1. Ferrand, J.

Le charpentier-serrurier au XIXe siecle: Constructions en fer et en bois. Charpentes mixtes en fer, fonte & bois Charpentes decoratives pour ateliers, magasins, halles, hangars, pavillons, galeries, passerelles, terrasses, planchers, portes, etc. Avec 87 (sur cent) Planches en Couleurs et Texte.

Edition Originale !! Paris, Librairie Polytechnique de J. Baudry, no date / s.d. [1881]. Folio (36.5 cm x 28 cm). 32 pages texte plus 87 (sur 100) planches. [With 87 of 100 plates] Original Hardcover / Reliure originale. Reliure defraiche. / Binding broken and rubbed. Several planches with tears but overall in still very good condition ! A very rare work on early iron cast construction, architecture and design. Beautiful colour lithographs ! / Bel ouvrage d’architecture ! Bel ouvrage d’architecture décrivant les avancées techniques de la charpenterie de fer et fonte, quelques années avant l’érection de la Tour Eiffel, publié sous le patronage de M. Alphand, inspecteur général des Ponts et Chaussées, directeur des travaux de la ville de Paris. / Beautiful architectural work describing the technical progress of the iron and cast iron carpentry, a few years before the erection of the Eiffel Tower, published under the patronage of Mr. Alphand, inspector general of the Ponts et Chaussées, director of works of the city of Paris.

2. Hammond Lane Ironfounders [Dublin].

Company Catalogue of “The Hammond Lane Ironfounders Ltd. – 111 Pearse Street – Dublin” – Listing: Cast Iron Cookers – Grates – Ranges – Heating Stoves – Low Fires – C.B.Fires – R.W. & Soil Goods – Manhole Covers – Gulleys – Gratings – Ventilators – C.I.Tanks – W.C.Cisterns & General Castings. [With two Birds-Eye-View-Photographs of the Ironworks in Dublin’s Pearse Street pasted to the inner boards of the binding / Shows also a very interesting image-sheet with photographs of the Fleet of Lorries and one Service-Van which delivered the Stoves anywhere in Ireland].

[Dublin, Hammond Lane Ironfounders Ltd., 1954. Large Octavo (22.5 cm wide x 28.5 cm high). 71 single sheets with fantastic, photographic illustrations of Cast Iron Aga – Style – Stoves, Fireplaces etc. Hardcover with single sheets bound in. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

3. King, David / David King & Sons, Ltd.

Illustrated Catalogue for the Year 1923 of David King & Sons, Ltd. – Architectural and General Ironfounders – Keppoch Iron Works, Possilpark, Glasgow – Listing: Rain Water Pipes and Connections, Gutters etc. / Soil Pipes and Connections / Drain Pipes and Connections / Covers and Frames, etc. [with an Appendix showing Ironwork – Designs from the Ornamental Section of the Company with beautiful “Cast Iron Railings” / “Fire Escape Stairs” / “Cast Iron Newels” / “Cast Iron Spiral Stairs” / “Cast Iron Lamp Pillars” / “Cast Iron Designs for Canopy (using the example of “The Grosvenor Picture House” [Cinema] / “Cast Iron Design for a Bandstand in a Park”].

Glasgow / Leeds / Aberdeen, David King & Sons Ltd., 1923. Oblong Quarto (32 cm wide x 25 cm high). The Catalogue includes Sectin II – V with an appendix of beautiful cast ironworks in Parks etc. Pagination: Section II: 72 pages (pages 7, 8 and 9 heavily stained)/ Section III: 13 pages / Section IV: 13 pages / Section V: 28 pages Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Four pages stained. Binding firm. A very rare catalogue !