trade catalogues (35 risultati)

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condizione: Very Good. 10 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Single sheet, 8.5x75 cm, folded to make 10 panels, 1 illustration. Advertising leaflet issued in the 1920s. The Stanley Motor Carriage Company, an American manufacturer of steam cars, operated from 1902 to 1924. "During the mid to late 1910s, the fuel efficiency and power delivery of internal combustion engines improved dramatically and using an electric starter instead of the crank, which had been notorious for injuring its operators, led to the rise of the gasoline-powered automobile, which also was much cheaper. The Stanley company produced a series of advertising campaigns trying to recover the car-buying public away from the "internal explosion engine," but it was unsuccessful. Their advertising slogan was, "Power - Correctly Generated, Correctly Controlled, Correctly Applied to the Rear Axle." These were early examples of the fear, uncertainty and doubt advertising campaign, since their aim was not to convince buyers of the advantages of the Stanley Steamer but to suggest that internal combustion automobiles could explode . The company suffered a period of decline and technological stagnation. Production specifications show that no model with a power output of more than 20 hp (15 kW) was produced after 1918. Better cars were now available at much lower cost. For example, a 1924 Stanley 740D sedan cost $3,950, compared with less than $500 for a Ford Model T. The widespread use of electric starters in internal combustion cars, beginning in 1912, eroded the remaining technological advantages of the steam car. The smaller scale of merchandising, a lack of effective advertising, and the general desire of motorists for higher speeds and faster starting than offered by Stanley vehicles were the primary causes of the company's demise. The factory closed permanently in 1924" (Wikipedia). Edges worn and chipped, a good copy. A very ephemeral, fragile advertisement printed on newsprint. (#167704).

Single sheet, 8.5x75 cm, folded to make 10 panels, 7 illustrations. Advertising leaflet, printed in blue, light brown and black, featuring six models of Nash four-cylinder automobiles with 112-inch wheelbase available circa 1922, with specifications for the Nash Four Model 41 Series. "Nash founded the Nash Motor Company in 1916 after purchasing the Kenosha-based Thomas B. Jeffery Company. The Jeffery Company, best known for its "Ramblers," had begun life as a bicycle company in Chicago but, after a move to Kenosha, the company saw the coming tide and switched to producing automobiles. After the Jeffery family sold the company, the first Nash automobile rolled out of Kenosha's Rambler plant in 1917. Pledging to 'Give the customer more than he has paid for,' Nash built branch plants in Milwaukee, Racine, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas. During World War I, Nash negotiated a contract with the U.S. Army that made the Nash Motor Company one of the largest producers of trucks in the nation. By 1926 the Nash automobile was one of the nation's top selling makes of cars" (Wisconsin Historical Society). Some wear and several tiny chips along lower edge, some soiling to outer panels, a good copy. (#167703).

15.3x7.8 cm, pp. [1] 2-23 [24], illustrations, pictorial self wrappers printed in green and black, stapled. A small, well-illustrated booklet presenting the features of Mitchell automobiles built in their 45-acre plant "under the Bate efficiency methods." The Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company, known for large, fashionable touring cars, began manufacturing automobiles in 1903. The company folded in 1923 and was bought by the Nash Motor Company. Some edge wear, soiling and spotting to outer leaves, several corner tips dog eared, Oakland, California, distributors stamp on front cover, a well-used fair copy. (#167657).

stiff wrappers Near Fine folio c.50pp., Nice collection of brochures for King Corporation Radios, Autopilots, transponders, weather RADAR, aerials etc. All colour, several with fold-outs.

Original items in original wrappers. Some light browning or soiling at edges. Sangomo Meters brochure has two punch holes at inner margin, Esterline-Angus Recording Meters little creased along margin. Overall good. A collection of three trade brochures relating to electric current measurement equipment. This little collection apparently came from a Japanese company, probably Ashida Kogyosho. The items are: Instructions booklet for Sangamo Type H Watthour Single and Polyphase Watthour Meters, 23pp, original wrappers, published in 1925 in Springfield, Illinois. Text in English and used at a Japanese company, Ashida Kogyosho - their stamp on the lower wrapper. 27 x 20.5cm. The Esterline-Angus recording meters brochure (4p). Text in Japanese with title in English. 28.5 x 22cm. Power measurement chart of Osaka Railway Lines, published by Nissho Denki as an advertisement. Single sheet of light card folded into 8 panels. 23.8 x 26.2cm unfolded, 13.8 x 6.5cm.

