Social History
Farming, Chromolithography, Volvelle
Galva, Illinois: c.1900. Chromolithographed volvelle advertising farming equipment manufactured by Hayes Pump & Planter Co. Comprised of two cards, the...
Price: $125.00
Advertising, Fashion, Women, Business
Cincinnati, Ohio: Queen City Suspender Company, [1880s?]. Advertisement for Mrs. Smith's Skirt Suspenders, sold by the Queen City Suspender Co...
Price: $175.00
Airlines, Piloting, Post-War America
United States: United Airlines, c1955. Illustrated pamphlet promoting a career as a flight officer for United Airlines. Includes frequently asked...
Price: $125.00
s. and j. fuller, paper toy book, little fanny
A 15 pp book with original slip case. It is The History of Little Fanny, Exemplified in a Series of...
Price: $350.00
Children's Books,Natural Science for Children
Concord, New Hampshire: Ralph Merrill, 1843. A scarce miniature children's book on quadrupeds with illustrations of five different animals (beaver...
Price: $85.00
Bible history, juvenile literature, sunday school, Biblical events, thumb bibles...
Buffalo, NY: Phinney & Co, 1857. 192 pp, blind stamp covers. A brief history of the bible originally intended for...
Price: $55.00
Beauty, Anti-Aging, Hollywood
Trenton, New Jersey: Wings Products Co., 1940s. "Lines Vanish" and "Youth Returns" with Hollywood Wings, a box of "medicated frown...
Price: $150.00
Die-cut, Book-shaped
[New York, New York]: E.B. Treat, c.1884. Chromolithographed die-cut in the shape of a book, advertising the book "Home Culture...
Price: $75.00
health & welfare, first aid, Lysol, advertising, propaganda, women's work...
Bloomfield, NJ: Lehn & Fink Products Corp. 1941. The Home Defense Course was broken up into three lessons: 1. How...
Price: $175.00
Children's Poetry, Morality, Kindness
New York: McLoughlin Bros. c1870. Unpaginated. Illustrated Wrap. 6 full page lithograph illustrations. Verses include Unwilling Pussy, Lucy and Dash...
Price: $85.00
Horoscope, Birth Chart, Fortune Telling
Chicago IL: 1904. 8 manuscript page report. Begins with a birth chart and Aspects nad Positions of the Planets followed...
Price: $100.00
household & furnishing, advertising, women's work, trade catalogue, food &...
Lowell, MA: Woods, Sherwood & Co., 1878. A catalogue for items of "wire ware" which essentially means any item in...
Price: $225.00
History of Reading and Reading Habits , ABAA-RBMS-2023
Springfield, Massachusetts: G. and C. Merriam, 1832. Published by G. and C. Merriam (i.e. George and Charles Merriam, publishers of...
Price: $150.00
Public Health, Breast Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland: American Cancer Society, c.1975. Printed tri-fold pamphlet (9" by 3.75" folded) with an illustrated three-step guide to...
Price: $85.00
Springs, Taking the waters, Health and wellness, Geology, mineral water...
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Crazy Water Hotel Company, 1933. A pamphlet advertising the laxative Crazy Water Crystals, with directions for use...
Price: $200.00
right of property,wood engraving,poetry
Connecticut: 1854. A poem entitled Hulet Saw-Mill, which discusses both the mill, its owner, and how his estate was argued...
Price: $400.00
Humor, Vinegar Valentines
United States: c.1885. A most charming and humorous mechanical: when the tab is pulled, the young lady applies copious amounts...
Price: $250.00
military history, WWI, WWII, humor
[1942-1948]. A humorous retelling of the day August Child enlisted in the US Army for WWI, written by an unknown...
Price: $75.00
poem, original poetry, verse
[1840]. An original poem by an unknown female poet entitled, "I Never Dance". The poem is about a spirit seen...
Price: $75.00
poem, short story, childhood, behavior
New York, NY: Mahlon Day & Co., 1844. The chap book tells the short story of the sisters Mary and...
Price: $85.00
Printer's Card, Printing and Publishing, Printing History
Boston: S. N. Dickinson, [1850]. A 5 1/4" x 3" printer's illustrated business card with a cut of a printing...
Price: $375.00
Engineering and Design, Steam Engines, Elevators
New York, New York: Leonard Atwood, Builder of High & Low Pressure Steam Engines and Safety Hoisting Machinery, 1870s. Bifolium...
Price: $225.00
Engineering and Design, Water Power
Baltimore, Maryland: Bolgiano Water Motor Co., 1894. Printed receipt (5.5" by 8.5") acknowledging the sale of a gas iron from...
Price: $150.00
Letters Patent, Woodcut, Women's Work
New Becker Washing Machine. A 19" x 11 1/2" Letters Patent broadside announcing the transfer of patent with an illustration...
Price: $275.00