Advertisement for Competing Pittsburgh Hotels, c.1880
[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania], 1870. Good. Sometime excised from unknown book/publication. Spotting, toning, small water stain.. Advertisements, printed on either side of a single leaf, for competing hotels in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, c.1880, sometime excised from an unidentified publication. The recto promotes Monogahela House, a famous hotel that hosted a slew of celebrities and politicians ranging from Charles Dickens and P.T.... Read More
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Little Marian
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1878. Sewing repair on partially detached covers' cover wear and toning on inside blank covers.. 24 pp die-cut book in the shape of Little Marian. F. Moras lith. Title and lithographer imprint front printed wrapper; publisher imprint from back wrapper. Color illustrations throughout. A young girl faces life's challenges. The OCLC Note... Read More
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Palmer's Manual of Cage Birds Presented by Solon Palmers Perfumer & Toilet Soap Makers
New York: Solon, 1879. A 32 pp booklet providing information how to catch and tame birds, bird food, cages, breeding, extensive information on diseases and remedies followed by general remarks, the canary, breeding, singing, molting and varieties. The remainder of the book focuses on Palmer's products including perfumes, soaps, lotions and other remedies. Illustrated covers. Measures 4 3/4" x... Read More
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Promotional Brochure - The Bungalow Camp Life Club - Pine Woods & Ocean Air
1915. A 14 pp booklet promoting the outdoor life in two locations - June 15-Sept 10th Eliot ME and Dec 1 - April 15 Green Acre SC. Images from photographs throughout. The camp was open to any one who wished to live a simple and sane life out-of-doors, to study and practice those things which make for health and... Read More
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A Devilish Fine Cigar
Witsch & Schmitt, 1890. Light wear.. A thought provoking Aesthetic Movement influenced art for art sake piece of art designed as a cigar label for Witsch & Schmitt. A play on the oft seen long haired Oscar Wilde with his sunflower accessory as seen in one of the women's hair. Striking imagery and color. Measures Measures 5" x... Read More
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Mary Baldwin Seminary - Informational Materials
Stunton, VA, 1914. Three (3) promotional booklets for Mary Baldwin Seminary including a catalogue with images from photographs, Charters and By-Laws of the Board of Trustees and References from the State of Virginia (excluding Staunton). The 20pp Reference booklet measures8 1/2" x 5 1/2
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2 Children's Activity Game Greeting Cards featuring Nurses and a Doctor
1950. Two (2) different children's greeting cards; one a birthday card puch out nurse and hospital room scene and the other a get well card with a punch out game, featuring a nurse and a doctor.Largest 7" x 5" when folded.
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Grant School Holiday Greetings Photo Card
Grant, MI, 1900. Very light wear.. A 3" by 5.5" lightly coated stock Holiday Greetings card from Grant School. Images from photographs of a younger woman and am older man. If one were stereotyping it would suggest a teacher and a head master. The caption reads Grant School, Grant, Michigan, 1893-1900. Reverse is blank. No reference was found... Read More
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Perfected and Used The World Over, The Automaticket System
New York, NY: Automatic Ticket Selling & Cash Register Company, 1920. General wear.. An advertising booklet for the Automaticket, an ticket machine that allows business quickly sell the tickets while also keeping track of each ticket sold. The company sold each machine "with a 100% efficiency pledge" and it asserts that it "has helped to financial success" numerous... Read More
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Promise Box - "Exceeding Great and Precious Promises" - Promises Box - Take One and Replace
Philadelphia, PA: Hebron Tract Society, 1916. Stain and discoloration on box top with some paper lose and separation on apron.. A 4" x 5" x 1 1/8" lidded paper covered box with printed label on top. It reads "Exceeding Great and Precious Promises" Thy Words were found and I did eat them Jer. 15:16. TAKE ONE AND REPLACE.... Read More
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Pain's Great Fire of London, 1666
Boston: Alfred Mudge & Sons, 1889. Good. Toned, water staining, dust soiling, chipping.. Great Fire of London as Victorian entertainment: souvenir story book for the 1889 Pain performance in Boston featuring pyrotechnics, large painting by Schonberg. Includes broadside 8vo (9.5" by 6"), pp. 16, original printed yellow wrappers.
