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[FOOD & DRINK -- CHOCOLATE BOXES PHOTO CATALOGUE]. [NEEDLER, Arthur Percival (Managing Director].Biblio.com

A striking photographic salesman sample catalogue with 14 hand-coloured silver gelatin photographs displaying over 150 different styles Needler’s chocolate boxes chocolate figurines and even Needler’s porcelain bookends.

1940réf. 53482Kingston upon Hull UK: Needler Ltd. ca. 1940. Oblong folio. 13.5 x 10.25 in. 14 leaves unnumbered. with 14 hand-coloured silver gelatin photographs sized 10 x 11.75 in. mounted on thick card stock leaves hinged with black cloth printed sales information on facing leaves each photo w/ War Restrictions Notice printed in upper fore-edge and supplementary product information in negative below each product. Original black pebbled cloth spine stiffened w/ wood spacers covered in black cloth minor bowing to leaves very minor wear to corners front outer hinge just starting still a VG copy w/ pencil date of 1940 on front pastedown. First edition of this scarce and exceptional photographic sample catalogue filled with the styles of Needler chocolate box assortment and chocolate packaging in the first years of World War II. Initially chocolates had been packed as unwrapped bars in the Victorian era with paper labels displayed on the counter. Later gold printing and metal foils repeated the luxury message of chocolate. Inspired by the innovations of Cadbury the designs for many British fancy chocolate boxes were prized by the British as special gifts to be used as trinket or button boxes and even cut out and saved in scrapbooks. The chocolate boxes in this catalogue include mixed assortments in faux 3-drawer cabinets decorated with fancy ribbons chromolithograph and colour-printed covers featuring historic scenes pets flowersArt Deco designs gold foil and more. Of special interest are the wonderful Needler’s figurine bowls and boxes featuring porcelain figurines dressed in silk fabrics atop bowls or boxes as well as a splendid pair of porcelain bookends “Sweet & Twenty” to hold up the customer’s chocolate boxes. Needler’s began as Fred Needler Ltd. in 1902 when established in Hull by Fred Needler 1865-1932 who began as a confectioner’s assistant in the 1880s. The company was a pioneer in fair treatment of his workforce incorporated profit-sharing for the staff from the beginning and covered sick pay retirement benefits and even established holiday homes in British seaside resort towns. By 1940 the company was one of the largest businesses in Hull with over 2000 employees. The company continued to operate until acquired through multiple buyouts by several different corporations until the label was acquired by Ashbury Confectionary and the factory was closed in Hull in 2002. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Chocs away: Needler of Hull History of Needlers Confectionary Let’s Look Again: A History of Branded Britain 2015. Needler Ltd., hardcover

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[MEDICINE & FOOD & DRINK -- LONGEVITY]. CHEYNE, GeorgeBiblio.com

An essay of health and long life. . . ; An essay of the true nature and due method of treating the gout written for the use of Richard Tennison Esq; together with an account of the nature and quality of bath-waters the manner of using them and the diseases in which they are proper. . . .

1722réf. 64189London UK: Printed for George Strahan; G. Strahan 1725; 1722. Two works in one vol. Small 8vo. xx 24 232; 2 iv 10 133 plus 3 pp. of publisher’s ads. First title w/ ruled borders both works with head- and tail-pieces historiated initials flower ornaments on p. 77 and several leaves with contemporary manuscript marginalia. Contemporary English paneled calf red & gilt morocco spine label perished raised bands front hinge split edgewear scuffing occasional light interior toning still a G copy w/ extended notes on endpapers for particular curatives and citations for remedies of certain diseases from the library of Eleanore Weinstock. Fourth editions of both treatises which “were essentially practical guides that placed considerable emphasis on the medical wisdom of moderation in diet and drink. . . In medical theory for example he was much committed to directing attention from the body’s fluids to its fibrous solids his uncited guide in this matter almost certainly being the influential Leiden professor Hermann Boerhaave.” One of the drugs he urges in dealing with pain common miseries and other medical issues was Opium with its “wonderful effects. . . which when properly prescribed and prudently managed is a most certain and sudden relief in all exquisite and intense pain p. 213.” Cheyne 1671-1743 was a Scottish physician and mathematician who first lived in Scotland before moving to London in the early 1700’s and he focused his practice and writings on the lay reader. Much of his commonsense advice in these two works was based upon his own hypochodria gouty arthritis and continue struggle with obesity. See: DNB IV pp. 217-219; DSB III pp. 244-245; Cushing C212 1st work C213 2nd work; Garrison & Morton 4487 Osler 2303 2300; Wellcome II p. 338; Heirs of Hippocrates 761 London 1724. Printed for George Strahan; G. Strahan, hardcover

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[FOOD & DRINK -- CHOCOLATE BOX TOP LABELS].Biblio.com

Chocolate box tops in stock. Latest designs in Statue series of prints.

1928réf. 63706Leeds: Geo. H. Harrison & Sons Statue Printing Works 1928. 4to. 76 leaves. Colour-illust. printed title 74 colour box top labels 11 w/ gold foil background. Textured & embossed softcovers Statue of Liberty cover art illustration on front cover minor curling to spine very minor soiling to fore-edges some shelfwear 1 box top label w/ partial lower fore-edge cropped still a VG- copy w/ price list tipped-in on verso of front cover. First edition of this exceedingly scarce and exceptional printer’s sample catalogue filled with box top labels for British Chocolates sold between the World Wars. Initially chocolates had been packed as unwrapped bars in the Victorian era with paper labels displayed on the counter. Later gold printing and metal foils repeated the luxury message of chocolate. Inspired by the innovations of Cadbury the designs for many British fancy chocolate boxes were prized by the British as special gifts to be used as trinket or button boxes and even cut out and saved in scrapbooks. Many of the images on the labels in the present catalogue include idyllic landscapes English Chocolate-box cottages vivid art deco art work and even images of King George V Queen Mary the Duke of York later Edward VIII and others. The artists represented here include Ernest Boye Uden 1911-1986 noted illustrated and watercolour painter best remembered for his pastoral landscapes of English villages; Henry R. Wilkinson 1884-1975 noted for his landscapes and images of Venice; and many beautiful portraits of women by Percy Bell Hickling 1876-1951 illustrator for Sherlock Holmes stories cartoonist and frequently illustrated many of the Cassell & Co. girls annuals and girls series books. The price list indicates that they could be purchased in 1000 count lots with all white backgrounds overlap sides Royalty Ribbons and All over designs and the most expensive were the Gold and grained backgrounds. No copies located in NUC. Geo. H. Harrison & Sons, Statue Printing Works, paperback

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