Collection of Books Related to Fiji from Library of Clellan S. Ford, American Anthropologist, Co-founder of the cross-cultural Survey, 1930s
Mixed; well read. Twenty (20) different titles from the estate of Clellan S. Ford, an American anthropologist, best known as Professor of Anthropology at Yale University. Ford spent a year in the Fiji Islands conducting ethnographic field research. He then joined the Institute of Human Relations at Yale, where he co-founded the cross-cultural Survey. The titles include Flight... Read More
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Why I Live in the Neighborhood Gardens, A Flyer for Apartments
St. Louis, MO: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments, 1935. General wear. Light damage.. This single fold pamphlet advertises for the Neighborhood Gardens which is an apartment complex located in St. Louis that was first built in 1935, and is still an existence today. The front page of this pamphlet lists eighteen (18) reasons why someone would want to live there,... Read More
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Christmas Activity Book
Philadelphia, ca 1952. Cardboard Covers. Text block separated from cover. Half separation at top fold on cover.. A vibrantly colored unpaginated chidren's Christmas activity book complients of N. Snellenburg & Co. and Santa Claus...Printed on pulp or short fiber paper. Six (6) color pages, remainder black and white line drawings.s Begins with verse A Visit to Toyland by... Read More
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Friendship Album Belonging to India Missionary Amelia Mercy Newton Little, circa 1841-1847, from Sherburne, NY
New YorkPrinting & Publishing: J C Riker, 1840. General wear. Rubbing. Stains on covers. Tape repair to binding. Some folios are loose. New endpapers. Minor foxing.. To the Dear Brother or Sister to whom this album may be allotted. I would gladly have kept this because it was prized by my dear Amelia, but considering the uncertainty of... Read More
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Rewards of Merit - Ward School, No. 26 and 41
A collection of five (5) engraved Rewards of Merit from Ward School No. 26. Awarded to Angeline Chapin, 1852-1854. 38 Greenwich Ave., North Ward, New York City. Primary Department. Also includes a sixth reward from New York Ward School No. 41 , May 1851. The engraving depicts a boy leaning on the world and a girl on a lectern... Read More
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The Story of the Three Bears
Kenosha: John Martin's House, Inc, 1946. Very Good. Kenosha: John Martin's House, Inc, 1946. Very Good. Charles Thorson. 32 pp. with both color and B&W illustrations top half of page and in-text. There is some slight wear on the edges of the dust jacket. Thick card covers with colored illustration that shows the three bears looking into their... Read More
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The Counting Rhymes Book
Racine: Whitman Publising Company, 1938. Very Good. An unnumbered 12 page illustrated sewed linen-like paper story book (including covers) that are full of rhymes meant to help a child learn to count. Published by Whitman, it has the number 943 printed on the back cover. Each rhyme is accompanied by a colorful illustration by Margot Voigt. Some toning... Read More
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Get Well Card with recipe for Easy Cherry Tarts..
1940. A 6" x 5" french-fold greeting card with applied die-cut of cherries on the front cover. Captioned "Cheery" Get Well Wishes" with printed cross-stich cherry orchard. The inside depicts additional cherry trees and a wish As bright as a bowl of Cherries for a prompt recovery. The back page, somewhat surprisingly has a recipe for eAsy Cherry Tarts.... Read More
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Four (4) menus with original envelopes for the First through Fourth Annual Dinners of the Veteran Association of the Hartford City Guard plus an announcement and dance card associated with the events 1868-1871
Four (4) different menus for the annual dinner of the association. Each menu with the first being January 8, 1868 includes the Officers, Music, Bill of Fare and Programme of the Evening. Each menu measures 8 3/4" x 6 1/4". Each with it's original envelope. Also includes an announcement for the meeting to adopt the Constitution and elect Officers... Read More
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Window Display - Victory Girls - Girls to Earn and Give to Make Our Fighters Fit
United War Work Campaign, 1918. An 11 3/4" x 8" paper window display depicting an eagle atop a banner. It reads " A girl from this home has enrolled in the VICTORY GIRLS to earn and give to make our fighters fit". United War Work Campaign surrounds the banner. Reverse is blank. United War Work Campaign of November 11-18,... Read More
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Dictionary Doings and Developments, Webster's Unabridged (Now International) Dictionary. Springfield, MA,Clark W. Bryan & Co. 1890
A 24 pp. booklet originally published in The Paper World, October 1890. Discusses Webster's dictionary, it's development, it's founders and old-time and present publishers, Messrs. G. & C. Merriam & Co. It begins with the life work of Noah Webster, L.L. D., the progression of the dictionary and the part played by the Merriams. 6 1/2" x 5... Read More
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999th Artillery Association Minstrels - Jollification at Crawford House
1898. A single-fold 12" x 9" menu and programme for an annual meeting of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association. Stereotypical racist imagery of a banjo player and dancer on the front cover. The blatant racism persists on the Programme and Menu page within. Each menu course is prefaced by a song to be sung by the chorus or... Read More
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Fine Made by Hand Geometric Designed Paper Hearts with Woven Hair with Flower at Center with Surrounding verse titled Star of Memory
