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Contemporary Advertising
by Michael Weigold, Christian Arens William Arens
Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Promise and The Product, 200 Years Of American Advertising Posters
by Victor; Bricta, Ira Margolin
Advertising Books & Ephemera

They Laughed When I Sat Down - an Informal History Of Advertising In Words and Pictures
by Rowsome, Frank Jr

The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 70, Number 5 (November 1936)
by Grosvenor, Gilbert (ed.); Hildebrand, J. R.; Morley, Sylvanus Griswold; Marden, Luis; Herget, H. M.; Rochford, Daniel; Stewart, B. Anthony
Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1936. Softcover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, off-white pages with light reading wear. Wrappers are soiled with handling wear. Contents: Hildebrand, Trains of today - and tomorrow. Morley, Yucatán, home of the gifted Maya. Marden, Today in the feathered serpent's city. Herget, Life and death in ancient Maya land. Rochford, New England ski trails. Stewart, Sport and color amid New England snows. Many advertisements. 10.0" tall.
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$18.00

DESIGN MAGAZINE: SPECIAL REPORT LONDON, SPECIAL REPORT SWEDEN
by Design Magazine
Design was the journal of The Council of Industrial Design (Great Britain) and published from 1949 until 1999.
9 ¾" x 12 ¾"—too large to scan and my apologies for the photo.
This copy, May 1992
Cover
Element from ENO Poster, Design Carroll, Dempsey & Thirkell
Photo Ian DobbieContents
See Table of Contents Scan
82 Pages, Minor wear to the edges of the cover, otherwise Pristine.
9 ¾" x 12 ¾"—too large to scan and my apologies for the photo.
This copy, May 1992
Cover
Element from ENO Poster, Design Carroll, Dempsey & Thirkell
Photo Ian DobbieContents
See Table of Contents Scan
82 Pages, Minor wear to the edges of the cover, otherwise Pristine.
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CA$20.00

'Black Swan. Shipped by Simons & French Co. Inc New York City'. Color barrel label
New York: Stecher Traung Roch Lithograph Co, 1920. Fine. Beautiful large color lithograph circular die cut produce label, featuring a black swan illustration at the center. The swan is seen in profile, paddling through dark blue water with green reeds behind, and white flowering water lilies in the foreground. Black Swan is printed in green all caps with black borders; other text printed in red and blue. The produce purveyor banner and the packed for banners are blank. "Produce of USA - US...
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$175.00
![Champion [VHS]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/179/574/1261574179.0.b.jpg)
Champion [VHS]
Lions Gate. New. VHS Tape. This tape is in color. Ships next day. Item is new and unused, factory sealed.
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$4.00

(Advertising) Moline Plow, Color Three-fold
1893. three-fold lithographic color ad for Moline Plow's Flying Dutchman Sulky Plow ( measuring approximately 8 7/8" x 5 9/16"), planned for the exhibit at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair the beautiful picture shows Chicago in the distance with a farmer in the foreground operating his Sulky Plow, and happy children playing on the other side of the fence. The Flying Dutchman plow had been introduced in 1884 and by 1886 it cornered the market for corn planters. A near fine copy produced by Linard...
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$125.00

Business and Professional Directory of Central Indiana, 1902
Indianapolis: Union Direct Co, 1902. Octavo. . 284 pages. A very scarce Indiana directory covering towns and villages in 19 contiguous counties around Indianapolis with thousands of ads from the items of the era; bicycles and horse-drawn wagons in an age just before the automobile appeared on the scene in Indiana even before 1900. Dr. W.T. McCarthy's full page ad on how he can cure cancer. This informative directory provides an insight into what Indianan's were interested in at the beginning of...
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$125.00

Original promotional folder for a "package" of Notorious (1946) and The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
by Levine, Joseph E. (producer); Alfred Hitchcock, H.C. Potter (directors); Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman (starring)
Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1947. Original 3-color promotional folder advertising a double bill of "Notorious" (1946) and H.C. Potter's "The Farmer's Daughter" (1947). A caricature of producer Joseph E. Levine, the event producer, is shown at the top of the left, and the pairing is billed as the "Next SRO Star-Studded Package." Designed to promote the package to cinema houses in the United States. 9.5 x 13 inches. Bi-fold, with two internal pockets.
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$15.00

