COMPAGNIE NATIONALE DE MATIERES COLORANTES. Colorants acides sur filé laine. 61 pp text and 15 pages containing 360 mounted samples of coloured thread. 8vo, 196 x 147 mm, publisher's cloth. Paris: Compagnie Nationale de Matieres Colorantes et Manufactures de Produits Chimiques du Nord Reunies Etablissements Kuhlmann, n.d.
This particular volume of.....
Item nr. 173015
Price: $875.00
GEIGY, J.R. Les Colorants pour Coton. 128 pp. with 926 tipped-in fabric colour samples. 8vo, 242 x 167 mm, publisher's cloth. Basel: J.R. Geigy, n.d.
A fine copy of a spectacular example of the books produced by the various textile companies to show off their dyeing skills. This one with almost.....
Item nr. 173004
Price: $975.00
AGFA. Les Colorants métachrome de l'Actien Gesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation Berlin SO 36. 48 pp., with 88 mounted fabric samples. 8vo, 165 x 115 mm, publisher's cloth. Berlin: Agfa, 1923.
A charming and attractive little work on dyeing of considerable rarity with no listing on OCLC.
Item nr. 173029
Price: $375.00
KUHLMANN. Colorants Sulfanol sur File Coton. 13 pp., text and a leporello of 6 pages of mounted thread samples. 8vo, 200 x 137 mm (folded), 200 x 825 mm (unfolded), publisher's boards. Paris: Etablissements Kuhlmann, n.d.
An unusally attractive dyeing sample book. As is mostly the case it is extremely rare.....
Item nr. 173026
Price: $675.00
SOCIETE pour L'INDUSTRIE CHIMIQUE a BASEL. Les Colorants Directs. 36 pp text and 234 mounted thread samples. 8vo, 242 x 165 mm, publisher's cloth. Basel: Societe pour L'Industie Chimique, n.d.
A charming example of a dyeing work with particularly attractive mounted samples and no listing on OCLC.
Item nr. 173024
Price: $675.00
LYON. MANUFACTURE LYONNAISE de MATIERES COLORANTES. La Teinture de la Laine et l'Impression sur Laine avec les Colorants. x, 397 pp. with 408 tipped-in fabric samples. 8vo, 246 x 156 mm, publisher's boards. Lyon: Manufacture Lyonnaise de Matieres Colorantes, 1905.
A splendid and rare early twentieth-century work on dyeing, which is.....
Item nr. 173006
Price: $875.00
CIBA-GEIGY A.G. Cibacron-Farbstoffe in der Garnfaerberei. Les colorants Cibacrone dans la tinture du file. Cibacron dyes in yarn dyeing. 26 pp. text and pages with 250 mounted fabric samples. 8vo, 240 x 170 mm, in publisher's cloth ring binder. Basle: Ciba-Geigy, 1957.
A substantial work on dyeing with particularly attractive mounted.....
Item nr. 173008
Price: $1,250.00
MANUFACTURE LYONNAISE de MATIERES COLORANTES. La Teinture du coton et des fibres similaires avec les colorants de la Manufacture Lyonnaise de Matieres Colorantes Lyon, Concessionnaire des brevets de Leopold Cassella & Cie, Francfort s.-l.-M. ix-446 pp. profusely illustrated with 697 mounted fabric samples. 8vo, 246 x 160 mm, publishers boards.....
Item nr. 173005
Price: $1,250.00
COMPAGNIE NATIONALE DE MATIETRES COLORANTES. Colorants diazol, diazamine et paradiazol sur filé coton. 11 pp. text and 135 mounted samples of coloured thread. 8vo, 240 x 170 mm, publisher's boards. Paris: Compagnie Nationale de Matieres Colorantes; Etablissements Kuhlmann, ca. 1900.
A handsome work on dyeing, which is as almost always the.....
Item nr. 173014
Price: $1,250.00
BAYER, Friedrich & Co. Colorants benzidine sur files de coton. Volume 1 (of 2). 43 pp., with 206 mounted fabric samples. 8vo, 206 x 158 mm, publisher's cloth. Leverkusen: Societe anonyme des produits Fred. Bayer et Cie, 1913.
A wonderful copy of this early twentieth-century work on dyeing, which is enlivened.....
Item nr. 173007
Price: $750.00
I.G. FARBEN. Les colorants Helindon. 36 pp., illustrated with 228 mounted coloured felt samples. 8vo, 250 x 156 mm, publisher's cloth. Frankfurt am Main: I.G. Farben, [1930].
A splendid work on dyeing from the major firm of I.G. Farben. It is extremely rare and there is no listing on OCLC.
Item nr. 173023
Price: $575.00
LEFEVRE, Leon. Traité des matières colorantes organiques artificielles de leur préparation industrielle et de leurs applications. 2 volumes. xx, 832 pp. and 833 pp. with 261 mounted textile sampled. 8vo, publisher's cloth. Paris: G.Masson, 1896.
A superb copy of a work which is practically an encyclopedia of dyeing. The work discusses.....
Item nr. 172999
Price: $2,500.00
FLEISCHER, Friedrich. Exercises in Colouring National Costumes. Part 1. 8 plates, 4 in black and white and 4 in colour. Oblong 4to. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Leipzig: Friedrich Fleischer, ND.
