[CARRIAGES] Ohio Carriage Manufacturing Company
Split Hickory Vehicles Oak Tanned Harness
Cincinnati: The Ohio Carriage Manufacturing Company, 1907

Quarto. 184 pp; illustrated throughout in b/w with occasional red in the illustrations and text, plus one gate-fold plate featuring 2 carriage models. Paperback with illustrated covers. Very good, minor rubbing, remains of a small sticker, and the odd corner crease on covers, internally clean and bright. A huge catalog of carriages, buggies, and harnesses manufactured by the Ohio Carriage Manufacturing Company in 1907. Features a handsome gate-fold plate. Not in OCLC.
Inventory number #014097

[TOOLS] McCrosky Tool Corporation
Catalog No 12: McCrosky Cost Cutting Tools
Meadville, PA: Tribune Publishing Company, 1930

Octavo. 64 pp; illustrated throughout in b/w. Card covers. VG, some old penciling to covers and come minor corner creasing to yap covers. The McCrosky line of Super reamers, wizard chucks, tap holders, turrets, steady rests, Neva-stop face plates and more.
Inventory number #014088

[Trade Catalog] Kickhaefer Manufacturing Co.
Kickhaefer Data Sheets of Standard Parts: Stamped Automotive Parts, Metal Stampings and Die Making
Milwaukee: Kickhaefer Manufacturing Company, n.d.

n.d. (ca 1925) Octavo. Unpaginated; illustrated throughout with measured drawings. Split post bound wraps. VG, some rusting to posts. Measured drawings for stamped metal tubing clips, wiring clips; generator covers, valve spring seats, hand hole covers, core hole plugs, lock washers and clips, starter hole covers, special washers, timing hole covers and shims. Scarce.
Inventory number #014086

[TOOLS] Keystone Reamer & Tool Co.
Keystone Mechanics Reference Book: Metal working tools, their operation and care. Much other information of value and interest to the auto and machine shop repair Mechanic
Millersburg, PA: Keystone Reamer & Tool Co., n.d.

Tall twelvemo. 56 pp; illustrated in b/w. Stapled wraps. VG-, fair amount of soiling to covers and top corner rumpled and dog-eared throughout. Informative section of measurements and conversions, types of tools and care & use instructions, followed by tool offerings section with prices. Scarce.
Inventory number #014085

[TOOLS] Holtum Mfg. Co.
Cement Tools, Name Stamps, and Letters. Catalog No. 20
Freeport, Il: Holtum Manufacturing Company, n.d.

n.d. (c.1919). Tall twelvemo. 26 pp; illustrated throughout with b/w engravings; index. Stapled wraps. VG with some rust to staples and minor soiling to covers, dealer sticker placed over Holtum Mfg. Co. on cover. A wide selection of joiners, rollers, tampers, edgers, clamps, letters, and stamps, most bearing the Smith & Holtum logo.
Inventory number #014080

[TOOLS] Thos L. Dickinson
Product Post Card for Dickinson Diamond Tools
NY: Thos. L. Dickinson, 1924

Single-sided heavy card stock mailer. Advert illustrated with diamond tools for machinists, produced by the Thos. L. Dickinson Company, manufacturer of diamond tools and points for mechanical and scientific purposes. VG with some mild creasing and soiling. Postmarked 1924 and addressed to the Brennan Motor Manufacturing Co. in Syracuse, NY. Brennan Motors manufactured automotive and marine motors until 1972.
Inventory number #014079

[Trade Catalog] L.S. Starrett Company
Starrett Precision Tools, Steel Tapes, Dial Indicators, Hack Saws. Catalog 26
Athol, MA: L.S. Starrett Company, 1938

Small octavo. 282 pp; b/w illustrations. Original wraps. VG with some soiling to covers, rusty staples, internally clean and bright. Catalog 26 featuring steel rules, steel tapes, transits and levels, combination squares and sets, vernier calipers, and height gages, micrometer calipers, last word indicators, dial and test indicators, automotive tool sets, screw pitch-thickness gages, calipers-dividers, drill and wire gages, levels, and hack saw frames-blades. All items listed with prices.
Inventory number #014078