Large 4to (28x21,5 cm). Original printed wrappers, frontcover printed in black, blue and red (some marginal brown spots). Bound with 2 split-pins. Title, with verso sale conditions, on perforated leaf (often lacking) and 26 pages (last page blank) with numerous illustrations (partly line-drawings). Each page surrounded by a yellow line. - Good copy 200g.

12mo (18cm). Staple-bound printed wrappers; [10pp]. Trivial external soil, else Near Fine. James Means (1855-1920) is best remember as the publisher and editor of the influential Aeronautics Annuals that appeared in 1895-7, providing a clearing-house for the latest trends in aviation engineering and providing a basis for the innovations of Orville and Wilbur Wright. The current publication advertises refinements to Means' simplified control column, for which he originally won a patent in 1911.

Large 4to (31x25 cm). Original cardboard wrappers. Frontcover illustrated in colour. Binder with orig. rope. With 17 illustrations on 8 plates. - On frontcover "Grand Prix, Paris 1900" and "Hors Concours, Membre du Jury, Nancy 1909". - Nice copy. - We didn't found more information about the album in libraries or in the trade. 200g.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Circa 1930S. 24 Illustrated Pages. Org. Wrappers A Little Creased. 8Vo.

Leipzig, Mey & Edlich, 1902, 58 pag. (incl. wrappers), richly illustrated, original engraved stapled wrappers, quarto.= Fashion catalogue, i.a. on clothing, furs, hats, corsets, dresses, collars, underwear, etc.

12mo, 32 pp. Stapled. Text clear and complete. On aged and worn paper, with rusted staples causing the outer bifolium to detach. Items 2067 to 2786, with 'Supplément. Deutsche Werhe.' (Items from the firm's Leipzig branch.).

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Adelaide, Reid Bros. [1917]. Duodecimo, 20 pages plus 2 small advertising slips printed in red tipped in on the front cover. Saddle-stapled plain title-wrappers slightly marked and foxed; staples slightly rusted; an excellent copy. A 'Price List of the leading lines of Timber, Mouldings and Joinery'. Offered together with a similar item dated 2 April 1917. Both carry contemporary ownership details of members of the Liebelt family of Echunga.

5 Catalogues. Narrow 8vo (about 22x12 cm). Orig. printed wrappers. - Wrappers and interior of no 2) and 3 soiled), but on the whole the items in good condition. - Interesting collection with nice examples of decorated and engraved glass in romantic, art-nouveau and art-deco style. 450g.

Two bespoke volumes containing a total of 9 annual issues, which are separately paginated, ~80 pp each. Lacking original wrappers. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-5/8" Ex-library with moderate markings to endpapers only; spines hand-numbered by prior owner, in the wrong order. Average wear; boards lightly splayed; spines sunned; light toning to margins. Else clean, bindings sound. Overall, VG. Bespoke blue-green cloth binding stamped in gilt to the spine.

Large 4to (32x24 cm). Original decorated wrappers, spine brown cloth. Frontcover with title decorated in art-deco style. 15 plates with illustrations, surrounded by orange decorative borders. Divided in 5 sections, with 5 section-leaves of flimsy paper. - Carefully printed and executed by "Les Arts Graphiques Modernes". Not in WorldCat, rare. - In nice condition 400g.

25.5x20.2 cm, pp. [1-2] 3-16, illustrations, original white wrappers printed in gray, blue, red and gold, stapled. Elaborate brochure for the company's model 34, here with a 112 inch wheelbase. "The Oakland Six was the first six-cylinder engine offered by the Oakland Motor Company in 1913 which became a division of General Motors in 1909. The Oakland Six was offered in many different model names that changed every year, along with several body styles and engine displacements until 1929, when the V8 was reintroduced, then in 1931 Oakland was renamed Pontiac" (Wikipedia). A very good copy. (#167654).

