Albums & Journals
Architecture, Domestic, correspondence, 1st edition
Boston: James R Osgood and Company, 1874. 314 page book, with gilt stamped covers, 1st edition. The book compiles forty-three (43) letters between an architect and his friends. These letters "are composed of hints and suggestions relating to to building of homes... [and] aim to give practical information to those.....
Price: $65.00
pocket diary, daily life, women's history, journal, social & cultural
Oneida Castle, New York: 1868. A pocket diary belonging to E. M. Cole, an unidentified woman living in Oneida Castle, NY. The diary starts of with several printed pages of general information, such as the calendar for the year, including phases of the moon, church holidays, postal money orders, and.....
Price: $175.00
Penmanship, Calligraphic Drawing
Concord, New Hampshire: National School of Business, c1900. Printed advertisement for E.L. Glick's National School of Business, with a striking visual: an engraved reproduction of a calligraphic drawing of a horse, made almost entirely of flourishes. Aside from being the proprietor of one of the most successful business schools of.....
Price: $275.00
Manuscripts for Children,Original Watercolor Artwork,Girlhood,Poems for Children,Anthology Manuscripts
United States: Wanda Caderquist, 1928. A dreamlike and rather lovely manuscript created for "Jackie, a dear little girl" by a loving adult in her life, Wanda Caderquist, with original pen and watercolor artwork by "E.M.W.". The original watercolor frontispiece depicts a little raven-haired girl (perhaps Jackie?) reading on a stone.....
Price: $525.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Textiles, American Fashion, Women's Work, Immigrants
United States: 1930s. Manuscript lesson plan book with fabric samples and buttons belonging to Elizabeth Zak, a student of a textile course. Divided into several "contracts" (i.e. classes) over five weeks, the course taught students to recognize materials, judge their quality and best uses, and understand their care. Zak's notes.....
Price: $650.00
correspondence, women's history, medical, mumps, typhoid fever, dysentery, infant mortality, religion, daily life, Sons of Temperance
Ireland Depot, Holyoke, MA: 1847-1857. A collection of eleven (11) letters belonging to the Emerson Family of Holyoke, MA. The majority of the letters are send to Ireland Depot, which was the name of the town's post office from the mid 1840s to mid 1850s. The letters date from 1847.....
Price: $325.00
Arts and Culture, Scrapbooking, Connecticut College, Performing Arts, Concerts and Plays
New London, Connecticut: c.1925-1937. An expansive scrapbook of over 200 individual pieces of ephemera collected by Ethel Cook (c.1908-2006) while she was a student in New London, Connecticut, in the late 1920s. Types of ephemera include periodical clippings, hotel stationary, printed programs and playbills, club meeting ephemera, song sheets, correspondence.....
Price: $550.00
Arion Society, German-American, Beringer Wine, Botanical Specimens
United States: 1868-1882. Eight (8) leaves from the travel and botanical specimen album of German immigrant Frederick Beringer who, along with his brother Jacob, founded the Beringer Wine dynasty in the Napa Valley in 1875. The pages of this album date between 1868 and 1882, and contain a multiplicity of.....
Price: $600.00
President William McKinley, assassination, government, club, correspondence, drawing, capital dome, works by children
Chicago, IL: Washington Locating Club, [September 6-15, 1901]. A manuscript letter sent to President William McKinley by a children's club wishing him health and recovery after the assassination attempt on his life on September 6, 1901. The club was the "Washington Locating Club", which was located in Chicago. The children.....
Price: $95.00
Psychology, Language and Linguistics, Autodidacts, Classism, Flappers
Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1922. First edition of a pocket-sized booklet of mispronunciations, misnomers, and vulgarisms to avoid in the English language. The author's personal views often permeate the entries to great comedic effect, such as in the entry for "flapper": "A very immoral young girl in her early teens".....
Price: $150.00
merchant, commission merchant, business, goods, flour, wood
New York: 1859. A letter written by Frank Hiram Crosby, most likely a commission merchant, in New York. It is unclear who he is writing to, but in the letter he discusses the price of flour he purchased, three to five cents per pound, and the sale of wood. He.....
Price: $125.00
civil war, union, union soldier, battle, death, grief, frienship
Falmouth, VA: c1865. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" manuscript license to preach. At a meeting of the association of Tolland County convened at Tolland Dec. 28, 1835, the bearer, John Haven, a member of the Theological Institute of Connecticut was examined as to his doctrinal & experimental knowledge of the.....
