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
Romiley, Davies and Metcalfe, 1966. The group comprises: (1) 5 slim catalogues for brake valves and cylinders; (2) 10 reproduced schematic diagrams (3 folding) by the company; and (3) A typed letter on Davies & Metcalfe letterhead (dated 18 January 1966) to J. Langdon Parsons of Langdon Parsons Pty Ltd..... More
St Gallen, Switzerland, Herrmann & Goldfrank, [1915 to 1919]. All samples in these very impressive albums come with individual reference numbers, sizes, prices and other details; the samples in the first two volumes are loosely inserted in custom-made album leaves. 'St. Gallen embroidery, sometimes known as Swiss embroidery, is embroidery..... More
Paris, 1868 to 1872. A French trade journal on fabric printing and dyeing; it first appeared in January 1857. The volumes on offer were published under the direction of Felix Gouillon, with individual issues appearing twice a month. However, Volume 14 covers the two-year period 1870-71. Although the pagination is..... More
Adelaide, Reid Bros. [1917]. A 'Price List of the leading lines of Timber, Mouldings and Joinery'. Offered together with a similar item dated 2 April 1917. Both carry contemporary ownership details of members of the Liebelt family of Echunga. More
Indianapolis, Nordyke & Marmon Company, [circa 1900]. In no particular order, the catalogues are Packers (24 pages); Sifter Siftings (No. 208; 56 pages); Packers. No. 612 (title-wrappers, 12 pages); Catalogue Number 812. Packers (15 pages); Roller Mills. Catalogue No. 221 (64 pages); Roller Mills. Catalogue No. 421 (64 pages); A...... More
[Adelaide, Warwick, circa 1994 to 2004]. Offered with 'Warwick. Colour Story 4' (cover title), the subsequent edition from 2004. Large oblong folio, 420 × 450 mm, [52] pages containing 548 mounted samples plus technical data printed on the rear pastedown. Blue-lettered grey post-binder with four fabric samples set into the..... More
Adelaide, J.A. Lawton and Sons, [early 1950s]. Offered with 'Operating and Maintenance Instructions for Lawton Fork Trucks, Models PFT 45M, PFT 68M, TFT 45M, TFT 68M, and "Fluidrive" Models. 2nd Edition'. Adelaide, J.A. Lawton and Sons, [early 1950s]. Quarto, approximately 170 leaves of duplicate typescript (printed rectos only) plus a...... More
Tyseley, Abingdon Works, 1931. The centrespread confidently asserts that the King Dick is the 'obvious answer to the "housewife's prayer".... To do your work quick - you must use a "King Dick" ... Install one now - electricity is entirely unnecessary'. It's hard to believe that this glorified carpet sweeper..... 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
Jersey City, American Type Founders Company, 1912. 'Our card index number of this copy is ... A41705' is printed on the first page. 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
London, Standard Catalogue Company, [circa 1949]. More
London, W. Butcher & Sons Ltd., 1923. More
Melbourne, Gippsland & Northern Co-Operative Co. Ltd., 1927. More
Stockholm, B.A. Hjorth & Co., 1929. Loosely inserted is price list (September 1932; quarto, 6 pages, folded down the centre), and a supplementary leaf advertising spare parts and novelties (1933; left-hand margin torn and crumpled). [3 items]. More
Stockholm, B.A. Hjorth & Co., 1931. More
Richmond, Printed by the 'Richmond Chronicle', [circa 1934]. 'We feel ... we have advanced another step with an industry which has only been known to Australia for a period of three years' (introductory note in the catalogue). Information about Mintern-related companies online (see ozwrenches.com) suggests the company started making garden..... 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
Leeds, Chas. F. Thackray Ltd, [circa 1955]. The most recent date in the addenda is May 1954; there is a contemporary ownership date of 27 January 1956 on the front free endpaper. An endpocket, now empty, presumably originally contained a price list. 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
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..... More