Philadelphia, Pa. Lyric Theatre, 1920. 24 p.: illustrated advertisements; 20 cm. Stapled program printed in grey and red with "Lyric & Adelphi Theatres" on front cover. The program for "The Guest of Honor" starring William Hodge at the Lyric Theatre beginning Mon., March 1, 1920. The cast included Jennie Lamont... More
Chicago: Hamlin's Wizard Oil, 1902. Paperback. [32] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Pink wrappers with front wrapper illustration; stapled. No date of publication; includes testimonials dated 1902. "For sale by L. L. Staehle, Druggist, 169 South Orange Avenue, Newark, N.J." -- stamped on back wrapper. Louis L. Staehle (d. 1923) graduated... More
Philadelphia: Cutter Electrical & Mfg. Co., 1919. Hardcover. 263, [1] p.: illustrations, diagrams, tables; 24 cm. Blue cloth with white spine and cover titles. Spine title: Circuit (I-T-E) Breakers. No date of publication; 1919 is the year assigned in WordCat records. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: Cornelius C.... More
London: 1771. Handwritten letter, dated Jan. 1, 1771, to John Thurman, Jr., from Richard Clay, Paul Agutter, William Harper & Nevil Noble, merchants in London. John Thurman, Jr. (1730-1809) opened a dry good store in New York City in 1765 and went on to become a very successful merchant. The... More
1708. One handwritten deed in beautiful calligraphy, dated 17 March 1708. 38 x 31 cm., folded. John Bydes the Elder of Little Munden, Hertford Co., yeoman, and his son John Bydes the Younger of Elsworth, Huntington Co., polterer, mortgage to Robert Hadsley of Great Munden, Hertford Co., a property known... More
1895. 1 photograph 16 x 11 cm., mounted. Approx. 1895. Shows part of a parade of horse-drawn vehicles. Banner on center vehicle reads "Hardly Able Hook & Ladder We Save the Cellar"; the last word or words are blocked from sight. A comic float; the people on the vehicle are... More
Hatboro, Pa. Hatboro High School, 1933. Paperback. 2 leaves; 14 cm. White card covers tied with a dark blue leather strip. Front cover embossed with leaf and vine decoration; printed in black "Hatboro High School" and a calendar for June 1933 with the 22nd, the date of graduation, printed in... More
New York: Hearn, 1927. Paperback. [20] p.: illustrations; 10 cm. Stapled; card cover printed with continuous color illustration. No date of publication, but it states that it was the 100th anniversary of its founding. George A. Hearn established his store in 1827; it moved to 14th St. in 1879. This... More
Lowell, Mass. C. I. Hood & Co., 1890. Paperback. [16] p.: illustrations; 11 cm. Card cover die-cut in the shape of a pansy. Gilt-stamped cover title over chromolithographed pansy in purple and orange, with small illustration of a river in the center. Back cover is a chromolithographed pansy in white... More
Lowell, Mass. C. I. Hood & Co., 1899. 1 die-cut card with a chromolithographed illustration of two little girls on the front, with "Hood's Sarsaparilla Calendar" and "1900" on their night caps. Stapled to their dresses is the calendar for 1900, which includes proverbs and advertisements for Hood's Sarsaparilla. The... More
1927. 1 sheet 27 x 13 cm. Printed on one side. Playbill for a production of An American Tragedy, a play by Patrick Kearney from the novel by Theodore Dreiser; staged by Edward Goodman; settings by Carolyn Hancock. Starring Morgan Farley, Janet McLeay, and Katherine Wilson. Horace Liveright (1883-1933) was... More
New York: Howe National Bakery, 1879. 1 trade card 7 x 12.5 cm. with chromolithographed illustration on one side of 3 ducklings and flowers, for the Howe National Bakery, 745 Third Ave., P.E. Henderson, proprietor. The illustration is marked: "Copyrighted 1879 by Bufford, Boston." The other side advertises the bakery's... More
New York: Sammis & Latham, 1882. Cards. 5 cards 11 x 7 cm. printed in black on a gilt background. The cards present a father as he learns his wife has given birth to not one, not two, not three, not four, but five babies. Sammis & Latham published a.... More