Folio (33x25 cm). Spine blue cloth, covers grey cardboard (some light spots). On frontcover printed in silver 'Biberon Robert'. The 4 folded leaves (tog. 16 pages) tied up with a red cord. Printed in red and black. The16 pages: p. i-ii: "Conditions de vente", p. iii (title), p. iv: "L'emploi du biberon", "Nettoyage", "Du lait", p. v-xv: 11 plates with numerous illustrations in nice colors on a lightblue background, p. xvi: with a charming circular illustration in 2 colours. - Plate 1. Biberons sans tube. - Plate 2. Stérilisateurs. - Plate 3-10. Articles en caoutchouc. - Plate 11. Sucettes, Tire-lait. -- Carefully printed .- Nice copy. 500g.

Catalogue: 8vo, 32 pp. Stapled. In remains of original plain red wraps. All illustrations clear and complete. In poor condition: on aged, worn paper, with several leaves and the wraps as separate leaves. Slight loss at head of first leaf. The covering letter (4to, 1 p, undated, on worn and aged paper) is a printed advertisement, on the firm's letterhead ('Established 1877'), with ten small illustrations of figurines in the margins. Scarce: no copy on COPAC.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 24mo (5 3/4 x 3 7/16 inches; 143 x 88 mm), 23, [1] pages, in printed stapled wrappers (soft cover). An early 20th-century version of fat shaming: Dr. Jeanne Walter promises to reduce your "superfluous flesh" if you buy her medicated rubber garments. "Any physician will tell you that by inducing profuse perspiration you can reduce flesh, relieve any kind of rheumatism, skin diseases and many other ailments because it stimulates circulation and eliminates waste products through the pores" (page 3). This pamphlet features a woman modeling such products as chin, bust, and abdominal reducers as well as jackets, suits, belts, and pants. All in glorious black-and-white halftone illustrations. Most products are aimed at women, although a page is devoted to a mustachioed guy wearing an abdominal belt that works by "stimulating circulation in the organs of digestion, and, by drawing out the uric acid from the system, relieving any rheumatic condition that may exist" (page 20). The pamphlet doesn't carry a date. But 1915 would have been the earliest date of issue, based on an advertisement in The New York Times of October 3, 1915, in which the company announced a new address of 353 Fifth Avenue, the same address printed on the pamphlet. OCLC shows one institutional holding of a 1909 edition that carries a different title, pagination, and size, at the American Textile History Museum Library. However, there are no holdings of this edition. RARE. CONDITION: Some nicks and creasing to wrappers, stains to lower wrapper, rusting to staples, tiny ink mark at bottom corner throughout. A Very Good copy.

