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Women's Literature,Advertising to Women
New York, New York: Century Co, [1902]. A scarce 1902 advertising leaflet from the publisher Century Company, advertising new books to women, including the following titles: Confessions of a Wife, by Mary Adams; Biography of a Prairie Girl, by Eleanor Gates; Aladdin O'Brien, by Gouverneur Morris; and Napoleon Jackson by.....
Price: $150.00
Paper Doll, Made by Hand, Fashion, Pretend Play
A 7 3/4" tall watercolor paper doll. A tidy gent with broad-set eyes. His 11 costumes appear to be both contemporary to the 1940s while others are vintage. Four are labeled on reverse - lounge suit, yacht suit, full dress suit and tennis suit. Three fine hats accompany the outfits.....
Price: $225.00
Cross-stitch and Embroidery, D.M.C., ABC, Gender Roles
Munich, Germany: Bibliothek D.M.C., Verlag von Th. de Dillmont, Dornach, c.1905. An alphabet book for embroiderers, including patterns for shaping letters, monograms, numerals and ornaments. Published by Bibliothek D.M.C., which remains today a major producer of embroidery thread, the book includes over ninety printed patterns plus several leaves of transfer.....
Price: $175.00
Ornithology, Grade School
Redwood Falls, Minnesota: Redwood County Public Schools, 1938. A charming award book privately printed for Redwood County Public Schools, titled "Birds of Minnesota". Each leaf has on its recto an illustration of a native bird, along with a printed form certifying that the student has attended school for twenty days.....
Price: $150.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, Paper Playthings
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., [1920]. A complete set with four (4) die-cut dolls with their trunk, suit case and bag. They have eight (8) interchangeable costumes and three (3) hats. The dolls are permanently affixed to a two-fold folder with a lithograph of the sand and ocean in.....
Price: $550.00
American Legion, Women's Organizations, Penny Wars
United States: American Legion, 1922. A charming, albeit unabashedly fat-phobic, bit of American Legion history, raising money for the Women's Auxiliary Adelbert Russell Post No. 312. A miniature calico apron is accompanied by a slip of paper, which asks for donations based on one's waist size: "This little apron is.....
Price: $150.00
Women's Work,Soda Fountain Attendant,Coca-Cola,Male Gaze
United States: Coca-Cola, 1957. An illustrated booklet promoting jobs for fashionable young ladies as soda fountain attendants, published by Coca-Cola. Uses a highly effective strategy: it markets soda fountain attendants as "it-girls", "Queen Bees", as quoted here, "the girl you can't forget". Includes in-text photos and drawn illustrations of pretty.....
Price: $150.00
Motherhood,Family Nutrition,Parenting Education,Early Childhood Nutrition
New York, New York: New York City Department of Health, 1940s. A set of printed leaflets from the New York City Department of Health, offering mothers handy guides to family nutrition. Each leaflet addresses a different subject, and is written in simple terms for ease-of-reference. The titles include: Breast Feeding;.....
Price: $225.00
Hand-colored Valentine, Love and Friendship
[United Kingdom]: 1840s. A particularly beautiful hand-colored Valentine with the original postmarked envelope addressed to Miss Lydia M. Wales of Upton, Massachusetts. The image depicts a beautiful young lady reading a letter in a rose garden, surrounded by verse that begins, "One look of love from those bright eyes /.....
Price: $175.00
Cut Paper,Paper Play Sets
United States: 1890s? A charming paper play set made by a child from cut paper with pencil artwork, including a husband and wife, horse, and a working movable cart. The cart has been cleverly designed (perhaps with the aid of an adult) from two paper wheels and a folded paper.....
Price: $350.00
Advertising displays, Western Americana, Fashion
Four page advertising circular, featuring illustrations of the types of window, counter and ledge advertising displays available to merchants selling shirts made by Pendleton; They include commercial murals and various units for other areas of stores; With insert for two other sets, as shown; Condition: mailing folds; few minor creases.....
Price: $150.00
1920s,The Bob,Hair and Wigs,Women's Style and Fashion,History of Restorative Hair Styling
Cincinnati, Ohio: J.G. Japp & Co., Inc, 1926. "A Splendid Idea is that of wearing a Bobbed Wig and giving your own hair a rest until it grows out again": sage advice from this 1920s price list, advising women to embrace restorative hair styling at a time when it was.....
