New Arrivals
ABAA-FALL-2026,Broadside,Tax Revenue,Economics
N.pl: 1813. Printed broadside reporting tax revenue for the year 1813 distributed by the first American Register of the Treasury, Joseph Nourse (1754-1841). Titled "Statement of contracts and purchases made by collectors for the revenue service, during the year 1813". Includes a list of "revenue cutters" at the foot, and.....
Price: $325.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Greeting Cards,Weddings,Well-Wishes,Tokens of Affection
Prague: Rudl, 1840s. A set of four (4) etched keepsake cards produced by Sigmund Rudle (1802-1864) of Prague, intended to be given to happy couples on the occasion of their marriage. The cards are hand-colored with bright gold embossed scraps affixed to the center. The top of each gold scrap.....
Price: $250.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Fine Dining,Brooklyn,History of New York
Brooklyn, New York: 1872-1877. A pair of souvenir menus carefully penned /engrossed in ink manuscript for private dinners given in the 1870s at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Ogden in Brooklyn, New York. Robert Curtis Ogden (1836-1913) was a prominent businessman and philanthropist who is best known today.....
Price: $250.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Women's Liberation,1970s,Second Wave Feminism,Feminism in Higher Education
Madison, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Center for Women, 1975. The inaugural issue of "From the Center", a feminist serial by the Fairleigh Dickinson University Center for Women first published in 1975. It appears to be short-lived, and we cannot find any other issues. Its mission is described in the.....
Price: $225.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Suburban Development,Westchester County,Real Estate and Urban Planning,History of New York
New York, Mew York: Rapid Transit Real Estate Co, c.1891. A promotional booklet produced c.1891 by the Rapid Transit Real Estate Co., a firm that owned a large tract of land in the burgeoning suburb of Westchester, New York, between Unionville and Pleasantville. Named for the Union war hero William.....
Price: $225.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Paints and Varnishes,Material History and Culture
United States: 1870s-1920s. A gathering of ephemera related to paint, enamel, and gold leaf advertising, all dating from 1878 to the 1920s. In total, there are nineteen (19) items including: seven (7) billheads or letterheads; two (2) folding leaflets with enamel samples; two (2) miniature color charts; one (1) order.....
Price: $400.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,1880s Bicycle Craze,Children's Toys
Springfield, Ohio: The Tricycle Manufacturing Co, 1883. An early trade catalogue advertising tricycles and other foot-powered vehicles for sale, featuring an amusing illustration on the cover of an array of tricycles, wheelbarrows, sleighs, and carriages being emitted from a large factory smoke stake into the sky. Published during the 1880s.....
Price: $275.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Material Culture,Schoolroom Furniture
New York and Chicago: National School Furniture Company, c.1876. An illustrated circular advertising furniture for school rooms including folding desks, benches, teachers' desks and chairs, and blackboards. The items are illustrated with pricing and sizing information. Provides a valuable look into how classrooms looked in the 1870s. Illus. bifolium (11".....
Price: $225.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Paper with a Secret,Novelty
Made in Japan: Made by Kasahara, 1950s. A small novelty toy marketed to Americans as "Japanese Magic Paper". The toy is comprised of approx. fifty (50) small leaves of white and pink paper housed in the original illustrated box measuring approx. 1.5" by 2" by 0.25". The illustration on the.....
Price: $125.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Magic and Stage Illusions
United States: 1902-1970s. A set of fourteen (14) trade catalogues and price lists issued by manufacturers of magic tricks and illusions for stage performers. Ranging in date from 1902 to the 1970s, it provides a valuable look into how the profession evolved in the 20th century to what we recognize.....
Price: $425.00
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ABAA-FALL-2026,AIDS Crisis,Public Health Education
Daly City, California: Krames Communications, 1988. An informational booklet educating the general public about AIDS, published at the height of the public health crisis in the 1980s. Includes eight pages addressing the following subjects: what it is; how it spreads; and how to adopt low-risk behaviors. It also dispels the.....
Price: $250.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Puzzles,Geometry,Learning Through Play,Spatial Reasoning and Intelligence
Somerville, Massachusetts: Nicholas Mason, c.1880. A clever wooden block puzzle, housed in its original box and with its original printed instructions booklet. Includes several pages of shapes for the player to attempt to imitate with the blocks, and solutions in the back. Marked as a a "Chinese Puzzle" on the.....
