Poetry & Verse
friendship album, autograph album, quote, quotes, poetry, poems, verse, acrostic poem, drawing, illustration, ink
1880-1898. An autograph album from the later 19th century with a beautiful and unique cover. On cloth boards, the front and back strip is embossed with scrolls and floral designs. It is silver stamped with accents of red and black. The pages are gilded edged and the title page of.....
Price: $40.00
Manuscript], Odes & Sonnets
A series of correspondence from Samuel R. Wiley, San Francisco, CA to Silas Leach, Wilkes Barre, PA. Each of the Odes and the Sonnet are penned in a lovely hand with calligraphy embellishments at the top. Some with red and black borders. Philosophical and thought provoking works by an octogenarian.....
Price: $550.00
Artistic Penmanship, Works by Children
Northampton, MA: 1865. 4 leaves. Elaborately decorated cover with gilt enhanced illustrated of boy conquering a mountain. He carries a flag reading "Excelsior". He has penned "Mastr Richard Clarke Burnham School. June 1845" in the cartouche. A large format album with decorative border designs printed in different colors with different.....
Price: $700.00
Die-cut, Children, Raphael Tuck, Chromolithography, Illustrated
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, [1890s?]. A delightful die-cut illustrated children's book, chromolithographed with designs by E.A.C. and published by Raphael Tuck. Includes six unattributed poems including: "A Christmas Hamper"; "Sunday Scholars"; "The Windy Day"; "Songs"; "Don't Be Afraid"; and "Night and Morning". Includes six (6) full page illustrations including.....
Price: $200.00
slavery, abolitionist, antislavery, Jonathan Walker, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, poem, Centennial Exposition
Philadelphia, PA: [1876]. An antislavery circular in two parts. The first is advertising the story of Captain Jonathan Walker (1799-1878), an abolitionist who was branded with "S.S." as part of his punishment for attempting to help several slaves escape to the West Indies. The brand was supposed to mean "Slave.....
Price: $225.00
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
Love and Friendship, Poetry
American. 1860-1870. A single-fold 7 3/4" x 4 7/8" lithograph valentine printed on plain paper. Image depicts a strolling somewhat sorrowful appearing couple. Decorative floral and filigree border. The verse below reads: That arching brow and clustering hair-- That face all void of art-- The speaking glance, and modest air.....
Price: $100.00
Romanticism, Original Verse, Arctic Exploration, Abbeys
England: 1817-1841. "And here's a Wilderness ---- of strange But gay Confusion-----"inscibed on applied card with deeply embossed border decoration applied on marbled front endpaper An exceptional commonplace book belonging to a gentleman between 1817 and 1841, containing what appears to be largely original verse, pencil and ink drawings, and.....
Price: $1,700.00
Children's Illustrations, Perrault, Adaptations, Morals and Cautionary Tales
London, England: Darton and Co., 1840s. A scarce edition of fairy tales in verse for children with hand-stenciled illustrations, published by Darton and Co. It features adaptations of the following tales: Little Red Riding Hood; Blue Beard; Cinderella; Little Thumb and the Ogre; Puss in Boots; Whittington and His Cat;.....
Price: $100.00
Love and Friendship, New England, Quotes and Excerpts
New York, New York: J.C. Riker, 1841. The friendship album of Jane Maria Storry, with manuscript verse and remembrances from friends inscribed in approx. one half of the album. Entries range from the 1840s until the 1860s, and most are signed by friends in Kingston (though Rochester and New Salem.....
Price: $725.00
friendship album, quote, quotes, poetry, poems, verse, drawing, sketches, pencil, ink, code,
1907-1912. A friendship album of Marie Campbell consisting of mostly originally poems, a few illustrations, and coded phrases, the majority of which are signed and dated. The album starts in 1907 when Marie departed St. Francis Xavier School and the first half of the album are full of notes from.....
Price: $110.00
Friendship Token, Woven Hair, Woven Hearts, Made by Hand
A 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" scrap of paper with a pair of woven paper hearts with a plaited hair adornment are found at the top and bottom of the page. Above the top ornament is penned Hannah P. Roberts and B. Wheaton in the loop of hair at base.....
