Advertising & Promotion
Public Health, Hygiene
[Worcester, Massachusetts?]: c1920. Small broadside (11" by 5.25", verso blank) promoting a lecture by a physician, Dr. Dart, "Upon the Subject of Dirt & Contagion, at the Baptist Church. He will show you what causes Diphtheria, Fevers, and all contagious diseases; that myriads of Organic Germs causing disease are contained.....
Price: $175.00
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
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
Fire Insurance, Advertising and Promotion
Grand Rapids, MI: 1874. A promotional notice to insurance brokers in Michigan to recognize and offer clients the option of Goodrich, Farmer & Co. Fire Insurance and recent claims paid. It also includes a list of references. Reverse is blank. Measures 11" by 8.25"
Price: $115.00
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
Disney,Communications,Public Facing,Correspondence,Guest Relations,Buzzwords,Management,Employee Training,Disneyland
[Anaheim, California]: Disney University, 1989. A business communications employee handbook, privately printed by Disney University for Disneyland employees in 1989. Broken into three sections: "Correspondence Guidelines" (e.g. letterhead format); "Disney Style" (trademarks, preferred vocabulary, etc.); and "Grammar/Punctuation" (lists of commonly misused words, grammar rules to be mindful of, etc.). A......
Price: $250.00
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
Interior Design,Doors and Windows
San Francisco, California: The California Door Company, 1915. Trade catalogue, in attractive purple embossed wrappers printed in gold and silver, for the California Door Company. Includes over twenty tabs with pricing for dozens of products ranging from colonial doors to sashes, casements, and French windows. Illustrations, pricing, and model numbers.....
Price: $350.00
Camping, American Manufacturing
New York, New York: Camp Outfit Manufacturing Co., 1908. "Waterproof Tents a Specialty" at Camp Outfit Manufacturing Co., according to its illustrated advertising brochure. Includes illustrations of products offered, eye-catching typographical design, and a direct address to its customer: "Campers! You all know that to the Camper, the question of.....
Price: $225.00
Embossed, Die-cut, Stationers
New York, New York: Eagle Card and Paper, c.1900. A most attractive embossed card die-cut in the shape of an elegant slipper, advertising Eagle Card and Paper of New York. Measures approx. 4" by 1.5", verso blank.
Price: $50.00
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
Cotton Gin,Textile Industry,Cotton
East Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Carver Cotton Gin Co., 1880s. Illustrated advertising circular, featuring some particularly lovely typographic design, for the Carver Eclipse Huller Gin. Marketed to "Planters and Ginners" as the "Best Huller Gin Made", with improvements on previous iterations. Features large illustration of the product with the name of W.P......
Price: $100.00
advertising, celluloid advertising cases, parisian novelty co
Chicago, IL: Parisian Novelty C, 1917-1923. 20pp. Printed on dark green paper, cover has a small illustration of the Parisian Novelty Company building, printed between the title and publisher. An important maker of celluloid compacts and vanity cases in the 1920s, as well as celluloid backed hand advertising mirrors and.....
Price: $375.00
Women's Fashion,Children's Fashion,Clothiers,Victorian Mourning
New York, New York: B. Attman & Co., 1889. Printed catalogue advertising women's and children's clothing and accessories sold by the B. Attman & Co. of New York, profusely illustrated over its 96 pages. Includes a blank mail-in order form in the front and index, as well as a brief.....
Price: $250.00
Advertising, Trade cards, Newspapers & Periodicals, Litho on Celluloid
New York: S.P. Kellogg, 1887. Lithographed celluloid advertising calendar for the New York Times, "An Independent Republican Newspaper" that "Contains more news than any other paper", with cherry blossom motif. Offers daily and weekly rates. Measures 2.75" by 4.75"; verso blank.
Price: $125.00
Magic Tricks, Arithmetic, Math Games
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: M-M-A, Inc., c.1910. A whimsical guessing game produced for M-M-A, Inc., a Lancaster-based manufacturer of industrial tools and air-operated vacuum cleaners. To play, one asks a friend to choose a number between one and sixty; then, using basic arithmetic and the cards provided, the player is able to.....
Price: $85.00
Advertising to Children, Root Beer, Hires
Philadelphia: Charles E. Hires Company, 1934. The Charles E. Hires Company produced Hires Root Beer, which was first introduced in 1876 and is considered the second longest continuously made soft drink in the United State (now owned by Dr. Pepper Snapple Group). Charles Hire believed firmly in the power of.....
Price: $45.00
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 Scale Co. for a variety of uses: machine shops, blacksmithing, jewelers, mills, mines, farms, farrier work, and railroad work. Each forge and tool is illustrated with pricing, dimensions, and materials.....
Price: $175.00
boarding schools, recreation & camps, travel, advertising, Lona Hazzard School, Houdd Gibson School
Castle Rock Springs, CA: Children's Summer Resort, 1927. Self proclaimed as the "Switzerland of American" the Children's Summer Resort was located in small lakeside town in Castle Hot Springs, CA. The children's resort was run by two boarding schools, Lona Hazzard School in Alameda, CA and Houdd Gibson School in.....
Price: $100.00
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
Advertising and Promotion, Social History, Product Sample, Glove Powder
New York: J. B. Fuller, 1871. An array of promotional materials related to Oriental Glove Powder. A product claiming to improve the fit of one's gloves. "By sprinkling a little of the Oriental Glove Powder in them, at least one size smaller gloves than ever before worn will go on.....
Price: $150.00
Broadside, Carrier's Address, Holiday Greetings, Advertising and Promotion
1850. A 17 1/2" x 10 1/2" broadside with a woodcut of a watchman walking between numbers 24 and 26 thus depicting Christmas. A poem at base titled On the Return of Christmas Day, 1850. A Watchman's Calendar for 1851 at base. Extensive elaborate decorative border decoration with vignettes of.....
Price: $225.00
Patent Medicines, Circus, Spectacle, Word Puzzles
Lowell, Massachusetts: C.I. Hood & Co., c.1900. An exceedingly scarce illustrated advertising booklet for Hood's Sarsparilla, including a charming short story that captures all the excitement and spectacle of going to the circus. "A Clown's Romance" is printed on the versos, and descriptions of Hood's medicines and ailments treated are.....
Price: $95.00
Printing and Publishing, Porcelain trade cards, Advertising and Promotion
Belgium: 1840-1860. A collection of 68 fine cartes procelaine or trade cards made in Belgium from 1840-1860. It includes 32 "printer's own" trade cards, 20 of which are mounted in a period album. Approximately 25% are greater than 10" another 25% are 7" x 9.5". Fine printing with vibrant color.....
Price: $21,500.00