Prospectus for Subscribers.
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS SCHOOLS FOR ORPHAN & NECESSITOUS CHILDREN
Published by Commercial Travellers Schools, c. 1850.
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3 pages, 255 x 200 mm. steel engraving, old gentle creases. Established in 1847 to "house and educate the children of those in his profession who met an untimely death or became unable to earn their living" it soon outgrew this large house in Wanstead and new premises in Hatch End suitable for 300 children was opened by Prince Albert in 1855. This prospectus can therefore be dated to between those events and invites subscribers to become a Life Governor at a subscription of 10 guineas, annual Governor for 1 guinea, or Vice-President for 50 guineas, each of which would have the privilege of a certain number of votes when the elections for places took place. Seller Inventory # 42040
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Title: Prospectus for Subscribers.
Publisher: Commercial Travellers Schools, c. 1850.
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Privately printed new editions of Edmund Spenser and Samuel Daniel For the subscribers only. 1876-1880. [Prospectus.] 1876 [LeatherBound]
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Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
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Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1876 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 36 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English. Seller Inventory # LB100153619321
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Printed Prospectus Soliciting Subscribers for "Flesh and Other Stories" by Clement Wood
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New York, New York, 1929
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Seller: Eclectibles, ABAA, Tolland, CT, U.S.A.
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Printed prospectus soliciting subscribers for "Flesh", a collection "of twenty-two short stories, each with a definite leaning toward the unusual, the exotic, the bizarre, the daring, in the portrayal of sex and its offspring, love" (p.[2]). Markets the author as "the twentieth century heir to Balzac". Privately printed with typography designed by Robert S. Josephy. Edition limited to 525 copies, each with six full-page and numerous in-text illustrations on Navarre paper "bound in full black buckram, with gold figure stamping, and boxed". Lists subscription price as $12.50, and includes a mail-in form for ordering copies at the foot of the last page. There was at least one trade edition, in 1949. Illustrated bifolium (9" by 6") printed on laid paper. Near-fine. Letter folds, offsetting. Seller Inventory # 24008371
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