J. O. Bentley's French Stamping and Designing Depots - Stamping Done While you Wait, Philadelphia
A 2" x 3 1/2" business card promoting a "A full line of Fine Embroidery, Silk Mohair, Linen, and Cotton Embroidery Braids Italian Embroidery Silk, French Embroidery Cotton, Linen Flags, Stamped Goods, Stamps, etc.
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A Letter to Santa Claus - written in rhyming verse and asking for more for the poor children. A pen and ink letter written on two 9 ½" x 4 ½" stock cut in the shape of a stocking
Two (2) stocking shaped pages tied together with string. Written in pencil at the top is "Robert B." The first paragraph asks Santa "While you are planning for everything nice. Pray let me give you a bit of advice". The next two paragraphs read: Don't take it hard, if I say in your ear, Santa, I think... Read More
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The Mother's Assistant and the Young Ladies Friend, January 1855, Vol. IX No. 1
Stone & Halpine, 1855. 35 pp. Printed soft cover, illustrations, plates. A journal featuring writings, plates, and music. This Volume features a New Years Address, a plate and reading on Christ Preaching on the Mount, writings entitled The Family Constitution, Honor Your Parents, Mary's Grave, Books for Parents, and The New Year's Wish. 10" x 6" toning, edge wear... Read More
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The Brimful Book, Mother Goose Animals A.B.C. illustrated by Eulalie, C. M. Burd and G & D Haumann
New York: Platt adn Munk Co Inc, 1939. A charming children's book full of Mother Goose Rhymes and colorful illustrations. In addtion to the classic rhymes the book also features several short stories, such as "Good Doggies" and "The Quack Quack Family". There is also an ABC section to the book as well. Red cloth backed covers, with a... Read More
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Probabilities - An Edwardian era guide to signals used by the Government Weather Bureau, the implications on house paint and other Prognostications indicating changes in the weather
Dayton, OH: Lowe Brothers Company, 1910. An 8 pp booklet with full color covers and in-text illustrations throughout. The purpose of the booklet is to education predominantly homeowners on reading and understanding the weather and more importantly how Lowe Brothers has created paints to withstand any weather conditions. It also includes lists of prognostications such as "If larks fly... Read More
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Dunaway Concert Company in "The Lady of Decoration" with Miss Mabel Vann, Concert Pianist and Musical Director
Boston: Fullerton Hall, 1914. Three small brown tabs on left margin cover. Letter fold.. A single-fold 11" x 8 1/4" promotional brochure for The Lady of The Decoration" with Miss Hetty J. Dunaway. Images from photographs of the performer on the cover and vignettes from the presentation within. Also includes press endorsements. Photographic image of Miss Mabel el... Read More
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Fine Welch Trim - Die-cut 6' Paper Store Display Display for Welch's Grape Juice - Grandpa & Child Enjoy Welsh's
Vineland NJ: The Welch Grape Juice Co, 1930. Large format paper die-cut advertising pieces created for display in store windows. Each of the vertical side banners measures 72" x 20" at the top and 7 1/2" at the base. The top horizontal banner measures 7 1/2" x 72" A warm and loving display as a toddler feeds her dolly... Read More
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August Flower and German Syrup Almanac for the Year 1911
Woodbury, New Jersey: G.G. Green, 1911. Very good, light edge wear, light toning, a nick to bottom of spine.. A nicely preserved copy of G.G. Green's almanac for 1911, published to promote his line of mail-order medicines to the public. Contains weather and astronomical predictions, pitches for Green's medicines, blank monthly charts for recording information, and a veritable... Read More
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7 metamorphic advertising trade cards promoting the use of tobacco products
United States, 1880. Very good to fine; some light browning. One small rip to the Allen's Jewel card. Traces of adhesive or erased inscriptions to some of the cards.. A grouping of seven (7) metamorphic cards advertising tobacco produced by: Allen's; Blackwell's; D.H. McAlpin & Co.; Jackson's Best; Rail Road Mills; and A.S. Rosenbaum & Co. The advertising... Read More
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Chicago Institute of Astrology - Circulars and Original Astrological Reading
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Institute of Astrology, 1906. Fine.. Three (3) items relating to the Chicago Institute of Astrology, including: one bifolium (9" by 6") advertising the Institute's mail-order horoscope service; one original typewritten horoscope (11" by 8.5") with original illustrated envelope; and one blank order slip (8.5" by 5.5") with original printed envelope. The bifolium, titled "Astrology as... Read More
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Celluloid Advertising Calendar for the New York Times
New York: S.P. Kellogg, 1887. Excellent.. Lithographed celluloid advertising calendar for the New York Times, "An Independent Republican Newspaper" that "Contains more news than any other paper", with cherry blossom motif. Offers daily and weekly rates. Measures 2.75" by 4.75"; verso blank.
