Social History
Music Prodigies, Women's Work, Performing Arts, Vocal Arts and Elocution
New York, New York: Fannie Naegeli, 1890. Booklet advertising performances of American child prodigy Fannie Naegeli: "Little Fannie Naegeli, The...
Price: $225.00
Work Horses, Humane Treatment
1911. 8 pp booklet. Revised and re-issued, August 1911. Content includes information on Watering and Bedding and Bedding and Rest...
Price: $65.00
Zoos and Aquariums, Boston, Advertising, Performing Arts, Racism
Boston: Boston Zoological Society, 1897. The Boston Zoological Society's "Zoo Bulletin" for October 18, 1897, featuring a variety of diverting...
Price: $200.00
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Paper Playthings, Childhood Ephemera
London (Printed in Germany): Raphael Tuck & Sons Co., Ltd, [1894]. Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Paper Playthings, Childhood Ephemera A....
Price: $350.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Sex Education,Dating in Wartime,Venereal Disease
New York, New York: American Social Hygiene Association, Inc., [1943]. A booklet published by the American Social Hygiene Association in...
Price: $250.00
Athletic club, Physical education, training
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co, 1869. 215 page book, with gilt stamped covers. Twelve essays written on the subject of...
Price: $60.00
Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, Wedding Party, Gender Roles
A 9 ¾” x 17 ¾” uncut paper doll sheet c1900. It is The Bridal Party Series “The Maid of...
Price: $50.00
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...
Price: $225.00
Agricultural Society, Agricultural Fair, Trenton NY, Broadside
Utica, NY: White & Floyd, 1870. A large format broadside for the Tenth Annual Fair of the Trenton Union Agricultural...
Price: $275.00
Stereotypes, Racism, Performances, Side Shows
New York, New York: J.M. Elliott, c1839. A fascinating printed poster documenting the touring show of the "original" Siamese Twins...
Price: $1,250.00
Public Health, Hygiene
[Worcester, Massachusetts?]: c1920. Small broadside (11" by 5.25", verso blank) promoting a lecture by a physician, Dr. Dart, "Upon the...
Price: $175.00
Humor, Gambling, Playing Cards,
Spitalfields [London]: Taylor. A moralistic tale disguised as a humorous tale about a soldier caught playing cards in church, only...
Price: $550.00
music, musical instruments, camp, non profit, child welfare, singing, chorus
Oakland, ME: New England Music Camp, [1940]. A brochure for New England Music Camp located in Oakland, ME. Started in...
Price: $110.00
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...
Price: $100.00
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
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...
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...
Price: $125.00
Humor, American Southwest
United States: H.H. Tammen, 1903. "Burros" is an endlessly charming book of "sixty-four cute, curious and interesting burro pictures", die-cut...
Price: $55.00
African American, Fraternal, Get Rich Quick
New York City. A 2 1/2" x 4" business card for Days Work -- of all Kinds, by Trained Workers...
Price: $32.00
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
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...
Price: $250.00
sheet music, music sheet, bye baby bunting
London: Dean & Co., 1840s. Hand colored lithograph on board/heavy stock sheet music with words and music in a central...
Price: $55.00
Textile Industry,Weaving Patterns,Industrial Revolution
Lawrence, Massachusetts: 1865. A large collection of weaving patterns for machine-made twill, cloaking, coating, and cassimere textiles recorded by John...
Price: $400.00
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...
Price: $1,600.00