Galesburg, IL: Rowe Manufacturing Co., 1930. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 8, illustrated with b/w photographs. These new doors were a great improvement over the popular designs that were used on earlier garages, such as sliding doors, folding doors, or swinging doors. Those earlier designs tended to come off..... More
Indianapolis, IN: The Interior Hardwood Co., 1895. Original edition. Two-hole rope tie. Oblong small quarto, pp. 17, illustrated with b/w drawings. The pages are not numbered so it's unclear whether it's complete. If so, the plate numbers are unconventional. Present are plates IV, VII, X, XIII, XVI, XIX, XXII, XXIII..... More
North Jay, ME and Redstone, NH: Self published, n.d. (ca. 1960). First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 16 , illustrated with b/w photographs, and three tipped-in color images of granite samples. A lovely trade piece, very uncommon! The three color samples feature two New Hampshire granites (Conway Green and Conway..... More
Cleveland, OH: The Master Builders Company, 1921. Original edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 58, with thumb tabs for easy browsing, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Masterbuilt is the trade name for all concrete floors laid according to the methods and specifications originated by the Master Builders Company. The methods..... More
Chicago, IL: Portland Cement Association, 1941. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 32, illustrated with b/w photographs. Mild ex-library markings. Grandstands are continuously exposed to weather, the destructive forces of wetting and drying, freezing and thawing. It is desirable that they be so built that little maintenance will be required..... More
Philadelphia, PA and Newburyport, MA: Merchant & Evans Co., and Victor Manufacturing Co., Merchant & Evans: 1930; Victor: nd c. 1900. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Merchant & Evans: Quarto, pp. 8, illustrated with b/w drawings. Victor: 16mo, pp. 12, illustrated with b/w drawings. The Merchant & Evans brochure features Almetl..... More
New York: Johns-Manville Corporation, 1942. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 11, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. This catalog shows photographs of interior uses of asphalt tile flooring, and several charts of designs and colors available. Very useful for anyone who does restoration, maintenance, or repair work with asphalt..... More
Watkins Glen, NY: American Life Foundation, 1978. Reprint. Oversized Paperback. Octavo, pp. 300, an unabridged facsimile of Combined Book of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Stair Work, Mantels, and all kinds of Interior and Exterior Finish, a pattern book first published in 1871 and enlarged through many editions to this facsimile..... More
New York: F. W. Devoe & Co., 1878; prices for 1881 pasted in. Original edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. viii, 249, indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings. F. W. Devoe & Co. traces its origins to 1754 when William Post began selling paint on the East River waterfront. The..... More
New York: Jacobson & Co., 1929. Original edition. Green Cloth over Boards w/embossed design. Quarto, 254 numbered b/w photographic plates. Stamped by a previous owner inside the covers. A beautiful collection of ornamental products - ceilings, columns, mouldings, panels, fountains, urns, grilles, and much more. A portfolio of period interiors..... More
Cleveland, Ohio: Fischer & Jirouch, nd c. 1925. First edition. Decorated Boards with cloth spine. Quarto (9.5" x 13"), pp. 254, 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. Lovely example of..... More
Knoxville, TN: Appalachian Tennessee Marble Co., nd c. 1925. Original edition. Decorated Cardboard Cover. Quarto, pp. 27. Illustrated with b/w photos and color sample photos. Unusual trade catalog showing the types of available marble and other stone products, and photos of buildings where the stone was used. Rare. More
Philadelphia, PA: William H. Horstmann Company, 1925. First edition. Original Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 39, illustrated with color drawings. Signed neatly by a previous owner on the title page. Center four pages have pulled free of the staples, but are present and undamaged. This book shows 21 attractive rugs..... More
New York: J. L. Mott Iron Works, 1912. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 11, illustrated with b/w drawings. When residential owners desired a bath tub to be built in the tile walls and floor of the bathroom at the turn of the 20th century, they turned to Mott for..... More
Wilkes-Barre, PA: Columbia Mills Inc., 1953. First edition. Perfect Bound. Octavo, six samples bound in. An unusual catalog; we've never seen this one before. Six samples in different colors of their lightweight wood window shades. The samples can be rolled up and down as they would in a window, demonstrating..... More
