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[A THE RAG & BONE MAN'S HANDBILL]

Name: [A THE RAG & BONE MAN'S HANDBILL]
Author: C.Campbell, Rag Merchant & Wardrobe Dealer. Best Prices Given For Second Hand Clothes. Will Call Again...Please Give This Bill To The Master Or Mistress Of The House.

Book Description

Single sheet, 225 x 170mm, small engraved grape vine vignette decorations, folded for storage. This advertising handbill is put together as an informative poem providing prospective customers with a detailed overview of what the company would purchase from a household. At the bottom of the advert details that C. Campbell will call again within 2 hours of the time the “bill” was posted at the individuals address or advises the individual to leave the “bill” with a neighbour should they not be in at the time of collection. It goes on to state that; that goods will be paid for in cash on delivery, not to destroy the “bill” and best prices given for Old Furniture. [Ref: 1518]

Author C.Campbell, Rag Merchant & Wardrobe Dealer. Best Prices Given For Second Hand Clothes. Will Call Again...Please Give This Bill To The Master Or Mistress Of The House.

Date [c.189-].

Publisher Chatham: E.Stroud, Motor Printing Works, 15, Fair Row.

Price: £25.00

Offered by Alastor Rare Books

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