Bridal Roses" -- Baby Book of Amie (a.k.a. Amy) Lois Bivin (b.1917) with Twenty (20) Original Photographs From 1-7 years
[Phoenix, Arizona], 1917. Fair to good. Worn with minor dust soiling, toning, short tears. Tape repairs throughout.. The baby book of Amie (a.k.a. Amy) Lois Bivin (b.1917) a pictorial history with twenty (20) original photographs, a small 1917 calendar, and scraps of typewritten verse. The album itself was published as a bridal book, complete with a faux certificate... Read More
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Burnett's Floral Hand Book
Boston, Massachusetts: Joseph Burnett & Co, 1880. Very good. Minor toning, extremities rubbed.. Illustrated booklet advertising patent medicines and other products produced by Joseph Burnett & Co., including Burnett's Cocoaine ("Prevents the Hair from falling"), Burnett's Asthma Remedy, cologne water, and even a line of flavoring extracts for desserts. Includes a calendar for the year 1880, a list... Read More
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A collection of 7 hand made paper dolls and their costumes
1857. Minimal wear.. A collection including five (5) pencil drawn paper dolls and two (2) cutouts from Godey's or Peterson's. The four (4) of the female dolls have complimentary gowns hand decorated with watercolor floral trim. Each also has at least one additional costume from plain and pleated tissue paper with adornments. There are two (2) male dolls; one with... Read More
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Funeral Invitation with Typographical Border
[Lebanon, Ohio], 1846. Very good. Minor toning, dust-soiling.. Printed invitation (2.75" by 6.5" wove paper slip, with typographical border) to the funeral of Mrs. Nancy Bretney, wife of Mr. Tobias Bretney, a Lebanon, Ohio tanner.
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Woman's Institute Fashion Service - Fall & Winter 1923 - 1924
Scranton, Penn: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc, 1923. Soft cover. Unpaginated. Woman's Fall & Winter Fashion. Contains Coat Dress, Side-tiered Dress, Basque Dress, Self-Trimmed Wrap, Coats and Suits, Misses' fashion, Junior Fashions and more. Black & white fashion illustrations with multiple views often showing variations on a pattern. Comprehensive narrative that describes the fashion, the material... Read More
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Catalog, George Bellows Memorial Exhibition, 1925
Catalog of the George Bellows Memorial Exhibition, held in 1925 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 132 pages. Contains catalogs of oil paintings, drawings and lithographs. All of the paintings, twelve of the drawings, and thirteen of the lithographs, have been reproduced in the catalog, a total of eighty-eight plates in all. Condition: covers soiled, its edges creased, with... Read More
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Die-Cut Counter Card Advertising Patent Medicine Dr. Tutt's Liver Pills - No need for your Doctor, now that you have Tutt's Liver Pills
United States: Dr. Tutt's Liver Pills, 1880. Good to very good. Colors bright. Light toning, repair to verso (neck of woman), surface tears with some text loss.. An attractive chromolithographed and die-cut counter card advertising a type of patent medicine to families. Counter cards were bright cards displayed on shop counters to advertise products. This example depicts a... Read More
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Suggestions Regarding the Cure of Gonorrhea
N.pl: N.p., 1920. Very good. Light toning, a couple spots.. Printed booklet promoting a medication called Lloyd's Hydrastis to pharmacists and medical professionals for the treatment of Gonorrhea. Published after WWI, when awareness of venereal diseases was heightened after soldiers returned from war with sexually transmitted infections from abroad. Includes directions for use with exact dosages, and what... Read More
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1930s Birth Control Advertising -- Seven (7) Booklets Marketing Lanteen Brand Contraception to Women between 1934 and 1942
Chicago, Illinois: Lanteen Laboratories, Inc, 1942. Very good. Light dust soiling, the occasional nick or short tear. One gathering loose.. Seven (7) printed booklets advertising birth control products by Lanteen. Educates women about different birth control methods by describing which methods are safe and reliable and how they work. Unsurprisingly, it argues that the spermicidal jelly and cap... Read More
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Fruen's Best Wheat Flakes
Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Fruen Cereal Co, 1910. Very good. Minor toning/dust soiling, a little creased.. Printed advertisement for Fruen's Best Wheat Flakes, featuring a "Maze Puzzle" on the back. Includes a description of how the product is made with an urge to the reader to "Eat More Wheat to please the Food Expert whose theory it is that... Read More
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The Sandwich Book
New York: The Camp Fire Stores Co. Very good to fine; some minor damp staining and toning.. A book of sandwich recipes "in handy form" designed for "quick reference and convenience" in the home (p. [1]). Includes fifteen pages of sandwich recipes and a page of "suggestions for making sandwiches" at the rear. Examples of recipes include Oyster... Read More
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Labor Scrap Book" -- United Rubber Workers, AFL-CIO, CLC
[Akron, Ohio]: United Rubber Workers, 1965. Very good to near-fine.. Vision Needed for Labor's Future": a printed book of inspirational quotes from politicians, poets, social leaders and religious figures throughout history, demonstrating the ongoing struggle labor unions and social advocates face c.1965. Published by United Rubber Workers, AFL-CIO, CLC, a labor union founded in 1935 that would eventually... Read More
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Chelsea Underwear Manufacturing Co. Folding Trade Catalogue
New York, New York: Chelsea Underwear Manufacturing Co, 1920. Very good. Minor wear to extremities, short tears. Minor soiling/staining to outside.. Folding trade catalogue for Chelsea Underwear Manufacturing Co., boasting "Dollar Values at Bargain Prices". Includes illustrations, pricing, and model numbers for each bloomer, slip, and petticoat offered. Wholesale pricing included for department stores. Includes mail-in order blank... Read More
