Love; Friendship
Sex Education,Male Puberty,Celebrity Bodybuilders , ABAA-RBMS-2023
n.pl. Joe Weider, 1959. "There's nothing more disgusting than a chain-smoking woman" states this sex education manual published by the celebrity bodybuilder Joe Weider. The booklet addresses impressionable boys and young men reading the booklet seeking advice from an older masculine authority on sex and marriage. Advises the reader not.....
Price: $150.00
Sexual Health and Education, Public Health
New York, New York: American Social Hygiene Association, 1939. Printed sex education pamphlet distributed by the New Jersey State Department of Health titled "Some Information for Mother". Penned by a man, the book presents itself in the form of a story in which a humble fisherman explains the birds and.....
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ABAA-WINTER-2024, Marriage,Sex Education and Women's Health,Marriage and Gender Roles
[Chicago, Illinois]: Laird & Lee, 1921. Scarce: a single part of a larger book in parts titled "The New Tokology" by Eli F. Brown and Joseph H. Greer, first published in 1903; this part is from a reissuing of the individual chapters by Laird & Lee in 1921. It covers.....
Price: $225.00
Early Learning, Folk Art, Love and Friendship
Concord, [NH]: Hill and Moore, 1819. 106 pp. paper on board. Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar, with An Appendix, containing exercises in orthography, in parsing, in syntax, and in punctuation. Designed for the Younger Classes of Learners. The reverse of the title page has a 3" pen and ink and.....
Price: $325.00
Visiting Cards, Musings
[Auburn, New York]: c.1877. Commonplace book of Louis McCrea, compiled c.1877. Louis was one half of the McCrea Brothers, coal dealers based in Auburn, New York; his business card has been pasted-in, as well as his visiting card to the upper pastedown. brief descriptions of McCrea's travels are recorded, as.....
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Love and Friendship, Made by Hand, Hair Friendship Tokens
[1850]. A 5 1/2" x 6 1/2" folded paper with two rings of hair held in place with a textured paper diamond. The hand penned sentiment reads "When this you see please dear cousin think of me - Lucinda M. Titus" Most likely Lucinda M. Titus, born 1836, Groton MA.....
Price: $300.00
Nature,Valentine,Lace Paper,Hand-coloring
England: 1850s. An attractive 12mo-sized Valentine by the maker Meek, using lace paper which has been lithographed and hand-colored. The text reads, "Accept this offering dear and true. Affection bids me pay to you." Image is of a serene lake with autumn trees, morning glories. Measures approx. 5.75" by 3.75".....
Price: $65.00
Remembrance, Friendship, Watercolor, Razor Cut, Made by Hand
1835. A 6" x 5 1/2" heavy card applied to the front a larger blue lettersheet. The finely decorated card depicts two detailed vignettes - One with a harp, violets, forget-me-nots and fern, the other an array of roses, pansies, forget-me-nots and more. The rose array is at the center.....
Price: $325.00
Parenthood,Sex Education for Teens and Young Adults,Public Health
New York, New York: American Social Hygiene Association, 1947. A revised guide for families, teens and young adults to "Betrothal" (i.e. engagement), emphasizing the importance of the practice for determining whether a couple has made a good marriage match. Describes it as a transition period necessary for emotional maturation. Discourages.....
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Dolls of All Nations,International Friendship,Post-WWI,National Costume,World Tolerance , ABAA-RBMS-2023
Chicago, Illinois: The Tribune Company, 1919. A grouping of seven (7) "Dolls of All Nations" newspaper sheets, featuring a total of twenty-eight (28) uncut dolls from the series. The series celebrated and fostered international friendship among children following World War I. Each of the dolls here wears the traditional costume.....
Price: $500.00
poem, poetry, verse, farewell, morality
1837. An original poem written by Rebeckah Shearer in 1837. It is unclear if the poem is meant as a farewell for a loved one moving away or passing away. The poem is four stanzas long, the first of which is below: Farewell- but ever bear in mind the kindred.....
Price: $115.00
Parenthood,Sex Education for Young Adults,Public Health,Marriage,Venereal Disease,Dangers to Women,Chivalric Gender Roles,Menopause
New York, New York: The Claremont Printing Co., Inc., 1922. A set of five (5) sex education booklets published by the physician S. Dana Hubbard in 1922, with the aim of educating young Americans in sex, love, and marriage. Provides an important view into the sex education available to the.....
Price: $575.00
Love and Friendship, Valentine, Flower children, Poetry
Edinburgh, Scotland: B. F. Lloyd & Co., [1860]. Single fold sheet with elaborate border decoration and love poem. The banner across the top accompanied by the Scottish flag read "Beneath Religion's Cloudless Sky, the Virtues Bloom, The Vices die". This is followed by an address line to Miss _____________ and.....
Price: $275.00
Sex Education,Marriage,Public Health,,Romance and Gender,The American Family,Puberty,Gender in America,Venereal Disease
Chicago, Illinois: American Medical Association, 1948. A scarce set of six (6) sex education booklets in their original slipcase, published together by the American Medical Association and originally penned by the psychologist Thurman B. Rice, M.D. in the 1930s. Covers topics ranging from how to answer young children's questions about.....
Price: $725.00
Photography and Portraiture, Family photography
1910s. Two photographs notable for their unusually tall rectangular shape. The subjects are a young woman named Earla Viola Steade Rowley and her mother. Each measures roughly 14.25" by 4", and details to the images have been added with watercolor and light pencil. They are signed in pencil by Vreeland.....
Price: $250.00
correspondence, marriage, courtship, business
Pennsylvania: Amity Matrimonial Association for Unmarried Persons, Jan 17,1882. A letter written to a Miss Jane Marner discussing the policies she holds from W. H. Wise, Vise President of the Amity Matrimonial Association for Unmarried Persons. Even though the name sounds like a match making service, it was most likely.....
Price: $65.00