Trade catalogues
Collection of trade catalogues, mainly Scottish, 19th and 20th century
£1,134
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
Shanks & Co, Barrhead. Illustrated Catalogue of Sanitary Appliances, 1899. Folio, original green cloth gilt (rubbed), 476 pp., colour and monochrome illustrations throughout;
Lion Foundry Company, Kirkintilloch. Illustrated Catalogue of Cast Iron Manufactures. Volume I. Sixth Edition, c.1910. Folio, original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, 336 pp., spine faded, small stain to front cover;
Young & Marten, Stratford. Illustrated General Catalogue, c.1880. Volume 1 only (of 2), 4to, original maroon cloth gilt, 432 pp., chromolithographic decorative title-page heightened in gilt, chromolithographic plates depicting chimney-pieces, designs for tiles, kitchen ranges, etc., many heightened in gum arabic, tears to a couple of plates (f. 83 and a final leaf, a colour chart), section excised from initial text-leaf;
Walter Macfarlane & Co., Glasgow. Illustrated Catalogue of Macfarlane's Castings. Seventh Edition, c.1900. 2 volumes, folio and 4to, original green cloth lettered in gilt;
J. R. Howie, Hurlford, Kilmarnock. Catalogue of Drainage Materials, Chimney Pots, Cattle Troughs, Ridge Tiles, etc. [cover-title], c1933. 4to, original red cloth over flexible boards, 46 pp.;
Glenfield & Kennedy, Kilmarnock. Illustrated, Descriptive, and Prices Catalogue (Abridged) of Water Works Appliances. Sixth Edition, 1906. 4to, original green cloth, 100 pp.;
William Newman & Sons, Birmingham. Illustrated Catalogue of Brassfoundry and Patented Specialities in Door Springs, Fanlight and Skylight Openers, etc., 1925. 8vo, original green cloth;
Woodworkers (Glasgow) Ltd. Scottish Woodworker, 1933. Folio, original cloth-backed lithographic wrappers, mimeographed typescript with lithographic illustrations;
William McGeoch & Co. Ltd., Glasgow. Architectural and Builders Ironmongery, 1966. 4to, original blue cloth gilt;
and approx. 30 others, including some 20 trade catalogues (mainly in wrappers) and 10 related items