New Arrivals
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Infant Care,Parenting Education,Child Growth and Psychology,Public Health
United States and Canada: 1951-1965. A collection of twelve (12) items relating to infant care and parenting education, published in the United States and Canada between 1951 and c.1965. Published by both public health departments and infant food manufacturers to market their products, these guides aim to educate parents in.....
Price: $1,200.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Women in the Workforce,8-hour Work Day
Washington, D.C. Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor, 1921. A scarce bulletin issued in 1921 by the Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor. The bulletin notes a recent rise in women entering the workforce, and argues that women are physiologically unable to labor the same number.....
Price: $300.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Women in the Military,U.S. Navy,20th Century Career Women
United States: U.S. Navy, 1950s. A recruitment booklet promoting careers for women in the Navy, featuring a photo of a smiling and sharply-uniformed young woman walking towards the camera with battleships in the background. When the booklet is fully unfolded, it reads in large letters, "JOIN THE WAVES". Offers brief.....
Price: $325.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Addiction in America,Drugs and War,20th Century American Politics,Public Health
San Francisco, California: Drug Research Project, c.1974. Featuring an image of Uncle Sam smoking a cigar and leaning on an oversized syringe, "Uncle Sam the Pusher Man" provides a frank look at narcotics addiction in America, putting the blame squarely on American capitalism and calling for the de-criminalization of drug.....
Price: $250.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, National Lotteries,Lottery in Mexico, Child Labor
Mexico: Lotería Nacional Para La Beneficencia Pública, 1938. A promotional booklet for the 1938 Lotería Nacional Para La Beneficencia Pública (National Lottery of Mexico), published in English. Features an image of a lottery worker (referred to here as "lottery bell boys") gasping in excitement on the front over while reading.....
Price: $250.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Firefighting,Safety,Inventories and Record Books
United States: 1903. A detailed inventory and record book spanning the dates 1903 and 1906, appearing to have belonged to a firefighter or building manager tasked with safety management. Largely recorded in ink manuscript, the book begins with an inventory of fire safety equipment (e.g. "Fire pails"; "Automatic fire doors";.....
Price: $175.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Air Force,Recruitment
United States: U.S. Air Force, [1972]. A guide to career opportunities in the Air Force, published for teens and young adults. Featuring an illustration of a plane on a runway on the front, the booklet aims to paint military service as an exciting and fulfilling career path rife with opportunities.....
Price: $175.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Ornithology,Natural History,Publishing Industry,Bird Conservation
Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, [1916]. Advertising leaflet for two (2) books on ornithology published in 1916 by the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. Includes postage pricing and brief physical descriptions for each work: the fourth edition of Edward How Forbush's "Useful Birds and Their Protection", and the.....
Price: $175.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Muscogee Nation,Native Americans,Oklahoma
United States: c.1903. Two (2) items documenting the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's relation to the federal government at the turn of the century. The first item is a printed record of the allotment patent signed by P. Porter, Principal Chief of the Muskogee Nation, in 1903 (8.5" by 8"). The second.....
Price: $200.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Careers in STEM,The American Workforce
New York, New York: General Electric, 1956-1968. A grouping of five (5) publications by General Electric, courting young talent and encouraging teens and young adults to pursue higher education in preparation for fulfilling careers in science and technology. Note that each of the publications encourages critical thinking, and focuses not.....
Price: $450.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, WWII,Communications Technology,Telephonists and Switchboard Operators in WWII,Signal Corps
United States: Bell Telephone Company, c.1943. A WWII-era promotional booklet from Bell, highlighting the importance of telephones and communications technology to the war effort. Features patriotic imagery throughout, with photographs of telephonists, a telephone line on the front lines,a group of Signal Corps trainees in class, and the Bell Laboratories.....
Price: $250.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, WWII,Home Economics,Textile Rationing and Conservation in WWII,The American Homemaker
United States: c.1943. Two (2) items documenting textile rationing on the homefront during the Second World War, in which cottons and other fabrics were conserved to support the troops abroad. The first item is a printed wrapper used to wrap around a bed sheet for sale by Pepperdell Manufacturing Company.....
Price: $225.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, WWII,V for Victory,Home Economics,Textile Rationing and Conservation in WWII,The American Homemaker
State College, Pennsylvania: Penn State School of Agriculture, 1942. Featuring a "V for Victory" style illustration on the front, this pamphlet encourages American housewives to buy clothing carefully and conserve the clothing they do have, in order to support the troops abroad. At this time, cotton fabric was rationed, as.....
