1930. [German], 1930. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list printed as front pastedown. Original bolted blue cloth, beige paper boards with company logo and simple line-design printed in blue to upper board. Edges slightly worn and chipped... More
1930. [German], 1930. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list printed as front pastedown. Original bolted blue cloth, beige paper boards with company logo and simple line-design printed in blue to upper board. Edges slightly worn and chipped... More
1930. [German], 1930. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list inlaid to front pastedown. Original bolted black cloth with title and company monogram printed in gray, and marbled paper boards. Edges slightly frayed and chipped, faint scattered stains... More
1930. Copenhagen: [circa 1930]. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list inlaid to front pastedown. Original bolted boards, black paper wrappers with embossed snakeskin texture and distributor information printed in green. Edges slightly frayed and chipped, faint scattered... More
1900. Wurzen bei Leipzig, n.d. [circa 1900s]. Oblong folio, 16 pp., inlaid chromolithographic rug samples, with five textile samples inlaid on lower pastedown (lacking one), all with tissue guards, text in gilt. Brown and silver cloth boards, with original cord in block-stitching; very good. § Trade catalogue of the Wurzner... More
1910. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker Publisher, 1910. Small 8vo., xxxviii, 430 pp., 47 color maps including many fold-outs. Full red pebbled cloth, stamped in blind, with gilt title, marbled edges. Backstrip slightly rubbed; otherwise very good. § Fifteenth revised edition. The maps and travel plans are meant to aid... More
1907. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker Publisher, 1907. Small 8vo., xxx, 335 pp., 30 color maps including many fold-outs. Full red pebbled cloth, stamped in blind, with gilt title, marbled edges. Backstrip slightly rubbed, lacking the front fold-out map; otherwise good. § Tenth revised edition. In earlier editions Southern Germany... More
1900. Berlin and New York: Bruno Hessling, n.d. [circa 1900]. Folio, title-page, 36 b&w heliotypes tinted with yellow. Disbound plates housed in a quarter blue cloth portfolio with beige paper boards printed in raw umber with floral illustrations, and cloth ties. Portfolio is a bit rubbed around the edges, some... More
1920. [Berlin or Bietigheim-Bissingen: circa 1920s]. Oblong 12mo., unpaginated, color illustrated throughout. Quarter brown cloth, brown paper covered card stock printed in red and brown. Very good. § Trade catalogue for linoleum floor samples with many modern designs after woven rugs of the period. More
1950. Plauen, Germany: [circa 1950s]. Folio, unpaginated, 50 leaves of inlaid modal swatches with handwritten inventory numbers, over 700 swatches of a variety of brightly colored patterns. Original gray cloth, stab-bound with thick string, black paper boards with handwritten inlaid title label to upper board. Edges and corners slightly chipped... More
1957. Germany: [circa 1957]. Oblong 8vo., approx. 32 leaves, 16 screen printed wallpaper samples printed to verso only, with 16 facing b&w photos printed to recto only. Quarter black cloth, glazed blue, yellow, and white striped paper with title information printed in black. Corners slightly bumped, edges show minor foxing;... More
1905. Leipzig: Gilbers’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1905. Folio (15 x 19.75 ins.), 24 color lithograph plates accented in gold, with one page of text with a price list, and title page. Quarter blue cloth portfolio, with paper boards, color lithograph to upper board with title printed in black, and purple cloth ties... More
1929. [German], 1929. Oblong folio, unpaginated, full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample names and numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list affixed to front pastedown. Original bolted black cloth, green paper boards, company logo printed in gray and orange to upper board. Edges slightly worn, scattered stains on upper... More
1889. Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1889-1905. Seven vols., folio, 120; 96; 96; 96; 96; 96; 96 ll. Fully illustrated leaves printed to recto only in green, phthalo blue, sepia, peach, burgundy, and black. Quarter red cloth, with color printed gray boards (vol. 1 has inlaid illustration in green and red), title... More
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1936. Munich: Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk, 1936 [and] Grenzach: Salubra, 1938. Two vols., oblong folios, approx. 121 leaves of color wallpaper samples printed to recto only, [and] 150 leaves of color wallpaper samples printed to recto only, several embossed or heightened in foils, prices and inventory numbers stamped... More
1929. Stuttgart: G. Siegle & Co, [circa 1929]. Oblong folio, [20] pp., with 30 loose full color poichoir plates, heightened with gold and silver, text printed in gray. Plates and staple bound folio are housed in a gray portfolio, with a yellow strip and title information printed to one side... More
1930. Oelsnitz, Vogtland: Koch & te Kock, 1930. Oblong folio, 33 pp., title page printed in black and gray, 210 chromolithographic rug samples and advertising material inlaid with tissue guards. Black and gold decorated cloth with title stamped in black, cord in block-stitching. Some rubbing to edges, one sample was... More
1902. Göppingen: Jllig & Müller, [1902]. Folio, title-page, two leaves, 30 color lithograph plates. Disbound plates housed in the original gray cloth portfolio with art nouveau style illustrated title to upper board in red. Portfolio is a bit shaken, frayed, and stained, with contemporary manuscript annotations to upper board, plates..... More
1902. Göppingen: Jllig & Müller, [1902]. Folio, title-page, two leaves, 30 color lithograph plates. Loose plates housed in the original four-fold green paper portfolio with art nouveau style illustrated title to upper board in dark-green, green floral paper flaps, and green cloth backstrip. Portfolio has a few bumps at the..... More
1910. Dresden: n.p.: n.d. [circa 1910]. Oblong 4to, 54 color plates heightened in gilt, two page price list, and four pages of ads. Quarter blue cloth and stiff blue wrappers with decorative titling and single-rule border in gilt. Backstrip frayed, wrappers sun-toned, some chipping to corners of most leaves, plates... More
1930. Kiel: Karl Lüth, [circa 1930s]. Oblong folio, unpaginated, 40 chromolithographic plates, with title page and terminal price list. Staple bound quarter brown cloth, brown paper wraps printed in brown. Somewhat rubbed around the edges, small tear to lower edge of upper wrapper and first few pages, otherwise good. §... More
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1935. [German] 1935 [and] 1936. Two vols., oblong 8vo., unpaginated, screen-printed wallpaper samples with numbers stamped to verso, with a pricelist on front pastedown, vol. one has b&w photos of wallpaper applied to rooms. Original bolted quarter brown or blue cloth, wallpaper covered boards with brown or blue lettering on... More
1924. Stuttgart, Berlin and Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1924-25. Large 8vo., viii, 22, 89 pages with 173 b&w photographic plates and printed captions, [9 ads]. Original beige bloth with title stamped in black to upper board, top-edge red; very good. § First edition thus. A catalogue for the 1924 exhibition... More
1940. Gummersbach: Pickhardt & Siebert GmbH, [circa 1940s]. Square 8vo., [38] pp., inlaid hand-stenciled color wallpaper samples (some with overlays) with photogravure facing plates, no text. Brown hand-stenciled paper wraps heightened in gold, with inlaid company crest. Small tear at the tail of the backstrip; very good. § Trade sales... More
1966. Bramsche: Rasch Tapeten, 1966-67. 8vo., [iv], 25 full-page screen-printed wallpaper samples, some embossed, with two pages of text introducing the collections and 11 color plates with text printed to either recto or verso. Pictorial paper wrappers with titling printed in black. A very good copy. § Rasch wallpaper collaborated... More
