[Rarebooks] FS: Star Safety Razor catalog, 1890

[Bob Petrilla]

Kampfe, F. and O.F. THE STAR SAFETY RAZOR [and] STAR SAFETY RAZOR STROPPING
MACHINE. NY: Kampfe, 1890. Original edition. 4pp; four engraved
illustrations. Small archival repairs to several folds. 8.5" x 6" Very
Good.
This folded broadsheet extolls the Star Safety Razor and Stropping Machine.
Included are a full-page tribute by Oliver Wendell Holmes, and long
paragraphs of promotional text translated into German, Spanish and French
for the convenience of immigrants. [Company not in Romaine.]  The Kampfe
brothers immigrated to the United States early in the1870s and began
manufacturing the Star safety razor in 1875. In May, 1880 Frederick and
Otto applied for a patent on “new and useful Improvements in
Safety-Razors,” apparently the first use of the term “safety razor."
$50.00

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