13 Anna Belle Newspaper Paper Dolls
by F. Gere, Illustrator
1913. Fragile. Toning and edge wear. Some edges trimmed.. Color newspaper paper dolls series of a good little girl who is always very careful about her dress. Printed on newspring. Each segment includes at least one paper dolls with costumes and accessories and a narrative promoting good behavior, caring and living in a perfect world. A segment captioned... Read More
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1815 Letter to Captain Horace Field from Father
by Oliver Field
Phelps, New York, 1815. Good. Short tears, toning, dust soiling.. Addressed to "Captain Horace Field of the District of Columbia and State of Virginia" from his father, Oliver Field (1751-1820). The letter begins with a meditation on death, referencing his son's proximity to it in wartime: "You have seen and heard of many falling in your parts in... Read More
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What does it profit a man?" -- 1970s Anti-Inflation Political Cartoon Poster
by Frederick W. Fischer
United States, 1975. Very good to near-fine. Light toning, one small water stain near foot of Uncle Sam. Minor nicks or spots.. A 1970s-era poster with original artwork, protesting the sky-high inflation numbers facing Americans, often referred to now as "The Great Inflation". As with all great political cartoons and commentaries, there is a lot going on in... Read More
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The Adventures of Idabell and Wakefield: Through a Child's WIndow, Volume 5
by Betty S. Fix
Oklahoma: The Crosby House, 1946. 65 pp. Blue hard cover, color and black and white illustrations, black and white illustrated end papers, verses and pictures by Mary Signe Baravalle, part of the Idabell and Wakefield Adventures. Short verses accompanied by illustrations on a variety of topics such as fairies, siblings, travel, nature, and childhood activities. 11 1/4" x... Read More
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The Adventures of Idabell and Wakefield: Dolls Around the World, Volume 4
by Betty S. Fix
Oklahoma: The Crosby House, 1946. 32 pp. Blue hard cover, color and black and white illustrations, black and white illustrated end papers, each page has decorative borders, illustrations by Edith E. Buhler, part of the Idabell and Wakefield Adventures. Each section has a color illustration of a doll in a country's traditional dress and a letter from the doll.... Read More
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The Adventures of Idabell and Wakefield: What Would You Do?, Volume 2
by Betty S. Fix
Oklahoma: The Crosby House, 1946. 32 pp. Blue hard cover, color and black and white illustrations, black and white illustrated end papers, Verse collaboration by Betty S. Fix and Sue Amsden Parker, Illustrated by Kenneth McLellan and assisted by Miriam Morgan Cooper. Part of the Idabell and Wakefield Adventures. Idabell and Wakefield discuss rules and good behavior, for example,... Read More
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The See and Do Book of Dolls and Doll Houses
by Helen Jill Fletcher
New York: H. S. Stuttman Company, 1959. 128 pp. Brown hard cover book, with illustrated book cover. This book gives detailed instructions on how one can make both their own dolls and their own dollhouse filled with homemade doll furniture. The book jacket states, "One does not have to be gifted to make a doll or doll house or... Read More
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The ABC Book
by Florence Sarah Winship, illus
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co, 1940. Minor dust soiling, spotting. Bright and saturated color. Well read.. A bright and well-preserved example of an illustrated ABC for early learners, featuring illustrations ranging from "Apple" to "Zipper". Printed on linen-like paper, giving the book a nice tactile charm. Single volume (13" by 9.5"), pp. [16], illus., stapled in original illus.... Read More
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Naive Drawing of Cat Playing Violin on Postal Card, Postmarked 1909
by Florence
United States, 1909. Very good. Light toning/spotting.. A most charming original watercolor of a grey tabby cat cat playing a violin, painted directly onto a postal card and sent through the mail in 1909 to a Mr. Robert Howes of Ashfield, Massachusetts. The ink inscription on the verso reads, "I wish you many a Happy Birthday, Florence". Note... Read More
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Sampler Book with Twelve (12) Hand-sewn Examples of Stitching by Young Sewing Student Catherine T. Flynn
by Catherine T. Flynn
Addison, New York, 1920. Very good. Toned, extremities rubbed. All samples appear present.. Twelve (12) hand-sewn examples of stitching by a school girl, Catherine T. Flynn, likely made in a sewing or home economics class. Penned in her finest cursive. The techniques used include: running stitch; even basting; two examples of uneven basting; diagonal basting; two examples of... Read More
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Advert for Librarian Eleanor Coray Forman's Talk on Bonnets and Women's History
by Eleanor Coray Forman
Danvers, Massachusetts, 1930. Very good.. A charming promotional leaflet for talks given by Eleanor Coray Forman on the history of women and bonnets: "In this unusual and inspirational talk Mrs. Forman uses fascinating bonnets to illustrate worthwhile qualities in life; old fashioned bonnets for a sense of humor, an aviatrix helmet for courage, lovely bonnets to typify the... Read More
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The Trade Unions and the War
by William Z. Foster
New York, New York: Workers Library Publishers, Inc, 1942. Near-fine. Minor toning, dust soiling.. A brief meditation on the importance of labor, worker's rights, and national unity during the early days of the Second World War, by an important twentieth century American labor organizer. Addresses the subjects of mobilization of labor, production, adequate wartime wages and working conditions,... Read More
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The Strike Situation and Organized Labor's Wage and Job Strategy
by William Z. Foster
New York, New York: New Century Publishers, 1945. Very good. Toned, some wear to extremities.. A pamphlet on striking and worker's rights by the noted radical labor organizer and Communist politician William Z. Foster (1881-1961), focusing on advancing the labor movement in the early postwar era, November 1945. Ends with a call to action for its readers, asking... Read More
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The Woolly Lamb
by Helen Hoke & Natalie Fox
New York: Julian Messner, 1942. Small area of missing surface litho on free end paper where price sticker appears to have been removed.. Unpaginated litho board book with dust jacket. Fuzzy wuzzy lamb end papers. A picture book with short narrative at the base of each page. Anthropomorphic barnyard animals. The lamb is a fuzzy wuzzy lamb in... Read More
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S.O.S. Slips of Speech and How to Avoid Them
by Frank H. Vizetelly, Litt.D., LL.D.
Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1922. Toned, wrappers chipped.. First edition of a pocket-sized booklet of mispronunciations, misnomers, and vulgarisms to avoid in the English language. The author's personal views often permeate the entries to great comedic effect, such as in the entry for "flapper": "A very immoral young girl in her early teens" (p. 16). "Lady" is described... Read More
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The Mary Frances Cook Book or Adventures Among the Kitchen People
by Jane Eayre Fryer
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co, 1912. Paste down Litho on cover. 175 pp. Profusely illustrated both full page and in-text by Margaret G. Hays and Jane Allen Boyer. The story of a little girl who spent time among the humble Kitchen People and learned important lessons about both life and cooking. A book within a cook book introducing... Read More
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Four (4) Manuscript Composition Notebooks of Myrtle Fulton, Age 16
by Myrtle Fulton
Orion, Illinois, 1888. Very good. Occasional toning, dust soiling, water stains. Text block loose in one of the notebooks.. Four (4) manuscript composition notebooks belonging to Myrtle Fulton, a talented Fulton County, Illinois student aged 16 in 1888. Myrtle had a remarkable talent for cartography; one would not know from her drawings of the continents that she was... Read More
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School Scrapbook The 'Happy School Days' of Helen Gallagher at Burdett College, Boston, Massachusetts, 1932-1934
by Helen Gallagher
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1934. A charming scrapbook kept by Helen Gallagher during her years as a student at Burdett College in the early 1930s. Burdett College was formally known as Burdett School of Business, and closed in 1999. The scrapbook is filled with mementos, letters and cards, clipping from school newsletters and local papers, invitations, notes... Read More
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Mother McGrew and Cordelia Clam: Book No. 9
by Alice Crew Gall
Cleveland: The Goldsmith Publishing Co, 1918. The book starts with a brief overview of the series stating: "Mother McGrew gave many sharp lessons to our animal friends, and these stories and pictures tell how it happened to them and why! ... each [story] impresses a fact about good manners." This particular book tells the story of Cordelia... Read More
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Typography, Layout & Advertising Production: handbook for newcomers to the advertising profession
by Edwin H. Stuart and Grace Stuart Gardner
Pittsburgh, PA: Edwin H Stuart, INC. 46 pp. Paper back printed cover, black and white illustrations and font types. The book explains font types, layouts, and methods or advertising. The end pages are a dictionary for technical terms. 11" x 8 1/2" some staining on cover, slight wear from use.
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Uncle Wiggily at the Beach or How He and Uncle Butter Went Swimming and The Hollow Stump School Opens also Uncle Butter and Uncle Wiggily Play Golf
by Howard R. Garis
Newark, NJ: Charles E. Graham & Co, 1924. unpaginated. Stamped cloth cover with applied color illustrated pictorial, color illustrations throughout by Lang Campbell, preprinted ex-libris with matching illustrated advertising end papers at back of book. Three short stories-Uncle Wiggly, Nurse Jane, and Uncle Butter spend the day at the beach; Uncle Wiggily visits the Hollow Stump School while bad... Read More
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Joyland - Fun with Faces for Girls and Boys
by K.E. Garman
Chicago: Ideal Book Builders, 1912. Litho on board. Six (6) pages each with illustrations of children, animals, toys, flowers and birds with die-cut holes where the faces belong. An envelope is affixed to the inside front cover that contains allthe faces. The faces are cut to the proper size and bevel to fit into the appropriate hole. Each page... Read More
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Posters & Publicity Fine Printing & Design, Commercial Art Annual 1928
by F. A. Mercer and W. Gaunt
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1928. Approx. 162, Illustrated with several color plates, of which some are tipped in, along with dozens of black & white illustrations. These graphic images are reproductions of the advertising work done in the 1920s. At the beginning of the book there are three separate indexes advertisers, designers, printers and agents. Book was... Read More
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Some Information for Mother
by John Palmer Gavit
New York, New York: American Social Hygiene Association, 1939. Very good. Minor toning, short tear to lower foot of spine, a little rubbed at extremities.. Printed sex education pamphlet distributed by the New Jersey State Department of Health titled "Some Information for Mother". Penned by a man, the book presents itself in the form of a story in... Read More
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A Joke on Cinder
by Romney Gay
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. Edge wear on dust jacket. Profusely illustrated litho on board book with dust jacket. Pictorial end papers. A learn to read picture book. The story of children playing with their cat. Measures 7 1/2" x 7 1/3
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