History of Publishing
Trade Catalogue, Sundries and Notions, General Store, Marketing and Promotion
Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke Co., c1930. 36pp. wraps. A pun by the owner titles the catalog a "dummy" salesman. The inside cover includes "Our Policy" First - To be Reliable, always. Second - Good Service. It's to our mutual advantage. Third - Dependable Merchandise, at one printed price. An.....
Price: $55.00
![Item #24013200 [Advertising Broadside] Color Broadside promoting the “Christmas World”, Three...](https://eclectibles.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/24013200.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1671717860)
Advertising Broadside, New York World
New York: The New York World, 1906. 11 ½” x 17 3/8” color broadside with illustration of anthropomorphic elephant as Santa Claus. Promotes feature articles “Christmas with the Poor and Christmas with the Rich”, “Santa Claus Held up in Hogan’s Alley”, cartoon by Geo. B. Luks and “The Merry (?).....
Price: $325.00
printer, printing, printer samples. dairy, advertising, advertisement
New York: McTee & Co Inc, 1929. The Advertising Campaign Portfolio was produced by McTee & Company Inc for Glendale Milk in 1929. McTee & Company was New York based advertising firm run by John Bevans, a novelist poet and advertising man, who produced ads that both “that tell your.....
Price: $225.00
song sheet
England: A.T. Stevens. Westminster for Flying Fame, London. Broadside measures 11 1/2" x 6" and features the image of a dog at the top and man at the bottom. A story of the Fiddler from the viewpoint of his dog. Top of page states "Price-Twopence, plain. Fourpence, coloured." no date.....
Price: $35.00
![Item #22000773 [Broadside:] The Perpetual Almanack, or Gentleman's Prayer Book With Color Queen...](https://eclectibles.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/22000773_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1671718444)
Humor, Gambling, Playing Cards,
Spitalfields [London]: Taylor. A moralistic tale disguised as a humorous tale about a soldier caught playing cards in church, only to be caught by his superior; in order to evade punishment, the soldier spins a story about how each playing card teaches him a different bible story. Single leaf (11".....
Price: $550.00
Currency,U.S. Currency,Economics,Private Currency,Cryptocurrency
United States: Marine Bank and Allis Brown's Bank, Early 19th-century. Four (4) examples of bills issued by private banks as currency, including two five-dollar bills ("Allis Brown's Bank") and two two-dollar bills ("Marine Bank"). Before the Civil War, it was not unusual for banks to issue their own currency for.....
Price: $125.00
publishing] [Harding Paper Co]
Franklin, Ohio: The Editor Publishing Co., May, 1895. Magazine with cover, loose paper notification inserted and 1/3 sheet "special notice" attached to first page of magazine,magazine includes Volume I, no. 5, pp 66-80. The editor consists of a variety of materials, published monthly the first few and end few pages.....
Price: $65.00
Bibles] [religion
Springfield: G. & C. Merriam, 1844. 1115 pp, 856 for the Old Testament and 259 for the New Testament. Red gilt and blind stamped hard cover, illustrations and 6 plates (2 of which are frontispieces for each testament), three chambers on spine, gilt stamp of praying woman on front and.....
Price: $80.00
Illustrated Letterhead, Frankford Philadelphia, Label Printing Lithographer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: David Heston & Sons Label Printers and Lithographers, 1887. Artistic print design letterhead for Label Printer and Lithographers. Inset promotes Folding (round) Paper Boxes. Handwritten letter on illustrated company letterhead of David Heston & Sons Label Printers and Lithographers of Philadelphia, "Manufacturers of Druggists' Labels, Folding Paper Boxes.....
Price: $100.00
Mt. Washington, Tip Top House, engraving, lettersheet, hotel, observatory, New Hampshire
South Hadley, MA: Carew Manufacturing Company, July 28, 1857. An unused lettersheet which features a detailed engraving of the of the Tip Top House, a famous hotel found at the summit of Mt. Washington, in Sargent's Purchase, NH. The engraving shows an active hotel with numerous men on horses and.....
