About Sirlampsalot Publications and the Publisher
Historical Lighting Reprints - This series provides collectors and researchers with an array of rare catalogs, other ephemera, and information covering the kerosene lighting era in North America. The series contains three volumes - the Bradley and Hubbard 1883 Lamp Catalogue, a collection of Five Early Victorian kerosene lighting catalogs was published as Volume 2 , and a collection of four catalogs from Adams & Co., George Bassett, Miller, and Pitkin and Brooks comprised Volume 3.
The Publisher - Let me introduce myself - I am David Broughton, a long-time member and Past-President of the Historical Lighting Society of Canada, member of the Rushlight Club, the Aladdin Knights, and the Ephemera Society of America. I have bought and sold on eBay for almost fifteen years as Sirlampsalot (over 2000 successful transactions - click here to link to my eBay feedback).
I have given many seminars at the meetings of the Aladdin Knights, the Historical Lighting Society of Canada, the Rushlight Club, the Ephemera Society of Canada and a number of local historical and community organizations.
I started Sirlampsalot Publications in order to make my kerosene lighting ephemera collection accessible to lighting collectors. As a collector and researcher of both kerosene lighting and related ephemera for the past 30+ years, I have long felt that there should be more good reference material available.
I have three goals for each publication - interesting, significant content , high quality reproduction , and a reasonable price. It is a challenge to achieve all three, particularly with the small numbers of these reprints that I am producing. Traditional book pricing would put the reprint price about 40% higher than my retail price. By selling direct to collectors I hope to make the reprints as affordable as possible. I ask that those who agree with this concept to buy my books and get a friend to buy one as well!
I am always looking for interesting lighting ephemera!
Thanks for your support - David Broughton
The Publisher - Let me introduce myself - I am David Broughton, a long-time member and Past-President of the Historical Lighting Society of Canada, member of the Rushlight Club, the Aladdin Knights, and the Ephemera Society of America. I have bought and sold on eBay for almost fifteen years as Sirlampsalot (over 2000 successful transactions - click here to link to my eBay feedback).
I have given many seminars at the meetings of the Aladdin Knights, the Historical Lighting Society of Canada, the Rushlight Club, the Ephemera Society of Canada and a number of local historical and community organizations.
I started Sirlampsalot Publications in order to make my kerosene lighting ephemera collection accessible to lighting collectors. As a collector and researcher of both kerosene lighting and related ephemera for the past 30+ years, I have long felt that there should be more good reference material available.
I have three goals for each publication - interesting, significant content , high quality reproduction , and a reasonable price. It is a challenge to achieve all three, particularly with the small numbers of these reprints that I am producing. Traditional book pricing would put the reprint price about 40% higher than my retail price. By selling direct to collectors I hope to make the reprints as affordable as possible. I ask that those who agree with this concept to buy my books and get a friend to buy one as well!
I am always looking for interesting lighting ephemera!
Thanks for your support - David Broughton
Some of the original catalogs have been carefully restored
This is an original catalog page from the Adams & Company catalog in Volume 3. This catalog and the Bradley and Hubbard catalog, had spent 110+ years in a hot southern US attic.
The reprinted version looks pristine thanks to careful digital restoration. You will need to get a copy of Volume 3 to see the after picture!
The reprinted version looks pristine thanks to careful digital restoration. You will need to get a copy of Volume 3 to see the after picture!
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