Kansas City: Charles E. Brown Publishing Co. / Faultless Starch Col, (ca 1900). Small promotional booklets, just 3 by 5 inches, given out with each box of starch sold. Each volume contains a retelling of a familiar story, or an original story, often humorous, and also often bringing in "starch" into the story. At the end of the story are several pages of conundrums, jokes, interesting facts, etc. Illustrated. Colors of the covers vary - blue, brown, red, turquoise - and each is printed in the same color as the cover illustration. 16 pp each, including the covers,

New York: St Martin's, (2016). SIGNED first edition - A memoir from the author of 'Running with Scissors' - this focuses on his relationships in New York City, often humorous, always frank, and sometimes quite wise. SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. 295 pp.

New York: Random House, (1957.) dj. Hardcover - Uncommon publisher's promotional issue, aimed at potential advertisers, with a printed label pasted on front pastedown and a printed acetate dust jacket. Includes "The Waifs" by William Faulkner, "The Iron Lady" by Conrad Richter, "Good-by, Grandma" by Ray Bradbury, a novelette "The Actress and the Cop" by William Saroyan and stories by Frank O'Connor, Geoffrey Household, Louis Paul and others. vi, 314 pp.

New York: Crowell, 1931. Hardcover first edition - A very comprehensive discussion of techniques applicable to the development of advertisin, with chapters on topics ranging from selection of paper, use of color to in-house organs, commercial art, advertising agencies and more. Full color frontispiece and many illustrations - both in the text and as black and white and full-color plates (the title page states 175 illustrations). Appendix, glossary and index. 474 pp. Slightly oversized format.

New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation, (1966.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of thirty-one articles, by contributors including Francis Brown, Frank Stanton, Robert W. Sarnoff, Rick Friedman, and others, which cover a wide range of ethical and moral issues relating to the press' struggle to reach and sustain higher standards of responsibility. Among the specific topics covered are the Warren Commission Report, television journalism, the film industry, public television, and much more. Appendix, Indexed, 416 pp.

New York: Harper & Row, (1958). Hardcover - Uncommon edition with an offer to get 8 books and a free dinosaur t-shirt on the front cover, a letter to parents inside the front cover, and 16 sheets of gift certificates bound in before the text of the book itself.

New York: Scribner, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "From the famed graphic designer. . . comes a novel about advertising, electroshock torture, potato chips, murder" and more, set in 1961. The format of the novel is appropriate for a book by the person who has been credited with "revolutionizing the way modern books are packaged" from the black and white illustrated boards with the red wraparound band to the page layout. SIGNED on the title page. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-55240.

New York: Scribner, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "From the famed graphic designer. . . comes a novel about advertising, electroshock torture, potato chips, murder" and more, set in 1961. The format of the novel is appropriate for a book by the person who has been credited with "revolutionizing the way modern books are packaged" from the black and white illustrated boards with the red wraparound band to the page layout. INSCRIBED on the title page. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-55240.

Chicago: Evaporated Milk Association (c 1934). In addition to general comments on the usefulness and health benefits of evaporated milk, this consists of many recipes, all using this milk. Illustrated with photographs. This copy is of interest because it includes, stapled in the center, a small 4 pp pamphlet printed in red on gold paper called "The Origins of Unsweetened Evaparated Milk" which discusses the role of John Meyenberg as the inventor of the process used by the entire industry, the "largest individual product of the canning industry in the world." Meyenberg Milk Products, Salinas, Calif is stamped in blue on the title page. 48 pp (index inside rear cover)

Chillicothe, Ohio: Cutco Division/Wear-Ever Aluminum, (c 1972.). Hardcover - Special edition of this cookbook in honor of Cutco's anniversary - includes cutting and knife instructions; the endpapers display Equivalents Measures, Can Sizes, and Substitutions. Recipes usually specify which knife to use in preparation. Illustrated with full-color photographs. Index. 128 pp.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., (1971.). Hardcover - An unabridged reprint of Stevenson's classic novel, illustrated with full page mauve and white drawings by David Stone, but of interest primarily as an advertising piece for Folger's Coffee (with a circle on the cover stating "Free when you buy a 2 lb can." 212 pp.

Auburn, California: Placer Savings & Loan Association, nd (ca 1970). A collection of anecdotes and short stories about the early days in California's Mother Lode and Upper Sacramento Valley Country. Includes a story of a miner who was working at two mines in Amador City - Keystone and Bunker Hill - at the same time, the story behind the name "Murderer's Bar". photographs of the flood which washed out the bridge across the American River on Highway 49 in December 1964 and much more. Issued by Placer Savings & Loan Association, with a notation on the front cover "Compliments of Placer Savings." Illustrated with vintage photographs and drawings. While undated, this appears to be a slightly expanded version of the 1966 first edition, Ad for Placer Savings inside back cover. Large format, 44 pp.

London: Fuel Publishing List / Thames and Hudson (2018). Poster measuring 23 by 17 inches featuring a striking large reproduction of the cover for Russian Criminal Tattoos and Playing Cards on the front, and an illustrated list of 28 publications for 2018 on the verso. Folded in four.