Souvenir and Story of the Play Chu Chin Chow
1917. Very good. Minor toning, spotting, chipping to wrappers.. Souvenir color illustrated story of the play "Chu Chin Chow", with illustrations of Percy Anderson costumes. Embossed cover. Fine color plates. Large 8vo (12" by 9"), pp. [36], original illus. wrappers.
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Never forget me" -- 12mo Valentine with Lace Paper, Embossed Victorian Scrap, Silver Decorated Paper
England, 1850. Very good. Minor tarnishing to silver paper, the occasional spot elsewhere.. An attractive and very well-preserved 12mo Valentine made from lace paper, embossed Victorian scrap, and an eye-catching piece of silver decorated paper. Highlights a chromolithographed image of a young girl in the center. Bifolium (4.75" by 3"), with blind stamp of Marcia Finley Smith to... Read More
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12mo Valentine with Pictorial Lace Paper, Embossed Victorian Scrap
England, 1850. Very good. Dust soiling, a couple spots.. A finely produced 12mo Valentine made from embossed Victorian scrap, pictorial lace paper depicting a pastoral country scene, and colored paper affixed beneath the lace paper. Inside is a scrap with motto that reads, "This little tribute which I send I hope you will receive And keep it for... Read More
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Engel's Chop House
Newark, New Jersey: The Essex Press, 1915. Very good. Minor toning, vertical crease.. A brief printed history of a New York City establishment, illustrated with contemporary photos. Engel's Chop House was founded in 1848 by the English actor Harry Clifton. It swiftly became one of the gastronomic jewels of the city, and was later taken over and expanded... Read More
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Annual Report of the Kraus Alumni Kindergarten Association
New York, New York: Kraus Alumni Kindergarten Association, 1914. Very good to near-fine. Minor toning, corners bumped. Letter folds, a couple spots to typewritten letter.. The 1913-1914 annual report of the Kraus Alumni Kindergarten Association, an organization dedicated to promoting Kindergarten, Froebel, and Montessori in New York City-area schools. Includes: a list of officers; minutes from the 1914... Read More
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Affection" -- Hand-colored 12mo Pastoral Theme Valentine
United States, 1850. Very good. Toned with one or two spots.. A charming 12mo Valentine, with hand-colored wood engraved image of a young shepherd with two lambs and a young girl in a bright red dress. The message reads, "Ah! could you look into my heart, And watch your image there, You'd own the sunny loveliness Affection makes... Read More
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Handmade Watercolor Boy - Sticks out Tongue & Closes Eyes [1860]
1840. 6.5" hand made watercolor mechanical card - young boy opens eyes and sticks out his tongue.
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Smith College Glee Banjo & Mandolin Clubs Promenade Concert
Northampton, MA: Smith College, 1902. Very good.. The original printed program for the 1902 Smith College Glee Banjo & Mandolin Clubs Promenade Concert, featuring attractive Art Nouveau-style allegorical cover art. Lists all of the pieces performed, composers or attributions, the names of all the performers, and also provides the lyrics to the final performance song for the audience... Read More
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YOU" -- Prepping Children and Pre-Teens for Puberty Education
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, 1941. Very good to near-fine.. Featuring a photo of a young girl smiling at herself in the mirror on the cover, "YOU" is Vol. XXXIV, No. 3 in a series of booklets published by Cornell University on home economics and child development. This booklet is addressed directly to children, and urges them to... Read More
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The Studio Club of the Y.W.C.A.
New York, New York: Y.W.C.A., 1940. Good. Toned with spotting, vertical crease, minor dust soiling.. Illustrated promotional pamphlet for the Studio Club of the Y.W.C.A., offering potential members an overview of the Club's offerings out of its Eat 77 Street building, including club rooms (for recitals, lectures, etc.), a laundry, sewing room, kitchenette, roof garden, and bathing facilities.... Read More
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Plough's Black and White Birthday and Dream Book
Memphis, Tennessee: Plough, 1927. Very good. Toned with some nicks, wear.. Dreams of Beauty Do Come True": advertising booklet for Plough brand creams, powders, and other skin care products, marketed to women. Includes sections of dream meanings, birthstones and personality traits for each birth month, and plenty of photos of smiling young ladies, including the early Metro darling... Read More
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A Three Piece Grouping of Ephemera Relating to T. Walter and Sons, Livestock Farmers
West Chester, PA: T. Walter & Sons, 1882. General wear. Letter folds on letter and price list.. A grouping of three items from T. Walter and Sons, livestock dealers from West Chester, PA. It dates from 1882 and contains a price list, descriptive circular, and a business letter to a client. The price list is single fold, double... Read More
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Sumner Female Academy Diploma for Annie E. Staley
Galatin, Tennessee: Sumner Female Academy, 1852. Toned with chipping/wear. Significant edge wear.. Engraved diploma finished in contemporary ink, certifying that the student Annie E. Staley has completed the course of study offered by the Sumner Female Academy in Galatin, Tennessee, in 1852. It has been signed at the foot by the President, Preceptress, Professor of Music, and four... Read More
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Pine Cone Children's Menu
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Aatell & Jones, Inc, 1950. Very good. Toned with a couple spots, wear to extremities.. A printed 1950s "Wild West" theme children's menu, complete with a cowboy on his steed on the front and an illustration of stereotypical Native Americans attacking a covered wagon train on the back (read into that depiction what you will). Dotted... Read More
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Devotional Card - Intricate Embossed Lace Paper Scrap with Engraving Depicting the Nativity
France: Maison Basset, 1850. Very good to near-fine.. An exceptional embossed lace paper devotional card, intricately designed and depicting the Nativity. In the center, there is an engraving of Mary and Joseph holding the baby Jesus, with an angel kneeling in prayer. Embossed at the top reads the text, "Gloire a Dieu au plus Haut des Cieux" ("Glory... Read More
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Post's Rapid Paper Rolls, Humidus Copying Apparatus
Post, 1902. Tri-folded green paper cover, opens to 4 pp. Directions for using apparatus.8 1/2" x 2 3/4", opens to papers 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" discoloration on cover.