Filatelic Facts and Fallacies. Volume IX. Number 10. Whole Number 106.
Publisher's stapled wrappers, octavo, serial pagination 74-79. Wraps are just beginning to separate at foot of spine. A bit creased and toned, but about GOOD and ensconced now by us in a clear protective display sleeve with white card stock backing board.
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$10.45

The Master Race (Archive of concept art sketches for advertisements promoting the film's original release)
by Biberman, Herbert J. (director, screenwriter); George Coulouris, Stanley Ridges, Lloyd Bridges (starring)
Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1944. Collection of six original preliminary advertising concept art sketches for the release of the 1944 anti-Nazi film by a member of the Hollywood Ten. Executed variously in graphite, charcoal, and gouache on onion skin paper, each leaf tipped on to white paper stock at the corners, some with annotations at the margins. Released in September of 1944, after D-Day but before the surrender of the German forces, the text-heavy design that sensationalizes the film's...
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$400.00

"The Canadian Arch. Canada, Britain's Granary. God Save Our King and Queen". Commemorative tissue souvenir
London: Halsted Publishing Co., 1902. Very good condition. A wonderful woodblock color and b&w illustrated souvenir featuring the Canadian Arch, which was erected on the ceremonial route for King Edward VII's coronation in London, saluting the about to be crowned King and advertising Canada as an attractive emigration opportunity. The Arch, a gift from Canada, was decorated with bundles of grain, lit by electric lighting, draped in purple and gold cloth, and positioned in the middle of...
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$375.00

J. C. Booth & Co. Tailors. Handbill
New York, 1847. Very good condition. Illustrated handbill for the New York tailors at 187 Broadway, showing the 3 story facade of the establishment, with a decorated awnings, tailored goods in the shop windows, and pedestrians strolling past. The illustration flanked on both sides with text in a variety of type fonts. Printed on pink paper. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2". Small chip at top edge, not affecting text or image.
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$125.00

Canna Australie. Chocolat Guerin Boutron
by Trade card
France, 1880. Chromolithograph, 2 1/2" x 4". The front shows a large red canna lily to the left, an aborigine crouching at the front, with a weapon, and two emu, one running. The verso of the card has some text on the plant, Canna ou Balisier, and text advertising chocolate below. In French. Overall, a pleasant card. Trove 52049133.
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$35.00

Photographic Jewelry Broadsheet Catalog (Catalog No. 10)
by Shuler, G. A
Boston: The G. A. Shuler Photographic Company, 1900. Unbound. Very good. Bifolium broadsheet. Approximately 15.5" x 19" unfolded. Minor wear: tiny tear on the rear leaf and rubbing along a horizontal storage fold. This attractive large broadsheet catalog features a two-page display of 58 different buttons, pins, cufflinks, chatelains (sic), stick-pins, charms, and lockets offered for sale by the G. A. Shuler Photographic Company of Boston. The catalog also includes information about the...
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$200.00

DESIGN MAGAZINE: INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN, PACKAGING DESIGN
by Design Magazine
Design was the journal of The Council of Industrial Design (Great Britain) and published from 1949 until 1999.
November 1998:
Cover Institutional Identity: Abbey National, Royal Mail, British Council
Contents
- Does Research Work?- Packaging: Supermarket Shelves & Social Values- Dividing Society: Up-Market to the City, Non-Designer to the Public
See Table of Contents Scan8 1/4" x 11 ¾"112 Pages, minor wear to the edges. Otherwise perfect.
November 1998:
Cover Institutional Identity: Abbey National, Royal Mail, British Council
Contents
- Does Research Work?- Packaging: Supermarket Shelves & Social Values- Dividing Society: Up-Market to the City, Non-Designer to the Public
See Table of Contents Scan8 1/4" x 11 ¾"112 Pages, minor wear to the edges. Otherwise perfect.
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CA$20.00
![[American Tobacco Company Manual].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/852/160/1362160852.0.b.jpg)
[American Tobacco Company Manual].
by [Tobacco / Advertising]
(n. p.): [American Tobacco Company], (n. d.). Very Good. Circa 1916, based on the date the book was loaned. 17 cm. iv, 200 pp. Dark brown flexible leather binding, a.e.g. Edgewor, with slight loss to corner of front wrapper and spine head. Ink signatures and date to page stating terms of loan. A scarce guide for division managers and retail salesmen of American Tobacco Company products, providing detailed advice about every aspect of the business they are likely to encounter. Division managers are...
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$175.00

