Cultural Heritage
Satan, Devil Iconography, Thermos
Norwich, Connecticut: American Thermos Company, 1915. Illustrated letterhead for the American Thermos Company, featuring a rather fabulous 1908 illustration of...
Price: $200.00
Stereotypes, Racism, Performances, Side Shows
New York, New York: J.M. Elliott, c1839. A fascinating printed poster documenting the touring show of the "original" Siamese Twins...
Price: $1,250.00
Humor, American Southwest
United States: H.H. Tammen, 1903. "Burros" is an endlessly charming book of "sixty-four cute, curious and interesting burro pictures", die-cut...
Price: $55.00
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...
Price: $250.00
Americana, Columbian Exposition, World's Fair, Midway Attractions, People of the...
Chicago: The American Engraving Co., 1893. Ten (10) of 12 vol. 20 pp viewbook; halftone images with descriptive letterpress. Attractive...
Price: $775.00
kitchen god, china, chinese, chinese mythology, zao jun, zao shen...
c1920. This item is the paper effigy of the Chinese Kitchen God, that is placed above the fireplace at the...
Price: $85.00
cutwork paper, scherenschnitte, canivet, made by hand, folk art
A 7 1/4" cut paper parrot mounted on a 10" x 8 1/4" backing sheet. The body is constructed of...
Price: $950.00
Childhood Ephemera, Love & Friendship, Kid Gloves
New Jersey: 1894. A pair of 6" what appear to be kid skin gloves send to little Louise Wood from...
Price: $400.00
Photography, Barn Raising, Communities, Masculine Bonds
United States: 1880s. Original photograph of two dozen or so men in rural America participating in a barn raising in...
Price: $100.00
Promise Box, Inspiration, Bible Proverbs
Philadelphia, PA: Hebron Tract Society, [1916]. A 4" x 5" x 1 1/8" lidded paper covered box with printed label...
Price: $225.00
Etiquette, Culture and Grace, How to Behave
New York: Social Mentor Publications, 1920s. A 16 pp. promotional booklet title Who are the Cultured? It identifies Five Distinct...
Price: $150.00
Souvenirs, Charles Kean, Shakespeare, Performing Arts
London, England: Joseph, Myers & Co., [1857]. A remarkable survival: one of the souvenir roses, in original illustrated envelope, from...
Price: $725.00
Advertising and Promotion, China, Cigarettes, Duke
[1910]. A grouping of seven (7) different color illustrations of traditional Chinese folklore or children at play, each with vignettes...
Price: $725.00
Cookbooks and recipes, Children, World, Foods of the World, Regional...
United States: Phillips Publishers, Inc., 1951. A most charming cookbook of recipes from around the world, beautifully illustrated by Ellen...
Price: $225.00
Musicology, Japanese Culture, Art and Design, Cultural Appropriation, Exoticism
1913. Illustrated bifolium program (11" by 8") for a performance given by Albert Gale and his wife Martha Brockway Gale...
Price: $150.00
Glamour, Charm Gender Roles, Women's History
New York, NY: Personal , Bryant Press, Inc. Improvement Guild, 1939, 1946. A boxed set of 10 booklets. Includes 40...
Price: $225.00
World Friendship, World Tolerance, Early Learning
East Northfield, MA: Lucy W. Titcomb, 1937. 38pp. Illustrated wraps. An image from a photograph of the young authoress holding...
Price: $200.00
Travel, California, Frontier
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1876. 255 pp. Gilt stamped cloth. An 19th century travel guide, both for travelers...
Price: $125.00
legal, correspondence, Lincoln country, government
Lincoln County, ME: Lincoln County Court of Maine, 1828-1853. A collection of seventeen (17) legal summons to the Constables of...
Price: $350.00
social & cultural, religion, missionary work, charity, China, military history...
New York, NY: The Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, 1940. The...
Price: $150.00
Communism, Anti-communism, politics, international relations, China, Red Scare
San Francisco, California: David Warren Ryder, 1938-1939. The August 1938 (Vol. I, No. 6) and January 1939 (Vol. I, No...
Price: $100.00
USA: 1951. Spiral bound litho on heavy paper covers. The book begins with six children from different lands boarding the...
Price: $95.00
animals in art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York: The Viking Press, 1936. 28 unnumbered pages. Yellow applied printed cover with matching dust jacket, black and white...
Price: $20.00
Etymology, language charts, German, Maps
Jasper, IN: 1915-1920. A three volume set that explores in depth the etymology of the English Language, in particular the...
Price: $925.00