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Lowell (Mass.) Patriot
June 10, 1836
Lowell (Mass.) Daily Courier
March 12, 1847
Portland (Maine) Transcript and Eclectic
Jan 26, 1856
Kate Merrybee
"A Lady Tormented by Canvassing Agents"
March 25, 1875
Bates Harrington
How 'Tis Done: A Thorough Ventilation of the Numerous Schemes Conducted by Wandering Canvassers, Together with the Various Advertising Dodges for the Swindling of the Public
Chicago: Fidelity Publishing, 1879
Bates Harrington
How 'Tis Done: A Thorough Ventilation of the Numerous Schemes Conducted by Wandering Canvassers, Together with the Various Advertising Dodges for the Swindling of the Public
Syracuse: W. I. Pattison, 1890
Titus Joslin
Centennial Skyrockets: A Series of Flights, Fancies and Facts
Albany: Van Benthuysen Printing House, 1875
Publishers Weekly
New York, No. 1366, April 2, 1898
I.N. Reed, ed.
Encyclopedia of Health and Home: A Domestic Guide to Health, Wealth, and Happiness
New York and St. Louis: I.N. Reed, 1881
Francis Edward Clark
The Mossback Correspondence
Boston: D. Lothrop, c1889
Lowell Patriot Newspaper Page no Photos or illustrations, all text articles
Lowell Daily Courier Newspaper Page, no Photos or illustrations, all text articles
Portland Maine Transcript and Eclectic Newspaper Front Page, Illustration of Columbia
Free Press Mt. Pleasant Iowa Newspaper Front Page with illustrated masthead
Original Interior Printing of How Tis Done from 1879
1890 Printing of How Tis Done Interior With Names Changed to Protect the Publisher
Interior of Centennial Skyrockets: A Series of Flights, Fancies and Facts, no illustrations or photos all text, discussing The Solemn Book Agent
Publishers Weekly Newspaper Page, Image Enlarge From Small Scale
Interior Page of Encyclopedia of Health & Home Article on The Book Agency Business
Interior Page of The Mossback Correspondence Titled The Book Agent