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For the Happy Christmas Time We Come with the Freshest, Daintiest, and Most Instructive Series of Holiday Books !!!, 1900

1 box
Item Number:
45151
Collection Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Dates:
1900
Located In:
Box P-000073
Extent:
1 box
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and German
Scope and Contents

Folio bifolium, (approx. 18" high), the whole dealing with publication details for "4 books: Popular History of the World and Triumphs of the 19th Century; Little Tots' Menageri by John Delius, director of London Zoological Gardens ("the richest, rarest, and most instructive animal alphabet ever devised for the babies"); The Story of Abraham Lincoln or The Journey from the Log Cabin to the White House; and, The Beautifgul Story of Jesus - all with the prerequisite illustrations of binding and illustration. "We want agents and we want them now to sell these high-class, instructive, attractive holiday books..." Together with a 2-page typed letter, dated September 1900, printed from mimeograph solictiing agents and touting the product: "The enclosed circular which fully describes our fall and holiday books for 1900 speaks for itself..." Four detailed paragraphs explain the content of each of the four books in this circular. "We know that these books offer you an extraordinary opportunity for profitable work. All signs point to an enormous book year ... The agent's outfit consists of four prospectuses representing the contents, illustrations, and bindings of the four beautiful books described..."

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

Credit this material:

For the Happy Christmas Time We Come with the Freshest, Daintiest, and Most Instructive Series of Holiday Books !!!; Collection of Ephemera Relating to the Marketing of Books, RBD2, Rare Book Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
Firestone Library (ex)
Boxes P-000073

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Folio bifolium, (approx. 18" high), the whole dealing with publication details for "4 books: Popular History of the World and Triumphs of the 19th Century; Little Tots' Menageri by John Delius, director of London Zoological Gardens ("the richest, rarest, and most instructive animal alphabet ever devised for the babies"); The Story of Abraham Lincoln or The Journey from the Log Cabin to the White House; and, The Beautifgul Story of Jesus - all with the prerequisite illustrations of binding and illustration. "We want agents and we want them now to sell these high-class, instructive, attractive holiday books..." Together with a 2-page typed letter, dated September 1900, printed from mimeograph solictiing agents and touting the product: "The enclosed circular which fully describes our fall and holiday books for 1900 speaks for itself..." Four detailed paragraphs explain the content of each of the four books in this circular. "We know that these books offer you an extraordinary opportunity for profitable work. All signs point to an enormous book year ... The agent's outfit consists of four prospectuses representing the contents, illustrations, and bindings of the four beautiful books described..."

Arrangement

Arrangement follows the order of the original Excel inventory.

General

New York: Eaton & Mains

Collection History

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

Credit this material:

For the Happy Christmas Time We Come with the Freshest, Daintiest, and Most Instructive Series of Holiday Books !!!; Collection of Ephemera Relating to the Marketing of Books, RBD2, Rare Book Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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