59th New York Antiquarian Book Fair

Eclectibles

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Part 2 - Collections & Archives - Large & Small – Part 3 Albums & Journals

Eclectibles Sheryl Jaeger & Ralph Gallo 860.872.7587 [email protected] www.eclectibles.com

New York Book Fair 2019 1 [email protected] Contents Collections – Large & Small ...... 3 Albums, Commonplace Books and Journals ...... 50

New York Book Fair 2019 2 [email protected] Collections – Large & Small The collections are in no particular order. Additional information is available on all collections. 1. NATIONAL CHILD LABOR COMMITTEE (NCLC) COLLECTION

A COLLECTION OF NATIONAL CHILD LABOR COMMITTEE (NCLC) PHOTOGRAPHS AND NARRATIVES IS BEING OFFERED JOINTLY BY:

Eclectibles House of Mirth Photos Sheryl Jaeger Stacy Waldman 47 Lakeview Heights 22 Cottage Street Tolland, CT 06084 Easthampton, MA 01027 [email protected] [email protected]

Vertrice Lawson, 15 years, in 4th grade. Quit last year. The lad working in hole 20 feet deep. Has rigged up a lamp at the bottom of the hole to release the “damps”. INTRODUCTION Founded in 1904, the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) set out on a mission of "promoting the rights, awareness, dignity, well-being and education of children and youth as they relate to work and working." Starting in 1908, the Committee hired Lewis W. Hine (1874-1940), first on a temporary and then

New York Book Fair 2019 3 [email protected] on a permanent basis, to carry out investigative and photographic work for the organization. As the project grew and progress a number of other photographers or investigative photographer/journalists joined the team. Beyond studying the results, the images and narratives were used to increase awareness of the problem of child labor. In 1924, the Child Labor Amendment was passed, but never ratified. The amendment is still-pending today. The National Child Labor Committee continued its work into the 1990s.

A numbering system was created by someone at NCLC, perhaps Hine, to assure each photograph and accompanying narrative or photo caption had a corresponding, but unique number to that photo and caption. The NCLC distributed the photographs as part of its publicity and educational efforts.

Age 15 - can't read or write; attended school only part of two terms COLLECTION The collection or archive is comprised of approximately 980 unique images or narratives including 480 photographic prints in envelopes, many with negatives included and 330 negatives, plus an addition 27 larger format photographic reprints and 140 descriptive caption cards without photographs. Additionally, there are two (2) printed Legends of Photographs relating to the Tiff mines. A majority of the photographic photos and negatives are captioned often extensive captions that describe the photo subjects, offering a detailed depiction of working and living conditions of many children--and adults--in the United States between 1936 and 1953, the majority in 1937-1938.

Previously found NCLC records were numbered from 1-5126. NCLC records found in this collection start at 5312, the last number is 9966, thus making them a unique and distinct from those previously identified. The materials in this collection are new to the market, essentially newly found history.

"What is there for a girl to do but get married" THE PHOTOGRAPHS The photographic prints found in the NCLC records are on single weight paper. Most range in size from 3.5 x 3.5 inches to 5 x 7 inches and most appear to have been developed at the locations they were taken, at local film developing locations that you would find in drug stores and the like. Identified photographs include Hine, Sidel, Ruth Scandrett and Dave Myers among others. There are 17 identified as Hine specifically, however a number of others show all of the characteristics of a Hine image, including Bootblacks, Newspaper Boys and the Garment Industry.

The six-year-old often picks hops for 4 hours a day! She is one of hundreds of young children who work in the hops field -1938

THE PHOTO CAPTIONS The photo captions are both hand written and typed. When hand written usually on the reverse of the photo. When typed they are either on index cards or actually typed on the envelop housing the photo and/or negatives. The cards include some or all of the following information • Unique NCLC identifier number • Name of the individual(s) • Location, including the site e.g. mine name

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In addition to the photo captions, this collection includes two (2) Legends of Pictures (5751-5800) and (5806-5927) taken in Tiff Mines in 1937 by G. E. Gibbons, Cincinnati.

Children too young to pick apples, carry water.

DEMOGRAPHICS Of the items in this collection approximately 75% workers, either individuals or families and 25% depicting images of facilities, locations, housing and group activities.

Distribution by Labor Force Agriculture (35%) including general field workers, pickers of hop, apples, beans, berry and tomatoes, planters of beans and corn and tobacco and hop yard workers’ Mining (25%) predominantly Tiff with some coal Industry (20%) including banana case makers, brick loaders, cannery workers, crate nailers, garment workers, highway signs and gas house workers Street (10%) including bootblacks, cub hops, distribution of fliers, newsies and magazine boys. Forestry, Local Workers (10%) including bedspread makers, hotel page, piece workers making favors, store workers, log workers, pole peelers, wood workers and store clerks.

A majority of the images are from Missouri, New Jersey, South Carolina and Colorado with representation from Connecticut, Oregon, Alabama, New York, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, California, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington, Maine and Texas (in descending order.

Left school after 7th grade - started digging (Tiff) at 6yr.

COLLECTION STRENGTHS

The demographics present the breadth of the problem and how it crossed industry and community, but the true significance of the collection is the story told by each image and then taking a step beyond the initial impression with information in the narrative written by the NCLC observer, be it photographer or other. The story is further developed when multiplied by all of the on photos and narratives from a particular location. As an example, this collection is particularly strong in material on the Tiff mines.

New York Book Fair 2019 5 [email protected] Much can be learned about conditions at the Paw Paw Patch or Possum Trot Hollow mines in Missouri in researching these materials.

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Collectively, the material provides documentation useful for the study of many early twentieth century circumstances and developments. It is rich in content and desirable for an array of research.

To view a select group of images, click: https://photos.app.goo.gl/pYH2J5JQ2zJu98Z4A

To review as selection of Hine negatives click: https://photos.app.goo.gl/z9NgVsc8X7pLf1DJ9

(#29000301) $190,000 (term available)

2. JANE GOODRICH HOTEL LUGGAGE LABEL COLLECTION

One Woman’s View - The Art of the Label

New York Book Fair 2019 8 [email protected] THE COLLECTION A graphically appealing collection of 3,550 labels collected over a 25 year period by a sophisticated eye. The majority of the collection is 3,449 hotel luggage label dating from the late 19th century to WWII. A well-rounded collection with labels from 44 different states and 142 countries and provinces. It includes labels from famed printers Richter, Trub and Brügger as well as the known artists of the genre – Dan Sweeney, Jan Lavies, Erik Nitsche, Mario Borgoni, and J. Paschal. The collection includes over 150 labels signed Richter, 50 by Trub and 100 by Brügger.

Lesser known firms and artists such as FIAR Milano, Filippo Romoli, Adolf Rick, Alexis David, Saarbach's News Exchange, Boutillier, Imbert &Ce, and Franz Lenhart are also represented. Specifically, it includes a collection of 32 of Stalin’s Russian Intourist labels and several rare north African labels from the Italian colonial period. The collection includes a much-sought after Italian Colonial "Gimma”. Collateral material includes a printer’s progressive proof book for one of the Puerto Rican labels and a salesmen sample book of ‘mock’ luggage labels meant to appeal to servicemen returning from WWII produced by Baron’s Novelties in Muncie Indiana. Additionally, there are 101 related transportation luggage labels. Condition: near mint. The collection is organized by country, alphabetically by hotel within. All items of known artists and printers are marked as such. An additional book of salesman's samples of "mock" luggage labels meant to appeal to servicemen returning from WWII- Baron's Novelties- Muncie, Indiana. (#27000500) Flexible terms. $55,000.

To link to images: https://goo.gl/photos/nAm2QsQVBpicLsJ87

THE COLLECTOR

“The criteria for my collecting was condition and graphic superiority. “

Jane Goodrich is a co-founder of Saturn Press, letterpress printing established in 1986. Ms. Goodrich's is the designer for the firm with award winning greeting cards. She is also a world traveler having visited 50 countries and numerous states over the past 30 years. Both factors applied while building her exceptional hotel luggage label collection. Additionally, Jayne recently wrote The House at Lobster Cove A Novel a novel featuring George Nixon Black, whose real-life house Kragsyde, a shingle-style architectural masterpiece built on the North Shore of Massachusetts was recreated in loving detail by Jane and her husband on Swan's Island in Maine.

THE SPECIFICS – (details available back of the binder) United States - 229 International Countries and Provinces – 3220 Transport Book- 101

For additional information on the collection click: HERE

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3. [medicine][ doctor][ doctors][ hospital][ health care][ patient records][ pharmacy][ Spanish- American war][ accounting][ business history][ science][ drugs][ cash book] Dr. F. S. Thomas and the Thomas Hospital Archive - Including 340 Page Patient History Log. Charleston, WV. 1895-1910. Dr. Frederick Shubart Thomas was a successful physician and surgeon who lived in Kanawha county, West Virginia. After many years of working at a general hospital, in 1899 he opened his own private hospital in Charleston, WV. It was named after him, Thomas Hospital, and was rather small, comprising of only 30 beds at the start. The hospital remained open at least until the end of 1907 when Thomas himself left the medical field shortly before his death in 1908.

The main portion of this archive are two ledgers from the hospital. The first of which is the accounting or 'cash book' of the hospital from 1899 to 1900. The second is the Patient Ledger for the hospital from 1901 -1902. The last is a Pharmacy Notebook in which are notes taken during a pharmacy class in the winter of 1922. Below is a more detailed description of each ledger:

Patient Ledger: At the front of this ledger is an alphabetical index. Here the patients are listed: last name, first name, followed by the page their records can be found on. Each record has a title that lists their number of admission, their case number and the date. This ledger starts at admission number 202 and case number 208 and ends with admission number 517 and case number 523. Each entry has the following categories, Name, Residence, Family History, Patient's History, Diagnosis, Treatment, Remarks - some also include Prognosis. Each entry is completed in its entirety providing a comprehensive and legible overview of patient encounter. The

New York Book Fair 2019 10 [email protected] diagnosis in the ledger range from pregnancy to endometriosis of cervix to typhoid fever. There is a single sheet of loose paper in the front which records the case of Miss Hallie Dorsey, who also appears in several pages of the ledger. On one visit she was diagnosed with hypotonia and on another she had surgery on her eye. Half binding with red leather with stamp gilt design and black fabric. 400 pages (372 are paginated, the alphabet index and title page in the front are not numbered). The ledger is almost completely filled with the exception of the last 25 pages, which are blank. Measures 14 ¼” x 9".

Cash Book: On the title page of the journal, "Thomas Hospital, Oct. 1898, Cash Book 'A' " has been written. The majority of the following pages list the bills for each patient. It appears as though the hospital generally charged each patient by length of stay - a week was $10. Each entry starts with the date and continues with the name of the person responsible for the bill, whether the charge was for 'self' or for another person, the length and dates of their hospital stay, and total charge. Noted underneath is the date the bill was paid and by what method. In addition to these individual bills there is a list of expenses for the year 1899 with such entries as meat bill, janitor, and house keeping. Next to this list is the income reported for that year. This list is made up of a series of names, presumably other doctors at the hospital and the revenue they brought in. By far the largest revenue stream was from Dr. Thomas himself, at $1992.50. Also in the cash book is a list of 15 soldiers from the 2nd Regiment of West Virginia Volunteers who were treated at the hospital in the summer of 1899, which corresponds to the Spanish-American War. However it is unknown if these soldiers were injured in battle or during training. In the front of the journal are 6 loose pages that detail a patient's medical history. There are 108 hand numbered pages. Black leather covers. Measures 9 ½ x 8.

Another considerable part of this collection is approximately 590 receipts dated from 1895-1910, the bulk of which are from 1905-1909. Some if not all of these receipts appear to have been from Dr. Thomas' personal records as they detail his personal house expenses, some of which have been made out to his wife, Ruth. The receipts are for everyday items, like groceries and garden supplies, to furniture repair, phone bills, water bills, medical book bills and various city taxes. This section has been arranged chronological by year. That said it is difficult to confirm that a portion may be for the hospital.

Lastly, there is one black and white photograph included in the collection. It is a cabinet photo of Thomas in a room, possibly an office in the hospital or Thomas' home. The photo is 8 3/4" x 6 ½" and mounted to make the final size 11"x 9". (#28001125) $950.00

Moderate wear.

Dr. Frederick Shubart Thomas was born on August 18, 1850 on a farm near Sissonville, WV, to George D. Thomas (c1805-1863) and Sarah Jones (1813-1910). He attended various public schools and later Marshall College in Huntington WV. in 1878 he traveled to Maryland to attend Medical School at the State University. After graduation he returned to West Virginia and opened a practice in Malden. In 1884 he moved his practice to Charleston, WV and has known as one of the most successful physician and surgeon in the area. In order to keep up with the ever changing practice of medicine, he would yearly attend classes at various colleges including Johns Hopkins. He managed a local hospital for several years before opening his own private hospital named after him, Thomas Hospital in 1899. In 1879 he married Ruth Lee Thomas nee Putney (1856-1918) and they had two children Ruth Thomas Edmunds (1886-1966) and James Putney Thomas (1880-1962). He died of pneumonia on January 7 1908. He had only left his own hospital a few months prior.

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4. [social register][ wyndhurst][ architecture][ Victorian][ Calvert vaux][ landscape][ gardens][ President William McKinley][ William McKinley][ Frederick Law Olmsted][ Merriam-Webster ][ Webster][ Merriam] H. Curtis Rowley. Wyndhurst, a 23 year accounting - Diary of a House, in Words and Photographs. Prominent New England Family Social Register. Springfield, MA. 1893-1917. Wyndhurst was a beautiful three -story, 23-room Victorian House on Crescent Hill, in Springfield, MA. It was built in 1865 and designed by the prominent New York architect Calvert Vaux. It was considered to be one of the finest homes ever built in Springfield. The exterior was done in brick, with wooden cornices painted and sanded the same color as Nova Scotia Stone and had an amazing view of Springfield and the Connecticut Valley. The property also boasted a two summer houses, a stable, a greenhouse, and gardens designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The original owner of the house was George E. Howard, an industrialist. H. Curtis Rowley, son-in- law to one of the Merriam brothers (of Webster-Merriam fame), bought the house in 1893, and started a 'house log'. In this log, Rowley detailed everything that occur at his house.

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A 23 year accounting. There are 270 pages of entries by H. Curtis. It was a social register of the families comings and goings and events held at the house including the names of invited guests. Each entry is dated. From when he first received the deed (Oct 20, 1893) to parties held their, to visitors, both family and important ones such as President William McKinley. Pasted in sporadically into the log are photographs or printed pictures of the house and grounds. At the end of the log is a two page printed copy of a article written in 1895 about the house. In addition to the house log, there is a photograph album showcasing the house and it's family. The majority of photos are labeled, and a large portion of them are different views of the house and grounds, predominantly exteriors. There are approximately 100 photographs, the majority of which are black and white, though there are a few cyanotype, as well as one hand-colored photograph. The photographs vary in size from 2" x 1 ½" 9½" x 7 ½", though the majority are around 4" x 3 ¼”.

Below are a few excerpts from the house log:

"Supper on the verandah. All the family except Harold, to whom a 'round robin' letter was written. Others than the family present were: May and her John (Denison), Charley and his Julia (Steward), Edith and Harry Rowley." July 21, 1898

"Thirza and H. C. R. were of the party which went to Holyoke on the 'Mascot and escorted President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley by water to Springfield. The presidential party in a dozen or so carriages drove through our grounds. The President remarking to Mayor Gilmore, "This is superb. I wonder if Mr. Rowley would sell me a building lot here." The house was tastefully decorated and several invited guests were with us on the verandah and waved handkerchiefs." June 21, 1899

House Log: Black leather covers with gilt text. Gilt edge, 366 pages (including pasted in article) three- fourths full. Measures 10 1/4" x 8". Photo Album: Black leather covers with gilt text. 100 pages, two-

New York Book Fair 2019 13 [email protected] thirds full. Measures 10" x 7 ½". The home and grounds were also made available for larger gathers of veteran's groups, socials and much more. (#29005102) $1,100.00

House Log: Cover damage due to rubbing. The back strip is moderately damaged, missing the top inch or so, and ripped at the bottom. The interior pages are soiled and toned due to age.

