01481cz 2200277n 4500 sh87001712 DLC 19970528142857.7 870320i| anannbab| |a ana ||| sh 87001712 DLC DLC DLC Z1033.D85 Dummies (Bookselling) Canvassing books (Subscription book trade) Prospectuses (Bookselling) Salesmen's dummies (Bookselling) Sample copies of books g Books g Samples (Commerce) Work cat.: Ridpath, J.C. The story of South Africa, 1899. Bookman's glossary, 1983: p. 76 (Salemen's dummies) Melcher, D. Printing & promo. hdbook, 1956: p. 87 ("To a book salesman, a dummy is a prepublication imitation of a book, showing jacket, binding, table of contents, and perhaps a sample chapter") Amer. dict. of printing & bookmaking, 1894: p. 150 (Dummy: a few pages of a book ... put together in advance of the real publication. ... To issue dummies for canvassers is the universal practice) Web. 3 (Prospectus, meaning a-2) Haller, M. Bk. collector's fact book, 1976; Genre terms, 1983; Harrod, L. Librarians' glossary, 1971; Vitale, P. Bibliography, 1971; Glaister, G. Gloss. of the bk, 1979 Here are entered works on special sample copies of books issued to canvassers, showing sample pages, illustrations, bindings, etc.