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The Alden Catalogue of Choice Books, May 30, 1889
COUPON LITERARY REVOLUTION SAVINGS-BOND
The Alden Publishing Co. will pay to _____________ _____________ or order the sum of One Dollar and Sixty Cents, on demand, in any of its own publications at Stockholders’ prices, deliverable at any office of the Company, and will also permit the holder hereof to purchase at Stockholders’ prices any books advertised by it to an amount not exceeding the value of Six Dollars, net.
This paper is negotiable and transferable when properly endorsed, and will be honored at any time after its date, at any office of the Company, upon presentation, accompanied by cash remittance for the books to be purchased at Stockholders’ prices, and also by the cost of postage on all the books so ordered, if to be sent by mail.
No. 393 Pearl St., New York, the ____ day of __________ 188__THE ALDEN PUBLISHING CO.,President.New Catalogue —Important Change in Terms
The accompanying catalogue is thoroughly revised to date, and differs from its predecessors materially in the one point, that the prices given include the cost of pre-payment by mail or express – instead of the New York City net prices, to which the cost of postage has been added, heretofore.
The change is principally one of convenience rather than of either reduction or increase, though on many books there is a substantial reduction in the cost to purchasers, cost of transportation being taken into account. An allowance of 8 cents a pound, which is made on bills ordered sent by express or freight, cost of transportation payable on arrival, by the purchaser, is equivalent to a discount of front 15 to 30 per cent. from catalogue prices, varying according to quality, style, copyright, and other considerations, on different books.
The first page of the catalogue fully and clearly sets forth the new terms.
Wanted – Agents
Personally you may not care to go into the “Book Agency Business,” but possibly you may know of some good person who will undertake to “organize a book club” in your neighborhood, or make a thorough house-to-house canvass of the entire township or county. A $1.00 Book Free to you (your choice) if you will send me the address of such a person, who will sell for me as much as $25 worth of books within two months from time of taking hold. As a means of making my books better known I want to have at least one sample book put into every intelligent household; once there they are a permanent advertisement.
A few of my publications are unexcelled, for experienced book agents, notably
Alden’s Manifold Cyclopedia.
Alden’s Cyclopedia of Universal Literature.
Geikie’s Holy Land and the Bible.
The Great Locomotive Chase (the most thrilling and unique story of the war).
The Woman’s Story (by Twenty Famous American Women, Mrs. Stowe, Miss Alcott, and others).
Alden’s Home Atlas, and Handy Atlas,
and several others which could be named. Please do anything you can to further the interests of The Literary Revolution, and your kindness will be appreciated by
JOHN B. ALDEN, Publisher,393 Pearl St., New York.