1938rif. 60314Buffalo NY: Cortes Jewelry Co. 176 Franklin St. 1938. 4to. 32; 8; 2 pp. Catalogue photo-illustrated throughout. Illustrated glossy softcovers in red & black photo cover art slight shelfwear NF copy; w/ confidential price list order form and mailing envelope preserved in original colour-printed mailer 1938 Andrew Jackson 7 ¢ stamp affixed on front of envelope NF set. First edition of this very scarce direct sales jewelry catalogue intended to draw women and men in the pre-World War II era as the U.S. began to emerge from the Great Depression. The Cortes Company operated similar to Avon a panoply of sales people who encouraged them to contact and network with family and friends through jewelry parties to sell the wide range of watches bracelets and semi-precious stone & rhinestone costume jewelry available at cut-rate prices in attractive gift boxes. Cortes b. 1899 was originally a metal worker for Republic Metal Concern in Buffalo who by the mid-1930’s had launched his jewelry factory direct sales force. No copies in Worldcat. Cortes Jewelry Co., 176 Franklin St., paperback

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CORCORAN GROUP MARKETINGBiblio.com

Richard Meier on Prospect Park

rif. 014981New York: Corcoran 2006 A marketing prospectus for Meier's glass condominium building overlook Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Loaded with computer-generated images of the building's interiors and exteriors with references to famous Meier houses. With details on residential fixtures views etc. and a guide to the surrounding neighborhoods and "Your Garden" Prospect Park. No floor plans. A controversial project yet greeted with a yawn when it opened in 2010. First edition. 36 cm; 84 p.; illustrated from photographs computer-generated images map. A fine copy in wrappers. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. New York: Corcoran, 2006 Paperback

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Vick's Monthly Magazine. Vol. IV. With Vick's Floral Guides

1881rif. 0005449Rochester NY: James Vick 1881. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Filled throughout with images including 14 chromolithographs several portraits and a thousand cuts: chromos protected by tissue sheets. Octavo viii 112 304 113-152 305 - 392pp. half morocco marbled boards rehinged. Ex libris Effie L. Shipman probably of Girard Pennsylvania. "With pleasure I present to the world my FLORAL GUIDE for 1881 for I think it the handsomest issued during the quarter of a century of its publication. Of its value as a Guide and instructor my readers must judge. That is it prized by the lovers of Flowers and the cultivators of choice Vegetables is evident from the fact that a quarter of a million copies were called for last year ." Thus opens the first of two of the Floral Guide issues contained herewith. The January issue of VICK'S MAGAZINE has as cheery and optimistic an opening as I have ever seen. The December issue has two chromos including an excellent on of the "Golden " Pocklington Grape. Filled throughout with images including 14 chromolithographs several portraits and a thousand cuts: chromos protected by tissue sheets. James Vick hardcover

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Internets, Intranets, and Extranets: New Waves in Channel Surfing (The Journal of Marketing Channels Monographic Separates)Biblio.com