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Depression Dance" Printed Flyer
[Cleveland, Ohio?]: St. John's Social Club, 1932. Good to very good. Dust soiling.. A small printed flyer for a "Depression Dance" held on the evening of Sunday, May 8th, 1932. Given by St. John's Social Club, with the following entertainment: Joe Kasper and His Harmonica Serenaders; Tap Dancers Icandella & Eckenrod; and music by the Jolly Broadcasters. Included... Read More
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A Happy Christmas" -- Train-themed Childhood Greeting Card
England (printed in Bavaria), 1910. Very good. Toning.. A charming Christmas card depicting a little boy in a train conductor outfit okaying train with his puppy. Die-cut, and can be folded so it stands up witht he boy sticking out of the background. Early inscription on verso reads, "From Charles + Harry Merry Christmas". Measures approx. 4.5" by... Read More
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New York Hippodrome Benefit for the San Francisco Sufferers" -- 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Ephemera
New York, New York: W.R. Hearst Relief Fund, 1906. Very good. Toned with chipping/short tears, some spotting.. Printed program from a New York performance benefitting survivors of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, an infamous natural disaster in American history that killed over 3,000 people and destroyed the majority of the city. This performance was given under the auspices... Read More
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A Good Place for a Girl to Work!" -- Ephemera Recruiting Women to Work for Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Bell Telephone Company, 1952. Good. Toning, dust soiling, some wear.. A group of early 1950s ephemera promoting the Indiana Bell Telephone Company to young women as "A Good Place for a Girl to Work!". Includes seven (7) items: an ink blotter, a business card, three (3) "Spee-D-Dial" cards for recording numbers, and two (2) promotional... Read More
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Printed Invitation to a "Hard Tyme Social Entertainment
Santa Rita[, California?], 1903. Fine. Letter folds.. Printed invitation to a "Hard Tyme Social Entertainment", i.e. a Hard Times Party: a party theme popular in the first half of the twentieth century wherein guests would dress as homeless or impoverished for comedic purposes. Also referred to as a Poverty Party. Here, a prize is set to be given... Read More
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Kewpie Bridge and Groom Snuggle in Ring Place Card
2 1/4" x 4" die cut, used place card. The self-standing card depicts a wedding ring with center image of a Kewpie bride and groom snuggling together in a white flower swing. The card front and reverse has inscriptions. The condition is excellent. .
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Handsome 8vo Valentine with Pictorial Lace Paper, Silk Panel, Victorian Scrap, Manuscript Message
London, 1850. Good to very good. Victorian scrap loose from upper leaf. Toned with some dust soiling, staining, ink manuscript faded, a couple nicks to delicate parts of the lace paper. Tape repairs.. A handsome 8vo valentine made from pictorial lace paper, a large dark pink silk panel, and a Victorian scrap depicting a dove in flight holding... Read More
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Matunuck Beach Hotel Illustrated Billhead
Matunuck, Rhode Island: Matunuck Beach Hotel, 1904. Good. Toned with chipping at head, some water staining/damage.. Illustrated billhead with a large wood engraving of the Matunuck Beach Hotel in Matunuck, Rhode Island at the turn of the century. Depicts a bustling scene with guests on the porches and horses and buggies traveling by. Also known by the name... Read More
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Bacon's Celery King" -- Flyer for Patent Medicine by B.H. Bacon
Rochester, New York: B.H. Bacon, 1890. Very good. A couple nicks/short tears.. No, not that kind of bacon: printed flyer advertising a patent medicine sold by B.H. Bacon of Rochester, New York. Purports to be a "Certain Cure for Nervous Diseases, Nervous Prostration, Nervous Headache, Neuralgia, and all Disease of the Stomach, Liver, and Kidneys". Directs the user... Read More
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