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Nature, Lepidopterology, Entomology, Butterflies, Taxonomy and Classification, Collecting, Plastics, Specimen preservation
Wellesley, Massachusetts: Denton Bros. 1902. A fascinating look into the collection of an amateur lepidopterologist. Here, a copy of The Butterfly Hunter's Guide (9.5" by 7", [20] pp., original printed wrappers) is accompanied by two (2) contemporary German advertising circulars (11.5" by 8.75") for mail-order butterfly specimens, as well as.....
Price: $1,400.00
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 decorative element surrounded by relevant illustrations. Depicts and child at home with vignettes of father on a rabbit hunt. Base shows the successful return of the father. Price marked at.....
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 B. Remick (b.1840) of the textile mill town Lawrence, Massachusetts. Includes dozens of patterns, most with labels such as "Diamond Coating" or "Harness Double Twill", arranged in the form of.....
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 designs, produced in France for the Parisian chocolatier and confectioner Marquise de Sevigne. Each sample is accompanied by a typewritten stock label with its model name, number, price, and the.....
Price: $1,600.00
Paper Folk Art, Made by Hand, Love and Friendship
c1860. A saw-toothed border leaf shaped hand cut polished paper leaf (4" x 3 1/4") with stripped of blue, pink, navy and yellow paper decoratively woven through the leaf creating a geometric design. Housed in a 7"x 5" oval what appears to be gutta percha frame. Framed at a later.....
Price: $175.00
1870s german friendship card, freundschaft card, Victorian scrap greeting card
c1870. A 4 ½” x 3” printed lithograph card with embossed diecut border and gold embellishment. Captioned Aus Freundschaft at base. Applied 3 ½” scrap of foppish young boy in proper riding attire opening his purse and presenting a letter. The scrap of the boy lifts to reveal a message.....
Price: $40.00
Cadbury Chocolate, Advertising to Children, Games
Cadbury Bros. Ltd., C. 1934. This board game was a promotional gimmick by Cadbury to help sell their drinking chocolate just as Britain was coming out of an economic depression. The game pieces were called Cococubs, which were hollowcast hand-painted lead figures of various anthropomorphic creatures including Whiskers Rabbit, Peter.....
Price: $85.00
Sewing Samples, Watercolor, School Girl Project
300. 18 leaves, including covers. A watercolor decorated sewing sample book. The book is designed with page cut-out for textile display with the remainder of each pocket fold page sealed. The sample is visible on both sides of the page. Each textile sample is accompanied by a relevant watercolor. Sewing.....
Price: $750.00
teacher, education, vermont, gender roles
Caledonia Country, Vermont: L W Rowell (St. Johnsbury, VT), May 6, 1883. The printed questions for the written exam for common school teachers in Caledonia Country, Vermont. The took place on Saturday, May 6, 1883, and when from 9:30 AM to 2 PM. The printed exam starts by listing the.....
Price: $60.00
Humor,Vacations,Traveling West,Family Road Trips,Americana,Disneyland,Sightseeing
United States: 1957. A humorous, well-written, and entertaining account of a road trip undertaken by three American families traveling from Texas to California in 1957. It begins with a list of "Personae" including the Edens, Staples, and Hastings families, comprised of three couples with seven children ranging in age from.....
Price: $250.00
Interior Design,Doors and Windows
San Francisco, California: The California Door Company, 1915. Trade catalogue, in attractive purple embossed wrappers printed in gold and silver, for the California Door Company. Includes over twenty tabs with pricing for dozens of products ranging from colonial doors to sashes, casements, and French windows. Illustrations, pricing, and model numbers.....
Price: $350.00
Amateur Photography,Magazines and Serials
New York, New York: Camera & Dark Room Co., American Photographic Publishing Co., 1902-1906. A partial run of "The Camera and Dark-Room", a photography magazine published monthly by the Camera & Dark Room Co. and later the American Photographic Publishing Co. for amateur photographers and technology enthusiasts. This run includes.....
Price: $1,800.00
Camping, American Manufacturing
New York, New York: Camp Outfit Manufacturing Co., 1908. "Waterproof Tents a Specialty" at Camp Outfit Manufacturing Co., according to its illustrated advertising brochure. Includes illustrations of products offered, eye-catching typographical design, and a direct address to its customer: "Campers! You all know that to the Camper, the question of.....