Trade Catalogue
Welbilt Gas Ranges: New 1941
Maspeth, NY: Welbilt Appliance Corp., 1941

Revised March 1st, 1941. Quarto. 14 sheets featuring 15 models of Welbilt Equi-Thermal gas ranges with specifications and b/w photos. Original printed folder bound with three brads. VG, sheets unmarked; covers toned with short tear to fore edge. Additional model sheet laid in, along with copy of blueprint of Welbilt four-burner cooker, dated Dec. 13, 1940.
Inventory number #014074

Trade Catalogue
Round Oak Furnaces Manufactured at Dowagiac, Michigan
Dowagiac, MI: Estate of P.D. Beckwith, 1905

Quarto. 31 pp; numerous b/w illustrations. Cord-bound wraps with color lithograph covers. Good copy only, pages soiled with pencil notations on several pp; 1" tear on foredge of backcover, small chip near top of spine, light edgewear. The catalogue presents the full line of Round Oak warm-air furnaces and combination heaters, hot-water attachments, casings, pipes & registers.
Inventory number #014073

Heilbrun, Margaret, editor
INVENTING THE SKYLINE: The Architecture of Cass Gilbert
NY: Columbia University Press, 2000

First edition. Quarto. 306 pp; 13 color plates, numerous b/w photographs, sketches, elevations, and plans; index. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; jacket bright with no wear. Published in conjunction with exhibition at New York Historical Society, NY, NY, held September 12, 2000 to January 21, 2001. The exhibition examines some of the most celebrated structures of American architect Cass Gilbert (1859-1934) from conceptual sketches through completion. They include the Woolworth Building, the U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green, and the U.S. Army Supply Base in Brooklyn. Essays by four major Gilbert scholars - Sharon Irish, Mary Beth Betts, Barbara S. Christen, and Gail Fenske.
Inventory number #014060

Purvine, Mary Bowerman & Helen Burnett
Mary B. Purvine, Pioneer Doctor
Santa Barbara, CA: Privately published, 1958

Limited edition of 100 copies. Quarto. 60 pp; 2 photographs, b/w illustrations. Oatmeal linen cloth with reddish brown leather spine with 3 raised bands & gilt-lettered title in gilt-ruled box, in slipcase. VG+, a crisp, unmarked copy; spine lightly rubbed; slipcase shows light wear. Printed by Johnck & Seeger, San Francisco. #28 of 100 copies, presented to Virtue Gifford. Handwritten letter to Ms. Gifford by author's daughter laid in; two Christmas notes by author to a cousin laid in. The author graduated from Willamette University in 1903, and began her practice in Condon, OR. The book features stories of her early days as a "woman doctor."
Inventory number #014044

Gottfried, Arlene [Signed]
THE ETERNAL LIGHT
Stockport, UK: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1999

Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. Full of color photographs. Color illustrated boards, no jacket as issued. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; covers bright with no wear. Signed by Arlene Gottfried on title page. The photographer's first book, she spent four months photographing the Eternal Light Community Singers of Harlem, and ended up singing with the choir for five years, and joining the church community. She died in August 2017 at the age of 66.
Inventory number #014039

Menu
Hotel Munson, Alumni Banquet, Wednesday evening, June 19th
Granville, NY: Hotel Munson, 1895

7" x 4.5". Fold-out card stock with crimped edges. Menu for Alumni Banquet, Wednesday evening, June 19, at 9 o'clock, P.M. Color cover image of seagull flying over sea with sailing ship below image of parchment banner showing date -1895. Meal featured soup, fish, boiled, roast, relishes, entrees, vegetables, and pastry.
Inventory number #014036

Menu
Alfred's Souvenir Menu
San Francisco: Alfred's, n.d.

n.d., ca. 1940. 6.75" x 5". 8 pp; b/w photo of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge at night by Gabriel Moulin Studios. Gold & rust printed wrappers, die cut in center to show photo of Bay Bridge on first page. VG+. a clean, unmarked copy. Entire menu with entrees, appetizers, cocktails & wine for this famous Steakhouse, open since 1929. A self-mailer.
Inventory number #014035

