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Author:  
Title: AMERICAN SASH CHAIN
Subtitle: 
Manufactured By American Chain Company, Inc.
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Date:  
Publisher: American Chain Company, Bridgeport, Conn.
Description:  6 x 9, 16 pages, illus., specifications, views and list of prominent buildings equipted with American Sash Chain.
Notes: Previous owner: United Railways Co., St. Louis Mo.
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: BOMMER SPRING HINGES ARE THE BEST, CATALOG NO. 47
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Date: 1922
Publisher: Bommer Spring Hinge Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Description:  7 x 10, 40 pages, illus., specifications, prices, index.
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Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: C. HAGER & SONS HINGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ST LOUIS, MO., NO 10
Subtitle: 
Catalogue Of C. Hager & Sons Hinge Manufacturing Company, Manufacturers Of Wrought Butts, Hinges, Washers And Other Wrought Hardware
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Publisher: C. Hager & Sons Hinge Manufacturing Company, 2451 Dekalb St., St Louis Mo.
Description:  8 3/4 X 11 1/4, 105 pages, illus., specifications, tables, indexes, 4 page supplement laid in.
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Subjects: Hardware, door & sash hardware, star anchors.

Author:  
Title: CATALOGUE OF REFRIGERATOR HARDWARE AND HARDWARE SPECIALTIES MANUFACTURED BY THE DENT HARDWARE CO.
Subtitle: 
Volume B
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Date: 1911
Publisher: The Dent Hardware Co., Fullerton, Pa.
Description:  11 3/4 x 12, 358 pages, illus., specifications,
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Subjects: Hardware, refrigator, door, sash furnature, fixtures, saloon, automotive, carrige, etc., etc.

Author:  
Title: CHICAGO HARDWARE MANUFACTURING CO.
Subtitle: 
Catalogue Of Keys
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Date: Nov. 1891
Publisher: Chicago Hardware Mfg. Co, Chicago, Il.
Description:  9 1/4 x 11 7/8, 10 pages, illus., specifications, prices.
Notes: Previous owner: A. Hoffmann Hdw. & Paint Co., 2501 N. 14th St., St. Louis, Mo.
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: CHICAGO HARDWARE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Subtitle: 
Manufacturers Of Niles' Patent Knobs And Locks And Other Fine Builders Hardware
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Date: 1888
Publisher: Chicago Hardware Mfg. Co, Chicago, Il.
Description:  10 3/8 x 13 1/4, 424 pages plus 26 page index, illus., specifications, 5 7/8 X 9 brochure laid in.
Notes: Inscribed: Compliments of Heckel Hwd. Co
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: COLONIAL HARDWARE BY TODHUNTER, (Brochures)
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Date: 1926
Publisher: Todhunter Inc., New York
Description:  2 brochures: #1, 8 1/2 x 11, 12 pages. #2, 5 x 6, 10 pages, illus., specifications, price list and postal service card laid in.
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Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: CORBIN AUTOMATIC EXIT FIXTURES AND HARDWARE
Subtitle: 
For Schools Theatres And Other Buildings Where People Congregate, Cataolg No. K560
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Publisher: P. F. Corbin, The American Hardware Corporation, Successor, New Britain, Conn.
Description:  8 1/2 x 11, 50 pages, illus, specifications. Plus 2 page Corbin brochure "A Door Check Worth $10.000" laid in.
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Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: CORBIN COLONIAL AND ENGLISH HARDWARE
Subtitle: 
Good Buildings Deserve Good Hardware
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Date: 1931
Publisher: P. F. Corbin, The American Hardware Corporation, Successor, New Britain, Conn.
Description:  8 1/2 X 11 1/4, 95 pages, illus., specifications, prices, indexes. Tab divided sections include: Colonial and Earty English Hardware, Early American Wrought Iron Hardware, Lanterns, and Locks and Latches.
Notes: 2 copies
Subjects: Hardware, builders, electric lighting.

