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, Hains, Hunkin Limited, [1920s]. 'Owners of Economy Furniture have been kind enough to attach a personality to that furniture which bears the Hains, Hunkin nameplate. They have called it "Friendly Furniture". And how well this adjective "friendly" describes it!' (from the introduction). More

The pamphlets are: 'New Express Passenger Beyer-Garratt Locomotives for Algeria (4 ft. 8.5 in. gauge)' (1936); '4-8-2 + 2-8-4 3 ft. 6 in. Gauge Beyer-Garratt Locomotives for the South African Railways' (1936). Both have the label of 'Parsons & Robertson Ltd, Mechanical Electical & Refrigeration Engineers, Importers &c', Adelaide, on..... More

[Chicago], Franklin Railway Supply Co., Inc., 1928. 'The Locomotive Booster makes it possible to use more of the weight of the locomotive on the rails to produce power'. More

Chicago, Standard Railway Equipment Manufacturing Company, 1946. 'From a research-development program over a period of several years Standard Railway Equipment Manufacturing Company has developed a machine to maintain wheels without removal from the car or diesel locomotive' (sub-title). More

Chicago, Montgomery Ward & Co., 1912. The colour plates are a highlight: they include women's shoes (16 plates); men's wear (12 plates); rugs and soft furnishings (12 plates); and books (4 plates). 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

Melbourne, Gippsland & Northern Co-Operative Co. Ltd., 1927. More

Wetzlar, Ernst Leitz, August 1933. The booklet ('Photo List No. 7298') deals with 'four scientifically interesting applications of photography through the medium of the Leica camera ... These are surgical photography, photomicrography, the reproduction of X-ray plates and films (for the purpose of subsequent projection on the screen), and the..... More

Bendigo, The Company, [1880s?]. The catalogue record in Trove suggests [1895], but it also calls for 6 pages, and says Bendigo is in NSW! Curiously, newspaper advertising for J.H. Abbott and Co. Tanners & Curriers, seems to cease in 1889, but we can find nothing to indicate if they went..... 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

Bradford, The Company, [circa 1910s?]. One of the printed information sheets states that 'All shades on this color card are stocked at Adelaide depot', establishing a clear Australian connection with what was in its time (and a very long time that was) the largest silk factory in the world. More