Trade Catalogues from Attic Books

Montreal: Northern Electric, nd. ca. 1947-8. Catalogue T7. Card covers. Very good +. 177 p. 28 cm. B&w product illustrations. Light wear. Illustrations of each N.E. office across Canada. Numerous styles of telephone sets, uniphones, switchboards, wires and cables, pole line supplies, etc. Index at rear.

New York: Eimer and Amend, 1923. Catalog B. Hardcover. Very good. 173 p. 28 cm. B&w illustrations. Green cloth with gold print. Corners a little worn, some spots to cloth, spine ends softened. Rear hinge cracking internally. Company also sold sterilizers, eyepieces, forceps, needles, slide boxes, etc.

New Haven, Conn: The A. C. Gilbert Co, 1929. very good. 3 pieces in envelope: 1) Staplebound 10 p. 30 cm colour catalogue. Small hole in spine. Covers coming loose from upper staple. A few small tears. Advertises Erector's Newest Sensational Achievement with motor, mechanical wonder parts, picture of boy assembling a zeppelin, etc. D-785-50M-29. Canadian prices inserted.… Read more

Bass River, NS: Dominion Chair Co. Limited, 1940. Softcover. Good. Catalogue No. 46. 18 p. 24 x 31 cm. B&w illustrations of factories as well as products. Duo tang covers. Light wear and soiling. Peek a boo cover provides view of illustration pasted to first page. Illustration is loosening and has a few spots. 80th anniversary catalogue… Read more

Montreal: Crane Limited, 1945. Softcover. Near fine. 23 p. 28 cm. Illustrations in colour and partial colour. Staplebound paper covers. Booklet ADM-4501. How to plan modern bathrooms and kitchens, suggestions for walls, floors, windows and doors, storage space, colourshowers, superiority of Crane piping, etc.

Toronto: Canadian Electrical Supply Co., Summer 1943. War Time Edition. Staplebound. Very good. 11 p. 27 cm. B&w illustrations. Staplebound paper covers. Light soiling to exterior. Former owner's address label (Lyle Davidson, Scotland, Ont.). A few dampstains at page bottoms. Horizontal crease. Includes radio parts, accessories, pilot lights, blank records for recording, technical manuals, batteries, aerial equipment. Order… Read more

Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburg Water Heater Co., nd. ca. 1931. Booklet. Very good. 19 p. 16 cm. 4 b&w product illustrations, 3 of people enjoying their hot water. Staplebound booklet. Staples rusting. Rear cover lists sales offices and display rooms in US and Canada.

Walkerville: The Page Wire Fence Company, nd. 1920s. Booklet. Good. 28 p. 15 x 23 cm. B&w product illustrations. Drawing of Walkerville plant on rear cover. Staplebound booklet. Soiled covers. Catalogue from the Wire and Iron Work Department. Lawn Fences, Builders' Wire Work, Etc.

Loretteville, Que: Nap. Gignac Inc, 1966. Very good +. 11 28 cm detached pages with b&w illustrations in a paper folder. Also includes a stapled 25 cm staplebound 8 p. catalogue with colour illustrations, a price list and an order form. Company sold moccasins, slippers, bags, ski boots, and "Indian and Eskimo" dolls.

Cincinnati, Ohio: The Company, nd. After 1910. Softcover. Fair. Catalogue No. 35-C. 95 p. 17 x 26 cm. B&w illustrations of products. Red paper covers. Covers are detached and chipped. Paper a bit browned. Small black stain on rear edge. "The World's Greatest Iron Fence Works." Last page carries full page advertisement for the Stewart One-Ton Delivery… Read more

Woodstock, Ont: The company, nd. ca. 1909. Booklet. Near fine. 32 p. 9 x 15 cm. B&w illustrations. Staplebound booklet with blue paper covers. Front shows photo of fence, rear states company info. Various fence types, prices, directions for setting posts, etc.

Toronto: The Seaman Kent Company, 1921. Softcover. Good. [20 p.]. 23 cm. Colour illustrations. Staplebound booklet. Some soiling to exterior. Advertises Beaver Brand Hardwood Flooring, made by thelargest hardwood flooring manufacturers under the British Flag. Every illustration shows lovely hardwood flooring. Rear pages explain the importance of hardwood floors for children. Five Canadian factories: 2 in Meaford,… Read more

Ft. Wayne, Ind: Hoosier Institute Short Story Department, ca. 1933. Staplebound. Very good +. 23 p. 26 cm. B&w illustrations. Staplebound paper covers. Ink signature on front cover of Virnal M. E. Truesdell. Tucked inside is advertising material, typewritten letters to former owner Miss Truesdell (dated 1933), return envelope, enrollment application, money back agreement.

Toronto: Simpson's, 1949. Softcover. Good. 167 p. 23 cm. Colour and b&w illustrations. Staplebound softcover. Some wear to edges and some dampstains.

Chicago: J. B. Braun Company, nd. ca. 1935. Card covers. Good. A. I. A. File No. 15. Unpaginated. 19 cm. B&w illustrations. Brown card covers held together with brads. Pages have come loose as holes in rear cover have torn. Light wear to edges. Label on front cover and date of Feb. 1935 marked on front in red… Read more

East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1925. Staplebound. Near fine. Unpaginated. 19 cm. B&w product illustrations. Card covers. Order blank and return envelope, both in fine condition, tucked inside. Front cover title: "Roycroft Copper and Leather."

Brantford, Ontario: BlueBird Corporation, 1920. Staplebound. Fair. 12 p. 31 cm. B&w photos and line drawings. Staplebound booklet. Soiled exterior, some other stains within. Staples rusting. Photos at rear show scenes of assembly at BlueBird factory in Brantford, Canadian Westinghouse in Hamilton. Exhorts men to buy BlueBird washing machines as labour-saving devices for their wives: "There is… Read more

Boston: Joseph Breck & Sons, 1900. No. 2, March 1st, 1900. Hardcover. Very good. xviii, 350 p. 29 cm. B&w product illustrations. Black clothhardcover with gold print. Text block edge red. Lettering wearing off spine. Front endpapers loose. Includes staplebound price list. Price list and endpapers browned. Joseph Breck (1794–1873), businessman and horticulturist, established the Joseph Breck… Read more

Dayton, Ohio: The Manufacturers Equipment Company (MECO), nd. Softcover. Good. Catalog Number 37. 56 p. 28 cm. B&w illustrations. Card covers. Dampstain at top front and tops of most pages. Red marks and stains to rear cover and pp. 51 onwards. Foxing mainly to first and last pages. "Everything for the Clay Worker but the clay." Kilns,… Read more

Barrie, ON: Clarke and Clarke Leathers, 1952. Softcover. Good +. 56 p. 30 cm. B&w illustrations. Duo-tang card covers. Some soiling to exterior. Clean pages. P. 23 loosening. A Division of John A. Lang & Sons Limited. Company sold various leathers, doeskin, accessories and tools, dyes and finishes.