Photo Album: Covers are damaged due to rubbing. Two of the photographs are loose, one of which is torn in half.

The Rowley's sold the house in 1917 to Alfred H. Chapin. Unfortunately his ownership did not survive the Great Depression. The house was eventually demolished in 1940. The site stayed vacant until the 1980s when it was developed in the Wyndhurst Condominiums.

Hiram Curtis Rowley was born on July 13, 1844 in South Newton, NY to Warren Dunham Rowley (1800-1854) and Harriet Maria Cuny (1818-1889). In 1863 he attended Whitestown Seminary before entering the Federal Army on August 20, 1864. He would serve in the 54th NY National Guard until discharged in 1864. By 1865 he was in the book and engraving busy in Cincinnati, before joining his uncle and brother to form Curry, Rowley & Co., a wholesale stationers in Utica, NY. He would marry Thirza Jane Merriam (1845-1919) on December 2, 1874. Thirza was the daughter of Homer Merriam, who was one of the three Merriam brothers (Charles, George, and Homer) who became famous for printing the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Rowley would join his father-in-law at g. & C. Merriam & Co. becoming a partner in 1882. Rowley would have two children, Harold Merriam Rowley (1879-?) and Arthur Merriam Rowley. He would die on December 14, 1922.

5. [invite][ program][ correspondence][ photograph][ professor][ education][ Columbia university][ Carnegie] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924)A Social Archive of Invites, Photographs and other Materials of Robert Simpson Woodward. Washington, DC. c1905-1908. A collection of approximately 50 pieces of ephemera belonging to Robert Simpson Woodward who was a distinguished Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University and later President of

New York Book Fair 2019 14 [email protected] Carnegie Institution. The majority of the collection consists of invitations, and their corresponding ephemera such as programs, RSVP cards, envelopes, and calling cards. Some of the invites were for Carnegie's various graduation functions, the German Ambassador Hermann Freiherr Speck von Sternburg, the American Institute of Architects, and the Literary Society. There are three large formal invitations, one from the Periodical Publishers Association of America, one from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the other was for a dinner with a select group of individuals: Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell, Secretary of State Elihu Root, Darius Ogden Mills, former US Assistant Secretary of State John L Cadwalader, President of Phelps Dodge Cleveland H. Dodge, Henry L Higginson (founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra) and John Billings. Additionally there are a few short letters, the subject of which is generally a lengthy invite to a dinner or meeting. The smallest of these items are 3 ¾: x 2" and they go up to 12" x 9". Lastly there are two photographs of Woodward. First, a small black and white one (4" x 3 ¼”) inset on a larger piece of paper (11" x 8 ½"). The second is a larger sepia toned photograph (10" x 8"), printed by Portrait Studios Underwood and Underwood. This photograph comes in a folder. (#21005105) $425.00

With the exception of minor soiling, the pieces in the collection are in excellent condition.

Robert Simpson Woodward was born on July 21, 1849 in Rochester, MI to Lysander Woodward (1817 - 1880) and Peninah Axford Simpson (1825 - 1894). Robert first attended Rochester Academy, graduating in 1868. He went to the University of Michigan to study engineering and graduated in 1872. He worked as a geographer for the US geological survey from 1884 to 1890. He became a Professor of Mechanics at Columbia University in 1893 and in 1904 left that post to become President of Carnegie Institute of Washington, DC, where he remained until 1921. He was also President of several societies, such as American Mathematical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Robert married Martha Gretton Bond (1851 -1937) on March 1, 1876 in Detroit, MI. He had four children, Alice Woodward (1876-1878), Robert Simpson Woodward Jr (1879-1849), Karl Wilson Woodward (1881-1962) and William Lysander Woodward (1885-1946). He died June 29, 1924 in Washington, DC after a long illness.

Please note this is the collection we introduced in our last list with some additions (as some material was not included and amendments.

New York Book Fair 2019 15 [email protected] 6. [department of child welfare][ child labor][ children's charities][ charity][ charity events][ benefit][ child poverty][ social welfare][ child welfare] A Collection on Children's Welfare, circa 1830 to 1960. United States. A collection of sixty-six (66) items dealing with child welfare - both as a government program and the charitable institutions that care for the well-being of a child. The collection has been divided up into nine (9) categories and spans from the 1830s to the 1960s. The bulk of the collection is from 1880 -1925. Below is a brief description of each category and the items within. • Advertisements Depicting Impoverished Children (5 items) This section is for advertisements that use images of poor children but do not directly contribute to their welfare. • Advertisements & Information Booklets of Children Charities (7 items) This section provides general information on children's charities. • Charitable Donations Ephemera (11 items) This section includes any ephemera seeking donations or dealing directly with the donation process for charities. • Benefits for Children (14 items) This category is for the ephemera associated with any social event hosted on behalf of children charities or causes. • Correspondence Regarding a Child's Welfare (3 items) This category features letters either requesting charity or inquires of a child's welfare. • "Fresh Air" Camps (8 items) Any ephemera dealing with the 'fresh air' camps for children. This section has been divided by the different camps. • Child Labor Pro and Con (11 items) This section deals with ephemera relating to child labor. • Miscellaneous (3 items) • Child Welfare Booklets (4 items) This last category is for the instruction manuals that were given to parents and/or teachers to help them understand child welfare. (#27100100) $3,800.00

To view images, click: https://goo.gl/photos/rR9yUDtvZ7AagHUi7 For a detailed description click HERE.

7. [Popular Culture][ Social History][ Bridge Tallies][ Place Cards][ Gender Roles][ Work and Leisure] A Glimpse at Popular Culture as seen by The Ladies Who Lunch - Over 950 Bridge Tallies and Place Cards . 1920s-1940s. A 30 plus year collection of die-cut bridge tallies and place cards shedding

New York Book Fair 2019 16 [email protected] light on popular culture and social norms of those with leisure time to enjoy such activities as playing bridge or attending luncheons. Predominantly in strong Art Deco influenced colors. The cards in the collection are unique within the collection meaning there is only one of each type, with the exception of a few boxed sets which were intended to have duplicate cards. Approximately two-thirds of the collection is bridge tally related. The cards are predominantly from the 1920s-1940s.

Manufacturers The predominant manufacturers are Ameri-Card, American Bridge League, American Colortype Co., Buzza, Chas S. Clark Co., Gibson, Hallmark, P. F. Volland, Rust Craft, The Henderson Line, miscellaneous others and of course some without makers. the other companies include Susie Q, ,Amst. Ptg. & Litho Co, Amsterdam NY, Norcross, The Martin-Senour Co., The Meetemall System by the Rose Company, Fran Van Vyncki (self published), The AmeTDC - Amery, WI, marked Germany, CCC, Yorkraft , U. S. Playing Card Co. 2 Unique - The Line, made by Masters, Congress Designer Series, Dennison, Buzza Cardoza, Gordon Fraser, UK, V. J. Originals, Dayton OH, Stretchum, Pat. Appl. For. , "9 Tallies, 3 Score Pads", The American Tobacco Co., Inc. New York. Whitman Publishing Co., Playemall System Rose Co 1938, The House of Colgate, The Gibson Art Co., Printed in France , Craftacres by the Buzza Co. 1924, Raphael Tuck, Made in Japan, W.W., Dutton, Bavaria, Hautecoeur, Paris and Whitney Made. The collection also includes hand made cards and boxed sets, as referenced above.

Categories and Social Characteristics or Similar Identifiers The collection includes the following categories and social characteristics:

Place Cards – (234) Lithe Women with Dogs Avant Garde dinner party Night on the Town Bathing Beauties Patriotic Box Set - Dennison Raphael Tuck Butterflies & Birds Sports - Football Card Suits Victorian Imagery Caricatures with Captions Wedding - Misc. Children Whimsy Children - Hand Colored and Cut-out Woman with Flowers Ethnic Cultural - Asian Women with Parasols and Hats Ethnic Cultural - Chinese Worldly Women Ethnic Cultural - Dutch Score Pads – (55) Ethnic Cultural -Misc. Advertising - Seventeen Fans Buzza Novelties Fantasy: Flower People Score Pads - Fantasy: Handmade Watercolor Women with Score Pads - Gibson Flower Umbrellas Score Pads - Miscellaneous Femme Fatale with Feathers Score Pads - P. F. Volland Co. Flowers Sets - Boxed – (133 tallies or cards in sets) Handcolored Pith Paper Chinese Characters 4 Table Tally Tale-Teller with Fortune Teller Handmade Watercolor: Miscellaneous Boxed set - 50 unused Tally Cards Hats & Baskets with Flowers Boxed Set - Pirate Tallie Holiday - Misc. Boxed Set - The Butterfly Bridge Ensemble Holiday - St. Patricks Boxed St - Working on a Movie

New York Book Fair 2019 17 [email protected] Tally-Hula Travel Bridge Every-Player-Your -Partner Syste Adds "PEP" Fadscinaton and Enjoyment to Progressive Bridge - 3 Table Set Twelve Different Volland Colonial Girl Place Cards - Place Cards with Charm... and Dignity Sets - No Box - 68 (tallies or cards in sets) Set - Golfers Sets - From Nature Sets - Women Sets - Women with Hats Tallies - 478 Advertising - Campbell's Soup Kids Advertising - Lucky Strike Cigarettes Advertising - Miscellaneous Products Advertising Angelus-Campfire Marshmallows - Stretchums Animals - Dogs Animals - Miscellaneous, Birds & Butterflies Baby Showers Card Shape Children Coquettes Couples Ethnicity and Culture Flowers Harlequins Holiday - Halloween Holiday - St. Patrick's Day Holiday Miscellaneous Kewpies Men Nature & Landscapes Objects Oh Those Gibson Girls Old Fashion Gals Patriotic Silhouettes Sophisticated/ Worldly Women Tallies with Applied Elements from Nature Wedding Women with Hats Women's Work

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Items of Note Among the tallies and place cards are a few groups of particular note including: An array of advertising bridge tallies for Campbell's Soup Kids, Angelus Campfire Marshmallows, White Castle Drive-in Coca-Cola and of note a collection with the collection of 74 Lucky Strike cigarette bridge. All tallies were designed to have one or more Lucky Strike cigarettes inserted through the slots to complete the scene. 34 die-cut celebrity tallies with large photographic images of the individual with caricature bodies. Each individual is identified on the reverse. Directions for assembly at base on front. 30 die-cut caricatures including card players, ethnicity and culture, women's work and occupations.

Bridge Score Pads by Buzza Novelties - A stylized Asian women on the cover of the pad with four (4) removable "hair pins" at the top which are actually the tallies. The second is a boxed score pad with a die-cut woman holding a bird

Boxed Set - Tally-Hula - Applied litho cover tourist trying to remove the Hula dancers skirt. Within the box is a 15 ½" hula dancer. The string ties of the tallies enhanced the "grass" of her skirt. The tallies when removed from the skirt align to create a silhouette image of hula dancers frolicing on the beach. Minimal wear.

Boxed Set - 4 Table Tally Tale-Taller Future Teller by Craftacres by Buzza - An 11" high die-cut 3-D fortune Teller, who can actually hold a tally (fortune included) Includes instructions and sixteen tallies with fortunes on the front and tally cards on reverse.

Place Cards - Femme Fatale with Feathers - Hand colored and decorated with applied glitter and and feathers. One scantily clad women holds a giant champagne glass with two types of feather overhead, another is bathing in a glass of champagne. The other two more reserved and elegant. Tallest 7".

Place Cards - Fantasy: Handmade Watercolor Women with Flower Umbrellas - Each unique artwork is 3 ½" and depict different women all dressed in pink and blue using a pink, mostly rose variations as umbrellas. All on light pink bases. Designed to stand on base. One base lacking. Found in box dated 1912 with "12 Pink Ball of Girl Place Cards". Minor wear. Primarily unused. (#28000911) $4,100.00

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8. [Social History] [Historical Memorabilia] [Menus]Social Archive of New York Society Dining Events & Menus, 1899-1930. A collection of menus and related materials for 55 dining events including associated relevant collateral materials totaling approximately 100 pieces. Who’s who of New York’s business elite from the turn of the century thought the onset of the Depression. Events held at the most prestigious organizations and establishments in New York City. A social history presented via menus, dining programs, seating arrangements, typescript of speeches and more. Includes menus created by Tiffany & Co., other fine engravings, embossings, a pictorial map and various design elements. Presumably from the personal collection of R. A. C. Smith, the recurring invitee on the invitation cards and a listed subscribing and /or committee member of many of the various host clubs. Some with hole punches. Overall condition very good or better. Some organizations of note: • Mechanic’s and Traders’ Bank • Ohio Society of New York • National Republican Club • 5th Avenue Association • Ye Old Settlers Assn • Pennsylvania Society • The Pilgrims of the United States – • Manhattan Club Objective – Anglo-American good- • Pan-American Society fellowship, and the promotion of • Friendly Society of St. Patrick friendship between the United States and Great Britain and colonies.

Some Individuals of note: • Geo. Wilson & R.A.C. Smith -- • George McAneny honored by New Lawyers Club York City at Waldorf

New York Book Fair 2019 [email protected] 20 • George McAneny at Waldorf • Banquet to William Pierce Frye- • Julius Howland Barnes – Hotel Waldorf (Tiffany) Commodore • John Harriss – Columbia Yacht Club • Reunion Dinner – Law Dept. NYC – • NY Lumber Trade Assn – Waldorf Delmonicos • Morgan J. O’Brien • Hon. H. Warren Hubbard – Waldorf • Holland Society of New York – • New York Citizens Peace Banquet – Waldorf Waldorf • Daniel M. Brady – Hotel Commodore • Alfred E. Smith – Montauk Club • Francis M. Hugo – Commodore (Brooklyn) • Julius H. Barnes – Hotel Commodore • Will H. Hays – Union League Club • Blind Brook Club

(#26003231) $3,500.00

Robert Alexander Conrad (R. A. C.)Smith (February 22, 1857 - July 27, 1933) was the Commissioner of Docks in New York City and a member of the Port and Terminal Committee of the Board of Estimate.[2][3][4] He was also an entrepreneur in Cuba, where he developed and operated railroads and utilities. Smith was a British- born entrepreneur and financier who became a prominent businessman in Cuba as president of the American Indies Company and then in New York. A prominent Republican. He was prominently identified with the Brooklyn Young Republican Club of Brooklyn, before he removed to New York. He then became a member of the Union League, Republican, Colonial, Lawyers’, Manhattan, New York Yacht, Atlantic Yacht, and Larchmont Yacht clubs.

