Copies of the catalogs listed below are available to
members at the price indicated in bold type. An additional 15% will be added to the order for
non-members. The prices include shipping.
Copies are loose-leaf and unbound. The catalog copies
are offered three times a year to minimize wear and tear
on the master copies.
May
15
(orders need to be received by April 15)
September 15(orders
need to be received by August 15)
January 15
(orders need to be received by December 15)
There are three possible order categories, but each
catalog may not be available in all three categories.
The three categories are:
Complete catalog. In
the case of a builders’ hardware catalog, the book has
been copied in its entirety. In the case of a general
hardware catalog, only the builders’ hardware section
has been copied.
Selected Pages.
Included are title page, index, finish or other general
hardware information pages, also pages showing
doorknobs, escutcheons, flush pulls, store door locks,
push plates, cremone bolts, some mortise locks with
ornate face plates, and limited miscellaneous hardware
items that are offered in the same designs as shown
doorknobs and escutcheons. In some cases, a few padlocks
and keys are included.
Knob Design pages.
These pages pertain strictly to knobs and possibly some
levers and escutcheons. Title and finish pages, if
available, are included. Note: bibliographical
information is provided when known, i.e., place of
publication, title (in italics), date of publication,
pagination, page size (h x w), and binding description.
Catalogs are not always reproduced actual size
The knob
above is Russel & Erwin;
1885
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Adams &
Westlake,
Chicago, Ill.
[Railroad hardware], ca. 1890.
xiii, [1], 429 pp., 11 ¾ x 9 ¼. Lacking pp. i–vi.
Complete catalog: 438 pages $58.40/ $67.20
Branford
Lock Works 1893
Catalogue: Locks and Hardware, 1893.
461 pp., 7 ¼ x 4 ¾, cloth.
34 selected pages (17 sheets) $6.45 /$7.45
Brittan, Graham & Mathes (formerly Nimick & Brittan
Manufacturing Co.) Pittsburgh, PA
Catalogue of Door-Locks and Knobs, Builders’ Hardware, Padlocks and
Scales,
1890, 217 pp., 10 ½ x 8, cloth. (Note: front cover is dated 1890,
but Terms of Sale on p.[4] is dated January, 1888)
Includes a
separate price list:
No. 1, Brittan, Graham & Mathes’ New Price List of Door Locks and
Latches, Knobs and Builders’ Hardware, Padlocks and Scales,
January, 1890, [17]pp., 10 ½ x 7 ½, wraps.
Buhl
Sons & Co.,
Detroit, Mich. Catalogue
of Door, Cabinet and Trunk Locks, Knobs, Escutcheons, Keys,
Padlocks, Brass, Bronze Metal and Bronzed Iron Builders’
Hardware,
1884. 271
pp. (lacking pp. 126–27
and 264–65); includes 20 new pages.
Continuing Education Booklet,
1985
34 questions and answers compiled by John Holland from information
provided by members of the ADCA. Contains educational material such
as: identifying the age of hardware; insuring collections; glass
manufacturing processes; significant corporate collections in the
US; and much more.
49 pages $10.00 /$11.50
P & F
Corbin,
New Britain, Conn.
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Builders’, Cabinet, and
Miscellaneous Hardware, 1870. [8],
197 pp., 10 ½ x 7, cloth. 2 selected pages PLUS:
Supplement to P. & F. Corbin’s 1881 Catalogue,
Nov. 1,
1882. 3 selected pages
5 pages, total $2.35 /$2.70
P & F
Corbin Bronze
Hardware List,
1874–5. Pagination and size unknown (approx. 11 ½ x 9).
45 selected pages $9.55 /$11.00
P & F
Corbin
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Hardware,
April 1881. xii, 585 pp., 12 ½ x 9 ½, cloth.
P & F
Corbin
Supplement to P. & F. Corbin 1905 Catalogue,
Sept. 1911.
88 selected pages $14.30 /$16.45
P & F
Corbin S
Catalogue,
ca. 1911.
