P. & F. Corbin Company
New Britain, CT

Hardware Catalogs & Publications
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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.
Pp. 48 - 197 only (trade cards are pasted to the first 47 pages);  small piece torn from lower portion of title page; several pages scribbled with pencil.
$12.00
P. & F. Corbin
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Builders', Cabinet, and Miscellaneous
Hardware.
1871.
[18], 395, [3] pp., 11 x 7½.
Lacking pp. 141–144, as issued.
$32.00
P. & F. Corbin
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Builders' and Miscellaneous Hardware.
1876.
x, 620 pp., 12 x 9½.
Contains more than 800 pages (many page numbers are repeated).
Includes Price Book No. 6, Referring to P. & F. Corbin's Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of 1876, 42 pp., 11¾ x 8½.
$68.00
P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn.
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Hardware
1878
623 [i.e. 893 pp.; many page nos. repeated], 11¼ x 8¾.
$68.00
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P. & F. Corbin
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Hardware.
April, 1881.  
xii, 585 pp., 12 ½ x 9 ½.
$45.00
P. & F. Corbin
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Hardware.
1885.  
xvi, 631 pp., 13 x 10.
$49.00
P. & F. Corbin
Fraternal Emblems for Builders’ Hardware.
ca. 1890.  
[19] pp., 10 x 7.
$4.00
P. & F. Corbin
[Portfolio of Art Nouveau Door Hardware]
1892.
56 leaves of plates, 11 x 8¼.
$8.00
P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn.
P. & F. Corbin’s Artistic Hardware
ca. 1895
48 leaves of plates, 11 x 9.
$4.00
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P. & F. Corbin
Hardware Manufactured by P. & F. Corbin.
1895.
xv, 678 pp., 12 x 8½.
Includes Price List No. 1 Referring to P. & F. Corbin's 1895 Catalogue, Sept. 18, 1895, 34 pp.
$55.00
P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn.
Supplement No. 1 to P. & F. Corbin’s 1895 Catalogue
1898
112 pp., 12 x 9.
$9.00
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P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn.
Supplement No. 2 to P. & F. Corbin’s 1895 Catalogue
September 1900
129 pp., 12 x 9.
$11.00
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P. & F. Corbin
Volume A: Hardware.
1896.
x, 289 pp., 6½ x 4½.
$24.00
P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn.
New Store Door Handles and Locks
March, 1897
11 pp., 12 x 8¾.
$5.00
P. & F. Corbin
History of the House of P. & F. Corbin.
1904.
105 pp., 9½ x 7½.
$9.00
P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn.
The Corbin Unit Lock and Where Used: Being a partial list of buildings equipped with the Unit Lock
1905
77 pp., 10 x 7.
$6.00
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P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn.
Catalogue of Glass Door Knobs
ca. 1905
16 pp., 5 x 7.
$3.00
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P. & F. Corbin
Hardware Manufactured by P. & F. Corbin.
1905.  
[45], vi, 1040 pp., 12 x 9.
$82.00
P. & F. Corbin
Supplement to P. & F. Corbin 1905 Catalogue.
September, 1911.  
vi, 191 pp., 12 x 9.
Includes numerous new pages.
$25.00
P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn.
Corbin Door Knockers
ca. 1915
20 pp., 7 x 5.
$3.00
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P. & F. Corbin
S Catalogue.
ca. 1920s.  
69 index leaves, 229 [i.e., 341] leaves of plates (some plate numbers repeated), 12 x 11.   
Title on front cover: Special Goods – S, For Factory and Salesmen’s Use Only
$31.00
P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn.
[Ledger of “S” Numbers for Special Hardware]
ca. 1920s
408 leaves, 12 x 9½.
List of special hardware made by Corbin over several decades.
Note: original Ledger is in the Lock Museum of America.
$32.00
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P. & F. Corbin
Locks and Builders’ Hardware: Catalog No. 26.
ca. 1923.  
[24], vi, 483 pp., 11 x 8 ¼.
$31.00
P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn.
Modern Color Treatment of Builders' Hardware
ca. 1920s
6 pp., 11 x 8½.
$3.00
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P. & F. Corbin
Catalog No. 27.
1927.
[23], viii, 487 pp., 11 x 8½.
$45.00

P. & F. Corbin
Colonial and Early English Hardware: Catalog No. K553. 
1931.
95 pp., 11 x 8½.
$8.00
P. & F. Corbin
Catalog No. 27, 1932 Edition.
1932.
[29], i–v, vi1–4, 594 pp., 11 x 8½.
$48.00
Corbin Monthly Bulletins
Nine different bulletins, 1902–1903, 16 pages each. Note: these are scans of photocopies; some images are not very clear.
   Lockology
   Door Trims
   Corbin Unit Lock (selling features)
   Corbin Unit Lock (commercial buildings furnished)
   Corbin Unit Lock (designs)
   Corbin Unit Lock (residences furnished with)
   Corbin Unit Lock (residences follow-up)
   New Corbin Designs
   Corbin Unit Lock (buildings equipped with)
$10.00
"The Corbin" Magazine
Nineteen different issues, 16 pages each.
  • Vol. I, #2, June 1902
  • Vol. I, #3, July 1902
  • Vol. I, #4, Aug. 1902
  • Vol. I, #5, Sept. 1902
  • Vol. I, #6, Oct. 1902
  • Vol. I, #7, Nov. 1902
  • Vol. I, #8, Dec. 1902
  • Vol. I, #9, Jan. 1903
  • Vol. I, #10, Feb. 1903
  • Vol. I, #11, Mar. 1903
  • Vol. I, #12, Apr. 1903
  • Vol. II, #1, May. 1903
  • Vol. II, #2, June 1903
  • Vol. II, #3, July 1903
  • Vol. II, #4, Aug. 1903
  • Vol. II, #5, Sept. 1903
  • Vol. II, #6, Oct. 1903
  • Vol. II, #7, Nov. 1903
  • Vol. II, #8, Dec. 1903
$15.00
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