Here is a great little item. Harper and Brothers is one of the really long-lived publishers. Beginning as J. & J. Harper in 1817 and evolving into Harper and Brothers in 1833 it was one of the major 19th century publishers. Harper's Weekly was a hugely popular periodical especially during the Civil War.This little calendar from August, 1886 advertises a number of books published by Harper. Most publishers produced these little advertising pieces in this era. They are not too easy to find however.
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Nice item, Cary. I'm curious about how these advertising pieces got distributed. I noticed one of your labels for this post was Franconia Series-Boxed Set. I assume you may have found this piece in one of your collectible sets. Perhaps these ads were also distributed to bookstores that sold Harper and Brothers' publications and a few escaped the trash can. Whatever, most seem to have been tossed after a short life of use. I don't come across them very often.
ReplyDeleteHi Chuck,
ReplyDeleteThis piece was just a random find. I am not sure if it originally was distributed just within books or sent separately to book dealers.