Search Results: Advertising from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

New York: Ernie Ball. Very Good+. 0. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustration; This is a thin advertising booklet / comicbook with self covers and a stapled spine. The comic art is conceived by Steve Pizzurro (the Pizz) one of the more famous artists of the "Lowbrow Art Movement". The booklet is in Very Good+ condition, with some light finger dirt to the edges of the covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Ernie Ball did not create anything new — he simply saw a demand and improved upon existing products and found ways to better fulfill market demands. By the early 1970s he took the company global by establishing distributors in Europe and Asia. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and other rock icons were stringing up Slinkys, a trend that continues into the present, making Ernie Ball the second biggest string manufacturer in the country. He was unorthodox in his management methods, disregarding market surveys, preferring instead to… Read More

Eureka, CA: Art Wilson Auto. Very Good+. 1952. Other. This is a greeting card style piece of ephemera from Eureka California with the front showing a cut-out of a baby in pink ... The interior invites the reader to come and see the new 1952 Studebaker. "Art Wilson, (was a) local (Eureka, CA) Studebater dealer, and representative of the only automobile company that is twice as old as the motor car itself." (from Wikipedia) .

Chicago: Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corporation. Good. 1923. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a magazine / advertisement from the Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corporation. The magazine is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The magazine covers (both front and rear) have large chips missing, tears, discoloration, rubbed spots, and general wear and tear. The text pages are clean and bright. Included are the articles: What Chance has this Child Got? (regarding brake safety) , Get Started Right - Put More $ in Spring, Rubels and Runabouts (by Dick Goodnow) , And the Same Thing I Told Jim - I Pass on to You, Mr. Dealer! Opportunity Lane Runs Right Down through your Garage, and more. "Stewart-Warner, as the hyphen would suggest, was a company launched from the combined efforts of two men; although the partnership was more like a handshake at the end of a fist fight. In the early years of the automobile, John K. Stewart of Chicago and Arthur Pratt Warner of… Read More