Rare and Unusual Books

Author: A. DURENNE Cie (issued by)
Published: (company trade catalogue, nd c1900) Paris, facsimile reprint nd c1990?
68pp, with hundreds of illustrations of lighting products, with descriptions. Includes photos of lamps in street settings. Wraps, 32x24. Bottom corner minor crease, else vg.
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Author: Aalto. ARTEK
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4pp incl colour illustrations. Thin card covers. 27x21. Vg.
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Author: Aalto. ARTEK OY
Published: Helsinki, by the company, nd, c1982.
Unpaginated, c 44pp, mostly photos with small to-scale drawings. Wraps, 21x26. Stamp from Placewares of Boston, vg copy.
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Author: ARTEMIDE
Published: Milan, 1973.
Alcune note sulla tecnologia delle mateie plastiche. Some notes on the technology of plastic materials. Two booklets: 28pp and 36pp with illustrations. English and Italian text. Wraps in original lettered folder. 24x21. Folder ragged round edges, booklets vg.
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Author: ATCHLEY
Published: London, W Kent, 1871.
A Complete List of the Present Prices of Builders' Materials and Labour, of all trades in connection with building: useful and important tables, and memoranda for preparing... xii, 364pp (+ c44pp fascinating adverts). Green cloth with red leather spine, 19x13. Top and bottom of spine a little rubbed, edges a bit marked, but generally a good copy.
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Author: BABCOCK & WILCOX
Published: London & New York, 1899.
117pp including high-quality photo illustrations, diagrams. Boards. 28x22. Covers quite scuffed, contents good.
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Author: BRITISH CONGOLEUM LTD
Published: London, 1953.
Title page and 61 single-sided colour plates, actual flooring sample bound in at end. Cloth, spiral binding, 21x15. Spiral binding has rubbed through some of the cloth on the spine, title page has...
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Author: Building Stone. FEVRE L A
Published: Paris, nd, c1910
55pp inc many photos (mainly of buildings and quarries). Embossed card covers with satin twist tie, 27x22. Covers faintly marked, with small letter and number stamped on front. Generally very good...
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Author: CARRON COMPANY
Published: Carron, by the Company, 1932.
172pp plus 47pp price list. Cloth, 25x19. Small hole in spine edge else vg.
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Author: CEMP
Published: Croydon, nd,c1948?
Catalogue GR/2 [cover title] 20pp, mostly illustrations. Stiff card, 22x14. Distributor's ink stamp on front pages and label stating 20% discount, vg.
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Author: CHAIN BELT ENGINEERING CO
Published: Derby, c1900.
Saving Appliances. Abbreviated Catalogue 14 116pp inc photos, drawings etc. Boards, cloth spine, 22x14. Boards faintly rubbed round edges, vg for its age.
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Author: CLARK, HUNT & CO LTD
Published: London, nd, late 20s?
Contractors to HM War Office, Admiralty, Royal Air Force and London County Council.Catalogue of Builders' Ironmongery, Brass foundry, Castings, &c Catalogue 731. xxii, 358pp inc illustrations with descriptions and prices. Loosely inserted 4 Revised Discount Price Lists for 1932-6, catalogue 731. Cloth, 29x23. Nice copy. End papers browned.
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Author: CO-OPERATIVE PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY
Published: London, by the society, c1904.
16pp incl illustrations. Wraps, 12x18. Vg.
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Author: Concrete. L G MOUCHEL & PARTNERS
Published: London, 1909.
A Handbook for Engineers and Architects. With numerous Illustrations vii, 366pp inc photos, sections. Inscribed on front end paper to Mr C W Chapman from the author, J S E Vesian. Errata slip. Cloth, 25x18. Cover scuffed and damp stain top of rear cover affecting...
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Author: CORPORATION PHARMACEUTIQUE FRANCAISE
Published: Melun, 1930.
4th ed 110pp incl colour illustrations. Wraps, 21x13. Dog's dinner of a cover with index pages pasted over but lovely colour illustrations.
