Washington, DC: Alonzo O. Bliss Company (Successors to the Dr. Perkins Medical Co.), 1892. Octavo (20cm); machine stitched self-wrappers; 24pp. Light wear to margins, stock uniformly browned due to inferior paper quality, faint damp stain to upper wrapper, else a Very Good example. Early trade catalog issued by the..... More

New York: Asahel Jones, ca. 1850. Square 16mo (11cm.); publisher's pale pink wrappers printed within typographically decorative border; [24]ll. of blank tissue, presumably once interspersed with gold and tin foil. Wrappers soiled, old vertical fold, leaves foxed throughout, else a Very Good example of a rare piece of dental ephemera..... More

Boston: Wright & Ditson, 1911. First Edition. Octavo. 32 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Illustrated wraps. Light rubbing to edges with some minor staining and spotting. Binding sound. Slight marginal stain but otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Scarce trade catalog from the early sporting goods..... More

Providence, RI: Kendall Mfg. Co., ca. 1880-1884. Collection of seventeen (17) chromolithographed trade cards (7.5x11cm or the inverse), some printed on verso, others blank. Stock uniformly toned, a few with faint paper residue or tiny abrasions from having been previously mounted, else a Very Good, bright and sound collection... More

Istanbul, Turkiye: Tannerie Kazlicesme, n.d., ca. 1970s. Quarto (25.5cm); publisher's brown post-bound card wrappers printed in gilt; title page and thirty (30) leaves of stiff black stock to which are mounted twenty-eight gelatin fashion photographs captioned in white ink manuscript. Wrapper margins a bit rubbed, occasional white ink splatters, else..... More

New York: Revlon, Inc., 1962. First Edition. Quarto. Bifolium. Seventeen hair color samples mounted to interior. Light edgewear; punctures from hair mounts to rear; general surface scratching, overall Very Good. This trade catalog includes Revlon's "Predict-A-Mat" chart to interior, indicating how stylists and patrons can change their natural..... More

Philadelphia, PA: Hurlock Bros. Company, Inc., [1940?]. 19 post-bound colored card samples with paper title (8x13 cm). Paper title card rubbed and rough around edges with mild water staining and smudging. Example cards show mild wear and a few with water staining but overall relatively clean. All color names are..... More

Brooklyn, NY: International Trading Company, n.d., ca. 1920s. Octavo (25.5cm.); publisher's blue-grey photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers; 24pp.; illus. throughout, mostly half-tone photographs. Wrappers a bit worn and rather dust-soiled from handling, brief splitting at both spine ends, else Very Good, internally sound. Catalog issued by the rather ghoulish International Trading..... More

New York: J.N. Genin, 1850 [copyright 1848]. Reprint. Small octavo (17cm); publisher's bright green pictorial wrappers; [4],54pp.; illus. throughout, many full-page. Light wear to wrapper margins, tiny loss at bottom fore-edge corner of upper cover with glue stain from removed tape mending, otherwise an excellent, clean and sound example. Very..... More

New York: L.A. Liebs Company, ca. 1915. Collection of seventeen pictorial candy box cellophane wrapper samples, measuring from 24.5x22.5 to 29.5x39.5. Fine condition. Collection of candy box wrappers issued in time for the holidays, all the designs either Thanksgiving or Christmas-related, with repeating motifs of lighted candles, poinsettias..... More

New Cumberland, PA: Midget Card Shop, n.d., ca. 1920s. Small octavo (15.5cm); publisher's brown staplebound embossed card wrappers; [10]ll. stiff brown stock interleaved with tissue guards; thirty-one (31) mounted card samples. Light wear and very brief soil to upper cover, else a Very Good to Near Fine example. Rare..... More

[Portland, ME]: [O.K. Gerrish], n.d. [ca. 1880s]. Collection of seven broadsides, handbills, and pamphlets promoting different strains of fruit on offer by the Portland agent O.K. Gerrish, all but two adorned with woodcut illustrations. Most examples have previous folds and a few small chips, the "Russian Apricot" broadside the most..... More

Scranton, PA: Scranton Lace Company, [1922]. Slim folio (33cm); publisher's grey cord-bound pictorial wrappers; [10]ll. interleaved with printed glassine; seventy-one (71) facsimile lace and miniature bedspread samples. Light wear and some uneven toning to upper cover, one leaf of glassine lightly chipped at fore-edge margin, else a Very Good and..... More