9. An archive of approximately 400 billheads relating to the running of the M. Hopper Mott (1815-1864) manse for predominantly for 1874 with various others. Mott married Ruth A. Schuyler who remained in residence until she remarried in the 1890s. The archive has been organized into eight different categories

• Lady Mott’s clothing, jewels and accessories – approximately 80 billheads from fashionable establishments including Tiffany & Co, Madame Ferrero, Madame Fogarty, Madame H. Buhlmeyer, various milliners and dress makers, hat makers, Lord and Taylor, fur storage companies, yardage, wigs and curls, jewelers and more. Among the most notable was a bill from Madame Fogarty of Gramercy Park for a purple velvet costume and a mantle for $465.00 • Household – approximately 80 billheads associated with running of the household including dinnerware, baskets, cook stoves, carpeting, candlesticks, trunks, glassware and cutlery, landscape gardener, masons’ building materials and much more. The only travel of note was a single trip to New Orleans. • Horse and carriage – approximately 30 billheads relating to horses and carriage including fine riding saddles, harnesses and horse care, coach and light wagon manufacturers, feed, carriage

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repair and more. A new Elegant Pony Phaeton (carriage) with top was purchased for $360.00--$135 less than that costume and mantle… • Ice – seven receipts. Ice was delivered in quantities of approximately 400 pounds per month in cooler months and 800-900 pounds in the warmer months. • Retail – approximately 130 billheads, most from Alex T. Stewart & Co., Broadway, Ninth and tenth Streets. This was the largest retail store in the world at the time. The bills were for hoses to satin ribbon, to clothing, everything purchased from predominantly one retail outlet. • Books and paper – 20 billheads for stationery and books, subscriptions and periodicals. • Food – approximately 40 billheads from a variety of food purveyors including the beef butcher; dealers in butter, lard, cheese, pork and smoked provisions, pastries from Delmonicos, fish, oysters and clams, foreign and domestic lager bier, (#24025) $1,650.00

Hopper S. Mott had the good fortune to inherit the family farm, which in his case extended from near Fifth Avenue to the Hudson River and across the river to the Jersey shore.

10. [Gender Roles][Child Development][Fraternal Organizations][Women’s History] A collection of materials relating to the Camp Fire Girls organization, predominantly from 1910-50s consisting of approximately 163 items including ephemera, books, photographs, uniforms, and organizational reports.

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Camp Fire originated in 1910 by Luther and Charlotte Gulick in order to “guide young people on their journey to self-discovery” (http://campfire.org/about/history). Originally established as a multicultural organization for girls, in 1975 the group became coed and dropped Girls from its title.

In a 1910 article that appeared in the Ladies Home Journal Camp Fire Girls founder Mrs. Luther Gulick writes that the Scouting (Boy Scouts) was a masculine activity/ keeping the fire burning in a camp or in the home is a feminine activity. The word “camp” symbolizes the outdoor spirit and was specifically designed for girls. The Law of Camp Fire was

Seek beauty, Give Service, Pursue knowledge, Be trustworthy, Hold on to health, Glorify work, Be happy.

Progression in the organization was accomplished only by completing tasks and receiving Honors. There was an emphasis and embracing of Native American symbolism, names, etc. The categories include:

Blue Birds Five (5) items relating to Blue Birds, the Junior Program of the Campfire Girls. Although organized in 1913, the program was reshaped in the 1950s to give greater scope for creative activities and provide for greater program continuity.

Camps Three (3) brochures and mimeograph instruction sheets on various Camp Fire Camps.

Catalogues Twelve (12) different catalogues from the Camp Fire Outfitting Co. NY. Early catalogs focus on costumes, symbolism and ritual and honor beads. While providing the girls with materials to develop their skills and creativity, it appears as though the Camp Fire Girl Co. were expert marketeers.

Cookery & Two (2) books to aid in general learning Science

Guardians and Four (4) items including two (2) manuscript journals/albums and leadership miscellaneous lists and cards.

Handbooks Twelve (12) guidebooks or manuals considered the ultimate source for the girls.

Health Chart A 14” x 10 ½” chart listing 22 different healthy habits. Each is assigned a value in points for completion; achieving a designated number allows the girl to wear a health badge on her uniform. The reverse is Explanatory Notes which

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includes numerous outmoded and/or erroneous health facts. Copyright 1939. Letter folds. Edge wear.

Honors & the Nine (9) items relating to Honors and the Seven Crafts. Honor Beads were Seven Crafts called Camp Fire “Honors” because when you have done any one of the thing classified as an honor you have the honor of wearing a bead on your ceremonial gown (or vest) to symbolize your achievement. They are classified according to the Seven Crafts and each Craft has a special color. The Crafts include Home, Health, Camp, Hand, Nature, Business and Citizenship and Patriotism. Additionally, there are “Big Honor” and “Rank” beads. Honors must be recorded, witnessed and approved by a guardian before Honor Beads are rewarded. All of the possible Honors are listed in the Handbook.

Magazines Fifty-eight (58) magazines including four (4) designed for Camp Fire Girls, 1916-1931 and 53 for Leaders of Blue Birds, Camp Fire Girls and Horizon Clubs, 1952-1957. Predominantly from the 1950s. Includes organizational information, editorials, poetry, fiction and lessons and helpful hints.

Plays Four (4) different plays.

Promotional Three (3) promotional brochures used to educate and engage young girls to join Brochures the Camp Fire Girls.

Sheet Music Ten (10) pieces of sheet music and song books. and Song Books

Symbolism – Six (6) publications relating to Camp Fire symbolism and six (6) items or groups Ornamentation of items demonstrating the use of symbolism. (SHUL U TAM NA) Ceremonial Gown

Varia Thirty-two (32) miscellaneous materials related to Camp Fire Girls

War Related Three (3) war related items. The books are the annually produced Camp Fire Girl handbook with a focus on the war effort.

For a complete description of the collection, click: HERE

(#28001286) $4,200.00

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11. [WWI][ WWII][ education][ Japan][ children][ international][ world citizenship] A Collection of Educational Materials for Children - Promoting Tolerance of those from Other Lands and World Understanding. 1923 - 1948.

"Tolerance is an act of humanity, which we must nurture and enact each in own lives every day, to rejoice in the diversity that makes us strong and the values that bring us together." — UNESCO Director- General Audrey Azoulay

After times of great conflict there normally was a concerted effort to mitigate the anger and hostility generated by wartime propaganda that often used offensive cultural stereotypes to demonize the enemy. One of the main ways in which the effort to humanize the enemy was achieved was to create in the country’s children a sympathy and love for the children of other nations. This was done by both creating educational material for teachers to use in their classrooms, and also by attempting to directly connect the children of one nation to another by the sharing of stories or drawings. There are 4 (four) primary items this collection, with various component parts.

Children From Many Lands, Pictures by Fanny L Warren, Verses by Mary S. Haviland. 1923 The caption on the cover explains it, “A folio of ten (10) decorative posters in picture cover with verse for each to create in our children a sympathy and love for the children of other nations. “Published by the National Child Welfare Association, NY in cooperation with National Council for Prevention of War, DC. Each showcases a colorful illustration of a child with a quote beneath giving a brief anecdote of the characteristics and attitudes of that country’s children. Also includes various pieces of ephemera, such as donation cards and quotes by forty (40) notable leaders such as the chairman of the Women’s Progressive Club, Justice Florence E Allen (the first female to serve on a state supreme court) and others of a similar ilk.

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In original wrapper. Measures 14”x 11 ¼”.

Stories and Sketches of Children of Other Lands by Nellie B Allen & Edward K. Robinson. 1923. This is a circular advertising the “Stories and Sketches of Children of Other Lands’ published by Ginn and Company. The book was intended to be used by primary school teachers to teach their pupils about other cultures. The pamphlet has an example of the activities that could be found in the book and an illustration of Jan, a “visitor from Holland’. It is a line drawing meant to be colored in. All the illustrations are by Marguerite Davis. The front cover is printed in black and green and features a triptych image of three children. Measures 8 ½”x 6 ¼”.

World-Wide Costumes and Designs by Elisabeth Hodges. 1948. This Hectograph Edition was published by Educational Publishing Corporation in Darien, CT contains 32 designs of boys and girls of various countries dressed in native costume. While this book is essentially a coloring book featuring images of young children from all over the world, it was also meant to be a tool to teach World Tolerance for all grades, there are instructions for how a teacher might use this book to create lessons for primary, intermediate, and upper grades. Additionally, the book provides information on each costume, including color and style, as well as some cultural background on the country featured. At the end of the book is a paper doll that can be cut out so one could dress it up in the different clothing featured. Minor edge wear. Measures 10 ¾”x 8 ¼”.

With the Compliments of Pupils of the Tamon Primary School, Kobe Japan. c 1948. While the envelope states that the items sent were from the Tamon Primary School, three schools actually sent times. Besides Tamon, there was Kikusui Primary School and Kenritsu First Girls High School. The students ranged in age from 9 to 17. There were eight (8) drawings sent on tissue paper. Seven of them are simple calligraphy with proverbs and the names of the students written on them. One proverb roughly translates to “to work hard between green grasses.”One of the more beautiful items sent is the last drawing. It was done by a 17-year-old at Kenritsu First Girls High School. Done in water color, it is an image of Japanese fisherman using a rope to haul a large golden fish in the air. All the drawings have a small square pasted on the back giving the student who drew the item name, age and school. The collection comes in an envelope with a color image of two Japanese women and a fish kite. Additionally, there is a small printed image of boats in a bay. Minor toning and soiling due to age. Measures 15”x 12”. (#27100115) $1,600.00

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12. [natural disaster][ mount Vesuvius][ world war I][ WWI][ the great war][ the first world war][ world war II][ WWII][ war relief funds][ benefit literature][ famine][ Armenian Genocide][ propaganda][ WW1][ WW2][ charity] A Collection of materials promoting Children's Relief Funds intended to benefit the International Community. 1905-1945. The funds were set up in response to natural disasters, refuge crises or war relief efforts. Of the 23 items in the collection, the bulk of the materials are for relief efforts during the First World War. The collection has been divided up into three categories: Natural Disaster Relief Funds, Relief Funds in Response to World War I & II, and Miscellaneous. Below is a brief the items within the collection:

Natural Disaster Relief Funds:

Japan's Awful Famine (1906) In 1906 Japan experienced a famine in their Northern Providences due to a failure with their rice crops. With millions of lives at risk, the Japan Famine Relief Work was set up to funnel aid. This 16 page booklet is meant to illustrate the plight of Japanese citizens to Americans with stories from different villages emphasizing the deplorable conditions. Black and white images from photographs are featured throughout the booklet that depict Japan in the years before the famine. Each photograph is accompanied by a caption, such as "Happy Japanese children before the famine came." The photographs provide a stark contrast to the text of the booklet. Measures 6 ½”x 3 ½”.

Il Giornalino Della Domenica (June 1906) This Italian Magazine, roughly translated to 'Sunday's Newspaper', was printed in response to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on April 5th, 1906 and was sold to raise funds for the families of teachers and school children affected by the eruption. The cover features a boldly colored illustration of the volcano erupting with two young boys looking on. The magazine is full of short stories, poems, and black and white illustrations. The back cover is a cartoon strip featuring several mice playing with a ball. In Italian. Measures 11 1/4" x 7 3/4".

Relief Funds in Response to World War I & II:

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Madame Paderewski's Polish Puppets (Oct 1915) Two newspaper articles which detail the sale of Madame Paderewski's Polish Puppets, otherwise known as the "Dolls from the Saddest Land" with a photo of three of the dolls sold: Stas the Tinsmith, his wife Pala and son Jasio. They were rag dolls made by Polish refugees in Paris and were sold to help fund the Polish relief effort in WWI. Their main goal was to help buy milk for Polish babies as supposedly there were no cows left in Poland. Madame Paderewski, the Baroness de Rosen, brought the dolls over from Paris in 1915, and used both her and her husband's notoriety to help promote the sale. She was married to Ignacy Jan Paderewski, a Polish pianist and composer, politician and spokesman for Polish independence, who would later become the Polish Prime Minister after the war in 1919. These are items were once a part of a scrap book and have been pasted onto a large card stock page. Measures 14" x 11 3/4".

Journee Nationale Des Orphelins de la Guerre Tags (Nov 1916) On November 1st and 2nd 1916, France held The National Day of the Orphans meant to help raise money and supplies needed for those orphaned by war. In support of this, donors were given tags to show that they contributed. There are six (6) tags in this collection. The first one is in the shape of a shield with a picture of a mother wearing a helmet holding a child. The second is a circular tag, with the coat of arms of Paris in gold. The third tag takes the form of the statue depicted on it, which is of a woman with two children beside her. The next two tags are similar to the third tag but have been embossed with a depiction of a similar statue. No color remains on these two tags, but one can make out the raise indentation of the statue. The last tag is circular and features the Gallic rooster, the unofficial national symbol of France, with blue, white, and red stripes in the background. All but one of the tags still have ribbons attached to them, and four of the six tags have printed backs that state "Journee Nationale Des Orphelins de la Guerre, 1916".

Henri, War Dog by Edwin M Post Jr (1916) Originally printed in the New York Times Magazine, the little book tells the fictional story of the toy dog during his trip throughout the French country side and how he saved his master's car from being seized by the French Army in the first days of WWI. The cover depicts the stuff animal itself, a white dog, with an eye patch, red cap, and a blue and white polka dotty scarf. Behind the dog are the stripes of the French Flag. The book was printed to benefit the Soldier's War Relief Fund. End paper inscribed “From the Allies Baycar Priest Tank 1916. Alice Beak from Aunt Mary”. Measures 6 1/2 x 4 3/4"

Dessins d'un Neutre,2e Serie (c.1917) A book of perforated postcards illustrated by the famous cartoonist Louis Raemaekers. During WWI, his work was often used a propaganda material and was mostly anti-German, though it also often critiqued American's neutrality and urged the United States to intervene in the war. There are 19 postcards in the book (two of which have detached), and it appears that they were sold as a part of a set of postcard books, as the cards featured in this book are numbered 23-42. This book was sold to benefit the orphans, mainly French orphans, of the war. The cartoons illustrate various events such as the Massacre in Aerschot and the victims of the Lusitania. Tissue interleaves. Cover stain. At least 2 cards lacking. Measures 6 1/4" x 3 1/4".

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An Appeal for France (c. 1918) A two-sided flyer from the National Allied Relief Committee making a public appeal for funds to help the French Refugees. The front side has a picture of a family sleeping in a barn. The back of flyer continues to expound on the great need for help. Measures 11" x 8 1/4".

American Memorial Hospital (May 1922) The American Fund for the French Wounded started in 1915 in response to WWI. After the war, the fund continued to help out the French people and by 1922 had raised enough money to start the construction of the American Memorial Hospital in Reims, France, which was to be used for the care of French children. It was dedicated to the American soldiers who died in France during the First World War. This 16-page booklet was created to showcase the placement of the cornerstone for the hospital and promote the continue need for funds to both finish the construction and continual operation of the hospital itself. Inside the booklet is a black and white photo of the three women who had helped to raise the funds, Miss Bangs, Mrs. Tyson and Miss Vial, and US Ambassador Herrick who was honored during the ceremony. The cover is a colorful illustration of a woman holding a baby up in the air, displaying him to a far-off Statue of Liberty. Measures 9" x 6".

Royal Dolls Aid Refugees (Oct 1940) The exhibit of The Princess Dolls, France and Marianne, in Canada, was to help support British Refugees during the WWII. The dolls were made by French artists and had been given to the Princess Elizabeth and Margaret when their parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, made a state visit France in 1938. There are two items under this section, the exhibition pamphlet and a newspaper clipping advertising it. The pamphlet was originally a part of a scrap book and has been pasted down to a large card stock page. There are actually two pamphlets, in order to show the front and back of the page. Measures 6 ½” x 6 ½” applied on card stock.

Cinderella Stamps (circa 1915-1945) A set of 7 different Cinderella stamps from WWI and WWII. A Cinderella Stamp includes all manner of

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adhesive printings, but mainly is meant to resemble a postage stamp. However, they are never issued for postal purposes but normally as a means of raising funds or awareness for a certain issue. Included in this section are: A set of two stamps depicting a child on her knees pleading was printed by the Central Committee for relief of distress in Germany and Austria after WWI. A set of four stamps in red and blue was printed by the National Aid Society to help those 'burdened by war' in 1916. A 2" x 1 ½” stamp emblazoned with the slogan "Help Greece Now!", and features a mother and child surrounded by Greek ruins, was meant to help with the massive famine Greek citizens endured during their occupation by Germany forces in WWII. The last four sets of stamps lack enough information to pin down which war they were printed for. A set of five stamps with a bushel of wheat in the center of a circle with the words "American War Relief" surrounding it. Another set of five stamps depicting a mother holding her child in a yellow picture frame with the words "War Relief" on it. A single stamp depicting the Virgin Mary holding a baby Jesus on a donkey with the phrase "In the Name of These Refugees, Aid All Refugees." Lastly, an orange stamp featuring a woman surround by five children and five miniature cityscape scenes, with the words "Deutche Reichsfechtfchute" which roughly translates to Germany Army.