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Author: Cotton Mills. AMALGAMATED COTTON MILLS TRUST LIMITED
Published: 1920.
A Brief Account of the Aims and Achievements of the...... Decorated end papers, unpaginated, coloured frontis, 6pp foreword, c280pp, divided into sections with tabs on the side. Stiff wraps with attractive paste-on label, 29x23. Wraps rubbed round edges...
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Author: CRAIG & DONALD
Published: Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1969, supplement of Industrial Archaeology,
Craig & Donald Engineers of Johnstone, near Glasgow c 1900 3pp foreword, 13pp catalogue items. Pamphlet, 21x15. Vg.
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Author: Cranes etc. HERBERT MORRIS.
Published: Loughborough, published by the firm, 1912.
472pp, hundreds of illustrations (photos, diagrams etc). Cloth, paste down colour image on front 17x15. Scribbling on free end papers else vg.
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Author: EVANS VANISHING DOOR PRODUCTS
Published: Indiana, by the company, 1922.
16pp, mostly plans and drawings. Price list loosely inserted. Wraps, 28x22. Staples rusted and centre pages loose but still very good for fragile item.
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Author: Fireplaces. A. OLBY & SON LTD
Published: London, c1950.
20pp inc illustrations with sizes and descriptions. Card covers, 24x19. Vg.
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Author: Fireplaces. CANDY & CO LTD
Published: Newton Abbot (list no. 27) nd, c1930?
12pp of the firm’s fireplaces, many in colour, with one full-page colour plate. Pictorial card covers, with nice colour plate pasted on image. 25x19. Vg.
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Author: FOURNISSEUR
Published: Nancy, nd, c1900?
Fournitures Générales pour Hotels & Restaurants. Ancienne Maison Journel, à Dompaire (Vosges) [cover paste-over label title] 75pp inc illustrations, some in colour and with descriptions. Wraps, 27x19. Staples rusty and cover trying to detach, but generally a very nice bright copy, with contents vg.
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Author: G A HARVEY & CO LTD
Published: London, 1934.
Diamond Jubilee Catalogue No 650 xv, 640pp inc illustrations, some in colour, with descriptions and prices, tables of weights, dimensions etc. Related ephemera inserted in front pocket, some dd 1939. Gilt lettered cloth, 30x24....
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Author: GOERZ C P
Published: Berlin, by the company, 1912.
182pp incl photos, drawings and tables. Lovely little bookmark in the shape of a Goerz box. Wraps, 26x18. Some yellowing to pages, generally very good.
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Author: Handbags. JUAN GOMILA RIUDAVETS
Published: Mahon, Baleares, by the company, nd,c1912?
60 single-sided plates. Stiff card covers with past-on picture of the factory, 32x28. Cover professionally repaired to make good copy, new back cover.
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Author: HEAFIELD & TAYLOR LTD
Published: Birmingham, nd, 1920s?
Suitable for Builders, Upholsterers and the Furnishing Trade. Architects' drawings carefully executed. xivpp index, 186pp of products, with engraved illustrations, descriptions and prices. Cloth, 22x14. New end papers, covers professionally repaired to make a good copy.
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Author: HOBBIES LTD
Published: London,
Fretwork Tools and Materials. 184pp inc illustrations inc prices. 2pp Hobbies' Works in Dereham Wraps, 25x18. Cover a little scruffy, staples rusty, contents good.
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Author: Hope's Windows. HENRY HOPE & SONS LTD
Published: Smethwick, printed at the Curwen Press, 1953.
A catalogue of modern methods of control for windows and ventilators of all types. List No 267 July 1953 72pp inc illustrations. Lovley patterned boards with paste-on label, cloth spine, 27x19. Vg.
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Author: INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF MASTER COTTON SPINNERS’ & MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
Published: Manchester, by the Federation, 1927.
