Montserrat Lime-Fruit Juice for Rheumatism and Dyspepsia Die-cut Pamphlet
Liverpool, England: Evans, Sons & Co, 1900. Very good to near-fine. Minor toning, hinge/joint a little worn, one minor crease to neck of bottle.. Chromolithographed die-cut pamphlet in the shape of a bottle, advertising Montserrat Lime-Fruit Juice, "A most delightful, healthful, and economical beverage for any season. Lime-Fruit Juice is beneficial in all cases of gout, rheumatism, and... Read More
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Promotional Brochure - Table Tennis - The New Indoor Game. Exciting and Entertaining to Adults and Children
A single-fold promotional or instruction booklet for Table Tennis - The New Indoor Game. Cover image depicts a properly attired Mom and Dad playing in the parlor while the family looks on. Includes Directions and suggests using a dining-table about 6 feet by 4 feet; the larger the table the better. This is followed by two pages of Rules.... Read More
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Fifth Annual Report of the Home for the Friendless of the City of Scranton for the Year Ending January 12, 1877
Scranton, PA: Republican Job Printing House, 1877. General wear and toning due to age.. The fifth annual report for the Home for the Friendless Women and Children of the City of Scranton. The book starts off by listing the coming year's, 1877, list of officers, managers, auditors, and Advisory Committee Members, before continuing on to the Home's Articles... Read More
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Spielende Kinder
ca. 1935. Small area of missing surface litho bottom left (price sticker removal?) Light cover wear.. 16 unnumbered page picture book with litho on board covers. Full page color illustrations with two line caption beneath each. A German language book depicting children in difficult or unfamiliar social situations and a bit of an explanation... Read More
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Just for You - Jean and Johnnie's Country Holiday, A Story Cut-out Book c1950s w Non-binaryl Paper Doll
Sandle's DD1240, 1950. Printed in the Netherlands. Large format soft cover paper doll and story book with 12 pp story printed in black and white with relevant line drawings. Also includes 4 full color pages of paper doll clothes for a boy and a girl to cut out. A single somewhat gender neutral 10 " paper doll on back... Read More
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Play Time - The Playtime Unit of the How and Why Program of Child Mental Development
L. J. Bullard Co, 1949. A 10.5" by 7.5" box style folio with 37 Play Time booklets. The reverse of the box indicates the series was designed for young children to learn by doing - nursery through primary grades. This is followed by contributors and artists and a list of available Play Time books. Apparently only a portion of... Read More
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The Birth of Jesus. Folding book Ltd Amsterdam
Amsterdam: Folding book Ltd. Applied board cover, peep show book-can fold out into full circle that has pop ups, color illustrations by R.T. Cowern. The story tells the tale of Jesus in a visual way by creating a 3D image. Detailed with pop up and cut out images. 7" x 5" slight wear from folding and unfolding, a few... Read More
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Correspondence Archive of Bertram D. Hulen, Author, and noted International correspondent of the New York Times
1950. Good. Toning, short tears, spotting.. Bertram Hulen, Washington Bureau correspondent at the New York Times, was known as the dean of State Department reporters. He had more than twenty-five years’ experience covering the State Department and White House and was the author of a highly regarded book, “Inside the State Department.” Hulen was killed along with a... Read More
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2 Die-cut Hat Cataloguse - Ladies and Children's Hats H. O'Neill & Co., New York
New York: E. Wells Sachett & Ranson, c1880s. A pair of souvenir catalogues especially designed to illustrate some of their numerous styles of trimmed and untrimmed bonnets and hats. The first is an 8 1/2" x 3" die-cut book in the shape of child with an illustration of a girl on the front cover and a boy on... Read More
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An embossed die-cut menu in the shape of a book for a Banquet in honor of Frederick W. Geissenhainer, philanthropic citizen and attorney. Sea Cliff, L. I., NY 1901
The banquet was held under the auspices of the Tax Payer's Association. The first page of the menu is an image from a photograph of Geissenhainer. The second page is a tribute acknowledging Geissenhainer's philanthropy, civic interests, broadmindedness...welfare and prosperity of the community in which he dwells..." The next page is a menu and the final page is Toasts... Read More
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The Language of Flowers
London: George Routledge and Sons. 80 pp. Applied litho cover, 25 in-text illustrations, border imagery throughout, printed in color by Edmund Evans. A listing of flowers and their symbolism along with beautiful illustrations by Kate Greenaway. The last half of book has meanings with the kind of flower and poetry and prose. 6" x 5" some cover wear. ... Read More
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The Agnes Richardson Annual: Here's Luck for You!
London: Birn Bros Ltd, 1939. unpaginated. Applied color illustrated, color frontispiece plus three plates, illustrations are black and one color (varies depending on story). A collection of short stories with illustrations, the first story is Really and Truly, others include The Experiment, The Magic Jersey, and The Defeated Boxer. Agnes Richardson was a primary illustrator for Raphael Tuck and... Read More
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Eighteenth Annual Report of the American Female Guardian Society, and Home for the Friendless, for the Year Ending May, 1852
New Tork: Female Guardian Society, 1852. 32 pp. Printed paper cover, frontispiece. An annual report for the American Female Guardian Society, beginning with the board members, annual meeting, annual report, and ending with the treasurer's report. Page 30 has a listing of the life members. 9" x 5 3/4" wear on cover, inscribed, occasional staining.
