book-agent

Only pausing for a moment, as even a book-agent might, after many repeated rebuffs, Garrison wended his way across the street, proceeded slowly up the concrete walk, ascended the steps, and rang the bell.

A Husband by Proxy Jack Steele

With a pair of shabby gloves on his hands, and a book beneath his arms, he had suddenly become a genteel if poor old book-agent, whose appearance excited compassion.

A Husband by Proxy Jack Steele

Six months later he sold the copy to a book-agent for twice its original cost.

Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs Henry H. Harper

He looked at me a minute, then grinned and said he thought I was a book-agent.

Letters of a Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart

It is said that upon one occasion, when the good rector failed by polite efforts to dismiss a book-agent, he was regretfully compelled to order him from his house.

As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century Marian Gouverneur

And Miranda remembered her affianced the book-agent.

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

A plain but uncommonly interesting tale of everyday life, describing the ups and downs of a boy book-agent.

The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast Victor [pseud.] Appleton

A plain but uncommonly interesting tale of everyday life, describing the ups and downs of a boy book-agent.

The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South Laura Lee Hope

The old jibes about the book-agent fall flat when applied to them.

The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing Various

He must have lots of sociables, and fairs, and things to take the place of religion; and he must dress well, and live like a gentleman on the salary of a book-agent.

Hepsey Burke