Manuscripts & Penmanship
Writers, Letter Writers, Letter-writing
Washington, D.C. Frederick J. Haskin, 1930. An expansive 1930s letter writer with examples appropriate for a myriad of situations, including: "To Collect a Debt"; "To Write a Letter to a Servant"; "Invitation to a Christening"; "Asking a Lover to Wait"; and even "Breaking an Engagement" (which begins quite bluntly: "Our.....
Price: $125.00
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 by Delineation of Character, etc: you know how and what to aim for, Faults to be corrected: guard against losing your temper), Matrimonial Prospects: partner shall be your equal soically.....
Price: $100.00
Florida Citrus,Temperance,Planned Communities
Hall City, Florida: Dr. Geo. F. Hall, 1911. Illustrated letterhead from the office of George F. Hall, featuring imagery of the local citrus (Caloosahatchee Grapefruit) and local farm land. Hall was a retired minister and Chicago native who founded Hall City (now Glades County, Florida) in 1910 as a Christian.....
Price: $125.00
Ornithology, Feathers, Turkeys, Fowl , ABAA-RBMS-2023
Meyersdale, Pennsylvania: Bird Bros, 1915. Letter on illustrated letterhead advertising Giant Bronze Turkeys by Bird Bros, acknowledging receipt of a customer's order and enclosing samples of turkey feathers for the customer's consideration in lieu of younger turkeys which had been already sold. The five feathers have been carefully inserted onto.....
Price: $325.00
Women's Fashion Design
[Hendersonville, North Carolina]: March 23rd, 1908. A letter written to "Dearest" from "Your devoted friend", giving the heartbreaking news of the death of an acquaintance, Mrs. Gurley of Hendersonville (tragically, her husband Professor E.W. Gurley would die later that year in November, leaving their daughter Fayetta Gurley orphaned). The author.....
Price: $225.00
New England, Massachusetts, Manuscript, Correspondence, Westward Expansion, Emigration, Education, Teaching, Women's Work
Massachusetts: 1819-1847. A group of fourteen (14) manuscript letters addressed to Anna Angier Fay (1787-1827) and her daughter Lavinia H. Fay (dates unknown) of Southborough, Massachusetts. Senders include Anna's sister Eliza Angier Warriner of Frankfort, Maine, and friends of Lavinia. Four of the letters are from Eliza, who writes Anna.....
Price: $425.00
remedy,cancer cure,hydrophobia,rabies
A 10" x 6" page that appears to have been removed from a ledger or journal with two entries that appear to be in different hands. The first is a cure for hydrophobia that entails mixing elecampane root, a puff of madder and a quart of new milk brought to.....
Price: $110.00
Humor,Clubs and Organizations
United States: The Narcisses Club, c.1930s. What appears to be a tongue-in-cheek fictional speech given at a meeting of "The Narcisses Club" in which one of the governing members relates faux news to the others: "We are going to have an entertainment as well as a social ... Miss Bundy.....
Price: $150.00
Ships, Manuscript, Drawings, Transportation
c1928. A hand crafted paper book with 24 leaves. It includes 10 watercolors of ships throughout the ages from the first log canoe to a 1920s passenger liner. Each full page watercolor is accompanied by an informational narrative. The center of the book includes a center-fold of a printed illustration.....
Price: $575.00
Medical Treatment,Family Medicine
Plymouth, Massachusetts: 1829. A handwritten medical bill in ink made out to "Widdow [sic] Hannah Blakeslee" from "R. Cook" for "medical services for self" from September 16th, 1825 until April 21st, 1829, totaling $14.42, and noting already received payment for medical services rendered to Gerry Blakeslee for $9.00. Located at.....
Price: $125.00
Remedy, Receipt, Manuscript, Brandy
[1810]. A manuscript receipt listing all of the necessary ingredients with an explanation on processing "let them stand in a warm place" and when done mix equal parts of Brandy -- take half a wine glass morning and night. "Receipt to make Elixer(sic) for the Cholic & Ague". Written on.....
Price: $60.00
manuscript, guest log, guest book, travel & tourism, sports & sporting, fishing, hunting
Kennebec County, Maine: July 7, 1890 - September 10, 1900. A guest book for the Birches, a camp in Maine owned by Frank B. Webber (1848-1910). The cabin was located in the Belgrade Lakes region of central Maine, and it appears it was used by Webber and his extended family.....
