Cook & Watkins, Boston; John W. Holt, Farmington PA

Cook & Watkins 1897 No. 4 catalog of Monumental Designs [gravestones & monuments] plus 128 sheets of designs & large leather "briefcase" with 8 polished stone samples

Boston & Farmington: Cook and Watkins, 1895-1903. Hardcover. Catalog from 1897 measures 14 x 11 inches, folio, deep red cloth stamped in gilt, very good, some small scattered abrasions to rear cover. Although the catalog is from Cook & Watkins in Boston, it is stamped John W. Holt, Farmington PA on cover: this was a Fayette County business near present day Nemacolin and Fallingwater. The catalog has 60 sheets of lithograph designs of stone, concrete, granite and marble monuments. In addition there are 128 loose sheets of monumental designs dated from 1895 to 1903: 63 sheets measure 13 x 11; 42 sheets measure 11.75 x 9 and seem to be taken from 1901-1903 issues of "Granite" magazine; 9 sheets measure 12 x 9.5 and are gravure photos, and finally 14 sheets measure 18 x 12 on slightly thicker paper, lithographs in faint gray-blue tone, dated 1895 and featuring monumental designs by Charles H. Gall - whose offices were 127 N. Dearborn St. in Chicago. In addition there is a zipping leather briefcase measuring 15 x 11 x 2 inches holding 8 polished granite samples each of which measures 6 x 4 inches. All in very good condition. A terrific and rare assemblage. Very Good. Item #H22364

Price: $1,500.00