Price: $225.00
friendship album, poetry, Foreign Language, German
Philadelphia, PA: Moss & Brother, [1850]. A friendship album belonging to Hattie, whose entries date between 1853-1855. Unfortunately, little is known about the owner of the album beyond her first name, though it is probable she was from New York, as several of the authors of the entries are from.....
Price: $275.00
nursery rhymes, grandmother goose series, poetry, children's poetry, verse, poem
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1882. 16 pp (including covers) The book contains several nursery rhymes as well as corresponding imagery. Some of the rhymes included are Little Tom Tucker, Hot Cross Buns, and Peter White. Six full-page and one double color illustrations. Many of the illustrations are novelties (having several.....
Price: $45.00
Made by Hand, Manuscript, Inspirational Book, Poetry
Massachusetts: c1906. Watercolor heavy card covers with polka-dot silk ribbon binding. An endearing and thoughtful hand penned daily inspirational book. Each page represents a day of the year with a daily inspirational passage from poets, notables such as Florence Nightingale, Beecher the social reformer and abolitionist, philosopher, Bible passages and.....
Price: $250.00
Children's Poetry, Morality, Kindness
New York: McLoughlin Bros. c1870. Unpaginated. Illustrated Wrap. 6 full page lithograph illustrations. Verses include Unwilling Pussy, Lucy and Dash, Be Kind to They Father, Be Kind to Thy Mother, Be Kind to Thy Sister and finally Be Kind to Thy Brother. McLoughlin advertising back cover. Measures 9 1/2" x......
Price: $85.00
poem, original poetry, verse
[1840]. An original poem by an unknown female poet entitled, "I Never Dance". The poem is about a spirit seen at night. This poem has a chorus which repeats after every new stanza, but only on the first page of the poem. On the second page, the chorus is not.....
Price: $75.00
poem, short story, childhood, behavior
New York, NY: Mahlon Day & Co., 1844. The chap book tells the short story of the sisters Mary and Ellen, the later of which is an ill-natured girl. When their mother brings home presents to the sisters as rewards for their good behavior, Ellen feels so guilty she eventually.....
Price: $85.00
drawings, watercolor, poetry, poem, flower, plants, fairy tales, retellings
c1880. 68 pg journal filled with poetry and watercolors of flora. There are a total of 25 poems in the journal, as some cover multiple pages, however this is a watercolor piece on every page depicting various flowers. At times one can see the pencil the artist used to sketch.....
Price: $525.00
Children's Serials, Morality, Early Learning
Boston, Massachusetts: Benjamin H. Greene and L.C. Bowles, 1833. A lovely, well-preserved copy of Juvenile Repository, a serial publication for children published in 1833. Includes sections teaching children how cotton and silk are produced and "How Flies Crawl with their Feet Over Their Heads". Also includes a story titled "The.....
Price: $85.00
Fay and Cox engravers, nursery rhymes, Hoppin
New York: Hurd and Houghton. 21 unnumbered pages. Yellow pictorial cover, illustrated by Hoppin, engraved by Fay and Cox. The nursery rhyme "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" arranged with black and white engraved illustrations. 8" x 6 1/2" text block detached from cover, some staining and wear.
Price: $55.00
Gilt cover picture books, picture book, Juvenile literature
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, c1890. This book includes four poems and their corresponding full=page, color chromolithographs. The poems are: Sister Nell, Dollie, Golden Hair, and Dog Shaggie. The images themselves are richly colored. The front cover is green with gilded accents. The main images is of a trellis with climbing.....
Price: $90.00
Hand-colored Valentine, Love and Friendship
[United Kingdom]: 1840s. Lithographed Valentine with hand coloring, depicting a handsome couple against a rural countryside town backdrop, and with verse below: "Licensed by Valentines Saint, / Our sex on this day may reveal / The hopes, and the fears, and the plaints, / That on others they're forced to.....
Price: $275.00
fairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books, Juvenile,
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, c1870. 14 pp (including wrappers), yellow covers with printed litho illustrations. The design on the cover only uses two colors, red and green, while the interior pages' illustrations are in full color. The book tells an elaboration of the classic nursery rhyme "Little BoPeep". There is.....
Price: $125.00