Held in Egypt, 1927 by the.... Frontis of King Fouad 1, 263pp incl photos, adverts plus fold-out map of Egypt and the sources of the Nile. Boards with pictoral paste-on label, linen spine, 25x16. Boards grubby else vg.
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Author: Iris. SUPINEN Marja (new intro)
Published: (Helsingfors, 1901) Porvoo, Oy Formato Ab., facsimile edition, 1979
16pp, colour plate, 4 b&w plates. Pictorial card covers. 24x16. Fine.
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Author: JOSIAH PARKES & SONS LTD
Published: Willenhall, 1948.
Glossary, design, manufacture and history Frontis, v, 125pp inc illustrations plus 10 lectures on c 115pp with illustrations. Boards, cloth spine, 19x13. Vg. 'Locks' written on bottom edge.
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Author: Lifts. HAMMOND AND CHAMPNESS
Published: London, by the company, nd, [1956].
125pp incl illustrations, tables etc. Cloth. 29x22. Vg, in dust wrapper (this a bit ragged and chipped).
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Author: Lighting. LE KLINT
Published: Odense/Kobenhavn, nd, c2004.
44pp, mostly illustrations, short history and photos of designers. Pictorial card covers. 21x21. Vg
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Author: Locks, Keys etc. LEGGOTT LTD
Published: Bradford, 1913.
Asylum and Prison Locks, Cabinet and Bank Till Locks, Automatic WC Locks........ 10pp introduction and photos of buildings that Leggots have supplied including examples from Perth, Australia, Buenos Aires, Cairo etc; xii prelims, 311pp, illustrations with prices, one full...
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Author: Macfarlane. WALTER MACFARLANE & CO (issued by)
Published: Glasgow, nd 1882.
Volume 1. 396pp inc many hundreds of illustrations with scale drawings, map of Glasgow and beautiful illustrations of the showroom. Gilt lettered boards. 28x19. Cover little rubbed and bottom corners worn,...
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Author: MASCHINENFABRIK AUGSBURG-NURNBERG AG
Published: Augsburg, by the Company, nd1913?
Steel structures for Sea-and River-work. Mitteilung Nr 31 64pp incl 59 figs, mostly fascinating high-quality photos. Decorated card, 29x21. Good.
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Author: METAL AGENCIES CO LTD BRISTOL
Published: Bristol, 1932.
xxviii, 1338pp, profusely illustrated, some in colour and with some colour charts, with descriptions and prices. Decorated cloth, 23x15. Front cover image a little rubbed, index pages browned,...
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Author: NEW LONDON PIPELESS HEATING CO LTD
Published: London, by the company,
An English Heater for English Homes. 24pp incl photos and diagrams. Related ephemera loosely inserted. Wraps, 22x14. Vg.
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Author: Olivetti. RASSEGNA
Published: Milano, nd, c1980.
20pp incl photos, drawings etc. Brochure. Essay (and furniture?) by Sottsass. Italian text with English summary. Pamphlet, 32x23. Vg.
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Author: Paris. ROUBIQUET Jean (text)
Published: 1926.
[cover title "S.A.M.R. en son Hotel du Grand Veneur de Louis XV") Tissue-guarded title page, 16pp text incl illustrations plus 11 single-sided mainly photographic plates (behind-the-scenes store images), with commentaries on opposite page. Embossed wraps, 21x27. Vg.
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Author: Parquet Floors. DAMMAN & WASHER
Published: Bruxelles, nd, c1910.
Parquets Anciens [cover title] 14 single-sided stiff card pages, looks like hand-made paper, 12 with tipped in examples of parquet flooring supplied to various chateaux etc. Boards with embossed image, cloth spine, 24x21. Front...
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Author: Pergolas. HARTMANN-SANDERS COMPANY
Published: Chicago, 1928.
Catalogue No. 39. 64pp inc numerous illustrations. Wraps, 26x19. Vg.
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Author: Pylons. BOUCHAYER ET VIALLET
Published: Grenoble, nd, c1912?
