New York: Associated Fabrics Corporation, ca. 1930s. Archive comprised of twenty-one original watercolors mostly mounted to plain paper (ca. 26.5x20.5cm.); six published design sample cards (ca. 22x14.5 to 24x18cm.), and four hand-colored mimeographed advertisement broadsides (35.5x21.5cm.) depicting sixteen "Associated Patterns." A few leaves toned due to varying paper quality, occasional..... More
![Item #13740 Wertheim Berlin, Leipziger Strasse und Leipziger Platz [Wertheim Album]. Atelier A....](/pictures/thumb/13740.jpg?v=1659725805)
Berlin: Atelier A. Wertheim, ca. 1906? Folio; publisher's grey pictorial staple bound card wrappers printed in black and gilt, with original unused decorative mailing envelope; 32pp.; chiefly photographic illus. Near Fine, though accompanying envelope significantly toned and brittle with ubiquitous chips and tears along extremities. Quite uncommon promotional..... More
Boston: Wright & Ditson, 1911. First Edition. Octavo. 32 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Illustrated wraps. Light rubbing to edges with some minor staining and spotting. Binding sound. Slight marginal stain but otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Scarce trade catalog from the early sporting good..... More
Washington, DC: Byron S. Adams, [1890s-1910s]. Side-stapled/red-string bound wraps. 24mo. 27 pages. Text in black and red. A price list of food, drink, and services offered by Mr. Rauscher, "late with Louis Sherry, New York." Rauscher moved from Paris to New York in 1878, where he worked with..... More
Ormond Beach, FL: Frederick H. Gerber, 1978. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red pictorial staple bound card wrappers; viii,70pp.; illus. throughout, sample card with mounted wool swatch depicting thirty-four (34) dye samples laid in. Light wear from handling, wrapper a shade toned along spine edge, minor toning to leaf opposite laid-in..... More
![Item #14634 A Tribute to Precious Stones [Limited Edition]. Heron de Villefosse, André...](/pictures/thumb/14634.jpg?v=1669739926)
Paris: Cartier, 1947. First English-Language Edition, Limited to 1472 copies of which this is no. 474. Quarto; publisher's cream card wrappers lettered in red and black, textblock loose as issued, housed in early custom paper-covered slipcase; [4],11-45pp. (complete despite error in pagination); color lithograph frontispiece printed hand-press at the Mourlot..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Travelers Rest Farm / The Arabian Stud / T R Ranch, 1947. Octavo. Unpaginated. Black and white photographs. Illustrated wraps. Spine repaired with crude yet functional tape repair by previous owner. Staining and creasing to covers with curling to corners and page edges throughout. Binding..... More
Providence, RI: Rumford Chemical Works, [1887]. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's lithographed pictorial wrappers string-tied at upper corner; 36pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear to extremities, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior paper quality, contemporary rubber-stamp to rear wrapper ("For Sale By Wm. Smith & Co. / York, PA"). Very Good overall..... 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
Octavo (25cm.); publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; [2],60pp.; two-hundred and seventy-nine (279) wool samples mounted throughout. Boards lightly worn at spine ends and corners, some foxing to boards, else Very Good, contents bright and sound. Card sleeve mounted to front pastedown dated 1936 retains four blank request cards. Catalog of..... 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
Octavo (24cm.); publisher's grey blind-embossed cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in white; [4],44pp.; two-hundred and thirty-six (236) wool samples mounted throughout. Boards slightly warped with light soiling, rear cover and textblock fore-edge a bit foxed, else Very Good, contents bright and sound. Catalog of dye samples issued by..... More