations, black and white in-text illustrations, 536 pp, index, 9 1/4 x 6 inches, embossed pictorial decorative cloth-covered boards (hardbound). Good condition: light wear to extremities,a few faint spots to cover, small hole.....
Woodbury Hardware. No date. Ca. 1950. Black and white illustrations throughout, 54+2146pp, index, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, pictorial blue cloth-covered boards (hardbound). Light soiling and wear to covers, including tearing to the upper spine (likely from pulling this heavy volume down from the shelf); bumping to lower right corner;.....
Accrington & London. E. J. Riley. No date. Ca. 1930. Folded brochure unfolding to colorful double-sided advertising panel approximately 30 x 17 inches featuring various of the company's billiard tables as well as folding bagatelle boards and a variety of accessory products. Black and white photos provide visuals regarding the.....
Berlin, Wisconsin. W. C. Russell Moccasin Co., No date. Ca. 1934. Attractive illustrated catalog, 9 x 6 inches, 32 pp. including covers. Loose in the catalog is a "Catalog Price Sheet...Effective Dec. 15, 1933" and a folded sheet that provides "at home" instructions for taking measurements for "built to order".....
No Place of Publication [UNITED KINGDOM]. 1939. Catalog, full page and in-text color illustrations, black and white illustrations, 88 pages, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, color pictorial wrappers. Cover almost detached and moderately worn at extremities, 2 pages at center detached, interior and exterior clean. Catalog of tents, sleeping.....
Liverpool, England. Price's Candles Ltd., No date. Ca. 1880. Ephemeral advertising card, 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches, featuring an image of three candles with text reading: "Hold up to the light." A notched wheel on the right side of the card can easily be turned with one finger, allowing.....
Dresden, Germany. Anton Reiche. No date. Ca. 1900- 1920? Sepia toned advertising broadside, sepia illustrations of about 40 different mould designs; double-sided, sheet size 16 1/2 x 24 inches, multiple folds, likely as issued. Prices notated in pencil, some toning and short separations at fold intersections (with tiny paper loss.....
Dresden, Germany. Anton Reiche. No date. Ca. 1900-1920? Sepia toned advertising broadside, sepia illustrations of about 40 different mould designs; double-sided, sheet size 16 1/2 x 24 inches, multiple folds, likely as issued. Prices notated in pencil, some toning and short separations at fold intersections (with tiny paper loss in.....
Elkhart, Indiana. Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mfg. Co., No date. Ca. 1916. Carriage and Harness Catalog in defective condition. Covers and first six pages missing; presume pages at rear missing as well (pagination ends at p. 126). Catalog 11.5 x 8.5 inches; profusely illustrated with black and white drawings of.....
East Ham, England. Austins (East Ham) Ltd., 1929. 1929 joinery catalog in paper covers; 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 60 pp; illustrated with photographs (doors, windows, gates, etc.) and line drawings (stock moldings, stair material, etc.). Two center pages (29-32) loose from rusted staples with discoloration to gutter edge.....
Gruelle, Johnny; Ve Elizabeth Cadie, John Rae, John Gee, et al. (illus).
Joliet. Volland. No date. Ca. 1928. Sixteen page catalog, 9 1/4 x 16 inches, describing and picturing in color the extensive variety of children's books published by the company; also, "Recipe Year Books", "Good Cheer" Gift Books, "Golden.....
London. The Ramoneur Company, Ltd., 1914. Illustrated booklet approximately 5 ¼ x 4 ¼ inches providing background regarding the "chimney sweep" profession (with some horrific anecdotes) and information pertaining to the Ramoneur Company's history (dating from 1848). The booklet also promotes Ramoneur's window cleaning and carpet beating services. A list.....
Burslem, England. Doulton & Co., No date. Ca. 1940s? Booklet, color illustrated throughout, paper wrappers, 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, staple bound. Pages are numbered to 20, but the CENTREFOLD (pp. 9-12) is MISSING. Otherwise the brochure is in good condition, just a tiny nick to the front cover.....
New York. [Anton Reich] / T.C. Weygandt Co., No date. Ca. early 1900-1920. Sepia toned advertising broadside, sepia illustrations of about 40 different mould designs; double-sided, sheet size 16 1/2 x 24 inches, multiple folds, likely as issued. Prices notated in pencil, some toning and short separations at fold intersections.....
The Singer Manufacturing Co., 1892. 33 trade cards, text on verso, approximately 5 1/4 x 3 inches each. Overall very good condition. Italy (Ancona) has a crease to corner. Cards feature people dressed in their national costume at their sewing machines. Countries include: Norway (2 designs), Bosnia, Spain (6 designs).....
