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Published by Rivarossi, Como, Italy
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No signatures. Spine glue deteriorated. Wrappers detached from text block. ; No date (c. 1950?). 38 pages. Illustrated in colour and b&w. Dimensions: Oblong 228 x 155mm. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by B-R Electric and Telephone Manufacturing Company, 1905
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very scarce. Very good copy in the original brown cloth stamped in black (some spotting and wear to cloth; previous owner's inscription on front pastedown). Our estimated publication date for this work is 1905-1910.B/w Illustrations.
Published by Thomson Houston, 1890
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Large 4to 11 by 8 hardcover brown cloth binding with gold embossing. Some rubbing and spotting but boards nice and tight. End papers not cracked or marked. 167 pages with a lot of interesting early electrical items. Also list of towns and companies using their products.2 leaves pulled loose but present others clean and tight. Last year this co. operated before bought by J P Morgan. Very scarce.
Published by Doubleday-Hill Electric Co, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1916
Seller: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. 1475 pages. Thick 4to. (7 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches) Publisher's printed two tone yellow cloth. Covers soiled, bumped at corners. Sound. Last hundred pages with marginal dampstaining lower right corner. Occasional dampstaining at corner tips elsewhere. Well illustrated, occasionally in color. Cloth. Printed by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. An extensive General Catalogue by this supplier and manufacturer. In addition to supplying a wide range of materials, they also manufacture and repair many components of large industrial systems. They make Armature Coils, Field Coils, Commutators, Testing Machines, Experimental Apparatus. They repair Dynamos, Motors, Armatures, Commutators, Electrical Instruments, Magnetos (all kinds), self starters, generators, electric fans, strop copper armature and reinsulate coils. A list in the front includes 26 manufacturers they distribute for, including G-E Edison Mazda Lamps, Emerson Fans and Motors, Robbins Myers Fans and Motors, Gould Storage Batteries, Columbia Batteries, De Veau Telephones, Weston Instruments, etc etc Major catalog sections include Wire/Cable; Porcelain & insulators ; Conduit Condulets ; Sockets/Receptacles ; Switches/Cutouts/Fuses; Controllers/Motors (including lighting switchboards); Appliances/Fans ; Instruments/Meters; Lamps/Street Fixtures ; Railway/Pole Line materials ; Tools/Insulating Materials ; Heating Devices/Telephones ; Annunciators/Batteries/Bells ; and Ignition Fixture/Reflectors. The range of materials offered is stupendous based on the time period. Everything from X-Ray Reflectors to Marine Lanterns to Patterson Battery Sets to Telephones to Universal lunch sets (what tech doesn't want to eat?) to fire pot and torch repair parts to Cutter Mazdaarcs. A remarkable selection, and of some importance for those studying industrial supply in the period. Catalogs from this maker are genuinely rare. We've only been able to find a copy of their 1920 catalog which sold in 2014 at auction. Not in Davis and Dreyfus or Romaine (the later only covers through 1900). Not in OCLC/Worldcat. Many historic radio sites note some items from the company, all noting it was a major distributor. While clearly likely given the size of this catalog, we've been unable to trace much beyond advertisements for the company in various newspapers and trade publications through the 1920s. Another (?) company with the same name appears in the 1940s.
Published by Western Electric Company, 1904
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xi, 593 pages. Blue cloth with orange titles to front and spine. Personal bookplate to front pastedown and signature of same owner dated May 1905 to second blank endpaper. A couple unobtrusive notes within but generally free of inscriptions. Light foxing to first few and final few leaves. Closed tear (no loss of paper) to page 302 as shown in photo. Binding and hinges sound. A considerable and comprehensive array of turn-of-the-century electrical supplies, including: Annunciators, bells, push buttons, batteries, electric gas lighting apparatus and supplies, speaking tube supplies, electro-medical apparatus, Porter standard motors, electric alarm clocks, "Ever Ready" electric miner's flash light, Burglar alarm apparatus & supplies, telegraph instruments, fire alarm apparatus, sockets and receptacles, switches, circuit breakers, cut-outs, D. & W. Specialties, C. & H. Theatre Dimmers, motor speed-regulators, rheostats, Weston instruments, electrical testing apparatus, marine supplies, incandescent supplies & lamps, electrical heating and cooking apparatus, insulating joints, arc supplies, Marten specialties, Fletcher specialties, Cutter Specialties, Kreuger Theatre Lamp, Conduits, Standard porcelain insulators, cleats, telephone booths, soldering apparatus, tools, &c. Due to weight, overseas shipping will cost more than the default quote.