Garlock Packing Service. The Garlock Packing Company. Catalogue A-1925

Palmyra, New York. Printer: The Du Bois Press, Rochester, New York. Plates and engravings: The Hurst Engraving Company, Rochester, New York: The Garlock Packing Company, 1925. Full Leatherette. Embossed. Near Fine. A surprisingly handsome catalogue for utility items, with abundant, but limited, color -- yellow, red, orange, mostly. 8vo. 23.5 by 14.5 cm. 176 pp. Leaves are a glossy paper stock. Illustrations, often with some color, on most pages. Frontis photo of the company's plant, with seven additional pages of photos of the company at work. Of the company's services being highlight one might find curious is their "Asbestos Packing Services". Other services include duck and rubber, gasket, valve disk, metal. Binding is a pebbled leatherette, common for the period, with an embossed and gilt centerpiece depicting the company's plant, and its name is embossed atop this board and on the spine, with gilt applied to the vertically rendered name on the spine. The leaves are entirely clean. The only issue, and it is minor, is the presence of a few light fox marks on the edges. (Inventory #: 20007)