GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY CO. LTD. OF ENGLAND

GEC Electric Water Heating Equipment

London 1951 48pp, bw ills, price list loosely inserted. 24x16, stapled card wraps, punched holes for binding Good. Domestic and industrial water heaters and immersion heaters.

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Book number: 38780

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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Magnet Household Electric Appliances D (1) Section

London 1933 (5th edition) 32pp, bw illustrations throughout 28x22, stapled card wraps, holes punched for two ring binder A little dusty, holes punched through not impacting contents, good thus. One of around 40 linked catalogues issued by GEC under its various brand names, covering a huge range of commercial and domestic products.This catalogue includes a wide range of appliances and accessories, including an adaptor allowing a toaster or kettle to be plugged into a light socket without removing the bulb (there is no advice on the likely safety consquences or indeed how long it would take the kettle to boil).

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Book number: 38514

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GEO. BRAY & COMPANY LIMITED

Bray Flat Flame and Cylindrical Jets for Coal Gas (Catalogue 205); Bray Jets for Natural Gas (Catalogue 215) [Two catalogues bound together]

Leeds nd c. 1952 34pp; 12pp (both with coloured illustrations and tables throughout 28x22, cloth; original catalogues card wraps (these present) Original front wrap of first catalogue slightly damaged (appears to be glue during the binding process), very good thus. Technical information, tables and illustrations of burner flames. Bray's were founded in Leeds in 1863, and grew to become one of the largest employers in the city.

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Book number: 38751

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GOODSON & Co.

The Goodson Specialities for Gas Lighting and Heating

London, Goodson & Co nd c 1930 12pp, ills throughout, additional information sheet loosely inserted. 22x14, stapled card wraps Wraps a bit rubbed, contents very good. A nice little catalogue of gas governors and burners for gas lighting. The firm were based at Maze Pond, now the site of the Tower Wing of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. Their phone number was HOP 1471 - that area of Southwark had a number of hop merchants, hence the name of the exchange.

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Book number: 38737

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GPO

Mails for East and South Africa, India, Malaya etc

London, GPO 1938 6pp, colour artwork. 18x12, folded card leaflet. Very good. Lovely example of inter-war design.

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Book number: 35806

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GPO

Second Class Mail For Abroad At Low Postage Rates

London, GPO 1938 15pp, two-colour artwork. 18x12, illustrated card stapled wraps. Slight rusting to staples, very good thus. Striking cover illustration by Gwynn, very nice piece of inter-war design.

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Book number: 35805

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HABITAT

Habitat Catalogue 1982/83

Wallingford 1982 168pp, full colour ills throughout. 30x21, illustrated wraps Sight shelfwear, very good thus. The definitive style for much of the British middle classes from the 1960s onwards, Habitat was founded by Terence Conran and became a byword for well designed products presented in attractive showrooms.

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Book number: 38519

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HABITAT

Habitat Catalogue 1980/81

Wallingford 1980 160pp, full colour ills throughout. 30x21, illustrated wraps Spine a bit faded and rubbed, good thus. The definitive style for much of the British middle classes from the 1960s onwards, Habitat was founded by Terence Conran and became a byword for well designed products presented in attractive showrooms.

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Book number: 38520

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HABITAT

Habitat Catalogue 1983/84

Wallingford 1983 184pp, full colour ills throughout. 30x21, illustrated wraps Spine a bit faded and rubbed, good thus. The definitive style for much of the British middle classes from the 1960s onwards, Habitat was founded by Terence Conran and became a byword for well designed products presented in attractive showrooms.

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Book number: 38521

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HEATRAE

Electric Heating Apparatus - Of Recognised Superiority and Merit

Norwich 1928 38pp, return envelope bound in, small leaflet loosely inserted 30x23, illustrated card binder with catalogue pages bound in with split pins, small folding paper label attached to spine Covers a bit creased but nice and bright, label rather chipped and worn, staples rusty, slight marking to top edges of each page, not affecting contents Heatrae were founded in Norwich in 1920, and are still in existence today, as Heatrae Sadia. This attractive early catalogue includes water heaters, towel rails, electric fires, kettles and more.

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Book number: 38517

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HEATRAE

Electric Fires, Water Heaters, Electric Cookers, Immersion Heaters, Electric Kettles etc etc for the Home, Office and Factory

Norwich nd 1930s 60pp, ills throughout 25x10, stapled illustrated card wraps Covers rather rubbed, staples rusting, contents good. Heatrae were founded in Norwich in 1920, and are still in existence today, as Heatrae Sadia. This attractive early catalogue includes water heaters, towel rails, electric fires, kettles and more.

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Book number: 38799

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HENRY HOPE and SONS Ltd

Hope's Metal Windows and Casements

Birmingham, Kynoch Press for Hope's 1926 152pp, many bw photographs, additional leaf loosely inserted (celebrating the use of Hope's products for the new Custom House in Shanghai, confirmed after the main book went to press) 38x25, paper covered boards, black cloth spine, pasted labels on front and spine Cloth a bit faded, worn on top and bottom edges, spine label mostly missing, boards rubbed, eps spotted, binding cracked between pages 2 and 3, contents very good. Beautifully presented trade catalogue from this well known window manufacturer. The first part is devoted to techical specification of the company's products, with very large scale and clear illustrations, while the final 75 pages are photos of the many buildings across the world where their windows had been installed. London's County Hall, Bourne and Hollingsworth's new department store on Oxford Street, commercial and municipal buildings in Rotterdam, Buenos Aires and Shanghai, Universities in North America and the newly built clubhouse at Winged Foot Golf Club in New York all feature among many others.

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Book number: 38892

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THE HOTEL METROPOLE

Hotel Métropole (Northumberland Avenue) London: A Souvenir

London, Chiswick Press 1889 78pp, many illustrations, lots of contemporary advertisements. 18x12, illustrated wraps Binding cracked, spine of wraps torn with small tape repair, otherwise very good. Opened in 1885, the Metropole was one of the most modern of London's late Victorian hotels. After being requisitioned in both World Wars for Government use it remained as offices for the Ministry of Defence until 2007, before being reopened as the Corinthia Hotel in 2011. The advertisements feature many famous brands - Kodak, Louis Vuitton, Pears as endorsed by Lillie Langtry no less, and many others.

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Book number: 37045

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INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF MASTER COTTON SPINNERS' & MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

Official Report of the International Congress Held in Egypt, 1927 by the....

Manchester, by the Federation, 1927. Frontis of King Fouad 1, 263pp incl photos, adverts plus fold-out map of Egypt and the sources of the Nile. Boards with pictoral paste-on label, linen spine, 25x16. Boards grubby, contents very good and binding tight.

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Book number: 23560

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THE INTEROVEN STOVE CO LTD

The "Super Interoven" Pascall's Patent

London, 1930. 8pp inc illustrations, many in colour, with product details and prices. 4pp flyer for the New 1929-22 inch width "Super Interoven" loosely inserted. Stapled card, 28x22. Staples rusty, centre pages loose else good. Colour illustrations of the surrounds are particularly nice.

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Book number: 30000

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