Salesman's dummy. Original blue, red and stamped gilt pictorial cloth, 6x8 1/4 inches, varying pagination, well illustrated with plates (photographs, drawings and chromolithographs of ships ), red leather backstrip on paste-down rear endpaper, includes sample sections in German and Swedish. Hardcover, good to very good. Corners bumped, boards soiled and smudged, spine slightly faded, 3/4 inch brown drop mark on top edge of textblock. Internally, a few thin pen lines of first free front endpaper, previous owner's name and address filled in on presentation page, some of the order blank pages have childish poems, and what are probably the name and addresses of his friends, half of one of these, and a 1 1/2 inch piece of the corner of another are torn out, 1/4 inch brown drop marks on 2 adjoining leaves, a few stray spots of foxing, paper lightly age yellowed, 1/4 inch deep chipping on upper and lower edges of sample backstrip, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Spanish-American War; history; salesman's prospectus; canvassing book; ephemera; traveling salesman.

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Title: (Salesman's Dummy; Sample Copy) History of Our War with Spain, Including Battles on Sea and Land : Containing a Graphic Account of the Destruction of the Battleship "Maine," Dewey's Great Victory At Manila, Sinking of the Spanish Fleet At Santiago, Battles of San Juan and El Caney, Surrender of Santiago, Invasion of Porto Rico, and End of the War : to Which is Added a Full Account of the Conquests of Spain in America, Naval Battles of the United States, Etc. , Etc.
Publisher: J R Jones; Waverly Publishing Co
Publication Date: 1898
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good+

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Nestled in a valley in the Endless Mountains, where the temperature can dip below freezing even in mid-June, sits Frost Pocket Farm. While our harvest of organic produce may be subject to the whims of nature, the crop of books is always a good one. The selection is as varied as the interests of its proprietor. A native of NYC, who dissipated his youth and more mature years in used bookstores and reading, as well as earning degrees in history, biology, banking and counseling plus studying 2 years at the University of Paris, he is constantly acquiring quaint and curious volumes, as well as the more mundane, on every imaginable subject. Low overhead means low prices geared towards the trade and the savvy retail client. To the extent possible, we use recycled packaging material (economy and ecology are both dervied from the same Greek root), and all books are shipped in corrugated cardboard. Every attempt is made to accurately describe the books, including their faults, and everything is completely guaranteed! (Sorry, we are strictly mail order, and due to insurance and other concerns cannot accomodate visitors.) On-line booksellers since 1996; ancient for this business!

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