Trade Catalogues & Price Lists
Italian Marble,Interior Design,Masonry
Carrara, Italy: E. Bassani Editore, c.1963. A color-illustrated trade catalogue of Italian marble for interior design, including over fifty photos of stone ranging in color from pure white to gold, green, red, and black. Each is labeled with a name (e.g. Bianco Chiaro, Serpentino, etc.). Published in Carrara, Italy by.....
Price: $200.00
State Arms, Coat of Arms, United States Of America, Prang, engraving, printers cut book
Manufacturer: L. Prang & Co. Location: Boston, MA Date: 1876 Pages: 10 (printed on single side) Subject Matter: Printers Cut Book, State Arms A printers cut book of the States' Coat of Arms. Each page has six coat of arms on it, engraved and gilded. The book was prepared with.....
Price: $325.00
Hunting and Fishing
Portland, Maine: T.B. Davis Arms Co., c.1900. Trade catalogue for T.B. Davis Arms Co., "Jobbers of Sporting Goods of Quality" (upper wrapper). Includes descriptions, pricing, dimensions, and illustrations for dozens of products ranging from fishing poles and hooks to nets, knives, and batteries. Lower wrapper advertises the company's firearms and.....
Price: $275.00
Taxidermy,Zoology,Natural Science,Hobbies,Collecting
Albion, New York: Walter F. Webb, 1896. A trade catalogue advertising products for the taxidermist and natural science enthusiast, including tools, stands, glass eyes, displays, paint brushes, and more. Sold by Walter W. Webb, the publisher of "The Museum", a natural science and zoology journal. The second half of the.....
Price: $250.00
trade catalogue, Printing and Publishing, Education, Temperance
Great Britain: Tonic Sol-Fa Agency, October 1882. A trade catalogue for the Tonic Sol-Fa Agency, who sold a variety of books and sheet music. This specific catalogue was their teacher's edition, and in addition to the books and sheet music it also sold a different supplies a teacher might use.....
Price: $110.00
Trade Catalog, Industry, Missouri, Construction, Building, Rope
Kansas City, Missouri: Kansas City Contractors' Supply Company, 1905. Trade catalog for A. Leschen & Sons, a company that manufactured and supplied contractors with wire rope and cordage, advertising its offerings for 1905. Includes index as well as their proprietary telegraphic code (for example, "Acrobat" means "We can ship at.....
Price: $225.00
Leather goods, medical profession, medical bags
Columbus, Ohio: Howard Woodward & Co., 1936. Trade catalog for Howard Woodward & Co., makers of fine luggage and leather goods, advertising bags for travel and business. Of note are the "Physician's Fine Bags" (p. 7) and the "Ladies' Fine Wardrobe Cases" (p. 11); golf bags, traveling valets, and larger.....
Price: $225.00
Arts and Crafts, William Morris, Tapestries, Interior Design, Luxury
New York, New York: W. & J. Sloane, 1902. A very stylishly produced trade catalog for W. & J. Sloane New York, offering "Interior Decoration, Classic Furniture, Upholstery Fabrics, Carpetings and Fine Oriental Rugs" (title-page). Includes full-page photographic illustrations of furnishings and designs with titled tissue guards, with several pages.....
Price: $225.00
trade catalogue, fish, aquarium, animals
St. Louis, MO: Beldt's Aquarium, 1933. A trade catalogue for a store called Beldt's Aquarium, which sold various aquarium supplies, such as the fish, aquatic plants, other aquatic animals such as turtles, outdoor water plants and the equipment need to house the animals. The catalogue contains black and white illustrated.....
Price: $75.00
Silk embroidery, embroidery, needle point, needle artwork
New York: M Heminway Sons Silk Co., c1900. 107 pp. A comprehensive guide to various patterns for needle point utilizing the manufacturer's products to make them. This catalog is the 8th in the series. It starts with a beginners guide to needlepoint, along with B&W photographs of the various stitches.....
Price: $50.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Ornithology,Natural History,Publishing Industry,Bird Conservation
Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, [1916]. Advertising leaflet for two (2) books on ornithology published in 1916 by the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. Includes postage pricing and brief physical descriptions for each work: the fourth edition of Edward How Forbush's "Useful Birds and Their Protection", and the.....
Price: $175.00
Rubber Industry, Trade catalog
Andover, Massachusetts: Tyer Rubber Company, c.1910. Illustrated trade catalogue advertising rubber products produced by the Tyer Rubber Company. Each product is illustrated with a short description, and includes a directive to visit your local druggist to purchase. The versatility of rubber as a material is highlighted through the wide array.....
