[Philadelphia: Philadelphia Game Mfg. Co., 1915]. First edition. Single leaf of letterhead with a printed mimeo letter, approx. 11 x 8.5 inches, with an approx. 7x 6 order form ("1915 Line-Ups Now Ready") and an attached leaflet printed recto and verso (with halftone illus. of the game) measuring approx. 6.25..... More
Boston, June 25, 1877. 2 pages on 1 leaf, approx. 10.5 x 8.25 inches. With the original cover. The business of bourbon in the Gilded Age, a letter on the transfer of notes and sales updates and on getting security from a delinquent New Hampshire customer: "Now in regard to..... More
Hudson, N. Y., February 1876-February 1877. Single lined sheet of letterhead measuring approx. 14 x 8.5 inches, with Chace's account written in legible ink recto and verso and marked as paid in full, March 22, 1877. Per a Columbia County history of 1900, Chace was a Civil War veteran and..... More
Pittsburgh: (Myers, Shinkle, & Co., Printers), 1896. Large 8vo, rebound in stiff wrappers with the original substantial fragments of the worn printed wrappers laid down, with a facsimile long-distance map and a facsimile C.D. & P. telephone ad mounted on the front and rear inside wrappers, 288 pages. An early..... More
(St. Louis: T. Salamonski & Co., 1885). First edition. 12mo, original alligator-texture boards, black lettering, [7], [1] pages. Color fold-out illustrated schematic chart. An ephemeral seven-page introduction to English grammar, with an attractive fold-out illustrated color chart that lays out the relationships of the parts of speech in a wheel..... More
Central Falls, R. I. E. L. Freeman & Co., Printers, [1881]. First edition. Small 8vo, original gilt-printed glazed navy blue wrappers, 44 pages. Illus. Printed slip tipped to the front wrapper, reading in part, "Prices Subject to Change Without Notice . . ." An interesting illustrated trade catalogue, with cuts..... More
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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
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
(Long Beach, California: Glandualar Products Co.), [ca. 1954]. First edition. Unbound folded brochure, 8.5 x 2.75 inches folded (8.5 x 11 unfolded), [4] pages. Illus. An attractive promotional pamphlet. Premature ejaculation cured with the topical application of Dybutol; Vita-Gland supplements for men over 40 available over the counter. Includes both..... More
London, Ontario and Buffalo, N.Y. Spramotor Co., 1908-1909. First edition. Tall 16mo, original pictorial wrappers in red, green, black and yellow, approx. 8.75 x 3.75 inches, 80 pages. Illus. 4-page unbound brochure for the Horse-Power Spramotor laid in. "Let's talk of Worms, Bugs and Parasites, and how to kill them."..... More
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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
Chicago: Wharton Publishing Co., 1930. First edition of this number. Original printed wrappers, 8.63 x 6 inches, saddle-stitched, 20 pages [i.e. 16 pages plus wrappers]. Illustrations. A fugitive trade magazine for mail order get-rich schemes, with ads for various service providers and promotions, correspondence courses (viz. the Lonk Institute of..... More
[New York]: Press of Gutenberg, Faust & Schoffer, 1889. First edition. Original printed stiff red wrappers, 9.63 x 6.88 inches, [9] pages. Frontis, illustrations from comical stock cuts. A wonderful and uncommon jeu d’esprit celebrating an Edison patent legal victory, executed as a pastiche of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”..... More
