Six (6) Original 1920s Costume Designs by the Lester Costume Co
Chicago, Illinois: Lester Costume Co, 1920. Very good. Toned, light dust soiling.. Six (6) original costume designs rendered in pen and ink, pencil, water color, and glitter, all done by an artist (artists?) employed by the Lester Costume Company in Chicago. The company began in the late 1910s making vaudeville and stage costumes for chorus girls, and ran... Read More
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Eight (8) Illustrated Cards for Teaching Hygiene and International Friendship, Tolerance
New York, New York: Cleanliness Institute, 1927. Near-fine. Minor toning.. A series of eight (8) illustrated cards depicting personal hygiene and cleanliness practices around the world, with an emphasis on international friendship and tolerance. The illustrations originally appeared in Grace T. Hallock's "After the Rain: Cleanliness Customs of Children in Many Lands", published by the same publisher in... Read More
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World's Columbian Exhibition Chicago" -- Accordion-Style 1893 Souvenir Book
Portland, Maine: Chisholm Bros, 1893. Good to very good. Light dust soiling, with some minor chipping and surface wear/damage to parts of plates. Chipping to inside of spine.. A very charming souvenir album, published by a Portland, Maine publisher to commemorate the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Bound in original publisher's portfolio binding, it is revealed to be a multi-panel... Read More
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Stone & Forsyth Co. Hygienic Specialties Catalogue and Price List
Boston, Massachusetts: Stone & Forsyth Co, 1915. Very good to fine; light toning, one short tear to foot of upper wrapper.. Illustrated price list for Stone & Forsyth Co. Hygienic Specialties, advertising to businesses everything from "Hygienic Sputum Flasks" to disposable baby diapers, twine, and automobile covers. Begins with a brief pitch in support of increased hygienic practices... 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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Women at the World's Crossroads. A. Maude Royden The Woman's Press New York
by A. Maude Royden
New York: The Woman's Press, 1923. 139 pp. Blue fabric cover with gilt title, Printed white dust jacket with author's photograph, frontispiece of author. Contents include six chapters entitled; The World at the Crossroads, Christian Patriotism, Women's Service to the Race, Women's Service to Theology, The Law of Life, and Love, the Fulfilling of the Law. Material in book... Read More
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A Treatise on Indigestion and its Consequences, called Nervous and Bilious Complaints; with Observations on the Organic Diseases, in which some they sometimes terminate. A.P.W. Philip James Crissy Philadelphia
by A.P.W. Philip
Philadelphia: James Crissy, 1824. 195 pp. Brown leather cover, no illustrations, Fourth Edition with some additional observations. A Treatise on Indigestion contains information and observations relating to the physical ailments. The chapters list the symptoms, causes, treatments of first, second, and third stages of indigestion. 8 3/4" x 5 1/2" wear on cover, foxing throughout, one page has torn... Read More
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Hob o' the Mill
by Grace T. Hallock and Julia Wade Abbot
Chicago, Illinois: The Quaker Oats Company, 1929. Very good to near-fine. Minor rubbing to extremities.. A story book for young readers published by, and advertising, the Quaker Oats Company. Shows how Quaker targeted its core market, middle class American families, via stories for young readers in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. Includes poems and different vignettes starring... Read More
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Lucina sine concubitu. A treatise humbly addressed to the Royal Society; in which is proved ... that a woman may conceive and be brought to bed, without any commerce with man
by Abraham Johnson (pseud. John Hill), ed. Edmund Goldsmid
1930. Very good to fine; minor wear to extremities.. A quirky illustrated facsimile of an eighteenth-century treatise written as a hoax. The disgruntled author had been rejected by the Royal Society for membership in 1750, and his response was to publish proof "that a Woman may conceive, and be brought to Bed, without any Commerce with a Man".... Read More
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Riding Academy Terms & Rules w Cameo Embossing
by W.H. Disbrow's Riding Academy
1855. Letter folds.. A single fold circular for W. H. Disbrows Riding School, 5th Ave. Cor. 39th St. Adorned with a deeply embossed cameo imprint of a woman riding a horse bordered by the name and location of the school. Includes terms for Lessons, Exercise Riding and special events and information. "Evening parties of Ladies and Gentleman, for... Read More
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Nobleman" Engraving from the History of the University of Cambridge
by Rudolph Ackermann
London: L. Harrison and J.C. Leigh, 1815. This engraving features a man in a blue beautifully embroidered robe holding a black graduation cap. The artwork was done by Thomas Uwins and engraved by J. Agar. This engraving from Rudolph Ackermann's book "History of the University of Cambridge, Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Building" published in 1815 by L. Harrison... Read More
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Proctor" Engraving from the History of the University of Cambridge
by Rudolph Ackermann
London: L. Harrison and J.C. Leigh, 1815. This engraving features a man in a dark robe standing by a desk holding a book by a chain handle. This engraving has been colored with brown accents for the desk's wooden legs and the clasps on the book. The artwork was done by Thomas Uwins and engraved by J. Agar. This... Read More
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Yawcob's Dribulations
by Charles Follen Adams
Boston, Massachusetts: L. Prang, 1894. Good. Toning, light dust soiling. A comic illustrated book published by Louis Prang, part of the publisher's "Yawcob Strauss" series. The author, Charles Follen Adams (1842-1918), was known for his humorous rhymes and poems in the German-American dialect, as here. Ink gift inscription from the author dated Aug. 23, 1907: "With the compliments... Read More
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The Happifats Cookbook, Angeleno Doll Club
by Ruth E Adomeit
Los Angelos, California: Angeleno Doll Club, 1969. The Happifats cookbook, is a miniature book, 1st edition, with recipes inspired by dolls. Each recipe is accompanied charming by a black and white, with accents of hand coloring done in crayon. Some recipes included are: Raggedy Ann Bars, Hello Dolly Dingles, and Brownies Supreme. These book was compiled by Ruth E... Read More
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My Favorite Story Book, with illustrations
by Adomeit, Ruth
Philadelphia, PA: Fisher & Bro, Fisher & Denison, 1850. 192 pp. Cloth stamped boards. Miniature book. Wood-cut drummer boy frontisepiece. This book has several short stories along with over a half a dozen charming black and white illustrations to go along with. A list of the stories found within are as follows: Little Joseph the Child of the Sea,... Read More
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A Series of 10 Original Whimsical Verses with Pen & Ink Illustrations
by A.E.F.F.