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Manuscript Correspondence Addressed to Anna Angier Fay and Lavinia Fay - 14 Letters dated 1819-1847
Massachusetts, 1847. Very good to fine; some light toning and dust soiling, remnants of wax seals, the occasional short tear, one small excision to letter dated Aug. 17, 1837, affecting 3 lines of text; sender's name excised, and some text loss from tears, on letter dated Feb. 5, 1846.. A group of fourteen (14) manuscript letters addressed to... Read More
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Love and Friendship Paper Pocket
United States, 1880. Fine. Some light dust soiling, inside toned. Light separation on two folds.. An accordion-style, heart-shaped folding love token pocket (4.25" by 4.5") with navy ribbon closures at top and bottom. Chromolithograph in gold with hand-stenciled coloring, it features a few lines of pretty verse on both faces: "fair Flora sends these treasures here, The pride... Read More
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Victorian Scrapbook with Early Examples of Scraps
1870. Very good; some wear to binding, a couple scraps loose, occasional offsetting.. A Victorian scrapbook with fine examples of early (i.e. 1830s and 1840s) scraps, with a range of others that can be dated as late as 1877. Larger lithographic prints have been repurposed as pastedowns, and several other large prints (mostly lithographed, some engraved) have been... Read More
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1871 Advertising Bifolium for Draper and Hall's Riding School
Boston, Massachusetts: Draper and Hall, 1871. Very good. Short tears at horizontal letter folds; in delicate condition.. Illustrated advertising bifolium (8" by 5.25") for Draper and Hall's Riding School, "The Largest Riding-School in New England" (back). Features illustration of an elegant women riding on the front. Rules, terms, prices, and boarding services are advertised within, as well as... Read More
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Ostrich Feathers Dyed, Cleansed and Curled": Trade Catalog for H. Methot of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts: H. Methot, 1899. Very good to fine; rubbed, one small tear to lower wrapper.. Illustrated trade catalog for H. Methot, "French Feather Dresser", whose services include dying, cleaning, and curling ostrich feather for women's hats. The booklet offers advice for mailing feathers, different styles of curling, and urges customers to "never throw old feathers away", as... Read More
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Patent Medicine Trade Card with applied image Featuring Tribute to Abraham Lincoln
Providence, Rhode Island: Salisbury, Bro. & Co, 1866. Very good to fine. Minor toning/dust soiling.. Printed trade card with applied photographic image advertising Dr. Bicknell's Great Cholera Remedy, with an interesting inclusion: pasted to the recto is a (very Victorian, and slightly morbid) photographic reproduction of "Columbia's Grief", an artwork depicting the allegorical Columbia weeping over Abraham Lincoln's... Read More
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![Vorlagen, Schnittmuster & Anleitung zur Anfertigung von Puppen-Garderobe Porzellan-Badepuppe Höhe 18,5 ctm. ("Templates, patterns and instructions for making a doll's wardrobe [for a] Porcelain bathing doll, height 18.5 centimeters.")](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/507/876/1476876507.0.m.0.jpg)
Vorlagen, Schnittmuster & Anleitung zur Anfertigung von Puppen-Garderobe Porzellan-Badepuppe Höhe 18,5 ctm. ("Templates, patterns and instructions for making a doll's wardrobe [for a] Porcelain bathing doll, height 18.5 centimeters.")
