Love; Friendship
Friendship Album, Make-Do, Women
Alton, Belknap, New Hampshire: 1831-. Eight (8) pages stitched together with string binding; no covers. Includes 11 different entries from friends and family. The first entry from a male friend concludes with "when this you see Remember me". All entries written inverse and with sentiments of friendship and love, including.....
Price: $325.00
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 House in 1981. Contents include:A 12” x 15” scherenschnitte or cut-work paper valentine with elongated floral design and circular decorative elements at border. Center has a hand-penned verse reading “This.....
Price: $1,300.00
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
AIDS, HIV, AIDs epidemic, informational pamphlets, health, social services,
Boston, MA: AIDS Action Committee, [1985]. A pair of pamphlets, entitled "What Do We Know About AIDS?" and "Guidelines for AIDS Risk Reduction - Update", both produced by the AIDS Action Committee, now known as AIDS Action. Original formed by Fenway Community Health as a response to the AIDS epidemic.....
Price: $125.00
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 -- the maid is smitten with the Bobbie and he is smitten with her fare - from mutton to beer. The first, single-fold, with the maid having the upper hand atop.....
Price: $250.00
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 is a small mostly chromolithograph image applied to a card with a penned sentiment verso. Address to individuals with locations as The Nursery, The Enchanted Palace, Villa Maria, The Doll's.....
Price: $550.00
Calligraphy, Autograph Collecting
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin: 1877-1899. Autograph album of Miss Anna Allen, later Mrs. Flint c.1891, including Victorian scrap, calligraphic flourishes, and two rather fine gouaches of wildflowers. Oblong 12mo (4" by 7"), approx. 120 pp., about half-filled with contemporary ink inscriptions ranging in date from 1877 to 1899, in original green.....
Price: $175.00
Autographs, Calligraphic Drawing, Riverhead NY
Riverhead, Long Island: c.1878. The autograph book of Addie [Raynor?], resident in Riverhead, Long Island, New York c.1878. Includes a very fine calligraphic drawing by Usher B. Howell done in ink and gilt; Howell would go on to be President of the Riverhead Bank. Four leaves of loose autograph leaves.....
Price: $275.00
Comic Valentine, Occupations, Love and Friendship
1850s. A single-fold hand colored vinegar valentine or Penny Dreadful. It depicts a women with exaggerated facial features and hair behind a bar pouring a pint. It is captioned: Oh, what a bob! and what a chin! What eyes! and what a nose! What charming smiles! what winning ways! What.....
Price: $50.00
Childhood Ephemera, Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, S & C
Germany: Socolu, (S* C) No. 407, c1930s. An 8 1/2" x 6 1/2" litho on pressed board box titled "Little Friends" with acute accents instead of dots on the "i"s. Cover illustration depicts children at play, with one child particularly protective of her doll as others look on. Includes three.....
Price: $250.00
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
Love ad Friendship, Paper with a Secret
1826. A 3.5" in diameter cobweb or beehive valentine housed in a 5" by 5" by 3" shadowbox. It consists only of the cobweb and is mounted in an open position to expose a pair of lovebirds within. Penned above the cobweb is "Love's Home is in the Heart" C......
Price: $950.00
commonplace book, religion, diary, weather, courtship, daily life
New York: 1868. A wonderful commonplace book of Augusta Maria Ward Bissell, who lived in Warwick, MA. This commonplace book is a small pocket diary for the year 1868. While each entry is short, normally consisting of a few brief sentences, the details Augusta Ward chooses to record about her.....
Price: $325.00
Valentine Writer, Love and Friendship, Courtship, Poetry, Advertising
[1840]. An 8" x 10 3/4" advertisement for "Cupid's Bower". Official title - Cupid' s bower, or The poetical garden of love: a collection of original valentines calculated to convey the sentiments of the heart in language neat, chaste, and expressive. It features a courting couple at center seated on.....
Price: $500.00
Valentine's Day, Love and Friendship, Work's by Children
United States: 1870s-1900s. A gathering of eight (8) handmade Valentines produced between 1870 and the early 1900s. Each unique and colorful example employs cut or folded paper techniques and/or Victorian scraps. Some have short messages inscribed in ink. Together, they form a lovely representation of the practice of hand-making Valentines.....
Price: $175.00
Quarto lace paper valentine, dobbs, kidd, hymens ledger, paper dolls, paper americana, ephemera, paper toy, menus, travel americana, children's books, valentines elaborate lace paper valentine
A 7” x 4 ¾” embossed die-cut valentine with elaborate gilt enhanced lace paper in a mirrored shape hinged to the front. Embellished with feathers and a silk flower. Center exposes image of rose garden beneath. Dresden scrap of a fountain or monument at top. Embossed die-cut oval shaped printed.....
Price: $125.00
Social History, Telegram, Love and Friendship
1950. The brightly colored telegrams are congratulations on the marriages of Jean Pier Stockhelm to Laura Jane Spooner of Memphis and a second wedding, that of Nicole Fraipont to Michael Stockhelm. Also includes wedding pictures, children's pictures from the 1940s and 1950s. Housed in somewhat worn leather album. Measures 10".....
Price: $225.00
Love and Friendship, Georgian era, Printed Silk
1800. A deeply embossed card created in two layers with three different types of material. The top layer is a deeply embossed light olive color. The scene depicts a diety or lovely woman and two cherubs in a garden scene. Entwined vine border decoration with roses cascading above. A center.....
Price: $600.00
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
Love and Friendship, Women's History, Calligraphy
New York: J. C. Riker, [1850]. A blind and gilt stamped album with five (5) hand colored floral plates and title page. There are a total of 29 written sentiments, all signed and mostly dated in 1850. The remainder of the book is blank. Of particular note is the owner.....
Price: $400.00
Love Token, Made by Hand, Hair
A paper pocket with four sides and a back paper closure. Borders edges in light blue watercolor. An watercolor eternal wreath of flowers adorns the cover Miss A. Hils is penned in the cneter. May love & friendship peace unite, and fill our days with sweet delight; And when, O......
Price: $375.00
Menopause, Sexual Health and Education
Princeton, New Jersey: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 1985. An educational booklet for women approaching menopause. Includes a general overview, along with more detailed information about its physical, psychological, and emotional symptoms and effects. It closes with a description of how to manage symptoms medically. Interestingly, the booklet has a section titled.....
Price: $150.00