1966. Poster. 1 black-and-white poster 32 x 22 inches (folded). Apparently removed from a magazine. No text except "please cut along dotted line" on tab at upper left-hand corner. No publication information. Appears to be from late 1966 or 1967. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: folded, as issued; minor rubbing..... More
Mantes, France: Granger-Courel, 1886. 1 trade card 8 x 12 cm. Chromolithographed illustration of a small person (an elf?) lying on a large scroll, whittling a quill; the background is gilt and green with pink flowers. Granger-Courel was a silk dyeing and cleaning business located in Mantes, France. The text..... More
London: Great Northern Railway, 1903. Paperback. 68 p.: illustrations; 14 cm. Paperback; cover title. Front cover illustrations in color and gilt. No date of publication; includes reference to steam yachting cruises in 1903. Printed in green and black. Illustrations of restaurants and hotels at Great Northern Railway stations throughout England..... More
Philadelphia: John D. Cardinell, 1926. Paperback. [32] p.: illustrations; 20 x 26 cm. Stapled; brown paper cover with embossed gilt and blue illustration and cover title: Philadelphia the Birthplace of Liberty: Official Souvenir View Book Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition. Consists of black and sepia photographs of the city of Philadelphia and..... More
New York: G. Hayward, 1865. 1 sheet 18 x 12 cm. "Lith. G. Hayward 171 Pearl St. N.Y." -- in lower left-hand corner. View of a three-story frame corner building showing people and barrels in front. Charles Dusenberry was active as a grocer into the 1840s. In Good Condition: faint..... More
New York: Wing & Son, 1903. 25 x 30 cm. Printed on one side in green, orange, and brown. This is a 12-year guarantee for "the Wing Piano" sold by Wing & Son at 9th Ave. & Hudson St., New York. The certificate was filled in on Oct. 13, 1903..... More
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
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
1737. [4] p.; 38 cm., folded. Handwritten document dated 24 Feb. 1737 involving 1) Sarah Whitaker of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk co., widow of Robert Whitaker; 2) Dover Colby and Isaac Sayers of Great Yarmouth, executors of the will of Susanna Sayers of Great Yarmouth, widow; and 3) James Wilch of..... 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
1665. 1 handwritten parchment document (33 x 48 cm.). On 14 April 1665 Stephen Freeland of New Alresford of Southampton Co., butcher, gave in trust to Nicolas Scriven of the same place, butcher, the house where Freeland lived, for the love for Jane, now wife of Freeland. In Fine Condition..... More
1653. One handwritten parchment document (24 x 55 cm.). On Jan. 11, 1665, a 17-acre tract was transferred to John Flaxman, the elder, of Hanworth of Norfolk County, husbandman, by John Flaxman, Thomas Flaxman, and Jerome Flaxman, 3 of the sons of John Flaxman the elder. The year is referred..... More
1776. 1 handwritten document, folded. 3 leaves; 40 cm. Tripartite indenture among (1) Richard Peage of Slapton, yeoman, and Edmund Whiteway of Harberton, yeoman, (2) Joseph Symons of Harberton, yeoman, and (3) Christopher Symons, son of Joseph Symons. Regarding the sale of part of the Manor of Slapton, late the..... 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
Wilkes-Barre, PA: Hazard-Okonite, 1944. Paperback. [20] p.; 23 cm. Stapled. Printed in red and blue throughout. American flag on front. The Okonite Co., founded in 1878, was one of the original insulators of electrical wire and cable in the United States. Early customers included Samuel F.B. Morse for his telegraph..... 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
Cleveland: Ohio Bell Telephone Co., 1945. [4] p.: illustrations; 15 cm. This was a small publication issued monthly with short, amusing telephone-related anecdotes. As this was published during the Second World War, there are references to wartime telephone traffic and a final illustrated plea to "Buy More Bonds!" Scarce. In..... More
New York: General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York, 1914. Paperback. [12] p.: black-and-white photograph of the Mechanics Institute on 44th St.; 21 cm. Stapled brown wrapper; front printed in dark brown and red. Wrapper title. each pagge printed within red border. The General Society..... 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: Hotel Dixie, 1945. 1 card (11 x 16 cm.) printed in black on both sides. With the original string to hang from the door knob. The front is illustrated with the caption "Please! Tiptoe by -- I wan'na sleep." The back has a list of six Carter Hotels..... More
San Francisco: Hotel Sir Francis Drake, 1930. 1 form (30 x 16 cm.) listing clothing of gentlemen, ladies, and children's. No date of publication, but the Hotel Sir Francis Drake was built in 1928. The form includes "Bloomers" as an option for women, a term that went out of fashion..... More
New York: House of Jade, 1947. Pamphlet. [16] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled. Pamphlet with black-and-white photographs of an exhibition of Chinese jades at the House of Jade in New York City. The items were from the collection of Stanley Charles Nott (1902-1957), a noted expert on Chinese jades, and..... More
Philadelphia: s.n., 1883. Paperback. [32] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Sewn. Lacking wrapper? No publication information; probably published in Philadelphia. Contains calendar for 1884 with recipes, medical advice, and other useful information for the housekeeper. The recipes include chestnut sauce for roast turkey; Westphalia loaves; mock turtle soup; coffee jelly; cauliflower..... More