The Brawnville Papers, being Memorials of the Brawnville Athletic Club, edited by Moses Coit Tyler
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co, 1869. 215 page book, with gilt stamped covers. Twelve essays written on the subject of 'physical culture'. First appeared as articles in the Herald of Health Journal. While it might have first have been indended to be essays on 'physical culture' these articles have snowballed into commentary on life, as well as memoirs of... Read More
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Intricate Canivet or Nun cut Cutwork, with decorations on both sides
1780. A 4.25" by 2.75" intricate and delicate cutwork presumably from France, created by nuns in the 1780s or 1790s. Note the razor slits and pinprick at base. Watercolor decoration with AB or NB seated on a green grass with flowers above. The reverse has the Eye of Providence above a Flaming Heart atop the landscape. Intended to foster... Read More
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Literary Salad - "A Feast of Reason and a flow of Soul
Salem MA: Parker Brothers, 1890. Surface and edge wear on box from handling. A 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 3/4" lidded press board box with applied litho and paper label. The label depicts numerous books in a large bowl. The bowl is atop another book titled A Game. Content includes 35 playing card size... Read More
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Broadside: Take your place in America's biggest job... Defense -Join the Women in the Services
1952. A black and white broadside depicting a women and serviceman at center bordered by vignettes of military women at work or play. Image captions include Professional skills, Air traffic control, top secretarial spots, physical therapist, world-wide assignments, photographer, weekly dance and leisure hours. Narrative promotes the benefits including 30 days vacation and over 450 different jobs choices. Promotes... Read More
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Wenzel H.Kreb's work in the "Kindergarten" School
Roslindale, MA, November 1894. Bend, near break front cover. Heavy back strip wear.. 19 leaves with works on both sides. Presented in a lined hard cover copy book. The inside cover has an applied folded paper work with an image of George Washington at the center. The remainder of the book includes yarn works, woven paper... Read More
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Printer's Proof -- Pen company - Gladiators - Pen is Mightier than the Sword
New York: Meyer, Merkel & Ottmann. A 5 5/8" x 4 3/8" proof for Aikin Lambert & Co. New York. Logo in upper left corner "Pen is Mightier than the Sword". Scene depicts gladiators in the Coliseum dueling with pens instead of sword. Layered color, almost appears as split-fountain. Gold vs. Steel at base Reverse is blank.
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Repurposed 1878 Diary - Manuscript Lace Patterns & Potpourri Recipes
1902. The diary through mid-March is absent and begins with a short news clipping for Torchon Lace. This is followed by manuscript instructions for Drusella Lace followed by a random pencil sketch of a farm house. This is followed by Hansom Wide Lace, Knitted Diana Lace, Pretty Knit Lace. Mid-April through November is blank. The next entry is Filling... Read More
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Our '98 Book: A Combined Catalogue and Instruction Book on the Subjects of Silk Embroidery and Popular Fancy Work
New London, CT: The Brainerd & Armstrong Company, 1898. 76 pp. A guide with comprehensive descriptions of items sold and instructions on how to utilize them in order to make embroidery or the like. The cover is in color, designed to look like an embroidered rose. There are 21 color plates illustrating finished embroidered designs, such as the Japanese... Read More
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Chief Yellow Thunder Lecturer, Indian Legend, Race and Antiquity of the American Indian
Wisconsin Dells, Wis, 1930. A single-fold 7 3/8" x 4" brochure with an image from a photograph of the Chief Yellow Thunder in traditional attire on the front cover. The grandson of the original Yellow Thumder. The brochure provides historical information on the Chief and the "Thunder Clan". His topics for discussion include Race and Antiquity of the American... Read More
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D.A.R - members Knitting for Victory
Allentown PA: Wint Studios, 8-Apr-18. Three different 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" photos on larger mounts. The first photo depicts six women seated around a table knitting with a wall size American flag in the background. Each of the women is knitting. The women are identified. The second is the same room with a much larger group of woman... Read More
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European Pocket Time-Keeper complete with instructions and protective sleeve
New York: J. W. Delamere & Do, 1865. A 3 3/4" x 2 5/8" card with a ring on a string that is to be repositioned across a line of months. The card is to be positions so the A flap faces the sun to create a shadow line. If properly aligned the string will point to the correct... Read More
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Travel Scrap or Memento Book - Monograms, Hotel Logos, Fraternity Insignias etc.
