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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
Cinedis film agency Christmas parties, 1957-1959 (Collection of original publisher catalogs and handwritten gift lists)
by [Maryse Martres]
France: Various Publishers, 1959. Collection of thirteen French publisher and distributor catalogs, including a small book-shaped calendar, advertising toys, novelties, and home goods. Most are full-color folding brochures. From the archives of Maryse Martres, in original manila envelope with her name on the front in holograph ink. Martres (Martin) was a prolific French actress who was later involved in press relations in France, worked for Cinedis, the notable film agency, and managed much of the...
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$350.00
Deuxieme Tranche, 1960-61 (Original press release folder)
by [Cinedis]
Paris: Cinedis, 1961. Original single-pocket blue folder from French film studio, Cinedis, for the years 1960 to 1961. Distributed to press agencies, film distributors and theaters, this folder is empty but would have contained press release information, like film credits and star biographies, for films credited on the front, here being "Adua et ses compagnes" (Hungry for Love, 1960), "L'amant de cinq jours" (Five Day Lover, 1961), "La ballade du soldat" (Ballad of a Soldier, 1959), "Kapo" (1960), "Les...
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$15.00
"Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco" ad on a Barn Roof.
by [No author noted.]
"Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco" ad on a Barn Roof. Black and white photo with white border. Verso blank. Measures 6 3/4 inches wide by 5 tall. Mild creasing at upper tips. consistent with age and handling (see photos). Photo now housed in a protective clear display sleeve with white cardstock backing board.
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$9.95
Vintage Chinese Advertising Poster-Three Sisters Cigarettes
Poster. Good. No Binding. 20x30 inches [approx.], issued post 1950. Tin end strips.The soft, faded lines, intricate detailing, and the strange proportions of vintage Chinese posters might look strange to contemporary Western designers, especially when the idea of " good advertisement poster design" as taught in design schools has trended towards the minimalist in the past half a century. Pre-War Shanghai posters are as distinct a genre as anything that came out of Europe in the years between...
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$70.00
THE ADVERTISER'S HAND-BOOK. COMPRISING A COMPLETE LIST OF THE NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, AND MAGAZINES PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH POSSESSIONS
by S. M. Pettengill & Co
NY: S. M. Pettengill & Co.. Very Good. 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Contains state-by-state (also territories) listing of all newspapers in the U. S. Giving the city or town in which each was published, the population, name of publication and political affiliation (Democratic, Republican or Independent). Also includes section on Canadian newspapers and a few select international newspapers. The guide also includes lists of religious journals, medical and surgical journals, agricultural...
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$65.00
Advertising Progress: American Business and the Rise of Consumer Marketing
by Laird, Pamela Walker
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. First Edition. Octavo. Green cloth. 479pp. Fine in dust jacket Volume in the Studies in Industry and Society series
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$25.00
They Laughed When I Sat Down: An Informal History of Advertising in Words and Pictures
by Rowsome, Jr., Frank
Bonanza Books, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Fourth printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Cover boards are in good conditon. Binding is tight. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$20.16
Design and Printing For Commerce 1958 and Fifty Advertisements of the Year
by AIGA
New York: AIGA, 1958. First Edition. Quarto. Stapled printed wraps. Illustrated. Fine
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$25.00
The Spot : The Rise of Political Advertising on Television
by Edwin Diamond; Stephen Bates
MIT Press, 1992. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$7.98
Notable Men of New Orleans 1905
by Photo-portraits of Men who made New Orleans Pre-eminent
New Orleans: George Advertising Simms Co., 1905. Book. Illus. by G. Moses & Son, Photographer. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. NOTABLE MEN OF NEW ORLEANS-1905 - an uncommon book of portraits, ...PORTRAITS OF MEN WHO, BY THEIR ABILITY AND ENERGY HAVE LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING CRESCENT CITY PRE-EMINENT IN THE SOUTH AND SET A PACE FOR ADVANCEMENT WHICH MUST PLACE HER IN THE LEAD. Press of George Advertising Simms, Co., New Orleans, 257 pages, 8vo, one portrait of each individual per page. Book is...
