Eddie Elephant
by Johnny Gruelle
Chicago: M.A. Donohue, 1921. 39 pp. Red fabric cover, bright colorful in-text illustrations throughout. Story line is Eddie Elephant's day and his interactions with other animals such as Mabel Monkey, Katy Kangaroo, and Christopher Crocodile. Measures 7 1/2" x 6" light wear and sun fading on cover's edges, one page with stai.
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When Dissatisfied Try Victory Barber Shop - special attention paid to children's hair cutting
by Frank Guastaferro
New York, New York: Victory Barber Shop, 1900. Good to very good. Some dust soiling.. Printed business card promoting a Manhattan barber shop on 57th street, "Victory Barber Shop", run by "Frank Guastaferro". Services listed on the front include: "Strictly Sanitary Service. Special Attention paid to Children's Hair Cutting. Private Parlor For Ladies Face Massage. Shampooing a Specialty".... Read More
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Spring Flowers
by Guben
F. Fechner, 1850. General wear. Most of red cloth spine is missing. Sewing repair. Minor penciling on blank side of leaves. Minor rust stains from a paper clip.. A short book of eight rhyming poems meant for children. Each page features a new poem and a corresponding hand colored illustration. All stories take place outside and the majority... Read More
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Laura Beaumont Moseley (née Hadley) Photo Album of her time at Vassar College
by Laura Beaumont Moseley (née Hadley)
Poughkeepsie, NY, 1920. Very good. Minor flaws include toning, the occasional spot or short tear.. A small archive of material belonging to a spirited young woman by the name of Laura Beaumont Moseley (née Hadley, 1899-1989), giving insight into her time at Vassar College. Includes a couple of school assignments, photo negatives, and plenty of developed photos in... Read More
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The Trials, Troubles and Disappointments of The Hickory Elm Club During the Last Democratic Administration and What It Expects in the Event of the Election of William Jennings Bryan
by William S. Haggard
Chicago, IL: Hickory Elm Club, 1900. General wear and toning. Minor tear at base of front cover, as well as small missing section of top right corner.. The Hickory Elm Club was a Democratic Political Party social club where important individuals met to discuss the politics of the day. It starts with a brief history of the club,... Read More
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Promotional Booklet for The Child Development Readers
by Julia Letheld Hahn
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1935. 31 pp booklet with examples of pages and teaching instructions from The Child Development Readers. Content includes In the Store, An Orientation Picture Story, Hurry! Hurry!, Taking Pony Boy Home, Good Times in Paul's Room, The Camp, A Dictionary Page, Milk to Drink in Lapland, Our Weekly News, Shopping for Toys and a page... Read More
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Complete Set of Orientation Picture Cards for Julia Letheld Hahn's "Everyday Friends
by Julia Letheld Hahn
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1935. Cards in very good to near-fine condition, with minor toning and dust soiling. Envelope in fair condition (worn with large tears). Cards only.. A complete set of "Orientation Picture Cards" to accompany "Everyday Friends", a 1935 children's book by Julia Letheld Hahn published by Houghton Mifflin. Hahn (1891-1942) collaborated with the publisher... Read More
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Two (2) Leaflet Promotional Eye Charts Presented by Rochester NY Optician
by A.D. Haines
Rochester, NY, 1930. Corner chip. Toning top margin. Two (2) different 8 3/4" x 4 1/4" promotional flyers presented by Dr. A. D. Haines, Eye and Ear Specialist. Each titled Test Your Eyes! with a different graphic at top to quickly determine the need to seek the care of an eye specialist. One also has a sentence of... Read More
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Civil War Letter From George E. Haines Regarding the Death of his Friend on the Battlefield
by George E. Haines
Falmouth, VA, 1865. There is a large water stain that appears on both sides of the letter, however it does not effect readability. Toned due to age.. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" manuscript license to preach. At a meeting of the association of Tolland County convened at Tolland Dec. 28, 1835, the bearer, John Haven, a member of... Read More
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Ye Gardeyne Boke: A Collection of Quotations Instructive and Sentimental Gathered and Arranged by Jennie Day Haines
by Jennie Day Haines
San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co, 1906. 72 pp. Printed cloth cover, illustrated end pages, illustrated decorative borders in black and green. A collection of garden related writing, quotes, instructions, and poetry collected by author Haines. 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" wear on cover, some toning.
