Philippine Sugar Institute. Pictorial wrappers. Wonderful report (circa 1942-43) issued by the Philippine Sugar Institute, part of their "technical researches and studies". Tight and VG in its fragile pictorial wrappers, with just a bit of chipping at the spine ends and along the lower tips. Quarto, a generous number of..... More
West Haven, CT: he Carroll Company, 1936. Booklet. Scarce 1936 booklet, issued by the Carroll Company of West Haven, CT, offering the opportunities of retail expansion by opening another "Carroll Cut Rate Cosmetics--Drugs" store. With the full backing and training of the parent company. A clean, Near Fine booklet, in..... More
New York: Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 1953. Original Wraps. The 1953 annual report to the stockholders of CBS. Bright and VG+ in its off-white, stapled wrappers. Octavo, also includes CBS's original shipping envelope and the business card of Frank Stanton, CBS's president at the time, laid-in. More
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Steelcase Inc., 1955. 1st. Original Wraps. Wonderful 1955 office furniture catalogue. Published by Steelcase Inc. out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Clean and VG+ in its stapled pictorial wrappers. Oblong quarto, crisp product photography (some in color) thruout. More
Boston: 1931. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Charming 1931 Curry Brothers Catalogue (Catalogue #31). "Oils/Greases/Mechanical Rubber Goods/Belting/Packing/Steam Specialties/Industrial Equipment". High-quality steel engravings (and photographs) thruout. Clean and bright and VG+ in its decorative red cloth. Quarto, 19 pgs. More
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin: Cornish, Curtis & Greene Mfg. Co., 1894. Original Wraps. Wonderful farm machinery catalogue, with engraved illustrations thruout. "For Determining the Butter Value of Milk. Hand, Belt and Steam Power Machines for the Farm, Creamery and Cheese Factory". 1894 1st edition. VG in its original decorative wrappers, with..... More
New York: New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation, 1964. Original Wraps. First Edition. Uncommon 1964 report looking beyond the upcoming World's Fair to analyze real estate and land development and use. An immaculate copy. Fine in its dark-green stapled wrappers. Elephant folio, 29 pgs. Detailed, colored maps (including fold-outs). Introduction..... More
New York: C.P. Goerz American Optical Company, 1939. 1st. Original Wraps. Charming 1939 catalogue of Goetz photo-lenses. Bright and VG+ in its stapled wrappers. 12mo, 17 pgs. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1967. 1st. Cloth. The 1967 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling at the rear panel. Octavo, 492 pgs. "A reference work on the theory, principles, standards, techniques and instrumentation design and application for physical measurements in the..... More
New York: McNab & Harlin Manufacturing Co., 1898. Cloth. Wonderful turn-of-the-century (1898) illustrated catalogue and price list for McNab & Harlin Manufacturing Company of New York. Filled with hundreds and hundreds of steel engravings (from cast iron fittings and wrought iron nipples to street washers and lawn hydrants), including detailed..... More
Leipzig and Berlin. 1st. Printer Wrapper. Very impresive Kaiser & Co. trade catalogue, issued out of Leipzig and Berlin, c. 1920. Includes detailed samplings of chandeliers, floor lamps, desk lamps, etc. Many of the hundreds of plates include wonderful color-tinting. VG in its Bauhaus-inspired pictorial wrappers, with light foxing at..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1940. First Edition. "The story of Rockefeller Center, a city within a city, as told at the ceremony in which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., drove the last rivet of the last building, November 1, 1939." A nice piece of New Yorkiana. Solid and VG in..... More
New York: M. Lehmann Inc. Wines and Spirits, 1955. 1st. Original Wraps. 1955 profile of some of the leading wine makers of the day, produced by Park Avenue wine merchants M. Lehmann Inc. A VG octavo in its off-white wrappers, with light offsetting at the front panel and very light..... More
San Francisco: Foster and Kleiser Company, 1938. Pictorial wrappers. Charming, scarce 1938 album selling the smart businessman on the ever-increasing opportunities in outdoor advertising, specifically on the growing West Coast. Folio, spiralbound, filled with beautiful printing, layout and design, with clear Art Deco influences. Hundreds of photographs, multi-colored inserts, advertising..... More
Boston: National Tube Works Co., 1891. Cloth. A tight, crisp copy of this 1891 pocket companion --filled with impressive engarvings-- of the National Tube Works Co., whose massive plant in McKeesport, PA (with accompanying frontispiece engraving) manufactured "wrought-iron welded steam, gas and water pipe, plain, galvanized and enameled standard boiler..... More
Milan: S.p.A. Virginio Rimoldi & C. 1st. Original Wraps. Beautiful company catalogue, published out of Milan by the S.p.A. Virginio Rimoldi & C. Employing the finest in Italian design of the late 1950s/early 60s, this highly visual catalogue is filled with wonderful color plates of state-of-the-art sewing machines--and their interiors..... More
Boston: Shoe and Leather Reporter Annual, 1920. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1920 edition of the Shoe and Leather Reporter Annual. Solid and VG in its yellow cloth, with very light soiling to the panels. Thick octavo, 836 pgs., including wonderful local shoe and leather manufacturer ads thruout..... More
East Orange, NJ: The A.P. Smith Mfg. Co., 1930. Hardcover. Wonderful 1930 "water works" catalogue, issued by the A.P. Smith Co. of East Orange, NJ. Beautiful plates thruout, including crisp black-and-white photos, steel engravings and blueprints of the interiors of specific parts. Tight and VG in its black leatherette, with..... More
New York: Topping Brothers (Ship Chandlery Department), 1909. 1st. Cloth. Topping Brothers Catalogue #7, 1909. "Ship Chandlery, Marine Hardware, Yacht, Launch & Motor Boat Fittings". VG- in its green cloth, with light staining at the panels and light foxing to the endsheets. Internally, very clean, with all the engravings in..... More
Washington: US Gov't Printing Office, 1939. Original Wraps. A solid copy of this 1939 Securities and Exchange Commision report. VG in its beige wrappers, with light soiling to the wrappers. Octavo, 638 pgs. More
Highland Park, IL: Al Collins Publishing Inc., 1965. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1965 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the flap-folds and at the spine ends. Tall quarto, 223 pgs. More
Original letters. (2) Alfred Sloan TLSs, both written to Edward T. Stotesbury of Philadlephia, senior partner at the Drexel & Company banking house, associate of J.P.Morgan and one of the wealthiest men in the country. Drawn on General Motors Corporation stationary and written in October of 1935 and October of..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1931. 1st. Cloth. An unusually well-preserved copy of the uncommon 1931 1st edition --and in its striking, art deco-ish dustjacket. Solid and VG (with light rubbing to the spine's gilt-lettering) in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with very light scuffing to the spine..... More
Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 1928. Cloth. A bright, solid copy of the 1928 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its dark-red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and lightly-rubbed titling at the spine. Mild scuffing to the rear panel, otherwise clean as could..... More
New York: Paralegal Institute, Inc., 1973. Cloth. A solid, presentable copy of the 1973 1st edition. Tight and VG (light wear to the lower-half of the panels) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very minor rubbing and soiling to the panels. Octavo, 402 pgs. More