New York: Ice Capades, 1949. Paperback. [16] p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Stapled illustrated wrapper. The highlight of the program was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs featuring Donna Atwood and Bobby Specht. This was the first year that the Ice Capades had featured Disney characters. Includes 2 pages of illustrations... More
New York: Ice Capades, 1952. Paperback. [16] p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Stapled illustrated wrapper. The highlight of the program was Cinderella featuring Donna Atwood and Bobby Specht. In Very Good- Condition: wrapper is creased; one light vertical creased throughout; small piece lacking from wrapper at lower staple; clean and tight. More
Scranton, Pa. Correspondence Institute of America, 1903. Paperback. 20 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black; front wrapper illustration. No date of publication. Lessons 1-10 were copyrighted in July 1903. Instruction in making ink drawings on silver prints on salted paper and then bleaching away the silver for... More
Ilmenau, Ger. August Keiner Thermometer- und Glasinstrumenten-Fabrik, 1910. Paperback. 15 p.: illustrations; 29 cm. Stapled light green wrapper printed in black on front wrapper. No date of publication. August Keiner was in business from 1906 to 1926. A catalog of 162 glass items used in medicine, most with illustrations. In... More
1866. 1 printed mortgage form filled in for a mortgage between Robert Miller and David Miller, both of Newburgh, N.Y., with 50 cent surety bond stamp initialled by Robert Miller. Robert Miller mortgaged his property for $400 to be paid in six years. The property was a 50-x-180-foot lot on... More
1925. 1 printed mortgage form filled in for a mortgage between Frederick J. Wilson and Katrina R. Wilson of Philadelphia and the Merion Title and Trust Co. of Ardmore. The Wilsons mortgaged their property for $15,000 to be paid in three years. The property was a lot in Lower Merion... More
Philadelphia: Kirkpatrick-Black Co., 1951. 3 ink blotters with advertising on the reverse side for coal sold by the Kirkpatrick-Black Co. of Philadelphia. The blue of the ink blotter side emphasizes the company's blue coal. One copy of the blotter with an ad headed "Why is 'blue coal' blue?" Two copies... More
Vicksburg, Mich. Paul Hayden Duensing, 1984. Paperback. [16] p.; 25 cm. Brown wrapper; wrapper title printed in brown. Title vignette the emblem of Miller & Richard, Letter Founders. This is one of a limited edition of 150 copies printed at the Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing, of... More
Japan: 1910. Hardcover. 15 x 20 cm. album containing 52 postcards, 47 of them hand-colored. Black lacquer boards; front board illustrated with scene of a woman and a man painted in gilt and red. None of the postcards have been used and none have dates of publication. Some of the... More
Oley, Pa. Jared Hoch, 1884. 1 card (55x 88 mm.) printed on one side with decorative border. In 1870 Jared Hoch (1825-1909) was one of the commissioners of the Friedensburg Turnpike Road Company in Berks County. Here he offers himself as a candidate for county commissioner of Berks County, Pa.... More
New York: John Martin's House, 1922. Hardcover. [12] p., 10 leaves containing 6 bookplates each; 27 cm. Blue cloth spine with illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated fixed endpapers. The text talks about the importance of books and the use of bookplates, including a list of 60 recommended books, with space... More
Chicago: Under-Feed Stoker Company of America, 1910. Paperback. 46, [1] p.: illustrations, plans; 31 cm. Stapled brown card covers with embossed green-and-silver cover title. No date of publication. Evan William Jones (1852-1908) invented the under-feed stoker in 1892 and formed the Under-Feed Stoker Company of America to manufacture the Jones... More
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