Niles, MI: Kawneer Co., 1961. Original edition. Three-ring binder, blue vinyl with yellow lettering. Quarto 3-ring binder, with four tabbed sections (fronts and facings; entrances; wall systems; and Sealair windows), each containing brochures and specification sheets. A very scarce mid-century trade publication depicting specifications, descriptions, and images of Kawneer products... More
Philadelphia, PA: Shoemaker-Sims Company, 1910. First printing. Cloth over Boards. Folio, pp. x, 101, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Features businesses in eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, DC, and southern NJ such as Kline Marble Veneer, Maryland Terra Cotta, Keystone Cement Block, Suplee Elevator, Samuel Creswell Iron Works, and many more... More
Cleveland, Ohio: Fischer & Jirouch, 1931. First edition. Decorated Boards with cloth spine. Quarto, pp 205, indexed, with thousands of ornamental samples depicted. Beautiful b/w photos featuring high-end products including capitals, spandrels, mouldings, cornices, ceilings, rosettes, friezes, brackets, and many other ornamental pieces. Ornaments were made from various materials: fibrous... More
Pittsburgh, PA: Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co., 1915. First edition. Green cloth over boards, white lettering. Quarto, pp. 329. Indexed, b/w illustrations. Scarce early 20th century plumbing trade catalog, featuring a 3-page section of bathroom designs. Bathtubs, sinks, bathroom accessories, toilets, drinking fountains, showers, urinals, wash sinks, and all the hardware... More
St. Louis, MO: N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company, 1909. First printing. Cloth over Boards, blue with gilt lettering. Small quarto, pp xx, 689. Illustrated with b/w drawings, including 12 model bathrooms. A comprehensive plumbing products trade catalog, including everything from hardware to fixtures. Many specialty items, like barber's sinks, hospital... More
Trenton, NJ: Estate of Archibald M. Maddock II, 1962. First printing. Cloth over Boards, gilt lettering. Small quarto, pp. xi, 382, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This book is divided into three sections. The first discusses the history of the pottery industry and the transitions that led up... More
Salem, OH: National Sanitary Manufacturing Company, 1910. First printing. Cloth over Boards, gilt lettering. 12 mo.(4 1/4" X 7 1/4"), pp 66. Illustrated with b/w drawings, including three model bathrooms. Some penciled prices written in the text. A little gem of a plumbing products trade catalog, giving a snapshot of... More
Boston, MA: Station WNAC Home Builder's Department, 1927. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 32, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Stamped on the cover by the architect of the Home Harmonious project. The "Home Harmonious" was a joint project between Massachusetts radio station WNAC and contractors, developers, and building... More
Detroit, MI: Home Planners Inc., 1966. First edition. Cardboard box; cardboard portfolios; staplebound wraps. Cardboard box, 8.5" x 12.5" x 2", containing 5 numbered and titled portfolios, each containing four or more pattern books of designs by Richard Pollman for Home Planners. Portfolio 1 is labelled "Two and 1 1/2... More
New York: Sloane-Blabon Corporation, 1939. First edition. Decorated Boards with cloth spine. Quarto, pp. 232, many color drawings of linoleum patterns. A delightful and colorful catalog from a competitor of the more famous Armstrong Co. featuring brilliant reproductions of their popular flooring patterns. Very scarce. More
New Haven, CT: Sargent & Co., 1911. First printing. Decorated Cloth on Boards. Octavo, pp. 250, illustrated with b/w drawings. Signed by original owner on front end paper. This catalog focused on mechanic's tools: planes, hammers, wood chisels, saws, woodworking tools, leather tools, and more. It contains several tools marked... More
Wicklow, Ireland: Wordwell, 1999. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. vii, 104, glossary, bibliography, illustrated with b/w and color drawings and photographs. Written in an accessible and popular style, this book is for the general reader interested in lifestyle, house design, heritage and the environment. The book includes sections... More
