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1900?  Two frictographic advertising pamphlets for Wood-Milne, an apparent manufacturer of rubber shoe heels.  "Les Fables de La Fontaine."  $100 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18. 

This is surely one of the more curious…

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1920? Two cards presenting two contrasting stories about Rising Sun Stove Cleaner, manufactured by Morse Brothers in Canton, Massachusetts.  $4 each from an unknown source, April, '22.

The continuity of style is striking between the two…

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1935?  Two frictographic “Image Magique” hidden page slips advertising Sauba syrups to counteract worms and warts.  A child should rub a crayon on the “blank” verso and an image will appear – an image with a hidden item to find.  4⅞” x 3⅞”.  $20 for…

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C.D. Cobb & Bros.. Paperbound. Boston: C.D. Cobb & Bros. Advertising Magazine.

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Le Renard et la Cigogne. Jean de La Fontaine. August Vimar. Paperbound. Paris: Imp. M. Moreau.

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"Nouvelle Machine à Coudre de la Compagnie Singer." "La Cigale et la fourmi." Artist: Firmin ??. Albi, rue Maries, 15. Verso is a calendar of 1912.

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Comic Fables with Morals Advertising Washburn Crosby's Gold Medal Flour. Pamphlet.

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"An Ivory Soap Fable (With apologies to Aesop and Geo. Ade)." Ivory Soap advertisement from The Literary Digest sometime apparently in 1908. Art by Clyde James Newman. 8½" x 11".

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"The Strength of Universal Service." BS advertisement for American Telephone and Telegraph Company. February, 1920. 6½" x 9½".

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Fables for Little Folks. Pamphlet. Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream.

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