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...
Price: $1,200.00
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...
Price: $250.00
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...
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...
Price: $175.00
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...
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...
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...
Price: $225.00
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...
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...
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...
Price: $275.00
Bells,Material Culture,Metal
East Medway, Massachusetts: George H. Holbrook, 1880s. Advertising circular for cast metal bells for churches, factories, and steamboats. manufactured by...
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...
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"...
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...
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...
Price: $100.00
Engraved Ticket,Typography,New York University
New York, New York: University of the City of New York, 1859. Engraved ticket for entry into the 1859 Junior...
Price: $65.00
Women in Librarianship,History of Hats and Bonnets,History of Women and...
Danvers, Massachusetts: 1930s. A charming promotional leaflet for talks given by Eleanor Coray Forman on the history of women and...
Price: $125.00
Glass Manufacturers and Glaziers
Boston, Massachusetts: Tuttle, Gaffield & Co., 1860. Printed price list of German window and picture glass for sale by Tuttle...
Price: $100.00
Humorous Moveables, Paper with a Secret
United States: 1890s. A moveable depicting a gentleman in a top hat, who jumps back in alarm when a tab...
Price: $75.00
Tongue-in-Cheek Advertising,Men's Fashion, Paper with a Secret
Paris, France: Chapeau Henry, 1890s. A tongue-in-cheek 1890s advertising card for a Parisian hat maker, showing a balding man on...
Price: $100.00
Chap books,Children and Animals
New York, New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1837. A children's story about a girl and a cat, first...
Price: $50.00
Printing Specimens,Chromolithography
Poughkeepsie, New York: A.V. Haight, Printer, 1892. A printed announcement heralding the "ninth annual Specimens of Printing" by the printer...
Price: $85.00
Maine,Summer Resorts,Travel,History of New England
York Harbor, Maine: c.1930. A beautifully photo-illustrated travel brochure promoting York Harbor and the coast of Maine as a summer...
Price: $150.00
Engines,Innovation and Industry
New York, New York: Cammeyer & Sayer, c.1876. Illustrated advertisements for the Rider Compression Engine, marketed as an "unrivaled" engine...
Price: $125.00