1940. Back strip missing, rubbing on the edges of the cover, and damage to the binding. Toning due to age on interior pages. Minor stains caused by the glue.. A unique scrap travel book compiled by an unknown person with each page filled will snippets from letterheads from hotels presumably visited by the journaler. These pieces of the... Read More
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Children's July 4th Hand Made Fireworks Package Prototype
c1940s. Overall good condition. This proto-type fireworks packet for children is in celebration of the Fourth of July. It features a child outside on some grass holding a firecracker container with five small bursts above him in the sky, and "July 4th" written next to it. The handcrafted card is done on black paper with the details in... Read More
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Personal Correspondence from a young women to her Mother
Atlanta, Georgia, 1868. Overall condition is good. The double sided letter to the writer's mother shares an update about their life and gossip. The letter is written on Memphis and Charleston Railroad Letterhead from Atlanta, Georgia during the period of Reconstruction. The writer discusses recent illness, a bad cold, and general news about the going on of their... Read More
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A Victorian Album with 78 Works comprised of album cards, hand penned poetry and verse and original art and design
Hildesheimer & Faulkner, 1880. Light wear (offset) on a few pages.. Large format album with 39 leaves with applied fine chromolithograph album cards and illustrations on both sides of the page, in other words 78 decorated pages. At the center of each page is an applied album cards surrounded by watercolor illustrations and elements relevant to the card... Read More
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Grandpapa Pease's Tom Thumb
Albany, NY: E. H. Pease & Co. Aged toning, sewing repair on spine. First and last pages delaminated from covers. All intact Pencil markings on front and back covers. 8 leaves, green paper wrapper with small illustration of children playing in a park surrounded by large decorative elements. Hand colored illustrations throughout. half-page illustrations and two full-page illustrations.... Read More
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Our Two-Faced Mayor, A Political Satire Cartoon
1860. Tape residue. Almost torn in two. Toned due to age.. A political cartoon depicting a woodcut engraving of a man wearing a top hat sitting on top of a fence. He has two-faces, and as such, he says to the man standing on the right side of the fence "Don't you be alarmed. Ratigan is the last... Read More
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Die-cut Advertising Pamphlet in the Shape of Duquesne Rum Bottle Featuring Selected Drink Recipes
Paris: Duquesne. A colorful die cut advertisement for Duquesne Liquor. The advertisement is cut into the shape of two bottles. The back cover depicts a woman serving drinks made from Duquesne liquors. The inside of the advertisement features select drink recipes, such as the "Long Drink of the Caribbean" and "Creole Ice Punch." Very slight edge wear, otherwise... Read More
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School Girl Art - Dear Naive Watercolors of Flowers and a Young Girl w Hand Constructed Album Christina Potts
1850. Light cover wear; overall excellent.. Thirteen (13) different watercolor illustrations created by Christina Potts. One illustration depicts a fine well-appointed young girl in the foreground with a wonderfully out of perspective cow and a home in the background. A hedge with abstract stone wall at side. Excellent combination of yellows, ochre, blues and green. Two (2) floral... Read More
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[Advertising Broadside] Color Broadside promoting the "Christmas World", Three Sections in Color for 5 cents. Out Sunday, Dec. 13
New York: The New York World, 1906. Moderate wear. Wrinkling and intact tears on margins.. 11 ½" x 17 3/8" color broadside with illustration of anthropomorphic elephant as Santa Claus. Promotes feature articles "Christmas with the Poor and Christmas with the Rich", "Santa Claus Held up in Hogan's Alley", cartoon by Geo. B. Luks and "The Merry (?)... Read More
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Anker Steinbaukasten Bilder: Anchor Stone Blocks - Uncut Character Sheets
This is one of Germany's most famous classic toys. It is a modular toy system, first designed in the art institution in Rudolstadt by artists, illustrators and architects. One would cut out the doors and place them on the grid provided. There are two pages of uncut figures, with a total of 24 figures. These pages are... Read More
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Osteopathic Health: Good Health to All this Dear, Vol. 53 No. 1, What Osteopathy Does for Women, etc.
Chicago, IL: American Osteopathic Assn, Jan-28. Covers are toned due to age. Staples are rusted. Otherwise fine.. A volume of the journal of Osteopathic Health that focuses on women's health and how osteopathy can help. Osteopathy is a system of medical practice based on the theory that diseases are mostly due to loss of structural integrity of the... Read More
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Twelve (12) Animal Illustrations- Animals of the Dixies Circus- Promotion for Dixie Cups
1920. A set of twelve charming drawings of animals featured in the Dixies Circus. Included are: Nannette The Kangaroo, Caesar The Lion, Scotty the Fox Terrier, Zeb The Zebu, Sammy the Sea Lion, Queen the Elephant, Old Mary The Giraffe, Omar The Camel, Midnight The Leopard, Bobby The Lynx, Zira The Panther, and Olympia the Hippo. c1920s Condition... Read More
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Sand Toy for Grands Magasings Du Printemps
Paris, France, 1890. This paper toy depicts a woman on one side milking her cow and a little girl drinking milk at the table on the other side. Both the little girl's glass of milk and the stream of milk produced by the cow are tissue paper with a capsule of sand behind it. This means that as you... Read More
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Leaflet - Massey's Patent Revolving Boot & Shoe Heal Protectors
New York: Massey Revolving Shoe Heel Co, 1880. Letter folds.. An 8" x 5" two-sided leaflet describing the merits of this heel protector. It boasts: It will save from 25 to 50 percent iin boot & shoe bills. It will, in a great degree, prevent slipping on ice. It will support the ankle and keep the foot erect.... Read More
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