69 index leaves + 229 [i.e., 341] leaves of plates (some plate
numbers repeated), 12 x 11, cloth. Title on front cover: “Special
Goods – S, For Factory and Salemen’s Use Only.”
43 selected pages $9.35 /$10.75
P & F
Corbin Locks and
Builders’ Hardware: Catalog No. 26,
ca. 1923.
[24], viii, 487 pp., 11 x 8 ¼, cloth.
Lockology, 16 pages $3.75
Door Trims, 16 pages $3.75
Corbin Unit Lock – Selling features, 16 pages $3.75
Corbin Unit Lock – Commercial buildings furnished with, 16 pages
$3.75
Non-member cost $4.30 each
Corbin
Monthly Bulletins,
1902–1903:
Set 1 Cont’d
Corbin Lock – Designs, 16 pages $3.75
Corbin Unit Lock – Residences furnished with, 16 pages $3.75
Corbin Unit Lock – Residences followup, 16 pages $3.75
New Corbin Designs, 6 pages $3.75 Non-member
cost $4.30 each
Corbin
Monthly Bulletins,
1902–1903:
Set 2
Corbin Unit Lock – Buildings equipped with, 16 pages $3.75
The Corbin-Vol I, #7, Nov. 1902, 16 pgs $3.75
The Corbin-Vol I, #8, Dec. 1902, 16 pgs $3.75
The Corbin-Vol I, #9, Jan. 1903, 16 pgs $3.75 Non-member
cost $4.30 each
Corbin
Monthly Bulletins,
1902–1903:
Set 2 Cont’d
The Corbin-Vol I, #10, Feb. 1903, 16 pgs $3.75
The Corbin-Vol I, #11, Mar. 1903, 16 pgs $3.75
The Corbin-Vol I, #12, Apr. 1903, 16 pgs $3.75
The Corbin-Vol II, #1, May. 1903, 16 pgs $3.75 Non-member
cost $4.30 each
Corbin
Monthly Bulletins,
1902–1903:
Set 3
The Corbin-Vol II, #2, June 1903, 16 pgs $3.75
The Corbin-Vol II, #3, July 1903, 16 pgs $3.75
The Corbin-Vol II, #4, Aug. 1903, 16 pgs $3.75
The Corbin-Vol II, #5, Sept. 1903, 16 pgs $3.75
Non-member cost $4.30 each
Corbin
Monthly Bulletins,
1902–1903:
Set 3 Cont’d
The Corbin-Vol II, #6, Oct. 1903, 16 pgs $3.75
The Corbin-Vol II, #7, Nov. 1903, 16 pgs $3.75
The Corbin-Vol II, #8, Dec. 1903, 16 pgs $3.75
Non-member cost $4.30 each bulletin
All 23 Monthly Bulletins - 368 pgs $50.45 /$58.00
Fontaine
& Vaillant,
Paris, France Serrures
décoratives: Styles anciens; essais modernes,
ca. 1900.
[146] leaves of plates (numbered discontinuously from 100–702),
14 ½ x 10 ¾, boards.
P. E.
Guerin, Inc.,
New York, N.Y. Period
Hardware,
1914.
[4], [200] pp. (numbered discontinuously from 1–444), 14 ¼ x 10 ½,
cloth. Front cover stamped “Catalogue No. 4, Period Hardware.”
J.
Jacob Shannon & Co.,
Philadelphia, PA
Catalogue of Builders’ Hardware, July, 1888,
292 pp., 11 ½ x 8, cloth
Complete catalog – 290 pages (two
of the numbered pages in the catalog are blank)
$44.00/$50.60
47 selected pages $10.00/$11.50
20 knob design pages $5.00/$5.75
Keystone
Hardware Mfg. Co.,
Reading, Pa.
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Hardware,
June 15, 1876.
195 pp., 10 ½ x 7 ¼, cloth.
