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Gouache. Decorative device designs. Created on blue paper. Stamped on reverse - Tessile Serica Italiana Francis Clivio & C. Como. Design size 3 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Price: $400.00
Gouache. Decorative designs. Purple, white and black. Created on card stamped - Francis Clivio & C. with logo. Design size 4 3/4" x 6 1/4" and Card size 6" x 8 3/4"
Price: $288.00
Gouache. Created on paper. Decorative designs. Red, white and black. Design size 5 1/2" x 6 3/4"
Price: $360.00
Soil Conservation, Agriculture, Correspondence, History of New York
Berlin, New York: c.1920-1931. A remarkable archive of material belonging to Edward C. (b.1872) and Emily (b.1884) Henrotin, farmers active in Rensselaer County, New York, in the 1920s. Emily was an active conservationist, and one of the first women to be recognized in her field; her husband Edward was equally.....
Price: $425.00
Decoration, wrapping, parade
Manufacturer: Dennison Manufacturing Location: Boston Date: 1914 Pages: 96 Subject Matter: Decorations made from Paper Comprehensive descriptions and pricing. Samples of crepe and tissue paper are included. Images from B&W photos of the products and uses, as well as both B&W and color illustrations for possible design ideas and uses.....
Price: $75.00
drawing
London: E. Gambart and Co., n. d., ca. mid 1800. Original publisher cover, rebound in red covered board, heavy stock paper. The first 8 pages have dual pictures-the first a semi complete illustration and the second a completed form, the remaining pages are full page. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2".....
Price: $50.00
photographs, babies, humor
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. unpaginated. Printed paper cover, black and white photographs throughout, multiple photographers. A collection of black and white humorous photographs of babies interspersed with question. A question is posed and the photograph to follow creates a funny depiction of what the baby may be thinking.....
Price: $22.00
Electric Trolleys,Public Transport,History of Long Island,Urban Development,Long Island Electric Railway,Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Long Island City, New York: 1903. A printed handbill heralding the "millions" that will soon be spent "joining the Subway and "L" systems of Manhattan with the miles of surface trolley roads in Queens County", thus increasing property values in Queens and beyond on Long Island and connecting more people.....
Price: $225.00
Education, Ephemera, Promotion
Lindsborg, KS: Bethany College, c1910. A 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" card with an image from a photograph of young women graduates in a field of daisies gathering the ephemeral flowers. The reverse has a stylized, art nouveau influenced daisy at left. The narrative describes the Bethany Campus as one.....
Price: $45.00
Athletic club, Physical education, training
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co, 1869. 215 page book, with gilt stamped covers. Twelve essays written on the subject of 'physical culture'. First appeared as articles in the Herald of Health Journal. While it might have first have been indended to be essays on 'physical culture' these articles have snowballed.....
Price: $60.00
real estate, auction, land, shipping, bank, quarry, business
Rockland, ME: Ship Builders Bank, 1855. This notice of sale was for nine different pieces of property in and around Rockland, ME all owned by the Shipbuilder's Bank, a small privately owned bank. The auction most likely was a way for the bank to settle outstanding debt incurred by Rockland.....
Price: $225.00
Auctions, Women Printers, History of Norfolk
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England: Printed by Ann Turner, 1838. Printed poster promoting the sale of two pews from St Margaret's Church in King's Lynn, England, a church founded in 1100 and known as King's Lynn Minster since 2011. Measures 15" by 9.5". On verso, in contemporary ink, is the following.....
Price: $325.00
Social Security, Social Welfare, Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
US Government Printing Office, 1939. 8 pp pamphlet with an image from a photograph of gently "puffing his chest". The content describes the monthly old-age and survivor's insurance benefits beginning January 1, 1940. It describes how to qualify - retire from work, or made at least $50 in each of.....
Price: $100.00
advertisement, food & wine, household & furnishing
New York, NY: Jabez Burns & Sons, [1860]. An illustrated broadside for a spice mill by Jabez Burns & Sons, a coffee and spice machinery business located in New York, NY. The ad is for their improved 'Challenge' Spice Mill, which was billed as a "a perfect portable Burr Stone.....
Price: $125.00
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
Art Deco,Parisian Design,Material History,Salesman's Sample Book
Paris, France: Marquise de Sevigne, c.1930. An exquisite and extensive salesman's sample book of twenty-two (22) luxury chocolate box cover designs, produced in France for the Parisian chocolatier and confectioner Marquise de Sevigne. Each sample is accompanied by a typewritten stock label with its model name, number, price, and the.....
Price: $1,600.00
Sewing Samples, Watercolor, School Girl Project
300. 18 leaves, including covers. A watercolor decorated sewing sample book. The book is designed with page cut-out for textile display with the remainder of each pocket fold page sealed. The sample is visible on both sides of the page. Each textile sample is accompanied by a relevant watercolor. Sewing.....
Price: $750.00
Amateur Photography,Magazines and Serials
New York, New York: Camera & Dark Room Co., American Photographic Publishing Co., 1902-1906. A partial run of "The Camera and Dark-Room", a photography magazine published monthly by the Camera & Dark Room Co. and later the American Photographic Publishing Co. for amateur photographers and technology enthusiasts. This run includes.....
Price: $1,800.00
Butter sculpture, Women's History, CDV, Steam Engine
Caroline S. Brooks, 1876. Image depicts the Dreaming Iolanthe, King, Rene's Daughter, by Henrich Herz. A study in butter by Caroline S. Brooks, daughert of Abel Shawk. The tools used were a common butter paddle, cedar sticks, broom straws, and camel's hair pencil. May have been created for the Centennial.....
Price: $100.00
juvenile fiction, children's conduct
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1854. 152 pp. Embossed cloth cover,gilt spine, frontispiece, 2 illustrated plates, Little Anna Series. Chapters include Daisy Valley and its Inhabitants, Death in the Valley, The Hermit, and Conclusion. OCLC: 4 (11/23/2016) 6" x 4" slight wear and staining on cover, pencil marks on front end.....
Price: $30.00
Americana, Columbian Exposition, World's Fair, Midway Attractions, People of the World
Chicago: The American Engraving Co., 1893. Ten (10) of 12 vol. 20 pp viewbook; halftone images with descriptive letterpress. Attractive covers with human alphabet letters on the word Types. The volumes consisted largely of photographs accompanied by contextual and interpretive commentary. Some books exclusively devoted pages to images of Midway.....
Price: $775.00
Made by Hand, Original Art, Prototype
c1940s. This proto-type fireworks packet for children is in celebration of the Fourth of July. It features a child outside on some grass holding a firecracker container with five small bursts above him in the sky, and "July 4th" written next to it. The handcrafted card is done on black.....
Price: $65.00
Original Watercolor,Cherry Blossom,Birds,Christmas
United States: 1900s. Christmas greeting card ("Merry Christmas") with original watercolor artwork depicting a pair of song birds perched on a cherry blossom tree branch in front of a serene lake landscape. Card has rounded edges, and measures approx. 3.5" by 4.5"
Price: $45.00
Supporting the Arts,Summer Festivals,Arts and Cultural Events,History of New York City
New York, New York: Municipal Art Committee, 1936. Illustrated booklet promoting the Second Annual Summer Festival of the City of New York, a grand celebration of the city's museums, parts, performances, and cultural events. Organized by the Municipal Art Committee, the festival opened with a performance by the Metropolitan Opera.....
Price: $100.00