Miniature Love Token from from "E.J.E." to "A.B.W." -- Lithographed with Hand Coloring
Manchester, New Hampshire, 1849. Very good. A little dust soiled.. A sweet miniature lithographed love token from "E.J.E." to "A.B.W." The initials have been penciled in on scrolls within two hearts, surrounded by roses and other flora. The flowers have been lightly hand colored. On the verso reads in pencil manuscript, "Manchester June 16th, 1849". Measures approx. 2.75"... Read More
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Recipe and Plan to Manufacture The Excelsior Cream Soda
Scranton, PA: Kiefer, 1878. Edge wear and toning.. A 3 1/4" x 7 3/8" Recipe and Plan to Manufacture The Excelsior Cream Soda. A cut of a young girl upper left followed by a fill in the blank printed recipe. The quantities of sugar, egg whites, water, bicarbonate of soda and tartace (sp) acid (tartaric??) This solution would... Read More
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Otsego County Hotel Printed Notice
Garrattsville, New York: Seaton's Hotel, 1867. Good. Light dust soiling, a couple short tears.. A printed notice for Seaton's Hotel of Garrattsville, New York, notifying guests of charges and reprinting a New York Law protecting hotel proprietors from fraudsters. Lists meal hours and a statement of charges for everything from board, lodging, and meals, to liquor and ale,... Read More
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This is the House the Jack Built
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1879. This book beautifully illustrates the classic and popular British nursery rhyme and cumulative tale, "The House that Jack Built." This is apart of the Cinderella Series, printed by the McLoughlin Brothers. The cover is printed on yellow wrappers, and the front cover depicts a boy standing at the gate of a house. The back... Read More
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Naive Penciled Angel with Penned Verse ' " I would not live always"..
A pencil drawing of an angel on a 9 1/2" x 8" single-fold letter sheet with embossed border decoration.. The angel is somewhat naive surrounded by a halo The penned verse reads "I would not live always, No welcome the time, Since Jesus has rain these I dread not It's glory The sate be my rest Till I've his... Read More
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Cornelia Harmon Album and Small Archive of Material Relating to Harmon and Peck Families
United States, 1970. Good. Flaws include: toning; chipping and short tears; wear to extremities; minor dust soiling; spotting; paper beginning to brittle on some items. Bindings on all three volumes worn, with spine lacking on friendship album and upper board loose, some leaves appear to be missing.. A small family archive comprised of ten (10) items: one album,... Read More
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Whimsical Illustrated Bill of Fare
United States: N.p., 1910. Very good. Light dust soiling.. A whimsical bill of fare printed on thick card with beveled edges (6" by 4", verso blank), illustrated in the comical and charming style of Clare Dwiggins and contemporary cartoonists. The image is captioned with a Byron quote ("I had a dream which was not all a dream") and... Read More
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Big Farm Punch-Out Book
New York: Merril Publishing Company, 1930. Very Good. Chicago: Merril Publishing Company, 1930. Very Good. 6 color punch out heavy card stock pages (including covers)nis captioned below explaining the punch-out. Each punch out The top right 1/4" missing surface litho. 15" x 10 1/2". Fine imagery.
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The New Letter Writer Containing a Variety of Letters on the Following Subjects: Relationship, Business, Love, Courtship and Marriage, Friendship, and Miscellaneous Letters.
New York: Richard Marsh, 1853. 96pp. Yellow illustrated wrappers depicts gent reading a letter with vignettes of women in border decoration.. Contains examples of a total of 85 letters for nearly circumstance one can imagine. From a young tradesman to his father to from a sailor to his wife and From a young man whose Master had lately died... Read More
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Stamped Steel Ornaments
Chicago, Illinois: J.G. Braun Co, 1930. Near-fine.. Illustrated trade catalogue of metal ornaments for fencing, lighting fixtures, and other decorative elements in urban architecture. Includes dozens of design options, each illustrated with a unique number and sizing. A valuable record of where decorative elements in the urban built environment were sourced . Includes rosettes, husks, leaves, candle pans,... Read More
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Circular Advertising Lee & Fenton Importers of British, French, and German Goods and Textiles
New York. New York: Lee & Fenton, 1848. Good to very good. Letter folds with short tears/nicks, spotting.. Scarce printed circular advertising textiles and dry goods imported by Lee & Fenton, a dry goods warehouse in New York, targeting American merchants as potential customers. Includes partial lists of the textiles offered, ranging from linen poplins and gingham to... Read More
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Printed Ticket for First 1863 Concert Given by the Philharmonic Society of New York
New York, New York: Philharmonic Society of New York, 1863. Very good. Minor dust soiling.. Printed ticket for the first concert of the 1863 season of the Philharmonic Society of New York. Includes pro-Union allegorical imagery of an eagle and American flags, appropriate given the concert was given in New York during the Civil War. Printed on orange... Read More
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Military Movable Rocking Paper Doll - Little Folk's Play Friends, LHJ - Baby Tank Corps, June 1919
A 10 1/2" x 15 1/2" sheet from the Ladies Home Journal. It is one of several in a series of rocking or movable paper toys or dolls to cut and construct. Each has a military theme to advance the war effort. Illustration by Henry Anson Art. This sheet is The Baby Tank Corps - Terry Tupper commands the... Read More
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Contracts and Broadside for the Auction of the Ship Inn
Southampton, UK: W. T. Hickman and Son, 1883. The three contracts are in good shape, with minor soiling and toning due to age. The broadside has numerous separations on the folds. The broadside is fragile.. In 1883, the Ship Inn, a roadside public house, was put on auction by the lawyers W. T. Hickman and Son. This collection... Read More
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Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian - TAKING PLEASURE
Measures 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Vivid color and moderate wear.
