WOLVERHAMPTON CORRUGATED IRON COMPANY.  ROBERTSON PROTECTED METAL FOR ROOFING, WALLS, AND PARTITIONS OF BUILDINGS. CATALOGUE NO. 105.

 

TRADE CATALOGUE)  WOLVERHAMPTON CORRUGATED IRON COMPANY.  ROBERTSON PROTECTED METAL FOR ROOFING, WALLS, AND PARTITIONS OF BUILDINGS. CATALOGUE NO. 105.                                                             

Cheshire, [UK]: Mersey Iron Works, Ellesmere Port, 1926. 4to. Printed wrappers. 20 pages.

Rare English building trade catalogue.  While OCLC does record this title in one copy, it is an American publication for H.H. Robertson Company out of Pittsburgh.  Robertson Protected Metal was first put on the market in 1905 and had been constantly improved.  The text explains the product fully and good sharp halftones show industrial building in England and Scotland (coal bunker, airship shed, collieries, omnibus garage, rugby grandstand); Surabaya (warehouse); Hong Kong (dock building); other buildings in Nigeria, Port Sudan, Oakland, California, Baltimore, Maryland, etc.  A list at the end gives major clients from all over the world including three in New Zealand and one in South Australia.  Centerfold leaf loose of the staples, else very good.

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