{"product_id":"1899-flower-seeds-miss-c-h-lippincotts-illustrated-seed-catalog","title":"1899 Flower Seeds Miss C.H. Lippincott's Illustrated Seed Catalog","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a faithful facsimile reproduction of the 1899 Flower Seeds catalog issued by Miss C.H. Lippincott of Minneapolis, Minnesota — advertised in its own pages as the largest exclusively flower-seed house in the world and the only one owned and controlled by a woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarrie H. Lippincott, \"the Pioneer Seedswoman of America,\" built her mail-order business by pairing quality flower seeds with striking chromolithographed catalog covers, and the 1899 edition is a prime example. This facsimile preserves the catalog's ornate cover art, decorative typography, and period advertising exactly as her quarter-million patrons would have received it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlights include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe celebrated cover — a curly-haired child in a straw hat framed by sweet peas, one of the most collectible seed-catalog images of the era\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLippincott's ordering and remittance pages, premium offers, and business terms, a candid window into 1890s mail-order commerce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHer illustrated \"View of Store and Offices\" spread showing the correspondence, order, packet, and seed-filling departments staffed largely by women\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHer signed editorial \"Why I Publish My New Picture,\" a pointed statement on being a woman running her own business in an era when male competitors adopted women's names to sell seed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a catalog reprint valued as advertising ephemera and horticultural history rather than a horticultural reference — a look at Victorian flower culture, early mail-order marketing, and a landmark woman-owned American business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essential reference for gardeners, seed-catalog and ephemera collectors, and historians of horticulture, advertising, and women in business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e54 pages. 8.25\" x 6\". Black and white. Paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSatisfaction guaranteed or you can send it back!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ExileBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49872437117083,"sku":"Publishing 2026 \/ 358842649768","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/7705\/6411\/files\/s-l1600_878fa4ab-dfa1-412f-b80e-bb1c416680c8.jpg?v=1792532178","url":"https:\/\/tangletownpress.com\/products\/1899-flower-seeds-miss-c-h-lippincotts-illustrated-seed-catalog","provider":"Tangletown Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}