trade catalogs
![Catalog of Promotional Matchbooks]. Advertising, MATCH CORPORATION OF AMERICA](/images/noimage.png)
[Catalog of Promotional Matchbooks]
Chicago: Match Corporation of America, [Circa 1950s]. Hardcover. Plastic-comb-bound book, 10" x 11.5" approx., in illustrated cloth boards. Approx. 136 samples glue-mounted in nine tabbed sections, with tissue guards between pages. Pages profusely illustrated in full color. Light rubbing to boards. Boards bowed. Tabs frayed. Light wear to page edges.....
SCENARIOS: A Helpful Guide for Hitching Interest to Sales Punch in Advertising Upon the Theatre Screen
Colorado Springs, CO: Alexander Film Co., 1937. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Comb bound in blue printed wraps. Mild edgewear and rubbing to wraps. Two staples at front wrap. Interior clean and bright. Very good. 44pp. Guidebook for creating film ads for display in movie theaters, released by Alexander Film Co......
COLLOTYPES [Art Reproduction Catalog]
New York: Braun & Cie, [Circa 1920s]. First Edition. Wraps. 8.5" x 11" approx. string-bound in wraps. Title page stamped with New York office address. Approx. 200 images. "printed in France" stamped at rear. Wraps lighty edge-worn. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. [62]pp. Catalog of fine art reproductions, including.....
ARTISTS' MATERIALS CATALOG
Chicago: Devo and Raynolds Company, [Circa 1942]. First Edition. Wraps. 8.5" x 11" approx. brad bound in original wraps. Wraps sunned at extremities. Interior lightly toned but clean. Very good. 40pp. Extensive atalog of artists' materials including oils, canvas, brushes, palettes, papers, pastels, watercolors stencils and assorted accessories. Illustrated throughout.....
CATALOGUE OF THE PERRY PICTURES
Malden, MA: The Perry Pictures Company, Circa 1934. First Edition. Wraps. 7.5" x 9" appox. saddle-stapled catalog in wraps. Punched through at top left corner and strung with blue cord. Wraps lightly toned with wear near staples. Interior generally clean and bright. Very good. 64pp. Also includes promotional packet for.....
SUGGESTED DESIGNS FOR SMALL FIRESAFE CONCRETE HOMES [Cover Title]
Chicago: Portland Cement Association, 1946. First Edition. Wraps. 8.5" x 11" saddle-stapled in wraps. Printed offset in black and white. Wraps worn at edges. Front wrap partially detached. Interior clean and bright. Good. Promotional brochure for potential homeowners promoting concrete construction when building a new home. Contains sample floorplans with.....
RUSTICRAFT WOODEN FENCES [Catalog]
Philadelphia: Samuel H. Tendler, 1927. First Edition. Wraps. Oblong pamphlet measuring 8" x 10" approx. string-tied in original pictorial wood veneer wraps. Mild edgewear with some closed tears at fore edge. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. [16]pp. Promotional brochure for wooden fences, bother post and rail and english hurdle.....
![Salesman’s Sample Book of Watch Faces]. Design, Watches](/pictures/thumb/19970.jpg?v=1561472553)
[Salesman’s Sample Book of Watch Faces]
Besançon: Fabrique de Cadrans Métalliques, [Ca. Mid-20th Century]. Oblong 4to. Black cloth boards with 22 stiff leaves to which watch faces are mounted verso only. One or two elements loose. Minor rubbing. Near fine. Elaborate salesman’s sample book containing over 700 watch faces representing a wide variety of styles and.....
![Small Archive of a Mail Order Chicken Farm]. Farming, Poultry](/pictures/thumb/16885.jpeg?v=1561472085)
[Small Archive of a Mail Order Chicken Farm]
Seneca, NY: Old Homestead Poultry Yards, [Circa 1900]. Includes: Single sheet blank blue letterhead, measuring 8.25" x 11" approx.; ten blank blue envelopes with Old Homestead logo, 6.5" x 3.5" approx.; Two cards advertising poultry books, 3.25" x 5.25" approx.; two egg delivery cards, 4.5" x 5.25" approx.; and pink.....
"Rectiform" Sports Spectacles
London: J.H. Steward, [Circa 1935]. 5.25" x 8" folded pamphlet printed in blue on pale blue stock. Illustrated with drawings of two different frame styles. "12/24/45" penned in black ink at front. Mild toning and foxing. Short split at fold. Very good. Also includes price list, 8" x 10" approx.....
FASHION WITHOUT TEARS, OR, CLOTHING THE CAREERIST ON A BUDGET
Pittsburgh, PA: Joseph Horne Co, [Circa 1940s]. First Edition. Wraps. Small booklet measuring 5.25" x 6.25" approx. in original wraps. Rust spot to front wrap from paperclip and spots from staples at rear, with some foxing. Interior clean and bright. Very good. Booklet issued by Joseph Horne department store containing.....
[Archive of Novelty Promotional Material for Silk Stockings]
Chicago: Style Silk Company, [Circa 1930s]. First Edition. Seven sets, each including: Lucky name game, folded card with perforations printed in red and blue, 3" x 5.5" approx.; order blank, printed recto only on blue stock, 8.5" x 5.5" approx.; color sample sheet, 3.5" x 5.75" approx.; Trifold brochure, 6.25".....
WARNER'S RUST PROOF CORSETS
New York, Chicago and San Francisco: Warner Brothers Co., 1919. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled in original wraps printed in black and orange. Significant damage to lower portion of wraps and at spine. Mild toning. Good only. With typed letter from Warner Bros company regarding catalog. 63pp. Corset catalog, with.....
