The Marriage of the Three Little Kittens
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 30 Beekman St., 1864-1870. Aunt Jenny's Series. 8 leaves including wraps. Each page printed on one side. Hand colored engraving of anthropomorphic or humanized kittens throughout. Text in rhyming verse. The courtship and marriage of the three little kittens--mostly occurring with mittens on... Some discoloration and toning. 6 1/2" separation of cover at spine. Strong color. Measures 7"x 10 1/2".
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Book of Birds
Concord NH: Rufus Merrill, c1845. 16 pp. booklet with original yellow paper wraps with 9 woodcut illustrations. Nine (9) identified illustrations include Lyre Bird, swallow, Boat Bill, Roseate Spoon bill, Blue Jay, Hoopoe, Robin, Belted Kingfisher and doves. Accompanied by narrative description and rhyming verse. 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" chapbook. Make-do sewing repair along back strip.
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A Barrel of Money" -- Barrel-Shaped Advert for Publisher of Cards, Paper Products
Boston, Massachusetts: Bay State Card and Paper Co, 1910. Good. Toned with some spotting. Hinge tender.. Printed and lightly embossed card, designed and die-cut into the shape of a barrel, advertising products sold by Bay State Card and Paper Co. of Boston: "This is a sample of our BARREL FOLDERS. Price, $14.00 per 1000, List". Second leaf of card lists other products for sale, including book papers, cover papers, blotting papers, linens, bonds and ledger papers, envelopes, and... Read More
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El Cuidado de su Bebe" ("Caring for your Baby") -- Infant Care Guide from Johnson & Johnson
N.pl: Johnson & Johnson, 1958. Very good. Extremities rubbed.. A Spanish-language guide to infant for new parents published by Johnson & Johnson in 1958. Includes charming color illustrations and diagrams throughout, and covers the following subjects: the importance of nutrition and doctor visits for mother; organizing a baby's layette; birth; breast feeding; burping; first solid foods; bottle feeding; bathing; diaper changing; clothing; and general advice for babies at different ages (2 mo., 4 mo., 6 mo., and 1... Read More
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The Pets' Panorama: A Novel Picture Book for Children
London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co. Fine; extremities rubbed, central pop-up detached from spine.. A charming illustrated children's book of poetry and prose with four (4) two-page pop-up spreads depicting: a farmer and son plowing a field with horses; a sleeping child among a gentle flock of sheep and lambs; four children playing with toys in a living room; and another group of six children playing in boats and feeding swans, ducks, and... Read More
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Elegant Edwardian Paper Doll Handmade with Original Artwork
United States, 1900. Fine. Some light toning, minor dust soiling.. An elegant and well-heeled Edwardian paper doll rendered in original ink pen and watercolor, together with nine (9) accompanying dresses and six (6) matching hats. A young girl's dream paper doll, she is dressed in her blue ribbon-lined undergarments and has her golden locks pulled back into a bun. The doll itself measures approx. 7" by 2.5", with the largest of the dresses measuring 6" by 4". Each... Read More
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Two (2) Die-Cuts Depicting British Politicians -- Liberals and Tories c.1880
[London, England], 1880. Very good to near-fine. Some toning, minor surface wear.. Two (2) die-cut scraps depicting British politicians c.1880: one bench of Tories and one bench of Liberals, each rather cleverly caricatured and easily recognizable. The Liberals include Rosebery, Spencer, Granville, Derry, Kimberley, and Northbrook, while the Tories include Smith, Churchill, Hicks Beach, Gross, Hamilton, and Manners. Scarce, especially as a set. Each measures approx. 4" by 8.5". Die cut and embossed. Winston Churchill's grandfather and Princess... Read More
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Cutter Price List
Cortland, NY: Hitchcock Manufacturing Company, 1892. A price list for various parts to a sleigh. The cover has an illustration of a sleigh in three colors: yellow, pink and black. The text is black with accents in pink. There is some general toning to the price list. Additionally there are some intact tears along those fold marks, and some missing surface litho. 9.2" by 6 .25
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Lettersheet with an Engraving of the German Peace Festival
[1871]. General wear. . The German Peace Festival was celebrated all across the US in most major cities (including but not limited to New York, Baltimore, Washington DC and even Honolulu! The festival was to commemorated the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The festival in the cities consisted of large parades with floats, soldiers in uniform, and German singers. The engraving itself takes up nearly the entire front page of the single fold unused lettersheet. The main portion... Read More
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Attractive Late 1890s Color Illustrated Letterhead for Manufacturer of Saloon Furnishing, Pool and Billiard Tables
Buffalo, New York: M.J. Bernhard, 1898. Good. Chipping at head. Letter folds and toning. Verso sunned.. A particularly attractive illustrated billhead, featuring a large color image of a saloon with large wooden bar, billiard tables, and elaborate chest. Advertises M.J. Bernhard, manufacturers of pool and billiard tables, water motor fans, saloon and store fixtures, cigar cases, and bar screens. Measures approx. 11" by 8.5". Letter written in contemporary ink dated Sept. 1, 1898, and signed by the owner... Read More
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11 Vinegar Valentines backhandedly promoting Sapolio Soap c1910.
