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W. B. Conkey Company Manufacturing Publishers
Below is a copy of a mailing sent out to various booksellers advertising the many publications of the W. B. Conkey Company in Hammond, Indiana

TO YOU, MR. BOOKSELLER:

  The enormous demand for our 1905 publications compelled us to start the manufacturing of our 1906 line January 1st. We therefore beg to advise you that the list of titles in the following Series of Books is now complete and ready for immediate delivery, and we can further assure you that all titles on the lists enclosed herewith will be shipped at once upon reciept of orders throughout the year. Our complete Order List of all our various lines of publications will be sent to you in March. The following Series of Books are ready for instant delivery:

  • NEW ABBEY SERIES OF POPULAR-PRICED
  • CAMEO SERIES OF POPULAR AND STANDARD
  • COLUMBIA SERIES OF POPULAR FICTION
  • OXFORD SERIES, STANDARD LIBRARY EDITIONS
  • NEW LIBRARY EDITION OF FAMOUS BOOKS BY FAMOUS AUTHORS
  • WORLD'S BEST BOOKS IN FICTION
  • CALUMET SERIES OF POPULAR PRICED PAPER BOOKS
  • CONKEY'S COPYRIGHT SERIES OF HUMOROUS BOOKS
  • FRANKLIN SERIES OF HUMOROUS BOOKS
  • PECK'S BAD BOY AND HIS PA
  • NYE AND RILEY'S WIT AND HUMOR
  • A FULL LIST OF COOK BOOKS
  • WEBSTER'S DICTIONARIES
  • AMERICAN COUNTING HOUSE DICTIONARY
  • AMERICAN SCHOOL DICTIONARY

  Trade Lists of these poular lines are enclosed and we shall be very pleased to recieve your orders.

  You will notice that many desirable additions have been made to our several lists. We are making a particularly strong line of books for BOYS' AND GIRLS' reading that will be exceptionally handsome and will certainly command attention. There will be several novelities in bookmaking for souviners and holiday trade - but of these we will tell you later.

  Remember the "Conkey Books" are recognized as the best sellers in all the first-class stores all over the country-and being priced on an absolutely fair manufacturing basis, we guarantee to save you money on every book purchased.

  We beg to thank you for your generous patronage in the past and promise it will be our constant endeavor to merit its continuance, and we wish you a busy and prosperous New Year.

Very respectfully yours,

W. B. Conkey Company

HAMMOND, INDIANA  January 31, 1906

 Blue Grass Cook Book

Woman's Exchange Cook Book

Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa

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Read the story about - W. B. Conkey Company
Historical photos courtesy - The Calumet Room of the Hammond Historical Society.
Source information from an advertisment of the W. B. Conkey Company at the Calumet Room of the Hammond Historical Society.
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