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To Read Catalog 234 1 (Abraham Lincoln) Peoria Bar Association, Peoria, Illinois. ANNUAL LINCOLN MEMORIAL BANQUET, February 14, 1931, Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria, Illinois. Menu. Edward J. Jacob, Printer. 7 pages. Text in green log-theme frame. Guests, George Fitch, 'Abraham Lincoln' (verse), Menu, Extracts from 1854 Peoria Speech, Program, Officers. 9.5 x 6.5", printed wrapper. VG. $15.00 2 (Advertising Juvenile) IN STRANGE LANDS. No date, ca 1900? (12) pages. 5 color images: Zulu, Mongolian, American Indian, Lapp, Egypt; drawings; advertisement on back: Barnard, Sumner & Putnam, Co., Worcester, Mass., Headquarters of Mr. Santa Claus, engraving of storefront. Stapled booklet, 9 x 6.5". Small edge chip, exterior slightly soiled, VG. $35.00 3 (Advertising Juvenile) Armstrong Cork Products Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. AROUND the WORLD with BETTY JANE: A New Quaker Girl Coloring Book. Copyright 1936. (16) pages. Color illustrated: Betty Jane with S.S. Quaker life preserver, mom, children in Holland, Switzerland, Eskimo, Zulu with lawnmower, Japan, Native American, with blanks to color, 6 linoleum designs. Stapled booklet, 10.5 x 7.25". Trifle rubbed, owner name in space provided (Ella Mildred Austin), VG. $15.00 4 (Advertising Juvenile) Greene, Julia, writer & illustrator. The DOLL'S CHRISTMAS PARTY. Presented by Santa Claus at Strawbridge & Clothier's, Philadelphia. No date, ca 1925? (32) pages. Drawings: partying Kewpie, Buddie Featherweight dolls, toys, Santa reading letter. 6 x 4.5", color wrapper. Slightly foxed, VG. $25.00 5 (Advertising Juvenile) Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago, Illinois. MOTHER GOOSE for MODERN MOTHERS. No date, ca 1950? (16) pages. Color illustrated, Libby's Homogenized Carrots can. Stapled booklet, 5 x 6.5". Promoting Libby's Homogenized baby foods. VG. $15.00 6 (Advertising Juvenile) Margaret Landers Randolph, Illustrator, Clinton, New York. The STORY of the HOUSE that JACK BUILT. Cedarine Manufacturing. Company, Clinton, New York, copyright 1894. (8) pages. Color illustrated, Cedarine Furniture Polish billboards, sandwich board, package. Stapled booklet, 8 x 7". Toned, exterior bit rubbed, G. $35.00 7 (Advertising Juvenile) Wells & Richardson Company, Burlington, Vermont. DIAMOND DYE NURSERY RHYMES PICTORIAL. (Promotional verse). No date, ca 1890? (16) pages. Illustrated. 5.25 x 3.25", color printed wrapper, Forbes Co. Boston. Little Mary, Little Boy Blue, Simple Simon, Jack & Jill, Jack Horner, Little Miss Muffet endorse Diamond Dyes. VG. $15.00 8 (Advertising) McLaurin-Jones Company, Brookfield, Massachusetts. SALES OPPORTUNITIES for Printers and Lithographers in PRODUCT STAMPS. Produced by Printers Everywhere using Product-stamp Papers, one of the McLaurin-Jones Gummed Papers. Copyright 1937. (8) pages, 15 sample stamps in glassine sleeve. Black & red. Stylized illustrations: salesman, Uncle Sam mailing letter, woman printing bulletins, business lunch, shipping department, meeting, sheet of stamps, box. Stapled booklet, 11 x 8.5". Short split, VG. $50.00 9 (African-American) Reed, D.E. SAMUEL MORRIS: A Spirit-filled Life. Evangel Booklet 14. The Golden Rule Publishing Co., Albion, Michigan, copyright 1908. 29 pages, 2p publisher lists. 7 x 4.75", portrait, drawing of African village on front. VG. $10.00 10 (African-American) Stroyer, Jacob; Henry K. Oliver, Introduction. MY LIFE in the SOUTH. New & Enlarged Edition. Third Edition. Salem: Salem Observer Book & Job Print, 1885. Copyright 1879. 83 pages. 7.5 x 4.5", printed tan wrapper. Born slave, South Carolina, emancipated, African Methodist Episcopal Church minister, Salem, Massachusetts. Lower margin nibbled, stained, short wrap split, owner pencil name, else G. $50.00 11 (African-American) Washington, Booker T., President, Tuskegee Institute; Emmett J. Scott, Biographical Sketch. The STORY of SLAVERY. Instructor Literature Series 286. F.A. Owen Publishing Co., Dansville, N.Y.; Hall & McCreary, Chicago, copyright, 1913. 31 pages. Halftone portrait. 7.25 x 5", printed wrapper. VG. $15.00 12 (Agricultural Equipment) Empire Manufacturing Company, Quincy, Illinois. EMPIRE STEEL WHEELS, Empire Farmer's Handy Wagon, Empire Logging, House Moving, Gas Engine Trucks, &c. Catalogue No. 20. No date, ca 1911 (testimonials). 44 pages. Illustrated, 8p color: factory, production, wheels, wagons, orchard, logging, house moving trucks, axles. 9.5 x 7", color wrapper. Staples bit rusty, wrap detached, corner nibbled, edge nicks, creases, G. $35.00 13 (Agricultural Equipment) F.E. Myers & Brother, Ashland, Ohio. MYERS SPRAY PUMPS. No. SP 12. No date, ca 1910. 48 pages. Illustrated: wagon mounted, backpack, barrel, hydraulic spray pump outfits, spraying orchards, paint, nozzles, fittings. 