[ARCHITECTURE -- Trade Catalog]

Anaconda Architectural Extruded Shapes [plus] Supplement to ...

Waterbury, Connecticut: The American Brass Company, 1937. Second Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 8, 404 plates, followed by several pages of index referring to plate numbers. Illustrated title page. Plates depict the fixtures in silhouette. Bound in light brown cloth with stamped lettering on front cover and spine. Light wear commensurate with age, and the address label of a former owner on a few pages and, notably on front cover where a remnant (presumably) remains. Included is an 8pp. paper wraps "Supplement to Anaconda Architectural Extruded Shapes, saddle-stapled, dated 1947. Very Good. Item #3439

An impressive variety of brass flourishes presented at the, ahem, height of the American skyscraper as the defining characteristic of the modern city. Flutings, entablatures, dado moldings, doors, cornices, pilasters, mullions and a multitude of other fixtures are featured.

Price: $75.00