Miscellaneous:

Neat East Relief (Dec 1927) John S. Fisher, the then Governor of Pennsylvania, wrote a letter encouraging his fellow statesmen to donate to the Near East Fund and was meant to draw on the Christmas Season's goodwill. The Near East Relief Fund was started in response to the Armenian Genocide which was carried out during and after World War I. By the late 1920s the fund was still continuing to solicit money in order to support the orphaned children of the genocide. The letter is printed on the fund's stationary and features the seal of the charity. The seal depicts a woman in a white dress cradling a child wrapped in the American flag. Along with the letter is donation envelope and a pamphlet entitled "Questionnaire" meant to address any questions one might have about the necessity of continued support. This relief fund is still at work today and is now known as the Near East Foundation. Measures 10 ¾” x 8 ¼” (Letter), 8 ½” x 3 ½” (folded pamphlet). (#27100102) $850.00

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13. [Ambassador][Denmark][legal][ Utah Territory][ real estate][Panama][war claims][Railroad Development] [ St. Louis & Kansas City Railway and the Indianapolis][ Western Railway Company] [ King Christian IX Of Denmark] [Danish royal family] The personnel and business archives of John Ewing Risley (1840 – 1912) a prominent New York lawyer, businessman, and real estate mogul, comprised of over 2300 letters and documents. A brief summary of each section follows. For the complete description click HERE. Spreadsheets detailing the specifics on the collection are available upon request.

AMBASSADOR In 1893, was appoint by President Grover Cleveland to the post of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Denmark. He served in this post until he was recalled by President William McKinley in 1897. During his tenue in Denmark, Risley would become a highly sought-after guest and was popular even amongst the common people of Denmark. This collection has been divided into four categories: Social, Official Business of the Legation, Financials, and Miscellaneous. The collection has an approximate total of 690 pieces, and has been organized either alphabetically or chronologically depending on the category. The

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dates of the collection range from 1893 to 1898. Additionally, there is an Excel database of the individuals/groups within the collection.

RAILROADS A collection of 450 plus letters and documents relating to the railway business dealing and investments of New York lawyer John Ewing Risley. Although born in 1840 in Indiana and attending Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind. his law practice operated mostly out of New York City. Along with his investments in a variety of railways out west, Risley was known for a variety of high profile legal cases and as Ambassador to Denmark from 1840 – 1897. Risley’s railway dealings showcase what was one of the most was a turbulent time for railway companies, with enterprises both being founded and falling into bankruptcy with remarkable frequency. By the mid-1890s approximately one fourth of railroads in the US had failed. This represented well over 40,000 miles of track. These failures were often the result of railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing. While this collection includes a variety material from several railways that Risley invested in, the bulk of the material deals with two railway routes: the Cleveland, St. Louis & Kansas City Railway and the Indianapolis, Decatur, and Western Railway Company. The two railways Risley and his partners invested in, would eventually fail, mainly due to a variety of legal battles. A synopsis of the events of each railway during the time Risley owned them is provided further on in this description. The collection dates from 1870 to 1904, with the bulk of the material from 1889 to 1893. While the majority of the collection is correspondence (letters and telegrams), there is also an assortment of legal agreements and ephemera. In total, the collection has over 250 letters, 65 telegrams, 100 legal documents, 40 pieces of ephemera (misc. envelopes, notes, name cards, etc.), and 2 notebooks. Additionally, there is an excel database available listing the various individuals, railways, and companies associated with this collection. The materials within this collection highlight an important time in US history, and showcases the various back dealing, competition, and political vying that went on as railroad companies rose as fast as they fell. As noted above each section is accompanied by a database. The database in this section includes particulars on the Railroads, Individuals, the Mortgage companies, Construction companies and the Courts involved in the transactions. The railroads include Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad Co., Central Missouri Railroad, Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Co., Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis Railway Co., Cincinnati, Indianapolis, & Western Railway Co., Cleveland, St Louis and Kansas City Railway Co., Cleveland, St Louis, & Kansas City Railroad, Indianapolis and Wabash Railway Co., Indianapolis, Decatur, and Western Railway Co., Indianapolis, Decatur, Springfield Railway Co., Indianapolis, Quincy, and Missouri River Railway, Missouri Midland Railway Co., St. Louis & Kansas City Short Line, St. Louis Alton, and Kansas City Railway Co. and St. Louis and Chicago Railway Co.

LAW PRACTICE A collection with approximately 1,190 pieces relating to the personal life and law practice of John Ewing Risley (1840 – 1912). Born in Indiana, completed his schooling and passed his bar in 1860

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in Terre Haute before then moved to New York in 1864. The majority of this collection stems from after he moved to New York. Risley was involved in several prominent legal cases, mainly stemming from various war claims. He was also involved in real estate, owning several investment properties and also acting as a banker providing mortgage loans to individuals. He also invested heavily into a variety of different business, such as a timber company in Panama, and mines out west. On a personal level, he was very interest in the genealogy of Risley family and was able to trace back his linage to 1275. This collection dates from 1857 to 1914, and has been organized into five sections: Business, Legal, Family, Real Estate and Miscellaneous. Unless otherwise stated the materials, themselves have been arranged first by category, then chronologically. Additionally, there is an Excel database of the individuals and companies Risley was involved with. (#22000100) $5,500.00

14. [Engravings] [Etching] [Printing] A collection of approximately 80 engravings by Charles William Sherborn depicting his work in various stages of production, collected by his son. 1875-1903.

Approximately 80 different examples of Sherborn's work many in their final form, others at various stages of completion. Each item is affixed to a single-fold paper mat with a information on the work at the base of the mat including year created, title, brief description type of engraving (or art), size and process notes on the particular item. Each page is numbered1-80 with a few engravings with multiple page (a,b,c etc). Few lacking. Among the smallest is an intricate watch back engraving of woman with a basket of fruit on her head 1 3/4" x 1 3/8". (#26000103) $2,250.00

Charles William Sherborn (1831-1912) was an English engraver, who chiefly made bookplates. He has been hailed as having led the revival in copper-engraved bookplates, and came to be called the "Victorian little master". Wikipedia

See The Life and Work of Charles William Sherborn by his Son, Charles Davies Sherborn. 1912. https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifework00sher

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15. [Women’s History][Household Innovations][Social History][Mother’s Helpers] A Glimpse at 19th and early 20th Century Mother’s Helpers through Advertising Ephemera - Prior to 1906 when the Truth In Advertising Act was first passed advertisers were inclined to make outrageous claims as to the efficacy of their products, this was particularly true in patent medicines. For those promoting household goods to improve the life of the woman of the house, the leanings where towards everyone becoming a happy and proper lady should they use the product. The collection includes materials from the 1870s through the 1950s and includes all types of materials needed to run a household.

The collection includes 165 pieces of advertising ephemera. The categories include Clothes Dye, Enterprise Innovations and Conveniences, Feminine Hygiene, Patent Medicines and American Express, Hat Bleaching, Iron Ware, Laundry Soap, Laundry Starch, Mrs. Potts Sad Irons, Paper Cuffs, Collars and Dry Cleaners, Prepared or Convenience Food, Refrigerators, Sewing Machines and Spool Thread, Stoves and Stove Polish, Sweepers & Vacuums, Toilet Soap, Washers, Wringers and Clothespins and Window Shades. The materials are predominantly trade cards and flyers with a few catalogues, booklets and a photograph.

• Clothes Dye – Two (2) advertising trade cards, the first for Diamond Dyes depicts a scene where a teacher is advising young women to use the product to refresh a garment. The reverse provides information on uses and a list of the 31 available colors. The second is a metamorphic card of The Modern Cinderella who has no fairy godmother but mas Maypole Soap that dyes clothes. The reverse provides information on fabrics that can be dyed including feathers and 19 available colors.

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• Enterprise Innovations and Conveniences – Eighteen (18) cards produced by Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of PA. Five (5) promote Mrs. Potts Sad Iron, being sold by Enterprise from the 1880s onward. The remaining 13 cards promote various Mother’s Helpers created by Enterprise including a Meat Chopper (so easy a woman can use it), a Suction and Force Measuring Faucet, a Food Chopper, a Coffee Grinder, a Raisin and Grape Seeder, a Bone Shell and Corn Mill, a Meat Juice Extractor, a Sausage Stuffer and Lard Press, a Smoked Beef Shaver, a Fruit, Wine & Jelly Press, a Tinned Measuring Faucet and a Lawn Sprinkler. Finally, a 90 pp The Enterprising Housekeeper with 200 Tested Recipes by Helen Louise Johnson and information including illustrations and pricing information on various Enterprise products. A sort of combination Cookbook and Catalogue. • Feminine Hygiene, Patent Medicines and American Express – Five (5) advertising trade and post cards for miscellaneous Mother’s Helpers. La Pratique is a c1910s advertising postcard printed in French and translates “Healthy Woman Uses Wonderful Belts & Supplies”, a card from 1908 explains the ease of use for women of American Express money orders. The remaining three cards are for various patent medicines directed at women and include Glenn’s Sulphur Soap to cure all skin diseases, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla to purify the blood and Parker’s Tonic to bring the bloom of health to the cheek and delight to the heart. • Hat Bleaching – A small format illustrated business card for Hodges’ Hat & Bonnet Bleachery, Boston, with imagery depicting cherubs depositing crumbled and grimy hats into a machine with finely cleaned hats with crisp ribbons exiting from the other end. • Iron Ware - Granite cookware and cast-iron pans where the preferred items of the day. Two (2) cards one with ladies admiring their Granite Iron Ware and the other women (wearing aprons) dancing hand- in-hand around a giant Agate Iron Ware with one climbing to the top “The Crowning Triumph”. • Laundry Alternatives – Celluloid (& Paper) Cuffs, Collars and Dry Cleaners – Four (4) examples of paper cuffs and collars, worn to reduce the need to launder garments. Two of the cards are metamorphic; one with a stereotypical Chinese launderer who is disappointed when client begins using celluloid cuffs and collars. Another for Standard Laundry Wax—cuts ironing time in half. The final for a better fitting collar. A wife presenting her husband with pre-made celebrated shirts and finally two cards (one die-cut) promoting steam laundries. • Laundry Soap - More often than not soap advertising depicted ‘pretty people’ vs. people scouring and cleaning, somewhat implying a more gentile life if you used their product. The few Soaps that did show washing somewhat glamorized the process. Fifteen (15) flyers, booklets and advertising trade cards including a flyer for Eureka Labor-Saving Soap with imagery depicting a lady of leisure vs. a lady scrubbing laundry at 4pm extensive narrative captioned No more Blue Mondays and no more Backaches. A 20pp illustrated booklet titled The Magic Crystal featuring the Borax Girl and how Borax makes every household responsibility easier (1914). Additionally, trade cards for James Pyes Pearline, Sapolio, Soapine – depicting a happy and unhappy maid, Lavine, Shirrell’s Kulliyn Washing Crystal, Soapine w Lady Liberty overseeing men from all nations preparing the wash, Davids’ Prize Soap and Wool Soap. A silhouette of excited children captioned on reverse “Throw away your wash boilers Heflin & Harlow’s Carte Blanche Soap”. Finally, two mechanical cards – one for Sapolio, the other for Oakley’s Queen Soap. Both with stereotypical African American themes. • Laundry Starch – Two (2) different examples of laundry starch including Niagara starch “the purest, the sweetest, the best” and Electric Lustre Starch that requires no cooking and based on the image is so shiny you can see your reflection in the shirt. • Mrs. Potts Sad Irons - Always a scary proposition as it always entailed heavy hot objects. Mrs. Potts lead the way to improving the process first with cold wood handles for sad irons (irons heated by placing them on stoves), as not to burn one’s hands while ironing followed by the addition of polishing and girls’ irons. Sixteen (16) different advertising trade cards from the 1870s. One depicts a portrait of Florence Potts and a printed signature, another with the iron at center and rays off the iron promoting its benefits and features. One stock card with Mrs. Potts overprint. The remaining cards depict people in everyday life with Mrs. Potts Sad Irons interjected into the conversations. Includes an image of Uncle

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Sam introducing the iron to immigrants, Uncle Sam’s Expedition to the North Pole, object teaching, a darling child with a Sad Iron head and much more. • Prepared or Convenience Food– Processed foods were being introduced as a convenience to reduce preparation time, bringing new tastes and products to those who previously hadn’t experienced the and to prevent spoilage. Includes 21 pamphlets and advertising trade cards promoting Thurbers’ Flavoring Extract, Amour’s Extract, Jell-O, Libby McNeill & Libby’s Cooked Corned Beef, AMC Perfect Cereals, Anglo-Swiss Milk Food, Garner & Seymour Brands Best Flour including Ajax, Gold-Medal, Batavia and Rainbow, Royal Brand Mackerel and Sardines, Huyler’s Cocoa, Gordon & Dilworth’s American Fruit James and “JellyJams”, Warner’s Safe Yeast and Superior Vegetable National Dry Hop Yeast and Niagara and Kingsford Oswego Corn Starch depicting Ceres as Lady Liberty holding a box of starch and a mother holding a freshly baked product overhead as Lady Liberty holds the torch. Additionally, includes two (2) metamorphic cards; one for Noix de Cocoa and the other for Lily Corn Starch. Finally, a hold-to-light of a woman holding a mirror. When illuminated it reads” Use Silas Pierce High Grade Spices”. • Refrigerators – Two (2) examples – the first a hardwood refrigerator from the 1880s boasting such features as walls filled with charcoal and wool felt to preserve the ice and traps that will not fall out of the waste pipe contrasted with a large format two-page magazine advertisement titled Alice’s Adventures in Philcoland. “Oh Mother!”Cried Alice, “Here’s the New Philco…a most WONDERful Refrigerator”. Alice, Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum, the Mad Hatter and others promote balanced humidity, conservador, giant freezer locker and complete shelf adjustability. It concludes with “Even Humpty Dumpty says he fell for it…”and how!” • Sewing Machines and Spool Thread – Sewing machine advertising was often presented as before and after images with living a life drudgery or chaos before the new sewing machine. Another method was to show the new machine as a status symbol, shown in elegant or exotic parlors. The final common method was showing the new sewing machine as a means to making the family happy. Eighteen (18) trade cards, metamorphic cards, a magazine and a brochure. The magazine Is The Domestic Christmas Gift – A Light Runner, December 25th, 1872. It includes a poem, a story and promotional information on the sewing machine. The back page is an illustration with five (5) vignettes, those on the perimeter are frustrated sewers who don’t have a Domestic Light Running Silent Sewing Machine, the serene women at center does. Also included is a full-page promotion for the New Royal with images from photographs and narrative promoting the product on one side and a full color illustration of the machine in a cabinet on the reverse and a fold-out brochure for the Hotpoint Portable Electric Sewing Machine. Trade cards include New Home Sewing Machine, The “White” the king of all sewing machines, Household Sewing Machine Co., Domestic Sewing Machine, “no Tension machine by Willcox & Gibbs S.M. Co. and The Light Running New Home Sewing Machine and before and after cards for different vendors promoting New Home. Also includes an Illuminated sample of darning done with the Wilson Mending Attachment. A metamorphic card for White Sewing machine –so easy a child can do it. Thread cards include a die-cut card in the shape of a spoon of thread with an image of a mother supporting a toddling child with spool thread and a metamorphic card. Both for Clark’s O.N.T. Spool Cotton. • Stoves and Stove Polish – Stoves were also promoted as luxury items designed to take all of the effort out of cooking. Twenty-two (22) pamphlets, trade cards, bags and novelty cards promoting stoves and polish. Trade cards include Mrs. Grover Cleveland promoting Garland Stoves, a young girl with a Monitor Oak Stove for Wood or Coal, the new Hub Range with Wonderful Wire Gauze Oven Door, Shaker Range with an image of their Taunton Iron Works Co., Magee’s Mystic Portable Range with children chefs and bakers, Adams & Westlake Wire Gauze Non-Explosive Oil Stove and Sun Dial Gas Stove with imagery of before mess with coal stove. A two-fold brochure for Universal Stoves and Ranges promoting the Patent Duplex Grate, Abram Cox Stove Co. Novelty Stoves, single-fold brochure for Round Oak Stoves, another for The Magee Standard Unequalled for Economy, Durability &

