Cleveland, OH: The Master Builders Company, nd c. 1925. Original edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w photographs.Thumb-tabbed pages for easy access to each section. A previous owner rubber-stamped his name and address on the cover. Specifications for waterproofing and dampproofing techniques. Each section describes the product, its..... More
Montreal and Winnipeg: Caverhill, Learmont & Co., 1909. First edition. Half-Leather. Quarto, pp 1342, indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings. This is a gorgeous catalog! Caverhill Learmont was a wholesale shelf hardware merchant. The business was established in 1854 and became the largest hardware establishment in Canada. Sections in this catalog..... More
Chicago: Sears, Roebuck and Co., nd c. 1930. First edition. Paperback. Oblong octavo, pp. 128, with facing pages of wallpaper samples. It's a shame this catalog is missing its covers and first few pages, but what's left is still lovely! Each page is a sample on the front, with text..... More
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Barcelona, Spain: J. F. Villalta, nd c. 1906. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong octavo, pp. 25, illustrated with b/w photographs. Text in Spanish. An advertising brochure for this Spanish construction company, featuring building materials and decoration, hollow blocks of concrete, baluster columns, and more. Includes photographs of completed buildings and..... More
Syracuse, NY: H. E. Hessler Company, nd c. 1912. First edition. Cardboard Covers. Oblong folio, pp. 24, profusely illustrated with b/w photographs. Unusual trade catalog, illustrating a variety of decorative styles in stamped metal ceilings, borders, and tiles from the early 20th century. A rare and valuable visual resource of..... More
New York: Canton Steel Ceiling Co., n.d. (ca. 1915). First edition. Decorated Original Wraps with cloth spine. Oblong folio, pp. 144, illustrated with b/w photographs. A 2" square of the margin of page 33/34 has been torn out; does not affect any illustration. A few pencil notations. A beautiful catalog..... More
Chicago, IL: Illinois Roofing and Supply Co., 1898. First edition. Folded pamphlet. Quarto, pp. 5. This company sold artistic stamped steel ceilings, roofing tin, eave troughs, conductor pipe, sheet steel and iron, charcoal bright plates, coke plates, heater pipe tin, roofing and siding, paints, and cements. It gives great insight..... More
Cleveland, OH: Whitmer-Jackson Company, Inc., January 23, 1928. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 80, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Windows and sash, all sorts of doors (mirror, veneered, French, storm, combination storm and screen, front, pine, stock panel, Colonial, pine sash, and many more), side lights, breakfast..... More
New York: Dover Publications, 1980. Original edition. Wraps. Quarto, pp. xv, 159, illustrated with 210 b/w photographs. No one living remembers New York harbor as it looked before the turn of the 20th century, when clipper ships, sloops, barks, schooners, steamboats, brigs, lighters and countless other vessels plied its still-clean..... More
New York: The Co-Operative Building Plan Assoc. 1891. First edition. Decorated Boards. Folio 11 1/2" x 14 1/2, each issue approximately 60 pp., with b/w perspective drawings and floor plans. Trade advertisements throughout. Two advertising pages bound in upside down. Ex-library. A bound copy of four issues of Shoppell's beautiful..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: American Standard, 1945. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong octavo, pp. 24, illustrated in color. Terrific representations of 1940s kitchens and bathrooms, featuring many unusual fixtures, such as corner style bathtubs, laundry sinks, and porcelain colors we haven't seen in decades. Attractive and scarce; we haven't seen this one..... More
Keokuk, IA: Keokuk Lumber Company, nd c. 1910. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. 3.5" x 6" pamphlet, opens to 3.5" x 8" to reveal roofing sample; pp. 6 of advertising text. Gal-va-nite had a wool felt base, coated with asphalt waterproofing compound, and topped with a flaked mica weatherproof surface. Mica..... More
North Bergen, NJ: Woodco Corporation, 1960. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 31, illustrated with sepia toned photographs and detail drawings. An extensive catalog of residential wood windows including awning, picture, casement, sliding, and doors. Well illustrated with construction drawings, window elevations and perspective renderings. More
