Life, 1925-04-02 · page 7 of 44
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This page is primarily an advertisement for Little Blue Books, a series of inexpensive paperback volumes published by Haldeman-Julius Co. of Girard, Kansas. The advertisement announces a price increase: books currently priced at 5 cents will cost 10 cents after April 30. The ad emphasizes this is the "last chance" to purchase at the lower price, attributing the increase to "heavy manufacturing cost." The bulk of the page consists of an extensive catalog listing hundreds of available titles, organized by order number. Topics range from literature and philosophy to practical guides and humor. There are no political cartoons or satirical illustrations visible on this page—it functions solely as a commercial catalog advertisement, common in early 20th-century magazines like Life.
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Order Little Blue Books Today at After April 30, Price Goes to 10 Cents LIFE 5o Impossible to Maintain Old Price of 5c After April 30, Owing to Heavy Manufacturing Cost—Public Is Given Last Chance to Take Pick of Little Blue Books at Sensational Price of 5c Per Book—Act Now! Se Price Means Loss Which We Cannot Bear After April 30. Order Large Supply of Little Blue Books at the 5¢ Price Before It Is Finally Withdrawn—Buy Now Before the Hike to 10 Cents. 831 Cross Word Puzzle Book 830 Cross Word Puzzle Book for Children 2 Book of Synonyms Woman's Sexual Life. What Every | Married Man Should Know hat Every Married Woman Should Know Spelling Self Taught Grammar Self Taught Punctuation Self ‘aught Shelley and the Women je Lov Byron and the Women le Loved Auction Bridge for Modern, ‘Sexual Mor- ality. Great Women of An- tiquity Sex in Psycho-Amale mais. Physiology of Sex Life. Simple Facts About Venereal Diseases Humorous Sktches. 6 English as She Is Spoke. Twain Jumping Frog. 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Wilde 2 Life of Tom Paine. nn. 493 New Discoveries in Science 489 Yiddish Short Stories 488 Great Yiddish Poetry 171 Essence of Confucianism 469 The Egypt of Yesterday 465 Esperanto for Begin- 420 Great Spanish Short 419 ites ei Origin and 416 God of Vengeance. Gea ngeance. 397 Irish Fairy Tales 398 Irish Folk Songs and Tales 399-400 Arabian Nights. vols. 395 Autobiography of ellini 396 Embers. Haldeman- ‘ulius 369 Artemus Ward's rave! 63 Miggles, ete. Harte City of Dreadful Night. Kipling Saint-Gerane. Dumas Tillylo: ndal. Barrie Sailor, Cowboys’ Songs Going to Chureh. Shaw Poems of Burns Ignorant Philosopher. Voltaire Pocket Theology. Voltaire Taos of God in Nature. Hamlet. Shakespeare Friendship, ete. Thoreau Essence of the Talmud Liberal Education. Huxley Voltaire. Hugo Waterloo. Hugo Misanthrope. Moliere Rip yen Winkle. Gilbert Essence of Buddhism Brann: Sham Smasher Bacon's Essays Plutarch’s Rules of Health Insects and Men. Darrow Pillars of Society. Doyle Life and n Spiritualism. and McCabe Spencer Works Life of Shakespeare lerchant, of Venice Bismarck’s Life Gems from Emerson Speeches of Washington Prince. Machiavelli Studies in Pessimism. Schopenhauer Dialogues. Plato The Marquise. Sand Nature. Thoreau jacbeth. Shakespeare Proverbs of China Will o° Mill. Stevenson $ Guide to Plato. Durant Proverbs of Arabia = Order by number instead of titles. For instance, if you want “Carmen” simply write down “21.” more as you like. ecks for exchange), as man sonal want books shipped in addition. Otherwise Remember the minimum quantity is 20 books— Send money order, check (add 10c to per- stamps or cash with all orders, enclose 10 per cent of the amount of order If you ks will be sent express collect. Canada and foreign price 7 cents per book. Haldeman-Julius Co., Dept. C-10, Girard, Kansas comicbooks.com