![ANATOMICAL SHAPED MASKS COMPLETE WITH ZIPPER [Mail Order Catalogue]. Fashion, J. . de JONG,...](/pictures/thumb/22810.jpg?v=1561473072)
ANATOMICAL SHAPED MASKS COMPLETE WITH ZIPPER [Mail Order Catalogue]
(Rotterdam): [Self-Published], [1993]. First Edition. 8vo. stapled color pictorial wraps; 8.25" x 6". Very good or better wit touches of wear. Old, small blacked-out label to front wrapper. Else sound and clean. Order form and price list loosely laid-in. With eleven 6" x 4" original color Fuki photographs mounted within.....
![WHOLESALE JEWELRY CATALOG: Number 12 1956-1957 [Cover Title - Illustrated Product Catalog]....](/pictures/thumb/15537.jpg?v=1561471941)
WHOLESALE JEWELRY CATALOG: Number 12 1956-1957 [Cover Title - Illustrated Product Catalog]
Washington DC: Advance Watch and Jewelers Supply Company, (1956). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Printed card wraps. Side stapled. Outer wraps moderately worn. Overall clean, sound. An illustrated product catalog from the Advance Watch and Jewelry Supply Company, wholesale suppliers of men's and women's jewelry and watches. Lines offered include Anson.....
BUY ALL YOUR ORIGINAL BLANKS FROM ONE SOURCE [Cover Title] [Key and Hardware Catalog]
New York: D. Silver Hardware Co., [Circa 1940s]. First Edition. Wraps. 8.5" x 11" catalog saddle-stapled in wraps. Mild toning throughout with light edge-wear. Near fine. 40pp. Catalog from the D. Silver Hardware Company in New York City, containing primarily wholesale keys, locks and related items for locksmiths. A large.....
SAMPLES OF WALL PAPER FOR 1927
Minneapolis, Minn. M.W. Savage Co., 1927. First Edition. Wraps. 8" x 11" approx. in original wraps, containing instructions for hanging wallpaper, 2pp. sample images in color of borders, and 60 full-page samples with product information printed at verso. 6pp. paint and accessories at rear and windowshades at interior of rear.....
A NEW LOOK OF COLOR
n.p. Duron Paints and Wallcoverings, n.d. [circa early 1970s]. First Edition. Wraps. 15.5" x 11.25" approx. wire-bound in white plastic-coated wraps. Introductory text and 720 color samples on 24 pages, in four sections with tabs. Illustrations at first page of section in full color. Heavy rubbing to wraps. Interior bright.....
HOW TO LIGHT SHOPPING CENTERS: Layouts, Specifications and Data
Hendersonville, NC: General Electric Company Outdoor Lighting Department, [1957]. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. GE embossed folder with pages held in brass brads. Minor sunning and edgewear. Interior generally bright and clean. Near fine. GE in-house publication concerned with lighting in shopping mall parking lots. Contains sections of photocopied data, diagrams.....
![GET IT ALL TOGETHER FOR 74 [Custom Chopper Accessories Catalog]. Motorcyles, Trade Catalogs](/pictures/thumb/19804.jpeg?v=1561476291)
GET IT ALL TOGETHER FOR 74 [Custom Chopper Accessories Catalog]
South Holland, Illinois: White's Pit Stop, Inc., 1974. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated thin card wraps. Bound by 2 brad tacks at left margin. About very good. Black and white, mechanically reproduced product description leaves, many illustrated, bound together with color brochures and 3 separate color publications into a single catalog. Hundreds.....
CATALOG OF NEW YORK BLUE PRINT PAPER CO.: Manufacturers of Drawing Materials Sensitized Papers & Cloths Engineers Supplies
(New York): (New York Blue Print Paper Co.), (1921). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Cloth wraps covered in cardstock. A very good copy. Wraps a bit darkened, with touches of soil here and there; light edgewear to spine; faint ring stain to back cover. Endpapers somewhat toned. One mild crack in.....
WHO NEEDS IT? [Advertising Portfolio for Pull Tab Cans]
Pittsburgh: ACLOA, [Circa 1963]. First Edition. 12.25" x 19.75" approx. red folder containing: advertising schedule, 12" x 19" approx. printed recto only on yellow stock; trade magazine ad sample in color, 19.5" x 12" approx. with note stapled at upper left corner; industry magazine ad sample in color, 18" x......
DESIGN COORDINATED PAPERS
n.p. Weyerhaeuser Company, [Circa 1980s]. First Edition. Wraps. 9.5" x 11" approx. comb-bound iin stiff wraps with die-cut detailing and photographic illustration. Contains 207 paper samples in a variety of colors and stocks in seven tabbed sections, with an envelopes section at rear. Plastic comb split at rear. Light sunning.....
[Group of Photography Related Marketing Materials]
[Circa 1920s]. Contains: Price list for Hammer Dry Plate Co., 3.5" x 6.25" approx. with accompanying short letter on company stationary; pamphlet for The True Ball Tripod Head from Fred Hoefner of Los Angeles, measuring 6" x 3.5" approx.; pamphlet for Goerz Cine Lenses, 3.5" x 6.5" approx.; flyer for.....
[Toy Catalogue of the Cascelloid / Palitoy Co. with Photographic Prints]
[Leicester, UK]: [Cascelloid], [ca. 1930s]. 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.....