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Convenience Stoves, Ranges and Furnaces and a two-fold 1920s brochure captioned ”Don’t be a Slave to your Kitchen Stove” depicting a woman chained to her coal bucket, presenting your Imperial G and B Stove Burner. Also two metamorphic cards for the Acorn Stove and the Garland and a Hold-to-Light with a woman removing a pie from the over and when held to the light exposing an elegant dinner party, all brought to you be Richardson & Boynton Co. “Perfect” Range. Stove polish promotions include three (3) single-fold before and after cards for Rising Sun Stove Polish, an image of a goat butting its reflection in the stove for Rising Sun, a card with cherubs flying about the mistress of the house promoting why one should use Ziegler’s Stove Polish and finally a paper bag that held the “Stovene” Stove Polishing Mitten. It is captioned “Women! Save your Hands”. • Sweepers & Vacuums - Five (5) trade cards and pamphlets, the first being a single-fold brochure titled The Queen of Christmas Presents with Santa presenting a Bissell Carpet Sweeper to a woman previously using a straw broom accompanied by a c 1910 leaflet for Bissell Carpet Sweeper with promotion information on the reverse including insets of the Dust Proof Axle Tube and “Cyco” Bearings. The trade cards include The Ladies Friend manufactured by the Goshen Sweeper Co, the Feeny Vacuum Cleaner “Unquestionably the Best” and the Mystic. • Toilet Soap – Nine (9) trade cards or pamphlets presented by Buchan’s Carbolic Toilet Soap, Thurbers’ Pride of the Kitchen, A. Hoefner & Sons Sunshine Soap, Snow Boy Washing Powder, John Reardon & Sons Anchor, Oval, Antique and Extra Family Soaps and Eastman Brothers Toilet Soap. Additionally, a pamphlet for Hammel & Bonnell Proprietary Co Powdered Toilet Soap and painter’s palette featuring Miss Langtry, the Jersey Lily promoting David S. Brown & Co. Soap Makers and Perfumers. • Washers, Wringers and Clothespins – Eighteen (18) items including brochures and pamphlets, an advertising cover, a billhead, trade cards, leaflets, metamorphic and mechanical cards. The Washing machine booklets include “One Minute” Washer depicting a woman with a hand cranked washing machine –so easy a child can do it (c1910), A New and Improved Dexter Double Tub Washer – “Cuts Washing Time in Two” ((1920s), Freedom from all Washday Bondage – the Wringerless Savage Washer & Dryer subtitled The Pocket Demonstrator, including images from photographs of the machine and a mother and daughter showing the ease of use (1920s) Every Woman Should Read My Story on How a Woman decided to purchase an Thor electric washer (1920s), The Coffield Electric Washer “makes the prettiest, whitest clothes that ever came out of suds (1920s)and the Speed Queen with a parade of smartly attired women following the yellow brick road to the Speed Queen folding out to display various models and features (1940s). Additionally a single-fold pamphlet on the perfect vacuum clothes washer, allowing a women leisure time while the clothes wash themselves, a flyer for a 1959 Maytag Highlander Automatic Washer that worked for 9,853 hours (14,920 loads) …and finally a mechanical trade card depicting the action of Easy Washer’s Vacuum Cups and a business card for the Michigan Galvanized Iron Washer with Reversible Washboard The Washing Machine Wringer promotions an illustrated cover (envelope) for Horse-Hoe Brand Clothes Wringers “Wring Dry, Wear Well and Save the Clothes”, a trade card of a gent wooing a woman through her open window as she is wringing her clothes captioned “I hope I don’t intrude - Oh! No with this new Empire Wringer I can work and talk at the same time”, a magazine advertisement captioned “Cut Out the Blue Mondays with Automatic Washer (Electric or Belt Power) and a leaflet for The Universal Clothes-Wringer featuring Rowell’s Double Cog-Wheels with a before and after on reverse. Finally, two metamorphic cards for Universal and Conqueror Clothes Wringers. Of note, The Jones are in a melancholy state with dinner always late on wash-days and now behold with the Conqueror Wringer Mrs. Jones has time to prepare dinner on time making Mr. Jones a happy man. The last item in this grouping is a billhead for The United States Clothes Pin Co. (1899) depicting a spring-loaded clothespin on a line. • Window Shades – a single trade card for Victors Self Acting Shade Roller depicting immigrant women speaking in stereotypical German vernacular on the merits of the shade and how it gives your window respect. (#26024327) $2,500.00

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16. [ literature][ children's books][ stationary][ anthropomorphic][ anthropomorphism][ printer's proofs] The Pictorial Archives of W Straker Ltd, London,with over 1000 Printing Proofs, c1920- 1940. W Straker Ltd. London. c1920-1940 . W. Straker Ltd is as printing and stationary company that was founded in 1863 and is still in business todayThis album, or guard book, is a collection of over 1000 printer’s proofs in black and white and monochrome. Some of the illustrations in this album were done by E. H. Shephard, Mabel Lucie Attwell, Stanley L Wood, M. D. Hardy, Agnes Richardson Savage, Sylvia I Venus, Ernest Aris, E. M. Ingall, Harry B Neilson, Joan Hoyle, Montague B Black, L R Brightwell and others.Most of the proofs have a number written on them in red ink, mostly corresponding to an inventory number. This album serves as an invaluable look at British children's book illustration during this period. Such a complete printer archive is extremely rare. The large album has black leather covers and a W. Straker LTD book plate on the front interior cover. 17 1/2" x 12 1/2". (#27000505) $7,500.00

To view images click on: https://goo.gl/photos/EELQsLL1efoq2w1s9

The company produced plates for many British children's books during the 1920s and 1930s.

Covers show some edge wear due to rubbing. Wear to tissue interleaves. Minor stain and glue marks. Printer's marks. Some paper clip rust. Overall this is in very good condition.

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17. [Victorian Advertising][ Social History][ Popular Culture][ Beauty & Health] Victorian Vanity - A Collection of 71 mostly Victorian Trade Cards Relating to Complexion Care, Hair Renewers & Whisker Care. . . 1880s.This collection of predominantly advertising trade cards demonstrates the emergence of vanity products towards the end of the Victorian era.

To view the images: https://goo.gl/photos/YDvg6C4h8oah6U4d9

The portion of the collection concentrates 33 advertisements on hair renewers promoted to cure all hair imperfections. It claimed to return aging hair to its original color, prevent or reverse baldness, keep dandruff away and make hair grow thick and strong. Additionally it was to add luster and was recommended for people of all ages. Products include Barry's Tricopherous, Columbia Herp. C. Hair Tonic, Currier's Cocoanut Cream, Hair Vine Nature's Remedy, Elick's Hair Tonic, Burnett's Cocoaine and Hall's Hair Renewer.

It additionally includes 30 pieces relating to Complexion care - creams, balms, toilet powder, toilet soap, face powder, salves. They claimed to improve rough hard skin, refresh, soothe and heal. Toilet Powder claimed to remove tan, sunburn, greasiness or oilness, unnatural dryness, freckles, redness, pimpms and other skin troubles as well as conceal blemishes of disease. Toilet powder was designed to make the skin graceful and matrons look twenty again. Burnett's Kalliston Toilet Water made an additional claim of affording instant relief for 'itching Piles'. American Beauty Cream claims to be made from Cucumber Juice and never spoils! Finally this grouping includes a booklet titled Beauty's Boudoir - Useful Toilet Hint that also includes testimonials from actresses. Products include Dr. Hebra's Viola ream and Viola Skin Soap, F. S. Cleaver's Terebene Soap, Beethanms Glycerine & Cucumber, Hagan's Magolia Balm, Freeman Face Powder, Cream of Lilies, Elite Toilet Soap, Burnett's Kalliston and Cologne Water, Field's Rose Salve, Vogeler's Fedora Toilet Powder, American Beauty Cream and finally Chaplin's

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Liquid Pearl producers of Beauty's Boudoir Useful Toilet Hints booklet.

Lastly the collection is not limited to female vanity but includes 8 advertising cards for Buckingham's Whisker Dye with various methods including metamorphic cards of depicting before and after effects of the product always making the man appear significantly younger. The dyes were in black or brown and usually accompanied by promotions for Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer for men to prevent baldness among other things.

The majority of imagery is of physically attractive, affluent people most with perfect hair, skin and features. Additional topics include flowers and children. (#27005635) $1,100.00

18. [adult][ metamorphic trade cards] A collection of 12 metamorphic advertising trade cards promoting the use of Tobacco. 1880s. A group of 12 metamorphic advertising trade cards each depicting an unpleasant situation, when the card is opened flat the scene changes to a happily ever after situation, all as a result of using tobacco. Provided an effective means of advertising the technique was used by Wilson & McCallay's, Jackson's Best, Duke of Durham, Railroad Mills Snuff, Piper Heidsieck, Allen's Jewel, Bagley's, Dime Durham and Pogue's Sitting Bull. The use of tobacco was behind increased wealth, well-being, taming 'savage' native Americans, curing stomach disorders and heart burn and improving home life. Two of the cards are a slightly different format; one a small child so eager to get to the tobacco she falls off a piano stool and with sliced pages showing influencers like George Washington, Bismarck and Ben Butler all promoting the product. Various publishers. (#25007653) $325.00

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19. [Language of Flowers][ Flavoring Extracts][ Patent Medicine][ Floral Handbook][ Ladies Calendar][ Social History][ Popular Culture] A collection of 16 plus Burnett's Floral Handbooks. Joseph Burnett & Co. Boston, MA. 1861-1881. A collection of 16 Burnett's Floral Handbooks and a single-fold card spanning 20 years. The first is from 1861 and is a two in one booklet. The Burnett's section features information on Burnett's Cocaine for the Hair in Cocoa-nut Oil, Jonas Whitcomb's Remedy for Asthma, Standard Flavoring Extracts including Lemon, Vanilla, Rose, Almond, Nectarine, Celery, Orange, Peach, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Cloves and Ginger followed by numerous testimonials. This fills the first 12 pp of the book. The second half is reverse and is titled "Cupid's Advice for Packer's Tar Soap. There is no reference to the Language of Flowers. The next booklet from 1866 has the changed sustaining format of the Ladies Calendar, including a yearly calendar, Language of Flowers & Illustrations of flowers with interpretations of their language. Eventually they also included Language of Precious Stones. Format changed to 32 pp. 4 5/8" x 3". An insert page reads "It is hoped the accompanying Floral Hand-book (revised and improved) will prove an acceptable visitor. The "Language of Flowers" is the most complete and reliable ever published, and together with the Provers, Aphorism, Poetical Gems &c, will afford instruction and pastime for dull hours. Our object, as will be seen, is to bring to you notice our several Standard Preparations for the Toilet, &c., which are now favorably known throughout the country. Joseph Burnett & Co. Each subsequent addition was updated with additional products and current testimonials. The cover illustrations depict the romanticism of the Victorian era through the mid- 1870s when they begin reflecting the influences of popular culture. 1878 cover features the Japonesque influence. In 1879 a single fold card features Egyptian Revival while subsequent handbooks feature travel to exotic lands. Finally, a Spanish language edition that appears to be from the late 1870s-early 1880s covers influenced by the Aesthetic Art Movement. Years include 1861,1866, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1875, 1876, 1876(2), 1877,1878, 1878(2), 1878(3) 1879, 1880,1881, 1881(2) and two undated. (#27005532) $550.00

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20. [Advertising][ Promotion of Children][ Women's Work][ Advertising Trade Cards]. Victorian Advertising - "So Easy a Child Can Do It". Twenty-five (25) advertising trade cards flyers and pamphlets with illustrations of children easily and efficiently using a product to accomplish a task. The majority are focused on women's work . They include:

• Nine (9) food related cards of children preparing foods for Atmore's Mince Meat, Nestle's Milk Food, Hornby's Oats, Butterine, Chicago Processing and Provisions (canned meats), Piefilene and Ta-Ka- Kake, • Six (6) for laundry and soap products including Chief Soap, New Process Soap, Buchan's Carbolic Disinfecting Soap, Ivorine, Empire Wringer and Moore's Sheet or Book Soap --individual soap sheets in a book for all kinds of hands. • Four (4) Sewing Machine cards including Howe, New Home, Leader and the Standard Sewing Machine. • Three (3) for Stoves including Glenwood & Elmwood and Richmond Stove Co. Additionally a pamphlet with little girls baking with a Garland Stove in the background and words and verse at base for a backing song. The inside pages promote the product. • Two (2) of children cooking with Granite Iron Ware pots. • A mechanical die-cut card depicting a little girl displaying the interior of a Stone White refrigerator. • One for Chase's Liquid Glue depicting children creating a scrap book. • And finally a young girl in fine attire mowing a lawn with an Excelsior Lawn Mower (for Horse or Hand Power) while the adults play badminton.

(#27100653) $325.00

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21. [paper doll][ paper dolls][ advertisement][ advertise][ advertising] Collection of 21 Uncut Advertising Paper Dolls used to Promote Products to Adults. 1964 - 2005. A collection of 21 advertisements, primarily from the latter half of the 20th century, that uses paper dolls to attract adult customers. This collection ranges from advertising postcards to whole catalogues, and promotes everything from drinks to clothes, furniture and food. Items of note: • In 1992 the Sara Lee Corporation decided to produce a unique annual report on for its shareholders utilizing paper dolls to illustrate the company's activities and financial performance for that year. The covers feature 6 (six) dolls of varying ethnicities meant to represent the company's diverse manufacturing across worldwide markets. There is a European Girl carrying a tea time tray of Douwe Egberts who represents Sara Lee's coffee and grocery items, an Asian Boy in a blue suit representing Sara Lee's household and personal care products, a Hispanic girl representing their line of packaged meats and bakery products, a freckle-faced American boy and girl dressed in Hanes underwear representing their knit products, and an African-American girl dressed as an ice skater who represents hosiery and intimate apparel. Included with the annual report is the envelope it was mailed in, as well as an article that appeared in Doll Reader magazine in its March-April 1995 edition. The article is an interview with the designer of the report, Joan Link, and it discusses the ideas behind each doll. • A "Cut-A-Logue" from Suzo, a company who designed 'play suits' for children, or another words costumes for children to play in. There are various animal suits such as a bat or a panda, regimental gear, princess paraphernalia, and a Suzosaurus (a rather unique dinosaur). Most of the costumes are illustrated in the catalog as outfits for the paper dolls that are included in the catalog. • Several advertising postcards, for example, one that is promoting a new paper doll book entitled Causal Friday Paper Doll Book, and another that shows what a woman who drinks Champoo (an alcoholic mixed drink from the UK that combines a fruity drink called Taboo and champagne) might dress like. • Multiple advertisements printed in various magazines featuring paper dolls. Such as one for Coca-Cola called "Dress Me Up! Venus" which was inspired by The Birth of Venus,

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which was painted by William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1879. A slightly humorous advertisement by The Atlantic asking the reader, "How would you dress an Atlantic reader?" There is also an advertisement for Eiderlon, which asks you to "Be a Panty Nut" while it showcases a doll with 18 different panties to change into. • In the summer of 1999, Target released a catalog for freshman college students which showcased paper dolls. There is a whole dorm room set that you can fill with various furniture pieces, as well as two dolls (Jack and Jill) for you to dress in the latest fashions. Lastly, is an amazing brochure for the clothing store, "Casual Corner". This was the store's Christmas catalog and it encouraged the reader to upon "finished ordering, recycle this book by giving it to a little girl who loves paper dolls." The catalog alternates its pages, one describing the clothing offered, and the other one picturing them as paper doll outfits. The clothes themselves are gorgeously printed and showcase the variety of fashion offered by the store.