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The Peterkin Papers
by Lucretia P. Hale
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1924. 219 pp. Color Illustrated applied cover over cloth, frontispiece plus two plates, black and white illustrations and color plates by Harold M. Brett, Riverside Bookshelf. A humorous story about a silly family and their adventures. They meet a lady from Philadelphia that fixes the problems. 8 1/2" x 6" wear on cover, foxing, text... Read More
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1880s Publishing Industry -- Letter from Editor of Domestic Sciences Journal to Prospective Subscriber
by W.H. Hale
Washington, D.C.: Health and Home, 1884. Very good to near-fine. Letter folds.. Handwritten letter on letterhead dated May 19th 1884 from the editor and proprietor of the periodical "Heath and Home". Begun in 1873, the journal was issued monthly and was "Devoted to Domestic Medicine, Literature, Science and Art". Here, the editor is corresponding with a prospective subscriber:... Read More
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The Translation of the Adjustment of the Average of the Clipper Ship Messenger, W. Hill. Master, on the Average from Bakers Island to Hamburg
by George Hambrock
Hamburg, Germany, 1872. General wear. Minor separation at folds. Minor stain on top of page on front.. This document is the English translation of a German document which was the "Adjustment of the Average" for the ship 'The Messenger' which was under Captain Waldo Hill (1814-1888) control and traveled from Bakers Island, MA, to Hamburg, Germany. The trip... Read More
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Letter from Wife of Founder on letterhead of Mallalieu Seminary - A High Grade School for Both Sexes
by Mrs. Geo. M Hamlen
Kinsey, Henry County, ALA, 1901. Letter folds.. An 11" x 8 1/2" letter sheet with a large image from a photograph of the exterior of the Mallalieu Seminary, Kinsey, Henry County, Alabama. The adjacent narrative provides information on the school, it's fees and affiliation to the "Emeline S. Hamien Industrial Home of Girls" in which they are taught... Read More
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No. 1 The Infant Vocalist, Selections from the Nursery Rhymes &c. with Original Airs for the Pianoforte or Harp
by Elizabeth Est. Hamond
London: Mitchell's Musical Library, 1824. 12 pp. The cover has the title of the item engraved in various scripts. Songs include "Dance Little Baby", "Bye Bye Little Dolly", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "Little Miss Kid", "Pretty Flower, Tell Me Why?", and "Who'll Come and Play with Me, Dialogue and Duet". The last song is a dialogue between a sparrow... Read More
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New Bedford Textile School Pattern and Lecture Books
by Walter Hampson
New Bedford, Massachusetts: New Bedford Textile School, 1929. Good to very good.. A collection of hundreds of textile samples, weave pattern charts, and highly technical handwritten notes on the textile manufacturing process, all contained within two books belonging to Walter Hampson (dates unknown), a student at the New Bedford Textile School in Massachusetts. Together, the two books provide... Read More
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The David Hand Ginger Nutt Gift Book
by David Hand
London: Juvenile Productions Ltd, 1950. 123 pp. Applied printed color cover with matching dust jacket, color illustrated end papers, color illustrations and activities throughout along with some black and white photographs. A collection of stories,picture strips, animaland fun pictures, verse, puzzle pictures, animaland features, and games and how to makes. Answer key at back of book. 10 1/2" 8... Read More
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California Brothers song sheet
by Harris, Catharine written approx. 1824
Philadelphia: A.W. Auner, 1870. Light edge wear and yellowing.. An eight (8) verse poem/song. Laments of death, ocean travel, gold mines etc. Top and bottom of sheet read A.W. Auner, song publisher & printer, Tenth and Race Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Measures 7 3/4" x 4 1/2
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Epilepsy- Today's Encouraging Outlook
by Harry Sands, Ph.D. and Jacqueline Seaver
New York, New York: Public Affairs Committee, 1966. Very good to near-fine.. A guide to epilepsy published in 1966 as a part of a series of public health booklets published by the Public Affairs Committee, a nonprofit organization dedicated to families and public welfare issues in the United States. Each of the pamphlets covered social and health issues... Read More
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Pals on Our Farm. - Full Color Standing Cut-outs with Animation
by Hank Hart
New York: Animated Book Company, 1944. Diorama-style children’s book with ten (10) die-cut movable animals A 11 1/2" x 9' ” heavy card stock fold-out diorama-style barnyard scene. Includes ten (10) different easel back, mechanical animals, each with a printed verse. They are Wooley the Sheep, Gobbie the Turkey, Dobbin the Farm Horse, Hissie the Goose, Gruntie the Pig,... Read More
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The Story of Snoopy and Sally-Ann
by Mary Harvey
London: Dover Books Limited, 1957. 16 pp, color illustrated cover. Color illustrations throughout by author. Story of a girl and her dog encountering fairies. Fantasy and whimsy throughout. Measures 11 1/4" x 8 3/4" cover pulled away from bottom staple, light discoloration and some staining, inscribed.
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A Hundred Years of the Pacific Mail
by John Haskell Kemble
Newport News, VA: The Mariner's Museum, 1952. This is an extract from "The American Neptune", Vol 10, No. 2, first published in 1950. This particular additional was published for the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia and was printed by Edwards Brothers INC, lithoprinters from Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was a group of merchants... Read More
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Diary of Charlotte A Osgood of Georgetown, MA
by Charlotte Alice Osgood Haskell
Georgetown, MA, 1889. Front cover detached. Back strip missing. Back cover mostly detached. Damage to binding.. A diary of a young woman from Georgetown, MA, named Charlotte Osgood. Her family were prominent in local society. Covering four years, the journal starts with almost daily entries. As the years progress, the entries diminish in frequency, but are always picked... Read More
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Hört Ihr Leute!
by Lungers Hausen
1935. Cover wear.. 6 unnumbered pages printed on heavy stock/board. Four (4) full color illustrations with text describing how a child should behave in different social and safety situations. German language book. Measures 8 5/8" x 11 3/8". Marked 1692/64/9.
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Hört Ihr Leute!
by Lungers Hausen
1935. Cover wear.. Lungers Hausen. 6 unnumbered pages printed on heavy stock/board. Four (4) full color illustrations with text describing how a child should behave in different social and safety situations. German language book. Measures 8 5/8" x 11 3/8". Marked 1692/64/9
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