Tout les Motocyclettes Gnome & Rhone 1937 ... [a sales brochure]
Paris, Gnome & Rhone (printed by Draeger), 1937. More
Paris, Gnome & Rhone (printed by Draeger), 1937. More
South Melbourne, Welch Perrin & Co. Pty. Ltd., [1954]. Welch Perrin advertised themselves as 'Universal Providers to the Man on the Land', and their offering is indeed comprehensive, from milking machines, shearing plants and generators to fence strainers, paint, asbestos piping and wrought-iron fly-screen doors. More
Monterey, Albee Rolligon Company, [circa 1957]. 'The Albee Rolligon Company, Inc., presents the first basically new idea in ground transportation in modern times! Albee Rolligon off-highway trucks throw away wheels and tracks ... Instead they substitute pudgy-soft low pressure air bags on the tops of which they tote heavy payloads..... More
Eight of the plates depict scenes of Shell's business activities in Australia (five are in South Australia). These include aerial views of the bulk installations at Gore Bay, NSW, and Birkenhead, SA; Sir Alan Cobham landing at Albert Part, Victoria on 29 August 1926; a fleet of 20 cars used..... More
Braunschweig, Amme, Giesecke & Konegen, [circa 1905]. 'The MIAG Mühlenbau und Industrie Aktiengesellschaft was a mechanical engineering company from Braunschweig, Germany which was acquired by Bühler in Uzwil, Switzerland in 1972. [MIAG] was founded in 1925 in Frankfurt am Main from the merger of the resident Hugo Greffenius AG with..... More
Manchester, Shortland Bros. [1950s?]. The price-list is loosely inserted. More
[Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik], 1901. A comprehensive manual to the aniline dyes produced by the Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, including detailed instructions for dying yarns and printing fabrics. The mounted samples comprise wool (135 fabric swatches); cotton (180 swatches and tassels of thread); silk (138 tassels); blended..... More
Birmingham, Smith and Davis, Limited, 1939. The catalogue offers a wide range of 'Plumberalities and Gas Fittings, Builders' Hardware, Horticultural Brassware, Domestic and General Brassware, Cabinet Fittings, Picture and Mirror Fittings, Carpet Fittings, [and] Window Fittings'. The first page is headed 'Exp[or]t./39 Please Destroy Earlier Editions in order to avoid..... More
Sydney, Borthwicks Pty. Coy. [circa 1920s]. A booklet of paint samples containing 16 swatches. More
London, Standard Catalogue Company, [circa 1949]. More
London, Stone & Cox Ltd., 1951. With details and illustrations of some 140 motor cycles 'of British manufacture or British assembly' in production in 1951. The final section, printed on inferior newsprint, brings the publication up to date with new models and prices as at 1 March 1951. More
Berlin, Brüder Baumann, No Date (but with a 1937 ownership inscription). 'After a three years preliminary work we beg to hand you our newest catalogue. It comprises 720 pages with about 15000 pieces which we constantly keep on hand.... It is not in our power to furnish you with patterns..... More
Melbourne, Gippsland & Northern Co-Operative Co. Ltd., 1927. More
Melbourne, [The Union Manufacturing & Agency Company, circa 1925]. 'Established 1889' is printed on the front cover; the full page of requests to the customer printed on the verso states that the company has 'built up a very large business during the past 36 years'. The index is in two..... More
Adelaide, Cyclone Fence & Gate Co. Pty. Ltd., 1938. Gates ('Field | Wrought Iron | Ornamental') are the most substantial and interesting sections of the catalogue, running to more than 28 pages. Fencing is also heavily represented, but the contents also include playground equipment, tennis nets, tree guards and numerous..... More
Sydney, [Printed by] V.S. French & Co., 1928. The inkstamp of the local distributor (Gladiola Co., Waymouth Street, Adelaide) is on the front cover. More
Melbourne, Vacuum Oil Co. Pty. Ltd., [circa 1911]. The specialties range from 'Axle Grease, Favourite' to 'Vacme Compound Leather Dressing Oil', via Baker's Glucose, Crayons, numerous Oils (including Burning, Baking, Clutch, Floor Dressing, Harness, Marine Motor, Olive, Salad, and Spraying), Perfection Cook Stoves and Heaters, and Rayo Lamps and Lanterns..... More
North Melbourne, Muir's Proprietary Limited, [circa 1942]. Loosely inserted is the 'Price List. Jan. 16th. 1942' (gate-fold, [8] pages). [2 items]. More
Adelaide, Colton, Palmer & Preston, Ltd., [circa 1930s]. Five of the colour plates depict model bathroom designs ('The Sandown', 'The Holmesdale', 'The Pembroke', 'The Ripley', and 'The Dunrobin'). We have only one copy of this catalogue for sale, we haven't seen one before, and in case we don't see another..... More
Tuttlingen, Chiron, [circa 1936] (see our footnote). The text is in German, English, French and Spanish. Page [xviii] contains some fine self-promotional copy, along with a line illustration of the 'Hindenburg'. 'The airship ..., an example of today's technical progress, for whose construction and complement only the very best was..... More
Sheffield, Christopher Johnson & Co., July 1924. The front pastedown bears a small company label, number-stamped 243. A superior production, with the plates produced 'from photographs'. The contents are mainly numerous examples of kitchen cutlery, either with only the knives shown, or in canteens. There are eight plates devoted to..... More
Brunswick, T.N. Chuck Wire Fence & Gate Co. Pty. Ltd., [circa early 1950s]. If you've seen one length of Man-proof Industrial Fencing, you've seen it all. However, the last 32 pages of this catalogue praise the 'Harmonies in Wrought Iron. Chuck Wrought Ironwork harmonises splendidly with modern architecture and, when..... More
Adelaide, Clarkson Limited ('wholly set up and printed ... at The Hassell Press'), February 1939. More
They are mounted, 'as issued', in concertina-form on cloth. The spine of the first one, 'The Chartfield School Mystery' by Monica Marsden, is also present. This provides the details of the publisher, and paper residue on its cloth backing suggests it was originally tipped into (say) a representative's portfolio of..... More
Adelaide, The Colt Co. (and printed at The Advertiser Printing Office), [circa 1950]. A 'comprehensive list of all Stockman and Station Requisites in stock sizes'. Presumably this company was a direct competitor of R.M. Williams at the time, but page 58 contains a full-page advertisement for saddle dressing 'Made by..... More