New York. Atlas Portland Cement Company. 1921. Authorized reprint from American Concrete. Booklet, black and white photo illustrations, 15pp, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, pictorial paper wrappers. Very light toning to front cover; very good condition overall. The heavily illustrated booklet makes a case for using stucco on a variety.....
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.....
Chicago. [National Plan Service, Inc. (?)], No date. Ca. 1925. Oblong illustrated catalog picturing and describing "summer cottages," 11 x 8 inches, 16 pp., pictorial paper wrappers. Catalog held together with staples (not as issued) and REAR COVER is MISSING. Pages are dog-eared and thumbed. Black and white line drawings.....
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.....
Seneca Falls, N.Y. The Goulds Manufacturing Company. No date. Ca. 1924. Booklet, black and white illustrations, 44pp, 11 x 8 inches, stiff paper wrappers, original mailing envelope. Envelope worn and missing inserted letter. Pencil notation dated 1924 to front endpaper, otherwise booklet in very good, clean condition. The booklet (with.....
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. Ponderosa Pine Woodwork. Copyright 1945. Booklet, black and white photo illustrations throughout, 28pp, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, color pictorial cover wrappers. Light wear to covers, soft bump to upper right corner, pencil notation on single page, mid section loose; otherwise good, clean condition. A profusely illustrated booklet featuring.....
Shahn, Ben (cover illus).
Chicago. United States Gypsum. Late Spring 1949. 14 pp pamphlet, 12 x 8.5 inches, featuring house plans and adverts for US Gypsum products. Light spotting to rear cover, otherwise good clean condition. The pamphlet pictures various new homes together with their floor plans; blueprints of these.....
Peekskill, NY. Kwik-Lite Manufacturing Corporation. Ca. 1960s. BOOKLET, profusely illustrated in black and white, laid in sheet with mail in card, 43 pp, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, color pictorial wrappers. Very good condition: very light soiling to cover, light wear to extremities including light mark from paper clip to.....
General Electric. 1937. PAMPHLET, 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches, unfolding to sheet 12 1/2 x 13 inches, color illustrations. Vender stamp on rear otherwise fine condition. Includes washing machines and flatplate ironer. Opens out to poster of 7 washing machines two with spinners and 4 with wringers...
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1967. H-2 (Revised). Booklet, black and white illustrations, 24pp, 8 1/2 x 6 inches, paper wrappers. Includes additional form letter and small pamphlet "You and the Atomic Bomb". Small soiled spot to front cover; very good, clean condition. The pocket sized booklet "What to.....
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.....
Lancaster, PA. Armstrong Cork Company. Copyright 1941. Booklet, color and black and white illustrations, 30pp, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, stiff paper wrappers. Covers loose with light wear and crease to lower right corner; interior very good, clean condition. An attractive booklet employing astonishing color illustrations of model rooms featuring.....
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.....
Philadelphia. S. Stapler. 1936. Luxury fabric samples catalog, 13 x 12 inches, heavy round-head fasteners, textured cloth covered boards. 24 tab-labelled sheets for easy reference, each sheet displaying numerous fabric samples. Silk, brocade, repp and damask fabrics are featured. The sample pages have a top and bottom layer holding the.....
