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[Visiting card salesman's sample book]
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Trade Catalogues Franklin Printing Company 1873
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franklin Printing Company.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sales by sample.
- Visiting cards--Catalogs.
- Visiting cards.
- Visiting cards--Specimens.
- Social stationery.
- Genre:
- Trade catalogs -- Visiting cards.
- Physical Description:
- 100 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
- Other Title:
- Mark Twain's adhesive scrap book
- Place of Publication:
- [New Haven, Conn. : Franklin Printing Company, 1873-1880?]
- Notes:
- Bookplate on front pastedown reads as: Mark Twain's adhesive scrap book. Patented June 24, 1873 by Saml. L. Clemens. Published by Slote, Woodman & Co., 119 & 121 William St. New York. Directions: use but little moisture and only on the gummed lines. Press the scrap on without wetting it.
- Publication information from one of the cards on p. 61.
- Includes views of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition buildings, 1876.
- Cards featuring President U.S. Grant and General William T. Sherman and one making reference to "Happy New Year 1875" and "Happy New Year 1880."
- Binding: Half bound in black cloth and marbled papers; spine with gilt title.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy housed in protective box.
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