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Circus Glossary
by Beal, George Brinton
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- Reprint
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- 1956
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$277.10
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No Place: George Brinton Beal, 1956. Title page states "Reprinted from THE CALL OF THE CALLIOPE". Fine in red stapled wrappers, 16 pp. OCLC locates only 2 copies, at Syracuse University and the Lilly Library with Madeline Kripke's copy, recently acquired. "Self-published by George Brinton Beal in 1956, this Circus Glossary is one example of the numerous rare materials in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hillbilly Dictionary : An Enlightening Collection of Mountain Expressions
by Weals, Vic (Compiler); Cover by Charles Daniel
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$277.10
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No Place (Gatlinburg, Tenn.): The Author No date, circa 1960. [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] Unpaged, 8 pp. of text in stiff yellow stapled paper wrappers. First Edition, Weals published a revised edition under the title "Hillbilly Dictionary (revised) :an edifying collection of mountain expressions". SCARCE in commerce. Good, wrappers darkend, ragged triangular chips at top… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sheet Music) (Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition) (Seattle-Advertising) The Greater Seattle March and Two-Step
by Heyman, Reba L. (Composer) and
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Printing
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- 1909
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$207.82
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Seattle: Standard Furniture Company, 1909. RARE sheet music composed for the Standard Furniture Company of Seattle, "the largest, finest, exclusive homefurnishing store in America", by Reba L. Heyman as a tribute to the residents of Seattle and the visitors to the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition of 1909. A single copy located online at the Online Archive of California in its… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Cruise Ships) (Titanic) International Mercantile Marine Company Winter Cruises De Luxe to the West Indies - Panama Canal - South America by the White Star Line's Twin Screw S. S. Megantic
by White Star Lines
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- 1924
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$346.38
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New York: International Mercantile Marine Company, 1924. RARE deck plans for the S. S. Megantic, folded five times, 6 3/8" x 9 3/8", opens to 25" x 36". Very Good Plus, a few small holes at folds. The Megantic was built in Ireland and launched on 19 December 1908. . Map. Very Good Plus. 25" x 36". Item Price
CA$346.38
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An Extraordinarily Large Collection of Nearly 40,000 Wine and Spirits Labels from 49 Countries Around the World
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- Used - Fine
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$34,637.50
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Various Places: Various A remarkable collection amassed by a single collector from the 1940s-1970s whose original inventory sheet (included) lists 39,744 labels from 49 countries spanning the globe. The countries with the highest counts include Belgium, 8000+, France, 5100+, Spain, 4400+, and Switzerland, 3500+. The collector sent letters requesting their unused labels to wineries, breweries and distilleries. Consequently, almost… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Beer)( (Advertising) Sheet Music for The Goebel March and Two Step
by Zickel, Harry W.
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Printing
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- 1900
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- Paperback
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$692.75
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Detroit: Compliments of Col. August Goebel /Zickel Brothers Music Publ. , 1900. Musical Score : Printed music : Marches 1 score (3 pages). RARE. Early example of sheet music used for advertising, and a great piece of beer brewing history. Red, black and white lithographic cover art with two black and white photos of The Goebel Brewing Company printed rear… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Broadside) Incantation
by Milosz, Czeslaw; Translated by the Author and Robert Pinsky
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Printing
- Published
- 1983
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- Paperback
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$207.82
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Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1983. Printed as a new year's gift by Peter Koch, printer, at the Black Oak Press. The poem is from "The Separate Notebooks", The Ecco Press, 1983. Near Fine, top right corner small crease. Printed in an unknown number, OCLC locates 9 copies. . First Printing. Single Leaf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 11' x 7… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Prospectus) More Printing for Theater. A Portfolio of Ephemera
by Wilson, Adrian, Designed and Printed by
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Printing
- Published
- 1986
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$277.10
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San Francisco: James Linden, Publisher, 1986. RARE prospectus for the 1986 edition that was limited to only 60 copies of More Printing for Theater. A Portfolio of Ephemera. Fine, as issued, with sales order slip laid in. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) of thick handmade paper measuring 14 3/4" x 20", folded to 14 3/4" x 10" , and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Map Showing Land Grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
by Northern Pacific Railroad Company
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- 1887
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- Paperback
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$1,246.95
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Chicago: Rand McNally & Co./ Matthews, Northrup & Company Engravers & Printers , Buffalo, NY, 1887. Corrected up to Apr. 1, 1887 [inset at upper left]. Single Sheet, Folded, 33 3/4" x 27 1/2" , entire verso contains - "Map showing land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. in eastern Washington and northern Idaho", with inset map… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Missouri Land & Live Stock Co. Have for Sale a Large Amount of Fine Fruit & Agricultural Lands in Stone and Christian Counties MO. At Low Prices and on Easy Terms
by John M. Purdy, Manager
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$969.85
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Neosho. Missouri/ St. Louis : Missouri Land and Live Stock Company/ Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co No date, after 1881, circa mid-1880s to mid-1890s. Single Sheet, Folded, 16 1/2" x 16 3/4" folded 4 times to make a 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" brochure. Verso a single map - "Map of Christian & Stone Counties Missouri" measuring 16 1/2"… Read more about this item Item Price
