The Cottage Girl; or An Account of Ann Edwards and Ann and her Mother; or, the Sin of Falsehood. American Sunday-School Union Philadelphia
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1848. 51 pp, Marbled cover, The Cottage Girl 35pp, Frontispiece of female praying at bedside, full text; Ann and her Mother 16pp, full text with one image on first page; bound together, June 2016 OCLC-2. 5 3/4" x 3 1/2" heavy cover wear, light foxing throughout, the two individual books are bound together.
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Er.tes Le.ebuch fur Kinder. (First Reading Book for Children). American Tract Society New York
New York: American Tract Society. 160 pp. Blind stamped, gilt brown cloth hard cover, illustrated, entirely in German. Begins with the alphabet, an illustration, the upper and lower case letter than a biblical verse, other items include the small and large alphabets, the vowels, simple syllables, and short stories. 6 1/4" x 4" written in German, spine torn, binding... Read More
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The Jungle, or child's book of wild animals
New York: Kiggin & Kellogg. 24 pp. Illustrated cover,fourth series no. 9. illustrated engravings of animals with text. The Jungle describes and adds illustrations for a number of animals such as the rhinoceros,wild boar, wolf, and striped hyena. 6" x 4" some staining, front and back cover have come off book.
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The English Version of the Polyglott Bible: Containing the Old and New testaments, with the Marginal Readings: Together With A Copious and Original Selection of References to Parallel and Illustrative Passages. Exhibited in a Manner Hitherto Unattempted.. G. & C. Merriam Springfield
Springfield: G. & C. Merriam, 1844. 1115 pp, 856 for the Old Testament and 259 for the New Testament. Red gilt and blind stamped hard cover, illustrations and 6 plates (2 of which are frontispieces for each testament), three chambers on spine, gilt stamp of praying woman on front and back cover, gilt forage. "The form in which this... Read More
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16 Cut Horses, Carriages and Wagons with Saddles and Bridle, Mary Lapham, NY 1867 , plus Copybook
Identified Mary A. Lapham, Taghkanic, Columbia, County, NY 1857 - 1930. Sixteen (16) different paper-cuts and accessories. They are 'make-do' as previously printed publications were used to cut the paper. There are 8 horses, 2 dogs, coaches, wagons, Finally they is an array of saddles, blankets and bridles to 'accessorize' the animals. The copybook was... Read More
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Boxed Set - Liturgical Symbol, Series 2
Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1928. A series of twenty (20) 11" x 14" silkscreen liturgical symbols printed on card stock. Numbered 1-20 on reverse; each titled followed by a narrative discussing the meaning, implications and origin. Each marked Permissu Superiorum. Titles includ 1. One god in Three Persons, 7. The Mystical Body: Vine and Branches, 13. The Holy... Read More
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Menus and Invitations for the Societe Archeologique, Historique & Artistique le Vieux Papier our l'etude de la vie & Des Moeurs d'autrefois (Archaeological Society, Historical and Artistic Old Paper for the Study of Life & Habits) 1910-
France, 1926. Minimal war. Includes three (3) invitations from to attend the annual dinner of the French Old Paper Society for 1910, 1911 and an unknown year and four (4) menus for 1911, 1912, 1914 and 1926. Fine printing and imagery. The society celebrated its 100th dinner on April 28, 1914. A predecessor to The Ephemera Society (UK)... Read More
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11 Vinegar Valentines backhandedly promoting Sapolio Soap c1910.
Eleven (11) different approximately 9" x 6" vinegar valentines printed in three colors. Each is demeaning someone and suggesting they use Sapolio soap for one reason or another. Captions include To A Kitchen Recruit, Love's Young Dream, To a Horseman, To a Farmer, Don't You Forget It!, To a Bartender, To a Masher, To a Model Husband, To an... Read More
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Five Little Pigs, A Muslin Books
New York, NY; Akron, OH; Chicago, IL: Saalfield's Publishing Company, 1910. Generalized light fading outer covers. Light fray at base.. This charming linen book tells the classic finger and toe counting nursery rhyme 'This Little Piggy'. Each page features a line from the rhyme, such as "This little pig has some nice roast beef", with a corresponding colorful... Read More
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Tallyit - Fun with Numbers - Image of Magician standing on Cards tossing "Tally Totals" in the Air
New York City: The Maxim Games Co, 1945. A 6.25" by 4.25" litho on pressed board box with a similar number of discs. The cover illustration implies math can be magical. The box sides boast -age 8 to 80 play TALLYIT - an educational game. The cards have images of the discs on the front and multiplication problems on... Read More
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The Non-fouling and Self-canting Reliance Anchor, Joseph T. Williams, Philadelphia. June 1, 1875
A single-fold illustrated circular containing a narrative describing the product and the (16) Points of the Old Anchor and the Reliance Anchor Contrasted. The back page is directed at the yacht owner now having access to the best anchor. Letter folds.
