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| Title | A. W. Faber Price-list |
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| Publisher | A. W. Faber |
| Date | 1897 |
| Description | A 113-page catalog published in 1897 called “A. W. Faber’s Price-List of Superior Lead and Colored Pencils: Writing and Copying Inks, Slate Manufactures, Rulers, Pen-Holders, and Erasive Rubbers” by A.W. Faber based out of New York City, New York. The company is known today as Faber-Castell. Content includes a preface, testimonials, price lists, and an index of all utensils in the catalog. The products include polygrade and Siberian lead pencils, drawing pencils, low-priced lead pencils, colored pencils and chalks, pencils for artists, and school writing slates. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | TS1268.A2 1897 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1831811~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Architecture Retail Catalog Collection |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/aapamphlets |
| Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
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| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | A. W. Faber's French Ebony Rulers price list |
| Description | Price listings for A. W. Faber's French Ebony Rulers |
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| Transcript | A. W. FABER'S MANUFACTORY ESTABLISHED 1761. A. W. FABER'S French Ebony Rulers. 12 and IS inches long. 1269. 12 inches, Square, plain edge 1269. 15 1273. 12 1273- 15 1285. 12 1285. 15 1291. 15 Flat, plain " 1295. 12 " Hexagon, plain edge, 1296. 12 " " copper " 6.15 1296. 15 " " " " 7.30 1297. 12 " Round, 2.50 Rulers on Cards. No. Per dozen cards 9630. 4 Hexagon Rulers, assorted sizes, black polished, brass edges, 8, 12, 15 and 18 inches, $11.50 1610. 3 Flat Rulers, assorted sizes, natural polished, brass edge, 12, 15 and 18 inches, 5.80 A. W. FABER'S Engineer's Scale. 1740. Engineer's Scale, in boxwood, flat shape, natural polished, 12^" inches long, giving four different scales $6.oc Each Scale is supplied in a card-board case. A. W. FABER'S MANUFACTORY ESTABLISHED 1761. |