Germany, 1900. Very good to fine. Extremities of portfolio worn, minor toning to paper.. German sewing patterns and instructions for making bathing costumes and accessories for a porcelain doll, housed in the original publisher's portfolio. The contents include: one loose chromolithographed plate with illustrations of the finished garments (7.25" by 5", verso blank); one [4] pp. printed instructions... Read More
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Volunteer-Letter to President Wilson: Autology versus Vaccinopathy
The Pennsylvania State Vaccination Commission, 1919. Very good to fine. Wrappers chipped.. An anti-vaccination incunable: a vehement booklet promoting Dr. E.R. Moras' controversial theory of "Autology", which asserts that all healthy bodies are self-immunizing, vaccination is harmful, and that "There is but one feasible way to mitigate the coming calamity [i.e. the flu epidemic] and to ward off... Read More
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Women Workers/1965
London, England: Trades Union Congress, 1965. Very good. Ex-library markings/labels, staple to upper cover.. An extensive and valuable printed report for 1964-1965 of the Trades Union Congress Women's Advisory Committee, given at the 35th annual conference of Unions Catering for Women Workers in Great Yarmouth, 1965. Offers valuable statistics and demographics related to women's work in England during... Read More
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Tie Co. Illustrated Billhead - Skirts and Overgaiters
Unadilla, New York: Tie Co, 1903. Very good to near-fine. Minor toning, letter folds. A couple tiny pin pricks to paper.. Illustrated billhead for Tie Co., "manufacturers of 'Holdfasts,' Strictly Tailor Made Skirts, Overgaiters, Leggings, Etc.", finished in ink manuscript and dated November 14th, 1903. Made out to a Mr. George Q. Frenz(?), it records the sale of... Read More
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Only That, and Nothing More": c.1905 Spelman Brothers Trade Catalogue - Bazaar and Bargain Goods
New York, New York: Spelman Brothers, 1905. Very good. Vertical crease, minor dust soiling.. Illustrated trade catalogue for Spelman Brothers, a New York-based shop of eclectic "Bazaar and Bargain Goods". Offers deals on items ranging from clothing, flags, and base balls to fans, handkerchiefs, lace collars, and brooches. Spelman Brothers was most active between the 1880s and the... Read More
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The Seamen's Retreat Hospital - Annual Report of the Physician-in-Chief, Chaplain, and Auditing Committee
New York, New York: L.H. Biglow & Company, 1879. Minor toning, wrappers somewhat dust soiled/toned. The occasional nick or spot. One small open tear to right-hand edge of upper wrapper.. The Annual Report of the Physician-in-Chief, Chaplain, and Auditing Committee covering the year 1878 for the Seamen's Retreat Hospital. Includes a list of trustees and officers. The physician's... Read More
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Lock Picking Instructions
N.pl: N.p., 1935. Good. Toned, dust soiled, staining, a couple short tears. Rust staining from staple.. Detailed instructions for picking locks, printed in a handy pocket-sized format for portability. Includes diagrams and instructions for picking the following locks: Wafer Type Locks, Offset Locks, Double Sided Wafter Locks, Double Sided B&S Lock 34, Side Bar Lock B&S, Pin Tumbler... Read More
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Stone Sanitarium and Hospital
Fargo, North Dakota: Stone Sanitarium and Hospital, 1920. Very good. Paper toned and brittle. Chipping, minor staining/spotting.. A valuable book for all sick people to read", presented by the Stone Sanitarium and Hospital and its founder, Dr. Guy Stone. The illustrated booklet advertises the sanitarium as a haven for the chronically ill, treating and curing every disease from... Read More
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