Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and EphemeraAdvertising - Business (7 items)
- BEGINNING THE SECOND CENTURY FAIRBANKS, MORSE & COMPANY Chicago Fairbanks, Morse & Company c. 1930185.00Condition for this softcover staple-bound book is very good+ with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, crease mark to pictorial onlay left side.
20 pages with illustrations.Softcover staple-bound book with colour pictorial onlay, size is 8 1/2" x 11".A beautifully produced celebration of Fairbanks, Morse and Company first century in business and what is to come.01522View Full Details
"Fairbanks, Morse and Company was an American manufacturing company in the late 19th and early 20th century. Originally a weighing scale manufacturer, it later diversified into pumps, engines, windmills, coffee grinders, radios, farm tractors, feed mills, locomotives, and industrial supplies until it was purchased by Penn Texas in 1958." [Widipedia] - THE CANADIAN MINING MANUAL80.00
A CONSOLIDATED CATALOGUE OF EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AVAILABLE
TO THE MINING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES OF CANADA WITH STATISTICAL TABLES
AND INDEX FACILITATING PURCHASE
1934 Gardenvale, QC National Business Publications Ltd. (1934)Condition for this book is good+ with some scuffing and smudging to covers, some wear to spine ends and corners.
142 pages with mining stats for the year and many mining related ads.Hardcover book with embossed decorations and titles on front cover and spine, with no dustjacket as issued, size is 9" x 12"The 1934 Canadian Mining Manual (we also have the 1932 edition), this book has some yearly statistics but is mostly made up of mining related business ads from all kinds of companies.00324View Full Details - DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF MECHANICAL LEATHER PACKINGS35.00
THE GARLOCK PACKING COMPANY Palmyra, NY American Leather Belting Assoc. (copyright 1947)Softcover book is in near fine condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
50 pages with illustrations. Softcover book, size is 8 1/2" x 11".American Leather Belting Association handbook of leather packings.00521View Full Details - NEIGHBOURLY NOTES BY JUDITH MAY15.00
October 1953 I.D.A. Druggist 1953Leaflet in near fine condition with some tanning to pages, slight edge wear.
Self-wrappers 4 pages.Leaflet size is 6" x 9".1953 leaflet from IDA Druggist member Karn's Drug Store in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Contains recipes, household hints.00673View Full Details - ROLLAND SKETCH BOOK OF MODERN LETTERHEAD DESIGN VOLUME 2 Montreal Rolland Paper Company Limited no date (ca. 195-?)75.00Book is in fine condition, slipcase shows wear at corners with small chip at corner.
6 pages, with 36 leaves (recto only) of samples. With slipcase.Paper boards with cloth spine, size is 9 1/2" x 11 1/2".Although stated as Volume 2, I can find no record of there being a Volume 1, only Volume 2 on Worldcat. Endpapers contain the statement, “Rolland Paper presents forty-eight original letterhead sketches to help you formulate effective Business Stationery in keeping with modern trends.” With samples of paper and designs.01570View Full Details - ACRES OF GLASS Toronto Eastend Books c. 230.00Condition is near fine, with minor light scratches to covers. 170 pages with photos.Hardcover with glossy pictorial covers, book siz"The story of the Dale Estate and How Brampton became 'The Flower Town of Canada'".00084View Full Details
- PACKAGING PACKING AND SHIPPING235.00
A Record of the Subjects as Developed Through the American Management Association New York Elliot Publishing Company 1936Book is about very good condition with some soiling to covers, small smudge or scuff top right corner of front cover and at the bottom near the spine, a bit of wear and a bit of an indent to the book corners, still a nice copy.
237 pages with photos.Hardcover books, no dustjacket as issued, size is 8 1/4" x 11 3/4".A scarce book from the American Management Association published in 1936 with essays on product packaging design, packing and shipping. Includes a photo section titled "American Management Association Competition for Distinctive Merit in Packaging".01470View Full Details
The essays cover five merchandising subjects, "The Package in Merchandising", "Package Design", "Packaging Materials", "Package Engineering", and "Packing & Shipping".
Essays include, but are not limited to, "The Purpose of the Package"; "Packaging as it Relates to Merchandising and Advertising"; "Point of Sale Advertising - Packaging Fallacies and Fetishes" by William Guyer of the Seagram Distillers Corporation; "Displaying Packages to Sell"; "The Modern Package as a Sales Factor in Food Marketing", "Progress in Merchandising Tests"; "Merchandising Motor Car Parts"; "Reducing Costs Through Package Design"; "Color and Design in Packaging"; "Typography and the Package", "The Plastics Family - Its Relationship to Packaging"; "Standards for Protective Materials"; "Engineering Aspects of Packaging"; "The Purchasing Agent Selects Shipping Containers", and more.