All dolls are uncut sheets. A database of the dolls in the collection is available upon request. (#27000801) $450.00

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22. [Advertising Promoting Children][ Metamorphic Cards]. Metamorphic Trade Cards Promoting Products for Children. A grouping of five (5) metamorphic trade cards that depict before and afters of awkward children turning bright attractive and well behaved children -- just by using a product. Products include Patent Tray for Children, Children's Patent Elastic Knee Protector, Solar Shoes, Davidson Brothers (Mens and Boys Clothing) and E. G. Burrows (Youths, Boys and Children's Fine Clothing). Each measures 3" x 5" when open flat. (#27100654) $245.00

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23. [Patent Medicine][ Vin Mariani][ Cocaine][ Advertising Post Cards][ Artists] Vin Mariani, Cocaine & Wine, Patent Medicine - A collection of 150 post cards "L'Album Mariani" designed by famous artists. 1900-1910. A collection of post cards introduced in five series of thirty created by renown artists of the day. Of the 150 cards this offering includes 119 original unused post cards and 31 photocopies of the original cards (place holders). The images were created by the artist, usually designed after one of their original works but making the Vin Mariani the featured element. Many of the cards are captioned with reference to the product. Other artists created completely new concepts to promote the tonic. Each card measures 5 1/2" x 3 1/2". As an example, the artists in the first series Paul Avril, F. Roybet, Ch, Waltner, Lévy-Dhurmer, G, Meunier, Paul Renouard, H, Berteaux, Muenier, Mucha, Hermann Paul, Eug, Murer, Lacault, Ribéra, K, Adler, Léon Glaize, Le Sidaner, Paul- Albert Laurens, Louis Noël, Ferigoule, A, Lalauze, Hagborg, Atalaya, W, Bouguereau, A, Maignan, J, Cheret, De Richemont, Bigot, Sem, Léandre and L, Vallet. (#27000716) $2600.00

For complete list of artists & history click here: Mariani Artists & Timeline At age 25, in 1863, Angelo Mariani marketed a patent medicine called Vin Tonique Mariani a la Coca de Perou. Based on Bordeaux wind infused with three varietals of coca leaves in the bottle. It was immediately applauded as an ideal stomach stimulant, analgesic on the air passages and vocal chords, appetite suppressant, antidepressant and treatment against anemia. Dosed as a small glass to be taken 3 times a day, 30 minutes before meals. Each ounce contained 6 mg of cocaine. Loved by kings and queens, popes and presidents, scientists and inventors, writers and dancers and more. Testimonials filled 15 leather -bound published volumes.

24. [WWII][ World War II][ homefront][ correspondence][ parenting][ military history][ pacific theater][ navy][ aircraft carriers][ japan][ family][ gender roles][ victory mail][ vmail][ dolittle's raid] Lt. Edward Andrew Kimpel, Jr LT. Edward A Kimpel, Letters - WWII Correspondence re War, Homefront & Parenting. 1942-1945. A collection of approximately 145 letters from a US Navy

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Reserve Communications Officer during World War II. Lt (JG) Edward Andrew Kimpel Jr served in the Navy in the Pacific Ocean Theater from 1942 to 1945. The lengthy correspondence between him and his family members, mainly his wife, Virginia, covers a variety of topics, including but not limited to: naval battles in Pacific Ocean Theater, attacks by Japan's airplanes, daily life on the ship, the censorship of wartime correspondence, Edward's various duties on the aircraft carriers he served on, discussions on wartime rations, and familial relationships between his wife, his parents, and his children.... To view detail on the collection click HERE.

Of particular note are the issue with son Edward (III) who later entered a life of crime. (#20128100) $700.00

25. [Journal][ Paper Dolls][ Correspondence][ Social History][ Social Situations][ Popular Culture] Charlotte Cusack.Diary, Handmade Paper Dolls and Letters from a Sixteen Year Old Girl - I am not a Child, anymore being 16 years old, but I am not yet quite Grown Up. Bufflao NY. 1922. An array of materials belonging to a young lady from Buffalo that include 53 handmade paper dolls,her 42 page "diary" removed from a composition book and a series of letters written to and from her taking her through The Normal School at the Buffalo School of Fine Arts and The Berkshire Summer School of Art. It begins with the 53 handmade paper dolls created by a budding artist. All fashionable young men and women from 4-5 ½” tall. They include all of the styles of the day and were created when she was 14-15 years old. The journal or "dairy" follows at 16, with a near daily accounting of her activites from April 18- August 29, 1922. There are negative references throughout referring only to "She" who is her despised sibling, with whom she is always at odds. Her days are filled with shopping, sewing, encounters with teenage boys, etc. A dramatic young lady to say the least.

"We did not accomplish muchbut I got a new white sweater which is all the rage"

"Soon Alcie & Grace (Dot's sisters ) came in. Grace, the youngest, danced the Sheik while Dot played it on the piano"

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"Peg & I decided to go to the park but on the way over we saw a girl with erings (sic) on. We then changed our minds about going to the park and instead we went around to stores pricing them".

"Two guys in the last seat started to flirt with us...I had a super-malagorgeous time...I had twelve dances but could have had mor had I stayed"

"We were going for a bus ride on a sightseeing car but as they chared 1 dollar apiece we went to the Suffragette Square instead".

Other topics were fending off a boy attempting to hug and kiss her, the streetcar strike, and her fickle relationships with friends. Finally, there are about 15 letters written to her mostly from a beau when she was away at the Berkshire Summer School of Art. The final letter is she wrote and most likely didn't send to a Mr. Hartwell re her lack of employment and being passed over for others who are less qualified. Also includes completed National Teachers Agency Application. A glimpse into the life of a young woman in 1922 Buffalo. (#27015152) $650.00

26. An Archive of over 600 pieces of Jacob Meck (1859-1930), prominent merchandising entrepreneur, postmaster, and cigar manufacturer, Meckville, Berks County, PA, 1864-1911. Jacob Meck, of Pennsylvania, was one of 11 adult children born to Benjamin and Elizabeth Ruth. He operated a grocery store beginning in 1879. He was the postmaster of Meckville, Berks County, PA after being nominated by David McKendree Key (U.S. Democratic Senator from Tennessee and U.S. Postmaster General). The post office was located in the store and the village was named Meckville after him. Meck later expanded his business, opening a liquor store in 1894, a creamery, feed store, and shirt factory in 1902, and then establishing Eagle Canning Company in 1905. Meck began a cigar manufacturing business in 1884 and ran it through 1907 when time restrictions forced him to abandon it. In 1913 he ran for Recorder of Deeds as a democratic candidate.

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Above images are small sampling of collection

He married Hettie Esther Becker in 1877 and the couple had seven children. Many personal correspondences are from his sons Walter (1878-1961) and Allan (1886-1977?). Walter opened the Meck and Coldren Mill with D.D. Coldren in 1900 where they manufactured cotton underwear. Walter remained with the business until 1950. Allan became a minister and became a well-respected president of the Lancaster Theological Seminary, where an Allan S. Meck Award honors his memory.

The collection relates to the cigar business and grocery store; including financials, invoices, advertisements, and correspondence. Also postmaster papers, circulars, covers (envelopes), and personal correspondence and documents and includes:

• Financial, business and personal from multiple banks and the Internal Revenue Service and detail amounts of deposit and credits, many are from Myerstown National Bank, including overdraft notices, settlement of bills, bank notices, bank notices, revenue license receipt, etc. • Post office/post master, 1883-1887 (20 items), others without dates-many ask for names and addresses of residents who may have interested in a particular consumer good or in a particular trade and request information be posted or handed out.

o notes to postmaster

o circulars

• Grocery business (approx. 381 items) o Postal Cards, 1879-1888 including notice of payments both due and received, calling cards with dates of vendor visits, advertisements for example for Hardware, Iron, and Oil Merchants, Garden Seeds, Oriental Spice and Coffee Works, Personal notes such as one regarding having Meck’s sign painted and requests for goods to be delivered. o Payments received, 1879-1888. o Invoices, predominantly from 1879-1887 o Correspondence, predominantly from 1879-1910 (129 items) of note a letter dated Oct 5, 1886, Meck endorsed a David McCauley where McCauley reneged on his agreement and the company wants to know how Meck will handle the need for payment. • Circulars (120 items) o Pharmacy (7 items)-includes quackery, patented medicines, specimens of cards, of note is a letter head for World Dispensary and Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo New York o Proctor and Gamble (12 items)-notices for advertising including Ivory Soap “Creeping Babies” (a possible reference to the poem “Thoughtful Santa Claus”, also leaflets such as “Town Talk” “Half Moon” “Clean Quick” which have descriptions and prices of goods. o Clothing and Shoes (14 items)-notices of auctions and sales, endorsements, price lists, of note 8 page 1881 trade journal for the Goodyear Rubber Company o Books (16 items)-order forms and publishers book descriptions, circular letters, a business circular written by a doctor; if a consumption patient fills in answers to questions they receive a book, ad for “New and Splendidly Illustrated Polyglot Family Bible”, newspaper style advertisement for “The History of Christianity” by Rev. John S.C. Abbott D.D., and Denison’s Descriptive Catalogue of Amateur and Standard Plays, Dialogues, Tableaux, Readings, Books for Teachers, Etc.

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o Insurance (5 items)- descriptions and costs of services o Agriculture and Farming (17 items)- some circular letters with illustrated letterhead, booklets, ads for fertilizer, scales, animal meal, minerals, oils, and tools, of note “The Wise Farmer” ad for improved butter color. o Miscellaneous (1 item)-1883 Kentucky Lottery o General Goods (Dry Goods, Household) (39 items)-newspaper style advertisements for tea, silverware, lighting, needles, and other household supplies, watches, mirrors, scales, laundry supplies, and paints, of note ads for an electric battery which gives 5 currents and a Peterson’s Patent Label Maker. o Food (6 items)- listing of testimonials, sales, notice of items available, of note an ad for “Poor Man’s Easter Egg Dyes”. o Modern Houses (3 items)-sample pictures with descriptions of homes available for building, includes basic pricing • Cigar Business, run from 1884-1907 (approx. 74 items) o Postal Cards, 1880-1889, and no date-includes calling cards and types and quantities of cigar orders such as “Lady of Lake” and “Royal Boquet” and “send 1.000 Minnie and 1.000 Gyrrell’s” o Cigar documents 1886-1887-assortment of topics, of note one letter of Aug 24, 1886 requests a reorder but “under no circumstances do we want any with that binder on that you bought of Frymyer. If you do you will spoil your future trade with us as we cannot possibly handle any segars at any price that do not burn” and a premium for J.R. Mast who is giving away free boots with the purchase of “Boot Plug” tobacco; letters also include: o orders o references o Advertisements-includes Weissinger and Bate’s “Prune Nugget” chewing tobacco and Bausman and Mast’s Seed Leaf and Havana Tobacco o correspondence o Invoices, 1879- 1898-lists the names of cigars, quantity, and pricing o Covers (envelopes)-return addresses for cigar companies and tobacconists in Pennsylvania • ·Personal Correspondence (118 items) o To Jacob Meck, 1880-1911, no date (98 items)-many addressed to father from Walter and Allan, may be store related but do not have businesses referenced, others are a combination of business and personal, for example Walter discussing orders and his daughter’s health o other addressees, 1864-1910, no date (20 items) o includes letters to/from family members, a number of letters are to Allan o 1903 report on “Reformation History of France” by Allan Meck, about 17 years old • Meck documents (3 items) o notice of new item available in store (2 copies) o 1913 letter of introduction, democratic candidate for Recorder of Deeds • Covers (envelopes)-an assortment of covers, most have stamped postal marks and postage stamps, predominately with advertisements, mostly illustrated or with cameo illustrations, addressed to Meckville, Berks County and Hamlin, Lebanon County, one with Kutztown (there are no circulars or documents included with these)

(#26000327) $1,150.00

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59th New York Antiquarian Book Fair

Eclectibles

E27

Part 3 – Albums, Journals & Commonplace Books

Eclectibles Sheryl Jaeger & Ralph Gallo 860.872.7587

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Albums, Commonplace Books and Journals

28. [Commonplace Book][ Pictures Tell a Story][ Commentary][ Poetry][ Made by Hand] Fred Sharp. A Commonplace Book with 87 Plus Commentary Watercolors and Original Verse & Articles. Bedford, England. 1935-1936. An exceptional album and clever anthology of watercolor and pen and ink works created by Fred Sharp of Bedford England. The album begins with a manuscript Index identifying each of the pages. Each page (recto) has a full page watercolor The pages are numbered on the recto 1-101. Fourteen (14) pages are intentionally blank. Occasion relevant newspaper or magazine clippings, original verse by Fred Sharp or notation on verso. Some are full page drawings while others are manuscript text/verse with border decoration. Includes philosophic thoughts, whimsy, irony and satire.

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Sampling of Subjects include: Lloyd George (David Lloyd George) p.3 John Howard, Prison reformer p.6 Homer p.7 4000 ways of spelling the name Shakespeare p.9 Answered E. W. Wilcox p.10 Palindromes p.17 Astronomical p.20 Somebody said it first and here’s who p. 22 Abandon Hope - The Flexibility Sentence p.23 Where's George "Gone to the Hole in the Wall" p.27 Here with a loaf of bread -A tongue-in-cheek drawing of a hobo and a cow with Omar Khayyam’s Here, with a loaf of bread, beneath the bough, A flask of wine” p.29 Beer is Best p. 30 Charles Dickens (Boz) p.32 The Raven p. 34 Fools Rush in where Angels fear to Tread (Can I get you a towel Mr.) p.38 Robert Burns p.39 In a monastery garden p.40 An autograph from Mr Bransby Williams, actor and music-hall performer, p.41 (recto) Solitude (side by side verse by Eddie De Lange & Irving Mills and another by the author) p.64 Trees p. 67 A Time There Was p.77 Procrastination is the Thief of Time p. 78 Cryptogram on a wife her home and her mother p. 80 Small area of missing surface paper. p. 82 Great Stuff this Book p. 88

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My Library p. 90 Two pages of two letter abbreviations p 97 (including verso) One of my Ancestors (a Goose) p.98 Good Night Everybody - Fred Sharp. July 16, 1936 p. 101

Each illustration is well executed with thoughtful consideration to content prior to the execution. This random selection is not in any way considered the best or better works, just a sampling. Album measures 11" x 7 ½ ". (#28015338) $8,500.00 To view images, click: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ezhZSamd1vXZTyfQ7

Page 60 is detached but present; otherwise fine.

