Design
Hotels, Travel and Tourism, Advertising and Promotion,
Bay City, MI: The Gregory Press. Embossed illustrated wraps. 16 pp. In-text, full page and centerfold illustrations. Tasteful geometric boarder decoration. The text describes and promotes the hotel utilizing relevant interior images. The centerfold shows the lobby. Boasts being one of the finest hotels. Measures 7.5" by 5" The hotel's.....
Price: $225.00
Graphic Design, Medication, Social and Cultural History
Japan: 1920s-1930s. This group of 14 vividly illustrated medicine packets designed for the Japanese market. Besides the printed product information,the imagery is often relevant to the ailment depicting coughing, holding an aching head or tooth or a demon taking hold of or seizing the body. The little packet with a......
Price: $350.00
Silversmiths,Silver Spoons,Shakespeare Memorabilia,Midsummer Night's Dream
Chicago, Illinois: Wendell and Company, c.1891. A handsome trade catalogue advertising collectible silver spoons manufactured by a Chicago silversmith. Features a highly stylized cover showing their "Puck Spoon", which references a line in Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" when Puck boasts he can "put a girdle round about the earth in.....
Price: $150.00
Massachusetts Mutual Calendar, Chromolithograph, Longfellow, Holmes, Whittier
A six (6) page chromolithograph calendar for 1896 for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Springfield Mass. Forbes Litho Mfg. Co. Boston. Each of the 9" x 11" heavy card stock pages has a poet as a theme with a center illustration reflecting a major work. The first page is Longfellow.....
Price: $250.00
Luxury Retailers,East Meets West,Harvey Nichols,History of Department Stores
London, England: Harvey Nichols & Co. Ltd., 1920s. A 1920s catalogue of lampshades and cushions sold by the luxury retailer Harvey Nichols & Co. Ltd., offering a dizzying array of color and flair to add to any boudoir or ballroom. Includes Moroccan and East Asian influence, showing the British public's.....
Price: $175.00
Sandpaper,Salesman's Dummies and Sample Books
Troy, New York: Behr-Manning, c.1935. A sandpaper sample book produced by the Behr-Manning company, makers of "quality abrasives" and sharpening stones. This sample book contains approx. eighteen (18) sandpapers organized by grit, ranging from extremely fine coarse for use in a variety of projects. This set ranges from to 80.....
Price: $250.00
Match Box Labels,Indian Graphic Design
India: 1940s. A colorful collection of just over one hundred (100) 1940s Indian match box labels full of graphic interest, with lettering in English and Sanskrit. Common motifs in the collection include: animals (tiger, horse, elephant, peacock, cat, butterfly); flowers (rose, lotus); card games and gambling; and nature. Also includes.....
Price: $450.00
Valentine,Lace Paper,Think of Me,Original Envelope,Love and Friendship,Sisterhood
England: 1850s. A handsome and very petite 32mo valentine constructed from pictorial lace paper with decorated paper peeking through and a small book-shaped applique that reads "Think of me still". Housed in the original blank envelope addressed in contemporary ink to "Deborah Ode and Eleanor Ode". The pictorial lace paper.....
Price: $125.00
Advertising and Promotion, Novelty, Design
New York: Siegel Cooper Co., [1896]. Ice Air & Electricity A bamboo hand fan with applied paper litho both sides. The front depicts an ice queen holding ice sculptures in a serene forest. it is captioned "The Coolest and Most Attractive Store in the World" The reverse depicts the grand.....
Price: $250.00
Greeting Cards,Ancient Egypt,Aesthetic Movement
Boston, Massachusetts: Bufford, 1879. An attractive holiday greeting card with depictions of the Great Sphinx of Giza and a drawing of an ancient Egyptian profile, with decorative elements from the aesthetic movement. The message reads "Wishing You A Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year". On the verso is a......
Price: $150.00
Cross-stitch and Embroidery, D.M.C., ABC, Gender Roles
Munich, Germany: Bibliothek D.M.C., Verlag von Th. de Dillmont, Dornach, c.1905. An alphabet book for embroiderers, including patterns for shaping letters, monograms, numerals and ornaments. Published by Bibliothek D.M.C., which remains today a major producer of embroidery thread, the book includes over ninety printed patterns plus several leaves of transfer.....
Price: $175.00
American Iconography,Stars and Stripes,National and Personal Identity,Culture and Country,Gender and Patriotism
United States: 1858-1940s. A collection of one hundred seven (107) items exploring the relationship between American flag iconography and the late 19th and early 20th century popular music. The items, which are comprised mainly of sheet music and lyric booklets, range in date from 1858 to the 1940s, and spanning.....
