London: Printed by A. White & Co. Beautifully designed folding tariff card for the Arundel Hotel located on Victoria Embankment in London. 9.5 x 12 cm (ca. 3.5" x 4.5"), printed in a deep brown ink on pale blue cardstock with decorative gilt borders. The first page lists charges for..... Item #21630
Centralia, IL: Brown's Business College, 1898. Softcover. Very good. Four-page printed circular (11.5" x 8.75") with photographic illustrations, accompanied by a mimeographed letter on Brown's letterhead and original mailing envelope. Folding creases and light handling wear; very good. Brown's Business College was a chain of business colleges located in the..... Item #22932
Softcover. Near fine. A beautifully illustrated premium booklet advertising Tetley's Teas with rather startling tagline (at least to modern sensibilities) -- "Like Good Children, Never Beaten." 5 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches, 8 pp + covers, stapled binding. Chromolithograph covers and 4 full color illustrations (3 with anthropomorphic animals), as..... Item #23100
Very good. A collection of advertising circulars, price lists, and related correspondence from companies selling lumber, shingles, wood flooring, saws, and logging tools. All were sent to Arthur Kimball, owner of a shingle and clapboard mill in East Grafton, New Hampshire, between 1899 and 1903. Includes items from 24 different..... Item #23093
Printed by the Compton Litho. Company, St. Louis. Trade card, 3 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches. Undated, but 1880s. Some light rubbing to image, one tiny corner chip; very good. This uncommon and attractive card invites inquiries "for full and complete information touching on the products of Arkansas, her climate..... Item #21894
San Francisco: San Carlos Park Syndicate. Undated, ca. 1907. Single-page circular, or possibly a removed advertisement, backed on linen. 9 x 6 inches, printed in green and red, illustrated with half-tone photograph of the San Carlos railroad depot. Minor damage to lower left corner; very good. An effusive promotional piece..... Item #21470
Chicago: Wm. J. Moxley, Inc., 1913. Softcover. Very good. 5.5" x 8", [16] pp, illustrated. One crease on front cover, light handling wear; very good. An engaging promotional piece for margarine, intended to convince readers of the product's virtues (sanitary, flavorful, inexpensive) relative to butter. Told in the first-person, it..... Item #22099
Chicago: Chicago Garment Manufacturers' Association, 1916. Softcover. Good. 6" x 9", 80 pp, in color pictorial wrappers. Chipping, creases, light soiling to wraps, internals very good. Interesting and scarce trade show program, with listings for members of the Chicago Garment Manufacturers' Association and displays to be shown, summary of spring..... Item #23360
Very good. Single sheet folded to 4 pages, 9.5" x 6.25", with half-tone photographic illustration on cover. Undated, but 1930s. Old folding creases, minor dust soiling; very good. A scarce promotional circular providing a biography and testimonials for "Chief Ho-To-Pi, our own Indian Caruso, Northern Cheyenne Indian tenor." The text..... Item #22590
Clinton, MA: W.J. Coulter, Printer. Softcover. Good. 5.75" x 3.25", 8 pp including covers. Partial split at spine, soiling to cover and last page; good. An interesting promotional booklet for a cooperative association and store in Clinton, Massachusetts. Undated, but ca. 1878. The text describes the structure and purposes of..... Item #23416
Very good. This rare and charming premium issued by the Portuguese division of Bayer Pharmaceuticals consists of three 4" x 6" color lotto-style cards depicting Bayer products and various characters experiencing sore throats, headaches, toothaches, flu, and similar maladies. Sufferers include a policeman, soldier, sailor, judge, jockey, barber, doctor, fisherman..... Item #23245
London: W.C. Such, Printer and Publisher. Very good. Broadside. Undated, ca. 1922. 25 x 19 cm (ca. 9.75" x 7.5"), on newsprint or similar stock. Old folding creased, closed tear with archival repair on verso; very good. Although this song--a lament for England's poor and unemployed--may have been written as..... Item #21796
