Catalogue of paper, linen and indestructible toy books half-bound and bound juvenile books, games, ABC blocks, picture and building blocks, backgammon boards, checker and chess boards, paper dolls, soldiers, &c., &c. - McLoughlin Bros.; McLoughlin Bros. (New York : McLoughlin Brothers, 874 Broadway, 1895)
"July, 1895" --At head of cover title.
Index of books and games, respectively, on 4 unnumbered pages at end.
"Salesrooms: No 874 Broadway, New York; Factory, South 11th & Berry Sts, Brooklyn, N.Y." -- At foot of upper cover.
"Gentlemen: In presenting our Annnual Catalog to our friends in the trade, we desire to call attention to a fact or two... handsomer and cheaper lithographed toy books ... games, blocks ands scroll puzzles ... [the] cheapest to be had in the market place ... it is our fixed intetnion not to be undersold. --"To the Trade" note on verso of 2nd title page (page [4]).
A revised variation of the catalog format used in prior years: without date range on title page (e.g. ""1893 1894" for prior year), 2nd, added title page, "Note to the trade," index moved to the end, and a page advertising "lead or 'tin' soldiers" on page 111.
Annotated in pencil throughout, with some selections marked as deleted or with revised information; also several catalog entries physically cut out, presumably by McLoughlin Bros. corporate offices.
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