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Manuel du Parfumeur. Troisieme Edition Francaise [Manual of Perfume]

By: Askinson, [George] [W]illiam

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Paris: G. Calmels, Bernard Tignol: 1890

Seller ID: k200425b

Condition: Good

[1890] 8vo. Original morocco-backed marbled boards, raised bands ruled in gold, gilt titles. 442 pp. Text in French. Odors, essences, extracts & toilet waters, powders, sachets, etc. 30 in-text illustrations -- mostly laboratory equipment. Askinson was an English chemist, and the book was first published in Britain. This French edition was published as #15 in the series: Bibliotheque des Actualites Industrielles. There was also a later U.S. edition. ##### Condition: Edges rubbed, otherwise a very good, tight, clean copy of an uncommon book.
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BELL HANGER'S HAND-BOOK

By: BADT, F. B.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Electrician Publishing Company, Chicago: 1889

Seller ID: k190118d

1st ed. 16mo., maroon cloth pp 105. 97 illustrations. ; endpapers printed with for other electical-apparatus (telephone, dynamos, wiring). Illustrated with numerous diagrams and engravings of batteries, coils, alarm bells, buzzers, "annunciators", burglar alarms, etc. CONDITION: Good; Text block, clean, tight and free of markings. Hinges cracked; covers good with lettering faded, wear to edges and extremities.
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LABOR AND AUTOMOBILES (Near Mint in d/w)

By: Dunn, Robert W

Price: $75.00

Publisher: NY, International Publishers: 1929

Seller ID: s200703c

Binding: Black cloth

Condition: As-new

First Edition. 12mo, black cloth, gilt titles. 224 pages plus index, Illustrated frontispiece, plus 2 b/w illustrations and 3 photo plates within the text. Black cloth with gilt titles on spine. Blue/grey d/w with illustration and blue titles by Louis Lozowick; interior illustrations by Morris Pass. Condition: Fine/Fine. A pristine copy in fine d/w with only a few tiny edge nicks; not price clipped. The best copy we have seen. A history of the automobile industry, production methods, employee working conditions and efforts to organize [and methods employed to thwart unionization.] One ...
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The Complete Ladies' Guide to Crochet, Fancy Knitting, and Needlework

By: Stephens, Mrs. Ann Sophia

Price: $185.00

Publisher: NY: Garrett & Co: 1854

Seller ID: k190118e

NY: Garrett & Co., 1854. Oblong 12mo, decorative royal blue blind-stamped cloth, gilt-stamped title on upper cover and spine, blind-stamped title on lower cover. 117 pp., [2 ads], 6 fold-out color plates including frontis., b&w illus. Instructions for Anti-Macassars, Lace, knitted baskets, collars, edgings, etc. The 6 fold-out plates measure 8" x 18. CONDITION: Covers good; light wear to edges and extremities; raised elements and lettering still bright. End papers toned, some damp staining extended through ffep but not affecting the plates. Text block is very good. Clean, tight but with occa...
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[Industrial Catalog] Ward & Dickson Diners

By: Ward & Dickson

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Ward & Dickson Diners: 1928

Seller ID: k200301f

Illustrated catalog of classic club car diners by one of the nation’s preeminent manufacturers of portable dining cars. Illustrated with color and b/w photos, testimonials. Condition: Very good. Light edgewear, toning to covers. Light spotting to bottom of first page, otherwise interior fine.
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Progress In Industrial Color And Protection At "A Century Of Progress"

By: [Urban, Joseph / Chicago Worlds Fair, 1933]

Price: $1,150.00

Publisher: American Asphalt Paint Company, Chicago, Illinois: 1933

Seller ID: k190606a

Condition: Very Good

First edition. 12" x 9-3/4" in cream pictorial stapled wrappers [16] pp. Illustrated throughout with approximately 14 large and 22 small color pochoir illustrations with gold and silver accents. For the 1933 Century of Progress exposition, the American architect/designer Joseph Urban was commissioned to create a palette of 28 colors for application to the exteriors and interiors of the buildings. The American Asphalt Paint Co. was asked to "match Mr. Urban's difficult palette" in what was "the largest single paint contract of its type ever awarded." This brochure illustrates several of the maj...
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