Good+. Blue cloth boards, pictorial pastedown of Thomas Edison in his laboratory, deeply embossed in gold and black - marbled edges. VERY RARE - SALESMAN'S SAMPLE BOOK. Pasted onto rear endpaper are samplings of other bindings: 'Lexoderm' and 'Morocco'. The book is filled with sample topic articles and illustrated with photographs and drawings intended to encourage potential buyers to purchase the complete encyclopaedic set. A very unusual book for the specialist in American economics, advertising, and sales techniques of the 19th century. [B27-60-142].

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Bibliographic details

Title: The World's Book of Knowledge and Universal Educator
Author: Columbia Publishing House
Publisher: Columbia Publishing House, Chicago, IL, USA.
Publication year: 1901
Binding: Hardcover

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