Eleven (11) different approximately 9" x 6" vinegar valentines printed in three colors. Each is demeaning someone and suggesting they use Sapolio soap for one reason or another. Captions include To A Kitchen Recruit, Love's Young Dream, To a Horseman, To a Farmer, Don't You Forget It!, To a Bartender, To a Masher, To a Model Husband, To an Author, To a Smoker and finally To a Sleeping Beauty. Reverse is blank. Scarce items.
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Invitation - Grosser Masken der New Yorker Sangerrunde
New York City: Heppenheimer & Mauer, 1883. The card lacks about 3/4" at right end; perhaps a ticket "stub" cut off?. A 4 3/4" x 7 1/2" invitation to a German Social Club masked ball held at Teutonia Assembly Rooms in New York City. Held on February 12, 1883 (Lincoln's Birthday). Fine printing and elaborate scene of elegant woman accepting a gentleman's arm. Reverse is blank except for "539" stamped in red ink.
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Mother's Series: Miss Vanity's Holiday
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1870. Tells the story of Miss Vanity and how her pride, and love of fine dresses almost costs here everything. The story is written in verse with the moral of the story printed on the last page. Each page has its own wonderfully colored illustration. The publisher's advertisement on the back reads: "Picture books for little children ... 66 different kinds, for six cents each." Some light cover wear, and minimal general toning due... Read More
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Walter L. Smith: Die Sinker and Engraver Trade Catalogue with Samples
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Walter L. Smith, 1890. Seal offset. Otherwise fine.. This is a specimen catalogue from Walter L. Smith, an expert and high grade workman on die sinking, engraving and fine carving on gold. He worked for noted jewelers Simons, Bros. & Co. for ten years before starting his own company. The first pages provide a brief description of Smith's career and noted works, the last two pages have 14 samples of his work. Blue covers with a... Read More
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Hidden Treasure" -- Children's Story Advertising Post Cereals to American Families
Battle Creek, Michigan: Postum Co., Inc, 1927. Very good.. A 1920's children's story book published by the Postum Co., advertising the brand's cereals to American families. Postum, or Post today, was founded in Battle Creek Michigan by C.W. Post and was among the first to capitalize on the "health food" cereal craze in the early 1900s. The present booklet shows children where their breakfast cereal comes from by telling the story of wheat: "Jack brought some heads of... Read More
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California Caravan: Or, The Yosemite Yokels - A trip to Disneyland from Texas
United States, 1957. Very good. Toned, one or two nicks, short tears.. A humorous, well-written, and entertaining account of a road trip undertaken by three American families traveling from Texas to California in 1957. It begins with a list of "Personae" including the Edens, Staples, and Hastings families, comprised of three couples with seven children ranging in age from 8 to 14. Despite dead car batteries and "trials and tribulations", the trip appears to have been a success,... Read More
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A collection of five (5) Betrothals finely printed on porcelain or coated card stock c.1850s
Ghent, Belgium: Lithographers de Vande Steene, L. Defferrex, T. & D. Hemelsoet, and G. Jacqmain, 1850. Very good. Light dust soiling.. Five (5) finely printed betrothal announcements all around 1850. Printed on porcelain or coated stock. One is hand-colored and depicts Cupid at the center of a vignette surrounded by a floral wreath; a second is printed in four (4) colors with clasped hands at the top, joined floral rings and love birds with pierced flaming hearts at... Read More
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Heart Shaped Tuck - From Heart to Heart Brundage Kids at Blackboard
An embossed, die cut, 6 3/4 " x 7 1/2" heart shaped valentine. The cover is adorned with a double row of pink forget-me-not hearts bordering each of two joined hearts with printed ribbon tying them together is captioned "From Heart to Heart". The heart is pierced with an arrow. On the bottomof the card is two cherubs, one cherubis playing the pan flute. Opens at center. Once inside there are two Frances Brundage children writing on a chalkboard.... Read More
