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
Canton, OH: The Berger Manufacturing CO., 1891. First printing. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 112, indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings, and a beautiful fold-out color plate. A lovely example of product literature from this important manufacturer of sheet metal goods. New to this catalog over the fourth edition are cornices..... More
Association for Preservation Technology : Foundation for Preservation Technology, 1980. Reprint. Paperback. Quarto, pp 436. richly illustrated with mid-nineteenth century hardware (cabinet hardware, farm implements, kitchenware, etc). A scarce reprint of an even scarcer original Russell and Erwin trade catalog, giving a unique view into life in nineteenth century America..... More
London: Curwen Press, 1937. Revised. Pamphlet w/Stock Covers. Fold-out Brochure. pp 3. Fully illustrated in b/w. Several Full-size Details. Hope's Metal Window Sash line. Scarce trade piece. More
Chicago, IL: Universal Atlas Cement Company, 1926. Reprint. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 136, illustrated with b/w photographs. Everything you need to know about stucco, issued by the Atlas Portland Cement Company in 1926, but offered in reprint for a more affordable price. Contents include general notes on design; proportions, mixing..... More
New York: Wadsworth, Martinez and Longman, nd c. 1880. First edition. Paper advertisement with wooden frame. Frame is 24.75" x 28.50" and has a handpainted inscription on it: "For Sale by E. M. Wright & Co Orwell Vt." This attractive advertisement has 8 prints of the same Victorian house, painted..... More
Syracuse, NY: Dayton Hessler Company, 1927. First edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp 201, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Some advertising pages bound in the text, some with color illustrations. A Dayton Hessler advertisement for Black Bull liquid asbestos roof cement laid in. An attractive catalog covering sheet metal..... More
New York: U.T. Hungerford Brass & Copper Co., 1907. First edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards. 16mo, pp 283, indexed with thumb tabs at the page's edge. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Price list pages are all rubber stamped "Revised / See Price List No. 9 Adopted 1912" Chapters for brass, bronze..... More
Chicago: Decorators Supply Company, May 1906. First edition. Cardboard Covers with Cloth Spine. 16mo, pp 72, illustrated with detailed b/w drawings. Large counterstamp in purple ink by the office and salesroom on cover and title page; pencil calculations on rear back cover. This company made capitals and brackets for exterior..... More
Chicago, IL: Foster-Munger Company, nd c. 1913. Original edition. Folded sheet of printed paper. Broadside, 12.5" x 28", portico work illustrated in b/w drawings with red lettering. An unusual design sheet of portico work by the Foster-Munger Company of Chicago. Portch posts, newels, balusters, spindles, railing, brackets, and more. Suitable..... More
Sterling, IL: Lawrence Brothers Inc., 1938. First printing. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp 294, indexed; illustrated with b/w drawings. This Illinois company was established in 1876, and had a large line of hardware by the time this catalog was printed. Products included casement window fasteners, braces, latches, garage door hardware..... More
Sterling, IL: National Manufacturing Company, 1947. First printing. Spiral Bound Wraps. Small quarto, pp 216; illustrated with b/w drawings. This well-illustrated catalog included some new items to National's line, such as a 2" light strap hinge, a 2" light T hinge, a sash lock, an overhead door set, a new..... More
Chicago, IL: Chicago & Riverdale Lumber Co., 1915. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 144, illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. Embossed and signed on the front cover by previous owners. Porch columns, windows, casement sash, doors, metal covered and wood store fronts, grille arches, colonnades, sideboards, bookcase and..... More
Troy, NY: Aird-Don Company, 1901. Original edition. Green cloth over boards, black lettering. Small quarto, pp. 266, indexed, illustrated with b/w engraved drawings. Scarce early 20th century plumbing and heating trade catalog. Toilets, sinks, water gauges, wrenches, gas fitter's tools, iron stop cocks, and much more. Illustrations are large and..... More
Boston, MA: William Hall & Company, 1907. Original edition. Decorated Boards. Small quarto, pp 41, indexed. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A beautiful catalog for everything you need to dress a door, from a well-established Boston company (founded 1843): door knockers, hinges, latches, locks, nails, bell pulls, bolts, doorbells, handles, etc...... More
Buffalo, NY: W. A. Case & Son Mfg. Co., nd c. 1900. Original edition. Green cloth over boards, black lettering. Folio, pp. 335, indexed, illlustrated with b/w engraved drawings. Pages 3-7 have been pasted over with clipped recipes from women's magazines; pages 1, 9, 17, 24, 37, 45, 51, 57..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: McKinney Mfg. Co., 1938. Second edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 100. Richly illustrated with b/w product photos. 4-page advertising pamphlet laid in. A scarce and beautiful trade piece, featuring wonderful b/w drawings as well as numerous photos of these fine forged pieces, including ornate iron door hinges..... More
Kansas City, MO: Goldblatt Tool Co., 1927. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. 12mo, pp. 240. Illustrated with b/w drawings. A wonderful 1920s period trade catalog for plasterers, bricklayers, tile-setters, stonemasons, and other "trowel trades", including trowels, corner blocks, floats, blades, picks and hammers, levels, crawlers, mixers, brushes, ladders, power tools, and..... 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