Price: $175.00
crepe paper, play, costume, made from paper, hat, fashion, party favors
Chicago, IL: Van Housen, 1920. A trade catalogue for the company call Van Housen, based in Chicago, which sold paper, mostly crepe paper, party favors, costumes and accessories. This items were intended for short time use, either as a Halloween costume, theater costume, or any sort costume parties such as.....
Price: $100.00
Coat Dress, Side-tiered Dress, Basque Dress, Self-Trimmed Wrap, Coats and Suits, Misses' fashion, Junior Fashions
Scranton, Penn: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc., 1923. Soft cover. Unpaginated. Woman's Fall & Winter Fashion. Contains Coat Dress, Side-tiered Dress, Basque Dress, Self-Trimmed Wrap, Coats and Suits, Misses' fashion, Junior Fashions and more. Black & white fashion illustrations with multiple views often showing variations on a......
Price: $95.00
One-Piece Dress, Draped Dress, Costume Suit, Sports Apparel, Misses' Costumes, Junior Fashions, Millinery Fashions
Scranton, Penn: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc., 1923. Soft cover. Unpaginated. Woman's Springtime Fashion. Contains Variations of One-Piece Dress, Draped Dress, Costume Suit, Sports Apparel, Misses' Costumes, Junior Fashions, Millinery Fashions and more. Black & white fashion illustrations with multiple views often showing variations on a pattern.....
Price: $95.00
Mining, Spanish Language, Labor
Boston, Massachusetts: Rand, Avery & Co, Printers, 1870s. Illustrated Spanish-language advertising bifolium for Burleigh Rock Drill Co., a highly successful manufacturer of industrial mining equipment based in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Includes large illustration of gentleman operating the Burleigh rock drill on the upper cover, and another illustration of the drill on.....
Price: $100.00
shades and shadows] [perspective
New York: A.S. Barnes & Co, 1855. 159 pp. Brown hard cover with leather spine, 21 fold out black and white plates. Consists of explanations of shades and shadows, ellipse,curves, and lines. The first part of the book has two chapters; definitions and first principles and application and constructions. The.....
Price: $75.00
Design, Art Nouveau, Window Display, Draperies, New York
New York, NY: The Dry Goods Economist/ The Textile Publishing Co., 194. Blind stamped brown cloth with gilt stamped title incorporating a camera surrounded by art nouveau influenced flourishes. 438 pp.with over 425 pages of engravings and photographs of designs for store windows, and of store windows already set up.....
Price: $650.00
Georges Apchain, Woodwind Instruments, Cabart a Paris instruments, Musical Instruments
New York: Frederick W. Binzen & Company, Oct-26. The catalogue offers not only the sale of instruments, but the accessories and necessities in order to care for a variety of types. There is brief instructions for care of woodwind instruments. Following is a wide variety of woodwinds, from different types.....
Price: $95.00
catalogue, memorial, funeral, memorial cards, death, funeral business
Leipsic, OH: 1920. A catalogue for H. F. Wendell, located in Leipsic, Ohio, who claimed to be the largest memorial house on earth. This catalogue focuses on memorial cards shows 9 photomechanical prints of some of the styles offered by H. F. Wendell. Each of these prints come with a......
Price: $175.00
glass painting] [enamel painting
London: Brodie & Middleton, c 1874. 94 pp. Green embossed gilt cover, has both blank and gold text and images, 12 color plates including frontispiece and some illustration among text. Instructions for painting on glass, china, and tile. Includes how to make and apply stain, firing, types of porcelain, and.....
Price: $115.00
trade catalogue, general store, medicine
Reading, MA: [1886-1887]. A small booklet which is the catalogue of items sold by Henry W. Plummer, who had a business in Reading, MA where he made and sold a variety of items. According to the catalogue he sold a variety of extracts (flavoring and handkerchief), toilet articles such as.....
Price: $150.00
Trade Catalogue, Wine, Champagne
Hotel Knicerbocker Print, 1906-1907. 11pp. Printed wraps. Content includes Champagnes, Clarets, White Wines, Red Burgundies, White Burdundies and Chablis, Sparkl'g Burgundies, Sherries, Vintage Ports, Madeiras, Brandies, Scotch Whiskies, Rye Whiskies, Bourbon and Chartreus. Includes individual brands, vintage costs per case by 1st Cost and Laid Down, and the amount in.....
Price: $65.00
Centennial Exhibition, Gloves,
Philadelphia: 1876. Illustrated coated stock covers with 20 unnumbered pages -- each promoting a different Austrian glove maker present in the Austrian Department at the Centennial Exhibition. Contents printed in black and white on pulp paper. Measures 3 3/4" x 5 3/4" Light cover wear, separation.
Price: $125.00