Price: $275.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Office Supplies,Dennison
United States: Dennison's, c.1910. An interesting survival of a small roll of c.1910 adhesive tape. Measures approx. 1" in diameter and 1" in height, with wooden ends and a small metal cutter. The tape itself appears to be largely intact; the label claims it contains 12 yards.
Price: $125.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Knitting and Textile Industry,Industrial Revolution
New York, New York: Aiken Knitting Machine Co, c.1860. An elegantly designed c.1860 broadside promoting the Aiken Knitting Machine Co., an innovator in the knitting industry at a time when knitting and textile manufacturing was swiftly moving towards mechanization. includes four wood engravings of the machines produced by the company.....
Price: $275.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Fraternal,Insurance,Advertising Tissue
Roxbury, New York: Order of the Golden Seal, c.1910. Decorative napkin promoting the Order of the Golden Seal, a fraternal benefit society providing life insurance to its members and their families. It was based in Roxbury, New York. This advert is a fine survival, as it was printed on such.....
Price: $175.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Child Development,History of Neurodivergence and Intellectual Disability,Childhood ,Kindergarten and Froebel
Ohio: 1895-1904. A small assemblage of original artwork by a child attending the Ohio Institution for Feeble Minded Youth in Columbus, Ohio, in 1895. The eleven-year-old child, Oscar Geiser (b.1884), appears to have sent the artwork home to his parents alongside a handwritten letter. Largest item measures approx. 8" in.....
Price: $950.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Corsets,Women's Undergarments
Kalamazoo, Michigan: Kalamazoo Corset Company, c.1905. A promotional booklet for "American Beauty" brand corsets, including six (6) large in-text illustrations of elegant young women modeling the products, along with a brief sales pitch and pricing description on the final leaf. Markets the corsets as having been "patterned after such exquisite.....
Price: $225.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Hand-colored Etching,Twins
England: 1840s. Lined letterhead bifolium (11.25" by 9") with a small 2.75" by 4.75" oval cut-out of a hand-colored etching. The etching depicts a pair of young women dressed identically (presumably twins, teenaged girls?) in red coats, blue skirts, straw hats, and parasols. The letterhead has been embossed with a......
Price: $225.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,German Friendship Album,Original Artwork,Paper with a Secret
Germany: 1838-1844. A particularly attractive German friendship album, with eighteen (18) entries on loose leaves ranging in date from 1838 to 1844. Locations include Dresden and Oberneuschonberg. There is one example of lace paper, and four examples of original artwork, including two watercolors of stones against a forest background, and.....
Price: $750.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Pennsylvania Dutch, Watercolors, Love & Friendship
Wayne County, Pennsylvania? 1882-1891. A nice friendship album recording the friends and family of a young woman (she appears to have been 15 at the time the album was given to her) from a Pennsylvania Dutch background including entries in English and German. From the first leaf: "Friends; My Album's.....
Price: $325.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Hair Album,Family Ties,Hair Plaits
United States: 1870s. A Victorian hair album belonging to "Emma C. Wimmer", including fifteen (15) locks of hair secured with ribbons, each labeled with the person's name. Begins with Emma's own hair (labeled "My own"). Includes an example of blonde hair, and another from the same person (the creator's sister).....
Price: $450.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Humor,Pencil Drawings
United States: c.1905. A whimsical scrap book created c.1905, including pencil drawings in the style of Grace Drayton and Richard Outcault and magazine clippings of humorous verses with some relevance to the illustrations. . The artwork is original work imitating the artists. Highlights include a rather accomplished caricature of Teddy.....
Price: $325.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Carpentry and Cabinet Making,Account Book
Hollis, Maine: 1831-1864. A manuscript account book kept by Hiram Johnson (1805-1891), a cabinet maker and carpenter from Hollis, Maine. Nearly every page has been filled, and provides insight into his business and movements between 1831 and 1864. An example of a typical entry: "April 1848 one trundle bedstead 1.25".....
Price: $275.00
ABAA-FALL-2026,Autograph,Engrossing
Concord, New Hampshire: 1863-1865. An autograph album with nearly every page has been filled, dating from 1863 to 1865, including a dedication page beginning with a definition: "Autograph: a person's own handwriting". Includes nice examples of neat penmanship with the occasional sentiment sprinkled throughout. The main location listed is Concord.....
Price: $325.00