Search Results: Trade Catalogues from Bernett Penka Rare Books LLC

Chicago, Illinois: Aldric H. Worswick Co., 1909. Oblong 8vo. (19.7 x 35.3 cm). Original dark blue paper wrappers, title printed to front cover in black lettering and with decorative border, punch-sewn in the Japanese style with brown silk ribbon. 28 leaves, unpaginated. Color printed and illustrated throughout, with large folding plate affixed to inside back cover. Some light sunning to front cover, a few small closed tears, small paper loss at upper right hand corner of front cover, overall about very good. A salesman's sample catalogue from the 1909-1910 season, belonging to salesman H.B. Myers as shown on the label affixed to the inside front cover. This colorfully printed catalogue features a variety of scoring cards for card games such as Cinch, Euchre, Game of 500, and Bridge, tally cards, and place cards. Various artwork styles are also featured, including idealized women in the Gibson Girl style, designs inspired by Kate Greenaway or William Wallace Denslow, and some designs drawing on the… Read More

Prague: Ing. J. Bukovský & I. Kodžak, ca. 1920. Small folio (22.5 × 16 cm). Original decorative card boards; eight numbered thick leaves of product illustrations, each with glassine guard. Very good. Very attractively printed catalog showcasing a variety of imported condiments, preserved meats, fish, caviar, and fruits, Admiral sardines, Russian and Polish vodkas, and Heinz brand ketchup. We are unable to find any information about the company. Not in KVK, OCLC; not held by the Czech National Library.

Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1899. Octavo (21.7 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 48 pp. Edges red. Wrappers lightly dust-soiled; still about very good. Scarce catalog of the firm of Karl W. Hiersemann, seller of new and antiquarian books in Leipzig, which presents the library of privy councillor Dmitrii Petrovich Severin (1792-1865), at one time a Russian diplomat in Bavaria. The list contains 692 books on Russian ethnography, history, geography, travels, and economy, including numerous rarities.

Various cities: various publishers, circa 1924. Various sizes, mostly octavo 18 to 24 cm high, some fold out to larger sheets. Original printed wrappers and self-wrappers; pagination ranges from single sheets to a 14-pp. catalog. Some light handling wear, chipping, minor soiling, overall very good. An assortment of seven 1920's catalogs and brochures from Japanese safe manufacturers, including the Goto Safe Company, the Okura Safe Company, and the Tokyo Safe Company. The items range from a single sheet with only a table to larger catalogs with images and technical measurements. One brochure includes a photograph of a building on fire and then images of the safe found in the rubble, its contents seemingly unharmed. One catalog includes images of the safes being manufactured, and a brochure for "The Safe-Cabinet" includes images in color. A rare collection of hard-to-find catalogs.

Prague: Hynek Paul, ca. 1920. Quarto (29.5 × 21 cm). Original printed orange wrappers; [20] pp. Trace of rust to staples, else very good. Apparently undocumented catalog by a Prague manufacturer of furniture and other fittings for hair salons and barber shops. The offers include everything from seats to mirrors and shaving equipment. The furniture, in particular, much of which is tubular, reflects the style of Czech Functionalism. Fully illustrated in color throughout, along with price lists. No catalogs by this firm held by the Czech National Library. Not found in KVK, OCLC.