The Neighborhood House, Minister to all the Needs of the People
Curtis Bay, MD: The Neighborhood House, 1916. Soiled and toned due to age. Staples are rusted.. 10 pages (including covers) staple brochure printed for the Neighborhood House in an effort to help generate funds for the charity. Founding in 1906 the goal of the Neighborhood house was to support the community of Curtis Bay by providing school and... Read More
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The Partridge Family - A Paper Doll Book
Columbia Pictures Industries, Artcraft, 1971. Authorized Edition. 6pp. Cover image of the popular television singing family as segments on an LP record with a die-cut opening to the first page depicting their touring bus. Seven punch out dolls first and last pages. 4 pages of punch-out costumes with that special 1970s entertainment flair. Striped and plaid bell bottoms and... Read More
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Illustrated Broadside Special Offer on Children's Trays - Sales Promotion
Newark, NJ: The Newark Tray Co, 1882. Letter folds.. A 12" x 9 1/2" illustrated broadside promoting a sales competition for The Newark Tray Co. Illustrations of two trays; one depicts a child feeding chickens, the other children on an archery range. The "Announcement Extraordinary" is to store owners to call the attention of their clerks to the... Read More
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Travel Log & Photo Albums Dedicated to Josh by Y Bennett and Sneed with 3 Journeys in 3 Years 1935-1937
1937. The 12” x 9” spiral bound album begins with a dedication page followed by three maps, each with a route outlined in red ink. The first trip was from June 15 to 23 (1935) consisting of 1981 miles driven at an average cost per person of $25.00. This is followed by a daily log indicating where they ate... Read More
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Three Letters from a Family Moving to South America
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1855. In early 1855, a husband and wife, moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, Estancia del Folag with their two sons, Hasen and Jonathan. The collection contains three letters, comprised of eighteen pages, written to the wife's friend. Color vignette on first page with stationer's embossing on remaining sheets. The letters are only signed "Affectionally yours" with... Read More
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The Wagon Boy; or Trust in Providence
New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, 1857. 16 pp. wrapper with 6 illustrations. The back of the chapbook, states that this is apart of Redfield's Toy Books: Four Series of Twelve Books Each. This book is the from the second series, No. 9. Depending on when the book was published the address of the publisher varies either it is 88... Read More
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Rules for Building and Classification; Record of American and Foreign Shipping
New York: American Shipmasters' Association, 1877. Light damage to covers. Some fading. Back cover has minor separation of the cover from its end papers. Minor soiling and toning due to age.. 48 pp. Textured paper wrappers. Gilt stamp. This book details the instructions for how to survey and classify a ship according to the rules provided by the... Read More
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The Southern Workman, Vol 39, No. 12
Hampton, VA: The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Dec-10. Withdrawn stamp on front cover, as well as penned locator number on the top right. The front cover is creased and partially separated near the spine.. Some of the articles within this volume are "African Agriculture by Monroe N. Work, The Indian of To-day by Henry Roe Cloud, and... Read More
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A Collection of 30 Issues of Le Sourire, A Paris Journal
Paris, France, 1913. The journal's pages are fragile and brittle, as well as toned and soiled due to age. The edges of the pages are sometimes torn. Two editions have tears on the cover. The journals have staple binding, the majority of which is damaged, and therefore pages are loose or detached on most of the editions. With the... Read More
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Little Folks Menagerie: Animals to be Cut out, Package No 1
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1883. A set of 4 mostly uncut sheets of animals, both domestic and exotic for children to cut out and play with. The animals were designed so that once cut out, they can stand on their own with its outline as support. Some of the animals depicted are a tiger, an alligator, a rabbit, a... Read More
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New Glamour for The "Glamour Girl", a Glowing Daylight Fluorescent Color Bath Beauty Letter Opener
Los Angeles, CA: Coast Industries, 1952. The date is inferred by magazine ads found, which date to 1952, in 1954, the company's address changed.. Materials featuring a 'Bathing Beauty' novelty letter opener and the two pieces of advertising materials that go along with it. In the 1950s a company by the name of Coast Industries came up with... Read More
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I Never Dance, An Original Poem
1840. Minor crease marks. Minor stains.. An original poem by an unknown female poet entitled, "I Never Dance". The poem is about a spirit seen at night. This poem has a chorus which repeats after every new stanza, but only on the first page of the poem. On the second page, the chorus is not repeated, but to... Read More
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A Teacher's Retirement Memoir Book belonging to Rose A. Maguire