Author:  
Title: CORBIN LOCKS & BUILDERS HARDWARE CATALOG NO. 28
Subtitle: 
P. F. Corbin Locks And Builders Hardware, Good Buildings Deserve Good Hardware
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Date: 1940
Publisher: P. F. Corbin, The American Hardware Corporation, Successor, New Britain, Conn.
Description:  9 1/2 x 11 3/4, tab-indexed 2 post binder, 683 pages plus 46 pages of indexes and information on sales aids, illus., specifications, prices. Includes 2 page cover letter from Corbin plus 1 Case and Contents Memo.
Notes: Previous owner: King & Dexter, Portland, Me.
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: CORBIN LOCKS AND BUILDERS HARDWARE, CATALOG NO. 27
Subtitle: 
P. F. Corbin Locks And Builders Hardware, Good Buildings Deserve Good Hardware
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Date: 1932
Publisher: P. F. Corbin, The American Hardware Corporation, Successor, New Britain, Conn.
Description:  8 3/4 X 11 3/4, 594 pages plus supplements, plus, 17 pages of indexes, illus., specifications, prices, information on sales aids, Includes 11 page single sided change sheets laid in.
Notes: Previous owner: J. C. Eckert
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: DAYTON MARINE HARDWARE AND LIGHTING FIXTURES
Subtitle: 
Catalog No. 300
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Publisher: The Dayton Manufacturing Co., Dayton Ohio
Description:  9 1/2 x 12 1/4, 256 pages, illus., specifications, indexes.
Notes: Previous owner: Roy W. Kleinkemper
Subjects: Hardware, builders, electric lighting.

Author:  
Title: EARLE BUILDERS HARDWARE
Subtitle: 
Catalog Number Six
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Publisher: Earle Hardware Manufacturing Co., Reading, Pa.
Description:  9 x 11 1/4, 302 pages, illus., specifications, work done, chart, indexes.
Notes: Bookplate with typewritten entry "846", Presented to "F.M. Jaeger Hardware Co., Dubuque, Iowa".
Subjects: Hardware, door & sash hardware.

Author:  
Title: EARLE HARDWARE MANURACTURING CO. CATALOG NO. A-3
Subtitle: 
Manufacturers Of Builders Hardware, Door Handles, Door Knockers, Push Buttons, Hinge Straps And Hinges, Bosses, Rosettes, Shutter Holders, Chimney Ornaments, Door Guards, Levers And Escutcheons, Cermorne Bolts, Latches, Knobs, Casement Fasteners And Adjusters, And Other Builders Hardware
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Date: 1925
Publisher: Earle Hardware Manufacturing Co., Los Angeles, Calif.
Description:  7 3/4 x 10 1/2, 155 pages plus 20 page forward and index plus 2 pages supplement at rear of designs by Earle Hdw. Mfg., Reading Pa., illus., specifications, prices.
Notes: Photocopy. Typewritten on title page: "I wish to thank Richard Earle Jr. for permission to reproduce this book. Also Earl Whitney Sr. for the loan of his copy. Many thanks. Bud Wolski, Feb., 1982."
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: ECLIPSE DOOR CHECKS AND SPRINGS (Brochures)
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Publisher: A. Hoffman Hardware and Paint Co., 2501 N. 14th St., St. Louis, Mo.
Description:  8 1/4 x 6 5/8, 8 page brochure, illus., specifications, prices plus 2, 7 1/2 x 11 single sided sheets #1, "Eclipse Door checks", #2, "Ajax Patent Transom Lifters".
Notes: Previous owner: A. Hoffman Hardware and Paint Co., 2501 N. 14th St., St. Louis, Mo.
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: FONTAINE
Subtitle: 
Album De Serrurerie Decorative
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Publisher: Fontaine et Cie, Paris, France
Description:  10 7/8 x 13 1/4, 54 page foreword plus plates, illus., specifications, tables, index.
Notes: Previous owner: Maritz & Young, Architects, St Louis, and George B. Bullock.
Subjects: Hardware, door, sash, furnature and misc. hardware.

Author:  
Title: GRAND RAPIDS ALL STEEL SASH PULLEYS
Subtitle: 
The Standard For Forty Years, Catalog H
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Date: Ca. 1938
Publisher: Grand Rapids Mardware Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Description:  6 x 9, 32 pages, illus., specifications.
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Subjects: Hardware, sash pulleys.

