R & A  Petrilla,
Booksellers
609-426-4999
 
 
Quick Search

Author
Title
Description
Keyword
Advanced Search
 
Gift Cards
Checkout a Gift Card


 
Our secure web pages are hosted by Chrislands Inc, who use a Thawte SSL Certificate to ensure secure transmission of your information.
Thawte Certificate
 
 
 

Trade Catalogs

 - 62 items found in your search
Trade Catalogs

Click on Title to view full description

 
View Image
1 Allen, J.J. QUAKER CITY PHOSPHATE: Manufactured by J.J. Allen's Sons, 124 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, PA.
Philadelphia J.J. Allen's Sons 1886 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
24pp; three engraved illustrations. "Composed of bones, blood & meat, rendered highly soluble." 5.75" x 3.5" This booklet tells us why Quaker City Phosphate is the best and the cheapest, how to use it on various farm crops, the reports of leading chemists, and dozens of testimonials from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York. 
Price: 25.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
2 American Water Finder Co. WATER IS KING: DO YOU WANT IT?
Los Angeles American Water Finder Co. 1912 First Edition Very Good 
Broadsheet, opens to 8 panels; illus from photographs. Contains promotional text and testimonials about the Automatic Magnetic Water Finder, and shows the instrument in use. 6" x 3.25". 
Price: 20.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
3 Ball, William, Jr. CABINET HARDWARE: Ball and Ball, Catalog No. 47.
West Chester, PA Ball and Ball 1947 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
24pp; illus from photographs. 11" x 8.5" Shows many different brasses, reproduced from originals. Laid in is an 8-page price list. 
Price: 20.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
4 Ball, William, Jr. and George P. BRASSES BY BALL AND BALL
West Chester, PA Ball and Ball 1936 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
29pp, one side; illus throughout from photographs. 8.25" x 10.5" Brasses include pulls, locks, clock faces, finials, hinges, etc. Laid in are an 8-page price list and a 1946 interim catalog. 
Price: 25.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
5 Bega, Fred and Janet BEST-BUILT SEWING MACHINE SUPPLY COMPANY: Dealer's Wholesale Catalogue and Net Price List.
NY Bega Bros. 1949 First edition thus Original Wraps Near Fine 
pp: 44, (6); text illus from photographs. 7.5" x 5.5" This trade catalog shows and describes various models of Best-Built Sewing Machines, consoles, attachments, etc., with wholesale prices. 
Price: 25.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
6 Boston Music Co. MUSIC BY MAIL, 1930-1931: An Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of New and Standard Music, Books and Accessories.
Boston Boston Music 1930 First Edition Original Wraps Very Good 
58pp. Contains detailed descriptions, some pictures, and prices. 9" x 6" 
Price: 15.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
7 Buff, Louis F. SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS: Transits, Levels, Theodolites, Azimuths, Etc.
Boston Buff & Buff Mfg. Co. 1934 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
56pp; illus from 23 large photographs of instruments and engineering projects (George Washington Bridge, Keokuk Dam, Holland Tunnel, Oakland-Alameda Subway, Bear Mountain Bridge, &c.). Laid in is a printed price list, dated March 30, 1934. 9" x 6" 
Price: 40.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
8 Burpee, W. Atlee, publisher BURPEE'S FARM ANNUAL, 1888 [reprint] Garden, Farm & Flower Seeds
Philadelphia W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 1975 Reprint Original Wraps Very Good 
128pp; illustrated throughout the text, with two color plates. Slight wear around string hole at top from hanging in the country kitchen. 9" x 5.75" 
Price: 10.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
9 Century Edition CATALOGUE OF STANDARD AND POPULAR SHEET MUSIC BY ALL THE FAMOUS COMPOSERS
NY Fair Music Co. 1908 First Edition Original Wraps Very Good 
24pp. Lists nearly 1,400 classic and "modern" compositions, vocal and instrumental, with their regular prices, noting that Century sells them for ten cents each. 8" x 3.5" 
Price: 12.50 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
10 Chicago Millwork Supply Co. GARAGE DOORS: America's Greatest Sash and Door House.
Chicago Millwork Supply Co. 1920 First Edition Original Wraps Fine 
16pp. Contains detailed descriptions, specifications and prices. 6.25" x 3.5" Folded and laid in is a form-letter from the company on their letterhead and dated 1920 as well as a two-page Storm Sash circular. This small catalog covers all necessary materials for building one's own garage in 1920: lumber for framework; folding, rolling, gliding, and swinging garage doors; garage windows and casement sash; various types of roofing, paint and wallboard; hardware; ready-built garages; &c. 
Price: 25.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
11 Constantine, Albert CONSTANTINE'S CATALOG & MANUAL FOR WOODWORKERS
NY Albert Constantine & Son 1963 First edition thus Original Wraps Very Good 
128pp. Contains descriptions and illustrations, including six pages in color. 10" x 7" Features woodworking tools, moldings, carvings, and inlay borders. 