1861. An 8" x 10" piece with 44 geometrically positioned saw-tooth cut hearts in various colors with a plaited eternal ring of hair at center with a cut-out embossed flower at center and a pointing object at base near title. . IA verse in faint ink in background is titled Star of Memory. Respectfully dedicated to Mrs. Jennett L.... Read More
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Musings, Verse and Sentiment by an Unidentified Gentlemen Embellished with Whimsical Illustration Snippets. 1825
A book of musings by an unidentified gentleman with the first entry on September 27th, 1825. Entries include To the Flower called Forget me not!, A recipe for Courtship, the tea of Sympathy, The Rose of the Valley, On Leaving a Place of Residence, A Fragment, Lines written beneath a Picture, The Choice - Supposed to be written by... Read More
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Rebus Challenges in Everyday Life - A collection of 29 Rebus Puzzles from 1817 through 2011
Light wear.. A collection of 29 different rebus puzzles found in ephemera of everyday life. Rebus puzzles are used to catch the eye, draw attention to the subject at hand, to educate and help develop language skills or strictly for entertainment. The collection includes Lottery ticket - 1817 - A 7 3/4" x 4 1/2" UK... Read More
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Used Arion Grand Masquerade Ball Ticket
New York City: Louis E. Neuman, 1887. Edge wear. Light bend one corner.. A 7 1/2" x 4 3/4" used ball ticket for the Arion Grand Masquerade Ball at Metropolitan Opera House. The front depicts a jester playing a stringed instrument, perhaps a zither, with a trumpeter in the background, surrounded by vignettes of revelers completing the scene.... Read More
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Home Defense Health Course and Chart, Presented by the Makes of Lysol
Bloomfield, NJ: Lehn & Fink Products Corp, 1941. Tape repair to top edge of binding on booklet.. The Home Defense Course was broken up into three lessons: 1. How to Wage War on Germs, 2. Nursing and Sick Room Care, 3. First Aid. The whole booklet has a patriotic theme, evidence by not only the covers, which have... Read More
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Little Polly Dress-Up Paper Doll No. 731
United States: American Colortype Co, 1920. Very good. Light toning, short tears and dust soiling.. A sweet, raven-haired paper doll for little girls to dress up, offered here with the scarce original illustrated envelope it came in. This set is cut and near-complete, with the doll, three outfits (bathing costume, dress, and outerwear), and nine accessories including hats,... Read More
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New Lamps for Old
Newark, New Jersey: Prudential Life Insurance Company, 1930. Good to very good.. A booklet of stories of Ancient Greek and Roman heroes and historical figures, each offering the reader a moral to invest in life insurance. An interesting look into how the Prudential Life Insurance Company advertised to potential customers. The figures mentioned include Androcles, Themistocles, Coriolanus, Cato,... Read More
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Cameo Cover for Sherwood, Hemmens & Co. Cigar Manufacturers - Tobacco Company Exploits Native American Female Hunter
New York, New York: W. Eaves, 1871. Very good. Light toning, right edge torn, pen trial arithmetic on verso.. A handsome 1870s cameo cover advertising Sherwood, Hemmens & Co., of Utica, New York, "Manufacturers & Dealers in All Kinds of Domestic & Foreign Cigars, Tobacco, Snuffs &c." Cameo covers were popular ways for businesses to promote themselves in... Read More
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c.1899 Patent Medicine Advertising Ephemera -- Advertising Cures for "Diseases of Women", Catarrh, Kidney Diseases, and more - Includes actual bottle of Uticure
Omaha, Nebraska: Dr. B.J. Kay Medical Co, 1899. Good. Toned with water staining, short tears.. A scarce grouping of ephemera advertising patent medicines by the Dr. B.J. Kay Medical Company, including cure-alls for everything from catarrh to common "diseases of women". Patent medicines, often secured by mail order, were common until dubious cure were banned by the Pure... Read More
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Artcote Graphic Gold and Silver Papers
Irvington, N.J.: Artcote Papers, Inc, 1940. Very good. Light dust soiling.. A mid-century salesman's sample book with eighteen (18) samples of gold and silver papers produced by Artcote Papers, Inc. of Philadelphia. Each sample is labeled with order number, weight or other identifier (e.g. "heavy", "gummed"), and trimmed size. Would most likely have been used for sales or... Read More
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Broadside Announcing Relaunch of Thomas Collyer, People's Ferry Line
1875. Separations on folds; intact edge tears.. A 9 1/4" x 12" broadside promoting the relaunch of "an exceptionally fast vessel" It reads To the Freinds(sic) and Patrons of the Thos. Collyer. This steamer is now complete with new boilers and outfit, will resume her place on the People's Ferry Line between New York and Staten Island, June... Read More
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Regal: An Intertype Face Designed For Easy Reading
New York: Intertype Corporation, 1950. white paper back cover. Sample booklet of Regal intertype face, brief description of the type then examples of font and samples of advertisements using type. 10 1/2" x 7 1/2
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Cupid's Bower Hand-colored Advertisement
1840. Light scrapbook residue on reverse. Small area of discoloration upper right.. An 8" x 10 3/4" advertisement for "Cupid's Bower". Official title - Cupid' s bower, or The poetical garden of love: a collection of original valentines calculated to convey the sentiments of the heart in language neat, chaste, and expressive. It features a courting couple at... Read More
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