Queens, NY: PS19, Jun-41. Age toning. The covers have minor stains and missing surface litho.. A memoir book presented to Rose A. Maguire, an elementary school teacher, upon her retirement in June 1951. She taught at a school located in Queens, NY called PS 19 Corona (now known as Marino Jeantet Elementary). The memoir book features over fifty... Read More
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Ticket for the Harvard-Dartmouth Tennis Match
Hanover, NH or Cambridge, MA, 6-May-16. Age toning. Back of item has residue from where it had been pasted into a scrap book.. A small ticket for the sale of tickets to the May 1916 Tennis tournament between the men's tennis team of Harvard and Dartmouth. It is unknown if these matches took place at Dartmouth in Hanover,... Read More
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Everything is Card Magic, A Trade Catalogue
Carmel, CA: Kard King Studios, Sep-45. Light damage to covers. Toning on interior pages.. A trade catalogue about the "art" of card magic. Published by Kard King Studios, a magic shop that specializes in magic done with a deck of cards. The catalogue itself is a single fold blue heavy stock cover, with four legal size pages attached... Read More
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Know Your States Volvelle for Tip Top Bread
Enriched Tip Top Bread, 1959. A vibrant colorful volvelle created by Enriched Tip Top Bread, both to advertise their bread and also teach the user interesting facts about the individual states. This double sided volvelle, has five openings on each side that reveals a fact about each state as you turn the wheel. For each state you learn its... Read More
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Married Chap Book: Children's History of Beasts, No. 3 and Children's History of Beasts, Advice, and Select Hymns
Sanborton, NH: Sanborton Press, 1836. Tape repair to binding. Binding rethreaded. Stains on covers. Inscribed on front cover. Age toning.. This married chap book is actually the front cover of one book, and the text block and back cover of another. Both were published by Sanborton Press. The front cover of the chap book has a picture of... Read More
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Peoples Ferry Company Circular
Boston, MA: Peoples Ferry Company, 1853. Age toning. Crease marks. Minor stains on bottom left corner.. A circular sent out to the stockholders of the Peoples Ferry Company on October 10, 1853. The company was a city subsidized ferry transportation for Boston Harbor, between East Boston and Boston. This circular was sent out to inform the stockholders of... Read More
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Dance Card - First Annual Exhibition and Prize Drill of the Company E, 3d Regiment N. H. N. G. Cover Printed on Silk
Concord, NH: E.A. Wright, Phila (engraver), 1892. Age toning.. A dance card for Company E, 3d Regiment of the New Hampshire National Guard's (NHNG) exhibition and prize drill which took place at the White's Opera House in Concord, NH in 1892. The Order of Dance lists the fourteen (14) dances performed that night, such as "Lanciers - West... Read More
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Rambling Rhymes For Little Ones
New York: McLoughlin Bros. Cover almost completely separated from the pages, several 1" tears along the spine, foxing and minor discoloration on pages. 8 leaves, one-sided; white paper wrapper with illustrations and decorative elements on the front cover, printed in green, brown and gilt. Includes four stories: The Little Man and His Gun -- The Selfish Old Woman... Read More
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Hand made calendar 1897
The cover and December page are detached - edge chips on both pages.. A 4" x 6 1/2" thirteen (13) leaf calendar including the cover. The cover drawing depicts three (3) bells swinging to and fro. It is captioned "1897 Ring in a Happy New Year. Each page is a complete month calendar with seasonally relevant illustrations. January... Read More
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Uncut Grace Lee
New York, 30 Beekman St: McLoughlin, 1868. The folder is separated at the fold with tape repair and stain. Else fine.. A hand colored two-sided paper doll on 5 3/4" x 3" card. An uncut thread-stitched booklet with six uncut costumes and hats. All with elaborate detail and hand colored embellishments. The inside of the folder includes printed... Read More
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Ella Hall
New York: McLoughlin, 1892. Minor neck bend. Else fine.,. One sided printing. 4 3/4" cut paper doll with with five (5) d dresses and no hats. Also includes a portion of the envelope front. Top section with the name of the doll has been cut away. Note the original doll only had four costumes. The fifth is believed... Read More
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Theater Understudy Notice, M'lle Poinsot is Replaced by M'lle Piccolomini, The Daughter of the Regiment
New Orleans, LA: Theatre d'Orleans, 1858. Age toning. Minor tears along edge.. The item is a notice to the public by the Theatre d'Orleans for the performance of "The Daughter of the Regiment", a opera comique by Gaetano Donizetti. In the notice it states that "M'lle Poinsot is too unwell to appear this evening... [she] is suffering from... Read More
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Bessie Bliss
New York: McLoughlin, 1875. Flap on envelope is lacking. Surface wear, discoloration to face of Bessie front of cover. Else fine.. Two-sided printing. 7" cut paper doll with with four (4) two-sided dresses and hats With original envelope with directions for making the doll on reverse of envelope. From the Series No. 2 - Medium Sized Dolls found... Read More
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