1889 Catalogue, John Duer & Sons (No. 28 South Charles St.), Baltimore, Maryland. Hardware, Tools, Trimmings, etc. for Cabinet Makers, Upholsterers, and Furniture Dealers. Hardcover. 156 pages. Illustrated.
Amazing variety of items: (horse) hair pickers, auger bits, braces, curtain poles, gimlets, hammers, hand screws, drapery chains, shears, stair buttons, rules, saws, carpet tacks, pocket wrenches and more.
Please see photos for condition:
* Overall, Good; amazing it survived at all given intended use.
* Extensive wear to the covers and spine; shelf scuffs. Soiling.
* Binding is cracked at the pasteboards, and cracked and loosened in about half of the catalogue.
* No missing, loose, torn or written on pages. Some pages are dog-eared. What looks like insect nibbles on a few pages as shown.
* Catalog has foxing and soiling. Most pages are pretty clean.
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