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$700.00
I LOVE TO LOVE A MASON" - Three different Masonic promotional posters
Three different Masonic promotional broadside posters:
"I Love to Love a MASON / 'Cause a Mason never tells" - 6¾" x 10". The illustration features a nicely dressed, attractive young woman with her arms around the neck of a mason in work clothes with a trowel and mortar-splattered shirt. A small masonic symbol (Square and Compass with a G) is centered in the text. "1908 by Bergan Publishing Co. 32 Union Sq. N.Y."
"Let's End all the Discontent / Elect a MASON President!" - 6¾" x 10" The... Read more
"I Love to Love a MASON / 'Cause a Mason never tells" - 6¾" x 10". The illustration features a nicely dressed, attractive young woman with her arms around the neck of a mason in work clothes with a trowel and mortar-splattered shirt. A small masonic symbol (Square and Compass with a G) is centered in the text. "1908 by Bergan Publishing Co. 32 Union Sq. N.Y."
"Let's End all the Discontent / Elect a MASON President!" - 6¾" x 10" The... Read more
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$150.00
ASTIR. A Publisher's Life-Story
by Thayer, John Adams
Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, brown cloth covers stamped in red and gilt. xv [1] 302 pages. A nice, bright copy. Thayer came up through the graphic design and advertising side of the the magazine business, and is, in fact, credited with improvements in publication design. He worked for the Boston Journal, The Ladies' Home Journal, and as advertising director at the Delineator. He pulled "Everybody's Magazine" out of a slump, earned a fortune from its...
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$15.00
National Velvet (Concept art sketch for advertisement promoting the film's original release)
by Clarence Brown (director); Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1944. Original preliminary advertising concept art sketch 1944 family drama, winner of two Academy Awards. Executed in graphite on onion skin paper and mounted on to white paper stock. Includes three finished printed ad mat proofs. A single draft of a confident ad with a superlative claim, boasting the studio's "sincere belief" that "National Velvet" is "One of the Finest Pictures [MGM] Ever Made." in their twenty-year production history. 13 x 16 inches....
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$150.00
Unmassing America: Ethnic Media and the New Advertising Marketplace
by Garmer, Amy Korzick
Aspen Institute, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Corner crease on title page. A Report of the Aspen Institute Forum on Diversity and the Media. Explores the changing nature of advertising and the impact that these changes would have. Topics include the rise of niche markets, strategies for emerging multicultural media and more.
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$18.00
What Will They Think Of Next?
by Groves-Raines, Anthony (illust.):
Guinness, Dublin, Ireland no date c. early 1950s . First edition collectable Guinness advertising booklet with humorous inventive drawings, poems and prose.9x6", unpaginated, VG throughout
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£55.00
Montgomery AL Concert Course Lot, 1947 - 1948 Season, Sidney Lanier Auditorium.
by No author noted
Lot of fliers / leaflets / short programs includes: (1) Montgomery Concert Course Announces Season of 1947-48 Four Star Attractions single sheet leaflet (previous owner has made pencil notes indicating days of performances); (2) Montgomery Concert Course and Charles L. Wagner Present IL TROVATORE Italian Opera in Four Acts, Eight Scenes; (3) Montgomery Concert Course Presents New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Under the Direction of Eugene Ormandy; (4) Montgomery Concert Course and Charles L....
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$14.00
(Advertisement) Crisco: 3 Sure Ways to a Man's Heart
by Crisco Products 1945
1945. (Advertisement) Crisco: 3 Sure Ways to a Man's Heart by Crisco Products 1945, full color illustration, Ladies' Home Journal.