Price: $175.00
education, penmanship, writing, essay, fantasy, moon, dream, thanksgiving
Stow, MA: 1879-1880. A composition notebook for twelve year old George F. Murdock during the winter term of his "3rd Class". It has thirteen (13) short essays, short stories, and/or sample letters with subjects ranging from Paul Revere, a description of what is in the classroom or seen from his.....
Price: $125.00
collection, correspondence, recreation & camps, billheads & letterheads, Harvard University, Hotchkiss School, schools & universities
Lakeville, CT: Keewaydin Camps Limited Partnership, 1931-1932. George W. Creelman (1872-1951) was the Vice President of the Keewaydin Camps, as well as the Master of Mathematics at Hotchkiss School, a private high school in Lakeville, CT. This collection features seven letters written by him, to his son, Brenton "Brent" W......
Price: $225.00
correspondence, military history, WWI, France, Naval Plane Repairman
Juniata, PA: February - November 1918. A collection of eight (8) letters written by Pvt. Glenn H. Jones (1890-1921) to his mother, Ida, and sisters Jennie and Amelia "May", who were living in Juniata, PA. The letters date from February 1918 to November 1918. During the first few letters he.....
Price: $125.00
address book, commonplace book, rowley, business history
Massachusetts: [1919-1930]. A one of a kind commonplace address book, that belonged to Harriet Sophia Rowley (1853-1943), which includes not only the addresses of her family and friends, but also that of local businesses she likes. Sometimes these notes are by the business name or type, but other times it.....
Price: $225.00
Native American History, Kaw Nation, Oklahoma
Washington, D.C. 1885. Typewritten letter from the commissioner of the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Hiram Price, officially appointing L.M. Hutchinson, M.D. as the Physician at Osage and Kaw Agency, "to serve at Kaw reservation, at a compensation of $1200". Price (1814-1901) was commissioner from 1881 until.....
Price: $250.00
friendship album, poetry, drawings
Candor, NY: 1876-1880. A friendship album belonging to Ida E. Williams of Candor, NY. The album entries comprise of her friends and family members from Candor, NY, and surrounding towns between 1876-1880. The entries are, generally speaking, short quotes, either from poetry or plays. Of note in the album is.....
Price: $275.00
high society, daily life, weddings, new york, gender roles
New York: 1841-1848. A diary/common place book from New York in the 1840s. It belonged to a young woman named India Allen. Not much biographical information is known about India, beyond the fact that she lived at 6 Washington Square, New City. Based on her writing it is clear that.....
Price: $500.00
correspondence, business history, letterhead, slate, quarry, industry, billhead, religion, sunday school, charity, American Sunday School Union
Slate Hill, PA: Susquehanna Slate, February 1859. The item is two letters addressed to Reverend Benjamin William Chidlaw written on a finely illustrated circular. The letters are written on a single page, which has been folded in half, with the first letter written on the inside fold and the second.....
Price: $85.00
Writers, Album Writers, Albums
New York: J. S. Ogilvie and Company, [1881]. A fascinating look into the Victorian practice of album- and card-making: J. S. Ogilvie's Album Writer's Friend is comprised of "more than three hundred choice selections of poetry and prose, suitable for writing in autograph albums, Valentines, birthday, Christmas, and New Year.....
Price: $125.00
Etymology, language charts, German, Maps
Jasper, IN: 1915-1920. A three volume set that explores in depth the etymology of the English Language, in particular the Teutonic (Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family, of which Anglo Saxons spoke) element found within the language. These three volumes were hand crafted by J. T. Melchior, and include.....
Price: $925.00
Calligraphic Drawing
Nokomis, Illinois: 1866. Handwritten letter with a fine example of calligraphic drawing depicting a bird in flight holding an olive branch. The letter itself is from a farmer's son to his friend, asking what the friend is studying and relaying family news and offering the above artwork, "a specimen of.....
Price: $250.00
friendship albums, rebus
Rahway, NJ: 1874. A friendship album, aptly titled "Album of Friendship", belonging to a woman by the name of Jennie. Her last name is never mentioned. The album is mostly blank, but the entries date from 1874, and when a location is noted, it is Rahway, NJ. One of the.....
Price: $130.00