New York: F.W. Dodge Corp. 1945. First printing. Original Illustrated Cloth. Octavo, pp. approx. 250, with postcards bound in for mailing to the individual manufacturers for more information. Illustrated with b/w and color drawings and photographs. A Sweet's trade catalog for residential owners, to help guide them in the selection..... More
New York: F.W. Dodge Corp. 1934, 1939, 1940, 1947. First printing. Original Illustrated Cloth. Octavo, pp. approx. 250, index of firms and of products. A sample of DuPont Tontine washable window shade material laid in. A Sweet's trade catalog for residential owners. The subtitle says it all--it's full of period..... More
Toledo, OH: Kimble Glass Co., nd c. 1960s. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp11, illustrated with color and b/w photographs and b/w specification drawings. Scarce trade catalog showcasing a new color, "Royal Gray," developed expressly to fill the architect's need for a neutral color in molded glass. The other colors..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., 1944. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 23, illustrated with b/w and color photographs, and b/w specification drawings. This booklet shows a few of the many ways in which glass can be used effectively and inexpensively to brighten a new house, and includes working..... More
New Britain, CT: P. & F. Corbin, 1957. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 15, illustrated with color drawings. Corbin Cabinet Lock was founded in 1882 in Connecticut, and moved to Illinois in 2003, where it is still a manufacturer and supplier of padlocks, cabinet door locks, desk drawer locks..... 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
Chicago, IL: Hartmann-Sanders Co., 1920. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp 39, illustrated with b/w photographs. An extensive catalog of wood products for gardens and sunrooms including lattice fences, pergolas, garden furniture and arbors. The photographs show beautifully landscaped gardens all across the country. Also included are stone accessories..... More
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Lee Valley Tools, Ltd., 1984. First edition. Paperback, pictorial cover. Octavo, pp. 416, indexed, richly illustrated in b/w & color. Includes the 1904 Universal Design Book and price list of the wholesale Sash, Door, and Blind Manufacturers' Association of the NW US and the Illustrated Official Moulding..... More
Des Moines, IA: Carr & Adams Co., 1910-1911. Original edition. Leather Bound. 3" x 5.75", pp. 255, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. At the time of this printing, Carr & Adams claimed to be the largest producers of sash and doors in the world, with seven locations throughout the Midwest..... More
Chicago, IL: John A. Gauger & Co., 1904. Original edition. Original Wraps. 3" x 5", pp. 162, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Doors, glazed sash, blinds, mouldings, fine stairwork, art and window glass, parquetry floors, and everything in millwork in any wood. A beautiful reference catalog with detailed drawings of..... More
Jersey City, NJ: The Standard Wood Turning Company, nd c. 1890. First edition. Ephemera. 9.5" x 12" brochure, which opens to 19" x 12". Has been folded; some closed tears and soiling. An attractive trade piece depicting stairwork in the ornate Victorian patterns of the day, with prices for pieces..... More
Newark, NJ: Whittier Lumber & Millwork Company, 1940. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 152, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and architectural specification drawings. Text block has tabbed pages for easy reference. Morgan stock woodwork included authentic reproductions and adaptions of original 17th and 18th century design, as well..... More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1992. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 74, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Between 1890 and 1940, America's culture of consumption took its modern form: products were mass produced and mass distributed, designed to be purchased and rapidly replaced by a vast..... More
Chicago: Sears Roebuck & Co., 1939. First printing. Original Printed Wraps. Square quarto, pp. 89, 80 wallpaper samples, small pasted-in folder, halftones of patterns, interiors. All that was new in wallpaper in 1939 - the colors, the designs, the latest fashion trends - you'll find them all between the covers..... More
Bayport, MN: Andersen Frame Corporation, nd ca 1945. Original edition. Ephemera. Cardstock envelope, 2.75" x 5.5", with printed card that slides up and down within the envelope to reveal lumber sizes for each size window. A handy pocket tool in its day, and an attractive advertising piece. 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
