Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and EphemeraAdvertising - Transportation (7 items)
- WATCH FOR THIS TRADEMARK TURN SIGNAL (Original Advertising Poster 1920s) Philadelphia TurnSignal Corporation no date (ca. 1920s)265.00Fold marks otherwise near fine.Single sheet size folded open is 17” x 22”.Circa 1920s poster advertising truck turn signals from the TurnSignal Corporation of Philadelphia. Turn signals didn’t become standard on vehicles until 1939, beginning in 1909 many companies started to manufacture them as add-ons to their vehicles. This company, TurnSignal Corporation, designed turn signals to be used on trucks. Scarce.01654View Full Details
- MARK TWAIN BOATS OF DISTINCTION WITH THE FAMOUS V-SONIC HULLS40.00
(1964 SALES BROCHURE) New London, MO Mark Twain Industries, Inc., (1964)Staple-bound brochure in near fine condition with slight edge wear.
16 pages (including covers) with illustrations throughout.Brochure, size is 11" x 8 1/2".Original 1964 sales brochure from the Mark Twain Boat Company.01491View Full Details - BOOKLET OF SAVAGE TIRES HISTORY OF THE RED MAN SERIES San Diego The Spreckels "Savage" Tire Company no date (ca. 1920s)450.00Staple-bound sales brochure in good+ with some wear to corners, slight edge wear, 3 tape repairs (1 to the front 2 to the back not very noticeable), a bit of creasing to the back cover near the spine, slight indent bottom right corner, interior clean.
20 pages with illustrations.Staple-bound brochure, size is 10 1/4" x 13 3/4".In the early 1920s the Spreckels Tire Company created some print ads that were ahead of their time. They claim to have hired a Native American writer to produce the text of the ads, and they may very well have. Even more ahead of their time, Spreckels chose to collect those 18 ads and publish them together in this brochure.01544View Full Details
"The author and illustrator of the historical articles appearing in this series is a full-blooded Indian. Living first, the life of an Apache boy among his own people, he later studied at the white man's universities. He is considered an authority on the history of the Southwest and the legends of the desert tribes, and writes from the view point of the red man as well as with the knowledge of the pale-face; imparting new and entirely different angles to many old and familiar subjects.
"The eighteen articles in the series divide naturally into three main groups --- historical, customs and traditions. The first six deal with the history, and the next six with the customs of the Indians. The last six are on traditions and the author assures us these have never appeared in print before."
Very scarce. - WORLD'S LARGEST INLAND WATER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES LIMITED (Chicago) Canada Steamship Lines Ltd. (1944)150.00Condition for this staple-bound book is very good+ with 3-hole punch on left side, label mark (small) front cover bottom left side, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
40 pages, with photos and colour map in centre. Small 4to. (10 ½” x 8”), pictorial wrappers.Promotional book for the Canada Steamship Lines published in Chicago but containing information mostly on the Canadian operation. Includes coverage on the war effort.01562View Full Details - (Handbill / Circular)175.00
FROM THE HEARSE MANUFACTORY
GEORGE L. BROWNELL - NEW BEDFORD, MASS
FIRST CLASS HEARSE OR UNDERTAKERS' WAGON No date, circa 188-?Condition for this handbill is good only with some chipping to the corners, also small chip to the right side of handbill at middle fold, there are light fold marks, there are
TWO 3 1/2" x 2" pieces of tape on the back that are placed at both sides of the middle fold (see photos), on the reverse of the sheet the names listed on the far right side column just under the tape are worn away, there is also a affixed sheet of paper 9" x 4" with notations printed, typed and in pen (the typed notations have faded for the most part) this affixed part is part of an additional list of patrons for Brownell Hearses. Size is 9" x 12".An original handbill from George L. Brownell New Bedford, Massachusetts, advertising their Hearse Manufactory business with a list of clients on the reverse and an addendum slip affixed listing a few more clients (typed clients have faded but the printed and written list is still very legible). A scarce handbill probably from the 1880s to early 1890s.00544View Full Details - CCM BICYCLES 1933 (Original 1933 CCM Sales Booklet) Weston, ON Canada Cycle & Motor Co., Limited 1933175.00Condition for this booklet is better than very good but not quite near fine with slight wear to corners, small dark spot back cover at bottom of spine.
16 pages (including covers).Booklet size is 6 ¼” x 6 ½”.A lovely scarce booklet from CCM advertising their various styles of bicycles (boys, girls, ladies, delivery bikes). Excellent condition.01602View Full Details - U. S. LONG DISTANCE AUTOMOBILE CO. (Sales Brochure / Booklet) Jersey City, NJ Long Distance Automobiles & Standard Marine Engines (1903)400.00Condition is better than very good but not quite near fine with a few small pen notations on front cover, slight wear to corners.
16 pages with illustrations.Softcover oblong string bound, size is 7" x 4 1/2"."John C. Fremont, DJ Newland and Lewis Nixon founded the company in the early 1900s. The seat was in Jersey City in New Jersey . First came boat motors. In April 1901 the production of automobiles was added. The brand name was Long Distance. CC Riotte was the designer. In November 1901, plans were for ten to twelve vehicles a week. Vehicle production ended in 1903. In early 1904 a reorganization resulted in the Standard Motor Construction Company." (Wikipedia)01476View Full Details
Original, and scarce, brochure/booklet from this short-lived auto maker.
