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[Fifty distinct books!], 1870

1 box

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Broadside, elephant folio; a whole of 22 lithographic vignettes along the borders, previous folds, shallow tears and minor losses along edges not affecting text. At head of title: "A Grand Combination, unequaled in actractiveness, intensely interesting and highly useful. Agents wanted!" Verso heading: "Valuable standard books represented in the combination prospectus"; lists titles in Biography, Agriculture and Practical, Standard Cook-book, Travel and Adventure, War Books, Medical Book, Humorous Book, Religious, Miscellaneous, T.S. Arthur's Books. These include biographies of Daniel Boone, David Crockett, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and "Heroic Women"; "Diseases of the American Horse" and "The Horse and his Diseases"; "Female Life among the Mormons"; "Our Boys: Rich and racy scenes in army and camplife"; "Ladies' Medical Guide"; and "Southern Matron and New England Bride". Not in OCLC.

Arrangement

Arrangement follows the order of the original Excel inventory.

General

Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros.

Collection History

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Credit this material:

[Fifty distinct books!]; Collection of Ephemera Relating to the Marketing of Books, RBD2, Rare Book Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
Firestone Library (ex)
Boxes P-000074

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