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Skylight and Greenhouse Manufacturer’s Catalog, 1901

Rendle’s Paradigm Skylights and Greenhouse Construction.  Manufacturer’s Catalog of Arthur E. Rendle Company (116 Nassau Street, NYC), June 1901 catalog.  26x20xm, 40pp, fully illustrated with captivating photos of mostly in-progress installations of the skylights, as well as the occasional schematic.  In the original wrappers.  

There is only ONE copy located in WorldCat/OCLC (in Montreal).  Condition: there are two short tears going up along the spine cover top and bottom, though the wrappers are still strong and intact.  Very Good condition.  $250

There are several lovely and unexpected images int eh catalog, including the train station on the Brooklyn end of the Brooklyn Bridge:

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Also the Bethlehem Iron Co. machine shop in Bethlehem, Pa.:

Paradigm _3_

 

 

 

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