Price: $150.00
Cruises and Sailing Trips
Printed in the Netherlands-East Indies: Albrecht & Co. Batavia-Centrum, 1933. The January 1933 sailing schedule for "Java-China-Japan Lijn", a Dutch sailing company that catered to English-speaking tourists in Indonesia from Australia and America, throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Includes a list of travel agents for booking, and a full listing.....
Price: $225.00
Cribbage, Animal Horn, Handcrafted
United States: Late 19th. cent. Hand crafted cribbage board made from an animal horn circa the late 19th century, with dozens of holes bored into the horn and lined in several places with ink for easy game play. Measures approx. 10" by 4.5" by 2.25"
Price: $325.00
boat, ship, mileage, transportation, journal, code, myer's code, flag signal, Massachusetts
Boston, MA: F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., 1911. An unknown boatman's journal detailing the mileage, expenses, and trips taken on a launch (an open motor boat) named Polaris. The journal has been divided into several sections, with one side of the journal being used as a "Mileage and Cash".....
Price: $175.00
Tobacco Marketing, Celebrities and Historical Figures, Biographies, Chromolithography
Park Place, New York: Knapp & Company, 1890s. A complete set of 48 absolutely charming miniature chromolithographed biographies, published as part of an advertising campaign for Duke Brand Cigarettes. Each was issued in a box of cigarettes in a "collect-them-all"-type marketing ploy. The complete set here includes 7 women and.....
Price: $3,500.00
ABAA-RBMS-2024,Dollhouses,Dolls and Pretend Play,Gender Roles
London, England: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1880s. A charming children's book by Raphael Tuck, die-cut to resemble a doll house and telling the story of a little girl named Alice and her dolls. She washes their clothes, teaches them their ABC's, bathes them and puts them to bed. Single vol.....
Price: $225.00
Roaring 20s,Stage and Vaudeville,Marion Davies,Ned Wayburn,Entertainment History
New York, New York: The Ned Wayburn Studios of Stage Dancing, Inc., 1924. Vol. I, No. 3 of The Ned Wayburn News, "A Publication for all who are interested in Dancing". Ned Wayburn (1874-1942) was a popular stage choreographer known for his work on the Ziegfeld Follies and for developing.....
Price: $150.00
STI's and the History of Venereal Disease,Post-WWI Sex Education,Public Health,Family and Sex Education
Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Department of Health, c.1935. Two (2) issues of a public health booklet published to educate American families about the need for sex education. It begins by highlighting the result of ignorance surrounding sexually transmitted infections: "For many generations women and children have been victims of terrible diseases.....
Price: $150.00
New England,Ice Houses,History of Refrigeration
Ridgefield Station, Connecticut: Geo. B. Gruman, c.1873. An early 1870s circular advertising innovative ice plows manufactured by George B. Gruman of Ridgefield, Connecticut. Gruman (b.1827) patented the plow in 1872. The purpose of the plow was to cut large blocks of ice from local bodies of water to supply local.....
Price: $150.00
Steam Power,Factories Manufactories and Machine Shops
Providence, Rhode Island: 1846. Printed circular announcing improvements to "ready made belts" for machinists and manufacturers, tauting new steam power technology: "These belts are made from the best Oak-tanned Philadelphia Slaughter Leather. In the dressing of them, steam power is employed, and an entirely new method adopted, by which the.....
Price: $175.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2024,Fortune Telling Games,Depiction of Indigenous Polynesian Peoples in America
Sonoma, California: Noolcam Company, 1950s. A complete set of "Samoana Fortune Telling Cards", a delightfully kitschy 1950s parlor game created for the American market featuring a pin-up style Samoan woman on the box and claiming to be "founded on South Pacific Native Symbols". This set is complete with all forty-five.....
Price: $500.00
Sketch book, Lacquer Drawings, Nacre, Mother of Pearl
1842. A 9" x 5 1/2" sketch book with 24 leaves. An 1840s book in rather poor condition with better than average pencil sketches and seven (7) fine lacquer works. They include a Chinese Village scene with a rough sketch of same on adjacent page. Alphabet letters Birds a floral.....
Price: $350.00
USAF,WAF,Women in the Armed Forces,Korean War,Recruiting Women in the Military,Women's Work
Washington, D.C. United States Air Force, c.1952. "Horizons Unlimited" and opportunities abound for women seeking a career in the Air Force, according to this c.1952 pamphlet. Includes images of smiling, sharply dressed women in uniform alongside information about the possible career opportunities available to them, including: Stenographer; Draftsman; Supply Clerk;.....
Price: $150.00