24 pp. booklet on the ornamental ironwork at the Hotel Sir Francis Drake in San Francisco, designed by the architectural and engineering firm of Weeks & Day, plus a laid-in four-page pamphlet with facsimiles of three letters sent to Michel & Pfeffer Iron Works, the firm who executed the ironwork..... More
Fourteen circa 1910s-1960s catalogs from two well-known gambling and gaming supply companies, each approximately 40-70 pp., profusely illustrated. Octavos (most approximately 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches, slight variations in size). Original wrappers, held in two black clamshell boxes from Ken Klosterman's Salon de Magie, gold-stamped titles to covers and..... More
128 pp. illustrated trade catalogue for copper store front designs, from the Kawneer Company in Michigan, profusely illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs. Oblong 12mo (5 7/8 x 9 inches). Original cloth-backed publisher's stiff blue cardstock wrappers with raised type to front cover. Some very light wear and abrasions to..... More
Various cities: various publishers, circa 1924. Various sizes, mostly octavo 18 to 24 cm high, some fold out to larger sheets. Original printed wrappers and self-wrappers; pagination ranges from single sheets to a 14-pp. catalog. Some light handling wear, chipping, minor soiling, overall very good. An assortment of seven 1920's..... More
Illustrated trade catalogue of Packard automobiles illustrated with six anaglyph stereoscopic views and accompanied by two pairs of original stereoscopic viewing glasses with red and blue lenses. Oblong octavo (5 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches). Original colorful illustrated wrappers with gilt highlighting. Extremely light rubbing to edges, light rust to..... More
72 pp. catalog advertising the work of the Trost & Trost architectural firm, profusely illustrated, with 2 pp. of introductory text and 16 pp. of advertisements for related businesses, most located in and around El Paso. Square octavo (9 x 9 1/4 inches). Original publisher's boards. Fabric along spine gone..... More
Unpaginated trade catalog from the Rasch wallpaper manufacturer with 24 pp. of photographs and text and 13 pp. of wallpaper samples. Oblong octavo (7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches). Original illustrated wrappers. Some soiling and light warping to front cover, light spotting along cloth spine, slight yellowing to interior, overall..... More
Nuremberg: Gebrüder Bing, 1912. Quarto (29 x 22 cm). Original dark blue publisher's cloth with title and company logo stamped to front cover; (x), 382, (xiii) pp. Profusely illustrated. Minor soiling and handling wear, very slight soiling and abrasions to cover, overall about very good. Gebrüder Bing was a German..... More
Beautiful and unusual trade catalogue with 11 pages of introductory text followed by 23 pages containing 135 total ombre colored thread samples displaying the result of the company's dyes on cotton yarn, at three different dye strengths. Octavo (9 3/4 x 7 inches). Blue cloth with white stamped title to..... More