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
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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
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
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
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
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
Fullerton, PA: The Dent Hardware Co., 1901. Original edition. Original Wraps. Small octavo, pp 63, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. An extensive period trade catalog showing the beauty and degree of ornamentation in the hardware. Also included are door and coat hooks, chest handles and name plates. Originally a 19th..... 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
Wheeling, WV: Canton Steel Ceiling Co., 1917. First edition. Decorated Original Wraps with cloth spine. Oblong quarto, pp. 54, illustrated with b/w photographs. Some pencil notations on the front cover. Small dark stain on title page. This catalog displayed metal ceiling designs that were in stock for immediate shipment from..... 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
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
Canton, OH: T.C. Snyder & Co., nd c. 1881. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. 24mo trade pamphlet, pp 16, some b/w illustrations. This roofing company advertised that its roofing was "the most perfect and practical fire-proof, lightning-proof, wind, water, and rust-proof," and that its iron ore paint spreads farther than any..... More