Author:  
Title: ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE P. & F. CORBIN NEW BRITAIN CONN.1885, WITH SUPPLEMENTS
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Illustrated And Descriptive Catalogue And Price list Of Hardware Manufactured By P. & F. Corbin
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Date: 1885 & 1892 (supplement)
Publisher: P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn.
Description:  10 1/4 x 13, 631 pages plus supplements bound in, plus 97 page supplement no. 2 bound in, plus 9 x 11 3/4, 49 page circular ca. 1892 bound in, illus., specifications, prices.
Notes: Previous owner: A. Hoffmann Hdw. & Paint Co., 2501 N. 14th St., St. Louis, Mo.
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: KANE & KEYSER HARDWARE CO. (Sargent Hdw. Distributers)
Subtitle: 
Manufacturers Agents And Jobbers, Belington, W. Va., Wholesalers Of Hardware Tinware, Stoves, Builders Supplies, Sash And Doors, Mine, Mill And Railroad Supplies, Pumps, Pipe And Pipe Fittings
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Date: 1902
Publisher: Kane & Keyser Hardware Co, Belington, W. Va.
Description:  9 1/4 x 12 1/2, pages 95-170, pages 501-504, pages 523-524, pages 533-534, pages 543-552, pages 637-672, page 789, pages 990, pages 997-998, pages 1031-1033, plus supplements bound in, illus., specifications, prices. Short catalog of Sargent builders hardware exclusivly.
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Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: LOCKWOOD MANUFACTURING CO. 1894
Subtitle: 
Illustrated And Descriptive Catalogue Of Lockwood Manufacturing Co., Manufacturers Of Builders Hardware, Factory: South Norwalk Conn., U. S. A., 1894, Sole Agents, C. F. Guyon Co. Limited, N. Y., Woodrough, Mansfield & Co., Boston Mass., Woodrough & Hanchett Co., Chicago, Ill. (first title page); Woodrough & Hanchett Company, Western Agents For Lockwood Manufacturing Co., Manufacturers Of Fine Builders Hardware, Factory: South Norwalk Conn., U. S. A. And Other Manufacturers Represented In This Catalogue, Chicago, 1894
Other Authors: Engravings by Carroll J. Post Jr.
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Date: 1894
Publisher: Lockwood Manufacturing Co., South Norwalk Conn.
Description:  11 x 13 7/8, 711 pages plus 9 page index, illus., specifications, prices. Plus 9 1/4 x 11 3/4, 30 page supplement "Price List and Discounts" laid in, plus circular announcing purchase of an extensive line of patterns from Nashua Lock Co. of Nashua, N. H. in 1891 currently offered in this edition. Pages 525 through 711 contain hardware from other manufacturers.
Notes: Previous owner: A. Hoffmann Hdw. & Paint Co., 2501 N. 14th St., St. Louis, Mo.
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: LOCKWOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
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Date: 1895
Publisher: Lockwood Manufacturing Co., South Norwalk Conn.
Description:  10 X 13, 8 single sided plates numbered 1 through 8, illustrating 3 design patterns.
Notes: Previous owner: A. Hoffman Hardware and Paint Co., 2501 N. 14th St., St. Louis, Mo.
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: McKINNEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY (Brochures)
Subtitle: 
#1, Forged Iron Hardware By McKinney, A Heritage From The Past; #2, McKinney Butt Hinges, Forged Iron Hardware, Forged Iron Lanterns, Garage Hardware
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Date: #1, 1929; #2, 1927-28
Publisher: Mckinney Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Description:  #1, 6 x 9, 12 pages, illus., specifications; #2, 8 1/2 x 11, 20 pages, illus., specifications, charts, cover letter to G. H. Hargitt laid in.
Notes: Previous owner: G. H. Hargitt, A. I. A., St. Louis Mo.
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: MONARCH BUILDERS HARDWARE CATALOGUE NUMBER 12
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Date: 1932
Publisher: Monarch Manufacturing Co., Detroit, Mich.
Description:  6 x 9, 89 pages plus 2 page supplement and 2 price sheets tipped in, illus, specifications, prices.
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Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, BUILDERS HARDWARE, CATALOG NO. 21
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Date: 1929
Publisher: National Manufacturing Co., Sterling Ill.
Description:  7 x 10, 160 pages, illus., specifications, prices, index.
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Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: P. & F. CORBIN
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Date:  
Publisher: P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn.
Description:  8 1/4 x 11, 8 single sided cards, no. 16, 17, 18, 44, 52, 53, 54, 55, illus., specifications, prices.
Notes: Previous owner: A. Hoffmann Hdw. & Paint Co., 2501 N. 14th St., St. Louis, Mo.
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: READING HARDWARE CO. LOCKS AND HARDWARE, 1897
Subtitle: 
Reading Hardware Company's Illustrated Catalogue Of Locks And Hardware
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Date: 1897 & 1899
Publisher: Reading Hardware Company, Reading Pa.,
Description:  9 3/4 X 12 1/8, 671 pages plus supplements bound in plus 16 page supplement from 1899 bound in preceding title page plus 80 page supplement bound in following 7 page index, plus 18 page "Price List of Special Finishes For New Designs" laid in. Illus, specifications, prices, Pencil notations.
Notes: Previous owner: A. Hoffmann Hdw. & Paint Co., 2501 N. 14th St., St. Louis, Mo.
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: READING HARDWARE COMPANY
Subtitle: 
Price list And Illustrated Catalog Of Hardware Manufactured By The Reading Hardware Company, Reading Pa., U. S. A., W. M. Griscom, Matthan Harbster, Wm. Harbster
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Date: 1885
Publisher: Reading Hardware Company, Reading Pa.,
Description:  8 3/4 x 12, 529 pages, plus 8 page index, plus supplements and invoices with notations on A. Hoffmann Hardware & paint Co. invoices bound in. Plus 7 1/2 x 11, 10 page supplement "Revised List Prices For Doorlocks, Knobs And Lock Furniture" laid in, plus 7 1/2 x 11, 8 page supplement "Discount Sheet" laid in. illus., specifications, prices, notations in pencil.
Notes: Previous owner: A. Hoffmann Hdw. & Paint Co., 2501 N. 14th St., St. Louis, Mo.
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: RIXON COMPANY
Subtitle: 
Installation & Template Details For Nos. 20 & 25 Floor Checks
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Date: 1925, revised, 2-10-30 and 6-24-35
Publisher: The Oscar C. Rixon Co., Chicago, Ill.
Description:  18 x 10 1/2, bluebrint no.T-20-5. Illustrates method of installing checks with floorplate and checks with Rixon threshold.
Notes: Previous owner: St. Louis Public Service Co., St. Louis Mo.
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

