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Home Book of Electricity. [Electrical]. Hotpoint. Hotpoint Electric Heating Co.: Ontario, CA, 1915. Small octavo, pp 32. Illustrated booklet depicting irons, vacuums, immersion heaters, waffle grilles, toasters, and other household appliances. With glossaries of terms and care instructions, and othe.. more Price: $45.00 Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company - Colored Stone Sample Charts (40+). [Stone]. Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company. Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company: New York, 1920 (circa). Oblong small quarto, (7 1/ 2"x 9 1/2" ) Approx. 40 Colored Marble Tile samples on loose sheets in envelop from the Bergen County Tile Co. in Bogota, NJ.. more Price: $150.00 Illustrated Catalogue of The J.W. Reedy Elevator Man'f'g. Co., Passenger & Freight Steam, Hydraulic & Hand Power Elevators. [Elevators/Escalators]. The J.W. Reedy Elevator Manufacturing Company. J.W. Reedy Elevator Mfg. Co.: New York, ca 1885. Small quarto, pp 20. Illustrated on every page, on inside covers and back cover with b/w drawings... more Price: $165.00 The House Dignified -- Its Design, Its Arrangement, Its Decoration; With Seventy-five Original Illustrations. [Interiors]. French, Lillie Hamilton. G.P. Putman's Sons: New York, 1908. Small quarto, pp xiii, pp157. Illustrated frontis piece and b/w photographs throughout the volume.. more Price: $55.00 Architectural Ornaments in Exterior and Interior Composition, Wood, Cement, Etc. [Plastering]. Maxwell Forbes & Stillman Company. Maxwell Forbes & Stillman Co.: Milwaukee, WI, 1909. Quarto, pp 143, indexed. b/w photographic plates on each page... more Price: $110.00 Aladdin Readi-Cut Homes, Sold By The Golden Rule. [Pattern Book]. Aladdin Company. Aladdin Co.: Bay City, MI, 1920. Small octavo, pp 116. Wonderfully illustrated with color & b/w photographs, drawings, & house plans. Illustrated Free End Papers.. more Price: $50.00 View Gallery ...