Cantù, Italy: Vittorio Vergani & Co., 1951. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 48 leaves. Original bolted light plum stiff wraps with gilt design and lettering on cover. Sales catalog, without pricing, of Vittorio Vergani products: floor rugs and carpets, furnishing fabrics, curtains, silk and rayon goods, with its own spinning mills..... More
Amsterdam: Nederlandse Bond van Steen, [ca 1950]. Limited First edition. Softcover. 1/3000. Folio. Unpaginated. [146]pp. Original spiral-bound illustrated wrappers. Exquisite catalogue from the Dutch commercial printing company Vakgroep Steen- en Offsetdruk and containing numerous color photolithographic reproductions advertising products such as Palmolive Shampoo, Lucky Rings Peppermint, Sterovita Melk, Erdal Schoencrême..... More
London: Gordon and Gotch, 1890. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xxiv, 572 pp. 256-page Directory and Colonial Buyer's Guide to Manufacturers and Shippers at rear. Red cloth binding. Illustrated with b&w photographs and drawings, color maps. Subject index stamped on edge. Corners bumped. Spine faded and torn at head. Some scuffing to..... More
München: Albert Langen Verlag, 1901. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 16pp. Original tan wraps with black lettering and publisher's device on cover. Photo-illustrated brochure by Munich publisher Albert Langen announcing the new publications for the Christmas season 1901. The cover introduces collected writings by Danish critic and scholar Georg Brandes, influential..... More
New York: German-American Trade Promotion Company, ca. 1952. Softcover. 8vo. viii,[1],32pp. Original wraps with illustration in color by T. Abeking. Interesting handbook for the American tourist, published by the German-American Trade Promotion Company to boost tourism and the economy in postwar Germany. Convenient colored thumb index to locate concise information..... More
Holyoke, Ma. American Writing Paper Company, No date. First edition. Softcover. Large Quarto. 30pp, unpaginated. Original illustrated stapled wraps with black and pink lettering on cover, protected in modern mylar. Sample of American Vellum tipped-in to inside front cover, framed by decorative border. Elaborate advertising booklet for paper stock American..... More
London: R.J. Reuter, n/d. Softcover. Oblong 8vo. 23pp. Beautifully illustrated wrappers with embossed gilt decorated lettering ("4711") to cover. Bound through cord ribbon. Minor staining, scuffing and rubbing to front wrapper. Corners slightly bumped. Delightfully illustrated catalogue of one the most famous perfume kinds. Contains 18 full-page b/w photographs of..... More
NP: Mühlentuch, 1938. First edition. Softcover. Large Quarto. 8 plates. Original rose stapled wraps with black ruling, publisher's device and lettering on cover. Collection of 45 textile samples for women women's coats, suits and dresses from the Mühlentuch company. Eight plates with textile samples with color fashion drawings on verso..... More
Stuttgart: Süddeutscher Spinnweber-Verband, 1940s. First edition. Softcover. Oblong 48mo. 3 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. 8 samples. Original aquamarine stapled wraps with stamped blue lettering and company logo on cover. Stamped "Rohnessel und Rohköper" on free front endpaper. Small sample booklet with folded linen samples for airships, stamped R01-R05 and..... More
Feuerbach (Württemberg): Gretsch-Unitas Firm, 1932. First edition. Softcover. Small folio. 92pp. Original decorative wrappers designed by Rudler (Stuttgart). Scarce trade catalogue of the Gretsch-Unitas firm, German manufacturer of a variety of windows. This catalogue is profusely illustrated with numerous in-text drawings of the manufacturer's products, and b/w photographic reproductions of..... More
Cincinnati: The John Douglas Co., 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (10) 200 (1)pp. Original bolted black pebbled cloth with gilt company logo embossed on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Black endpapers with gilt ruling and lettering. Pink errata sheet bound in following endpapers. Illustrated title page. Sales catalog of "Douglas..... More
NP: NP, 1938. First edition. Softcover. Oblong Quarto. (2) 61 Leaves, many with tissue guards. Original bolted orange wraps with company logo on cover. One double leaf laid in with stamp of the carpenter Ernst Matthias in Stendal, Saxony, on front leaf, most likely the agent for the furniture manufacturer..... More
