(Los Angeles: Heidelberg Western Sales Co.), [ca. 1956]. First edition. Original die-cut printed white wrappers bound with heavy thread (12.88 x 10 inches), [36] pages. With mounted illustrations. An attractive trade catalog for the Original Heidelberg Cylinder 21 x 28 with four rollers, designed by J. Chris Smith of Gould-Smith..... More
Bern: Internationale Aussrüstungsgesellschaft für Graphische Kunst A. G., [ca. 1920s]. Original printed wrappers (8.88 x 6 inches), 16 pages, wire stitched. Illustrated throughout. A promotional pamphlet for the Miehle Horizontal automatic press, intended for a Swiss audience. More
![Item #16359 Radway and His Patrons [wrapper title]. Radway's Ready Relief, Dr. Radway, Co](https://bibliophagist.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16359.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1401995483)
New York: Dr. Radway & Co., [ca. 1880]. Likely a later issue of this promotional pamphlet. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 32 pages. Illus. Promotion for Radway's Ready Relief (with its active ingredient sarsaparillian) from a firm established in 1848 by John and Richard G. Radway and carried on by the..... More
New York: The Von Graef Trochee Company, [ca. 1885]. Original pictorial wrappers (5.63 x 4 inches), 32 pages. Illus. “Every schoolboy knows the terrible results of this abominable secret vice, and every observing man has seen about him examples of the results of such lustful excesses.” A characteristic pitch for..... More
Toledo, O. Electro-Chemical Ring Co., [1911]. First edition thus. Unbound brochure, 6 x 3.5 inches, [4] pages. Illus. An attractive little quack promotional pamphlet for a ring purported to draw acid from the blood, here made up entirely of testimonial letters dated 1911 attesting to the efficacy of the ring..... More
Toledo, O. Electro-Chemical Ring Co., 1909. First edition thus. 16mo, original pictorial self-wrappers, 31, [1] pages. Illus. An attractive little quack promotional pamphlet for a ring purported to draw acid from the blood and thus to cure afflictions ranging from diabetes to cancerous tumors to rhinolith—”a stony concretion formed in..... More
Manchester [etc.]: Taylor, Garnett, Evans & Co., Guardian Printing Works, [ca. 1912]. First edition. 8vo (9.75 x 6.5 inches), original decorated brown glazed parchment over beveled boards, 70 pages. Mounted plates included in the pagination. A lovely and elaborate promotional work and specimen for the industrial printing firm, views of..... More
![Item #22107 Advertising Agencies Recommend Unusual Type Faces . . . [wrapper title]. Type...](https://bibliophagist.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/22107.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1756676050)
[Jersey City?]: American Type Founders Company, 1930. Unbound brochure (12 x 9 inches), [4] pages on stiff white stock. Suggesting unusual typefaces to stand out in advertising—in this case, the contemporary Art Deco designs Parisian from Morris F. Benton and Modernistic by Wadsworth A. Parker. More
Boston: American Type Founders Co., 1898. 12mo (8 x 5 inches), original pictorial green cloth, [i]-xx, 1-72, 79-96, 96a-b, 87-128, 128a-d, 129-212, 221-256, 265-300, 305-358, 358a-b, 359-388, 397-478, 477-512, 517-600, 609-946, [2] pages, plus three tipped-in inserts, complete. Illus. A moderately early ATF specimen from the Boston branch, here noted..... More
(Magdeburg: Dornemann & Co., ca. 1930). Original printed wrappers (8.5 x 7.63 inches), 104 pages, yarn hanger. Includes ornaments. An evident export catalog (in German, English, Spanish, and Italian) from longtime Magdeburg brass type foundry, which cast types for use in stamping gilt on book bindings. Without a general title..... More
![Item #18306 The Power of Electro-Magnetism [self-wrapper title]. Vit-o-Net Mfg. Co](https://bibliophagist.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/18306.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1515979536)
Chicago: Vit-o-Net Mfg. Co., 1926. First edition. Slim 8vo, original pictorial self-wrappers, 31, [1] pages. Illus. Detailed promotional pamphlet for Vit-o-Net electric magnetic blanket, with numerous vague promises of improved health and a proven track record; includes some detail on the technology of creating electromagnets. Ink autograph note “1929” at..... More
