Animals
lion, embossed Victorian die-cut scrap
A 10" x 4 3/4" embossed, die-cut Victorian scrap depicting a lion poised with a mean expression on his face. His right paw is in the water. The background has rocks, trees and vegetation. The condition is good. Reverse has scrapbook residue.
Price: $26.00
Holiday Card,Red-Breasted Robin,Pastoral,Lace Paper
England: 1870s. A charming 16mo holiday card made from fine lace paper with gold, and a large embossed Victorian scrap. The scrap depicts a pastoral winter scene with snow and holly. Two robins frolic around an icy branch that reads, "Compliments of the Season to all". Measures approx. 4" by.....
Price: $85.00
Pastoral,Embossed Chromolithographed Scrap
England: 1860s. A charming 16mo valentine made from embossed and die-cut paper heightened with silver, and an embossed chromolithographed scrap depicting a little girl and a lamb surrounded by wildflowers. A small hand-cut printed scrap at the foot reads, "Wanted a Sweetheart". Measures approx. 3.5" by 2.25").
Price: $40.00
Book of Promissory Notes,Kangaroo
[Plymouth, Massachusetts?]: 1881. A pocket-sized book of lithographed promissory notes from the early 1880s, including two that have been finished in pencil or ink and not excised. Each leaf has a small section to the left with blank spaces for the user to record the following information: amount of money.....
Price: $175.00
Women in Agriculture,Chickens and Fowl
Decatur, Illinois: Bartholomew & Judy, 1892. An early 1890s circular and price list for "Felch Pedigreed Light Brahmas", a type of fowl, sold by H.W. Bartholomew and Mrs. R.A. Judy of Decatur, Illinois. Includes a large illustration of one of their prize-winning cocks on the front, and glowing recommendations inside.....
Price: $150.00
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
Volvelle, Wheel, Early Learning
Baltimore MD: Dvorine, Israel, [1928]. Three (3) different 3 1/2" x 7" early learning educational volvelles with mirror images both sides. They include a circus that various animals occupy, a magician's box with different objects appearing and disappearing and a fish tank with various tropical fish. Marked B14, B24 and.....
Price: $150.00
Animals in Marketing, Patent Medicine, Guaranteed Cures and Panaceas
Springfield, Missouri: [Frank W. Diemer, M.D], 1880s? Illustrated advertising card for "Dr. Diemer's Prescription for the Cure of Men and Women", with a cockfighting motif on the front. Pricing on verso along with claims of the product being a "guaranteed cure" for all diseases. Chromolithographed card measures 2.5" by 3.75".....
Price: $150.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Trade Cards,Dairy Farming
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1890s. Illustrated trade card for Anti-Rancidine, a product for dairy farmers that claims to be a "powerful neutralizer of all rancid or rank musty and sour taste and smell in Milk, Cream, and Butter". Includes an illustration of a cow named "Mary Anne" who apparently produces "36 lbs.....
Price: $225.00
Punch out, farm life, animals
New York: Merril Publishing Company, 1930. Chicago: Merril Publishing Company, 1930. Very Good. 6 color punch out heavy card stock pages (including covers)nis captioned below explaining the punch-out. Each punch out The top right 1/4" missing surface litho. 15" x 10 1/2". Fine imagery...
Price: $60.00
Black Beauty,Humane Education,Animal Welfare,Equestrian,Horse Welfare
Providence, Rhode Island: Humane Education Committee, Late 19th-century. A printed circular published around the same time of the publication of Black Beauty, which triggered an animal welfare and humane education movement in the United States and Great Britain. This circular, published by a humane education committee in Providence, aims to.....
Price: $275.00
Louis Pasteur,Vaccinations,Germ Theory
United States: Pasteur Vaccine Company, Ltd., c.1903. Advertising leaflet for a novel product for delivering vaccines without requiring expensive syringes or injectors, pioneered by the Pasteur Vaccine Company, Ltd., manufacturing chemists affiliated with Pasteur Laboratories in France (and by extension, Louis Pasteur). Note that the product is marketed to both.....
Price: $125.00
song sheet
England: A.T. Stevens. Westminster for Flying Fame, London. Broadside measures 11 1/2" x 6" and features the image of a dog at the top and man at the bottom. A story of the Fiddler from the viewpoint of his dog. Top of page states "Price-Twopence, plain. Fourpence, coloured." no date.....
