Salesman Samples And Ads from Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)

Chicago/Philadelphia: International Publishing Company, 1898. Salesman Sample (Dummy) . Hardcover. Good-. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Charles Dana Gibson, Corwin K. Linson and others. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, this is the salesman sample for the book to be published in 1898. The book contains numerous highlights of the original book was taken to potential… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Edgewood Publishing Co., 1892. Salesman Sample (Dummy) . Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, this is the salesman sample for the book The Treasury of Song, published in 1892. The book contains numerous highlights of the original book and was used by businesses to entice people to… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: John C. Winston & Company, 1897. Salesman Sample (Dummy) . Hardcover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, a unique salesman sample edition containing examples of four different books with the rear board showing the cover board for Historical Stories of American Pioneer Life by J. Fenimore Cooper.… Read more about this item

New York: Wisner Manufacturing Company, 1925. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Softcover, flexible patterned leather binding gilt advertising logo on backside showing the Wisner Manufacturing Company and Peerless Creamery & Dairy Equipment of New York City. Leather is worn along edges and is… Read more about this item

New York: Allen & Willmarth, 1880. Hardcover. Good+. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcovers, three volume matched set: two volumes being the actual title itself in the third book being the matching salesman sample. These books have been together since they were new. All three volumes are the… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Edgewood Publishing Co., 1889. Salesman Sample (Dummy) . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, green cloth boards with gilt text on front and back. This is a salesman sample copy used to record orders and is not the entire book. Book contains samples of… Read more about this item

Naperville, IL: J. L. Nichols & Co., 1898. Salesman Sample (Dummy) . Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, salesman sample book advertising the illustrated version of The Bible Looking Glass. Decorative end pages, front pastedown faded and rear pastedown has a copy of the exterior spine leather… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: W. W. Houston & Co., 1892. Salesman Sample (Dummy) . Hardcover. VG+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, orange cloth boards ornately decorated in black and gilt. This is a 1892 salesmen sample, also known as a dummy book, which was used to pre-order and gave examples of… Read more about this item

Dayton, OH: L. V. Zahn & Co., 1923. Salesman Sample (Dummy) . Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, blue cloth boards with gilt text and paper label to front. Exterior shows some bumps and creases as well as minor soiling. Note: this is a salesman copy… Read more about this item

Nashville, TN: Southwestern Publishing House, 1883. Hardcover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover. This is a salesman sample copy of Well-Springs of Truth, also known as a dummy copy. It contains just a couple selected pages and illustrations from the book itself and was used to attract… Read more about this item

Philadelphia / New York: Hubbard Brothers, 1884. Salesman Sample (Dummy) . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is a salesman sample for the book to be published in 1884. The rear of book contains the ad and approximately 12 pages of order forms, none of which are filled out. Or the… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Davidson Publishing Company, 1946. Hardcover. VG+. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large hardcover, with the foreword reading as follows: This, the 1946 -the fourth annual - edition of THE PAPER YEAR BOOK is the first edition published in a peace-time market. Thus, the book you now have in your hands as the first… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: International Publishing Company, 1896. Salesman Sample (Dummy) . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, salesman copy with the deluxe binding spine example attach to the rear pastedown. Ornately decorated on front and rear boards. Exterior shows some soiling and spotting. This is… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Universal Book and Bible House, 1904. Hardcover. VG+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, blue cloth boards decorated on front and back. This is the salesman sample book, also called a dummy edition, and contains highlights of the book as well as different binding styles and order… Read more about this item