Meriden, CT: Charles Parker, nd. Reissue. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 151, indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings. This is a facsimile copy of a c. 1910 catalog. Contains all sorts of kitchen and workshop hardware, including coffee mills, gate hinges and pulleys, hammers, match safes, shears and scissors, and many more... More
Wrightsville, PA: Wrightsville Hardware Company, nd c. 1915. First printing. Spiralbound wraps. Quarto, pp 83, indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings. Wrightsville Hardware manufactured hardware, household and mechanics' tools, housefurnishings, and grey iron castings. John Wright still operates today as a cast iron manufacturer. An attractive catalog from this successful and... More
Youngstown, OH: Truscon Steel Co., January, 1937. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, blue/yellow stock. 8 1/2" x 11" pp 24. b/w photographs on each page. b/w illustrations. An extremely attractive trade piece highlighting modern window design in concrete homes, traditional houses, stone bungalows, and "skyscrapers." Also includes garage doors and... More
New Haven, CT: Sargent & Co., 1906. First printing. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp 283, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Meant to be a supplement to the 1901 catalog with updated prices. Not as heavily illustrated as the original catalog, but a good reference for prices and hardware available at the... More
Niles, MI: Kawneer Co., 1939. Original edition. Decorated Wraps, blue. Quarto, pp 11. b/w drawings and photographs on each page. Order form laid-in. A very scarce mid-century trade publication depicting modern design applications of metal windows and architectural metal work in commercial and residential spaces. More
Dubuque, IA: Carr, Ryder & Adams Co., n.d. (ca. 1932). Original Edition. Decorated, Embossed Boards. Quarto, pp. 403. Illustrated with bright color paintings and b/w drawings and details. A beautiful and richly illustrated millwork catalog, with very high production values. The Carr, Ryder & Adams Co. had a very long... More
Baltimore, MD: William C. Scherer & Co., 1912. Original edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 175. b/w line drawings, halftones and engravings throughout. Marvelously illustrated trade catalog with extensive sections on doors, windows, moldings, porch spindles, shutters, mantels, store fronts and more. Many beautiful details to enjoy. More
Saginaw, MI: Morley Brothers, 1920. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 1786, tabbed index. Illustrated with many b/w drawings and several color sections (Congoleum flooring, alabastine paint chips, and more). "Morley Brothers" written in black on the red fore edges of the book. This is a comprehensive catalog! Nearly 1,800 pages... More
New York: Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., (ca. 1915). Original green Cloth w/title on cover & spine, gilt design on cover. Quarto, pp. 1112, indexed. End papers damaged but text block intact. Very scarce. Many tools, but also architectural hardware (clock spires, Morris Chair rods, exotic furniture feet, furniture pulls, etc)... More
Sterling, IL: National Manufacturing Co., 1915. First printing. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 88. Indexed. b/w illustrations on each page. Scarce trade piece, featuring such commercial hardware as doorhangers, sash locks and lifts, ornamental door/cabinetry hardware, etc. From the library of preservationist Michael Lynch. More
Canton, OH: Eller Mfg. Co., 1924. First edition. Original Decorated Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 138. Index and price list bound in. Illustrated on every page with detailed b/w photographs. This beautiful early 20th century steel ceiling catalog contains many wonderful photographs of installation sites as well as the products themselves... More
Detroit, MI: Albert Grauer & Co., 1914. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. 12 mo, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w photos & drawings. Bruner's experience in concrete and reinforced concrete gave him a decided advantage when experimenting in sidewalk light construction. From the beginning, architects and engineers recognized the vast superiority of... More
St. Louis, MO: Manchester Iron Works, 1916. First printing. Original Wraps. Oblong octavo (10 X 6 1/2), pp. 64, indexed, well illustrated. Featuring many different types of ornamental ironwork (grills, railings, stairs, benches, chimney braces, store front columns, etc). A lovely trade piece. More
