New York, NY, National Blank Books, 1911. 8vo (23.5 x 14.8 cm).liv, 192 pp.; numerous full-colour illustrations. Publisher's full cloth. Spine with gilt title; front board with gilt and black printed panel, gilt armorial company's devise and gilt number (22); rear board with gilt armorial company's device. Printed endpaper; book block with rounded corners and marbled edges.

A rare, excellently preserved catalogue, containing endless variety in pass books, memorandum books, buyers books, manuscript books, miniature blanks, open end memorandum books, scrap books, counter order books, invoice books, printed cash books, letter copying books, trial balance books, etc., as well as luxurious half bound and full bound blank books, all manufactured by a company in the town of Holyoke, Massachusetts |(known for its paper mills), and a sales office in Duane Street, Lower Manhattan. "The National Blank Book Company originally began as a small New York City outfit in 1843 known as the J.G Shaw Company, named for its founder. The company manufactured quality blank book products on a small scale. As a consequence of the 1873 Wall Street panic, Shaw became indebted to Massachusetts papermakers William Whiting of Holyoke and Levi L. Brown of Adams. In 1875 Shaw’s company reorganized in New York, with Whiting and Brown as partners. Shaw withdrew from the firm by 1877, but remained a part of the industry for many years. In 1880 Whiting and Brown officially changed the company’s name to National Blank Book. A year later the factory moved to Cabot Street in Holyoke MA. It was not until 1892 that the main offices also moved to Holyoke." (Holyoke Library online). 1967, National Blank Book merged with Dennison, a similar company to become Dennison-National. In turn (in 1990), Dennison-National merged with Avery. Today, Avery Dennison is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. Catalogue unmarked, clean, the binding excellent, with, after 115 years just a few, very minor signs of handling.