9 x 6" folding to 9 x 3", black & gold stamped flexible tan cloth. Minor edge wear, short split, VG. $25.00 14 (Agricultural Equipment) Farm Implement News Company, Chicago, Illinois. The TRACTOR FIELD BOOK with Power Farm Equipment Specifications. 1951. 480 pages. Illustrated, advertisements. 12 x 9", cloth reinforced stiff paper. VG. $25.00 15 (Agricultural Equipment) Farm Implement News Company, Chicago, Illinois. The TRACTOR FIELD BOOK with Power Farm Equipment Specifications. 1958. 424 pages. Illustrated, advertisements. 12 x 9", cloth reinforced stiff paper. VG. $25.00 16 (Agricultural Equipment) Ford Dealers' Service Bureau, Chicago, Illinois. FORD DEALERS' EQUIPMENT DIRECTORY: A Classified Directory of Leading Manufacturers of Special Equipment for the Fordson Tractor, Ford Trucks & Ford Car, Including Agricultural, Industrial, Commercial & Municipal Lines. Volume Six. 1928. 96 pages. Black & red. Illustrated. 10.5 x 7.5", printed tan wrapper. VG. $25.00 17 (Agricultural Equipment) Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan. Reducing costs with a FORDSON. No date, ca 1940? (24) pages. Black & orange. Halftones: Ford Engineering Laboratory, tractor, motor, plowing, cultivating, haying, harvesting, sawmill, power unit. Stapled booklet, 9 x 8". VG. $25.00 18 (Agricultural Equipment) Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan. The FORDSON at WORK. Being tributes to practical merits of Fordson Tractor. Fourth Edition. October 1, 1921. 76 pages. Halftones: Henry Ford, breaking sod, plowing, discing, road work, silo filler, corn husker, grinder, sawmill, hauling logs, threshing, spraying, pumping water. 9 x 6", color wrapper. Mostly marginal damping, few leaves damaged, inner sheet pulled, fair. $15.00 19 (Agricultural Equipment) International Harvester Company of America, Chicago, Illinois. McCORMICK-DEERING HAMMER and ROUGHAGE MILLS, Corn Shellers, Feed Grinders. (Catalog). No date, ca 1940? 31 pages, mailback card. Black & yellow. Halftones: double-page corn sheller, equipment, parts, details, farm work. Stapled booklet, 10.75 x 8.25". Rubbed, VG. $25.00 20 (Agricultural Equipment) International Harvester Company of America, Chicago, Illinois. STERLING THRESHERS. (Catalog). No date, ca 1920? 24 pages. Halftones: 5 models, cylinder, concaves, apron, shakers, sieves, wind regulator, axles, wheels, engines. 9.75 x 7.5", color wrapper. Lacking lower wrap, 2 gutter-margin punched holes, G. $25.00 21 (Agricultural Equipment) International Harvester Company of America, Chicago, Illinois. INTERNATIONAL HAY PRESSES. (Catalog). No date, ca 1920? 24 pages. Halftones: haying, stacking, trucking, loading into box car, presses, engine, details. 9.75 x 7.5.", color wrapper. 2 punched holes through gutter margin, else VG. $35.00 22 (Agricultural Equipment) International Harvester Company of America, Chicago, Illinois. INTERNATIONAL HAY PRESSES. (Catalog). No date, ca 1920? 24 pages. Halftones: haying, stacking, loading into box car, presses, engine, details. 9.75 x 7.5.", color wrapper. 3 punched holes through gutter margin, starting along fold, else VG. $35.00 23 (Agricultural Equipment) International Harvester Company of America, Chicago, Illinois. KEYSTONE HAYING MACHINES. (Catalog). December, 1922 (printer code). 32 pages. Halftones: rakes, loaders, tedders, stackers, presses, details, haying. Grey & pink decorations. 9.75 x 7.5.", color wrapper. Corner damped, marginal damage, else G. $20.00 24 (Agricultural Equipment) International Harvester Company of America, Chicago, Illinois. IHC SPRAYING OUTFITS: Water-cooled, Hopper-cooled, Air-cooled, Built in 1-H.P. & 2-H.P. Sizes to Operate on Gasoline or Alcohol. (Catalog). June 1913 (rubberstamp). 16 pages. Halftones: spraying outfits, wagons, spraying orchards. Fungicide & insecticide formulas. 9.85 x 7.5", color wrapper. VG. $25.00 25 (Agricultural Equipment) International Harvester Company of America, Chicago, Illinois. McCORMICK CORN MACHINES. (Catalog). June, 1924 (printer code). 32 pages. Halftones: binder, cutter, knotter, carrier, attachment, loader, husker & shredder, pickers, details. 9.75 x 7.5", color wrapper. Mostly marginal foredge damp damage, lower wrap torn, rubbed, 3 holes punched through gutter margin, G. $20.00 26 (Agricultural Equipment) International Harvester Company of America, Chicago, Illinois. INTERNATIONAL FEED GRINDER. (Catalog). October, 1919 (printer code). 16 pages. Halftones: 3 models, parts, accessories, wagon elevator, sacking elevator, corn machines, engine, tractors. 9.75 x 7.5", color wrapper. 3 punched holes through gutter margin, VG. $25.00 27 (Agricultural Equipment) International Harvester Company of America, Chicago, Illinois. OSBORNE TILLAGE IMPLEMENTS. (Catalog). No date, ca 1920? 24 pages. Halftones: harrow & cultivator models, details, parts. 9.75 x 7.5", color wrapper. Rubbed, soiled, short edge tear, G. $25.00
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