[canvassing ephemera]
[uncut circular with instruction to canvassers from the American Pictorial Book Establishment / Sears' Pictorial Family Publications]
Private and confidential circular for the new year 1860." (8)pp, uncut. Shallow nibbling at the foredge, faint horizontal creases. Includes a catalog of "Sears' Pictorial Family Publications" and their selling points, plus direct instructions to agents about safely transmitting funds and the schedule of potential profits. 17 Spears titles are listed, with "The Housekeeper's Directory," with large heading, "FOR YOUR WIVES AND DAUGHTERS. Great woodcut.