Burma-Shave; The Rhymes, the Signs, the Times
by Bill Vossler
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0878391223
- ISBN 13
- 9780878391226
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
St. Cloud, MN: North Star Press of St. Cloud, 2002 North Star Press of St. Cloud, St. Cloud, MN. 2002. Stated 10th Printing. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding.188 pp 8vo. Burma-Shave grew out of the ashes of a failing Burma-Vita company with the discovery of a very good brushless shaving lather/cream. With sales languishing, the company came up with an advertising plan using six signs along the roadside (1925). The catchy rhymes caught the imagination of the new car driving population and the company grew until 1955 with the advent of the superhighways and larger signs and a change in the American population. This book is the history all the rhymes that were on the roadsides. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013323
- Title
- Burma-Shave; The Rhymes, the Signs, the Times
- Author
- Bill Vossler
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0878391223
- ISBN 13
- 9780878391226
- Publisher
- North Star Press of St. Cloud
- Place of Publication
- St. Cloud, MN
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- advertising, automobiles, shaving cream, gas stations, highways, roadside advertising, Burma-Shave, Burma-Vita, slogans, drive by signs, advertising signs, roadside signs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Automobiles;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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