Price: 25.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
12 Defiance Button Machine Company PRICE LIST NO. 36: Indispensable in the Garment Manufacturing Industry. Can Be Used for Making Cloth-covered Buttons in Any Size or Style.
NY Defiance 1929 Original edition Very Good 
Broadsheet, folded to 9" x 4" and opens to 18" x 16"; illus from photographs and drawings. "...By a simple change of dies, can also be used for attaching: Rhinestones, Plain and Fancy Metal Spots, Nail Heads, Edgings, Eyelets, Snap Fastener Buttons, Screened Ventilators, Grommets, Etc...." Has pictures, descriptions, and prices. "The Whims of Fashion May Change and Pass--But Never the Charm of Covered Buttons." 
Price: 25.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
13 Dent Hardware Co. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF IRON TOYS
Fullerton, PA Dent Hardware Co. ca. 1910 First Edition Original Wraps Fine 
39pp; illustrations throughout text. 10" x 7" This trade catalog shows and briefly describes more than 200 iron toys: locomotives and trains, horse-drawn trucks and fire engines, steamboats, horse-drawn police patrols, ice wagons, pony carts, trolley car, plantation cart, etc. 
Price: 75.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
14 Doyle, William ELECTRIC LIGHT FOR 1882: Manufactured and For Sale to the Trade by William Doyle, Old Eagle Air Furnace....The Only Premium Granted on Stoves since 1873.
Albany, NY Argus Printers 1882 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
8pp; covers and text illus from engravings. Very faint dampmark. 8" x 5.5" Features the "Electric Light" base heater with Doyle's patent turbine screw grate, and improvements for 1882. Contains detailed promotional text and testimonials. The Electric Light Parlor Oven is shown on the back cover. Romaine, American Trade Catalogs, finds only a different title by this company. WorldCat finds only the Hagley Museum copy of our title. 
Price: 65.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
15 Eastman Kodak Co. HOW TO USE THE BROWNIE ENLARGING CAMERAS: Nos. 2, 3 and 4.
Rochester, NY Eastman Kodak 1917 First Edition Original Wraps Very Good 
24pp; text illus from drawings. Covers bromide enlarging, step by step: How to Assemble Brownie Enlarging Cameras; Placing Negative in Holder; Loading the Holder; Exposure; Development; Fixing; Washing; Drying; Mounting; What Paper to Use; &c. At the end is a price list of Brownie cameras, papers, developer, etc. 6" x 4.5" 
Price: 12.50 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
16 Fitch, Edwin A. EDWIN A. FITCH'S BOOK ABOUT EMBROIDERIES AND LACES: Catalogue L, 1906-07.
NY Edwin A. Fitch 1906 First Edition Decorative Wraps Very Good 
pp: 90, (2) order blank; text illus throughout from photos and drawings of lace patterns and garments. 9" x 6" Includes descriptions, specifications and prices. 
Price: 45.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
17 Fyr-Fyter EIGHT BIG POINTS OF FYR-FYTER SUPREMACY + YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE FIRE IS GOING TO STRIKE NEXT
Dayton, OH Fyr-Fyter Co. 1930 Very Good 
4pp; illus from photographs. Contains specs and cross-sections of fire extinguishers, photos of fire scenes, and dramatic, promotional text. 11" x 8.5" 
Price: 15.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
18 Glen Shirt and Collar THE GLEN FASHIONS: 1909
Boston Glen Shirt & Collar Co. 1909 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
48pp; illustrated throughout from drawings. Light wear at ends of spine. 9" x 6" This trade catalog of women's fashions for 1909 contains illustrations, descriptions and prices. Sections include: Tremont Waists (40 different blouses & shirts); Tremont Petticoats (13 different); Jewel Corsets (12); Tremont Dresses (8); Infants Department (many different long dresses, long white skirts, long flannel skirts, winter & summer underwear, hosiery, abdominal bands, hand-knit garments, embroidered cashmere, shoes, rompers, boys' Russian dresses, girls' white dresses and play dresses, boys' two-piece suits, headwear, and coats. The cover features The Glen Shirt Waist Girl. 
Price: 75.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
19 Heck, William WILLIAM HECK SADDLERY CO. -- SUPPLEMENTARY CATALOGUE NO. 55, SPRING 1940: Wholesale Manufacturers--Calmo Brand Harness, Strap Work, and Horse Collars. Wholesale Distributors of Harness Leather, Saddlery Hardware, Accessories and Shoe Findings.
California, Missouri William Heck Saddlery Co. 1940 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Good 
40pp; illus throughout text, showing horses at work, many different types of harness, bridles, halters, pads, breeching, traces, hame tugs, breast and yoke straps, team and plow belly bands, etc. Cover chipped at edges, no text loss. Unused order form and envelope laid in. 11.5" x 8.5" 
Price: 50.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
20 Hudson Coal Company MINING AND PREPARATION OF ANTHRACITE: Producers of Lackawanna Anthracite, the Fuel Supreme.
Scranton, Pennsylvania Hudson Coal Co. 1931 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