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A collection of 24 paper and celluloid cigarette holders including some advertising
Twenty-four (24) cigarette holders constructed of various papers, celluloid, cork, metal wrings and foiled papers. Various lengths, colors, paper and textures. The five smaller advertising holders promote a Hairdresser (Max Frey), Austrian hotel, Herman Schmidt's cigarettes, Reichsadlen restaurant in Germany. Five of the larger holders with white and corrugated paper are banded with the word Hungary. Three have one... Read More
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Un-Cut Paper Doll Book Skating Stars, Whitman 1954 - 3 Dolls
Skating Stars in three different poses. All of their costumes are designed for the ice, including a hula skirts, a sailor suit, princess, rag-a-muffin and much more. Measures 12" xc 10". 6 Costume pages.
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Hand Penned The Old Oaken Bucket to Messrs Doherty Bros, Respectfully inscribed and executed by John C. Crowley with Pen and Ink--Elaborate Decoration
1880. 15" x 12" Bristolboard card with The Old Oaken Bucket done in fine calligraphy. The caption at top reads "To Messrs Doherty Bros. Respectfully Inscribed. A pen and ink drawing of a young boy dropping the oaken bucket into the well with gilt border. Elaborate floral border decoration. A charming putto at the base bearing a banner reading... Read More
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The Cheerful Heart; or, "A Silver Lining to Every Cloud." Little Anna Stories
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1854. 152 pp. Embossed cloth cover,gilt spine, frontispiece, 2 illustrated plates, Little Anna Series. Chapters include Daisy Valley and its Inhabitants, Death in the Valley, The Hermit, and Conclusion. OCLC: 4 (11/23/2016) 6" x 4" slight wear and staining on cover, pencil marks on front end paper,
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McMonagle & Rogers, Select Cooking Recipes
New York: C. A. Coffin & Rogers, 1880. A 32 pp booklet. wraps. Middletown, NY. Artistic printing - covers with numerous decorative devices. McMonagle and Rogers produced premium fruit flavors and was founded in 1868 Recipes for cakes, creams, puddings and sauces and interestingly enough includes a veal loaf and lobster salad recipe. Presented by H. D. Sackett, Suffield,... Read More
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Handmade Perforated or Punch Paper Needlepoint "patch" envelope
Measures 5" x 3 ½" with needlepoint strip across that top that has a handmade patch or court plaster envelope attached. Needlepoint floral array on each side of base. Floral decoration at top. c1860s.
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Autograph Album, Maine and New Hampshire, 1887 and 1888
Red cloth embossed velvet cover, three (3) line drawn sketches of birds, specific towns listed are East Rochester, NH; West Sebano, ME; West Lebanon, ME; Lebanon, ME; Milton Mills, NH. Simple verse and messages with author's name, location, and date. 5" x 7 3/4" velvet cover worn.
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Edith Beatty's "Aldine Autograph Album with Decorated Spaces and Lines for Sentiment and Name", Conshohocken, PA, 1880-1898
1878. Stamped cloth cover, decorative pages. The friendship album of Edith Beatty, most pages signed Conshohocken, PA. Two pages mention the Class of '95. Many simple pages with brief verse or reference to schoolmates. One longer dedication at the front and the back. Class of '95 chant included, "Wee! Wee! Wee!' Wow! Wow! Wow! Conshohocken High School Bow!... Read More
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Business Card - The Manhattan Days Work Exchange, Operated by the Industrial Department Christadelphian Evangelical Association
New York City. A 2 1/2" x 4" business card for Days Work -- of all Kinds, by Trained Workers - Laundresses, Cleaners, Seamstresses, Cooks Etc. Reverse is blank. Surface wear. According to the Christadelphia Advocate the exchange was part of a get rich quick scheme. In 1906, the Christadelphia Advocate wrote of it's founder "This formidable title was... Read More
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8" Handmade Watercolor Male Paper Doll named Drake Shelbourne with 11 Costumes & 3 Hats - Contemporary and Historical Attire c1940s
A 7 3/4" tall watercolor paper doll. A tidy gent with broad-set eyes. His 11 costumes appear to be both contemporary to the 1940s while others are vintage. Four are labeled on reverse - lounge suit, yacht suit, full dress suit and tennis suit. Three fine hats accompany the outfits.
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Wir lernen die Uhr! (We Learn the Clock)
1950. 8 pp. Litho on board throughout. German lnaguage. A book that teaches young children how to read the clock. The cover has a clock on it with movable hands, (missing from the book), so they can change the time. The book takes a group of children through their day, and at which time they should get up, get... Read More
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Autograph Album of Miss Lena Spray
New York, 1901. A partially filled autograph album from the late 19th century, with the bulk of the autographs dating to the 1870s. Hidden among the autographs are a few gems. There is one expertly rendered water color depicting flowers. Additionally there is one embossed die cut Victorian scrap pasted to a page. Lastly there is s a pressed... Read More
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