Verlag: Union Publishing House, Chicago, 1898
Anbieter: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, USA
Erstausgabe
Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 8vo, The edge of the leather is somewhat serrated with two cushioned pads beneath it. An unused Salesman's Sample Book. The inside rear cover has a sample of the deluxe binding for this work. "Alligator Grained Leather, Cushioned Lids, with gilt edges, 3.75 ". Photogravures.
Verlag: Douglass Bros, Philadelphia, 1882
Anbieter: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, USA
Erstausgabe
First Edition. Salesman's sample-book, also known as a canvassing book or salesman's "dummy," reproducing only a portion of the text and illustrations. 12mo (20cm). Publisher's red gilt-pictorial cloth, irregularly paginated; text illus. Red spine sample stamped in gilt and black on rear board; alternate blue cloth binding sample laid down inside rear board. A tight, clean example with some mild external rubbing; a few pencil notations to contents pages, correcting chapter titles; advert leaf inserted after text, with followed by 12 ruled blanks at rear for recording orders (unused). Ownership stamp of a "W.A. Wagner" to front endpapers.
Verlag: Forget-Me-Not Greetings/American Greetings Corp., Ohio, 1953
Anbieter: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, USA
Zustand: Otherwise very good condition. A large salesman's sample book of "Birthday and Everyday Line of Greeting Cards B-A-L-A-N-C-E-D to give you more sales and profits." Forget-Me-Not Greetings was a division of American Greetings Corp. from 1939-2000. American Greetings started in 1906 as Sapirstein Greeting Card Co. and was not renamed 'American' until 1939. American Greetings has had family in directorial roles since it began in 1906, and is the 2nd largest greeting card company behind Hallmark. Thick, Folio, 13 1/4 x 15 1/2 x 4", Color title page on card, advertisment on verso , contents page with price list ,102pp, with 3 to 8 card samples on every page. Colorful cards mounted on gray card stock bound in a thick red binder, cover detached. Cards in very good condition. One card missing from the first page.