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The New Whist Counter - Movable Paper Slide -Scarce
London: De La Rue, 1850. Light wear.. An interesting take on the whist counter. Consists of four (4) die-cut pieces. Two back to back slides of diamonds and spades with two octagonal pieces that also move to mark the specific card. Each piece slides independently. Each slide marked De Le Rue & Co with the company's logo on... Read More
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The Youth's Dayspring. January, 1851
Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1851. 16 pp. Green illustrated printed paper cover, monthly periodical, Vol. II, no 1 for January 1851, contains 2 illustrations. Inside cover lists ordering information and donations to Children's Educational Funds. Content titles include: The New Year, Julia the Heathen Girl, Hindoo Blacksmiths, Blacksmiths worshiping their Tools, The Hindoo Pilgrim, More... Read More
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Agent's Sample Book of Visiting Cards from Keystone Printing Co., North Branford, Conn
1905. A heavy stock cover agent’s or salesmen’s sample book for embossed die-cut scraps. The title references Visiting Cards; the assumption is that applying storied theme scraps to one’s visiting card may have been a marketing idea, that didn’t take hold. This particular book includes eleven samples from the Bluebeard series of scraps. Each approximately 1 ½” x 1... Read More
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Image mock-up for Tier-Kinder-Garten: ein lehrreiches buch fur kleine Leute (animal-kindergarten, an instructive book for little people)
Bremen, Germany: Paul Meyer, 1942. illustrated applied cover, Image mock-up for book. Heavy card stock pages with illustrated color papers attached, each picture is of an animal and some pages are a collage of the habitat. 7 3/4" x 8 1/2" paper on cover has tears in corner.
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Register of The Birches, Vacation Cottage Guest Book
Kennebec County, Maine, 1900. Moderate soiling to covers. Mostly perished leather spine. Loosening binding with a few gathering detached.. A guest book for the Birches, a camp in Maine owned by Frank B. Webber (1848-1910). The cabin was located in the Belgrade Lakes region of central Maine, and it appears it was used by Webber and his extended... Read More
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Pompous Bobbing Head Gent, doing the grand stroll - the subject of ridicule
London: R. Canton. Originally single-fold, black second page lacking.. An 8" x 5" hand colored lithograph with women looking askance at a strutting gent. His head and mustache can be moved from side to side with a mechanism on the reverse. It is captioned "Tis a sort of thing a fellow can't understand, That when he really... Read More
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Menu for the Ninth International Congress Banquet (Medicine) with Allegorical Imagery 1887
Philadelphia: Bailey Banks & Biddle. A 4 page heavy stock with gilt fore edge menu with a red, white and blue grosgrain ribbon binding. The front cover is an illustration of Lady Liberty with the American shield and the Eagle atop the world. The stars below represent the states of the United States with the exception of the 13... Read More
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The Little Red Hen and the Fox
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co, 1932. unpaginated. Printed color soft cover, black and white illustrations by Nina R. Jordan. Little Red Hen goe out early to catch her worms but while she is out, Big Black Fox sneaks in. He snatches Little Red Hen and puts her in a bag but Little Red Hen has a plan. Big Black... Read More
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Schrenscnitte style Cut Paper--Abstract Imagery with the appearance of hats and shoes and decorative devices
1827. A 6 1/2" x 8" schrenshnitte or cut paper design. Although a somewhat abstract and mainly decorative piece. Upon pondering has the appearance of feathered hats and shoes. Dated 1827 in pencil at base. Cut from laid paper.
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Promotional Piece for Theobald's Immense Clothing Emporium Printed on Tissue Paper w Asian Occupational & Mythology Themes
Youngstown, OH, 1880. A 10" x 7" advertisement printed on tissue or very thin laid paper. Promotes large and well assorted stock, best goods made into perfect fitting garments,etc. Asian occupational and mythology themes. Reverse is blank.
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Hand made Teaching Aids and Lesson Plans for Kindergarten Teacher, Mrs. Robinson
Snowhegan, ME, 1950. An array of materials used by a first grade teacher including series of mimeographed work sheets (tests) to to develop Motor Skills, Motor Control, Reversals, Rhyming Words, Riddles in Rhyme, Visual Discrimination, Spatial Relationships, Completion, Identifying Opposites, and more. Some with index cards attached with hand written notes on the procedure and desired results . Also... Read More
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Naive Handmade Panorama "Returning from the Fair - 1861" Anthropomorphic Animals
UK, 1861. 1 1/2" length worming page margin - 2 pages.. Heavy stock hand constructed covers with book tape spine. Concertina style. Inscribed Jan 28th T.H.E.A. A continuous roadway with anthropomorphic animals of all shapes and types enroute. The final two pages are the "fair" with only the vendors remaining with a progression of animals with various means... Read More
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Le Lilliputien . A Rouyer, Editeur, Paris. No. 359 - Handwork Patterns Secular Subject Matter, April 1877
Paris, 1877. Very good.. A 4 1/4" x 2 5/8" wrapper with nine fold-out pages of cross-stitch or petit-point patterns All in full color. The reverse advertises different products and locations in Paris. This pattern booklet was for April 1877.
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The two brothers and what Echo said to them
London: Dean and son, 1852. 8 leaves. Illustrated wraps. Sixpenny couloured toy books; Aunt Busy-Bee's new series. Six (6) hand colored engravings. The tale of two naughty boys going to play instead of school. The spot they chose to linger at, Re-echoed, or sent back the voice. The echo is playing tricks on them frightening them and sending them... Read More
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