BROWN BROTHERS Ltd

1931/1932 Electrical Equipment & Appliances, Lamps, Domestic Appliances, Fittings, Wire, Wiring Accessories, etc

London 1931 iv, 92pp illustrated throughout 28x22, mauve cloth, glt text on front Spine sunned, pages browned, good thus. Wide ranging catalogue of electrical equipment for the home.

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Book number: 38512

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BROWN BROTHERS Ltd

Electrical Catalogue: Catalogue 459 Wiring Supplies, Lighting Fittings, Domestic Appliances

London 1938 [8], 200pp, illustrated throughout 27x21, maroon cloth over boards with illustrated labels pasted over front and back, no spine text Edges a bit rubbed, front board slightly bowing, edges browning, contents generally good. Brown Brothers started life making cycles, before expanding to motorcycles and accessories for cars. This catalogue features light fittings, electrical goods, and appliances like water heaters and irons etc.

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Book number: 38445

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BROWN BROTHERS Ltd

Electrical Catalogue: Catalogue 499 Appliances, Wiring, Lighting, Tools

London 1951 xii, 272pp, illustrated throughout 27x21, blue cloth over boards with illustrated labels pasted over front and back, no spine text, card section markers bound in Spine sunned, edges rather rubbed, couple of visible bumps on bottom edge, contents good. Brown Brothers started life making cycles, before expanding to motorcycles and accessories for cars. This catalogue includes a wide range of domestic appliances, including a version of the famous Goblin Teasmade which featured an ashtray instead of a the teapot and kettle. Apparently the ashtray had a switch with which to operate the alarm and lamp; what the benefit of this isn't wholly clear!

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Book number: 38447

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BROWN BROTHERS Ltd

Electrical Wiring Supplies: Catalogue 399

London 1935 76pp, illustrated throughout 27x21, stapled illustrated card wraps Two small chips on front and back covers, pages browned but generally good thus. Brown Brothers started life making cycles, before expanding to motorcycles and accessories for cars. This catalogue is mostly ranges of switches, plugs etc.

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Book number: 38448

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BROWN BROTHERS Ltd

Electrical Wiring Supplies: Catalogue 363

London 1933 xiii, 87pp, illustrated throughout 27x21, stapled illustrated card wraps Small chip at top of spine, edges and wraps a bit dusty, pages slightly browned, good thus. Brown Brothers started life making cycles, before expanding to motorcycles and accessories for cars. This catalogue is mostly ranges of switches, plugs, fittings etc.

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Book number: 38509

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BROWN BROTHERS Ltd

Electrical Domestic Appliances, Lighting Fittings and Glassware: Catalogue 403

London 1936 iv, 76pp, illustrated throughout 27x21, stapled illustrated card wraps Wraps a bit faded and marked, contents good. Everything from vacuum cleaners to electric fires, toasters to massagers - fascinating.

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Book number: 38510

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BROWN BROTHERS Ltd

Electrical Catalogue: Catalogue 433 Wiring Supplies, Lighting Fittings, Domestic Appliances

London 1937 viii, 178pp, illustrated throughout 27x21, decorated blue boards, cloth spine, no spine text. Upper edges of boards a little sunned and slightly bowed, contents very good. Dual purpose catalogue, with the first half aimed squarely at contractors and wholesalers and full of tools and building supplies. The remainder is consumer goods, with a wide range of light fittings, brackets, pendants and so forth, and then a range of domestic appliances like ovens, kettles, fires and so on.

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Book number: 38552

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BROWN BROTHERS Ltd

Electrical Catalogue: Catalogue 369 Lighting Fittings

London 1933 iv, 26pp, ills throughout 27x21, stapled card wraps Paper little browing, very good thus. Wall and ceiling light fittings, mixture of more modern designs and more traditional ones, mostly in glass and metal but a few in wood.

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Book number: 38736

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BTH (BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON COMPANY)

Pictorial Review of Electric Equipment by...

Rugby c.1953 36pp, illustrated throughout 27x21, stapled illustrated wraps. Slight rusting to one staple, very good thus. Promotional publication highlighting the company's heavy industrial heritage, with equipment used in factories, ships, mines, cranes and so on.

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Book number: 38508

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BUCK & HICKMAN, LTD.

Sectional Catalogue of General Ironmongery for all Trades (1947)

London 1947 iv, 122pp, bw illustrations throughout 28x22, boards, cloth spine Paper a little browned, very good thus. Attractive all purpose catalogue, with letterboxes, locks, padlocks, door furniture etc.

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Book number: 38746

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CADBURY BROTHERS (publ)

Industrial Record 1919-1939. A Review of the Post-war Years

Bournville, nd. c. 1945 85pp, photos, plans, charts etc, brief bibliog. 25x19, gt lttd cloth, illustrated dw. Very good bright copy in slightly torn and clipped wrapper. Attractive record of the firm in this inter-war period.

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Book number: 35221

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CALLENDER'S CABLE AND CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.

The Callender Wiring System

London 1927 12pp, bw illustrations. 22x14, stapled illustrated card wraps. Staples rusting, good thus. Having starting out as an importer of bitumen for road construction, the company became one of the most important manufacturers of all kinds of insulated cables for wiring. Perhaps their best known achievement though was the PLUTO (PipeLines Under The Ocean) project which was crucial to the success of the D-Day landings in WWII. This little catalogue contains detailed illustrations of their patented junction box system (considerably clearer than the Patent Office submission).

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Book number: 38764

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CANDY & CO LTD

"The Devon Fire"

Newton Abbot (list no. 27) nd, c1930? 12pp of the firm's fireplaces, many in colour, with one full-page colour plate. Pictorial card covers, with nice colour plate pasted on image. 25x19. Vg. Trade catalogue of 18 fireplaces, with page of sectional drawings to show fixing methods. Lovely item.

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Book number: 24664

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B & CD TRADE EXHIBITIONS LTD

The Domestic Equipment Trades Fair at the National Hall, Olympia, London W14, September 2nd - 11th, 1958

London 1958 64pp, ills and adverts throughout 22x14, stapled illustrated wraps Wraps a bit rubbed and splitting along spine with some loss at the top of the spine, contents good. Listings for the exhibition, with details of each company and their products, with adverts inspersed throughout. The importance of women customers is emphasised in short foreword by Viscountess Lewisham of London County Council (perhaps better known in later life as Raine Spencer, Princess Diana's step-mother).

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Book number: 38798

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CEMP

Cemp Ornamental Ironwork Catalogue GR/2 [cover title]

Croydon, nd,c1948? 20pp, mostly illustrations. Stiff card, 22x14. Distributor's ink stamp on front pages and label stating 20% discount, very good copy. Catalogue on gates, ornamental grilles, wall grilles, staircase panels etc with photos, sizes and prices.

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Book number: 28810

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