Printing Trades Blue Book. 27th Eastern Edition 1958-59.
by LEWIS, A. F. and Company
Hardcover, small thick octavo, pp. 791. Some entries have illustrations. Pop-up sailboat scene sample die cut from Freedman of New York at page 236 (see photo 5). Very Good and sound in the publisher's blue boards. Dust jacket with a small tear on the fold point of the front flap, otherwise just light wear and ensconced now in a protective sheet of mylar. Note: The first numbered page in the book is page 3. The front cover and the inside front paste-down have text and ads and count as pages 1 and 2....
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$24.95

J. H. Birch. Light Carriages, Harness and Sleighs
by CARRIAGE MONTHLY ENGRAVING & PRINTING HOUSE
Philadelphia: Carriage Monthly Engravings and Printing House. Original poster. Color lithograph. 51.5 x 35 inches. Unusual advertising poster is dated to circa 1891 features light carriages, harnesses and sleighs manufactured by J. H. Birch. Issued by the Carriage Monthly Engraving and Printing House in Philadelphia, PA, the poster shows some of the products manufactured by J. H. Birch in Burlington, N.J. These also include horse clothings, blankets, robes, whips, saddles, bridles, and everything...
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$800.00

Clerical Tailors & Robe Makers
by J. Wippell & Co. Ltd
1922. Clerical Tailors & Robe Makers by J. Wippell & Co. Ltd, circa 1922, advertising brochure, co. established in 18th century, 1 illustration, 4 pages, abridged price list.
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$2.40

Lives of William Benton
by Sidney Hyman
1970-01-08. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May be re-issue. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!
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$179.04

Catalogue; Charles and Co
by Charles and Co
New York City: Charles & Co, 1933. Octavo. 385pp. catalogue filled with food items, fruit olive oils, meat and sea food, cigars and tobacco vegetables, bird feed, wines, toiletries....just about anything you could imagine. Illustrated ads, bound in green art deco designed cloth. Faint damp staining to outer edges of leaves. A very good copy.
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$75.00

Advertising: Reflections of a Century
by Holme, Bryan
New York: The Viking Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Quarto. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards. Illustrated dust jacket. 524 pages. Dust jacket is edge chipped and torn upper spine.
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$25.00

Gejaagdek: Alleen Koffie Hag
by anonymous
Poster. Linen Backed. Image measures 33.25" x 45" (34.5" x 46.25" on linen backing) Dutch coffee poster with flying heart logo. Excellent condition.
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$400.00

Arnold, Cheney & Co. Albumen cabinet card company photograph
by [New Zealand] Hanna, John Robert
Auckland, 1885. A large oblong albumen image of an early American importer of kerosene oil, which was not readily available at the time, to New Zealand. The image depicts 2 large buildings fronting a major street corner. The two story building at the left advertises kerosene oil on the front facade, and the one story warehouse building at the right, which encompasses the entire corner, advertises kauri gum. Three horse drawn carts laden with large boxes are waiting in the street. A further shop sign,...
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$175.00

The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 101, Number 6 (June 1952)
by Grosvenor, Gilbert (ed.); Breed, Jack; Kuhn, Ferdinand; Dresden, Donald William; Locke, Justin; Shor, Jean and Franc; Fletcher, John E
Washington: National Geographic Society, 1952. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Map of Southwest Asia is present. Sound binding, clean and bright interior. Wrappers are yellow and white with wear at top and bottom of spine. ; Contents: Breed, Roaming the West's fantastic four corners. Kuhn, Where Turk and Russian meet. Dresden and Locke, Paris, home town of the world. Shor and Shor, We dwelt in Kashgai tents. Fletcher, Graduation by parachute. ; 10.0" tall.
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$24.00

The Mirror Makers; A History of American Advertising and its Creators
by Fox, Stephen
New York: William Morrow and Company [0-688-02556-1] [1984]. (Hardcover) 383pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Photographs, notes, index. Some rubbing to dust jacket. Locale: United States. (Business, Advertising).
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$26.25