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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. MONUMENTAL 1914 BIRMINGHAM BRASSFOUNDRY ARCHIVE - ARCHIVAL 592-PAGE CATALOGUE IN ORIGINAL SAGE GREEN CLOTH - ENCLOSED 1921 LUDLOW IRONMONGER CORRESPONDENCE LETTER: COLLATION: Thick Quarto (4to, approx. 28cm x 22cm). pp. lii, 592. Bound in the publisher's original heavy sage green trade cloth boards, upper cover and spine blind-stamped and highlighted with a circular gilt corporate motif bearing the 'MAP' brand emblem. Illustrated endpapers and pastedowns, front pastedown hosting a neat contemporary trade date inscription of 'July 1919'. Densely packed with hundreds of full-page and text-embedded illustrative plates displaying Edwardian architectural ironmongery, latches, hooks, locks, handles, and furnishing fittings. Enclosed loosely within is an exceptional, original typewritten business letter on official corporate letterhead from May & Padmore Ltd, dated March 4th, 1921, sent from their Wharfdale Road Works in Tyseley, Birmingham. Letter is directly addressed to 'Messrs Heber Rickard & Son, Ludlow', detailing custom manufacturing specifications for Oxydated silver lever lock handles. No ISBN issued.CONDITION & ATTRIBUTES: A completely solid, flat, and structurally sound copy presenting in honest Good Plus (Good+) condition overall. A genuine working copy from a historic Shropshire estate office; the sage green cloth covers exhibit general age-appropriate wear, shelf-dusting, and distinct rubbing to the joints and bumped outer extremities, though the gilt branding emblems remain clear and visible. Noted structural point: interior reveals a notable strain to the upper hinge with the underlying binding webbing showing, though the text block remains entirely secure, unwarped, and flat. Internal text blocks, product plates, and descriptions remain in very good, beautifully bright, and fresh condition throughout. The accompanying March 1921 letter is beautifully preserved, clean, and entirely legible. An extraordinary, museum-grade industrial survival with flawless local provenance.…