Sample salesman's dummy for 5 children's books, ca. 1910
Published by George A. Parker in Philadelphia, ca. 1910. Each title has a prospectus and a blank list for subscribers is bound at the front. In Fair to Good condition with some closed edgetears and general grubbiness from heavy handling, chipping to the cloth at the top of the front joint. The Happy Home of Entertainment consisted of 7 books (making its inclusion a sample within a sample); the other titles are: Roosevelt's Trip to Africa by Frederick William Unger, Aunt Charlotte's Easy Steps for Little Feet, Home School for Young Speakers by Laura Augusta Yerkes, and Frolic and Fun for Every One. A fun variety of papers and printing techniques. From a Philadelphia-area publisher, the excerpt from the Etiquette volume includes a 1901 photo of women's field hockey at Bryn Mawr College.