Price: $85.00
advertising, book publishing, C. Lovat Fraser
London: The First Edition Club, ca. 1921. 4 pp. Stiff Wrapper. 9 1/2" x 6" booklet written by John Drinkwater in 1921 on the life of Claud Lovat Fraser. Cover states "The Beggar' Opera Costumes and designs by C.L.F. Printed for private circulation" Also includes 6 3/4" x 4 3/4".....
Price: $75.00
magazine, periodical, printing, typographic, font, decorative border, printing press
New York: James Conner's Son Publishers, October 1870. A magazine meant for professional or enthusiasts who were devoted to the typographic arts. This particular volume was printed in October 1870, and is Volume 5, No. 4. The front cover of this issue is an advertisement for Printer's Cards sold by.....
Price: $100.00
humor, printing & publishing, guest log, Frederic W. Goudy
Pittsburgh, PA: Edward H. Stuart, 21-Dec-20. A tongue-in-cheek guest log for a 'Typothetae Dinner' at the Chatham Tavern in Pittsburgh, PA. The dinner was a "Ye Gathering of ye Kindred Spirits to pay homage to a fellow craftsman, Frederick [sic] W. Goudy, at ye Typothetae Dinner". Goudy (1865-1947) was an.....
Price: $125.00
Publishing History, Isaac Wilcox
Providence RI: Isaac Wilcox, [1840s]. A copybook cover printed by Isaac Wilcox, Bookseller and Bookbinder, NO. 5 Market Square, Providence, RI. Cover illustration is an allegorical shield with with an anchor and "Hope" floating on the sea. Multiplication Table on the back cover portion. The reverse is blank. Measure 8.....
Price: $100.00
penmanship, alphabet, music, religion, folk songs, sermons, ABC, copy book, South Carolina
Philadelphia, PA: B. H. Rand, 1855. A copy book, apart of B. H. Rand's series, "Introduction to Penmanship". This copy book is full of practice penmanship, both in regards to letters of the alphabet and signatures. These exercises are often on the margins of the pages, or over top of.....
Price: $75.00
lettering, advertising cards
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1930. 75, 65 pp. Blind stamped leatherette flexible cover, gilt lettering on spine, marbled end papers, colored edges, color and black and white images, 2 color fold-outs of color shading and inscription design. Contains two sections; Modern Styles and Spacing and Decorative Ornament. Includes illustrated.....
Price: $65.00
advertising, circular, bookbinding
ca. 1985. Austin, Texas: W. Thomas Taylor, Bookseller, no date. Single-fold sheet measures 10 1/2" x 8 1/2". Front cover has title and author with a 1935 illustration by Astride Maillol from Ovid's L'Art d'aimer. A brief summary on the books written by Elaine Smyth and W. Thomas Taylor along.....
Price: $25.00
magazine, humor, offensive humor.
Hermosa Beach, CA: Scum Publishing Company, 1965-1969. The collection consists of four magazines entitled "Horseshit, the Offensive Review", Numbers 1-4, that were published over the course of several years. It was an independent magazine published by two ex-military brothers, Robert and Thomas Dunker. One the inside cover of the first.....
Price: $350.00
Noah Webster] [G & C Merriam] [dictionaries
Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam, 1947. 106 pp. Subtitle: A Short History of the Original Webster Dictionaries Particular Reference to their First Hundred Years as Publications of G.&C. Merriam Company Springfield, Massachusetts. Gray paper hard cover, black and white illustrations, photographs, portraits, and copied images, title page is two.....
Price: $20.00
prospectus
Boston: Impressions Workshop, Inc., ca. 1965. Prospectus booklet, stamped soft cover with cut out to title page, text with border and stamped image at end of chapter, fold in back cover houses sample lithographs and contact sheet as well as an unused order form. The booklet explains the contents and.....
Price: $35.00
advertising, book publishers, circulars
Covelo, CA: Carolyn and James Robertson, 1984. A folded sheet measuring 12" x 9 3/4" with a 10 1/4" x 7 1/4" insert to the reader. Also included is the original order card and envelope. Features a woodcut illustration on the front by Karin Wikström. The inside has a description.....
Price: $35.00