Price: $475.00
Writers, Valentine's Day, Love and Friendship
London, England: Printed for Mrs. Perks, 1814. A particularly rare Valentine Writer with hand-stenciled Cruikshank frontispiece printed in 1814. Provides sweet and amusing messages to send to your sweetheart, tailored to their profession. Includes messages for every trade from Actor, Fish-Monger, and Tallow-Chandler, to Auctioneer, Tailor, Pastry-Cook and Engraver. The.....
Price: $650.00
social & cultural, correspondence, printing & writing, fountain pens, Waterman fountain pens,
New York, NY: L. E. Waterman Company, 1929. The booklet was produced by the L. E. Waterman Company, who sold a variety of stationary goods, but is perhaps most well known for their luxury fountain pens. It essentially functions as a 'How-to' guide for what is to be considered socially.....
Price: $150.00
friendship, love, civil war, battle flag, dried flowers, in memoriam
New York: John C. Riker, c1860. A friendship album of Addie A. Allen who most likely lived in Connecticut as many of the entries note Connecticut towns in the closing. The album itself dates from 1858-1864, with the bulk of the entries dated between 1858-1860. The majority of the material.....
Price: $650.00
Travelogue, Journal
A collection of 30 legal size pages of narrative describing the itinerary from a European grand tour taken by most likely Thirza Merriam Rowley wife of H. Curtis Rowley and daughter of Homer Merriam. The journal of loose pages is structured by date and provides a daily accounting by specific.....
Price: $375.00
United States Post Office,Urban Development,History of Pasadena,California
Washington, D.C. William Duff Hanie, 1887. Typewritten letter on official letterhead, signed by the Acting First Asst. Postmaster-General William Duff Haynie, informing Walter Raymond, Esq. that his request to rename the a local post office has been approved. Raymond, a Boston businessman, became known for founding a luxurious resort hotel.....
Price: $115.00
Journal, Pyrography, Travel
A 7 3/4" x 5 1/4" suede cover with suede tie binding. The cover is pyrography decorated and depicts the exterior and grounds of the Northfield Chateau. The journey begins with the traveler leaving Springfield MA at 3:30 pm on July 3, 1898. Based on the content of the 20.....
Price: $100.00
Wigmaking, Weaving, Knotting, Made by Hand, Hair
c1940s. Large format folio with 35 leave. The index is divided in two sections - Weaving and Knotting. Includes actual hair, caps, weaves, etc. The topics include Weaving Broadwork: Origin and use Weaving diagrams Weaving sample Marteau diagrams Marteau sample Pin curl diagrams Pin curl sample Two stem switch diagrams.....
Price: $950.00
cooper union, women's art school, year book,
1932. 40 p. with paper wraps. The typical yearbook with photo images and summaries. This is followed by a series of tongue-in-cheek narratives on the events and organizations experienced by the students through the year. Appropriately includes lots of artwork. One quite specific to their chosen studies is "What the.....
Price: $45.00
print & writing, vertical writing, business history, social situations, invites, how-to
Boston, MA; New York, NY; Chicago, IL: D C Health & Co., 1898. This item is the seventh book in a series of eight workbooks in the Natural System of Vertical Writing by A. F. Newlands and R. K. Row. This book focused on practicing "business and social forms", which.....
Price: $100.00
Original Poetry, Pens, Humor, Manuscript
[West Virginia?]: 1914. A charming original manuscript poem in blue ink titled "Pen", signed by A.G. Wilcox: "Pen is a thing that they write with Pen is a thing that will brake[sic] Pen is a thing to keep in the house..." Concludes with "Pen is a thing that they write.....
Price: $150.00
Social History, Women's History
Camp Hill, ALA: 1915. Two letters from Alice G. Teele, an instructor at The Southern Industrial Institute, for the Training of White Youth writing to Mrs. Eugene Howlett, Charleston SC. The content relates to what appears to be the socially prominent of the area and there comings and going; politely.....
Price: $95.00
traveling salesman, hotel, correspondence
Bushton, KA: 6-Dec-09. A six page letter written by a traveling salesman named Augustus, who is delayed in the small town of Bushton, KS, which is located north west of Wichita, KS. He is writing to his sister, Mrs. Emma J. Newton, who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. It appears.....
Price: $150.00