Bandreth Columbian ABC For The Little Ones
United States, 1893. Good. Light toning, dust soiling, a couple minor short tears, lower right-hand corner worn/torn. Child pencil scribbles to last leaf.. A color-illustrated ABC book for little readers, advertising family medicines and household remedies. The two main products advertised as Brandreth's Pills and Allcock's Porous Plasters. Each letter of the alphabet has a different color illustration... Read More
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A Merry Christmas to You" -- c.1900 Greeting Card
England, 1900. Very good. A little toning, dust soiling. Wear to inscription making it illegible.. A charming Christmas card depicting two young boys playing soldier, dressed in military costumes. Illegible early inscription to verso. Chromolithographed. Measures approx. 2.75" by 4
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Kirmess - Souvenir Publication - Under the Auspices and for the benefit Pasadena Children's Training Society
Pasadena, CA - Hotel Maryland, 1911. Light wear.. 32 pp. (unnumbered). Illustrated wraps. A two-evening performance with an extensive list of acts and performances to benefit the Pasadena Children's Training Society. As presented by F. M. Agostini and P. L. Lynwood. Heralding women on front cover heralding the festivities. The Program Synopsis includes 20 different activities including Night... Read More
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GIRL PEDDLES LOVE ON FLY" -- Four (4) Issues of the Scandal Sheet "Mid-Town Journal", 1950-1953
Boston, Massachusetts: Mid-Town Journal, 1953. Very good. Light toning, short tears and nicks.. Four (4) issues of the "Mid-Town Journal", a so-called "scandal sheet" offering readers sleazy, sensational gossip stories, with plenty of photos of attractive starlets and models with cheeky captions (e.g. a photo of Ava Gardner with the caption "How Could Frankie Leave Home?" referring to... Read More
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Handmade Triangle-fold Friendship Album
1930. Fine; some light toning,. A wonderful handmade triangle-shaped friendship album, made from folded notebook paper leaves. When unfolded, each leaf reveals a hidden surprise or game. Such handmade albums were often exchanged between friends, and the present example is particularly charming, with a sense of humor and designed by an adult for children. There are eighteen (18)... Read More
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Extract from a Speech Against Woman Suffrage in the California State Senate by Senator J.B. Sanford
1911. Tape repair. Toned. "laminated" for preservation.. An anti-Women's suffrage speech asking readers to vote "No" on California's Equal Suffrage Amendment. It was narrowly approved after an earlier 1896 attempt had failed. Emphasizes the importance of keeping the "woman's sphere" separate, the need to keep domestic life "pure", and refers to the Suffragette as a "mannish woman who... Read More
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Artist's Sketchbook with Original Watercolors and Drawings
United States, 1928. Very good. Some toning, dust soiling, the occasional spotting. A couple leaves loose, a couple perhaps sometime detached/missing. Binding worn, original ribbon missing.. The sketchbook of an unnamed American artist and presumed bibliophile, with dozens of original watercolors, drawings, and sketches copied from or inspired by medieval manuscripts and im250agery. The individual replicated medieval letter... Read More
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Hand Constructed and Watercolor Good Luck Mystery Beauty Birds
1910. Two different Good Luck Mystery Beauty Birds. Each constructed of an array of brightly colored flowers with watercolor background decoration. The first is housed in a heavy card stock frame with easel back. It is 4 1/2" in length. The frame promotes Badger State Cheese Co. and appears to be a calendar back. The second is housed in... Read More
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10" Embossed Die-cut Victorian Scrap Snow Angel in Rose and Winterberry Wreath - Mica Enhanced
A 10" x 7 1/2” embossed, die-cut Victorian scrap depicting a snow angel in white fur trimmed winter attire with matching hat. The costume is enhanced with mica flecks to give the appearance of glistening snow. Bright blue eyes and soft shoulder length hair. She poses in a wreath of rose and winter berry. Her left hand is resting... Read More
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A Stately Woman being criticized for being outdated
1860. Originally single-fold, black second page lacking. Paper lacking lower left margin.. An 8" x 5 1/4" color lithograph illustration of a statuesque and proper lady borders by embossed whimsical anthropomorphic heart characters surrounding the margins. It is captioned: "Stepped from a pedestal to take the air", You'd think she had, she looks so statuesque, Or ancient... Read More
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The City Watchman's Address On the Return of Christmas Day, 1850
1850. Extensive trimming of margins with minor impact to printed areas.. A 17 1/2" x 10 1/2" broadside with a woodcut of a watchman walking between numbers 24 and 26 thus depicting Christmas. A poem at base titled On the Return of Christmas Day, 1850. A Watchman's Calendar for 1851 at base. Extensive elaborate decorative border decoration with... Read More
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Uncle Tom and Eva Promote Uncle Tom's Cabin Smoking Tobacco
Five Points NY: Donaldson Brothers. A 5" x 3 1/4" advertising trade card promoting Uncle Tom's Cabin Smokin Tobacco, manufactured by Wellman & Dwire, Quincy, Ill. Depicts characters from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Eva is holding a plug of tobacco while seated on Uncle Tom's shoulder. It is cpationed "O Uncle Tom! T'was Eva spoke, Why... Read More
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The Art of Drawing; A Collection of Elementary Manuals: Fancy Subjects-F. Grenier