Price: $225.00
boys and girls camp, christian camp, ymca,
Concord, NH: Young Men's Christian Association, 1923. A brochure for Camp Spaulding, a Christian summer camp for young boys and girls in Concord, New Hampshire. The camp focuses on offering "real opportunities to gain a greater appreciation of the wonders of Nature and a reverence and loving thought for the.....
Price: $95.00
boys camp, fishing, camping, swimming
Chautauqua, NY: 1934. Camp Tonka'wa, pronouced Ton-ka-wa, was an all boys camp in upstate New York. There the boys would spend their summer camping in tents on raised wooden platforms participating in a variety of activities, such as tennis, golf, swimming, boating and canoeing, aquaplaning (a form of water-skiing), nature.....
Price: $90.00
Paper Dolls, Pretend Play
Chicago: Merrill Publishing Company, 1961. A total of 4, uncut, litho print punch out dolls and their pets. The dolls names are Candy, Patti, Gigi, and Mimi. There are 4 folded costume pages, with each doll having three cut out dress, one winter coat, and various accessories. The skirts of.....
Price: $60.00
Embossed, Die-cut, Stationers
New York, New York: Eagle Card and Paper, c.1900. A most attractive embossed card die-cut in the shape of an elegant slipper, advertising Eagle Card and Paper of New York. Measures approx. 4" by 1.5", verso blank.
Price: $50.00
Children's Toys and Games, Card Games
Cincinnati, Ohio: The U.S. Playing Card Company, 1921. A book of games for children using old decks of playing cards: "Decks of cards which no longer 'slip' easily interfere with the pleasure of grown-ups but to kiddies they offer material for much entertainment and not a little instruction disguised as.....
Price: $125.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Careers in STEM,The American Workforce
New York, New York: General Electric, 1956-1968. A grouping of five (5) publications by General Electric, courting young talent and encouraging teens and young adults to pursue higher education in preparation for fulfilling careers in science and technology. Note that each of the publications encourages critical thinking, and focuses not.....
Price: $450.00
Cotton Gin,Textile Industry,Cotton
East Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Carver Cotton Gin Co., 1880s. Illustrated advertising circular, featuring some particularly lovely typographic design, for the Carver Eclipse Huller Gin. Marketed to "Planters and Ginners" as the "Best Huller Gin Made", with improvements on previous iterations. Features large illustration of the product with the name of W.P......
Price: $100.00
fraternal, National Benevolent Society, trade catalogue
Kansas City, MO: National Benevolent Society, 1925. This catalogue lists a variety of items for purchase for the National Benevolent Society's Lodges to use. Some of the items listed are: ballot boxes, ballots, ode cards, gavels, hoodwinks (masks), wigs (and beards), staffs, papier-mache skeletons, various robes and costumes for members.....
Price: $200.00
Buffalo Bill,Dime Novels,Bibliographies and Hand Lists,Collecting,Book Dealer Catalogues
Red Bank, New Jersey: John A. Hayes, 1936. A scarce and valuable list of Victorian dime novels for sale in 1936 by the dealer John A. Hayes, including a brief essay by Charles Bragin on a recent rise in dime novel collecting: "Thus we find the Library of Congress, the.....
Price: $200.00
advertising, celluloid advertising cases, parisian novelty co
Chicago, IL: Parisian Novelty C, 1917-1923. 20pp. Printed on dark green paper, cover has a small illustration of the Parisian Novelty Company building, printed between the title and publisher. An important maker of celluloid compacts and vanity cases in the 1920s, as well as celluloid backed hand advertising mirrors and.....
Price: $375.00
art catalog, George Bellows, eclectibles, paper dolls, paper americana, ephemera, paper toy, menus, travel americana, children's books, valentines, documents, correspondence
Catalog of the George Bellows Memorial Exhibition, held in 1925 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 132 pages. Contains catalogs of oil paintings, drawings and lithographs. All of the paintings, twelve of the drawings, and thirteen of the lithographs, have been reproduced in the catalog, a total of eighty-eight plates.....
Price: $55.00