Price: $200.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Women and Friendship,WWI Veterans
England: 1914. A sweet friendship WWI and post-WWI album inscribed "With love from Ethel 2nd to Ethel 1st For a birthday 1914". Ethel 1st appears to have been a popular and well-liked woman, as the many entries from friends attest, dating well into the 1930s. Includes inside jokes, humorous verses.....
Price: $325.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Elevators,Hydraulic and Steam Technology
Cincinnati, Ohio: Warner Elevator Mfg. Co., 1893. A sales letter promoting the Warner Elevator Mfg. Co. to a potential customer, together with the original illustrated circular it was enclosed with. Printed on company letterhead illustrated with images of the company's founder and their products. Marketed as "the oldest hydraulic firm.....
Price: $175.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, USAF,Camouflage and Concealment,WWII
Tampa, Florida: Third Air Force, c.1945. A darkly humorous cartoon titled "Booby the Bear", published to remind members of the Air Force to "Obey Camouflage Discipline" and observe "the rules of protective concealment". The story itself follows Booby, a foolish polar bear who does not bother to conceal himself from.....
Price: $350.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Mortuaries,Travel Brochures,History of California,Spanish Architecture
Long Beach, California: J.J. Mottell, Inc., 1940s. An illustrated brochure promoting a mortuary in Long Beach, California, as an ideal funeral home and tourist destination, "conveniently and centrally located at Third and Alamitos Ave. Long Beach". Includes brief biographies of the management team and staff, photographs of the building and.....
Price: $275.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Vassar College,Female Friendship,Women in Higher Education
Poughkeepsie, NY: 1912-1920. A small archive of material belonging to a spirited young woman by the name of Laura Beaumont Moseley (née Hadley, 1899-1989), giving insight into her time at Vassar College. Includes a couple of school assignments, photo negatives, and plenty of developed photos in an album. This archive.....
Price: $550.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Hawkswood MA, Hopper Mott, David Wallace, Ruth Mott, Central Park
Newburyport, MA: David and Ruth Wallace (Hopper Mott), 1895-97. Social history - An archive of approximately 398 billheads relating to the running of Hawkswood, a large country estate in Newburyport MA 1895-97. The estate belonged to David Wallace and his wife Ruth, who was the widow of Hopper Mott, a......
Price: $800.00
Bells,Material Culture,Metal
East Medway, Massachusetts: George H. Holbrook, 1880s. Advertising circular for cast metal bells for churches, factories, and steamboats. manufactured by George H. Holbrook in East Medway, Massachusetts. An interesting and obscure niche in material culture and history, but important items that were essential to keeping time and something average people.....
Price: $150.00
Domestic Abuse in Advertising,Gender and Marriage in 19th Century America
New York, New York. J. Marett. Troubling to modern sensibilities, but revealing about gender roles and stereotypes in 19th century New York: a small trade card advertising a grocer with an image of a husband beating his wife with a stick, subtitled "Happy Home". Measures approx. 1.75" by 3.75"
Price: $60.00
Handmade Invitation,Homemaking,Showers and Parties
United States: Medford, Massachusetts, 1930s. A creative handmade invitation inviting the recipient to a "Kitchen Shower for Gloria and Bob" in Medford, Massachusetts in the 1930s. Pencil and scraps of fabric have been used to make the front look like a kitchen door with curtain, and a kitchen towel hanging.....
Price: $75.00
Student Groups and Societies,Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York: Philalethean Society, Vassar College, 1869. Lithographed invitation to a meeting of the Philalethean Society at Vassar College, to be held on June 22nd, 1869. The Society, also referred to as The Philaletheis Society, is a student theater group founded in 1865 as a literary society. Measures approx.....
Price: $50.00
History of Art Conservation,Antiquarianism
Pimlico, London, England: T. Gwennap Junr. 1827. A scarce engraved business card advertising conservation services by an engraver and art restorer in London: "T. Gwennap Junr. No. 15 Upper Belgrave place Pimlico. Old Pictures clean'd with the greatest care and Repaired in the highest perfection. Ancient Miniatures, Drawings, Missals, Models.....
Price: $100.00