Digitally-enhanced reproductions of historic tile catalogs are available from the Tile Heritage Foundation (THF). Nicely bound, with card stock covers, these are in most cases reproductions of original catalogs in the Tile Heritage archives.
Some catalogs have been loaned to the Foundation for this purpose.

"In color" means that every page is in full color; "with color" means that every page that's in color in the original catalog is in color in the reproduction.

Alhambra Tile Co. (Newport, KY). "Faience Arch Mantels." This is a rare catalog, probably not the company's first as the mantel illustrations begin with No. 30 and go up to No. 54, all with specifications and most with decorative inserts. In addition, there is one page of decorative embossed tiles and four pages of trim shapes. 32 pages, c. 1905 judging from the designs.
New in '06. Price: $25.
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Alhambra Tile Co. (Newport, KY). "Artistic Designs of Mantels." This is also a rare catalog showing mantel illustrations from No. 60 to No. 82, all with specifications and most with decorative inserts. In addition, there are seven pages featuring a wide variety of decorative design tiles including many with Arts & Crafts associations and five pages showing trim shapes and mantel arch details. 38 pages, c. 1915, perhaps earlier. New in '06. Price: $36 with some color.
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American Encaustic Tiling Co. (New York, NY). Artistic Tiles, one of the earliest catalogs produced by the American Encaustic Tiling Co. Ltd., New York, 1902. More than 90 pages with hundreds of the famous dust-pressed, low-relief, decorative tiles that are among the most collectible today. Price: $40 with color.
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American Encaustic Tiling Co. (New York, NY). Ceramic Mosaic Tile Floor Designs (Catalogue A), circa 1900, contains over 60 assembled patterns with borders plus additional borders and separate patterns. An amazing array of design options using both squares and hexagons, even in combination! Price: $75 in color.
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American Encaustic Tiling Co. (New York, NY). Embossed Tiles (Catalogue D), circa 1900, includes mantel facings, panels, friezes, borders, etc. There are hundreds of Victorian tile designs illustrated on these 40 pages. Price: $10.
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American Encaustic Tiling Co. (New York, NY). Tile Design: A Handbook Illustrating Effects Produced by Combining Various Ceramic Materials. Decorative borders and floor patterns are contained in this unique catalog, which includes design specifications and a glossary. 18 pages, 1917. Price: $20 with color.
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American Encaustic Tiling Co. (New York, NY). "Aetcotype Accessories." Here are all the soap dishes, towel bars, and light sconces of the period plus seven marvelous bathroom illustrations that make good use of the fixtures. 28 pages, 1925. Price: $75 in color.
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Associated Tile Manufacturers (Beaver Falls, PA). Architectural Monographs on Tiles and Tilework, No. 1. Ceramics in Architecture, by Rexford Newcomb (1924). Headings: Beginning of the Ceramic Arts, Ceramic Architecture, Babylonia, Egypt, Assyria, Persia, The Saracens as Ceramists, The Ceramists of Spain, Italian Ceramists, Medieval Tiles, Tiles of Delft, Modern English Tiles, Ceramic Art in America. Plus a great map showing the distribution of ceramics at that time. 27 pages. Price: $15 with color.
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Associated Tile Manufacturers (Beaver Falls, PA). Architectural Monographs on Tiles and Tilework, No. 2. Ceramic Architecture in Ancient Egypt, Babylonia and Assyria, by Rexford Newcomb (1924). An examination of ceramic architecture on ancient Egypt, Babylonia and Assyria is provided, accented with maps and several illustrations, some in color. 30 pages. Price: $15 with color.
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Associated Tile Manufacturers (Beaver Falls, PA). Architectural Monographs on Tiles and Tilework, No. 3. The Architectural Ceramics of Persia: Ancient, Medieval and Modern, by Rexford Newcomb (1925). Headings: The Ceramic Art of the Achaemenian Period, The State of Ceramic Art between the Achaemenian and Saracenic Periods, The Ceramic Art of the Saracenic Period, Persian Glazed Tiles, Persian Lustred Tiles, Faience Mosaic, Glazed Relief Tiles, Damascene Ware, Pictorial Tiles, and Tile-Stucco Mosaic. Highlighted with maps, illustrations and colorful ceramic examples. 30 pages. Price: $15 with color.
