Platform Echoes, John B. Gough, 1885, Salesman's Copy, RARE, Very Good

Gough, John B., and Lyman Abbott (Introduction and Sketch). Platform Echoes: or, Leaves from My Note-Book of Forty Years. Comprising Living Truths for Head and Heart, Illustrated by Anecdotes, Incidents, Personal Experiences, Facts and Stories Drawn from the Humor and Pathos of Life. With an Introduction, and Sketch of Mr. Gough's Life and Work (Salesman's Copy) (Hartford, CT: A. D. Worthington & Co., 1885?).

English, Salesman's Copy, RARE, Very Good, HC, 8vo, 9" x 6 1/4" x 7/8," unpaginated, includes plates and illustrations.

Salesman's Copy. RARE. Very Good brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on front, no lettering to spine. Covers have fading along spine, moderate rubbing, and slight wear to extremities, else clean and intact, binding tight. Pages have light age toning and occasional offsetting, else pristine and intact. Frontispiece engraving of John Gough. Replete with black-and-white illustrations. Principally comprises facsimile examples of text, in-text illustrations, and plates from Gough's book. Affixed at front and back pastedowns are facsimile book spine samples representing the three binding styles available for Abbott's book: Extra Cloth, Fine Leather, and Half Turkey Morocco. Back matter states this edition exclusively available for purchase by subscribing and paying in advance through a registered salesman or agent, and full description of the book, 639 pages, 227 engravings, and one steel-plate frontispiece portrait of the author. Includes order form at back. A fun example of hand-selling promotional material by a major figure the second wave temperance movement.