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1937 Duisy-Steel catalogue
C. Duisberg – Musterbuch 1937 [Sample Catalogue 1937]
Prague: C. Duisberg Stahlwaren-Grosshandlungen, 1937. 4to. 100[1]pp. Original blue cloth, front cover stamped in gilt and silver with the firm's heraldic trademark and "Duisy-Steel" device. Text in Czech and German throughout. Illustrated with hundreds of product photographs and line engravings. Very good condition.
Substantial wholesale catalogue issued by the Prague-based steelware firm C. Duisberg, celebrating over fifty years of operation (1881–1936). The company maintained branches in Prague, Vienna, Solingen, Budapest, and Bucharest, reflecting its role as a major Central European distributor of steel goods. The catalogue presents an exceptionally broad range of merchandise, including pocket knives, scissors, razors, shaving accessories, cutlery, tools, ice skates, roller skates, sporting equipment, household wares, and specialty industrial items marketed under numerous proprietary brands such as Polar, Dux, Herold, Helios, and Mond-Extra.