Worcester: Worcester Corsetry LTD. London, 1931. First edition. Softcover. octavo. 58 (5)pp. Original light blue textured wraps with silver decor and lettering on cover. Title page print in solid gray square. Lavish assortment of corsets presented mostly in drawings, four per page, depicting women wearing corsets with prices and descriptive... More
New York: Carey Printing Company, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 138 (8)pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Title page with vignette and decorative orange border, as are all text pages. Decorative and historiated head- and endpieces, and initials. An in-depth promotion, describing the Carey Publishing House starting... 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: C. G. Braxmar Company, 1912. First edition. Softcover. Large Octavo. (2) 105 (1)pp. Original light blue wraps with gilt lettering on cover. Order instructions on inside front cover. Catalog of the manufacturer of badges and medals and dealer in diamonds, watches and Jewelry, Lodge supplies and Knights Templar... 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
Paris: J. Claude Freres & Co., 1951, 1952. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 9, 8, 9 plates. Original stapled stiff orange wraps with whit and gray embossed illustrations and gray lettering in white box of covers. All three catalogs are stamped at top of cover "second semester 1951, respectively first semester... 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
Softcover. Oblong 4to. 24pp. Original wraps, blind-stamped with company's logo. Wraps protected by mylar. Wehoma-Enke & Co. manufactured various types of surface grinding machines, universal tool grinding machines, turret lathes and milling machines. The company was located in Tharandt, Saxony (Germany). Profusely illustrated with reproductions of photographs showing the workers... More
NP, 1889. Softcover. Ex-library. 8vo. 128pp. Original wraps with title in gold on cover and back cover. All gilt edges. Ex-libris of the "Franklin Institute Library" on inside of front wrapper. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs, facsimile letters as well as a large fold-out color map of "New Railroad... 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
Berlin: Albert Gleiser A.-G. [1929]. First edition. Softcover. Oblong quarto (9 x 12"). 132pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Illustrated catalogue of the famous Berlin-based furniture store Albert Gleiser, located in Alexanderplatz. The store was a member of the "Verband zur Förderung Deutscher Wohnkultur" (Association for promoting German home decor). Each page... More
Washington, D.C. H. M. Suter Publishing Company, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XI, [1], 474pp. Original green cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Scarce and fascinating work on the American Forest Congress, of which purpose was to establish a broader understanding of the forest in its relation to the great... More
Konstanz am Bodensee und Rhein: NP, 1937. Hardcover. 4to. vii. 119,32pp. Gilt-stamped blue cloth (Vorzugseinband). Yellow top edge page. A beautiful book celebrating 100 years of the Stromeyer factory and looking at the history and main characters of this large coal and fuel manufacturer in Germany. Illustrated with reproductions of... More
London: Amalgamated Press, Ltd., ca. 1901. Hardcover. 4to. Blind-stamped green cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Beveled edges. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Scuffing, minor abrasions and staining to boards. Hinges starting. A look at some of the giants in the business world... 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
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
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1880. Hardcover. 8vo. xxxviii, 590 (2) pp. Translated from the fourth French edition by Emily J. Leonard. Brown cloth binding. Ex-libris, with bookplate and name written in pencil on title page and call number stamp to spine. Light browning to page edges. Corners bumped... More
London: Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, Limited, 1910. Hardcover. Square 8vo. 72 (12) pp. of fold-out maps at rear. Facsimile illustrations throughout. Color frontispiece. Full parchment binding with gold imprinted seal of the Sun Fire Office on front cover. Maps feature "Plan of Broad Street and Cornhill Wards, 1755," "Map... More
London: The Conran Foundation/Boilerhouse Project, 1982. Softcover. Square Octavo. 84pp. Glossy grey illustrated wrappers with black text on front cover and spine. Foreword by the Norio Ogha, deputy president and Yasuo Kuroki, general manager of the product design center at Sony. The publication is the catalog for the exhibition of... More
Cleveland: Artrhur H. Clark Company, 1930. Hardcover. 8vo. 327pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Minor rubbing to head and tail of spine, boards, edges and corners. Discoloration to gilt on top edge. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Inscribed to Samuel Parker by author. Tissue-guarded frontispiece of Walter... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1958. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. X, 269, [3]pp. Original printed wrappers over cloth with gold lettering on spine. This book, the first to deal extensively with Ricardo's school, examines the nature of its success and the interplay of historical and intellectual forces which finally broke... More
Zaandam, Holland: Bruynzeel, (1947). First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 126pp. Gray quarter cloth over gray paper-covered boards with gilt- and blind-stamped title on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Photographic endpapers. Published on the 50th anniversary of the Dutch timber factory Bruynzeel. The company was founded in 1897 by Cornelis Bruynzeel Sr... More
Zaandam, Holland: Bruynzeel, (1947). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 126pp. Quarter cloth over gray paper-covered boards with gold- and blind-stamped title on cover, gold lettering on spine. Photographic endpapers. Published on the 50th anniversary of the Dutch timber factory Bruynzeel. The company was founded in 1897 by Cornelis Bruynzeel Sr. Profusely... More
New York: G. E. Stechert & Co., 1932. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XLV, [1], 431, [1]pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering and borders on spine and front cover. Authoritative work by Böhm-Bawerk, the famed Austrian economist who made important contributions to the development of his country's economics. In 1889, he... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1958. New Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. VIII, [2], 168pp. Original cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Publisher's logo on front board and title page. First published in 1923, this remarkable work is a captivating study of the economic and social life in the 5th... More