Author:  
Title: RUSSELL & ERWIN MANUFACTURING CO., VOLUME 4, 1877
Subtitle: 
Price List And Descriptive Catalogue Of Hardware Made By The Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Co., New Britain Conn., U. S. A.
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Date: 1877, 1878
Publisher: Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Co., New Britain Conn., U. S. A.
Description:  10 1/2 x 12 3/4, 277 pages, 3 page index, illus, specifications, prices. "This Catalogue Comprises All Goods Described In Vol. 1 1874 Together With The Aditions We Have Since Made To Our Variety". Plus 10 x 12 1/2, 20 page supplement "Revised Prices And Discounts And Description Of New Goods" Aug. 1, 1878.
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Subjects: , Hardware, builders, tools.

Author:  
Title: SARGENT & CO.
Subtitle: 
Price List And Illustrated Catalogue Of Hardware Manufactured And For Sale By Sargent & Co. New York And New Haven Conn. U. S. A.
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Date: 1877
Publisher: Sargent & Co., New York
Description:  8 1/2 x 11 3/8, 891 pages plus 14 page index, illus, prices, pencil notations, supplements bound in.
Notes: Previous owner: A. Hoffmann Hdw. & Paint Co., 2501 N. 14th St., St. Louis, Mo.
Subjects: Hardware, builders.

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