![Item #2754 [ADVERTISING] Beech-Nut Gum; Famous for fine flavor - Wonderful in chew-y-ness](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2754.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1634833165)
c. 1920's. 25 x 52 cm. Scarce cardboard trolley car sign. Illustration by Frederic Stanley (1892-1967). Two closed tears. Rust stains to edges where it was affixed to sign. More
![Item #4992 [BAKING POWDER] Small Archive of Baking Powder Pamphlets; Ten Baking Powder Pamphlets](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4992.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1775145482)
1899-1935. Staplebound. Are you familiar with the "baking powder wars" that erupted in the late nineteenth century? During this period, baking powder had become a booming industry, with more than a hundred manufacturers competing nationwide. In their efforts to attract home cooks loyal to traditional methods and recipes, these companies..... More
![Item #1368 [FINLAND] [BAKING] [TRADE CATALOG] Kaytannollinen Kondiittoritaito](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1368.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1561403962)
Paperback. Weber, J.M. Erich. Liittyy Suomennoksena Saksankieliseen Loistoteokseen “Pra-Ko-Ku” (Praktische-Konditorei-Kunst) Dresden-Radebeul: Weber, c. 1921. 68 pages. Illustration mounted on cover. Over 600 products for confectionery and bakery operations aimed at Finnish market. More
![Item #3662 [FRENCH] [FASHION] [TRADE CATALOG] A LA PLACE CLICHY; HIVER (Winter) 1891-1892](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3662.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685584955)
Paris: Mouillot, 1891. Staplebound. 56 pages. Copiously illustrated, with prices - this pamphlet presents the assortment of trades and fashion of the times. A growing "ready to wear" branch of consumer goods accessible to a larger population. Includes merchandise for the home. Text in French. Pages lightly toned. More
![Item #4736 [GERMAN] [LIQUOR] Collection of Printed Price Lists, Advertisements, and Handwritten...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4736.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1761679043)
Germany: 1884 - 1898. A compelling collection - Lot includes advertising broadsides for products of spirits, liqueurs and other spirits, essential oils, essences, and non-toxic dyes. A broadside for a factory producing essential oils, essences and chemical products and two lined books of handwritten liqueur, bitter and essence recipes... More
![Item #4615 [PUZZLE] JOIN Jerry's BIRTHDAY CLUB](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4615.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1748381147)
c. 1960. 23 x 15 cm. Unopened jigsaw puzzle featuring the mascot of Jerry's restaurant. Jerry's Restaurants was an American restaurant chain founded by Jerry Lederer. Lederer initially opened the White Tavern restaurant in Kentucky in 1929 and later opened Jerry's in 1946. Very similar to Big Boy restaurants, Jerry's..... More
![Item #1649 [TOBACCO] [LABEL] The Strawberry; Manufactured From The Finest Connecticut Seed Tobacco](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1649.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1556632780)
Loose_leaf. 17 x 13 cm. c. 1900 Color lithograph cigar label. Depicting a pair of mice pulling a carriage with two cigar smoking goblins. F.W. printed on carraige - Fred Wambach, 19th Century cigar maker. Text at tail end of label: Entered According To Act of Congress in The Year..... More
![Item #5027 [EPHEMERA] Map-kins - promotional maps printed on napkins; Five individual Map-kins....](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5027.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1779997911)
Utah: Best Stops Travel Service, 1948-1953. BestOPs, later operating as Best Stops Travel Service, was an American Advertising firm specializing in cartographic ephemera. The company emerged in the immediate postwar period - after World War II (1939-1945) but prior to the mid-1950s expansion of the Interstate Highway System - and..... More
![Item #4676 [BALTIMORE] [LIQUOR] [EPHEMERA] Wines and Liquors Correspondence; Pre-Prohibition...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4676.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1758398371)
Baltimore: Broderick, McRae & Co., 1901. paper. 27 x 20 cm. Broderick, McRae & Co. This Baltimore merchant-bottler company was a classic business model before Prohibition - trading in both everyday and luxury spirits for private collections and connoisseurs. This letter discusses an upcoming business visit to F. W. Eaton..... More
Jersey City, NJ: C.F. MUELLER CO, 1937. Staplebound. 28 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Christian Mueller, a German immigrant living in Jersey City, NJ, started Mueller's Macaroni Products in 1867 by selling his handmade egg noodles via a basket to local residents around town. In 1937, Mueller's published this recipe..... More
Lowell, MA: C.I. HOOD & Co., c. 1900. Staplebound. When the hucksters and grifters led the way in advertising and promoting their wares - this pamphlet is filled with falsehoods but also some "Good Bread" recipes. Laid in: a "Spring" pamphlet for PEOPLE of VERMONT - testimonies of cures from..... More
Los Angeles: California Fruit Growers Exchange, 1937. Staplebound. 48 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. An extensive and beautifully designed pamphlet reporting the healthful aspects of Sunkist Oranges as well as the brand new Sunkist building in Los Angeles. Filled with recipes including salads, drinks, pies, cakes, marmalades, and more. Color..... More
![Item #4689 [DIE CUT] CINZANO CAMPEONATO NACIONAL DE LIGA DE FUTBOL 68/69; LOS BARMEN PREFIEREN -...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4689.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1760133003)