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Miniature Sand Painting - Brading Ecclesiastical Parish, Worked on Lace Paper
A 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" scene created using applied color sand with watercolor background. It depicts the Ecclesiastical Parish in Brading, the 'Kynges Towne'. Created on 2 5/8"x 3 3/4" die-cut card with lace paper border. Portion of sand lacking.
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Menu, Historic Claremont America's Famous Road House, Riverside Drive, New York City and Longue Vue on Broadway, Hastings on Hudson. c1911
New York, 1911. The cover page provides historical information on the two venues opening to to the menu page and wine list. Each with appropriate vignette at top. The pages then open at center to reveal exterior views of the two locations. 7" x 10" light wear.
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Tiny Girl Standing Atop of Lush Green Leaves with Floral Accent
A single fold embossed valentine with applied scraps of a small girl holding her brimmed sun hat. She is standing atop lush green leaves which has tiny daises in the center. Verse read,"I have Waited Long for Thee." Inside blank. Scrapbook residue on reverse. Front and back pages stuck together at top. The envelope has pen inscriptions with front... Read More
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The Gilkie Camp Trailer
Chicago, Illinois: Gilkie Camp Trailer Co, 1930. Very good.. Illustrated advertisement for the Gilkie Camp Trailer, offering American families "Comforts and Convenience" during camping trips, while also being collapsible to be easily and compactly towed behind the family car. Folding pamphlet measuring approx. 6.25" by 3" folded, with illustrations of the product throughout.
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A small collection of materials form the New London County Agricultural Society
Various, 1876. Generalized Light wear; some foxing 1857 piece.. A collection of nine (9) booklets, pamphlets, programs and a silk prize ribbon. They include 1857 - Revised Constitution of the New London County Agricultural Society. 13pp. 1869- Regulations and Premium List of the Fifteenth Annual Fair. Sept 21-24, 1869. Norwich Printing Co. 24pp. 1870 - Sixteenth Annual Fair... Read More
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Thirty-five (35) 4" to 6" Handmade Victorian Paper Dolls
United States, 1870. Very good. Minor toning and dust soiling, one or two stains.. A handmade set of thirty-five (35) Victorian paper dolls including eight (8) men and twenty-seven (27) women. Each is already dressed in a variety of styles: mourning wear, day and evening wear, and night wear. There is even a male paper doll brandishing a... Read More
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Journal of Flowers and Poetry, Reinterpretations of Old Tales
1880. Very Good. Minor soiling and toning on interior pages. Covers show moderate wear, mainly rubbing on the edges.. 68 pg journal filled with poetry and watercolors of flora. There are a total of 25 poems in the journal, as some cover multiple pages, however this is a watercolor piece on every page depicting various flowers. At times... Read More
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Trade Catalog for W. & J. Sloane Interior Decoration
New York, New York: W. & J. Sloane, 1902. Very good to fine. Some water staining internally, wrappers worn at extremities.. A very stylishly produced trade catalog for W. & J. Sloane New York, offering "Interior Decoration, Classic Furniture, Upholstery Fabrics, Carpetings and Fine Oriental Rugs" (title-page). Includes full-page photographic illustrations of furnishings and designs with titled tissue... Read More
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Commonwealth Mineral Spring Water Is The Best "And Don't You Forget It" Hidden Message
[Boston, Massachusetts]: Commonwealth Mineral Spring Water, 1900. Very good. Minor toning, one or two spots.. Advertising card for Commonwealth Mineral Spring Water, with a humorous image of two men on the recto alongside bold claims for the water's efficacy as a cure-all: "It is a sure cure for Dyspepsia, Liver and Kidney Complaints, and other Chronic Diseases". On... Read More
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Two (2) Delicately Cut Paper Nativity Figurines
Very good.. Two (2) delicately hand-cut and designed paper figures for a nativity, including a camel and a wise man in robes holding a cross aloft. Each has faint details drawn in with pencil. Wise man measures approx. 2.5" by 1.5", camel measures approx. 2.5" by 3
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