New York, Prague: J. N. A., B. Pollak, 1935. Second edition. Softcover. Folio. 56pp., 2 plates. Original cream stiff decorative string-bound wraps with blue lettering on cover. Second improved edition of the memorial album "Czechoslovakia-Palestine" issued originally on the occasion of the International Levantine Fair of 1934 at Tel-Aviv. Four..... More
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Wilmington, Delaware: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, [1948]. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [6], 25, [1], G-1 to G-5, [1], G-I to G-X, H-1 to H-7, [1], H-I to H-X, A-1to A-6, A-I to A-X, B-1 to B-8, X, C-1 to C-4, X, D-1 to D-3, Xpp. Original..... More
München; Berlin: R. Oldenbourg; Berliner Städtische Wasserwerke Aktien=Gesellschaft, 1929. First edition. Softcover. Scarce lot of both the actual and visual catalogs of the Berlin Gas and Water Exhibition (1929): - Deutsche Ausstellung "Gas und Wasser" Berlin 1929, 19. April bis 21. Juli: Amtlicher Katalog: 12mo. 283, [3]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, with..... More
Dessau: C. Dünnhaupt K.G., 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 8 1/4"). 81, [1]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over parchment covered boards. Pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece. Lavishly illustrated throughout with numerous in-text photogravures, a full-page pen and ink drawing and 6 color plates after watercolors by Helmut Schöbel, this..... More
Berndorf, Austria: Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik Arthur Krupp A. G., 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 95, xvi, 118pp. Original burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped lettering on cover. Illustrated title pages with decorative ruling. Two catalogs, one with cutlery, the other with general table ware, 1930, of the Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik (Metal Ware Factory) in..... More
Dresden: n. p., ca. 1910. Oblong 4to. [1] pp. [51] plates of chromolithographs. Brown and beige decorated wrapper. Samples in brilliant colors for wallpapers and borders for every room in the house, including staircase and kitchen, showing a great variety of art-deco design patterns and color combinations typical for turn..... More
Kyoto: Textile Report Co., Ltd., 1948. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 x 9"). [1], 12, [1]; [1], 12, [1]; [1], 12, [1]pp. Original spiral bound wrappers with brown lettering to front covers. Title pages in red lettering. Illustrated with no less than 180 mounted textile samples in rich vibrant colors (60..... More
Wolfsburg: Volkswagenwerk GmbH, ND (ca. 1950). Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated (24pp). Original spiral-bound color-illustrated wrappers. Scarce Volkswagen handbook introducing the VW-Limousine which was available in the Standard & Export model. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of technical color drawings as well as reproductions of photographs in color and duo tone. One color..... More
Softcover. 1) Osnabrücker Kupfer- u. Drahtwerk. Fahrdrähte und Stromabnehmerbügel. Ausgabe 1932. Osnabrück. 8vo. 14pp. Original illustrated stapled wraps. 1932 pamphlet by OKD (Osnabrücker Kupfer- u. Drahtwerk) on contact cables (wires) and electric current collectors for locomotives. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of diagrams. 2) Aluminium. Zeitschrift für das Interessengebiet der..... More
Paris: NP, ND (ca 1928). First edition. Softcover. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2"). [2], 12pp. Original illustrated blue wrappers, with blue lettering to front cover. Color illustrated title page. Scarce and splendidly produced German-language catalogue of legendary René Guénot's saxophones, trumpets, clarinets, flutes, oboes and accessories with a detailed list..... More
Nantes-Chantenay: Etablissements Georget Fils, ND (ca 1920). First edition. Softcover. Oblong quarto (10 1/2 x 7 1/4"). Unpaginated. [6] leaves (Text), [105] leaves (Plates). Original string bound printed wrappers, with red and black lettering to front cover. This vintage French catalogue of inks for lithography, typography, heliotype and offset, is lavishly illustrated throughout..... More
Bruxelles: Ernst Thill, ca. 1932. First edition. Softcover. Oblong quarto. 10x12.5". Unpaginated [53 leaves]. String-tied brown marbled paper wrappers, with red-brown lettering on the front cover. This scarce publication is visual survey of the production facility and a catalog of ships manufactured by the Joseph Boel & Zonen (Josef Boel..... More
