Lorraine, France? B.P. Grimaud, ca. 1920. Advertising display (ca. 16x25cm.) comprised of stiff die-cut card stock to which are fitted, like the pieces of a puzzle, seven fanned out playing card samples. Dark soil spot affecting two cards, light wear from handling, else a Very Good, bright and sound example..... More

New York: Carey Printing Co. / Dittman Color Printing Company, [1918]. First Edition. Folio (30cm.); recent orange cloth with gilt-tooled reverse calf onlays from original binding, all edges gilt, [4],611pp.; typographic and decorative designs throughout, text printed within orange decorative border. Textblock a bit shaken in binding with both front..... More

New York: Revlon, Inc., 1962. First Edition. Quarto. Bifolium. Seventeen hair color samples mounted to interior. Light edgewear; punctures from hair mounts to rear; general surface scratching, overall Very Good. This trade catalog includes Revlon's "Predict-A-Mat" chart to interior, indicating how stylists and patrons can change their natural..... More

Chicago: John Wilkinson, n.d., ca. 1880s. First Edition. Pictorial broadsheet advertising hand flyer (27.5x13.5cm.). Some faint soiling and wear from handling including old mail folds and one small closed tear slightly touching text, else a Very Good example. Advertising hand flyer issued by the short-lived Chicago-based importer and dealer..... More

Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis Co., 1916. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's grey staplebound card wrappers printed in red and black; 48pp. Light uneven toning to wrappers, else Near Fine. Rare circulating library catalog divided by embossed alphabets: Line Type, Braille, and New York Point. Though the..... More

Baltimore: Richard Walzl, ca. 1880. First Edition. Large pictorial broadside (36x53cm.) depicting twenty separate designs for adorning the versos of photographic cartes de visite. The top two corners are neatly affixed to foam core, previous folds with uneven toning to a few panels, brief soil, else a Very Good example..... More

Wilmington, DE: E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, n.d., ca. 1940s. Second Edition. Quarto (25.5cm.); publisher's maroon gilt-lettered cloth; 37pp.; two-hundred and seventy (270) cotton samples mounted to thick card stock bound throughout text. Boards a bit rubbed along spine margins, gilt rather dulled, contemporary pencil marginalia to final..... More

Basle, Switzerland: J.R. Geigy S.A., n.d. [ca. 1930]. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's blue blind-embossed cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in white; [4],55pp.; three-hundred and twelve (312) mounted cotton samples. Boards slightly warped, minor shelf wear to spine ends and corners, else Very Good or better, internally fine and bright... More

Bridgeport, CT: Hollander Metal Product Corp., [ca. 1950s]. Six-panel folding trade catalog with 58 belt buckle samples. Belt buckles tied down and numbered and first four sample pages are labeled either bronze cast, bronze + brass wire, or steel wire. Variance in design and size are subtle though apparent. Hollander..... More

Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Playing Card Co., 1902. Large window display (37.5x64.5cm.); stiff grey card stock printed in black and white, twenty-nine playing card samples mounted along margins. Some wear to extremities with smallish-losses to three corners of the backing, though playing cards remain intact with just some very light soil;..... More