Catalogs from Whiting Books

Bellows Falls, Vermont: Vermont Farm Machine Co., 1894. Book. Good. Soft cover. Damp stain top-edge, center, visible on all pages, otherwise just a trace of wear to this scarce catalogue. No publication date, but dated testimonials in the catalogue indicate mid 1890s. Stapled booklet, 6 x 9 inches, 24 pages. Illustrated catalogue featuring dairy apparatus such as butter workers, butter… Read more about this item

Cleveland, Ohio: Josef Sedivy Book. Fair. Soft cover. Stapled Czech-language catalog with heavy foxing to the covers. Interior pages have much less foxing. The front cover shows a photographic street-view image Sedivy's store (and possibly home) on or near Hamm Ave. in Cleveland, Ohio. The rear cover shows an ad for a sewing machine with the 'Jos Sedivey' name on… Read more about this item

Princeton, New Jersey: The Pyne Press - American Historical Catalog Collection, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Small amount of pinpoint stains or foxing in the upper corner of the page block. The dust jacket has a minimal wear and is protected in a Mylar sleeve. Facsimile catalog from Peck & Snyder, 1886, boasting an eclectic collection of sports equipment and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Franklin Printing Co., 1913. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 5" X 8" Oblong. Lightly inked number at upper-right corner of front cover. Bottom edge near the corners shows a thin trace of dampstaining. Early 1900s American manufacturing brochure for Chambers Bros. Company and their paper-folder and paper feeding machines. No date of publication, but a list of U.S. patents… Read more about this item