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Associated Tile Manufacturers (Beaver Falls, PA). Architectural Monographs on Tiles and Tilework, No. 4. Ceramic Art among the Greeks and Romans, by Rexford Newcomb (1926). Headings: Greece, Greek Architecture, Cultural Periods in Grecian Lands, Early Culture in Grecian Lands, Evolution of Greek Construction, Ceramics in Crete, Ceramics in Greece, Ceramics in Greek Architecture, Greek Pavements, Greek Mosaics, Rome Etruscan Ceramics, Roman Architecture, Ceramic Art at Rome, Mosaic Floors, Ceramic Mosaics, Marble Pavements, Roman Wall Decoration. Plus a table of Pre-Hellenic and Hellenic Periods, map and illustrations of ceramics, mosaic floors and pavement pattern examples. 31 pages. Price: $15 with color.
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Associated Tile Manufacturers (Beaver Falls, PA). Architectural Monographs on Tiles and Tilework, No. 5. The Ceramics of Saracenic Syria, Turkey and Egypt, by Rexford Newcomb (1926). Headings: Pre-Saracenic Syria, The Coming of the Saracens, The Saracens in Syria, Syrian Ceramic Art, Damascus Ware, Rakka Ware, Architectural Ceramics in Syria, Ceramic Art in Turkey, Distinguished Examples of Turkish Ceramic Architecture and Ceramic Art in Saracenic Egypt. Plus a Brief Chronology of Saracenic History, maps, photos and colorful floor and wall tiles. 35 pages. Price: $15 with color.
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Associated Tile Manufacturers (New York, NY). Architectural Monographs on Tiles and Tilework, No. 6. Ceramic Decoration in India, by Rexford Newcomb (1928). Headings: Early Culture in India, Indian Pottery, Indian Architectural Types, Early Architectural Ceramics, Coming of the Mohammedans, The Great Mogul Emperors, Saracenic Architecture in India and Saracenic Ceramics in India. Plus photos, illustrations and colorful examples of ornamental tiles and borders. 32 pages. Price: $15 with color.
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Associated Tile Manufacturers (New York, NY). Architectural Monographs on Tiles and Tilework, No. 7. The Decorative Tiles of North Africa, by Rexford Newcomb (1929). Headings: The Coming of the Saracens, Geographical Backgrounds, Moghreb Architecture, North African Ceramics, Moroccan Tiles, Tunisian Tiles and Algerian Ceramics. Plus illustrations of tile mosaic and floor patterns, photos and colorful examples of Tunisian tiles. 32 pages. Price: $15 with color.
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Associated Tile Manufacturers (Beaver Falls, Penna). Casa Bonita: A House of Tiles Built at the Sesqui-Centennial as an Educational Exhibit with an introduction by Rexford Newcomb (1926). The plates in this portfolio furnish illustrations and dimensional details of an exhibit of tilework prepared for the Architectural and Allied Arts Exposition held in connection with the convention of the American Institute of Architects at New York City in 1925. The entire exhibit, and each room in the Casa, is full of suggestive material, and intended to furnish an idea of the limitless, decorative and utilitarian possibilities of tilework. 56 pages. New in '08. Price: $20.
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Associated Tile Manufacturers (New York, NY). Ceramic Mosaic: Standardized Sheets and Patterns. This 32-page catalog illustrates straight and broken joint patterns, hexagons, basket weaves and herringbones as well as borders and trimmers. 1922. Price: $65 in color.
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Associated Tile Manufacturers (Beaver Falls, PA). Glazed Tiles and Trimmers. This is the most comprehensive compilation of tile trim pieces from the period. Includes cross-sectons, three-dimensional and installed illustrations, all titled, numbered and with exact dimensions given. 86 pages, 1921. Price: $20.
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