Made by Hand

The materials in this category are made by hand.
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...
Price: $225.00
Trade Catalogue, Sundries and Notions, General Store, Marketing and Promotion
Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke Co., c1930. 36pp. wraps. A pun by the owner titles the catalog a "dummy" salesman...
Price: $55.00
Scherenschnitte, Paper Cuttings, Hans Christian Andersen, Whimsy
Sandy Hook, CT: Caroline Stokes, [1980]. The whimsy and fantasy found in many of his stories can be seen in...
Price: $425.00
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...
Price: $350.00
Scherenschnitte, Putnam-Houser House
A grouping of materials belonging to John D. Ripley found by a descendant among papers in the of the Putnam-Houser...
Price: $1,300.00
Massachusetts Mutual Calendar, Chromolithograph, Longfellow, Holems, Whittier, eclectibles, paper dolls...
A six (6) page chromolithograph calendar for 1896 for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Springfield Mass. Forbes Litho Mfg. Co...
Price: $250.00
Society of the Cincinnati, George Washington, American History, Societies and...
Princeton, New Jersey: Bailey Banks & Biddle Co., 1926. A fine photo-illustrated menu produced to commemorate the dinner given at...
Price: $250.00
Original Art, Folk Art, Advertising, Ink
c1890. Two different 14 1/4" x 7 1/2" hand drawn and decorated promotional pieces for The "Superior Glossy Inks"...
Price: $225.00
Vinegar Valentine, Penny Dreadful, Comic Valentine, Hand colored
England: Unknown, c1870s. One printed and hand colored and one original art Penny Dreadful valentines with the same theme --...
Price: $250.00
Friendship Album, Made by Hand, Autographs
1878-1880. A 3 1/4" x 2 3/4" handmade autograph album cut in the shape of a boot. Heavy textured paper...
Price: $225.00
Advertising, Asphalt, Columbus Buggy, Corsets, Typewriting
1880s. Four (4) different die-cut advertising pieces; each in the shape of the product it is advertising. They include a....
Price: $250.00
Cutwork Paper, Regency Era, Women's Work
[1815]. Four (4) different examples of intricate cutting done from a single sheet of paper. All oval in shape with...
Price: $900.00
Miniature Letters, Manuscript, Sentiment and Friendship
UK: [1918]. Nine (9) miniature handmade envelopes each personally addressed with pen and ink or watercolor stamps/post marks. With in...
Price: $550.00
printer, printing, printer samples. dairy, advertising, advertisement
New York: McTee & Co Inc, 1929. The Advertising Campaign Portfolio was produced by McTee & Company Inc for Glendale...
Price: $225.00
Advertising, Paper Fan, Restaurants
Twelve wooden blade paper hand fan depicting a c1920s French woman holding a parasol and stopping to smell the roses...
Price: $150.00
Advertising and Promotion, Novelty, Design
New York: Siegel Cooper Co., [1896]. Ice Air & Electricity A bamboo hand fan with applied paper litho both sides...
Price: $250.00
eggs, kitchen appliances, business, circular, advertisement, testimonial, correspondence, mailing list
Newburyport, MA: Hale & Company, 1866. A circular filled with testimonials for the Aerifying Egg Beater patented in 1866 and...
Price: $175.00
Kindergarten Art, Froebel, Folded Paper
A rather stunning album of origami made by one individual out of blue, light blue, white, and red paper squares...
Price: $1,100.00
friendship album, lithography, hand colored lithography, art, watercolor, pencil, ink...
England: c 1830-1850s. An artist's scrap book filled with over fifty (50) pieces of original art work and hand colored...
Price: $675.00
collections & archives, food & wine, recipes, women's work, advertising
United States: Various, 1919-1949. A seven (7) piece collection of recipe books relating to weird and unusual food. This strangeness...
Price: $300.00
ABCs, embrodiery pattern, cross-stitch pattern
France: Dollfus-Mieg & Cie. Unpaginated hard cover with 91 alphabet and other decorative pattern plates, over eight in three color...
Price: $50.00