Budapest: Athenaeum, 1953. Second revised. Paperback. Quarto. 216pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Frontispiece portraits of Stalin and Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian communist ruler and leader of Hungary's Communist Party from 1945 to 1956. Pictorial propaganda work dedicated to the First Five-Year Plan in Socialist Hungary and presenting factories and industrial cities like..... More
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Wolfsburg: Volkswagenwerk G.m.b.H, 1959. Softcover. Folio. [24]pp. Original spiral bound illustrated wraps. Scarce and delightful advertisement brochure profusely illustrated with numerous duo-tone, b/w and color photographic reproductions, as well as color drawings and b/w sketches of the car. Original price list dated December 1, 1959, in its pocket at rear..... More
Berlin: Dr Selle-Eysler, A.G., 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Original ivory paper covered boards with embossed decoration in orange and silver laid on front board. Frontispiece. Decorative double title-page with white lettering on gold. Decorative initials. Fascinating work celebrating the 25th anniversary of the founding of the famous publishing..... More
Dundee: William Kidd, 1893. Ex-library, First edition. Hardcover. Vol.1: "Letterpress". 12mo. [6 initial pages of publisher's ads at the front] 136pp., 20 pgs of blank lined note paper [+ 21 pages of illustrated publisher's ads at the back]. Salmon-colored pebbled buckram boards, with blind-stamped ruling, and debossed gilt-stamped lettering on..... More
Schönau-Chemnitz: Wanderer-Werke A.-G. ND. First edition. Softcover. 1) Rund eine halbe Million. Square octavo. Original photographic wraps. Unpaginated (16pp., including wraps). Scarce Continental catalogue illustrated with photogravures. Text in German. Minor staining on rear wrapper. Very good condition. 2) Six different prospectus' on various Continental-Models & equipment such as Klein-Continental..... More
Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Biblioteka Polska, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (xvi) 527pp. [3]. Dark blue pebbled leather, with gilt-stamped illustration on the front cover and spine. Red label with gilt lettering on the spine. Top edge gilt. Published shortly before the German invasion, this work is a groundbreaking literary report on..... More
NP: AEG, 1924-1938. First edition. Softcover. Collection of two illustrated booklets on the role of the Allgemeinen Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) in the development of electric locomotives. Ever since its foundation in 1887, AEG has pioneered advanced electrical engineering, being synonymous with German engineering, design and precision. - Die AEG und die..... More
Fürth in Bayern: L. Haas, ND (ca 1910). First edition. Softcover. Oblong (9 1/4 x 12 1/2"). 124pp. Original tan decorative wrappers. Pictorial title depicting two L. Haas subsidiaries and main factory. This fully illustrated early 20th century catalogue from German manufacturer L. Haas features more than seven hundred b/w illustrations..... More
Berlin: J. Müller Verlag, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 48pp, 38 numbered plates, 3 unnumbered plates with tissue-guards. Original publisher's cloth with gold decoration and lettering on front board. Decorative endpapers and title-page. Impressive work designed to give "those printers and pressmen who have little opportunity for on-the-job training in..... More
Berlin: NP, (1899). Hardcover. Folio. 59pp. Green cloth with code of arms of Dortmund in black, gold, silver & title in gold lettering on front cover. Illustrated title-page protected by tissue guard. Fascinating work on the history & construction of the Dortmund-Elms canal. Illustrated with 14 full-page plates in photogravure..... More
Hamburg: Benjamin Gottlob Hoffmann, 1799. Second edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 12mo. xxii. 367pp. 446pp. Marbled boards. Title plate. Original binding. Head and tail of spine worn. Corners bumped and worn. Some wear and discoloration to boards. Red page edges. Hinges starting. Sporadic foxing throughout not affecting text. Büsch was professor..... More
Buchen, Odenwald: Franz Fertig, 1957. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 71 (1)pp. Original spiral-bound illustrated wraps with white lettering on cover. Ochre and black lettering on title page with ochre publisher's device. The exuberant time of the fifties in Germany can be summarized with the term "Das Wirtschaftswunder (Economic Wonder) triggered..... More
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Wien: J. Heinr. Jta, 1910. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. [54]pp. Original string bound wrappers with manufacturer's blason in gold on front cover. Decorative title page. Handsome work being a catalog from Johann Heinrich Jta (1850-1915), a major hat manufacturer in Vienna during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This..... More