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Description

Heading: (Buzza Company)
Author: Kirtland, Lucian and L.V. Mero
Title: Shingle-ar Gods: Some Hoary Ghosts Retired to Their Tombs for all Time. The Same Being an Expose by a Business Shrimp who Found Out!
Place Published: [Minneapolis, Minn.]
Publisher:The Buzza Company
Date Published: [1911]
Description:

[17] pp. Illustrated title page, 6 illustrated plates with decorative text opposite. (8vo) string tied textured wood panels stamped in brown.

Rare, humorous volume from the Buzza Company, illustrating different "types" of businessmen, including "The 'Get Busy' Man," "The Shrimp Who Grins From Behind it," etc. George Buzza founded the Buzza Company in 1907, starting out by selling college advertising posters and posters for retail clothing stores. When the market for these disappeared, he decided to manufacture greeting cards. By 1927 sales reached $2.5 million. In 1928 the company merged with the Charles S. Clark Company of New York City. No copies found at OCLC.

Condition

Mild wear to boards; toning to page edges, extra string holes at gutter of each page; very good.

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Rare Buzza Company 1911

Name: Rare Buzza Company 1911
SKU: 122556876
Price: 300 USD
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