San Francisco. California Pottery Company. No date. Ca. 1920s. 11 x 8.75 inch pamphlet describing and picturing five types of clay roofing tile: California Spanish Tile; Escornada Tile; Medium Sierra; California Pan Tile; Italian Pan Tile. Diagrams show the design features of individual tiles while line drawings depict their appearance.....
Davenport, Iowa. Gordon-Van Tine Co., Copyright 1926. Profusely illustrated catalogue in paper wraps; 11½ x 8½ inches; 52pp; catalogue contains several loose sheets relevant to ordering goods (a folded sheet with printed grid to plan your own barn floor--each square = 1 foot; also a mail-in card for free booklet.....
Harrisburg, PA. The Rocbond Company. No date. Ca. 1927. Booklet, black and white photo illustrations, color illustrations of differing stucco applications, 21 pp, 12 x 8 1/4 inches, color pictorial paper wrappers. Covers a trifle worn with faint soiling to edges, previous owner's name in ink on title page; folded.....
Mowery, Eldred (illus).
National Lumber Manufacturers Association. 1929. 7 color illustrations with plans, numerous additional plans and black and white illustrations, 32pp, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, color pictorial wrappers (softbound). Spot of paper adhered to upper left corner of front cover, marking and pen marks to lower front cover.....
Bay City, Michigan. The Aladdin Company. Copyright 1920. Second Edition. Catalog offering "Built in a Day" prefab homes, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 116 numbered pages plus order form, Bay City booster page, and testimonial from the First National Bank of Bay City, Michigan. Booklet features home plans in.....
Portland, OR. and Los Angeles: Redimade Building Company. 1921. No. 15. A poster 17 x 22.5 inches that unfolds from a pamphlet of four pages (each 11.25 x 8.5 inches with light "after-issue" centerfold) offering information, through photos and text, relating to Redimade sectional houses and garages. "From the Tree.....
Pittsburgh, PA. Heinz 57 Varieties. 1933. Brochure touts the Heinz company's contribution to the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago. Replicas of eight kitchens representing "kitchens of many lands," past and present, are featured as the centrefold of the brochure 8 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches, unfolding to a......
Chicago. Portland Cement Association. 1935. Authorized reprint from American Concrete. Booklet, black and white photo illustrations, 23pp, 12 x 9 inches, color decorative stiff card wrappers. Toning to left and lower edges of front cover; very good condition. A beautifully photo-illustrated booklet featuring a wide variety of buildings, most in.....
London. Whiteleys. 1936. Booklet 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches; 12 pp including covers, featuring 11 illustrations of home furnishings with an emphasis on bedrooms and lounges (living rooms). Seven illustrations are are photographic while four are artist renderings of interiors. Cover of booklet states "A series of exclusive furnishing.....
London. Lewis E. Nunn, Builder and Decorator. 1937. Rectangular booklet 5 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches featuring creative uses of wall and ceiling paper to achieve striking results in five model rooms: a bedroom, two lounges (living rooms), a dining room, and a bathroom. A 4 1/4 x 4 3/4.....
London. Lewis E. Nunn, Builder and Decorator. 1938. Rectangular booklet 5 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches featuring creative uses of wall and ceiling paper to achieve striking results in eight model rooms: two bedrooms, four lounges (living rooms), a dining room, and an entry. A full page color illustration of.....
London. Arthur Sanderson & Sons. No date. Ca. 1937. Rectangular booklet 5 x 8 inches featuring creative uses of wall and ceiling paper to achieve striking results as seen in six model bedrooms or lounges (living rooms). A color illustration of the room is accompanied by two wallpaper samples (base.....
London. Port of London Cabinet Works. No date. Ca. 1936. Color illustrated catalog of carpets and rugs 9 x 11 1/2 inches, 25 pp plus illustrated covers. Catalog also includes four page "confidential wholesale price list" and two sided sheet offering 25% price reductions. Pictured within are page after page.....
Portland, OR. Roy Mason for Mayson Overstuffed Inc., 1925. Illustrated catalogue, 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches, 24 pp. featuring the Overstuffed Line of furniture. Cover illustration depicts an overstuffed sofa in front of a stylishly draped window at least 16 feet tall. Adjacent to the sofa is a banner.....
Portland, OR. Marshall-Wells Co., Copyright 1906. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color, decorative endpapers, x + 404 pages, index, 12 x 10 inches, pictorial stiff card wrappers with cloth spine. Rubbing to cover, short split to tail of spine, front hinge beginning to split, interior clean and tight.....
Niagara Falls, NY. Niagara Wall Papers. 1922. 16 page catalog; 6 x 3.25 inches; with attractive color illustrations of wall paper and trim, organized on the basis of the various rooms (and ceilings) found in the typical home. A typed letter to a potential customer directs the woman to a......
Chicago. Harrington & King Perforating Co., 1925. Booklet, black and white illustrations throughout, 23 pp, 8 1/4 x 11 inches, embossed wrappers (softbound). Cover detached and in poor condition, interior in very good condition. Decorative metal grille work for all kinds of interior design work - including illustrations of Harrington.....
Grand Rapids, Mich. W. C. Hopson Co., No date. Ca. 1910- 1920. Lavishly illustrated catalog, 9 x 12 inches, 64 pages, embossed decorative card covers, picturing and describing an extensive variety of metal ceiling designs, sidewalls, mouldings, cornices, and related products. A small circular illustration on the first page of.....
Pittsburgh, PA. American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation. 1949. Oversized spiral-bound catalog, 11 x 14 inches, 42 pp., decorative card covers. Cover shows wear; scratches and dings to free edge corners, but contents are in overall good, clean condition, with occasional very light soil from handling. An uncommon item. The.....
