Paris: Imp. Charaire, 1914. [44]p., stapled wraps, 10.75 x 8.5 inches landscape format, chiefly illus., wraps worn, evenly toned else good condition. Label reading "Edition 1914. Catalogue-Renseignements" pasted to front wrap. Catalog for the furniture company. More
Cat.No: 250951
Paris: Le Bon Marche, nd. 31p., stapled wraps, 10.25 x 8 inches landscape format, chiefly illus., lightly worn, vertically creased, rear wrap lightly foxed else good condition. Text in French. Catalog of furnishings offered by the department store. More
Cat.No: 250598
San Francisco: Schussler Bros. [ca. 1925]. Pamphlet. [32]p., illustrations, wraps. Center bifolium detached by laid in. Good. Catalogue of furniture and interior decorations that can be painted or embellished. More
Cat.No: 328579
Winsted, CT: Harrison Son Co., 1910. Pamphlet. 24 pages, illustrations, staplebound pamphlet. Minor bump to foot of spine. Very Good. Second edition. Illustrated catalog of folding chairs. Dedication: "This book is respectfully dedicated to those who use chairs." More
Cat.No: 340776
Lima: Departamento de Antropologia Facultad de Letras Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 1964. Paperback. 282p., illustrated with a half-dozen b&w photos on inserted alkaline leaves, plus another half-dozen fold-out line-maps and diagrams on similarly alkaline stock, plus numerous in-text illustrations on the acidic text-paper that the book-block is composed..... More
Cat.No: 335857
Manitowoc, WI: Manitowoc Seating Works, [not before 1903]. Pamphlet. [16]p., illustrations, wraps. 6.25 x 3.25 in. Two holes close to fore-edge on rear cover and final four leaves, not affecting illustrations or text. Catalogue of ornate altar panels, carved statues, chairs, and other furniture for churches (appears Episcopalian or Catholic)..... More
Cat.No: 316502
Washington DC: GPO, 1931. Paperback. iv, 115p., many exemplars shown in b&w photography, in construction and in situ, and also by many diagrams, especially for chairs in parts, how pieced together. Item is staple-fastened, and the staples (faint rust plus as-new shinyness) are visible fore and aft, but no "pullings"..... More
Cat.No: 313879
Cachan, Frace: Gaston Perdon, [1937]. [7]p., printed one side only, stapled wraps, 12.75 x 9.5 inches landscape format, chiefly illus., wraps worn, unevenly sunned, and stained, contemporary colored pencil notation on front wrap, staples rusted else good condition. [3]p. price list laid in, printed one side only, 8.25 x 10.5..... More
Cat.No: 250912
![Cat.No: 253723 Massage [cover title] Le Massage [titlepage](https://bolerium.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/253723.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1594162949)
Paris: Ch.Chardin, [1930s?]. Pamphlet. 8p., numerous b&w photos/artists' renderings of electrical devices (stored neatly or in use), a few patients photographed or sketched, semi-glazed alkaline paperstock. No merely manual techniques are shown (compiler recommends a book for that), instead, everything shown is electrically enhanced: "air chaud et froid, vibro-masseurs w/accessories..... More
Cat.No: 253723
![Cat.No: 226964 Mexico. Hotel Geneve -Mexico City- [with] rate-reduction notice [two items](https://bolerium.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/226964.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1531974539)
Mexico D.F. the hotel, [early 1930s]. promotional brochure, 16p., upright self-wraps printed sepia rotogravure, stapled and folded to 10x4 inches; exterior shots and numerous interiors are shown in vignette photography flanking columns of smallpoint text. First half of the brochure touts this cosmopolitan hotel, second boasts city scenes and countryside..... More
Cat.No: 226964
London: The Arts Council, 1961. Paperback. 32p., Curwen presswork on glazed alkaline paperstock, illustrated with b&w exhibit photography, oversize paperpack in 11x8.5 bordered wraps staple-fastened. Cover is faintly dusty and along the spinefold there are mild discolorations (foxing? toning? we're unsure), aside from that a sound unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 260654
[San Francisco]: Sherman, Clay & Co., [not before 1892]. Ephemera. [4]pp., illustrations wraps. 6 x 3.75 in. Illustrated catalog of storage solutions for collections of piano rolls by the San Francisco-based piano manufacturer. Ad on the back for piano roll production services: “Music is no longer perishable.” Founded in 1853..... More