A fine copy of this rare unrecorded children's colouring book.
Item nr. 173081
Price: $875.00
WELLS & RICHARDSON COMPANY INC. Color craft: a manual that helps you decide what color and how to use it. 61 pp., illustrated throughout. 8vo, 152 x 226 mm, publisher's illustrated wrappers. Burlington, Vt. Diamond Dyes, 1931.
A delightful and rare American work on colour. OCLC lists Yale, Hagley and 1.....
Item nr. 172982
Price: $495.00
ROSENSTIEHL, M.A. Traité de la Couleur au Point de Vue Physique, Physiologique et Esthétique Comprenant l'exposé de l'état de la question de l'Harmonie des Couleurs avec 56 figures et 14 planches coloriées. xvi, 278 pp., plus 2 pp. of ads. Illustrated with 14 colour plates including 4 tipped-in pochoir designs.....
Item nr. 173083
Price: $2,500.00
IRWIN, Beatrice. The New Science of Color. 128pp. text and Colour frontispiece. 8vo, 190 x 125 mm, publisher's cloth. New York: Union Lithographic Company, 1915.
A fine copy of this scarce little book by this writer whose work was infused with a mixture of theosophy, spiritualism, and the occult. The frontispiec.....
Item nr. 172942
Price: $475.00
SEELEY BROTHERS. Seeley Brothers: Manufacturers of Averill Paint, ready for Use. 20 Plates, with 1 page with 39 tipped on paint chips and 2 full-page coloured advertisements, one with 12 tipped-on colour chips. Folio, 335 x 250 mm, publisher's cloth. New York: The Company, 188- [hand annotated as 1889 on.....
Item nr. 172800
Price: $5,500.00
OHIO VARNISH COMPANY. Chi-Namel Gems of Color. 40 pp., illustrated throughout. Oblong 4to, 420 x 360 mm, publisher's ring-bound cloth. Cleveland: Ohio Varnish Company, 1910.
Descriptive Catalog of Chi-Namel and O-Var Products: Paints, Varnishes, Enamels, Lacquers. A fine copy of a classic example of the type of trade catalogue which American.....
Item nr. 172798
Price: $2,500.00
PATTON PAINT Co. Patton's Sun-proof Paint. 56 pp. Profusely illustrated and with 6 pages containing a total of 116 tipped-in colour samples. Oblong 4to, 205 x 275 mm, publisher's illustrated wrappers. Pittsburgh: Patton Paint Co., n.d.
A fine copy of a classic example of the type of trade catalogue which American.....
Item nr. 172797
Price: $3,500.00
CASTEX-DEGRANGE, Adolphe Louis. Considerations sur la Theorie des Couleurs a l'Usage des Architectes, des Peintres, des Decorateurs, et des Artistes industriels. 23 pp., illustrated throughout, including 3 colour plates. 8vo, 238 x 155 mm., publisher's wrappers in a new cloth folding box. Lyon: Imprimerie Nouvelle Lyonnaise, 1899.
A presentation copy of.....
Item nr. 172758
Price: $1,750.00
TERRY, George. Pigments, Paint and Painting. A Practical Book for Practical Men. 392 pp. 8vo, 180 x 120 mm., publisher's cloth binding. London: E. & F.N. Spon, 1893.
This book is a comprehensive practical guide which focuses on the manufacturing of pigments and paints, intended to serve as a reference for.....
Item nr. 172749
Price: $275.00
LEFRANC. Couleurs fines et Materiel pour la Peinture a l'Huile. 120 pp., 120 pp., illustrated throughout in black and white, with 1 colour plate. 8vo, 240 x 155 mm., publisher's wrappers. Paris: Lefranc, 1934.
A handsome trade catalogue from this venerable supplier of artists materials that has been in business since.....
Item nr. 172748
Price: $325.00
ANONYMOUS. Le Savant de huit ans, suivi du Petit Coloriste. [iv], 96 pp., illustrated with 10 woodcuts, of which 6 are hand-coloured. Oblong 8vo, 92 x 114 mm., bound in contemporary sheep. Lille: Blocquel, [1830].
A charming little children's book on the practical aspects of arts and sciences. There are text.....
Item nr. 172743
Price: $2,750.00
EHLERT, Wilhelm. Die Farben und ihre Töne. Technische Anleitung zum Anlegen, Mischen und Drucken von Tonfarben. [2], title, 27 pages with one full-page diagram, text printed within ornamental typographical borders in varying colours, followed by 7 plates with 245 colour specimens. Folio, 320 x 235 mm., folder containing text pamphlet.....
Item nr. 172683
Price: $2,500.00
SCHREIBER, Guido. Die Farbenlehre. Für Archtitekten, Maler, Techniker und Bauhandwerker. 148 pp., with 8 coloured plates. 8vo, 193 x 130 mm., contemporary half morocco. Leipzig: Spamer, 1868.
An interesting, unusual and incredibly rare work on colour theory by a geometry professor. The author was greatly influenced by Goethe, his works have.....
Item nr. 172671
Price: $3,750.00