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Free France" Vol. 4, No. 5 -- WWII Serial Garnering American Support for France in 1943
New York, New York: French Press and Information Service, 1943. Very good to near fine. Some wear to envelope.. The November-December 1943 issue of "Free France", a serial issued by the French Press and Information Service, an agency of the French Committee of National Liberation ("Comite franÁais de Liberation nationale"). Formed by Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud, it was a provisional government that aimed to unite the French people and coordinate efforts against German forces. This serial,... Read More
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Sixty-two (62) Numbers of El Consultor de los Bordados ["The Embroidery Consultant": Catalan periodical in Spanish with embroidery transfer patterns]
Barcelona: 1911-1929. Very good to fine. Light wear/short tears to wrappers, with little to no text loss.. A robust run of El Consultor de los Bordados, a Barcelona periodical that began in 1905 and was popular throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Here, we offer 62 numbers ranging in date from June 1911 to May 1929. Each issue is in its original printed wrappers (13" by 9") and contains one or more large (approx. 17.25" by... Read More
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Paul Nordoff Lecture-Recital The History of Jazz And Its Place In Modern Music
[Hartford, CT?]: The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music, Inc, 1937. Very good. Short tears.. Two (2) programs promoting a combination lecture and recital by Paul Nordoff in 1937, focusing on the history of Jazz and modern music. Hosted by "The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music, Inc." Paul Nordoff (1909-1977) was a composer best known for pioneering the Nordoff-Robbins approach to music therapy, which was developed in the 1950s to help children with psychological or physical disabilities.... Read More
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Liberator, August 1919 Edition, Vol. 2 No. 8 (Serial No. 18)
New York: Liberator Publishing Company, Aug-19. The Liberator ran from 1918 til 1924 when it merged with two other magazines to become "The Workers Monthly". The magazine was known for its tendencies to publish articles regarding the socialist movement, from gradualist to revolutionary. Editor Max Eastman along with the help of his sister, feminist Crystal Eastman and Managing Editor, launched this magazine after there previous venture, "The Masses", and magazine with similar political leanings but as shut down by... Read More
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Little Marian
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1878. Sewing repair on partially detached covers' cover wear and toning on inside blank covers.. 24 pp die-cut book in the shape of Little Marian. F. Moras lith. Title and lithographer imprint front printed wrapper; publisher imprint from back wrapper. Color illustrations throughout. A young girl faces life's challenges. The OCLC Note -" Pilgrim's Progress in a crinoline, in cut-out format of Prang's Red Riding Hood" sums up the content. Measures 7"... Read More
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Union Heater Supply Company Letterhead and Flyer
Detroit, Michigan: Union Heater Supply Company, 1895. Very good. Toning, letter folds.. A printed flyer with brief typewritten letter on company letterhead, promoting the Union Heater Supply Company's "Brazing Heater". Described on the flyer as filling a "long felt want for bicycle manufacturers and repair shops to do any kind of brazing on a bicycle". Brazing is a type of soldering. Features a large photograph of a man operating the machine at the head of the flyer. Original... Read More
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Four (4) Items Related to The School for Christian Workers
Springfield, Massachusetts: The School for Christian Workers, 1891. Very good. Toned, letter folds, short tears.. Four (4) items related to The School for Christian Workers, a Springfield, Massachusetts school for preparing young men for professions as lay assistants, secretaries to pastors, Sunday school administrators, and Bible colporteurs. The school was founded in 1885 by the Rev. David Allen Reed, and provides insight into the career paths available to young men in this area at the time. The material... Read More
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