New Arrivals
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Girlhood,Original Drawings by Children
Pennsylvania: 1881-1887. A pocket notebook belonging to a young girl named Rosa Boyer from the 1880s, filled with charmingly naive...
Price: $300.00
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...
Price: $175.00
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
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
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
Dance Cards,German Heritage and Identity,Balls and Masquerades
[Mystic, Connecticut]: Social Society Frohsinn, 1911. Chromolithographed dance card for a February, 1911 masked ball hosted by a German heritage...
Price: $125.00
Law and Legal,Law Associations
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Allen, Lane & Scott, 1883. Engraved Law Association of Philadelphia certificate, finished in contemporary ink manuscript, certifying the...
Price: $115.00
Proof,Mezzotint,Etching
London: H.G. & Co., c.1820. Scarce mezzotint proof with etching of "Miss Nelly O'Brien", after the original painting by Joshua...
Price: $150.00
Volvelle,Time Zone,Pocket Devices
England: 1790s. A clever engraved volvelle device that allows the user to determine the time of day in another locale...
Price: $175.00
Lace paper,Ballerinas,Putti,Weeping Willow
United States: 1850s. An elaborate and remarkably well-preserved embossed lace paper colored with blue and pink, depicting ballerinas, putti, and...
Price: $85.00
Calligraphic Writing,Tokens
United States: 19th century. Eight (8) hand-lettered calling cards/tokens of friendship, displaying a range of techniques and artistic skill. Nicely...
Price: $175.00
Perfumes,Marketing to Women,Handkerchief Extracts
New York, New York: Wenck Perfumes, c.1900. A c.1900 advertising handbill for Wenck Perfumes, marketing their perfume to well-off women...
Price: $85.00
Original Artwork,Union Jack,Silk Mesh,Lace Paper,Feathers
England: 1860s. An attractive handmade Valentine featuring fine examples of silk mesh, hand-colored silk, floral lace paper, and real applied...
Price: $110.00
Lace paper,Valentines,Embossed Victorian Scrap
England: 1850s. A particularly fine example of embossed lace paper with gilding, for use in an octavo-sized Valentine, adorned with...
Price: $100.00
Hand lettered,Calligraphic flourishes,Love Poetry
United States: 1870s. A hand-lettered love poem "To Frederick", with calligraphic flourishes at the foot. Note the lettering, which mimics...
Price: $125.00
Punch paper,Love,Bookmark
19th century. A small green silk ribbon bookmark measuring approx. 1" by 5", with a scrap of punch paper reading...
Price: $65.00
Remembrance,Calligraphy
1843. A nice example of a remembrance token on embossed paper, "In memory of Elizabeth Frantz - Age 18 yers"...
Price: $85.00
Love and Friendship,Watercolor,Rose,Applied Leaf, Scraps
c.1850. Small embossed greeting card with applied rose and leaf, with the words "True Friendship". Measures approx. 4.5" by 3"...
Price: $75.00
Original Watercolor,Greeting Card,Bookmark
United States: c.1900. A delicate and charming original watercolor on die-cut card, offering an Easter greeting ("Bright be thy Easter")...
Price: $55.00
Love Token,Hair,Bookmark
c.1870s. A charming token of love or friendship, make from a small scrap of silk, two locks of hair secured...
Price: $60.00