UBER RARE 1882 SUBSCRIPTION SALESMAN’S COPY! CIVIL WAR “BULLET AND SHELL SEE ALL

Description: VERY RARE 1882 SUBSCRIPTION SALESMAN’S COPY! CIVIL WAR “BULLET AND SHELL” SEE/READ ALL! RARE AS HENS TEETH- THIS IS AN ORIGINAL DOOR TO DOOR SALESMAN’S COPY- BY: FRANKLIN PRESS, RAND AVERY OF BOSTON SUBSCRIPTION PUBLISHERS- 1ST EDITION PRE-SALE OF SEPTEMBER 1882. “BULLET AND SHELL” BY GEO. F. WILLIAMS, ILLUSTRATIONS BY EDWIN FORBES, PICTORIAL CIVIL WAR CORRESPONDENT- FROM HIS SKETCHES AMONG THE ACTUAL SCENES- FASCINATING ASPECTS OF THIS SALESMAN COPY ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. OPENING PAGES; SAMPLES OF PRINTED TYPE FOR POTENTIAL NAMED OWNERS LIBRARY’S- ONE IN INK- ONE IN PASTED FORM- WITH DIFFERENT NAMES- FOR POTENTIAL BUYERS TO CHOOSE FROM (PAY MORE FOR). THIS BOOK IS NOT FROM THE FICTITIOUS NAMES SEEN. 2. THERE IS NO CHAPTER TWO IN THIS SALESMAN’S SAMPLE! DONE INTENTIONALLY SO THAT POTENTIAL BUYERS SIMPLY COULDN’T READ THE BOOK IN FULL WHILE HOLDING THE BOOK OVERNIGHT (!) 3. THE BACK OF THE BOOK FEATURES BOUND PAGES FOR THE SALESMAN TO TRACK HIS SALES AND TO WRITE DOWN OVERNIGHT VIEWERS OF THE BOOK. HIS NOTES ON POTMNETIAL BUYERS ARE HILARIOUS- HANDWRITTEN- “DEAD BEAT” ETC. 4. THE FINAL BACK FACE OF BOOK- ON THE INTERIOR FEATURES AN ADDITIONAL CHOICE FOR BUYERS-A BLUE LEATHER COVER AND GOLD LEAF AS OPPOSED TO THE “STANDARD” RED LEATHER- AT AN ADDITIONAL FEE. 5. ON PAGE 238, THE SALESMAN HAD THREE CARDS FEATURING SOME OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BOOKS ONE COULD BUY- THESE ARE LEFT IN PLACE FOR YOU- 6. THIS BOOK IS SPECIALLY MADE AND BOUND FOR THE SALESMAN- KNOWING THAT IT WOULD BE HANDLED A GREAT DEAL. 7. THE BOOK REMAINS TIGHT AND FIRM IN ALL- 8. THIS IS A UNIQUE BOOK FOR THE COLLECTOR’S LIBRARY- Book measures: 9x6.5x1 inch- weight 1.5# Est: shipping data- will be plastic sealed and box shipped via media mail. Est: Box: 10x8x4 @ 2.2 pounds- packed.

Price: 155 USD

Location: Grosse Pointe, Michigan

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