Manufacturers A to E

Hardware Catalogs & Publications
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Adams & Westlake, Chicago, Ill.
[Railroad Hardware.]
ca. 1890.
xiii, [1], 429 pp., 11 ¾  x 9 ¼.
Lacking preliminary pages (no title page); five pages scribbled with crayon
$33.00
Allentown Hardware Co., Allentown, Pa.
Catalogue D.
1890.  
xii, [1], 404 pp., 13 ½ x 10.
Title taken from spine.
Damp stains in lower fore-edge corners.
$32.00
American Ring Co., Waterbury, Connecticut
Illustrated Catalogue No. 4
January 1881   
177 pp., 11½ x 8.
$14.00
Coming soon
Art Brass Co., New York, NY
A History of Door Knockers.
1917.
8 pp., 8½ x 5½.
$2.00
L. S. Avak & Co., Boston, Massachusetts
Hand Forged Wrought Iron Hardware
ca. 1930
8 pp., 11 x 8¾.
$2.00
Coming soon
Baldwin Hardware Mfg. Co., Reading, Pa.
Quality Mortise Locks & Latches.
1976.  
8 pp., 11 x 8 ½.
Contains illustrations of Limoges porcelain knobs.
$2.00
Joseph Bardsley, New York, NY
Catalogue of Checking Spring Hinges, Wood Door Knobs, Door Stops, etc.
1891
[8] p., 10 x 7½.
$5.00
Joseph Bardsley, New York, NY
Illustrated Catalogue
August 1904
12 pp., 9 x 7½.
$3.00
Coming soon
Barrows Lock Company, Lockport, Ill.
Illustrated Catalogue of Locks and Builders’ Hardware.
1920.
[10], 159 pp., 11¾ x 8¾.
$17.00
Barrows Lock Works, North Chicago, Ill.
Catalog No. 38
1939
567 p., 12 x 9.
$43.00
Bayer-Gardner-Himes Co., New York, NY
Fine Hardware, Period Hardware, Hardware Specialties: Catalog No. 2.
1925.  
viii, 101 pp., 12 x 9.
$9.00
Belleville Hardware and Lock Mfg. Co., Belleville, Ontario
Catalogue No. 4: Locks and Builders' Hardware.
March, 1919.  
xxiv, 330 pp., 10 x 7.
$28.00
Brainerd Manufacturing Co., East Rochester, New York
Catalog No. 6
1913
464 pp., 9 x 6.
$37.00
Coming soon
Brainerd Manufacturing Co., East Rochester, New York
Catalog No. 7
1916
516 pp., 9 x 6.
$41.00
Coming soon
Branford Lock Works, Branford, Conn.
Illustrated Catalogue of the Branford Lock Works.
1869.
154 pp., 13 x 10¼.
$12.00
Branford Lock Works, Branford, Conn.
Illustrated Catalogue of the Branford Lock Works
1876
339 pp.,  11 x 7½.
$26.00
Coming soon
Branford Lock Works, Branford, Conn.
Illustrated Catalogue of the Branford Lock Works
1879
839 pp., 11 x 7½.
$63.00
Branford Lock Works, Branford, Conn.
Locks, Knobs and Hardware.
July 1, 1886.  
xvii, 443 pp., 14 x 10 ½.
$35.00
Branford Lock Works
1893 Catalogue: Locks and Hardware.
1893.  
461 pp., 7 ¼  x 4 ¾.
$35.00
Branford Lock Works, Branford, Conn.
Supplementary Catalogue of the Branford Lock Works Department
1895
215 pp., 7½ x 5.
$9.00
Coming soon
Brass Goods Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn, NY
Catalogue No. 10
ca. 1910
179 pp., 10¾ x 7½.
$15.00
Coming soon
Brass Goods Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn, NY
Brass and Bronze Hardware.
1911.  
xvi, 162 pp., 10 x 8 ½.
$15.00
Brittan, Graham, & Mathes, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Catalogue of Door-Locks and Knobs, Builders' Hardware, Padlocks, and Scales.
1890.  
217 pp., 10 ½ x 8. Waterstains throughout.
