Popular Culture
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
American Folk Music,American Popular Culture and Identity,Hutchinson Family Singers,Tickets and Programs
New York, New York: Tribune Print, 1843. A concert program and admit one ticket from an 1843 farewell concert given in New York by the famed Hutchinson Family Singers. The event was held on May 25, 1843 at the Society Library Room, 348 Broadway. The group was tremendously popular at.....
Price: $325.00
Mary Pickford,Actresses and Starlets of the Silent Film Era
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Bluebird Theatre, 1916. A scarce bit of advertising ephemera from Mary Pickford's Paramount era, promoting a showing of her 1916 film "Poor Little Peppina" in Philadelphia. Other starlets listed include Hazel Dawn, Blanche Sweet, Mary Boland, and Beverly Bayne. Printed on pink card and measuring approx. 5.5" by.....
Price: $85.00
Music History, Music and Pop Culture, American Music Culture
United States: 1930s. A section removed from a scrap book compiled c.1930s by a banjo player and popular music enthusiast, including three real photo postcards and other photos of himself posing with his banjo, his dog ("Prince and Me-- Both dogs"), and his car. Includes a March 1926 newspaper clipping.....
Price: $225.00
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
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2025,19th Century American Printing and Publishing,Teaching Collection
United States: 1847-1900. A collection of twenty-seven (27) items related to peripheral corners of the American publishing industry, comprised largely of ephemera, giving insight into the business between the years of 1847 and 1900. Includes advertising ephemera such as trade cards, catalogues, and even an ink blotter, as well as.....
Price: $3,000.00
Paper Doll, Social History, Popular Culture, Entertainment, Women's History
Akron, OH: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1943. A 12 1/2" x 10 3/4" uncut paper doll book with two (2) Ann Sothern paper dolls and six (6) pages of costumes. Each costume page has a vignette with an image from a photograph of the actress presumably in character. Pinched waist 1940s.....
Price: $75.00
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo,WWII,Ballet and Dance,Dali
New York, New York: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 1941. Printed souvenir program for the 1941-1942 season of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, charting its tour of the United States after the outbreak of the Second World War. It opened its season at the Metropolitan Opera House on October.....
Price: $85.00
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo,Ballet and Dance
United States: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 1951. Printed souvenir program for the 1951-1952 season of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, offering audiences full-page photo portraits of the dancers, a full repertoire, and candid photos taken during rehearsal. Prominent pieces listed in the repertoire include Coppelia, Giselle, Paquita, the.....
Price: $85.00
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Almanacs,Serials
[New Haven, Connecticut]: [George Beckwith], [July 1867]. A scarce copy of an 1868 almanac published by George Beckwith (Issue No. 21) in New Haven for residents of Connecticut and adjacent states. This copy lacks the original wrappers and at least the first leaf. The almanac features the following content: eclipses.....
Price: $125.00
Dual Language Edition,Biography,History of Little People
Montreal, Canada: c.1929. A promotional booklet for a tourist destination in Montreal called "The New Famous Midgets Palace", which served as a living museum to display to the public the Count and Countess Philippe Nicol. Philippe Nicol (1881-1940) made his name and fortune as a circus performer, and was known.....
Price: $175.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Birds, Music and Nature, Public Concerts
Boston, Massachusetts: 1880. A charming printed concert program illustrated in the chinoiserie style for a "Bird Concert" given in Boston, featuring fourteen different musical pieces with an overarching avian theme, including "Who killed Cock Robin?" and "Ye merry birds", as well as song selections with vocalists imitating bird song. It.....
Price: $125.00
Radio Programs,Westerns and Adventures,Pop Culture,Juvenile Shows and Programs,Code Breaking
Buffalo, New York: Hecker H.O. Company Inc, c.1935. "Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders" was a Western radio program for children that aired between 1932 and 1936, and again between 1949 and 1955. It followed the adventures of a 12-year-old boy who protected his ranch from outlaws. Comic books, a......
