William P. Atkinson
All Over Town
No. 6 Holiday Season
Erie, Pennsylvania: William P. Atkinson, 1873–1874. 9 inches, octavo. Original paper wrappers, printed in red and blue. 64 pp. Illustrated throughout, with extensive period advertising for local businesses, including banks, tailors, merchants, and grocers. Notable for several large-format rebus-style advertisements employing pictograms, visual puns, and fragmented text.
Fair. Original printed wrappers with general wear, staining, and edge loss. Spine largely intact, with loss near the head; binding beginning to split at pp. 17/18, with the upper half of that leaf missing. Corners worn, with creasing to the lower corner of the final leaves. Interior otherwise complete.
A fragile but visually strong survival of a scarce advertising publication.