A small archive of 30 catalogues, newsletters and other early 20th century trade ephemera reflecting the water pumps and motors that were available in Japan in the first quarter of the 20th century. Original wrappers, some are folded, occasional creasing at margins and minor soiling or browning. Overall very good. Sizes vary from 8.4 x 15.2 to 27 x 39cm. This is an interesting collection of Japanese trade catalogues on water pumps and motors. Some of the machines were imported from the US and while others were made in Japan. The items included in this collection are: 2 AMF water supplying system catalogues. One with coloured illustrations. Text in Japanese. 2 Wagner Motor catalogues with black and white photographic illustrations, price list and specifications. Text in Japanese. 1 Tominaga House Pump catalogue with black and white photographic illustrations and specifications. Text in Japanese. 3 Century Motors catalogues for the wool yarn system of lubrication and electric refrigeration systems with black and white photographic illustrations. Text in English. 2 Mitsubishi motor catalogues with black and white photographic illustrations. Text in Japanese. 2 Shibaura (later Toshiba) motor catalogues with black and white photographic illustrations. Text in Japanese. 3 copies of Nakajima Denki monthly newsletter of March 1926, reporting the Great Electric Exhibition in Osaka. Text in Japanese. 2 copies of Stover oil generator catalogue with specifications. Text in Japanese. 16 miscellaneous water pump catalogues of Japanese traders with black and white photographic illustrations. Text in Japanese.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. St Gallen, Switzerland, Herrmann & Goldfrank, [1915 to 1919]. Folio (approximately 485 × 300 mm), three volumes containing 481 large samples: [44] pages with 123 lace samples (predominantly mounted on green card); [40] pages with 176 lace samples (predominantly mounted on pink card); and [47] pages with 182 scalloped lace handkerchief samples (predominantly mounted on purple card). Cord-bound cloth covers lettered and decorated in gilt, and decorated in blind (the first two volumes), and screw-bound plain pebble-grain cloth; covers flecked, rubbed and bowed, with the extremities a little bumped and worn; minimal signs of age and use; in excellent condition. All samples in these very impressive albums come with individual reference numbers, sizes, prices and other details; the samples in the first two volumes are loosely inserted in custom-made album leaves. 'St. Gallen embroidery, sometimes known as Swiss embroidery, is embroidery from the city and the region of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The region was once the largest and most important export area for embroidery. Around 1910, its embroidery production was the largest export branch of the Swiss economy with 18 percent of the overall export value. More than 50 percent of the world production came from St. Gallen. The decline of the embroidery industry began in 1914 with the outbreak of the First World War. The demand for luxury products - and embroidery counted among these - collapsed suddenly, and also the free trade zones were disrupted. Partially neutral countries were still customers, but they could only compensate in the short term. To preserve wages somewhat from the free-fall, maximum working hours and minimum wages were now also fixed. In fact, these measures were rather counter-productive - only workers who demanded less than the minimum wage got a job. The year 1917, still in the middle of WWI, temporarily brought a surprising turn: the Entente forbade the export of cotton products to Germany, but not the export of embroidery. Therefore, every cloth to be sold to Germany was embroidered in some way, as embroidery could be sold. A year later, the sale of embroidery to Germany was forbidden, too, and this meant the end of the brief upturn. The last little flurry of exports came in 1919 after the end of the war, when the reconstruction of the war-stricken countries brought another short rise. With the start of the economic crisis, the heyday for the St. Gallen embroidery was finally ended. One sign of the extent of the crisis, is that from 1910 to 1930, the population of St. Gallen was reduced by emigration (as a result of unemployment) from 75,482 to 64,079' (Wikipedia). A cursory search online suggests Herrmann & Goldfrank went through a similar trajectory: the company Steines, Herrmann and Goldfrank first appears in 1911; from 1915 the name was Herrmann and Goldfrank; from 1919 the name was John Goldfrank and Co.; and by 1932 the company had ceased to exist. [3 items].

Condizione: Very good +. Beautifully-produced trade catalogue from the Cascelloid "Palitoy" company, displaying a wide range of baby dolls and other toys. Several uncomfortable designs of black children (with pitch-dark skin), date this catalogue at roughly the 1930s, when the Cascelloid company was dubbed the "House of Constant Progress" by the industry press for its material innovations (with the plastics Bexoid and Plastex). One page features a celluoid model by the noted designer Mary Lucie Attwell, a doll named "Diddums." The catalogue also displays the company's offerings of animal dolls, die-cast trucks, pool toys, golf and ping-pong sets, rattles, pinwheels, and more. Needless to say, color photography was not the norm at this time, and this catalogue comprises a beautiful set of vivid and sharp photographic prints. A truly exceptional example, unlike anything we've seen: simultaneously surreal and nostalgic. Oblong 4to. album. Blue leather-covered boards. Contains 29 color photographs, all 9" by 6.5" approx., mounted on rectos (one each) of light-gray cardboard leaves. About very good plus overall. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to boards. Several pages display mild soiling and offsetting from photos. Prints just a bit yellowed, but remain sharp, vivid, and clean.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Exquisite coloured patterns for brocade kimonos. Volumes 2 & 3 (of 3) in 4to. 122 full-page coloured plates. Stitched publisher s decorative paper boards; distributor's labels & stamps on front covers. Covers worn & lightly soiled. A series of striking and exquisite coloured pattern samples for brocade kimonos. Kyoto was the centre of the Japanese textile industry during the Meiji period. Top cover and blank end papers of volume 2 with traces of waterstaining; inside fine.

Romiley, Davies and Metcalfe, 1966. The group comprises: (1) 5 slim catalogues for brake valves and cylinders; (2) 10 reproduced schematic diagrams (3 folding) by the company; and (3) A typed letter on Davies & Metcalfe letterhead (dated 18 January 1966) to J. Langdon Parsons of Langdon Parsons Pty Ltd, North Adelaide, signed by R. Metcalfe, Director. Pamphlets a little rusted about the staples, and the letter a little spotted; otherwise all items are in excellent condition, with the Davies & Metcalfe folder a little used. [17 items].

