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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Philadelphia: John Buddy's Bread and Cake Bakery, 1850. 1 receipt (8 x 20 cm.), printed along the upper edge: "John Buddy's Bread and Cake Bakery, S. W. corner Eighth and Locust streets." E. P. Fritz purchased 72 loaves of bread at 27 loaves for a dollar. John Buddy was a....
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...
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...
Nashville, Tenn. State of Tennessee, 1876. 1 sheet 43 x 35 cm. Printed commission form includes engraving of a seated woman holding a striped shield next to an eagle with its wings up, and a gold seal of the state. The election had been held on Aug. 3, 1876; the...
Nashville, Tenn. State of Tennessee, 1876. 1 sheet 43 x 35 cm. Printed commission form includes engraving of a seated woman holding a striped shield next to an eagle with its wings up, and a gold seal of the state. The election had been held on Aug. 3, 1876; the...
Nashville, Tenn. State of Tennessee, 1876. 1 sheet 43 x 35 cm. Printed commission form includes engraving of a seated woman holding a striped shield next to an eagle with its wings up, and a gold seal of the state. The election had been held on Aug. 3, 1876; the...
Cincinnati, Ohio: Kargon Extracting Co., 1906. 13 x 18 cm. Printed on one side in red and black within a red border. "A valuable soothing, healing and cleansing tonic" for the kidneys. The "prescription" called for Kargon Compound to be mixed with extract of dandelion and compound syrup of sarsaparilla...
Battle Creek, Mich. W.K. Kellogg, 1909. Paperback. [10] card p.: color illustrations; 21 cm. Wrappers included in page count. Wrapper title. Patented 1907; copyright 1909. "580" -- on back wrapper. Advertisement on back wrapper includes 4-line verse about Corn Flakes with an illustration of children dancing around an over-size box...
New York: Major & Knapp, 1865. 1 sheet 18 x 12 cm. "The Major & Knapp Eng. Mf'g. & Lith. Co. 449 Broadway, NY." -- lower left-hand corner. This was apparently from a section of the 1865 Manual titled Murray Hill, as that title runs above the image. Shows a....
S.l. Spool Cotton Co., 1941. Paperback. 22, [2] p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Stapled; illustrated cover. Cover included in page count. A pattern book for sweaters and wool accessories "specifically designed for men of action and patterned after regulation specificatons." Chadwick's Red Heart knitting worsted was offered in 6 service colors...
Paris: La Renaissance, 1916. Paperback. p. 2053-2084: illustrated advertisements; 31 cm. Light green wrappers printed in black with illustrated advertisements on front and back wrappers. Text printed in two columns with French and English. Contains prose and poetry reflecting on British genius. Contributors include: Antonin Dubost, Paul Deschanel, Maurice Ajam...
Buffalo, N.Y. World's Dispensary Medical Association. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 14 cm. White wrappers, stapled along top edge. Front wrapper photo-illustration of a smiling woman in a big hat. Copyright date on front wrapper. Back wrapper woodcut illustration of the World's Dispensary building in Buffalo, N.Y. Odd-numbered pages 1-15 contain...
New Albany, Ind. Herman Knirihm, 1881. Cards. 2 trade cards with images printed in blue on a gilt background on one side and information about Lancashire Insurance of Manchester, England, on the other. Each of illustrations features a giant egg: one has a child in a stocking cap breaking through...
Washington DC: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1949. Paperback. [24] p.; 21 cm. Stapled. Front wrapper illustration is a photograph by George Lohr of a paper sculpture by Ralph Patterson. Printed in black and green. Contains descriptions of the 44 items in the exhibition. Introduction by Harry Richards, who did...
New York: F.M. Lupton Publishing Company, 1887. Paperback. [2], 64 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Printed wrappers included in pagination. Contents: portraits of famous men and women; fancy work designs; games, including enigmas, riddles, conundrums, puzzles, rebuses, and charades; money-making secrets; lyrics to popular songs; selections for autograph albums; chemical experiments;...
