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The Story of Crisco, Things to Remember, Hints to Young Cooks, Methods of Cooking, How to Choose Foods, Methods of Cooking, The Art of Carving, Soups, Puddings, Pastries, Cakes, Candies, Calendar of Dinners
Neil, Marion Harris. A "Calendar of Dinners" with 615 Recipes including The Story of Crisco. The Procter & gamble Co. Cincinnati. 1913 Sixteenth Edition. Hard cover. 231pp. Contents include The Story of Crisco, Things to Remember, Hints to Young Cooks, Methods of Cooking, How to Choose Foods, Methods of Cooking.....
Price: $65.00
French Tissue Stereoview, Pretend Play, Children in Adult Situations
Paris: BK, [1860s]. Ten (10) different French tissue stereoviews of obviously posed children in adult situations. Each is numbers and captioned. Part of a larger series. The highest number is 122. Captioned in French including (translated) the hawker an arrest at the cabaret the dance the candlestick the village drum.....
Price: $350.00
Theatrical Broadside,Job Printing,Boston Museum Theater,History of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Museum, 1862. An early 1860s theatrical broadside, printed to promote the August 4th 1862 Monday evening entertainments at the Boston Museum. The theater, which existed between 1841 and 1903, was a popular entertainment venue that also served as a museum and zoo. Headlining this particular evening's entertainments.....
Price: $200.00
1872 Presidential Election,Grant versus Greeley,Political Humor in Advertising,Cigars,Booze
New York, New York: R. Grant, c.1872. A small lithographed leaflet (9" by 5.75") with political cartoon and caption showing the two 1872 Presidential candidates finding common ground in cigars and booze. Distributed as an advertising leaflet by R. George of New York to promote his business selling cigars and.....
Price: $375.00
Patriotic Ephemera,United States Centennial,Ulysses S. Grant,History of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1876 International Exhibition, 1876. Printed program/order of exercises for the 1876 International Exhibition Opening Ceremonies. The event was held in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia on May 10th, 1876 ahead of the nation's highly anticipated centennial. Includes a list of music performed with lyrics, order of procession, and of course.....
Price: $275.00
Minnesota,Lake Redwood,Photo Booklet
Redwood Falls, Minnesota: The Redwood Gazette Print, 1902. A souvenir photo booklet celebrating the natural wonders of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, published by the town's local Gazette. Includes a photo portrait montage of "the committee in charge" (presumably the Gazette's committee?) followed by thirty-one (31) photos of Lake Redwood and its.....
Price: $150.00
Friendship Albums,Original Drawings and Watercolors,Women and Friendship
Norwich, England: Jarrold & Sons, Ltd, 1906. An early 1900s friendship album, kept by "Doris L'Estrange" from England. Approx. one-quarter filled with original drawings, watercolors, signatures of friends and family, and even a couple pages of musical quotes (J.S. Bach and W.A. Mozart). Dates of the entries range from 1906.....
Price: $350.00
Society of the Cincinnati, George Washington, American History, Societies and Clubs, Gastronomy and Fine Dining
Princeton, New Jersey: Bailey Banks & Biddle Co., 1926. A fine photo-illustrated menu produced to commemorate the dinner given at the Princeton Inn for the General Society of the Cincinnati by the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey, in May 1926. Contains the evening's menu, and.....
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
Family Photo Album,Birthdays and Milestones,Mothers and Sons
[Cleveland, Ohio]: 1965. A family photo album created by a mother as a 20th birthday gift for her son, including eleven (11) photos of the young man growing up from infanthood to adulthood. The photos are captioned lovingly by the mother in red ink. Shows what appears to be a......
Price: $275.00
ABAA-RBMS-2024,FBI,Department of Justice,Career Recruitment,Women in the FBI,J. Edgar Hoover
Washington, D.C. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1960s. Two (2) folders of ephemera from the 1960s, published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a part of its recruitment program. Provides fascinating (and often entertaining) insight into how the FBI courted and recruited talented young people between c.1960 and 1969. Includes.....
Price: $850.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Batavia,Civil War,History of New York State
Batavia, New York: 1854-1886. A photo album containing ten (10) original photographs of Batavia, New York, and environs. Captions are dated. Views include: main street (1854); a store decorated in honor of the return of Union soldiers (1865); S. Main Street (1870); a row of shops (n.d.); the "Old Arsenal".....
Price: $275.00
Chelsea Art Festival, New York City, Bessie Boris, Alex Katz, Sergio Gonzalez-Tornero
196,519,661,967. Group of three offset litho prints promoting the Chelsea Art Festival (20th St. New York) for 1965-1967. The second through fifth annual events. The abstract art of Sergio Gonzalez-Tornero, pink-tone palms of Alex Katz and the solitary worrisome young woman of Bessie Boris. Largest measures 22" by 17"...
Price: $850.00
medicine, patent medicine, advertising, illustration art, Leonetto Cappiell
Paris: Le Thermogene, c1900. A collection of three items (in French) advertising 'Le Thermogene' a patent medicine product that was meant to help with a variety of ailments such as coughing, bronchitis, flue, sore throat, colds, joint pains, and rheumatism. The product was a heating pad that was composed of.....
Price: $150.00
Watercolor, Family Life
Three (3) different scenes of family life at home with loving scenes of parents, grandparents and children. Well executed with fine detail Vivid Color.
Price: $700.00
Performed Paper, Made by Hand, Religious Iconography
Punch paper cross, measuring approx. 4". A nice example of a small token made by hand depicting religious iconography.
Price: $75.00
scrap, mechanical valentine, die-cut valentine, victorian valentine
A grouping of seven (7) different embossed die-cut Victorian scraps of woman of refinement. Each measures 3" x 2" and is tastefully attired. Most are looking away. The gilt enhancing highlights hair, jewelry and neckline and provides an additional element of elegance. Condition: excellent.
Price: $60.00
Souvenir Photo Books,Tourism and Travel Ephemera,History of the Photographic Book,Photography for the Masses
New York, New York: Adolph Wittemann, 1880s. A printed price list of souvenir albums for sale, organized into two categories: "Cities", and "Scenery and Resorts". Provides interesting insight into what cities and sites were most sought after by American tourists. The albums, also referred to as "souvenir viewbooks", were published.....
Price: $100.00
ABAA-SPRING-2026,
Cincinnati: Ault & Wiborg Company, 1895. Image of a maiden exemplifying the vibrant inks used by The Ault & Wiborg Company. The queen of hearts arrives - artistic printing. Captioned "Makers of Inks for the Lithographic and Letter Press Trade. Color - brilliant Scarlet Lake 365-01 Image on reverse promotes.....
Price: $250.00
Typography, Broadsides, Land Development
Charleston, South Carolina: Consumers Coal Company, 1890s. Printed broadside advertising large swaths of farm land for sale in South Carolina by Consumers Coal Company, with a quirky typographical inclusion: the word "coal" has been designed out of small coal-like black shapes. Prices for parcels ranged from $2 to $25 per.....
Price: $150.00
Pastoral and Country Themes,Hand-colored
United States: 1850s. A charming 12mo Valentine, with hand-colored wood engraved image of a young shepherd with two lambs and a young girl in a bright red dress. The message reads, "Ah! could you look into my heart, And watch your image there, You'd own the sunny loveliness Affection makes.....
Price: $65.00
Kindergarten Art,Froebel,Paper Cutting
United States: c.1900. A collection of sixty (60) examples of Kindergarten paper cutting art, displayed on forty-two (42) folding panels housed in a cloth-covered album. There are 42 examples made from blue paper, and 18 examples of multicolored paper. Of special note are two of the final examples in the.....
Price: $1,200.00