Religion
religion, Fourth of July
New York: American Tract Society, n.d. 36 pp. Printed soft cover, hand sewn binding, illustrations. Two inscriptions dated 1829 and 1830. Two women, Kitty Potter and Sally Milman, talking of what they will see on the Fourth of July. Sally uses her religious teachings to point out the wrongs that.....
Price: $40.00
friendship album, poem, missionary, India, religion, family
New YorkPrinting & Publishing: J C Riker, [1840]. "To the Dear Brother or Sister to whom this album may be allotted. I would gladly have kept this because it was prized by my dear Amelia, but considering the uncertainty of missionary life and the fact that the writers are strangers.....
Price: $475.00
religious poetry] [miniature books
New York: American Tract Society, c. 1850. 256 pp. Blind stamped brown cloth hard cover, gilt spine, miniature book, index in back-first by subject then by first lines. Collection of sacred, religious poetry. 3 1/4" x 2 1/2" faintly inscribed "Mrs. Louisa Witson Jan. 22, 1851"
Price: $40.00
Child Psychology,Child Development,Parenthood,Sex Education,Parenting,The American Family,Sex and Religion
[New York, New York]: N.Y. State Dept. of Health, 1951. Featuring a smiling family in front of a church on the upper wrapper, "The Gift of Life" aims to help parents navigate the tricky waters of sex education while staying within the confines of traditional religious values. Written by two.....
Price: $200.00
religion, missionary, social & cultural, periodicals
New Haven, CT: Religious Intelligencer, October 4-18, 1823. A handbound grouping of three issues of the Religious Intelligencer, an Evangelistic serial publication which ran between 1816 and 1835. Includes Vol. VIII, No. 18-20, which were published in October 1823. The majority of the publication has variety of letters and reports.....
Price: $175.00
Bible history, juvenile literature, sunday school, Biblical events, thumb bibles, Religious education,
Buffalo, NY: Phinney & Co, 1857. 192 pp, blind stamp covers. A brief history of the bible originally intended for a juvenile audience. Along with the text there are nearly two dozen black and white illustrations, the majority of which are portriats of the interregnal figures of the bible. Such.....
Price: $55.00
American Tract Society,Chap books,Moralistic Tales for Children
New York, New York: American Tract Society, c.1860. An instructive and moralistic tale published by the American Tract Society for young children. 16mo (4.25" by 3"), pp. 16, illus., original illus. wrps. Approx. 5 copies on WorldCat (Jan. 2024).
Price: $35.00
death] [graves
Mahlon Day. 8 pp. illustrated printed paper cover, cover and title page are the same, one illustration at beginning of text. Three short writings, "The Little Graves," "The New Grave," " and "Lines" referencing the death of young siblings. 3 1/4" x 2" wear on cover.
Price: $38.00
Religion] [juvenile] [chapbook]
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, c. 1840s. 8 pp. Blue illustrated printed cover, illustrations. Prayers are for "In the Morning" "At Night" "A Prayer for a Child who is in trouble" and "A Thanksgiving when a Child has recieved a favour from God" 3" x 2" inscribed, slight staining.
Price: $25.00
religion, drawing, art by children,
c1940s. This is a handmade coloring book, depicting "The Lords's Prayer". The interior pages were created using a mimeograph, then the outlines were colored in by a child. The name Virginia is written on the back of the majority of the pages. The pages were then bound together using brad.....
Price: $30.00
chap book, animals, lion, religion, hymns, poetry, married chap book
Sanborton, NH: Sanborton Press, 1835-1836. This married chap book is actually the front cover of one book, and the text block and back cover of another. Both were published by Sanborton Press. The front cover of the chap book has a picture of a lion on the front and is.....
Price: $100.00
juvenile] [religion]
New York: American Tract Society, c 1867. 32 pp. Applied marble cover, two stories 16 pp each. Two stories, Mary Ann no. 51 , discusses a new Sabbath school in New York and Little James no. 52, which describes a boy who memorizes Dr. Watts' First Catechism before he could.....
