Original publisher's blue wrappers with staple binding. 3 1/4" x 5 1/4." Forty-eight pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall except for a dampstain measuring 3/4" x 1 1/4" in the lower corner of the fore-edge that also affects covers. Text is still readable. Covers have slight browning and a few small chips at the top edge and fore-edge on the front. This is a price list for school and college textbooks under a variety of subjects and categories including Agriculture, Ancient History, Ancient Languages, Bookkeeping, Elocution, Germania Texts, Hawaiian History, Italian, Japanese History, Kindergarten Manuals, Mental Philosophy, Natural History Readers, Penmanship, Persian, Phonography, Political Economy, Science Primers, Trigonometry, and Zoology. Alphabetical index in the back by subject or category. The American Book Company (ABC) was founded in 1890. In 1967, ABC was acquired by Litton Industries. ABC went through a series of subsequent acquisitions and mergers and eventually became defunct when its assets were sold to D. C. Heath and Company in 1981. Upon being acquired by D. C. Heath, ABC's trade name was dropped. Today, some of ABC's rights to college textbooks remain are owned by Cengage Learning.
Title: Classified Price List of School and College Text Books
Location Published: New York?, American Book Company?: 1898
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Type: Ephemera
Categories: Literature, Education, Books about Books
Seller ID: 021666