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The Deaconess in Service
[Philadelphia]: [Women's Missionary Society, the United Lutheran Church in America], 1930. Fine.. Published by the Women's Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church, this booklet contains photographs "that represent life--as our Deaconesses live it", and shows the women engaging in a wide array of work, including teaching, nursing, "reading to the shut-ins", and giving a quilting class to... Read More
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Broadside "Devilish" Bennett Springer Conjuror Performance
Boston, 1910. Scrapbook residue on reverse - horizontal tape repair on reverse between Cartistry and Sparhawk Hall. Corner chip upper left.. A 19.5" by 8.25" broadside depicting a red winged devil and promoting Bennett Springer, Conjuror in an incomparable Entertainment of Magic, Sleight of Hand and Cartistry. Located at Sparhawk Hall (Oqunquit ME) on July 21. Printed in... Read More
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H. Robinson & Co. Circular Advertising Shawls, Lace, Trims, Hosiery
New York: Nesbitt and Co., Printers, 1852. Fine; addressed and postmarked, creased where previously folded.. A circular printed for H. Robinson & Co. advertising the sale of shawls, lace, ribbons, "white goods" (i.e. cambric and muslin), gloves, hosiery, trim, and "small wares" (pins, needles, laces, etc.), all imported by steamer from Europe. Measures 10.75" by 8.25
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![Sixty-two (62) Numbers of El Consultor de los Bordados ["The Embroidery Consultant": Catalan periodical in Spanish with embroidery transfer patterns]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/810/779/1452779810.0.m.0.jpg)
Sixty-two (62) Numbers of El Consultor de los Bordados ["The Embroidery Consultant": Catalan periodical in Spanish with embroidery transfer patterns]
Barcelona: 1911-1929. Very good to fine. Light wear/short tears to wrappers, with little to no text loss.. A robust run of El Consultor de los Bordados, a Barcelona periodical that began in 1905 and was popular throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Here, we offer 62 numbers ranging in date from June 1911 to May 1929.... Read More
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Chromolithograph Die-cut Jalapeńo Pepper-shaped Banquet Menu
San Francisco: Brunt Co. Press, 1906. A .25" piece of tape affixed to front cover.. Brightly chromolithograph die-cut menu in the shape of a Jalapeńo produced for the Native Sons of the Golden West, who held their twenty-ninth annual banquet on June 28, 1906 in San Buenaventura, CA. Embossed front cover. Contains a list of food and... Read More
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Tableaux Lumineux et Ombres Chinoises
Paris: Mauclair Dacier, 1903. Very good to fine.. An ornate, and rather stunning, turn-of-the-century French shadow theater set, housed in a large chromolithographed box (15.5" by 19.75" by 3") depicting the Revue du 14 Juillet à Paris, as well as two smaller scenes of the 1893 Fêtes Franco-Russes. Underneath the lid, a printed label explains how to assemble... Read More
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Nine (9) Handbills Promoting Concerts Given by the St. Cecilia Society of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. Bicking, Printer, 1827. Very good to fine.. A grouping of nine (9) printed handbills promoting concerts and public rehearsals given by the St. Cecilia Society of Philadelphia between 1825 and 1827. Each handbill measures approx. 7.5" by 5.5". Typographical borders. Early ink inscription dating handbills to verso, all in same hand. Predominantly found in the... Read More
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Advertisement for Walker Parccar Parking System
Oakland, California: Walker Parccar Co, 1930. Very good to fine; stain to verso.. Illustrated advertising pamphlet for the Walker Parccar Parking System, a clever mechanism that, when attached to the undercarriage of a vehicle, allows the driver to swing it into even the tightest of parking spaces. Includes photos of the product in use, as well as diagrams... Read More
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Crosspatch Puzzle No. 8 - "Can you line up the Rookies?
Boston, Massachusetts: Ted, 1940. Fine. Some toning, one water stain to center of sheet.. A fine, uncut example of Crosspatch Puzzle No. 8, "Can you line up the Rookies?", illustrated with images of rookies in the military. The goal of the puzzle is to weave the ten illustrated strips together in such a way as to reveal a... Read More
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Gathering of Nine (9) Items Relating to Camp Fire Girls
New York, New York: Camp Fire Girls, 1920. Very good to fine.. A gathering of nine (9) items from the 1920s relating to an Iowa branch of the youth organization Camp Fire Girls. Highlights include three bound gatherings of typewritten meeting programs with lists of members and officers, as well as a handwritten copy of the constitution of... Read More
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Hand made Sewing Sample Book with Watercolor Illustration on Cover - Pièces de Confection ("Garment Parts")
France, 1930. Very good to fine; some toning, one or two short tears.. Pièces de Confection" is a completely unique, handmade book that showcases the skills of an unidentified French tailor or seamstress. Each page features one to three squares of sewn fabric; there are 32 squares of fabric in total. Each square is labeled carefully in black... Read More
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Illustrated Billhead Depicting Water-Powered Sewing Machine
Baltimore, Maryland: Bolgiano Water Motor Co, 1894. Fine. Some rust to grommet.. Printed receipt (5.5" by 8.5") acknowledging the sale of a gas iron from the Bolgiano Water Motor Company of Baltimore, Maryland, to the Hendrick Manufacturing Company of Carbondale, Pennsylvania. Depicts a clever water-powered sewing machine in upper left-hand corner of the receipt, powered by the company's... Read More
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Grouping of Six (6) Original Photographs Documenting "Poverty Day" at Penn State University
[State College, Pennsylvania], 1920. Poverty Day" was a light-hearted tradition at Penn State University that required incoming freshmen to parade around campus for the day in thread-bare clothing. The present six (6) photographs convey the jovial atmosphere and good times had by all. One photo of Poverty Day 1920 has been captioned in contemporary blue ink, "A Bold Freshman";... Read More
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Advertising Broadside for Consumer's Coal Company
Charleston, South Carolina: Consumers Coal Company, 1890. Very good to fine. Letter folds. 1-inch short tear to left-hand margin.. Printed broadside advertising large swaths of farm land for sale in South Carolina by Consumers Coal Company, with a quirky typographical inclusion: the word "coal" has been designed out of small coal-like black shapes. Prices for parcels ranged from... Read More
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