63pp, including many interesting high-quality photographs photos. Decorated embossed wraps, 28x19. Spine cover split at bottom, still a nice bright copy.
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Author: RD. MELHUISH, Limited
Published: London, 1912.
Contractor's Appliances, Etc. No 21. 338pp, inc illustrations with description and price. Decorated cloth, 28x22. A little shaky, cover marked and trifle grubby, contents in very good condition.
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Author: ROWE F M and CLAYTON E (eds)
Published: Bradford, by the Society, 1934.
1884-1934 xxxv adverts, xii intro incl portraits of past officials, 227pp incl many lovely tipped-in colour samples. Stiff card, linen spine, 27x19. Some staining from colour samples else vg.
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Author: S. BERGMANN & C., ACTIEN-GESELLSCHAFT
Published: Berlin, 1900.
Fabrik für Isolir-Leitungsrohre und Special-Installations für elektrische Anlagen. Patterned end papers, 160pp including numerous photos and other illustrations. Striking monogrammed and decorated red cloth covers, 29x23. Faint mark front cover and rubbing top and bottom of...
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Author: Sanderson Wallpapers. SANDERSON Ivan (text)
Published: London, Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd, 1960.
39pp, including illustrations. 4pp leaflet on Sanderson hand- painted Chinese panel loosely inserted. Card wraps, 26x19. Good, in nice dust wrapper by John Piper.
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Author: SEARS John Ed and SEARS J E (eds)
Published: The Compendium Publishing Co, 1934.
Trades 379pp. Gilt lettered cloth, 28x22. Foxing to prelims else vg.
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Author: Shoes. AUGUST WESSELS (issued by)
Published: Augsburg, 1920.
42pp, many single-sided, including photos, plan, map. Wraps, 29x23. Vg.
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Author: THE INTEROVEN STOVE CO LTD
Published: London, 1930.
8pp inc illustrations, many in colour, with product details and prices. 4pp flyer for the New 1929-22 inch width "Super Interoven" loosely inserted. Stapled card, 28x22. Staples rusty, centre pages...
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Author: THE IRONMONGER
Published: London, 1905.
A guide to the management of the business of a twentieth century "Complete Ironmonger". viii, 341pp inc tables, 82 figs. Cloth, 18x13. Spine edges trifle rubbed and little foxing to end papers, top corners a little rubbed but generally vg for its age.
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Author: Thonet. GEBRUDER THONET
Published: (Weil, 1904) Bruxelles, 2002 facsimilie reprint.
Catalogue de 1904 Meubles en bois courbé 154pp catalogue with c25pp supplement. Wraps, 29x21. Vg.
ISBN: 2930245069

Author: W A HUDSON, LTD
Published: London, nd, c1910?
150pp, all examples illustrated in colour with sizes and prices. Cloth, 28x22. Vg.
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Author: WARING & GILLOW
Published: London, by the Company, nd, c1920.
With Price List for Silver, Cutlery, Clocks & Statuary Catalogue. 16pp +8pp. Pictorial paper covers. 30x23. Staples rusted else vg.
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Author: WARING AND GILLOW
Published: 1906.
Frontis, 23pp inc 8 photos. Stapled covers, 18x13. Covers split top and bottom as far as staples, small piece missing bottom corner, contents vg.
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Author: WILLIAM DIBBEN & SONS, LTD
Published: Southampton, nd, c1936.
Catalogue No. 36 xx, 614pp inc illustrations, some in colour, with descriptions and prices. Folding colour chart of Stonite One Piece Fireplaces. Cloth, 28x22. Good solid copy. Cover lettering little rubbed, back...
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Author: WILLIAM MIDDLETON
Published: Kendal, 1935.
90pp inc illustrations with sizes and prices. Wraps, 25x18. Covers grubby, staples rusty, some old watermarks to first and last few pages, binding tight.
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Author: WOODHOUSE
Published: Leamington Spa, nd, c2005.
127pp, mostly colour photos. Cloth, 30x25. Fine.
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