Price: $35.00
Pop-Up Books, Koalas
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1935. First edition of an adorable children's book starring a mischievous koala named Blinky Bill, with three two-page spread pop-ups: one in the middle, and one on each paste down opening. The final pop-up shows a shopkeeper catching Blinky Bill sitting in a large jar.....
Price: $125.00
Fur and Trapping,Fur Trade,History of Animal Cruelty,History of Casual Gun Use in America
St. Louis, Missouri: F.C. Taylor Fur Co., 1931. The 1931-1932 edition of the "Book of Traps, Guns and Trappers' Supplies", a trade catalogue advertising products sold to fur trappers. Front cover shows a smiling trapper handing over a bundle of furs to the mailman in exchange for more traps. The.....
Price: $100.00
Work Horses, Humane Treatment
1911. 8 pp booklet. Revised and re-issued, August 1911. Content includes information on Watering and Bedding and Bedding and Rest for parade horses. Primarily discusses need for bedding in stables and watering both day and night. The inside cover has a postscript with testimonials from stable owners. Measures 7 1/2".....
Price: $65.00
Pig Farming,History of Agriculture in Pennsylvania
Cochranville, Pennsylvania: Hamilton & Co, c.1900. Printed flyer advertising Hamilton & Co., breeders of "Thoroughbred Swine -- Poland Chinas, Berkshires and Chester Whites" to a high standard, offering only hogs "of symmetry, pleasing to the eye and a source of rich profit to the owner". Includes prices sometime corrected in.....
Price: $200.00
printing, poultry, live stock, farming, farmers, advertising, billhead, stationary
New York: Riverside Press. A catalogue that list and provides examples of illustrations that Poultry and Live Stock Breeders can use while advertising their products. At the beginning there is a price list for different sizes of envelopes, note head, memo head, letter heads, statements, shipping tags, post cards, circulars.....
Price: $100.00
Children's Serials
Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Publishing Co., 1893. Vol. 16, Nos. 26, 35, 38, and 40 of "Dew Drops", a charming illustrated children's newspaper issued weekly in the late 19th century and well into the early 20th century. These issues were published in June 1893, and each start with a......
Price: $225.00
Coronado Island, Sea Hunt, Photography, Birds
[1915]. A series of 37 photographs, hand numbered on the reverse, chronicling a visit to Coronado Island off San Diego. The first image is approaching the uninhabited island followed by an image of their boat and then two young men approaching the rocks with a row boat and portaging the.....
Price: $450.00
Advertising History,Butterflies,Moths,Tobacco Silks,Cigarette Advertising,Entomology,Lepidopterology
United States: Tokio Cigarettes, 1910s. A collection of seventy (70) butterfly and moth tobacco silks, each originally sold with a cigarette carton as part of an advertising campaign for Tokio brand cigarettes. Alone, they are fine pieces of material history, but together, they become a vibrant and colorful flight of.....
Price: $1,000.00
Air Conditioning and Cooling
Salina, Kansas: The Consolidated Printing & Stationery Company, c.1932. "A Cool Office Reduces Errors": illustrated trade catalogue for ice coolers and air conditioning systems "for Office, Store, Shop, Home, Theatre, Church or Any Other Enclosed Space". Includes photos of businesses using the products. Targeting sale agents of office supplies and.....
Price: $200.00
Animal Welfare and Rights, Humane Societies, Prevention of Cruelty, Child Protection
Hartford, Connecticut: 1920. An early photographically illustrated leaflet for the Connecticut Humane Society, incorporated in 1881 "To Promote Humanity and Kindness" (first leaf recto). Includes a heart-wrenching story about a neglected horse, as well as a heart-warming story about a pony who found a forever family. Contrary to the Society's.....
Price: $175.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Cut Paper Silhouettes,Cutwork,Pastoral and Bucolic Scenes
England: c.1856. A remarkable collection of small cut paper silhouettes made by a single (most likely female) creator around 1856. In total there are approx. thirty-nine (39) cut paper silhouettes, interleaved with approx. 3-4 examples of pressed flowers and moss specimens labeled in pencil (including one labeled "from the Crimea").....
Price: $3,200.00