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(with Over 20 Pieces of Contemporary Ephemera) Japanese Grammar Self-Taught. (in Roman Character.) With Phrases and Idioms
by Weintz, H. J.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1904
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$415.65
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London: E. Marlborough & Co., 1904. Marlborough's Self-Taught Series No. 18. GRAMMAR; Pronunciations, Native Characters. CONVERSATIONS FOR Travel, Society & Daily Life, Trade, Commerce, &c. VOCABULARIES; Money, Weights & Measures. SCARCE First Edition in original red cloth covers, with over 20 pieces of contemporary related ephemera laid in. Very Good, cloth a bit darkened. 184 pages with 20 page publisher's… Read more about this item Item Price
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1870 Arrest Warrant for John Randell, Charged with the Crime of Forgery, SIGNED Twice by James M. Harvey, Governor of Kansas
by Harvey, James M.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Printing
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- 1870
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$692.75
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Topeka, KS: J. F. Cummings, Printer to the State of Kansas , 1870. Dated the fourteenth day of September, 1870. " To the Sheriff of Any County, Kansas: Whereas requisition in due form has been made by the Governor of the State of Illinois of one John Randell a fugitive from justice, who stands charged with the crime of Forgery.… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Automobile - Touring) Officlal Guide to Mexico of the American Automobile Association
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1939
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$692.75
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Washington, D.C.: American Automobile Association , 1939. RARE automobile travel guide, not located at OCLC, not found in online searches. Near Fine, wrappers lightly soiled. 72 pages, maps, large fold-out map of Mexico at rear. spreads to 16 1/2" x 15" is Near Fine with a small corner crease. With 11 routes with maps. Cover reads : "This Official… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Ephemera-Postcards) Greetings from Centennial Exposition Dallas 1836-1936
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1936
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- Paperback
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$69.27
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Dallas: Texas Centennial Exposition, 1936. Accordion-fold postcard packet containing nine sheets with buildings in the Exposition both sides making a total of 18 images, versos of the cover folds with text about the Expo. Very Good, the cards were mailed to Mrs Ida Popkins of Halsted, Kans in 1938 and postmarked with the Texas Centennilal postmark. Light rubbing to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Progress Report 4 for Future Unbounded Science Fiction Show and Convention, July 4-7 1968, with Funcon II Westercon XXII Progress Report 1, September 1968
by Charles A. Crayne; Ken Rudolph; Bruce Pelz; Gail Thompson; Dian Pelz
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- Used - Fine
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- 1968
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- Paperback
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$69.27
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Santa Monica, CA: Future Unboinded Science Fiction Show and Convention, 1968. Two brochures with mailing envelope, the envelope postmarked Sept. 14, 1968 and received by Hank Eichner (Henry M. Eichner, 1909-1971) American medical illustrator, noted Atlantean scholar, and First Fandom member who was friends with Forrest Ackerman, A.E. van Vogt, Ray Bradbury and others. Progress Report 4… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Advertising Card) Second Street and Hill, Looking from the Top of Bryson and Bonebrake Block, Los Angeles, CAL.
by Jersey Coffee series of Photo-Lithographic View Cards
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- Used - Good
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- Paperback
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$138.55
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Dayton, OH: Dayton Spice Mills No date, circa(1888) which was the year the Bryson Bonebreak Block was built in Los Angeles, and the date in ink at bottom margin below photo that someone has added. From the verso: " Handsome, Historical, Instructive. Photo-Lithographic View Cards. One card in each package of Jersey Coffee! ... Jersey Coffee is pure, clean, strong… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Group of Five Catalina, California Tourist Brochures
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Paperback
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$83.13
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Avalon, CA: Santa Catalina Island Co. A goup of five tourist brochuresm no date, circa 1950s, Catalina Welcomes You, Enjoy Sightseeing Tours in Catalina, and Enjoy Undersea Gardens published by Santa Catalina Island Co. ; Hotel El Rancho A Pleasant Memory in Avalon California publ. by the Hotel, and Catalina Welcomes You , no publisher. Near Fine to Fine, Catalina… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Advertising - Trolley Car) Burnett's Vanilla. Since 1847 - Burnett's Extracts Have Meant Full Flavor.
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- Used - Near Fine
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$484.92
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No Place: Burnett's Vanilla 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Burnett's Vanilla. No Date, circa 1920s. Near Fine, printed on stiff cardboard, small stain right margin, 1" tear left edge, light edge wear."A cake or a dessert is 'made' by full flavor." A SCARCE sign with scrumptious imagery of desserts, not found… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Advertising - Trolley Car) The GENUINE ORANGE PEKOE Now Within the Reach of All. One of the Famous Blends of Ridgways Tea "The First Thing You Think Of"
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$554.20
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No Place: Ridgways Tea 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Ridgways Genuine Orange Pekoe Tea. No Date, circa 1920s. Very Good Plus, printed on stiff cardboard, shallow chip along bottom edge, light wear at edges. A SCARCE sign with vivid colors, not found in online searches. Will ship flat, please select… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Advertising - Trolley Car) You'll be Proud of Your Pies if You Make the Crust with CRISCO The Richest Shortening
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- Used - Near Fine
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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CA$554.20
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(Cincinnatti): (The Proctor & Gamble Co.) 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Crisco, copyright number C-104, No Date, circa 1920. Near Fine, printed on stiff cardboard, left corners small chips. A SCARCE sign with tantalizing imagery, not found in online searches. Will ship flat, please select Priority Mail shipping to help defray costs. .… Read more about this item Item Price
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