Clauss Primer, Mother Goose up-to-date
Fremont, Ohio: The Clauss Shear Company, nd (circa 1908 from pictures); The Blade Printing and Paper Company, Catalogue Printers, Toledo, Ohio, stamped. Toploader medium softcover advertizing.
An alphabet/Mother Goose advertising booklet, with two large red letters and their full pictures and rhymes on every page, the drawings rather stiff but nicely coloured. Each traditional rhyme works in a Clauss product: Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing?/Speak a little louder, sir I am hard of hearing/Old woman, old woman, the shears were made by Clauss (fancy script)/Thank you, kind sir, you may leave them at my house.
CONDITION: Very Good; no names or other marks, spine lightly rubbed with 3/8" split at foot, margin spots to back, interior pages unwrinkled and clean. Item #21851
$145