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29. [botany][ flowers][ flower][ plant][ pressed flowers] Herbarium Journal with Watercolors. England. c1900. A charming herbarium journal that can be read in two different directions. If you open the book one way, the reader finds a herbarium with 59 pressed specimens, mainly flowers, taped to the pages. When the reader flips the book and reads it in the opposite direction, instead of specimens, there are watercolors illustrating each entry. There are 43 entries in this section, however only 33 pages of watercolors, because in 10 instances the artist doubled- up on a single page. With each specimen/illustration the author lists the plants common name, scientific name, family genus, a brief description and where and when (month only) the author found the plant. The owner of the journal most likely lived in England, as several of the descriptions of the locations the flowers were found mention the River Exe which is near Devon, England on the Bristol Channel Coast. The water colors were done first on a sketch paper which was then pasted into the journal. Similarly the specimens were pressed and dried and then secured by several small pieces of tape on a separate sheet of paper before being pasted into the journal. Of the 59 specimens, 3 have been inserted loose into the blank pages between the two sides of the journal with no identifying information. Additionally, there is 1 specimen pasted in with no description and 2 descriptions of flowers with no corresponding specimen (the latter of which was not included in the count). Some of the flora illustrated are: Primrose, Speedwell, Lady's Smock, and Hedge Wound Wort. Some of the specimens included are: Water Forget Me Not, Penny Royal, Long Stalked Crane's Bill, and Scarlet Pimpernel. Black covers, 137 leaves. Measures 7 ¾” x 6 ½ “. (#28016150) $550.00

Back Cover. One of the specimens is loose from where it was pasted in. Two specimens are missing from the book. Staining due to the specimens

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30. [accounting][ sewing][ ladies guild][ account book][ women's work][ religion][ church society] Various. Account Book of the Treasurer of the Ladies Sewing Society of Congregational Church, Chester Vermont. Chester, VT. 1853 - 1883. An accounting for a Ladies Sewing Society associated with the Congregation Church in Chester, VT. The author of the book changes every two to three years as a new treasurer is appointed. As such, the level of detail of the accounts varies over time. The book starts in 1853 with Mrs. Asa Davis as the Treasurer and ends in 1883 with Mrs. H. L. Slack. Additionally in 1865 the society renamed itself to "Ladies Congregational Benevolent Society." The book makes note of funds received for sale of items constructed by the Sewing Society, the dues paid by different members, and items purchased with the funds such as yarn or food. At the end of the book are three pages that list an accounting of "Pew Owners" and how much they have paid towards their ownership. This list is not dated. Board covers with applied marble. 56 leaves. Measures 7 ¾” x 6 ¼”. (#29004100) $325.00

Damage to covers due to rubbing as well as the top of the back strip. Interior pages have minor toning and soiling due to age.

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31. [friendship][ love][ poem][ poetry][ verse] Friendship and Lover's Album - Numerous Entries from the Same Three People. J. C. Riker. Harts Village, Dutchess County, New York. c1850. A unusual friendship album belonging to Eliza Howland. With the exception of one or two entries, the album appears to have been written by three people writing over years (c1850). The entries are written by Omega, Rover and Hiram. Hiram is later identified as Hiram Howland, and he is presumably Eliza's husband. On two of Omega's entries she has also drawn a colorful dove holding an olive branch in its beak. The majority of the entries are written by Hiram and tend to be love poems, mostly original. Most of his entries are simply titled 'To Eliza', though at times his is more descriptive in his naming, such as 'With You I Am Happy', 'A The Plighted Vow' and 'Written on the reception of a Bible', Additionally, there are two letters, with their corresponding envelopes. The letters were written to Eliza by Hiram on Valentines day and are love poems as well. Below is a quote from one Hiram's poems in the journal:

"My thoughts wander back to the days of my youth, When my heart was both gullible and free, Then ambition did prompt me to wealth, fame, and truth, While my hopes were all centered on thee But the ambition has fled with the year that have flown while my hope of vain fortune is river Still with thee I am happy, I love and be loved. Till summoned to mansions in heaven..."

On the cover there is gilt stamp which states "Religious Album" along with the original owners name, "Eliza". There are six black and white engravings (including the title page) depicting religious scenes, such as when an angel appeared to the shepherds to proclaim the birth of Christ.

Brown leather board covers with gild stamp design. 60 leaves, with interleaves in front of the illustrations. The pages are multicolored, and gilt fore edge. The journal is approximately half filled (first half of book). Measures 7 ½" x 6". (#29001101) $425.00

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The back cover has some damp stains on the top and a portion of the gilding has worn away. Edge of back strip lacking upper edge front cover. . The interior pages are soiled and toned due to age. There is offset caused by the ink on several pages. There are also several burn marks on some of the pages.

32. [commonplace book][ religion][ pray][ payers][ poem][ accounting][ ] Anonymous Woman. Commonplace book - Religious, Poetry, Prayers and minor Accounting. c1850. A journal from the mid 1850s by an unknown individual, but one who is very devout. The journal starts off as a diary, where only a line or two was written every few days. For example "Sewing Circle", "Attended Church and Sabbath School", and "Heard Dr. Jewett Lecture about temperance." As the journal progresses the entries start to grow in length. The author discusses everything from travel (to the countryside) to books that they have read, including the History of the Reformation Began by Martin Luther. In addition to the diary, there is also poems and prayers written in the book as well. These tend to be written in pencil, and have faded a bit. On the inside covers are scribbles of math, and the first page of the journal is an accounting slip which references boarders and the dates they were stayed. There are two inserts of scrap paper, one has accounting on it, and the other a cutwork pattern, a simple sketch of a branch with leaves that has been partially cut out . Board covers with applied marble, 40 leaves. Author used both pencil and ink. Near complete, few blank pages. Measures 7 ½ x 6 ½. (#28015145) $325.00

Covers have moderate damage due to rubbing. The marbling on the covers is faded. Binding is damaged and loose. Several pages are loose or partially separated. Water staining on the top corner of the majority of the interior pages. The ink is at times smudged due to this, but it is still legible.

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33. [commonplace book][ religion][ diary][ weather][ courtship][ daily life] Commonplace Book, Pocket Diary of August Maria Ward Bissell. 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 life give the reader a robust outlook on her life and that of the local townspeople. Each entry starts off with a note on the day's weather, generally including the mornings temperature and a few words on the weather conditions such as "wet day", "summerish", "some sprinkles". She continues on next with short notes on the day, who visited who, what sermon or lecture she heard that day or small notes on the doings of her family, friends, and neighbors. Additionally, marriages, sicknesses, and deaths are recorded as well. Below are some examples of her entries:

"7 above morning, cloudy some. A surprise party at Mr. Richards in the evening. Went to meeting as Ms. Conants, Minister Association at Charlemont this week." Feb. 13

"14 morning, fair 30 at one. Dr. and Mary Draper called. Alin Felder called. Sleighing is growing poor. A subscription was started on Sunday to buy Sabbath school books for our library."

"63 morning, fair 84 at one, fair. Rev. Mr Brooks called. Sarah Ball called. Ann Marie & I picked some strawberries. Mrs. James Derby has moved into Mrs. Fashe's house." June 19

"55 morning very rainy. Horace Mason called. Justin [brother] and I visited Aunt Catherine. Charles Hill's son died today of fever. Mr. Young and his family went west Tuesday." Sept. 4

In addition to all of her regular notes throughout the year, it seems that she meets Rev. Oscar Bissell, her future husband about midway through the year. He appears to have been a traveling Reverend who preached at several local churches and meetings. One can see the growth of their relationship as the year progresses. What starts as any other entries of the detailing the sermons she goes to, become

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notes of Mr. Bissell calling on her to spending the evening (Dec 15) to them exchanging letters. This is clearly the beginning of their courtship that would result in their marriage in November 1869. This marriage was rather unusual for the time as she was 39 years old. Augusta would go on to have 3 children within the next five years with Oscar.

Lastly, at the end of the journal there are a series of list, starting with a list of the year's marriages and deaths, continuing with several accounting lists of expenses (such as the extraction of a tooth or purchases of a diary) and work she was paid for. Black leather covers. Gilt edge pages. Completely filled. Measures 4" x 2 ¾”. (#28000105) $325.00

Minor damage to covers. Minor soiling on interior pages due to age.

Augusta Maria Ward Bissell was born on June 24, 1830 in Warwick, Massachusetts to Sylvanus Ward (1802 -1856) and Anna Draper Ward (1801-1856). She grew up with three siblings, one sister, Harriet Anna Ward (1828 - 1856), and two brothers Artemas Draper Ward (1837 - 1914) and Justin Edwards Ward (1847 - 1929). She married late in life, at age 39 to Rev. Oscar Bissell (1822 - 1910) on November 1, 1869. Together they had three children Frederick Bissell (1871 - ?), William Foster Bissell (1872 - 1945) and Alma Ward Bissell (1875 - 1869). Augusta died in Brimfield, Massachusetts on December 30, 1898 of La Grippe, otherwise known as influenza.

34. [play][ john bull][ actor][ dialogue][ fruit trees][ theatre][ horticulture] Jonathon E. Ferrey. A Journal featuring a Selection of Plays. 1804 -1806. This journal features a sections of books and plays that were copied by actor Jonathon E. Ferrey in 1804 -1806. The first is a few pages of the book are not from a play but from William Forsyth's "A treatise on the culture and management of fruit trees." Specially the portions of the book on the fruit trees, particularly apricots, plums, peaches and cherries. The rest of the journal are sections of plays, that most likely where copies of the portions Ferrey was acting in. The first is the play "Dramatic Dialogues for the Use of Schools" by Charles Stearn. Sections copied in this journal are portions of the dialogues named Triumph of Temper,

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Bernard of Berlin, The Bottle Conjuror, and Maid of the Groves. The rest of the journal are two plays by George Colman. The first of which is "The Poor Gentleman" and the second is "John Bull, or The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy in Five Acts." John Bull is an fictional character who is the personification of England, similar to America's Uncle Sam. At the end of the journal is what appears to be a draft of a play bill for the John Bull play which states that Jon played the part of Dennis Brulgruddery in March 1806 in West Springfield. Cloth covers, with architectural design of columns. 66 pages, completely filled. Measures 6 ¼” x 4 ¼”. (#28000106) $250.00

Covers show moderate wear, partially on the back strip due to rubbing. Interior pages are soiled and toned due to age. Two pages are pasted together.

35. [paper with a secret][ friendship album] Cora Sprague. Velvet Cover Triangular Friendship Album Of Cora Sprage, featuring secret messages. Hackettstown, NY. Nov 1888. A unique triangle friendship album of Cora Sprague that was given to her upon her departure in November 1888 from Centenary Collegiate Institute, a preparatory school located in Hackettstown, NY (now known as Centenary University). What is unique about this album is the construction. Each note as been folded down into a triangle which was originally pasted closed. On the front of each note was a small missive that directed Cora when she could open the note. Most of them feature specific dates, but some are more ambiguous and cheeky. Such as, "Open when you so desire ", "When in trouble," "on the anniversary of your silver wedding", and perhaps most uniquely "to be opened some moonlight evening, alone in the year 1890". The majority of the notes feature well wishes for a happy and prosperous life. There are several mentions of a wedding and husband, so Cora's departure from the school might have been caused by an impending marriage to an unknown man. Most of her friends

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ask her to remember her time at C. C. I. fondly, or reference specific unknown events. Such as " 'Sit still my heart, sit still.' When very much excited and this quotation comes in your in mind, remember me and the circumstance under which I gave it to you." Light brown velvet covers. Ribbon binding. Triangle album, 39 leaves. Measures 10 ½" x 5 ¼". (#28001170) $250.00

First and last page is detached. Minor soiling and toning due to age.

36. [blank book][ copy book][ ledger][ sewing][ business][ business history] J.W. Orr, Engraver (NY). Blank Books Adapted to Fulton & Eastman's Book-Keeping, by Single and Double Entry - "Merchant Day Book" - Dry Goods Fabric & Sewing Supplies. Moore & Nims. Troy, NY. 1848- . This copy book was provided to customers by the Manufacturers Moore & Nims. An unknown individual has used it as a ledger for their business. The ledger dates from January 3, 1848 to March 29, 1849, with all but the last few pages filled out. It is clear from the entries the author owned a dry goods store with an emphasis on fabric store as most of the items mentioned are fabric, thread or buttons. It also includes the sales of condiments, spices and dried fruits. Each entry is dated, tells the name of the customer, what was purchased and the cost. An engraving by J. W. Orr is on the front cover. It features a heavily decorated floral and scroll border. On the front interior cover is a message "To the Pupil" which continues onto the back interior cover. The back cover features an advertisement for Franklin Globes produced by Moore & Nims. There are seven globes engraved in this advertisement. OCLC -1 (Feb 2019). However the book cataloged has 24 pgs., versus this book which

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as 36 pages. All the other fields match this item. Green paper covers, 36 pages. Measures 8 ¼” x 6 ¾”. (#28016155) $250.00

Penciling on front cover. Minor toning and soiling on interior pages due to age.

37. [song][ hymns][ religion][ poem][ poetry][ verse][ copy book][ music] Copy Book of Religious Hymns. Cover illustration - Pen Mightier than the Sword. Benjamin B. Mussey & Co. 29 Cornhill, Boston. c1850. This blank book was published by Benjamin B. Mussey & Co. sometime in the mid 1800s. The unknown owner of the book used it to copy hymns of a religious nature. There are six hymns in total in the book, "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief" by James Montgomery (based on Matthew 25-40), "A Romish Lady", "The Orphan's Song", "The Gloom of Autumn" by Selah and Timothy Gridley, "Remember the Poor" by Rev, H G. Barrus and "Dying Hymn" by Alice Cary. Below is a quote from the "Dying Hymn":

"Earth, with its dark and dreadful ills, Recedes and fades away; Lift up your heads, ye heavenly hills; Ye gates of death give way; My soul is full of whispered song - My blindness is my sight; The shadows that I feared so long Are full of life and light..."

The front cover has an engraving of a Prince meeting Clio, the Nymph of History, along with a parable. Essentially the parable is meant to show how the pen is mightier than the sword. Elaborate border decoration. On the back cover is a multiplication table as well as a list of other books sold by Mussey. No OCLC, Feb 2019.

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Blue-green wraps. Strong color. 24 unlined pages. Measures 8" x 6 ¾". (#28016156) $275.00

Excellent condition.

38. [blank book][ ledger][ accounting][ guardianship. probate court][ legal] Jonathan D Roberts. An Accounting of the Guardianship of Timothy Stevens. Farmington, NH. 1856 - 1864. A copy book used to by Jonathan D. Roberts to keep an accounting of his guardianship of Timothy Stevens from 1856 - 1864. On the first page is a note that states Roberts was appointed Stevens guardian on February 5, 1856 and that this fact was advertised in the Dover Gazette on the first Tuesday in February. Next is an inventory of the Estate of Timonth Stevens valued at $1,011.37. What follows is a list of expenses incurred by Roberts, such as the cost of board, travel to the probate court, the cost of his services and a list of different bills paid out. The front cover has an engraving of a monument that states "To Washington". The back cover has a multiplication table on it as well as the note "Always for sale, a general assortment of Blank, School, and Miscellaneous Books..." There is no mention of a publisher. No OCLC, Feb 2019. Yellow covers, 16 pages. Completely filled. Measures 8" x 6 ½". (#28016157) $225.00

Covers have minor soiling due to age. On the first interior page the bottom inch has been cut out.

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39. [ledger][ accounting book][ business history][ copy book] James Chancy Merchant Accounting Book of James Chancy, Grocer. E. G. Hoose. Salem, MA. 1820-1823. James Chancy was a grocer in Salem who used this copy book to keep an accounting of his customer's purchases between 1820- 1823. For each entry Chancy lists the name of the customer, under which lists the date and items purchased. Sometimes it also records when he was paid, normally in cash. Sometimes the pages have been crossed out with an X, the reason for this is unknown, but perhaps it meant the account was closed.

The front cover has two woodcut engravings. The first is a ship with clouds. The second is an intricate decorative device surround the bookplate. - The back cover has a multiplication and numeration table on it. As well as a list of the days in a week, and months in year. Additionally is the saying:

"All you that in fair writing would excel, How much you write, regard not, but how well. Bear your pen lightly, keep a steady hand, And that's the way fair writing to command."

Brown covers, 46 pages. Printed by E. G. Hoose. Half-filled. No OCLC, Feb 2019. Measures 7 ½" x 6 1/4". (#28016158) $200.00

Front covers are moderately soiled. Edges are frayed, and there is moderate damage to the back strip. Interior pages are soiled and toned due to age. Minor water stains. Ink on some pages is faded.

