Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, 1938. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. (1) 24, 41 (3)pp. Original illustrated wraps with white lettering on printed red label of cover. Catalog of an exhibition organized in collaboration of Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (Society for International Cultural Relations), Tokyo, and the Verein für Deutsches Kunstgewerbe (Association for... More
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
![90 Jewish Poster Stamps (Reklamemarken) From München [WITH] Catalog of the Jewish Museum Berlin "Sammelwut und Bilderflut" n/a.](/pictures/thumb/41011.jpg?v=1471912084)
München, Berlin: Various / Stiftung Jüdisches Museum Berlin, 2014. First edition. Softcover. Poster stamps were originally used to seal envelopes and advanced to become an advertising tool in the 2nd half of the 19th century. They became very popular in the early 20th century, not only as an advertising tool..... More
![Du Pont Dyes for Leather [COMPLETE WITH ALL ITS MOUNTED LEATHER SAMPLES]. n/a.](/pictures/thumb/39979.jpg?v=1472600455)
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
![Helio, Le Prestige de la Couleur [WITH 71 HAIR SAMPLES]. Perma Paris.](/pictures/thumb/42405.jpg?v=1491266066)
Paris: Imprimerie Morax, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 3/4 x 9 3/4"). Unpaginated. [4]pp (including covers). Original spiral bound photo-illustrated paper covered boards, with black and gold lettering on front cover. Introducing the 1967-1968 collection of Helio (Perma Paris) dye colors, this splendid color chart contains no less than 71... 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
Magdeburg: A. Wohlfeld, [1939]. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 3/4 x 11"). Unpaginated. [46]pp (including wrappers). Original spiral-bound color photo-illustrated wrappers, with black lettering to front cover. Published shortly after the outbreak of WWII, this work is a spectacular advertising brochure for five of the most prestigious German paper manufacturing, printing... 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
Datteln i. W: Self-published, Mai 1938. Softcover. Sm. folio. Ungaginated. Original printed wraps. Rare pictorial Firmenschrift of the German Steinkohlen-Bergwerk (coal-mining company) Zeche Emscher-Lippe in Datteln in the Ruhrgebiet. 27 original b/w photographs mounted on heavy card stock. The photographs show exteriors and interiors of the mine and various departments... More
![Novelty Neck Tie, Original Samples ネクタイ オリジナルサンプル : Neck Tie 48-1 (Vol. 102); Neck Tie 48-2 (Vol. 103); Neck Tie 48-3 (Vol. 103). 3-vol. set (Complete) [WITH 180 SAMPLES OF NISHIJIN-ORI NECKTIE FABRIC]. n/a.](/pictures/thumb/42399.jpg?v=1491265739)
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
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
![VW Das vernünftige Automobil [Handbook for "Standard-Modell" & "Export-Modell"]. Bernd Reuters, Design and.](/pictures/thumb/32077.jpg?v=1434442049)
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
Vienna: Privately Printed, n/d. Softcover. Oblong 8vo. 47pp. Gilt embossed, decorated purple wrappers with gilt lettering to cover. Corded ribbon through binding. Fascinating catalogue for the brand "Herzmarke" of the Viennese shirt factory. Illustrated with 13 pages of collars and cuffs, 12 pages of shirts, dickeys (tuxedo fronts), pajamas and... 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
![The Theory and Practice of the Art of Weaving Linen and Jute Manufactures by Power Loom, with Tables and Calculations for the Use of Those Connected with the Trade [WITH 20 FOLD-OUT DIAGRAMS] (2 vols.). William Leggatt.](/pictures/thumb/42890.jpg?v=1500933978)
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
![J. Heinr. Jta [Johann Heinrich Jta]: zur Erinnerung an die Internationale Jagdausstellung, Wien 1910 - Neuheiten 1910-1911. Ferdinand Gauermann, R. Germela.](/pictures/thumb/39923.jpg?v=1446614079)
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
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 folio (9 1/4 x 12 1/2"). 124pp. Original decorative wrappers. Pictorial title. This fully-illustrated early 20th-century catalogue from German manufacturer L. Haas features hundreds of b/w illustrations and photographic reproductions depicting all kind of mirrors (trumeau, vanity, make up... 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