Price: $7,500.00
Andirons, furnisher, fireback, fire tools
Manufacturer: Todhunter Location: New York Date: c1920s Pages: A single 4-fold brochure Subject Matter: Brief descriptions for andrions, fireback and fire tools with an enclosed price list. There are 10 B&W photographs of the items being sold. The descriptions include what they are made from, if they are reproductions, and.....
Price: $65.00
Metallurgy, Decorative Wire Work
[Boston, Massachusetts]: Oliver Whyte & Co., c.1890. Handbill advertising decorative wire window guards for "stores, dwellings, school-houses, &c." as well as "ornamental patterns for Bank and Office railings", wire netting and cloths. Two illustrated examples of the products on offer are featured towards the head of the handbill. Measures 8.5".....
Price: $150.00
Decoration, wrapping, parade
Manufacturer: Dennison Manufacturing Location: Boston Date: 1914 Pages: 96 Subject Matter: Decorations made from Paper Comprehensive descriptions and pricing. Samples of crepe and tissue paper are included. Images from B&W photos of the products and uses, as well as both B&W and color illustrations for possible design ideas and uses.....
Price: $75.00
Clever Design,Marketing Medicine
Paris, France: Laboratories A. Bailly, c.1952. French advertising circular for "Arthrex Bailly" brand medication, featuring a cleverly designed illustration of an ill man in a leg cast, in the style of a neon sign. Claims to treat or cure gout, lumbago, sciatica, neuralgia, and rheumatism. Illustrated card (6" by 4.5").....
Price: $150.00
Watercolors,Medievalism,Decorated Initials,Medieval Letter Forms,Coats of Arms,Medieval Manuscripts
United States: c.1928. The sketchbook of an unnamed American artist and presumed bibliophile, with dozens of original watercolors, drawings, and sketches copied from or inspired by medieval manuscripts and im250agery. The individual replicated medieval letter forms and decorated initials with accuracy, bright color and gold paint to mimic gilding; some.....
Price: $250.00
Rose Geraniums,Advertising Cards,Grocers,Perfumers
Boston, Massachusetts: Maxwell & Covell, grocers, 1880s. Charming advertising card for Maxwell & Covell, grocers based on Pleasant Street in Boston, with an attractive chromolithographed applique on the reverse side with image of rose geraniums. Advertises a product presumably sold by the grocer, "Huyck Bros. Perfumers, Chicago". Edged in gold.....
Price: $85.00
Lighting, antique, trade catalog
Boston & New York: I. Sack Cabinet Hardware Co., c1920. A promotional folder assembled for a customer with the first section of 22 pages of illustrations and brief descriptions of the items (three to nine illustrations per page. The second section has 22 pages of corresponding price list with instructions.....
Price: $175.00
Salesman's Sample Books and Dummies,Printing Ink,Printing Arts,Glassine
Boston, Massachusetts: Barta-Griffin Company, c.1950. A book of dozens of printing ink samples by the Barta-Griffin Company, including: standard colors; label colors overprinted with varnish; standard process colors; halftone inks; dull finish halftone colors; magazine black; and standard bond colors. There are also fifteen (15) samples of printing inks on.....
Price: $350.00
19th Century Industry
Flemington, New Jersey: N.p, c.1880. A simple yet attractive and effective advertising card for a basket factory in Flemington, New Jersey. Includes a lithographed image of the factory in motion, with smoke billowing from the stack and a train rolling by on a track, emphasizing the efficient and modern character.....
Price: $150.00
Humor,Paper with a Secret
France: Early 19th cent. A clever greeting card with hidden mechanism on the verso. The front reads, "Bonheur et Prosperité" ("Happiness and Prosperity"). When a small tab is pushed on the verso, the gentleman holding a large bouquet of flowers on the front bows, revealing a horrified and caricatured woman.....
Price: $300.00
"Blooks" and Book-Shaped Objects
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Garrigues Bros. 1880s. A price list of "The Bible for Bible Teachers" published by Eyre & Spottiswoode of London and sold to American customers by Garrigues Bros. of Philadelphia. Printed and die-cut to resemble the shape of a book. Offers prices for the different bibles offered, along with.....
Price: $150.00
Interior and Exterior Decor,Wall Paint and Coverings,Promotional Materials,Faux Periodicals
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Alabastine Co, 1922. The May-June issue of "Brush & Pail", a periodical promoting paint products sold by the Alabastine Company. Founded in 1879, the company manufactured and distributed paint derived from gypsum, and marketed it as a safer alternative to contemporary wall coverings. The content is largely.....
Price: $200.00