[ New Haven, Connecticut ]: [ A. C. Gilbert Company ] 1940. First Edition. 48 pages (including covers). Staple-bound. Oblong. 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Original bright yellow and black printed self wrappers. A bright clean copy with just a touch of wear to the extremities, including a few... more
Southbridge, Mass. American Optical Company, Export Sales Department [ circa 1946 ]. First Edition. 198, 203-207, [1] pages. 8vo. No date, but circa 1946. Original blue printed wrappers. Bruxelles distributor Andre Van Hopplynus de Cock sticker on front wrapper, and some additional ephemera from de Cock included with the catalog... more
New York, Kansas City, Montreal: California Perfume Company, Inc. circa 1930. Not paginated. [76] pages. 10 x 7 inches. Two post screw binder with leatherette covers. "AVON" stylized logo on front cover. Full color advertisements for products throughout. Designed as a distributor trade catalog. Very Good. Wraps.
No date... more
Boston, Massachusetts / London and Glasgow: B. F. Sturtevant Co. / Sturtevant Engineering Co. 1904-1906. A solid collection of B. F. Sturtevant Co. Catalogs and Application Notes bound together in one physical volume. Cloth bound, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, with leather label on spine incorrectly noting contents as... more
New York, NY: Babcock & Wilcox Company 1938. First Edition. 68 pages. Spiral bound. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. A bright clean copy. Near Fine. Spiral bound. more
Grand Rapids, MI: [ Barnard & Simonds Co., Inc. circa 1964. First Edition. 8 x 10. Post bound with printed oversized wrappers. Over 100 leaves printed on one side, each focused on one or two pieces of furniture. Several colored pages as well. In rear are several oversized items. A.... more
Fitzwilliam, NH: Ken Roberts Publishing Co. 1982. Later printing. 44 pages. Red and black printing on blue thick paper stock. Stapled. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. A new copy with slight fading and spotting to the covers. Near Fine. Wraps.
A 1982 facsimile reproduction of the original catalog... more
Mendham, New Jersey: The Astragal Press 1993. Revised Edition. vi, 210, [6] pages. A facsimile reprint of the original catalog from 1900. 8vo. Printed wrappers. A bright clean copy. Near Fine. Wraps. more
New Haven, Connecticut: Bradley Laboratories, Inc. 1954. First Edition. Irregularly paginated. Stiff paper wrappers, with metal comb style binding. Old owner's name scribbled out on title page, another name inside front cover. Third previous owner name stamped on title page. Otherwise clean internally. Near Fine. Comb.
A manufacturer's catalog... more
Beihai,, Guangxi, China: The Brothers Pyrotechnics, Inc. 2000-2007. First Edition. 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches. Printed stapled wrappers. Various paginations. Several catalogs include computer discs as well with company offerings. Each catalog is their regular line offerings, except that in 2003 we have both the regular and value line... more
Knoxville Tennessee: C. M. McClung & Co. Inc. circa 1921. First Edition. lxi, 1030 pages. 3/4 leather spine over buckram cloth binding. Marbled page edges, plain blue endpapers. A well thumbed, and yet still sound copy. Includes color and black and white illustrations. Some pages include samples (see page 265... more
Druck von B. Vopelius in Jena: Carl Zeiss Jena 1934. 113 pages. Flexible cloth wrappers. 7 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches. Near Fine. Boards.
With 45 figures of microscopes and their accessories. Zeiss still makes some of the best optics in the world and their instruments, even from this... more
Berlin, Hamburg, Koln, Wien, Brussel, London, NY . Carl Zeiss Jena 1934. First Edition. 156 pages. Binding sound, with minor wear. The scarce dust jacket is quite chipped and torn. Near Fine / Fair. Boards.
An original catalogue in dust jacket from Carl Zeiss Jena covering the range of... more
Boston: Isaac R. Butts 1844. First Edition. [4], 56, 7, [1-blank], xiv pages. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth, blind stamped design front and rear panels. Spine panel with gold lettering ''Pneumatic Experiments'' still bright and clean. 1/2 inch chip missing from head of spine panel. Base of spine panel and corners... more
Boston, Massachusetts: Thomas Hall, Electrician and Manufacturer of Electro Medical Instruments 1865. [4], 241, [7], 36, [4] pages. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. Publisher's green cloth gilt. Binding dampstained along lower edge and lightly soiled overall. Endpapers soiled, plus first and last few pages (dirt, not damp). Good. Cloth.
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Boston, Massachusetts: Thomas Hall, Electrician and Manufacturer of Electro Medical Instruments 1865. [4], 241, [7], 36, [4] pages. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. Publisher's green cloth gilt. Light wear to the binding, with boards showing at corners and one spot on spine. Library of C. E. Stevens label on front... more
[ Cleveland, Ohio ]: Cleveland Commercial Photo Company circa 1923. Oblong 8vo. 11 x 8 inches (photographs 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches). An album containing thirty seven silver prints total of which four are duplicates, most mounted on linen backings. Secured in a two post binder with flexible black... more
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Doubleday-Hill Electric Co 1916. First Edition. 1475 pages. Thick 4to. (7 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches) Publisher's printed two tone yellow cloth. Covers soiled, bumped at corners. Sound. Last hundred pages with marginal dampstaining lower right corner. Occasional dampstaining at corner tips elsewhere. Well illustrated, occasionally in color... more
New York: E. Leitz, Inc. 1960. First Edition. Various pagination. Original Leica binder with "Leica" embossed on front in silver, with red faux leather thick paper covers. Multi-ring metal binder containing 10 tabs, each with information about Leica products (mostly cameras and related equipment). Dated "Jan 1, 1960". Tabs include... more
Chicago: Electric Appliance Company 1897. First Edition. 567 pages (plus additional tipped in pages). 8vo. 7 x 10 1/4 inches. Publisher's red cloth with black embossed lettering. Minor soiling to the covers. Clearly used, but still sound. Very Good. Cloth.
A copiously illustrated general catalog of electrical supplies from... more
Pocatello, Idaho: Firefox Enterprises, Inc. 1992. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Mostly one color advertisements of fireworks supplies. Near Fine. Wraps. more
Philadelphia: Foote Mineral Company 1909. 320 pages. May 1910 price changes and supplementary list of minerals sold by weight tipped in at page 310. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth gilt. Corners bumped, edges worn but sound and clean. Penciled (name?) on front flyleaf. Very Good. Cloth.
This catalog was available... more
Fort Wayne, Indiana: Fort Wayne Electric Works 1907. 8 pages, stapled and two-hole punched. 8 x 10 1/2 inches. Page edges trimmed and then stained red. Very Good. Staplebound.
The third edition of this bulletin. Illustrated. "For outdoor illumination or for lighting large interiors there is no better source... more
Fort Wayne, Indiana: Fort Wayne Electric Works 1904. 4 pages, stapled and two-hole punched. 8 x 10 1/2 inches. Page edges trimmed and then stained red. Very Good. Staplebound.
Illustrated. Discusses this form of lighting for interior use. more
Fort Wayne, Indiana: Fort Wayne Electric Works 1906. 8 pages, stapled and two-hole punched. 8 x 10 1/2 inches. Page edges trimmed and then stained red. Dampstained. Paper affixed to front page covering the word "Systems" in the title. Good. Staplebound.
The second edition of this bulletin. Illustrated. Focused... more
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