1930. Light surface soiling on margins.. Ten (10) original hand penned verses, each with charming relevant drawings. All are on a single 12" x 9" art board except for the tale of A Mouse and a Beetle and a sweet baby Sausage who lived together. This particular tale, written in five verses has a sad ending--something to do... Read More
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Why Graduate: A Talk with Boys and Girls
by A.E. Winship, ed
New York, New York: Looseleaf Education, Inc, 1926. Very good. Toned. Vertical crease. A couple minor short tears to spine.. A fascinating look into social values surrounding education in 1926, from a booklet encouraging young people to pursue education and graduate from high school: "Most of the really great men of America have found themselves, as the saying... Read More
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Catherine Susan in Hot Water
by Kathleen Ainslie
London: Castell Brothers. Ltd., Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Minimal light foxing inside covers and center page near margin. /good. 23 unnumbered pages with plain card stock cover and printed dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with captioned full page color imagery. The mischievous antics of Catherine Susan and her friend Maria narrated by Catherine Susan... Read More
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Dear Dirty Dolly
by Kathleen Ainslie
London, New York: Castell Brothers Ltd. Frederick A. Stokes, 1908. 28 unnumbered pages. Stiff wrappers. The wooden doll was upset because Baby wouldn't look at her as Baby wanted a Black dolly and she was white. She dipped herself in ink and did what she could to become Black. The excited little girl told her Nursie about her new... Read More
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Imperial Princes' Polish Broadside with American Eagle
by A. J. Jones, Seller
New York, 1860. Edge wear. 3 1/2" intact tear at base. "Taped" on board (see image). A 15" x 11" broadside with a fine woodcut of an American eagle at top with a ribbon in it's beak reading "Equalled by None". Imperial Princes' Polish $500 Will be given to anyone who can produce an article to give a... Read More
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Handmade Game of Jack Straws with Instructions
by Alba W. Currier
1929. One of the bird jackstaw is damaged, it is missing the majority of the carved board on top, all that remains small portion of the bottom of the bird. The instructions are toned and soiled due to age and have minor foxing.. A handmade game of Jack Straw, though more commonly known as pick up sticks or... Read More
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Farmers' Bulletin, War Department Weather Report - Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce and Agriculture
by Albert J Myer, Brig. Gen
Washington DC: War Department, Office of the Chief Signal Office, 1877. General wear. Letter folds. Penciling on back.. A weather bulletin for December 27, 1877 put out by US War Department, the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, a Division of the Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce and Agriculture. Although this bulletin appears to have... Read More
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The Mott Street Poker Club
by [Alfred Trumble], M. Woolf (illus.)
New York, New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1888. Good to very good. Upper wrapper detached. Minor toning, dust soiling, chipping to extremities and spine. One or two minor stains. Paper brittle.. First edition, scarce, with only 3 copies listed on OCLC as of March 2023. "The Mott Street Poker Club" is a fictional account revealing the underground card... Read More
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Both Sides of the Servant Question
by Annie Winsor Allen
Boston, Massachusetts: American Unitarian Association, 1912. Near-fine.. An article acknowledging the importance of women's domestic work in the form of domestic service, and discussing the complex relationship between maid and mistress: "The fact is that, both mistress and maid occupy a sphere where honor and trust and disinterested hard work must be present, or discontent with abound" (p.... Read More
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Van Allen's Common Sense Churn Transfer of Patent
by C.D. Van Allen
Syracuse, NY, 1861. Minor soiling and toning due to age as well as a few minor separations along the fold.. A transfer of patent certificate for the Common Sense [Butter] Churn. The churn was invented by C. D. Van Allen and patented by him in July 1861 with an O.B. Cowles purchasing shares in it at that time.... Read More
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