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.....
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.....
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.....
Taunton, Mass. Weir Stove Co., Circa 1910. Attractive booklet in red wrappers, illustrated in black and white, unpaginated (4 pages), 8 3/4 x 5 inches, staple binding. Light wear to covers, light scattered foxing to interior; overall very good condition. The booklet advertises the steel-bodied Modern Glenwood Oak Stove, which.....
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.....
Boston. A. M. Davis Company. 1930. 18 sample small color birth announcement cards each approximately 3 x 4 inches or a little less, many of them opening. Fine condition, never used. Together with letter from the A.M. Davis Publishers of Greeting Cards to the Stationery Firm of Rawlings Stationery &Ptg.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
Chicago. Architectural Decorating Company. 1912. Illustrated booklet, 9.25 x 6 inches, 23 pp. Covers somewhat abraded, short tears on free edge, 2 inch crease at bottom right corner of cover continuing through the booklet. Pencil scribble (erased) on verso of front cover; numerals in pencil on back cover. Better than.....
New York. F. W. Woolworth. 1939. A history of the F. W. Woolworth chain of five-and-dime stores, tracing their origin dating to 1879 and culminating, in 1939, with headquarters in New York City’s "Woolworth Tower," aka "The Cathedral of Commerce." Booklet 10 x 7 inches; 48 pp. Photo illustrated chapters.....
Bridgeport, Conn. Remington Arms Company, Inc., 03-06- 1936. Catalog, black and white illustrations, 12pp, 11 x 9 inches, paper wrappers. 2 horizontal folds, good condition. Includes pamphlets: "Remington Modern Sporting Firearms. The Master Line. Dealer's Price List. Effective March, 31, 1953" (fair condition), "Retail Price List Rifles Winchester Shotguns. January.....
Homer, NY. Newton Line Company, Inc., 1948. 24 pp. catalogue identified as "Jobber Price List," 11 x 8.5 inches, advertising various types of fishing line, with several full color illustrations printed on glossy paper. Catalogue in very good, clean condition. An interesting catalogue produced by the fishing line manufacturer located.....
Seattle. F. S. Harmon & Co., 1912-1913. Lavishly illustrated catalogue of furniture and other domestic items bound in green cloth boards, 15 x 9.75 inches, secured with two large screw posts. Diagonal 2.5 inch loss of cloth on upper right corner of front cover, corners bumped, wear to extremities which.....
Louisiana, MO. Stark Nurseries. 1924. LOT OF TEN IDENTICAL catalogues, 72 pages including color pictorial paper wrappers, 12 x 8 1/2 inches, profusely illustrated in color with more than 20 full page brightly colored illustrations of apples, cherries, pears, peaches etc. Very good condition. Cover features two children by the.....
Birmingham, England. Chance Brothers and Co., No date. Ca. 1934. Booklet, approximately 7 x 10 inches, 18 pp., featuring information on Calorex Glass (Heat Excluding Light-Transmitting) manufactured by Chance Brothers. Featured in the booklet are examples of pressed and moulded glass as used in the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (Stratford) constructed.....
Grant Building, Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh Corning Corporation. 1937. Brochure, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 16 pp. providing information and technical data for PC Glass Block Units and Wall Panels. Photo illustrated with 7 technical drawings of glass blocks in a variety of settings (in Brickwork, Concrete, in Frame Bldg., etc.).....
Pittsburgh, PA (?): Plate Glass Manufacturers of America. No date. Ca. 1937. Photo-illustrated brochure, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 19 numbered pages, providing comprehensive coverage of plate glass, its history, manufacturing methods, utility and versatility. Much attention is given both to manufacturing of plate glass and the incorporation of plate.....
St. Paul, Minn. Modern Card Shop, Inc., 1949-1950. TWO ISSUES. Black and white illustrations and ads, each approximately 50pp, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, two-color pictorial paper wrappers (softbound). Very good condition. Volume 1 No. 5 (Christmas Edition, 1949) and Volume 1 No. 6 (January 1950), featuring articles and.....
Windsor Locks, Conn. C.H. Dexter & Sons. No date. Ca. late 1920s to early 1930s. FIVE BOOKLETS, black and white illustrations, 16pp, 6 x 4 3/4 inches, color pictorial stiff card wrappers (softbound). Covers lightly worn; very good, clean condition. A collection of five small booklets dating from the late.....
New York. H.B. Davis Corp. No date. Ca. 1950s. BOOKLET, profusely illustrated in black and white, 128 pp, index, 11 x 8 1/4 inches, pictorial wrappers. With 8 page price list and single sheet welcome letter. Short splits to paper spine, overall very good virtually unused condition. Includes sports, exercise.....
Middletown, Conn. The I. E. Palmer Company. 1928. Color and black and white in-text illustrations, unpaginated, 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches, gilt lettered decorative embossed stiff card wrappers with string tie (softbound). Covers lightly soiled and toned, upper right corner of front cover reattached; interior in very good condition.....
Schenectady, N. Y. General Electric. 1926. Black and white photo illustrations, 43pp, 10 3/4 x 8 1/4, gilt decorative paper wrappers (softbound). Pencil notation to front cover; overall fine condition. Includes photo illustrations of lighting buildings, landscapes,etc, plus sections on G-E Floodlighting Projectors, Planning and Installation, Inscandescent Searchlights, etc.
Rochester, NY. S.E. Fisher. Copyright 1895. This edition 1900. Small book, illustrated in black and white, 190 pages, 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches, paper covered boards with cloth spine. Covers rubbed, paper peeling off boards, hinges cracked, upper third of spine detaching from text block; text block in very.....
