Trade Catalogs from R & A Petrilla

Paris: Paris Art Editions, 1925. First Edition. Very Good. Three items. An 8-page illustrated catalog (6.25" x 4.75"), offering: Music-Hall Albums (The Review of the Folies Bergere and Souvenirs of the Paris Music-Halls); Monthly Albums La Beaute [barenaked ladies]; Mythological Albums; The Ball of the Moulin-Rouge Album. Subscription form, printed on tissue stock. Original mailing envelope, postmarked Paris,… Ler mais sobre este item

Saginaw, Michigan: Wickes Bros, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 205pp; full-page and text illustrations throughout, from engravings and photographs. The text deals with blast furnaces, boilers, coal fuel, gas fuel, furnaces, marine users, safety, etc. Bound in maroon cloth, gilt spine lettering and large cover illustration, all edges red. 10.5" x 7" [This company is not listed… Ler mais sobre este item

Detroit, Michigan: Chrysler Corp, 1953. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. (20)pp, folio; color illustrations throughout. Shows exterior and interior views of the Fire Dome V-8 Sportsman, Club Coupe, Station Wagon, Eight-passenger Sedan, Four-door Sedan, and Convertible, along with detailed views of the chassis and various engine parts. 13.25" x 11". New Orleans dealer's stamp on cover.

Reading, PA: Mt. Penn Stove Works, 1890. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 32pp; 20 engraved illustrations of various models of Mt. Penn stoves. Also contains descriptions of the stoves, and many recipes. Bound in decorated orange wrappers, 5.75" x 3.5" [OCLC locates only the Hagley Museum holding of this trade catalog.].

Philadelphia: American Chime Clock Co, 1923. Early edition. Softcover. Very Good. (12)pp, including wrappers printed on inside and outside; illustrations from photographs throughout the text. Bound in pictorial tan wrappers; old vertical fold for mailing. 9" x 12.25" Contains descriptions, pictures, and prices of clock works and cases: Mission Hall Clock; Movement with Echo Gong; Chain Wound, Westminster… Ler mais sobre este item

Providence: National Rubber Co. & Steam Press, 1875. Original document. Very Good. Broadsheet, 13" x 5.75", folded to eight panels, printed on pale-pink stock; six engraved illustrations with descriptions and prices. Styles shows are: Centennial Monitor; Button Monitor; Monitor Open; Monitor when Buckled; Snow Excluder; Snow Excluder when Buckled. 5.75" x 3.25" [Unrecorded by WorldCat.].

v.l.: v.n., 1880. Original documents. Very Good. Includes: Soapine, Dirt Killer Soap, mfd at Providence, RI; Austen's Forest Flower Cologne, Oswego, NY; Hoyt's German Cologne, Lowell, MA; New Process Soap; Pyle's Pearline; James S. Kirk Standard, Reliable Soaps, Chicago; Katharidzo, complexion aid and curative, NYC; Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children Teething. Most of these cards have full-color… Ler mais sobre este item

Chicago: International Harvester Company, 1924. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 132pp; illustrations throughout the text. Bound in printed tan wrappers, thumb index. Covers smudged, thumb index dogeared. 9.5" x 6.75

Cleveland & Memphis: Brown Fence & Wire Co, 1941. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 148pp; illustrated throughout, inner and outer covers in full color. Contains descriptions and prices of a variety of items for the farm: Barb Wire, Barn Equipment, Clothing, Fencing, Harness, Paint, Roofing, Shoes, Stoves, Washing Machines, Wheels, &c., &c. 10" x 7.25

Hammond, New York: Evans Mfg. Co, 1890. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 12pp; six illustrations of sleighs. Includes detailed descriptions and prices for: Flexible One-Knee Bob Sleighs; Farmers Flexible Bob Sleigh; Sawed Knee Sleighs with Snow Pack Runners; Knee Standard Mortised Bob Sleighs; Beech Knee Bob Sleighs; One Horse Bob Sleighs. Bound in printed red wrappers; red fading… Ler mais sobre este item

Chicago: David Bradley Mfg. Co, 1886. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 64pp; illustrated throughout the text, several showing horse-drawn implements in use. Detailed descriptions and index. Bound in wallet-style, illustrated stiff wrappers, worn at the folds; archival repair to verso of one fold, rear panel scuffed. 6.5" x 3.5" [WorldCat records only an 1890 edition at the Henry Ford… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Massachusetts Fuel Saving Radiator Co, 1913. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 20pp; four product illustrations. Bound in printed yellow wrappers. 6" x 3.5". Laid in is a handwritten letter (ALS) on pictorial company letterhead, offering to sell the recipient a used radiator for $ 7, or a new one for $12, &c. Signed by A.C. Swift. "Save one-third… Ler mais sobre este item

Moorestown, New Jersey: H.W. Doughten, 1894. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. (4)pp; 2 illustrations. "Simple in construction, low in price, perfect in operation, extremely light draft....Separates the Potatoes from the dirt, and deposits them on either side of row in plain sight...." Includes a detailed description of the potato digger, testimonials by users, and announces a Potato Digging… Ler mais sobre este item

Quincy, Illinois: Electric Wheel Co, 1907. First Edition. Softcover. Good. (12)pp; illustrated throughout text, centerfold in color. Contains detailed descriptions, prices, and several testimonials. Products include: Electric Handy Wagon, No. 1--with Platform; One-Horse Electric Wagon, No. 6; Standard Electric Farm Wagon; Out Best Log Wagon; Wood Hound Farm Truck, No. 7; Combination Log and Lumber Wagon, No. 14;… Ler mais sobre este item

Marietta, Penna: John J. Reinhold Co, 1920. First Edition. Fine. Broadsheet, printed in black and red, illustrated. "...Don't allow the other fellow to drag you into danger ... Safety the first consideration ... When danger approaches you--then just a slight pull on Trip Cord "T" held by the operator of auto being towed and the Tow Line Is… Ler mais sobre este item

Chicago: Kroehler Mfg. Co, 1925. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 24pp; illustrated throughout from photographs of Davenport Beds (convertible sofas), each one described in detail. Bound in printed gray wrappers, glassine endpapers. 8" x 5". Tiny chip from lower corner of cover. [WorldCat finds one holding of another catalog by this company, but not this one.].

Athol. Mass: C.S. Pratt Co., Sunnyside Fruit Farm, 1928. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 24pp; text illustrated from drawings and photographs. Features "Strawberry Pratt" and his Sunnyside Fruit Farm, telling how it came about and how they produce the best strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, hydrangeas, gladioli, and grapes. Testimonials, including a full-page poem, "Strawberry Pratt," by Mrs. Frank M.… Ler mais sobre este item

Chambersburg, Pa: Wolf Company, 1900. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 640pp with index; frontispiece view of the factory, illustrations throughout the text. Contains detailed descriptions, specifications, and prices of grain mills, related machines, steam generators, etc. Bound in green cloth over flexible boards, white lettering nearly rubbed away. 7" x 4.25" [WorldCat finds no library holdings of this title.].… Ler mais sobre este item

Chicago, &c: American Steel & Wire Co, 1903. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 24pp; illustrated throughout from drawings. Includes: Special Farm Fence; Hog Fence; Special Sheep and Horse Fence; Building the Fence; Stretchers; Steel Gates; etc. Bound in color-pictorial wrappers. 3.5" x 6". Signs of light use.

Chicopee Falls, Mass: Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Tool Co, 1903. First Edition. Very Good. Broadsheet, 10" x 6". Contains detailed descriptions and prices, with one illustration on the recto and two on the recto. Minor dampmark, not into text. [Unrecorded by WorldCat. Company in Romaine, page 3.].