THE 1938 BECKEN BOOK: Annual Wholesale Catalog; "This catalogue is to be sent to recognized retail jewelers only." By Austin N. Clark/A.C. Becken Co. Chicago: A.C. Becken Co., 1938. Original first edition. Illustrated on every page in bright color and in black-and-white. The A.C. Becken Co., with branches in Chicago, Denver and Detroit, continues Otto Young & Co. and C.H. Knights-Thearle Co. An immense, priced, described, illustrated, and detailed catalog that includes large assortments and varieties of watches, clocks, diamonds, jewelry, handbags, purses, novelties, silverware, Knights Templar and Masonic charms, pens, desk sets (including a Mickey Mouse illustrated pen ad.), lighters, vanity sets, silver serving ware, sports figures, tools, household appliances, musical instruments, and more. A decent vintage collectible that is also sound and usable. Intermittent wear to the shelf-edges, corner tips and spine ends, cover rubbed with some soiling, end-papers slightly age-toned with a few small minor soil spots, else sound and about very good in olive green linen with black titles and reverse titles to black panels and with orange rules, lettering and decor to the front and rear covers, and to the spine. Quarto; 786 pages; die-cut thumb-pull leather-tabbed index.
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