Philadelphia: J.H. Johnson. Broadside. Very good. Song sheet, 6 x 9.5 in., with wood engraved vignette of a bearded man (king?) removing the hat of a supplicant, decorative border. Undated, possibly late 1850s. Light foxing. A song descrying the ineffectiveness of Philadelphia's city council and the overzealous use of the..... Item #20742
Advertising handbill, approximately 8.5 x 5.5 inches, illustrated with a wonderful (or not, depending on your point of view) image of "A Flea Magnified." Some staining, old folding creases. Joseph Fusch trademarked his Eureka Insect Exterminator--guaranteed to kill fleas, flies, mosquitoes, bed bugs, ants , moths, lice, and cockroaches without..... Item #21613
Wausau, WI: G.D. Jones Land Co., [1914]. Large folding brochure printed in black and green, with plat map on one side and extensive text on the other. 9"x 5" when folded; unfolds to 18" x 20". Fair to good condition only: rumpled and has staining, small amount of text obscured..... Item #21481
St. Louis: Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. Softcover. Very good. Undated, but ca. 1932. 3 x 6 inches, [6] pp, stapled booklet. Mith minor handling wear, small stain on back cover. Promotes "new lands at low prices" in a region with "a temperate climate wityh long growing seasons, unusually fertile soils..... Item #22030
[Kansas City]: T.J. Green & Co. Undated, likely early 20th century. Four cards measuring approximately 2.5 x 4.5 inches, each advertising a differrent residential development in Kansas City: Eaton Place, Forest Park, Melba Park, and Chesterfield Each card has brief promotional text ("fine residence lots," "magnificent view, every lot 2..... Item #21482
Very good. Four pieces of ephemera offering the goods of Wright, Bro. & Co. of New York, Importers of Watches. Includes a double-sided printed circular letter (4.75" x 8"), a four-panel folding booklet (3" x 4.75") seeking agents and including a list of watches and their prices, a "certificate" (2"..... Item #21647
Softcover. Very good. Group of four vintage catalogues offering gear and clothing for outdoor pursuits, all in very good condition. Includes: 1) ) Dealers Wholesale Camp Supply Co., Spring-Summer 1967. St. Louis, MO. 8.5 x 11 inches, 56 pp. Army and Camp style mess gear, tents, camping knives, life preservers..... Item #22413
Very good. Four photograph albums containing a total of 558 mounted images documenting military training and service in Japan in 1920s and 30s, all in very good condition. Although we acquired these albums together, they appear to have belonged to different people. Most, if not all, were officers. One album..... Item #20997
[Attica, KS]. Broadside, 15 x 21 inches, on newsprint. Folded for mailing, with address, stamp, and postmark (as well as a few unrelated calcultions in pencil) on verso. Very good. Undated, but the list of participants at the bottom puts it in the 1920s. A somewhat unusual Christmas promotion from..... Item #21879
Chicago: Gilbert & Bennett M'f'g Co., 1889. Charming trade card advertising wire netting made primary for poultry yards. 3.25 x 5.25 inches, illustrated with a brightly colored image of a poultry house with clean and spacious netted runs. Mild rippling from old exposure to moisture; good. Detailed text on the..... Item #21877
London, Ontario and Buffalo, NY: Spramotor Co, 1908. Softcover. Near fine. 8.5 x 3.75 inches, 80 pp. Small chip to rear wrapper, else fine. A beautifully illustrated trade catalogue for the Spramotor Company, manufacturers of spray pumps for use in orchards and vineyards. Their equipment, they promise with help "turn..... Item #23238
Very good. Small archive consisting of: a 7.5" x 9.5" sketchbook titled "F.J. Scholz's Own Design Book," containing 38 hand-drawn designs for gravestones on 12 pages; a single 11" x 13 sheet with 9 hand-drawn monument designs by Charles Scholz dated 1885; two original photographs of monuments; six sales cards..... Item #22730
Very good. Small collection of pamphlets, leaflets, brochures produced in the late 1940s by the World League Against Alcoholism of Westerville, Ohio (7 items), and TEM-Press of Washington, DC (7 items), all addressing different aspects of the dangers of drinking alcohol. Length ranges from 2-6 pages; all are in very..... Item #22710
