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Baxendale & Co. Ltd.
Catalogue of Baths, Lavatories, Sinks, Sanitary Ware and Appliances for the Plumbing & Decorating Trades
Publisher: Baxendale & Co. Ltd., Edinburgh;
Date of Publication: 1910
Stock Code: 12469
Undated trade catalogue No. 3291. Folio, divided into 17 separately paginated sections with thumb index to fore-edge: pp., viii; 48, Baths; 72, Lavatories; 16, Bathroom Accessories; 24, Sinks; 49, Closets; 16, Urinals; 12, Flushing Cisterns; 52, Brasswork; 16, Boilers etc; 64, Steam Fittings; 12, Pumps; 32, Boilers & Radiators; 24, Sheet Lead, Roofing Materials etc; 48, Rain-Water Goods; 44, Glass; 36, Painters’ and Decorators’ Requisites; 40 Tools & Index. Illustrated throughout including 5 multi-image colour plates to Glass section, and to Painters’ and Decorators’ Section a Matsine 12 shade colour sheet and two paint colour leaves with 24 and 60 shades respectively, of Cobena oil paints and of Arduro water-based paints. Publishers’ bevelled leather-effect cloth binding with titles in black to spine and upper board and border in blind to boards; marbled brown endpapers. Rear pocket to lower board, lacking price list. Covers lightly surface soiled and a little rubbed at spine tips, with small scuff mark to upper board. Thumb index toned; a little scattered soiling & foxing mainly to tex-tblock edge, otherwise contents clean and bright. A very good copy. A very well-illustrated and lavish trade catalogue of requisites for household interiors. Scarce, a single copy only listed in institutional holdings in the UK at University of Manchester Library. Baxendale & Co. Ltd had branches in London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Liverpool and Manchester. Heavyweight, so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. £250.00