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$2.80
Hal Roach archive of letters relating to the promotion of "Topper" (1937)
by Hal Roach (producer); George Hurrell (photographer); Constance Bennett, Cary Grant (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1937. Small archive of letters from the Hal Roach Studios archive, all relating to the promotion of the 1937 film. 11 letters in all, dated throughout 1937. Very nice content, 3 of which are address to the Hal Roach Studios, having to do with the promotion of Constance Bennett in the film. Noteworthy among these are letters from George Hurrell (regarding his photographs of Miss Bennett), radio personality Terry Donovan, and Lord & Thomas advertising. The remaining 8 letters are all office...
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$150.00
Quality Plumbing and Heating Supplies [cover Reads: Make Your House a Home with KAROL Modern Plumbing and Heating Equipment
by B. Karol & Sons Co
Chicago; (1931): B. Karol & Sons Co, 1931. Quarto. 39p. The art deco style on the front cover shows how the "modern bathroom" can have tiled baths with tubs, and fixtures in a variety of colors as illustrated on p. 4-5 (with the chart for other options on p. 17). In spite of the Depression, there were people prepared to buy the most luxurious and richly colored bathroom fixtures. No copies reported on OCLC though the University of Minnesota has much earlier issues [1905,1913] with the less ornate...
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$50.00
100 Best Posters 1949
Chicago: Outdoor Advertising Asociation of America, Inc. , 1949. Card. Spiral.. Near Fine. Folio, 23.5 by 25 cm. 50 pp. Full of period advertising poster art, three examples per page generally, with a few pages in the rear presenting ten ads per page. The winning ad, awarded to a Ford ad, is shown in color, as are the second and third place awards; the remainder are rendered in black and white. In this edition of this annual, the posters are presented by industry category: automobile, food...
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$175.00
Ogilvy on Advertising
by Ogilvy, David
London: Pan Books, 1983. First British Edition. Very Good. First British edition. (Apparently there was no hardcover issue in the UK.) Signed by David Ogilvy on first page in upper right corner, next to a number of signatures by European businessmen. 224 pp. Stiff wraps. Very Good with foxing to versos of wraps and edges of textblock, small corner bump to back wrap. Thoughts on advertising by perhaps the most famous ad man of the 20th century, the British-born founder of Ogilvy & Mather.
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$800.00
Steinbach Smoker Catalog, Revised expanded edition, 1985
by [STEINBACH, Werner.]
Steinbach GMBH Catalog, revised and expanded edition, printed in Western Germany, 1985. Text in German and in English. Measures 6 1/2" x 5." Richly illustrated with approximately 57 full page color photos of various smokers. Notes and illustrations concerning Steinbach family history. Old sticker removal shadow inside front cover (see photo 2), otherwise very good in the publisher's plastic comb binding.
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$10.95
Advertising: Reflections of a Century
by Holme, Bryan
New York: The Viking Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardback. 324pp. Profusely illustrated. Fine in Fine dust jacket
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$35.00
5 AMERICAN 'ZINES & JOURNALS - Fringe Art & Writings 1981-2008
by Limousine 5 - Journal of Radical Shimming - Decline Of Art - Free Comics - XPOSEUR
Magazine. Good. Printed Wrapper. 1999-2001. (5) ISSUES of 'LIFE SUCKS DIE'-- a 'zine out of Minneapolis with a short run of 8 issues. This 'zine from Minneapolis brims with narratives-- on 'old school' hip-hop music, art & culture/ science-fiction/ love, sex, romance & relationships. Color magazine photos of musicians/ nude guys, gals & erotica/ graffiti-tagged walls/ drawings. One issue has a banner stating 'Life Sucks Die' is 'America's favorite...
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$100.00
Dear Miss Afflerbach – Or, The postman hardly ever rings 11,342 times
by Harris, Miller & Gossage, Howard
Macmillan, New York, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: rings & photograph. dust jacket is robbed on its surface, and has a chip with tear bottom right of the front panel, and the board underneath at that point has been cracked, top edge of textbook tinted dark brown, internally clean, no other damage. An advertisement was posted in the New Yorker, and a record-breaking response had, in this book documents that marvel with the best of the letters sent to the...
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AU$15.02