Cat.No: 302975
Menlo Park CA: Porter Bathroom, n.d., circa 2010. Paperback. 208p., a small elaborate catalogue of bath wares, cabinets and lighting, tubs and containers, but curiously no toilets. Includes color swatch, overlaid imagery, an internal cloth backstrip, color exhibit photography, a special info-card laid in, all bells and whistles in good..... More
Cat.No: 292598
Nagasaki: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. / Nagasaki Shipyard & Engine Works, n.d., circa 2000. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about 24p., staple-fastened softbound in 6x8 inch pamphlet wraps, illustrated with a couple of fine color photographs of the city of Nagasaki plus numerous interiors (color) and floor plans (b&w), followed by mostly b&w..... More
Cat.No: 299488
Paris: Pardon & Cie., Constructeurs, 1911. Unpaginated, but each page of cover and text are a numbered "Plate" ergo 27 "pages" not counting the front cover image, which shows the extensive industrial plant. Covers printed on red cardstock, text and illustrations on good but not fully alkaline paperstock, a large..... More
Cat.No: 250842
New York: The African-American Institute, 1978. Paperback. 47p., profusely illustrated with clearly-reproduced b&w exhibit photographs, presswork on glazed alkaline paperstock and softbound in 10x8.5 inch gloss-black photo-decorated wraps. Faintest edgewear to covers, mild abrasion to spine panel joints, a sound copy that is entirely clean and unmarked. More
Cat.No: 326381
Paris: Levitan, [c1954]. 95p., stapled wraps, 10 x 8 inches landscape format, chiefly illus., staples rusted, one page detached but present else very good condition. Text in French. Catalog of furniture offered by the company. More
Cat.No: 250600
Vienna: Wiener Kunst Auktionen, 1997. Unpaginated, displays items 501-691 from a multi-day multi-catagory auction. Softbound, 11.5x8.5 inch glossy (super-glossy!) white wraps; slightest edgewear, no markings, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 232125
Tunis: Dar Ashraf Editions, 1993. 176p. plus substantial addenda, high-gloss paperstock throughout with excellent color site photography and a few period portraits of the family and retainers. Hardbound in 12x8.5 inch bright blue boards (no titling) and dust jacket. There is a mild crack between the first two blanks, but..... More
Cat.No: 250958
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. Hardcover. 111p., first printing, 10x10 inches, dj, in very good condition with minor shelf wear to jacket. On the New Orleans art program, and in particular of African American students who have become famous for their painted chairs. More
Cat.No: 42970
Fayetteville / London: The University of Arkansas Press, 1990. Hardcover. 226p., top-of-the line artbook format, gleaming alkaline paperstock, b&w or color exhibit photography, hardbound in 12.2x9.2 inch brown cloth boards gilt in glossy dust jacket. Book itself has only faintest touches of handling (a couple of tiny corner-tip bends), and..... More
Cat.No: 321752
Milano: Cassina S.p.A., 1989. Pamphlet. 40p., high-end leatherwork shown in color exhibit photography on coated alkaline paperstock, softbound as a pamphlet in 12.5x9.5 inch stapled cardstock wraps. Descriptive texts in four languages. Slight abrasion to spine fold, mild crimpings and edgewear to covers, a very good copy. Find many behind..... More
Cat.No: 254031
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1942. Pamphlet. 18p., wraps. 9.25x6 in. Very Good. Ink stamp of former owner on top corner of front cover. More
Cat.No: 332940
Paris: Levitan, 1938. Hardcover. 148p., presswork on alkaline semi-coated paperstock, profuse site and exhibit photography and artists' renderings, b&w reproduction for the most part but some show pieces in brown tint. Hardbound item, a sewn 9x11 inch oblong in textured green flexible boards with titling embossed gilt. A pocket is..... More
Cat.No: 251233
Los Angeles: International Book Publishing Co., 1914. Pamphlet. 62p., text and b&w photos printed on alkaline coated paperstock, small booklet or pamphlet in decorated 6.5x5 inch wraps with yapp (overlapping) edges; the yapp margins are worn with little tears and the acidic cover-stock is toned, otherwise sound; a clean unmarked..... More
Cat.No: 249175
