An exceptional salesman's sample volume of works issued by George Parker of Philadelphia, each containing the full publisher's cover, spine strip, and sample chapters and illustrations. One of the most charming sample books we have handled, and quite unique as a sort of self-contained catalogue.
Howard-Smith, Logan [Ed]. The Happy Home. A Library of Entertainment Instruction and Amusement. Embracing Instructive Books in One Volume. Book I. Fireside Gems from Our Popular Poets Chronologically Arranged from Shakespeare to the Present Time. Book II. The Model Speaker and Reciter Illustrated by Poses, Costumed Characters, Acting Scenes, Etc. Book III. Games, Amusements and Sports for Indoor and Out. Special Drawings and Diagrams. Book IV. The Songs We Love to Sing with Engravings of Musical Subjects. Book V. The Home Book of Etiquette with Special Illustrations. Book VI. Wonderful and Remarkable Things and Facts with Engravings of Principal Buildings and Scenes of the Earth. Book VII. Biography and Anecdote of the Great with Portraits of the Rulers and Noted Personages of Our Time. Edited by Logan Howard-Smith. Richly Embellished with Over 100 Duograph and Half-Tone Engravings. Philadelphia. George A. Parker. c.1909. Variously Paginated.
A very good copy, bound in cloth, generally solid, with pages that are a bit rubbed and bumped.
