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Broadside advertisement for “Peck’s Compendium of Fun”

In 1883 Belford, Clarke & Co. published this book which contained 284 stories which had previously been printed in Peck’s Bad Boy, No. 1, Peck’s Bad Boy, No. 2 and Peck’s Fun.

A number of firms which specialized in subscription books also published this volume.
One of those outfits was Forshee & McMakin, a Cincinnati company. Below is a broadside which advertised for agents to sell this volume.