Price: $15.00
religion, education, Sabbath school, advertising, broadside
Dearborn County, IN: August 1851. A broadside for a meeting to discuss the "Sabbath School Cause". The meeting took place at the Langdale Grove on the Georgetown Ridge in Dearborn County, IN, on a weekend in August. All were welcome to attend, "Let all come -- come for the cause.....
Price: $150.00
Sand Painting, Lace Paper Brading, Kynges Towne
A 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" scene created using applied color sand with watercolor background. It depicts the Ecclesiastical Parish in Brading, the 'Kynges Towne'. Created on 2 5/8"x 3 3/4" die-cut card with lace paper border. Portion of sand lacking.
Price: $150.00
journals, children's activities
Stone & Halpine, 1855. 35 pp. Printed soft cover, illustrations, plates. A journal featuring writings, plates, and music. This Volume features a New Years Address, a plate and reading on Christ Preaching on the Mount, writings entitled The Family Constitution, Honor Your Parents, Mary's Grave, Books for Parents, and The.....
Price: $40.00
Religion, Folk Art, Manuscript
A pencil drawing of an angel on a 9 1/2" x 8" single-fold letter sheet with embossed border decoration.. The angel is somewhat naive surrounded by a halo The penned verse reads "I would not live always, No welcome the time, Since Jesus has rain these I dread not It's.....
Price: $65.00
anti-Semitism, Nazi, Paper Doll, Goering
London: Sunday Mirror Magazine Section, 1935. A two-page newspaper spread with an image from a photograph of Emmy Sonnemann, an illustration of Esther, Niece of Mordecai and Goring as a paper doll with five (5) Nazi and other costumes. The editor's note indicates the Sunday Mirror had recently confirmed Gorings.....
Price: $400.00
children's books, religion
London: Truscott, Son & Simmons. "Printed under the direction of the committee of general literature and education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge". 18 pages, bound in blue paper wrapper with decorative border; engraved frontisepiece. Inscription dated 1864. Tells the story of a young woman learning to prioritize.....
Price: $25.00
Advertising to Children, Children's Books, Estes & Lauriat, Price List
Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House, 1889. Two chromolithographed advertising cards (each 3" by 5") for children's books published by Estes & Lauriat, each designed to resemble a bound book. Each verso lists five publications, available in time for the year 1889. The publisher of these cards, William John Shuey.....
Price: $175.00
New Hampshire,Local History
Mason Village, New Hampshire: 1859. Printed Order of Exercises for the installation of the Rev. George E. Fisher as pastor of the local congregational church in Mason Village, New Hampshire. The event seems to have been exciting for the small local community, and included a choir, prayers and scripture readings.....
Price: $85.00
color meeting, african american, yorktown, health, woman's health, correspondence, chuch, religion
Yorktown: January 1869. A pair of letters from Emily to her family keeping them appraised of her trip to Yorktown [NY] in January 1869. The two letters are written within a day of one another, with one addressed to her parents and one to her brother. The family's last name.....
Price: $175.00
Trade Cards, Ephemera, Principles of Christian Church, Proselytizing
Greensboro Christian Church, c.1900. Promoting the Greensboro Christian Church: a printed card (5" by 3") with photographic illustration of the Rev. L.I. Cox on recto, and list of "The Five Cardinal Principles of the Christian Church" on verso. Cox was pastor at Elon College, and stalwart of the community during.....
Price: $100.00
juvenile] [Christian literature
London: The Religious Tract Society. 16 pp. Illustrated printed paper cover, each story has illustration at start, book number 16, mid to late 1800's. Titles include: Remember. -- What a child ought to be. -- What a child ought not to be. -- What a good little boy is. --.....
Price: $25.00
Judaism, Weddings, Celebrations, Chatunah
Germany: c.1900. Movable pop-up card made from embossed die-cut chromolithographed Victorian scrap, pink silk cord, and folded tissue paper. Depicts a traditional Jewish wedding, or "nissuin", with the happy couple and family underneath a "chuppah" (wedding canopy), surrounded by doves, against a backdrop of bright blue flower garlands in the.....
Price: $250.00