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, 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
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
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
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
Marketing to Families,Household Products,Lighting the Home Pre-Lightbulb
United States: 1890s. Illustrated advertising handbill for a chemical compound marketed to families, "Eureka", which claims to prevent the "breaking...
Price: $175.00
Forges and Tools,American Manufacturing,Material History and Culture
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Scale Co., c.1875. Illustrated bifolium (11.75" by 9"), advertising "Portable forges, blowers and tools" by the Chicago...
Price: $175.00
Centennial Exposition of 1876,Philadlephia,American Manufacturing
Williamsport, Pennsylvania: E. Andrews, Saw Manufacturer, c.1876. Illustrated advertisement for E. Andrews, Saw Manufacturer, with an illustration of "The Old...
Price: $100.00
Fortune Fish
Rochester, New York: J.G. Davis Co., c.1904. A nicely preserved example of a fortune fish, this one being used to...
Price: $100.00
Advertising to Women,Perfume and Toiletries,Youth and Beauty Products, Art Deco...
New York, New York: California Perfume Company, 1926. Featuring a stylish flapper in bright red and black dress on the...
Price: $225.00
Campers and Trailers,The American Family Road Trip
Chicago, Illinois: Gilkie Camp Trailer Co., c.1930. Illustrated advertisement for the Gilkie Camp Trailer, offering American families "Comforts and Convenience"...
Price: $150.00
Hotels,Tourism,Patriotism in Advertising
Washington, D.C. Hotel Powhatan, c.1920. Promotional booklet for the Hotel Powhatan, marketed to tourists visiting Washington, D.C. as "The Hotel...
Price: $200.00