9 selected pages $2.80 /$3.25
Lockwood
Manufacturing Co., South
Norwalk, CT.
Builders’ Hardware … Supplementary to our General Catalogue, 1897,
[4] pp., 140 leaves of plates, 11 x 8 ½, lacking covers.
Some plates with text on reverse (stock nos., sizes, etc.)
Lockwood
Manufacturing Co. Lockwood:
The Story of Its Past; The Basis for
Its Future,
1953.
39 pp., 11 x 8 ½, wraps. Illustrated history of Lockwood beginning
with the history of the
Nashua Lock Co. in 1834.
25 selected pages $5.60 /$6.45
Mallory,
Wheeler & Co.,
New Haven, Conn. Door
Locks, Knobs, Padlocks, Etc., Illustrated and Described,
January, 1876. vi, 383 pp., 13 ½ x 10 ½, cloth.
16 knob design pages $3.90 /$4.50
Mallory,
Wheeler & Co. Door
Locks, Knobs, Padlocks, Etc., Illustrated and Described,
1882.
332 pp., 13½ x 10½.
May &
Padmore Ltd
[“Maymore”], Birmingham, England
(Purchased by Walter Rowley Ltd. in 1930) List No.
1. C: Catalogue of Maymore Brand Builders’ Hardware,
July 1912.
[6], 76 pp.; includes 19-page illustrated price list issued July,
1921.
Norwich
Lock Manufacturing Co.,
Norwich, Conn.
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Builders’ and Miscellaneous
Hardware,
April 1883.
Pagination and size not known.
24 selected pages $5.50 /$6.35
Norwich
Lock Manufacturing Co.,
Roanoke, Va.
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Builders’ and Miscellaneous
Hardware,
Feb., 1892.
[4], 400 pp., size unknown.
The
Ornamental Wood Company,
Bridgeport, Conn.
Illustrated Catalogue of the Ornamental Wood Company,
Sept., 1870.
Pagination unknown, 7 ½ x 9 ½, wraps.
24 selected pages $5.50 /$6.35
Penn
Hardware Company,
Reading, Pa. Price
List and Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware,
1892.
xi, 711 pp., 11½ x 8½, cloth.
35 selected pages $8.45 /$9.70
Penn
Hardware Company
Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware,
ca. 1907.
[48], 500 pp., 9 x 6, cloth.
Reading
Hardware Co.,
Reading, Pa.
Illustrated Catalogue of Locks and Hardware,
1897.
[16], 671 pp., frontispiece, 12 x 10, half-leather. With two
additional index pages.
Reading
Knob Works,
Reading, Pa. Catalog
No. 3 of Glass Knobs and Builders’ Hardware,
ca. 1920.
Pagination unknown, 11 x 8.
22 knob design pages $5.10 /$5.90
Russell
& Erwin Mfg. Co. Volume 2.
Real and Compression Bronze
Builders’ Hardware, for Private
Residences
and Public Buildings,
1875.
vi, 303–456 pp., 12 x 9. With two supplement pages dated July 16,
1877.
38 knob design pages $8.80 /$10.10
Russell
& Erwin Mfg. Co. (Pratt &
Co., Agents, Buffalo, N.Y.) Fine
Bronze Door Trimmings,
ca. 1880. Pagination and size unknown.
3 selected pages $2.15 /$2.50
Russell
& Erwin Mfg. Co. Vol X.
1883. Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Co’s Illustrated Catalogue and
Sterling Price List of American Hardware,
1883.
Pagination and size unknown.
5 selected pages $2.35 /$2.70
Russell
& Erwin Mfg. Co. Russell &
Erwin Manufacturing Co’s Illustrated Catalog and Sterling Price
List of American Hardware,
September 1, 1885. Pagination and size unknown
6 copied pages $2.50 /$2.90
Russell
& Erwin Mfg. Co.
Descriptive Catalogue and Price-List of Hardware, Volume VII,
1887.
xxi, [1], 1011 pp., 12½ x 10, cloth.