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Counter Card Advertising Samuel Brothers' Silk Hat Renovator
London, England, 1900. Near-fine. Toned, one or marks, pencil markings to verso.. A well-preserved counter card advertising "Samuel Brothers' Silk Hat Renovator", a liquid product for restoring top hats. Features a humorous illustration of an older gentleman struggling with his old-fashioned hat brush while his younger counterpart outpaces him with the new product. The dialogue reads, "I can't... Read More
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Birth Control
[Chicago, Illinois]: Lanteen Medical Laboratories, Inc, 1934. Very good. Toned with wear to extremities, lower right-hand corner chipped with minimal loss. Upper wrapper/first leaf water stained.. Advertising booklet for Lanteen brand diaphragms, contraceptive jellies, and douches for protecting "multitudes of women whose health requires this safeguard" (p. 10). Begins with a fictional story of a young married woman... Read More
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The Forty-Seventh Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education Part I: Juvenile Delinquency and the Schools
Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1941. Very good. Toned, spotting, a little dust soiling.. A compilation of academic inquiries in juvenile delinquency and schools, published for the National Society for the Study of Education. Includes thirteen case studies, articles, and reports by professionals working in the field and researchers of juvenile delinquency. Sample titles include: What... Read More
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International League for the Rights of Man Pitch Letter and Promotional Brochure -- Cold War, Korean War Era
New York, New York: International League for the Rights of Man, 1953. Very good. Light toning, letter folds.. Typewritten pitch letter with accompanying printed brochure promoting the International League for the Rights of Man. The ILRM was founded in 1942 as a human rights organization comprised of volunteers recognized as consultants by the United Nations. The organization's name... Read More
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Prescribing Manual of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1890. Good. Toned, hinges cracked with first two leaves loose, paper brittle. Extremities worn. A little dust soiling.. A valuable printed record of medicines prescribed by doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from 1890. Also contains diet suggestions for children aged 6 months to 2 years. The Prescribing Manual is divided... Read More
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Women Always Bright" -- Late 18th Cent. German Greeting Card with Printed Silk Inset Message
Germany, 1797. Good. Water staining, light dust soiling, stainign and wear to verso.. An elegantly designed early example of a greeting card, made from a hand-colored lithograph, small metallic scrap, printed silk visible beneath a cut flap, and a small printed ribbon. The image depicts a woman in classical garb handing the printed ribbon to a winged putto.... Read More
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Uncle Ned's Picture Books: Ditties for Little Children
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1870. 20 pp (including wrappers), blue cover with printed litho design depicting one of the stories found within, 'The Pet Hen.' Other stories included in this book are: 'The Star', 'The Cow', 'Dolly's Tea Party', 'The Little Girl Who Was Unkind to her Sister', 'Mary's Little Lamb', 'Robin Redbreast' and 'The selfish child.' Stories are... Read More
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A Set of Five Engravings from the Cruikshankiana Series (Cruikshank)
London: Thomas McLean, 1835. This set of five black and white engravings were a part of the Cruikshankiana Series, printed in London by Thomas McLean. The first set was issued circa 1825, but this collection is from a reprinting in August of 1835. The majority of the prints are by artist George Cruikshank who was an English caricaturist and... Read More
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Dr. Miles Paper Doll - Katrina Knickerbocker - I talk for Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
Elkhart In: Dr. Miles Medical Co, 1902. Light neck bend.. A 20 3/4" tall die-cut easel back paper doll depicting Katrina Knickerbocker holding a bottle of Dr. Miles New Heart Cure. The reverse introduces Katrina, a character in Rip Van Winkle and of course promoting the various Dr. Miles with brief narratives and a complete product listing including... Read More
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Fine Watercolor of Regency Era Woman with 14 Ethnic,Regional or Occupational Overlays of Women
1820. A finely executed watercolor of a Regency era women with 14 intricately detailed watercolor overlays. Each character is identified by the artist at the upper left. They include Tyrolise A Peasant of Lucerne Consimiere de Bernes Bas Breton A Dutch Peasant A Chinese Lady Joan of Arc A Dutch Peasant A Lady After Vandyke A Circassian Lady A... Read More
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Copy Book of Religious Hymns. Cover illustration - Pen Mightier than the Sword
29 Cornhill, Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., c1850. This blank book was published by Benjamin B. Mussey & Co. sometime in the mid 1800s. The unknown owner of the book used it to copy hymns of a religious nature. There are six hymns in total in the book, "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief" by James Montgomery (based... Read More
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A Collection of Menus and related Ephemera from Yale, circa 1902
New Haven, CT: Yale, 1902. Yale Daily News: The back strip is torn along the top 3" inches. Undated Menu: Crease marks from it being previously folded. All items are tone and soiled due to age, and have minor damage to their back as they were pasted into a scrap book at one point.. Menu sheets presenting the... Read More
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