Chicago, IL: Shattock & McKay Co., 1908. Original edition. Original Cloth. 24mo, pp. 272, illustrated with b/w drawings. King manufactured windows, doors, mouldings, lumber, and millwork. This pocket guide listed all their products and current pricing. Many unusual products are listed, including gable ornaments, pulpits, leaded glass, choir and altar..... More

Minneapolis, MN: Colwell Press, Inc., nd c. 1930. Second edition. Staplebound Wraps with cloth tape spine. Small quarto, pp. 80, b/w and color illustrations. A previous owner lightly stamped the front and back cover. Front cover and first page have one corner torn away. One in a series of pattern..... More

Detroit: Ornamental Products Co, nd c.1930. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong quarto, pp. 41, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Lovely illustrated catalogue of carvings, modern as well as Chippendale and Louis XV and XVI characteristics, rosettes, capitals and pilasters made of oak, mahogany, gum, and walnut. The company guaranteed..... More

Sydney, Australia: George Hudson Limited, 1929. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with sepia-toned drawings. The Hudson family was one of the best known Australian makers of timber homes. By 1874 the firm of Hudson Brothers was producing portable houses in timber to be erected in the..... More

San Francisco: Gladding, McBean & Co., 1919. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 88, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Rubber stamped by an architectural firm inside the front cover and on the front endpaper. Gladding, McBean is a ceramics company in Lincoln, California. It is one of the oldest companies..... More

Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 204. Indexed, richly illustrated with diagrams and photographs. Contains Glossary and Bibliography. Brent Hull, noted preservationist and millwork specialist, researched the history of his specialties for years, gathering hundreds of rare trade catalogs and pattern books (I know, because he purchased dozens of..... More

New York: Reinhold, 1951. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 288, indexed, illustrated with 470 b/w drawings and photographs. Library stamp on front endpaper. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled. Sixty-three neighborhood, community, and regional shopping centers are minutely described and illustrated in this book. Parking had never before been analyzed..... More

New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1956. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp 92, indexed, illustrated with more than 100 b/w photographs and 2 in full color. Gordon Drake was a young designer who died suddenly and tragically in 1952 at the age of 34. The quantity of his..... More

Toronto: Northern Miner Press Limited, 1963. Second edition. Boards. 12mo, pp. 167, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This book is intended to give the average reader an intelligent conception of what lies behind the making of a Canadian mine. It is not intended as a text book, but is designed..... More

Barre, VT: Barclay Brothers, 1921. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 16 each issue, illustrated with b/w photographs. Four issues: March/April 1921, May/June 1921, September/October 1921, November/December 1921. Published bi-monthly in the interest of "better monuments and better business," this trade magazine included historical articles (the eagle as memorial..... More

Chicago. IL: Celotex Building Products, 1937. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 26, illustrated with b/w photographs. Displays the company's balance sheet and statement of profit and loss for the year. The president's letter to the stockholders acknowledged that there was little residential construction during the depression, but felt that..... More

New York: Sapolin Paints Inc., 1969. Original edition. Ephemera. Small quarto, two fold-out paint charts, one for exterior paint colors and one for interior paint colors. A valuable resource for those who are renovating their 1960s-era home, and want to use colors that are authentic to the time period. The..... More

New York: Whitehead Metal Products Company, 1937. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp 18, illustrated with b/w drawings with spot color. An attractive advertising brochure for Whitehead kitchen sinks and many different types of cabinetry, including a towel drier cabinet and a plate warming cabinet! The company even offered..... More