Berlin: G. n/a. Folio. 40pp. Original light olive green decorative wraps with black lettering on cover. Order instruction on red tipped-in label at front cover. Decorative title page. Shipping instructions on verso of title page. Displays company products incl. spatulas, molding irons, gouges, basic and spoon scrapers, loop scrapers, model..... More
Newark: The Tudor Press, n/d. First edition. Oblong Lg. 12mo. Naugahyde with two bolts for binding. A trade catalogue of Pitkin products including grocery, cosmetic, and drug departments. Products include Tan-Tan cream, Oraline, Nalto, Perfumes, and other items. Illustrated throughout with color reproductions of photographs of the products. Shelf ware..... More
Wien: Sogra Modeverlag, No date. First edition. Softcover. Folio. (1) 16 (1) plates. Original stiff light green stapled wraps reinforced with red tape at spine with red lettering and company logo on cover. Catalog of traditional Austrian costumes with color drawings and patterns for sewing. The description of the forty-five..... More
Leipzig: Poeschel & Trepte, 1939. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 47 (1)pp. Decorative wraps with black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Index of the exhibitors and collections exhibited during the fair in the Leipzig Museum for Applied Arts from August 27–31, 1939, and Saturday, September 2nd. Exhibitors participating in..... More
Los Angeles: California Hardware Company, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (ii) lviii, 1,466pp. Original green cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated title page. Comprehensive catalogue of builder's hardware, glassware, hotel ware, dinnerware, household articles, paints, oils and varnishes, sporting goods, contractor's supplies, electrical appliances and devices, wheel..... More
New York: Adams-Brown Company, 1970. Reprint. Softcover. Oblong Octavo. 62pp. Original blue quarter cloth over light blue wraps with black lettering on cover. Facsimile reprint of extensive 1885 trade catalog of clocks manufactured by E. N. Welch with factories in Forestville, Connecticut. Advertising Fine Imported Marble and Gilt 15-Day Mantel..... More
Leipzig: Edition Leipzig, (1979). Hardcover. Oblong. Folio. 130pp. Pictorial decorated brown cloth in color illustrated slipcase. Minor shelf wear to slipcase. Color frontispiece. By the beginning of the 19th Century the Sonneberg toy makers had become a major center for the production and export of toys. This is a facsimile..... More
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Philadelphia: John Wanamaker, Grand Depot, 188_ (ca 1885). First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 110, [18]pp. Original printed wrappers. Illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations, this catalog of "Trimmings, Fancy Goods, and Sundries" by John Wanamaker contains a selection of 102 articles, from albums, archery, braids and Bibles, to wallets, yarns and zephyrs..... More
New York: Everson-Ross Co., 1910. First edition. Softcover. Large Octavo. 44pp. Original light blue wraps with gilt ruling, lettering and vignette on cover. Badge Catalogue No. 27. Detailed order instructions on page two. Catalog of officers badges, active and exempt pins, service badges, cap fronts, uniform button and police officers..... More
Cleveland: National Association of Marble Dealers. Softcover. Quarto. 24 plates In original tan stiff paper portfolio with brown lettering and ruling on cover. The views contained in this portfolio were reproduce from actual photographs of typical marble installations located in many parts of the country. Forty offset reproductions, some full..... More
Oshkosh, WI: Morgan Company Manufacturers, 1949-1952. Softcover. 3 volumes. 4to. Illustrated paper wrappers. With b&w illustrations. One volume with small tears at cover along spine. Other volumes fine. Overall, all volumes in very good condition. More
Hannover: Günther Wagner, No date. Softcover. Octavo. 7 leaves. Original tan wraps with Pelikan logo and brown and tan reverse lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Advertisement of Pelikan, the German manufacturing company of writing, office and art equipment and supplies. This seven leaf booklet offers paper samples for..... More
NP: NP, ND (ca 1935). First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. [110]pp. Original decorative grey wrappers, with black lettering to front cover. Illustrated with 50 striking color plates, this catalog (from an unidentified American carpet company having a Carpe Diem logo) shows 50 types of seamless Axmington carpets* in a variety..... More