12mo, 24 pp. Unbound. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper, with rusting to staples. Hundreds of titles, in such series as 'The Unique Library', 'Choice Readings. Books suitable for presents, etc.', 'Universal Library of Standard Authors', 'Blackwood's Edition of the Poets', 'Library of Thoughtful Books' and 'Choice Books for Young Persons'. See Image.

Augsburg, Rackl & Lochner, n.d. [1890]. 340 pp. woodengr. ills. Privately bound half cloth. - Spine-ends and corners worn; title-page sl. foxed; age-toning of the paper. *.

80pp., 8vo. Stapled and unbound. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. On front cover: 'Each Book in this Catalogue is written by an Expert and is written so you can understand it'. Many items illustrated with representations of the binding. Index of subjects on p.2, ranging from 'Abrasives and Abrasive Wheels' to 'Wiring Diagrams', and including section on 'Automobile Books', pp.5-14 (Charts, Ignition Systems, Lighting, Questions and Answers, Repairing, Starting Systems, Trouble Charts, Welding), 'Gasoline Engines', pp.15-18, and 'Aviation', pp.19-22. Most of the entries on automobiles (including seven full-page ones) and aviation are by Victor W. Page, Automotive and Aviation Pioneer, and include his 'The Model T Ford Car | Its Construction, Operation and Repair | Including The Ford Farm Tractor'. Loosely inserted is a red book mark printed on both sides, including an advertisement for 'The Greatest Book Ever Offered To The Public!': 'Henley's Twentieth Century Book of Recipes, Formulas and Processes'. Scarce: no copy on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat, and the only copy of a similar item a 1916 Henley catalogue at the Henry Ford Benson Ford Research Center, Dearborn. See Image.

Paris, [no publisher], 1918 - 1919. 2 vols. 24, 30 pp. Num. b./w. ills & [12] col. ills. Orig. uniform hardcover bindings (gilt lettered / stamped green paper covered boards). Folio. - Cover of 2nd catalogue with small dam. spot on front cover; corners sl. dam. - Overll in very good condition. Two rare trade catalogues for ribbons, embroidery, lace, buttons, etc., both without a name of the manufacturer / supplier. - Both complete with the original accompanying loose price list.

A nice piece of Edwardian trade ephemera. It would appear that W. B. Corsets were running a franchise scheme, providing suppliers with their catalogue and printing the franchisee's name on the back cover: little is to be discovered about either firm. No other copy traced. Hard to date: the corsets have an Edwardian feel, but some features of the illustrations may suggest a slightly later date. A 12mo stapled pamphlet, consisting of 20 pages on ten leaves of shiny paper: unnumbered front and back leaves, and pages on central eight leaves numbered 1-16. Tipped in at edge of p.1 is an adendum slip printed in red ('IMPORTANT NOTE. / Since this Booklet was issued, several of the Prices had to be increased, as follows') In fair condition, lightly aged, with slightly rusty staples. Small ink smudge at one corner of front cover, and short closed tear to edge of one leaf. The front cover carries a pastel-style head and shoulders illustration of a wistful looking young lady with short hair (clothed, no corset), tinted in red. The rest of the booklet is printed in black. The only writing on the front cover is a facsimile note beneath the illustration: 'There's a charm about W. B. Corsets'. The back cover carries the details of Davey Brothers. On the reverse of the title is a puff for 'the world-famous W. B. Corsets', and the following sixteen pages carry advertisements for the company's wares, each illustrated with a drawing of varying styles and sizes: the facing central pages each carry one full-page advertisement with large illustration for a single style, as do the rectos of the the other leaves, while the other versos each carry two advertisements, with smaller illustrations. Almost all the styles are 'W. B. Nuform', while the inside back cover carries three styles of 'W. B. Brassieres'. The illustrations present a range of poses and backgrounds, and a typical caption reads: 'W. B. Elastine-Reduso. Style 716. / New Reduso. Flat abdominal effect, with comfortable support. "Elastine" gussets over groin hold the abdomen firmly without pressure. Front supporters attached to loose "tabs," exert supporter pull from above the groin, assuring comfort and eliminating strain. Boning over abdomen shortened to ensure sitting comfort. White and Grey Coutil. Embroidery trim. Sizes 22-36 inches. Price 12/11'. See Images.