London: E. Gambart and Co, 1800. Original publisher cover, rebound in red covered board, heavy stock paper. The first 8 pages have dual pictures-the first a semi complete illustration and the second a completed form, the remaining pages are full page. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2" rebound, has original publisher cover, book seller stamp, first two pages repaired, foxing.... Read More
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Ephemera Promoting Scottish Elocutionist and Lecturer Bro. D.G. Lawson Voluntarily inmate at CT Insane Asylum to overcome appetite for Rum
Willimantic, Connecticut: D.G. Lawson, 1877. Very good. Spotting, water staining to envelope. Letter folds to one of the pamphlets.. Ephemera promoting Scottish Elocutionist and lecturer D.G. Lawson, with original handwritten note from Lawson himself promoting his lectures. Lawson voluntarily checked himself into the Connecticut State Insane Asylum in the 1870s "as a last hope to overcome an uncontrollable... Read More
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Public Service Magazine Vol. 75, No. 6
St. Paul, Minnesota: Public Service Magazine, 1943. Near-fine. Date in pencil to upper wrapper.. A scarce wartime issue of Public Service Magazine, published in December of 1943, with articles on current public service issues including how to best support the war effort from home. Features patriotic imagery of the Statue of Liberty in front of an American flag... Read More
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The South and the Southern Railway: The Statement of a Record and of an Ambition
N.pl: N.p., 1916. Fair. Toned with short tears/damage to spine, wrappers detached.. A 1916 address given to the Virginia Bankers Association by Fairfax Harrison (1869-1938), an American businessman and lawyer for the Southern Railway Company. Advocating for developing railways in the South, Harrison begins his speech by rooting his aims in Reconstruction: "Overlapping its political reconstruction since the... Read More
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Le Lilliputien . A Rouyer, Editeur, Paris. No. 359 - Handwork Patterns Secular Subject Matter, April 1877
Paris, 1877. Very good.. A 4 1/4" x 2 5/8" wrapper with nine fold-out pages of cross-stitch or petit-point patterns All in full color. The reverse advertises different products and locations in Paris. This pattern booklet was for April 1877.
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Hand-colored Romantic Pastoral Theme Etching with Sequin boarder
England, 1840. Very good. Ink stains to verso, some light dust soiling. Letter folds. A couple sequins missing.. An attractive hand-colored etching depicting a gentleman with a rapier stopping to admire the beauty of a young country maiden. Two men harvest wheat in the background in front of a forest and a country estate home. Adorned with twelve... Read More
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Supplement to Harper's Bazar -November 6, 1897, Winter Fashions-Braided Cloth Gown
A 16" x 11" lithograph supplement to Harper's Bazar, November 6, 1897, titled Winter Fashions-Braided Cloth Gown . Depiction of fashion for the upcoming season. The supplement was previously rolled. Some curling at ends. Edge wear, some intact tears.
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Henry's Cook Book and Household Companion
New York, New York: John F. Henry & Co, 1882. Fair. Toning, dust soiling, short tears, including larger open tear to lower wrapper. Modern repairs.. A book of recipes marketing patent medicines to families, specifically housewives in search of effective family medicines for ailments ranging from consumption to scrofula. Includes interesting or helpful content such as populations of... Read More
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Illustrated Billhead for Boys' Clothier and Boston Abolitionist
Boston, Massachusetts: George W. Carnes, 1863. Very good. Light toning, minor spotting, letter folds.. Receipt handwritten in ink on illustrated billhead, depicting two young boys in fashionable clothing. Markets the clothes as "Boys' Custom Garments Made in the Most Thorough Manner at the Lowest Prices". Dated Oct. 12, 1863, and noting a $6 sale paid. Measures approx. 5.25"... Read More
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Ticket to Bankers' and Merchants Presentation Enterprise held at Irving Hall c1867, presented by Clark Webster & Co. NCY
New York City: Clark Webster & Co, 1867. A 2 3/4" x 5 1/4" thin paper ticket for a lottery to be held sometime it 1868. An elaborate swindle that took money from hopefuls for approximately 6 months. Each ticket was $1. It was promoted as a $1.2 M give away ... Some of the agents were arrested while... Read More
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The Columbian Portfolio of Photographs of the World's Fair
N.pl: Jones Bros., Pub. Co, 1893. Good to very good. Minor dust soiling, wear and chipping to inside and outside of portfolio spine.. A set of twenty-four (24) photo reproduction prints, housed in their original publisher's portfolio, each depicting a different view of the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Issued by the Jones Bros., Pub. Co. the same year... Read More
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Printed Buena Vista Spring Hotel Menu on Lg. Watercolor decorated Paper Hand Fan 1894, Asian Motif - Chrysanthemum
Blue Ridge Mountains, 1894. An 8 bamboo blade paper covered fan with a watercolor Asian inspired chrysanthemum motif. On the left 1/3 of one side of the fan is an applied menu for the Buena Vista Spring Hotel, Franklin Co., PA. It is for Dinner on Sunday, August 5, 1894. Fare includes leg of mutton with piquant sauce, Filet... Read More
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Correspondence from the Office of Commissioner of Public Schools regarding Truancy Census for Children from 6-15 years
Providence RI, 1856. Two (2) printed letters send from Robert Allyn, Commissioner Public Schools advising that the General Assembly has requested each Town or District to provide information on truancy of children between the ages of 6 and 15 years. The information was to be submitted on Statistical Blanks (not included) within 10 days. One letter was sent to... Read More
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