Malhorta, Ruth & Christina Thon et al
Das Fruhe Plakat in Europa und den Usa. Ein Bestandskatalog. Band I: Grossbritannien Vereinigte Staaten Van Nordamerika; Band 2: Frankreich und Belgien; Band 3: Deutschland, Teil 1 + 2
Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1977

Quarto. Three volumes in 4. Volume I (1973) - Great Britain and the USA: lxviii, 226 pp. Volume II (1977) - France and Belgium: clv, 418 pp. Volume III (1980) - Germany; part I, 506 pp; part II, 363 plates. All volumes are Near Fine, in VG to Near Fine dustjackets, lacks slipcase for volume III; Vol I jacket has some chipping to crown, volume II jacket has closed tear to upper edge of front panel, volume III, parts I & II jackets are Near Fine. Text in German except for some limited English and French passages in volumes I & II. A monumental reference work on poster art, containing roughly 5000 illustrations, mostly in b/w with some full page color plates, as well as artist bibliographies and other information of import to the poster researcher.
Inventory number #014029

Dent Hardware Co.
Catalog of Marble and Slate Stall Fittings and Trimmings. Volume II
Fullerton, PA: Dent Hardware Co., n.d.

n.d., ca. 1910. Octavo. 32 pp; full of b/w illustrations, index. Printed wrapper. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; cover has small sunned area at bottom of front cover. A wide range of lavatory fittings including brass standards, rails, flange & end pieces, angles & clamps, spring hinges, lavatory door latches, door stops, door pulls, wardrobe & towel hooks, urinal & sink strainers, soap cups, shower fixtures.
Inventory number #014028

Alabastine Co.
Dainty Wall Decorations
Grand Rapids, MI: The Alabastine Co., 1908

Narrow quarto. 32 pp; 13 color illustrations; 27 panel designs & b/w photos. Red & beige embossed wrapper with string tie. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers show light soil, 2-in. watermark on bottom edge of front cover. The Alabastine Company, founded in 1879, produced a variety of paint products from the gypsum that was mined from the shale beds near Grand Rapids, Michigan. It's earliest product, a dry pigment wall paint, was marketed as a "sanitary" and "hygienic" alternative to more traditional wall coverings of the day, such as lead-based paints, whitewash, and wallpaper. This booklet offers color schemes for various rooms in a house, in addition to a church and a schoolroom. Not in OCLC.
Inventory number #014023

Trade Catalogue
Hinge Division, Garage Hardware Division. Illustrated & Descriptive Price Book No. 83. Effective March 10, 1941
Pittsburgh: McKinney Manufacturing Co., 1941

Quarto. 184 pp; illustrations & specs of hinges, cabinet hardware, bolts, brackets, butts, door bolts, hasps, latches, etc. Red printed stiff paper with wire comb binding. VG, Library of Congress rubber stamp, else unmarked, paper clip dent; spine rubbed, minor edge wear.
Inventory number #014020

Trade Catalogue
Architectural Steel. Catalog No. 300
Skokie, IL: J.G. Braun Company, 1962

Catalogue A.I.A. File No. 15. Quarto. 37 pp; full of profiles & specifications. Printed wrapper. VG, a clean, unmarked copy. Contains baluster collars & spindles, handrails, handrail terminals, ornamental steel stampings, pipe rail fittings, railing components, steel mouldings, thresholds, treillage and tubing.
Inventory number #014019

Aladdin Company
The New Look in Homes for the New Year
Bay City, MI: The Aladdin Co., 1951

Small quarto. 16 pp; color & b/w photographs & drawings, floor plans & letters from customers. Stapled wraps. VG, bottom corner of pp 9-16 creased, rusty staples, light toning to pages. Price list & order blank inserted. Six models of homes: Brentwood, Lexington, Del Mar, Redwood, Greenbrier, and Ivywood.
Inventory number #014016