32pp; 22 full-page illus from photographs, captions; connective text. 6" x 9" Tells how Lackawanna Anthracite coal is mined and includes many photos of below-surface mining operations. 
Price: 30.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
21 Hulman and Co. CLABBER GIRL BAKING POWDER "WANT BOOK"
Terre Haute, IN Hulman 1930 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
28pp. This unused notebook of lined paper, with Clabber Girl ads, was intended for merchants to keep track of their grocery-store stock. 8.25" x 3.75" 
Price: 15.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
22 Hurff, H.S. IMPERIAL--Why buy a new Lawn Mower when we can make your old one work As Good as New... We charge only for sharpening....
Camden, NJ H.S. Hurff Circa 1890 First Edition Very Good 
Broadside; engraved illus and devices. Handwriting at the bottom and on the verso mentions the Dunkers, Germantown, Conestoga, Conrad Beissel, Seventh Day Baptists, &c. 8" x 6" Attractive. 
Price: 25.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
23 Ingalls, J.F. INGALLS' FANCY WORK BOOK: No. 26 - Latest Montmellick and Shirt Waist Number.
Lynn, Mass. J.F. Ingalls 1880s First Edition Printed self-wraps Very Good 
24pp; illus throughout from patterns. 11.5" x 8.5" This well-illustrated catalog contains descriptions and prices of Montmellic patterns for clothing, scarfs, eyelet embroidery, centerpieces, doilies, &c. 
Price: 25.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
24 Ingalls, J.F. INGALLS' FANCY WORK BOOK: No. 27 - Wallachian and Shirt Waist Number.
Lynn, Mass. J.F. Ingalls 1880s First Edition Printed self-wraps Very Good 
16pp; illus throughout from patterns. 11.5" x 8.5" This well-illustrated catalog contains descriptions and prices of Wallachian patterns for table covers, collars and cuffs, shirt waists and jumpers, scarfs, hats, bolero jackets, &c. 
Price: 25.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
25 Jamesway ACCESSOIRES DE POULAILLER
Weston, Ontario, Canada Jamesway Limited 1934 First Edition Self-wraps Very Good 
16pp, folded broadsheet; illus from photographs. 6.5" x 3.5" This trade catalog describes and pictures 26 devices used in the raising of chickens; prices are included. 
Price: 10.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
26 Kalamazoo Tank and Silo Company BETTER SILOS AND FARM BUILDINGS
Kalamazoo, Michigan Kalamazoo Tank & Silo Circa 1920 Early edition Original Wraps Very Good 
16pp; illus throughout from photographs, some color. 10.75" x 7.75" This trade catalog details the practicality of building barns, silos, and other farm buildings with tile rather than lumber. Kalamazoo Tank and Silo Company was Kalamazoo, Michigan's oldest manufacturing firm. In 2004, the City of Kalamazoo bought the plant on Harrison Street and demolished it as part of an initiative to redevelop land surrounding the Kalamazoo River. The only structure left is a small silo on the eastern edge of the site. 
Price: 40.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
27 Kampfe, F. and O.F. THE STAR SAFETY RAZOR [and] STAR SAFETY RAZOR STROPPING MACHINE.
NY Kampfe 1890 Original edition Printed self-wraps Very Good 
4pp; four engraved illustrations. Small archival repairs to several folds. 8.5" x 6" This folded broadsheet extolls the Star Safety Razor and Stropping Machine. Included are a full-page tribute by Oliver Wendell Holmes, and long paragraphs of promotional text translated into German, Spanish and French for the convenience of immigrants. [Company not in Romaine.] The Kampfe brothers immigrated to the United States early in the1870s and began manufacturing the Star safety razor in 1875. In May, 1880 Frederick and Otto applied for a patent on “new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors,” apparently the first use of the term “safety razor." 
Price: 50.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
28 Kennedy, W.W. and Sons "DAHLIAS ELITE"
Red Bank, NJ W.W. Kennedy & Sons 1925 First Edition Original Wraps Very Good 
24pp w/index; text illus from photographs. 9.25" x 6" Descriptive and priced catalog of many different pot-grown dahlia plants and tubers. 
Price: 15.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
29 Keystone Mfg. Company CARE AND OPERATION OF THE KEYSTONE MOVIE CAMERA, MODEL A-7 [with] CARE AND OPERATION OF THE KEYSTONE PROJECTOR, MODEL A-75
Boston Keystone 1936 First Editions Original Wraps Very Good 
Two volumes, pp: 29+ 22; text illus from photographs. These booklets contain detailed instructions for the use and care of home-movie cameras and projectors prior to World War II. 6" x 4" 
Price: 20.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
 
View Image
30 King, George E. and Thomas W. THE SELF-ACTING COW-MILKER
NY Cow-Milker Manufacturing Co. 1878 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
12pp; two illustrations. 6" x 5.25" Contains a description of the self-acting cow-milker, instructions for use, testimonials, etc. [Romaine, American Trade Catalogs, page 14: "Delightful reading. Pictorial wrap of cow in operation!"] 
Price: 75.00 USD
Add to Shopping Cart
 
  1  2 3  NEXT >  


Questions, comments, or suggestions
Please write to info@petrillabooks.com
Copyright©2013. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by ChrisLands.com

 

 

cookie