Turin, Italy: Cinzano, 1969. Staplebound. 12.5 x 5 cm. Rare die cut Cinzano Pamphlet featuring the games between Futbol Leagues Division One and Two. Unused. Text in Spanish. Clean copy. More
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Consolidated Milling Co., c. 1895. Wraps. 16 x 8 cm. Folding pamphlet featuring recipes for Bread made from "Natural" Flour. Also contains a recipe for Home Made Yeast using potatoes and hops. The Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company operated about one quarter of the mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at..... More
![Item #4846 [LGBTQ+] Gay & Lesbian RAINBOW Pages AUSTIN 2005-2006. Gay, Lesbian Rainbow Pages](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4846.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1769697774)
Pearland, TX: Gay & Lesbian Rainbow Pages/Mad Clik, Inc., 2006. Second Edition. Paperback. 96 pages. 23 x 15 cm. A comprehensive resource directory for LGBTQ+ services and businesses in the Central Texas region. Illustrated throughout. Interior clean and crisp, covers very lightly rubbed. More
![Item #1668 [STOVES] [TRADE CATALOG] Illustrated Price List of Ships' Galley Ranges, Cabooses,...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1668.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1548707489)
Devonport, England. Staplebound. c. 1900. 24 pages. 22 x 14 cm. A hark back to the golden days of shipbuilding, this fully illustrated pamphlet includes prices and dimensions of their entire inventory. J Gould & Son were one of the many industries/workshops, located in the Royal Navy Yard, specializing in..... More
![Item #4544 [WOMEN] [COSMETICS] Icilma; Preparations for the Toilet. International Icilma Trading...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4544.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1739738901)
London: International Icilma Trading Company Ltd., 1924. Staplebound wraps. 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. 40 pages. This charming color illustrated pamphlet gives us a glimpse into the advertising claims of beauty products in the begining of the 1900s. Illustrated throughout, Icilma was used for the complexion, hair, hands, and..... More
![Item #4490 [LAUNDRY] HINTS FOR THE LAUNDRY and Other Useful Information; ELASTIC STARCH. J. C....](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4490.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1735598741)
Keokuk, Iowa: J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co., 1914. Cards. 16 pages. 15 x 10 cm. This shaped pamphlet brings a sweat to our brow - reading the instructions for washing, starching, ironing, and soil removal reminds us life was a bit harder before the washing machine. After opening a successful..... More
Crowley, Louisiana: Crowley Daily Signal, 1955. Spiral_bound. 194 pages. 28 x 23 cm. Published for the 1955 International Rice Festival, this volume celebrates the rich heritage of Creole cooking influenced by Native American, Spanish, African American, Italian, and Syrian culinary traditions. Abundantly illustrated with period advertisements and an extensive range..... More
![Item #3152 [AGRICULTURE] [MILK] Letter to Mr. Seth Gray. M W. Doten](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3152.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1684239036)
Northfield, ME: September 30, 1908. 1 page, 26.5 x 20.5. This letter to Mr. Seth Gray in Marion, ME is handwritten from M.W. Doten on his professional stationary, which reads "Agent for the Tubular Cream Separators". He is advising on a bill for $4.95 for fertilizer, he will come to..... More
![Item #4991 [BUSINESS] [AGRICULTURE] [PECANS] A Life Income from Yazoo Valley PEDIGREED PECAN...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4991.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1775835304)
St. Louis: R. L. BILES & COMPANY, 1912. Staplebound. 23 pages.31 x 23 cm. Large-format promotional pamphlet issued to promote real estate investment and land development for pecan cultivation. A product of the early twentieth-century pecan boom across the American South, the publication extols the advantages of the Yazoo Valley..... More
![Item #4896 [GERMAN] [ADVERTISING] ROTHES KREUZ MALZ-KAFFEE Illustrated Invoice; (RED CROSS MALT...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4896.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1771709373)
Budapest: ROTHES KREUZ, c. 1910. Loose_leaf. 14 x 9 cm. Vividly illustrated invoice from a German coffee-substitute company. The front features an image of a nurse holding a cup of coffee and the product itself. Coffee substitutes became popular during World War I, when genuine coffee was scarce and costly..... More
![Item #4538 [WHEAT] "I've been through the mill.."; COSTS MORE WORTH IT - Occident Flour....](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4538.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1745356418)
Minneapolis: Russell-Miller Milling Co., c. 1920s. Staplebound. 15 pages. 12.5 x 7.5 cm. Fictional "travelogue" or narrative describing the process of milling through the eyes of two young women from Minneapolis. Russell-Miller Milling Company was established in 1882 by John Russell and Arthur Miller in Valley City, North Dakota, on..... More
Chicago: ARMOUR & COMPANY, 1905. Staplebound. Unpaginated [31pp.] 21.5 x 12 cm. A "Tale" in the manner of Alice in Wonderland - Little Suey Day, a young girl, falls asleep under a big oak tree and is visited in her dreams by talking pigs and "colored gentlemen, dressed up like..... More
New York: Schenley Products Company, 1936. Staplebound. 34 pages. 22 .5 x 10 cm. The House of Schenley - Silver Wedding London Dry Gin, Golden Wedding Straight Whiskies (Rye or Bourbon), Ancient Age Straight Whiskey, Old Schenley Straight Rye Whiskey, and many more. Schenley, organzied in 1920s gained a license..... More