Includes 17-page price list No. 1, January, 1890.
$18.00
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., size unknown.
Lacking pp. 126-27, 207-254, and 264-65; includes some new pages.
Note: this is a scan of a b/w photocopy.
$17.00
Butler and Constant, New York, NY
Illustrated Catalogue of Builders' Hardware.
1885.
[4], 198 pp., 11 x 8.
Sole agents in New York City and vicinity for Niles locks and hardware.
$16.00
Champion Hardware Co., Geneva, Ohio                               
Catalog No. 14
1917
215 pp., 9 x 6.
$17.00
Coming soon
Champion Hardware Co., Geneva, Ohio
Catalog No. 16
1917
223 pp., 11 x 8.
$18.00
Coming soon
Chantrell Hardware & Tool Co., Reading, Pa.
Illustrated Catalogue of Builders’ Hardware, Tools, Hardware Specialties, Etc.
1909.
xxv, 329 pp., 10 x 7.
$29.00
Chantrell Hardware & Tool Co., Reading, Penn.
Builders’ Hardware Catalogue No. 5
1928
xx, 118 pp., 11 x 8½.
$ 23.00
$12.00
Chicago Hardware Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill.
Catalogue: Chicago Hardware Mfg. Co.
Dec., 1888.
xvi, 424 pp., 13 x 10
$34.00
Chicago Hardware Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill.
Catalogue No. 6.
1895.  
xii, 227 pp., 10 x 6 ½.
$12.00
Clinton Lock Co., Clinton, Iowa
Catalogue No. 20: Locks and Builders’ Hardware.
ca. 1920.
154 pp., 12 x 9.
$16.00
Columbian Hardware Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Columbian Hardware in Keeping with 20th Century Ideas
1907
47 pp., 9 x 6.
$4.00
Coming soon
Columbus Brass Co., Columbus, Ohio
Catalogue B. H. 29
1929
51 pp., 9 x 6.
$4.00
Coming soon
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 pp.
$5.00
L. W. Cushing & Sons, Waltham, Mass.
Catalogue of Weather Vanes - Catalogue No. 9.
1883
20 pp., 12¼ x 8¾.
$3.00
Detroit Mfg. Co., Detroit, Mich.
Antique Hardware of Quality: B
1927
36 pp., 11 x 8½.
Cover letter and eleven-page price list laid in.
$5.00
Thomas Devlin Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Penn.
Price-List and Illustrated Catalogue . . . No. 2-H
1923
[iv], 174 pp., 9 x 6.
$14.00
John Duer & Sons, Baltimore, Maryland
Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware, Tools, Trimmings, etc. for Cabinet Makers,
Upholsterers and Furniture Dealers
February 1883
150 pp., 10 x 6½.
Includes Price Book No. 3, November 1st, 1886, 16 pp.
$14.00
Coming soon
John Duer & Sons, Baltimore, Maryland
Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware, Tools, Trimmings, etc. for Cabinetmakers,
Upholsterers and Furniture Dealers
September 1903
281 pp., 10 x 6½.
Includes Discount Sheet No. 6. for Hardware Catalogue of 1903, 12 pp.
$24.00
Coming soon
John Duer & Sons, Baltimore, Maryland
Cabinet and Drapery Hardware, Woodworkers’ Tools, Upholstery Fabrics,
Lace Curtains, Portieres: Catalogue P
1919
354 pp., 11½ x 9.
Includes two price lists:
Price List No. 1119 (For Catalogue ‘P’, 36 pp.;
Price List Catalogue P, 28 pp.
$30.00
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ADCAcatalogs/Duer1919.pdf
Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Co., San Francisco, CA
Illustrated Catalogue of Fine Locks, Builders’ Hardware, and Cast Bronze and Brass Work, Manufactured by the Hopkins & Dickinson Manufacturing Co.
1894.
415 pp., 9½ x 7.
$32.00
Earle Hardware Mfg. Co., Reading, Pa.
Builders’ Hardware Catalog No. A-3.
1925.
155 pp., 10½ x 6½.
Includes Price List Applying to Catalog No. A–3, 19 pp., Dec. 1, 1925.
$15.50