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ABAA-FALL-2026,Hydrotherapy,Alternative Medicine
Crieff, Scotland: Strathearn House, 1880s. A beautifully produced map and pamphlet promoting Strathearn House, a Scottish resort founded in 1868 that offered medical tourists hydrotherapeutic treatments for a range of ailments including indigestion, nervous disorders, paralysis, and "Female complaints". Lists Thomas H. Meikle, M.D., as the resort's resident physician. The.....
Price: $250.00
Volvelle, Wheel, Early Learning
Baltimore MD: Dvorine, Israel, [1928]. Three (3) different 3 1/2" x 7" early learning educational volvelles with mirror images both sides. They include a circus that various animals occupy, a magician's box with different objects appearing and disappearing and a fish tank with various tropical fish. Marked B14, B24 and.....
Price: $150.00
Cutwork Paper, Regency Era, Women's Work
[1815]. Four (4) different examples of intricate cutting done from a single sheet of paper. All oval in shape with an array of stylized elements from nature. All delicately designed and cut in a organized and somewhat geometric chaos. Each measures approximately 5" x 3 1/2" The paper most likely.....
Price: $900.00
Chromolithography,Metamorphosis,Transformation,Puzzle Game,Dress Up Games,Racism,Sexism,Ageism,Xenophobia,History of Discrimination in America
New York, New York: Ives, Blakeslee Co., c.1880. A charming box of children's puzzles, that doubles as a metamorphosis/transformation. In total there are five (5) different puzzles, each with its own character. This example is complete. The characters can be mixed and matched (hence the "metamorphosis") to create completely new.....
Price: $1,000.00
Sex Education,Sex and Religion,Sex Education by Men
New York, New York: Benedict Lust, N.D., M.D, c.1918. A public health pamphlet on the importance of purity, penned by two male religious leaders. Includes "The World's Purity and Health League" by Rev. Joseph Hoellrigl and "Purity as an Asset for Social Purity" by Rev. Harry Green. Also promotes books.....
Price: $200.00
Paper Fabric Labels, Printing and Publishing, Popular Culture, Social History
[1850-1900]. The collection spanning half a century presents a sampling of over 50 paper fabric labels or "tickets" used to differentiate and promote various type of fabric. From the early days forward they include: embossed die-cut silvered 3 1/4" x 4" labels with elaborate border decoration and mostly animals or.....
Price: $2,200.00
Broadside, RFP, Education
Liberty MO: 1870. A 12 1/2" x 9 1/2" broadside - Contract to Let - Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned until the First Day of July, 1870 for the erection of a BRICK SCHOOL House, 81 feet long and 51 feet wide, two stories high for Sub-District.....
Price: $225.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2025,Cutwork, Made by Hand, Allegory
An intricate little scene comprised of multiple layers of polished and textured paper. A young woman and a sea captain stand hand-in-hand in a clearing. A rifle is laid atop a large rock in the foreground. A rabbit and two birds lay nearby (perhaps having been shot). A small dog.....
Price: $600.00
tissue paper, paper products, crafts
New Haven, CT: Northrop, The Art Dealer, 1886. 16 pp. staple booklet. Yellow wraps.. Instructs the reader on how to make various tissue paper flowers or other items such as tissue paper lamp shades. Instructions on making Tulip, White, Jasmine and Fuchsia. The last few pages of the booklet have.....
Price: $150.00
Paper Doll Book,Paper Engineering,Moveable Paper Dolls,Ventriloquism
[Racine, Wisconsin]: Whitman Publishing Co., c.1938. A complete, uncut copy of a paper doll book for children of a ventriloquist doll, "Edgar Bergen's Charlie McCarthy". What sets this paper doll book apart is that it has a movable mouth that can be attached to the doll. There is a second.....
Price: $250.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Prang, Leporello, Barnyard Animals, Pastoral
Boston, Massachusetts: L. Prang & Co., 1865. A folding accordion-style (leporello) children's book by Prang, featuring a happy host of barnyard animals including chickens, ducks, a horse, pigs, and a night-hawk. Advertises children's books and Valentines by Prang on lower wrapper. Measures 4.25" by 2.75" folded, approx. 4.25" by.....
Price: $450.00
Veteran Association of Hartford City, Menu, Social History, Historical Memorabilia
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.....
Price: $550.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Lead Paint,National Housing Act of 1934
New York, New York: National Lead Company, c.1935. A printed booklet issued to American families by the National Lead Company, promoting lead-based paint for home exterior painting with information on how to know when it is time to paint, with illustrative photos. Includes a brief section on how to fund.....
Price: $150.00
right of property,wood engraving,poetry
Connecticut: 1854. A poem entitled Hulet Saw-Mill, which discusses both the mill, its owner, and how his estate was argued over after his death by his heirs. The poem itself its set to the tune of "King Solomon" and was written in September 1854 for Hulet Depot. At the top.....
Price: $400.00
Advancement for Women, WWI, Cosmetology
[Chicago, Illinois]: [Marinello Summer School], 1918. May 1918 issue of the Marinello Messenger. The Marinello Summer School was created to educate working women in such subjects as advertising, salesmanship, and skills essential to all cosmetic professions; here, examples include "Cosmetic Surgery and Skin Diseases", "Facial Treatments", "Hair Waving", "Hair Dyeing".....
Price: $250.00
WWI, military, US Army, government, home front, soldiers, entertainment
[1918]. A booklet describing Merritt Hall, the building used for the Soldier's Club at Camp Merritt, an army base that was activated for use during WWI located in Dumont and Cresskill, NY. The money to build and furnish the hall came from Laura Williams Merritt, in memory of her husband.....
Price: $150.00
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
Tobacco Marketing, Celebrities and Historical Figures, Biographies, Chromolithography
Park Place, New York: Knapp & Company, 1890s. A partial set of miniature chromolithographed biographies (44 present here), 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. Each measures approx. 3" by 1.5", is approx.....
Price: $2,400.00
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
WWII,Home Safety,Marketing to Housewives,Multitasking Women,Fire Safety
New York, New York: Merlite Industries, Inc., c.1947. Advertising pamphlet marketing a handheld extinguisher spray to homemakers, featuring an image of a multitasking housewife holding a toddler while calmly extinguishing a kitchen fire. Published c.1947, and highlighting the product's origin as an "Amazing New War-Time Discovery" during WWII. The product.....
Price: $175.00
Women's Work,Occupational,Gender Roles,Photograph
Presumably a staged scene with two women dressed in their finery operating a long saw on wheels. a young girl looks on as a man guides the wheeled end of the saw. Cut wood in the background. 3.25" by 4.25" photo on larger mount. So easy a women can do.....
Price: $150.00
Reading and Literacy,Early Learning,Pedagogy
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. Revised teacher's edition of a children's reading workbook, published in 1957 by Houghton Mifflin. Each page in this edition is broken into four clear parts for the teacher: a stated lesson purpose; a preparation exercise; directions for getting pupils started on the workbook exercise;.....
Price: $175.00
Red Scare, Anti-Communist Sentiment, Anti-Soviet Sentiment, American Legion, Capitalism, Democracy
United States: [The American Legion?], c.1925. The present booklet was published for the general public, most likely by the American Legion, in a bid to establish communism as an insidious threat to the American way of life and democracy. Includes a foreword by Garland W. Powell, National Director of the.....
Price: $275.00