Price: $300.00
Beatlemania,Music Heartthrobs of the 1960s,British Invasion Kitsch,Proto Boy Bands,Memorabilia
[United States]: 1960s. An exuberant collection of Beatlemania trading cards from the 1960s, pasted into a book handmade from colored construction paper and staples by who we presume was an enthusiastic young female fan. In total there are 61 cards, including several in color, depicting the boys on tour and.....
Price: $275.00
Arion Vocalists,Theatrical Broadside,Job Printing,History of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts: Arion Vocalists, [1865?]. A printed theatrical broadside promoting an 1860s performance of the Arion Vocalists at the "Unitarian Church" in Boston (perhaps Arlington Street Church). The date and location have been handwritten in pencil. Includes a full listing of the traveling quartette's repertoire for their tour. Includes labels.....
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
Humor, Drinking Songs, WWII
United States: c1945. A 12 pp. stapled booklet (9.75" by 7") of drinking songs popularized by servicemen in WWII, titled "The Charlie Song Book: Primitive Songs for Primitive Men". It is "dedicated to the temporary wives, sweethearts, and loved ones" (front). Includes a wood cut of a soldier drinking and.....
Price: $250.00
paris, humor, the smile,
Paris, France: 1900-1913. A collection of thirty (30) issues of "Le Sourire", a French illustrated humorist serial publication under the direction of Maurice Mery and Alphonse Allais. It was a weekly publication, normally issued on Saturdays. Le Sourire, meaning the Smile, was launched in 1889 and ran continuously till 1939.....
Price: $250.00
Learning Through Play,Ding Dong School
Chicago, Illinois: Barry Products Company, 1953. A pocket guide to pipe cleaner art promoting the beloved children's television program "Ding Song School" with Miss Francis, as well as "Chenille Kraft" brand pipe cleaners. Includes instructions for crafts with diagrams for making cartoons, animals, monograms, holiday decorations, and party favors, as.....
Price: $150.00
Paper Doll Book,Paper Engineering,Moveable Paper Dolls,Ventriloquism
[Racine, Wisconsin]: Whitman Publishing Co., c.1938. A complete, uncut copy of a paper doll book for children of a ventriloquist doll, "Edgar Bergen's Charlie McCarthy". What sets this paper doll book apart is that it has a movable mouth that can be attached to the doll. There is a second.....
Price: $250.00
Adventurer, Naturalist, Filmmaker, Social History, Africa
1930-1939. A collection of 15 various press photos from 1930-1939 from New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco papers. The photos focus primarily on Osa, but include some of the fatal plane crash of Martin. Seven (7) of the photos show Osa on excursions with animals, natives and scenery. All.....
Price: $225.00
Street Literature,Job Printing,James Catnach,Love and Relationships,Breakups
London, England: James Catnach, 1840s? A fun bit of street literature/job printing from James Catnach (1792-1841), a well-known chapbook publisher based in the Seven Dials district. Printed in two columns with two illustrative woodcuts at the top, it tells the story of a young woman Jane and her lover. Jane.....
Price: $175.00
Scandal Sheets and Tabloids,Starlets and Models,Sleazy Journalism,Gossip Pages,Entertainment and Celebrity
Boston, Massachusetts: Mid-Town Journal, 1950-1953. Four (4) issues of the "Mid-Town Journal", a so-called "scandal sheet" offering readers sleazy, sensational gossip stories, with plenty of photos of attractive starlets and models with cheeky captions (e.g. a photo of Ava Gardner with the caption "How Could Frankie Leave Home?" referring to.....
Price: $225.00
Handbills, Drama, Actors, Utah, Benefits
Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Theatre, 1872. Handbill advertising performances for the "Benefit of the Popular Actor, Mr. A. Thorne" at the Salt Lake Theatre. Watts Phillips' play "Maud's Peril" premiered in 1867 to mixed reviews; it is followed here by a performance of the farce "A Capital Match". Both.....
Price: $150.00