[Salesman Sample] Little One's Book of ABC's, Beautiful Stories About Children, Cities and Peoples of the Old and New World, Heroes of the Nation

Philadelphia: International Publishing Co, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. A bound collection of four salesman samples of books from the International Publishing Co. About Very Good. Each sample includes the cover design, with the last three also including a spine sample, a prospectus printed on pink paper, and excerpts from the text. Eight leaves of ruled paper serving as order forms are tipped into the back, only seven of which have been filled out for order of the ABC book with all orders going to the same town in Pennslyvania. A unique volume that speaks to a time gone by in American publishing and bookselling history.