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40. [poems][ poetry][ nature][ verse][ Niagara falls][ ] Mrs. Russell. Copy Book of Six Poems, On Nature. c1820. A copy book of six poems focusing on nature, both of the human and earthly variety. The poems included in this are: "The Silent Expression of Nature", "Hymn "Why Should Dreams So Dark and Dreary]" by John Bowring", "Thoughts on Death", "Tomorrow" by Anna Laetita Barbauld", "To the Violet", and "Niagara Falls" by R. L. Johnson. Below is a quote from "The Silent Expression of Nature."

"When thoughtful to the vault of heaven I lift my wondering eyes, And see the clear and quiet even, To night resign the skies- The moon, in silence, shine - A secret rapture fills my breast, That speaks its birth divine."

The front cover has an engraving of a boy playing with a hoop and stick in a garden. The back cover is blank. No OCLC, Feb 2019. Dark gray covers. 16 pages. Mostly filled. Measures 7 ½" x 6". (#28016159) $185.00

Covers mostly detached. The front cover is soiled and stained.

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41. [friendship album][ poems][ poetry][ writing book] Friendship Album of Lorinda Fitts, 1838-1840. G. & N. Sturtevant. Watertown, NY. 1838-1840. A friendship album belonging to Lorinda Fitts of Champion, NY. The album dates from 1838 to 1840 and has a variety of notes, short and long, from her friends. Some of the entries contain poetry reminiscing of the idea of friendship. Below is a quote from of the entries.

"When I in distant lands doth roam For from friends or happy home May this couselation That then art still a friend to me."

The album itself was actually meant to be a writing book, manufactured by G. & N. Sturtevant. The front cover has engravings of books, sentries and a soldier on horseback as well as the saying:

"Good Penmanship shows taste refin'd, But crooked, coarse or blotted, Betrays a sloven's hand and mind, By careless bespotted."

Includes an acrostic of her name from "George". Sentiments of individuals mostly from Champion, Laray, Evans-Mills, NY with a few from Philadelphia.

The back cover has an engraving the 'great seal of the US', which is an eagle on holding a bunch of

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arrows in one talon and an olive branch in the other. No OCLC, Feb 2019. Brown stiff paper, 38 pages. Measures 7 ½" x 6". (#28016160) $200.00

Covers are soiled and stained. Back strip has minor damage. Interior pages are soiled and toned due to age.

Lorinda Fitts Merriam was born on April 12 1816 in Auburn, MA to Daniel Fitts (1752 - 1837) and Chloe White (1757 - 1837). She married Zelotes Doddridge Merriam (1818-1904) on Aug 11, 1840 and had one child, Josephine Emma Merriam Hopkins (1845 - 1930). She died on August 3, 1849

42. [Travelogue][ Europe][ Great Britain][ London][ Germany][ Switzerland][ Italy][ France][ travel][ tourism][ school trip][ journal][ travel journal] Arthur Merriam Rowley. European Travel Journal & Correspondence of Arthur Merriam Rowley, Summer of 1906. 1906. In the May 1906 Arthur Rowley was invited to go on a European trip by his Professor H. B. Richardson. The party would consist of the Professor and six boys, including Rowley. His father, H. Curtis Rowley, paid the Professor $850 to take his son to Europe. They set sail on June 25 on the ship Pretoria bound for Dover and London. From there he travel to the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and France before returning to New York in late September. Arthur writes daily in his journal, starting with the trip across the Atlantic. These early entries mostly consist of the weather, what he did to pass the time (read or played cards generally) and how many miles the ship traveled the day. He often remarks about what ships he passes, and what marine mammals he saw, such as flying fish and whales. The first stop on Arthur's trip was London, where besides the normal tourist attractions such as Westminster Abbey and the Tower, he saw the famous American actress Edna May in the play "The Belle of Mayfair" during its original run at the Vaudeville Theatre. Arthur spends the next several weeks traveling the UK with his friends spending time in such towns as Cambridge, Edinburg,

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Glasgow and Sterling. By the end of July, Arthur has made it to Rotterdam, Holland (where he doesn't think much of the Dutch language but likes the canals and windmills) before heading to Germany. There he spend time in the towns Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Dresden, Nuremberg and Berlin. Arthur makes a quick stop in Salzburg, Austria, before heading to Italy, where he spends time in Venice (a town he finds to be most peculiar) and Milan. From there Arthur he makes it to Switzerland (Goschenen and Lauterbrunnen). Then its on to Paris, Arthur's last stop before he boards a ship heading back to New York. His journal entries throughout the trip are short and informative. In every town he visits he list exactly what he does that day, from museums and castles he sees to how he spends his free time - mostly reading. Where you really see Arthur's cheeky personality come through is in the letters he writes home to his Aunt Hatty (4 letters) and father (7 letters). Here his discusses everything from his stolen rain coat to his actual impressions about the places his visits (rather than the factual record the journal provides). He was especially taken by Venice and the gondola rides. Also in this collection are several loose papers including the two introductory letters written by the Professor to H. Curtis Rowley, where he discusses the trip. Letters to his father and Aunt Hatty on illustrated letter sheets found in his hotels. There is also three sets of a nearly identical itinerary for the trip and a receipt from a store in London. Lastly, there is a letter from Arthur's father. His father seemed to have a great sense of humor and wrote a fairly lengthy and funny poem in honor of Arthur's trip. Below is two stanza's from that poem.

This letter's from your Dad, Who with pencil and with pad And in rhyme that's sometimes bad, Will say to tourist las; egad, I'm glad your off for U-rope! Whoop it up! Keep it up! Till Ritchie winds the tour-up! ... In the land where towns are dams, Where watercourses transport trams, Don't take for trees the big wind mills Nor dikes for home New England hills, But remember that you're in U-rop. And whoop it up! And keep it up! Till Ritchie winds the tour-up!

Black leather covers. 55 leaves. Gilt-edge pages. Approximately on third filled. Measures 8" x 6 ½". (#29005100) $325.00

Damage to covers and back strip, mostly due to rubbing. Interior pages are soiled and toned due to age. Some of the envelopes the letters came in are torn.

Arthur Merriam Rowley was born on August 3, 1883, in Springfield, MA to Hiram Curtis Rowley (1844-1922) and Thirza Jane Merriam (1845-1919). Arthur was the grandson of Homer Merriam (on his mother side) who was one of the three Merriam brothers (Charles, George, and Homer) who became famous for printing the Merriam-Webster

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Dictionary. Arthur grew up in Springfield with one older brother, Harold Merriam Rowley (1879-?). He would marry Earla Viola Steade (1887-1966) on August 16, 1911 in San Diego, CA. They had two children, Douglass Steade Rowley (1913-2007) and Earla Steade Rowley (1916-1993). He died on August 9, 1979 in Springfield, MA.

43. [civil war][ diary][ journal][ American civil war][ military][ slavery][ emancipation][ Merriam- Webster ][ Webster][ Merriam] Hiram Curtis Rowley. American Civil War Journal of Military Movements in the winter of 1863. 1863. In 1863 Hiram Curtis Rowley was attending the Whitestown Seminary, a college prep school in Whitestown, NY. From between January 1, 1863 and March 9, 1863 he kept a detailed journal of the military actions during the civil war. Pasted into the back interior cover is the quote: "His fame was born, not alone of things written and said, but of the arduous greatness of things done and of dangers and emergencies." Below are a few excerpts from his journal.

"The promise of the twenty-second day of September is fulfilled! Emancipation has been declared! And every slave in the rebel states is hence forth free forever. Three millions [sp] of human beings who were heretofore chained down by the accused institution of slavery are created men and women; never again to bow down before their masters and suffer the fiendish cruelties of the lash." - January 1, 1863.

"A dispatch from Gen [Andrew] Porter commanding the Upper Mississippi squadron report that the expedition up the White River (Jan 21). Arkansas had captured St. Charles, Duval's [sp] Bluff and Des Arcs. About 150 prisoners were taken, two Columbiads, and large quantity of small arms and ammunition. It is also reported that Stonewall Jackson has reinforced Vicksburg with 40,000 men." - January 26, 1863.

"The two armies long menacing each other o the Blackwater have at last engaged in conflict. The rebels were led by Gen. Pryor and the National troops by the gallant Corcoran. After a sharp but brief struggle the rebels were driven back two and a half miles." - February 2, 1863.

"...The unequal and unfortunate contest was maintained with great determination and with heavy loss on both sides. The 33rd and the 19th Mich - 22nd Mich and 85th Ind. wee engaged..."March 6, 1863.

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Half binding with corners and marble boards; marble for edge. 200 pages. One third filled. . Measures 7 ¾ x 6 ½. (#29005101) $500.00

Minor damage to covers due to rubbing. Minor soiling and toning to interior pages. Minor spot stains as well.

Hiram Curtis Rowley was born on July 13, 1844 in South Newton, NY to Warren Dunham Rowley (1800-1854) and Harriet Maria Cuny (1818-1889). In 1863 he attended Whitestown Seminary before entering the Federal Army on August 20, 1864. He would serve in the 54th NY National Guard until discharged in 1864. By 1865 he was in the book and engraving busy in Cincinnati, before joining his uncle and brother to form Curry, Rowley & Co., a wholesale stationers in Utica, NY. He would marry Thirza Jane Merriam (1845-1919) on December 2, 1874. Thirza was the daughter of Homer Merriam, who was one of the three Merriam brothers (Charles, George, and Homer) who became famous for printing the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Rowley would join his father-in-law at g. & C. Merriam & Co. becoming a partner in 1882. Rowley would have two children, Harold Merriam Rowley (1879-?) and Arthur Merriam Rowley. He would die on December 14, 1922.

44. [Commonplace Book][ Watercolors][ Poetry][ Verse][ Social History] Commonplace Book most likely created by a woman. 1838-1841. Half leather with corners. Gilt embossed back strip. 110 leaves. Approximately half manuscript verse consisting of copied poetry, usually cited at end and original thought. Also includes an occasional autographed sentiment presumably by a friend. The remainder includes favorite pencil sketches and watercolors both drawn in the book and applied. Applied engravings are found in both black and white and hand colored. Some are framed in gold paper. Some are cut-outs. A handful of the writings are headed with relevant little watercolor drawings. Additionally there are two little groups of flowers created with polished paper stems and

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grass and pith paper flowers. Approximately two thirds of the way through the book religious imagery is introduced. Larger watercolors include berries and leaves and a butterfly, also morning glories and fuchsia. A few of the titles include: To a Paper What are the Sweetest Flowers Melancholy hath its charms To the Wood Anemone The Dying Child Very few blank pages. Measures 9 ½" x 6". (#28001533) $500.00

Moderate cover wear.

45. [diary][ journal][ governess][ women's work][ children][ ] Elizabeth Alston Stone. Diary for 1874 of a New Governess. Glenloch, PA. 1873-1874. Elizabeth is a young woman (20 years old) in Pennsylvania who writes in her diary on a daily basis. She faithfully enters in the events of the day, often detailing the weather, who is visiting who, and the activities of the day (such as which games they played). The tone of the diary does change a bit in April when her father finds her a job as a Governess with the Sharp family. At times she struggles with both her homesickness and the responsibility of her new job. Elizabeth is more relieved than anything when she is relieved of her position that August.

Below are some excerpts from the journal:

"Dull day- Mrs. Sharp went to Chester and left me (alone) to take care of the children, awful responsibility! After school sat in the barn with them and told them stories. Afternoon it cleared off. Read to May. Evening songs and played to them. Slept with the children in Mrs. S. room and the girl (servants) slept in mine." - May 16, 1874

"Mrs. Sharp cam home at recess time and my cares were over from that time." - May 20, 1874

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"Many came over, took dinner here. In the afternoon I went out riding with Harry and Joe on Ella's horse and in her dress, rode all around the block and Gentell's Mill dam, about 8 miles. Walter stopped in for a little while just before tea. Mamma came home. I was awfully stiff from my ride." - October 5, 1874

In the front of the journal are some informational pages, such as a calendar, postage rates, population table of the states, and a month by month retelling of most important events that happened on that day. For example on October 1, 1807 the first steamer came to the US and on April 4th, 1841 President Harris died. Next it is clear some pages were torn out by the original owner as the journal starts on January 7th. Elizabeth has made a note that the diary entries from December 8th, 1873 to January 6, 1874 can be found in the back of the journal in the Memoranda section, which indeed they can be. Also in the back are some lists of the pay she received from her Governess job (for example, $30 for the month of June), as well as lists of purchases. On the interior title page Elizabeth names herself "E. Altson Stone, Esq", perhaps she simply fancied herself a lawyer. On the last page of the journal is the incorrect quote from Claude Le Petit:

"The word is full of fools, and he who ... would vain Must shut himself within a can And break his mirror too."

Housed in a Union Annual Diary. 1874 - Diary for 1874 Published Annually for the Trade. Frontispiece with image of a tired Father Time seated on a rock. Marble covers. Green Label. Completely filled. Measures 6" x 3 ½". (#29001102) $375.00

Covers show moderate wear, mainly due to rubbing, some missing surface litho. Interior pages are toned due to age. Two of the pages are stuck together.

Elizabeth Alston Stone was born on December 8, 1853 to John William Stone (1821-1888) and Hannah Ann Cowpland (1829-1892) in Chester, PA. She grew up with three siblings, Amy Stone (1855-1897), Henry "Harry" Morton Stone (1858-1918), and John "Willie" William Stone (1866-1937). It appears as though she never married and died on August 6, 1921 in Coatesville, PA.

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46. [writing][ penmanship][ script][ school][ education][ poetry][ poem][ verse] William Brown. William Brown's School Writing Book. Newburyport, MA. 1799-1800. This book was used by William Brown of Newburyport, MA to practice is penmanship. While the quality of his script is always outstanding, as the notebook progress, William's script gets smaller and smaller. He practices his writing by repeatedly writing short phrases over and over again, or by copying down entire poems or short passages from political reports. Some of the phrases he uses are "You'll soon improve, if learning you love" and "Riches are but uncertain". Some of the poems he copies are rather well known, such as a section from The Vicissitudes of Life, A Canterbury Tale, or the below excerpt from Alexander Pope's Essay on Man:

"Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all, Wants frailties, passions, closer still ally The common interest, or endear the tie."

Along with practicing his script William often writes his numbers as well. In addition, on the bottom of each page his signs his name. He does this in a variety of different ways, often but not always including the town (Newburyport) and the year. Some of these signatures are embellished with flourishes. On one of the last pages, is written Welsh's School. This is most likely in reference to Schoolmaster Michael Welsh, who ran not only a grammar school for the town of Newburyport in the late 1700s but also his own private school. It is unclear which school of his is referenced in this note.

The notebook is contained in a unattached piece of craft paper, of which has a note pinned onto it. The note says "School Writing Book, 1799. Loan by Mrs. Thos J Allen." Stitched binding. 24 pages. Measures 8 ½" x 7". (#29003100) $375.00

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The unattached paper cover partially separated at the fold, and the edges are frayed and torn. The stitched binding of the book itself is damaged and not all the pages are attached. The pages themselves show minor toning and soiling due to age.

47. [medicine][ doctor][ doctors][ hospital][ health care][ patient records][ pharmacy][ Spanish-American war][ accounting][ business history][ science][ drugs][ cash book] Dr. F. S. Thomas and the Thomas Hospital Archive - Including 340 Page Patient History Log. Charleston, WV. 1895-1910. Dr. Frederick Shubart Thomas was a successful physician and surgeon who lived in Kanawha county, West Virginia. After many years of working at a general hospital, in 1899 he opened his own private hospital in Charleston, WV. It was named after him, Thomas Hospital, and was rather small, comprising of only 30 beds at the start. The hospital remained open at least until the end of 1907 when Thomas himself left the medical field shortly before his death in 1908.

The main portion of this archive are two ledgers from the hospital. The first of which is the accounting or 'cash book' of the hospital from 1899 to 1900. The second is the Patient Ledger for the hospital from 1901 -1902. The last is a Pharmacy Notebook in which are notes taken during a pharmacy class in the winter of 1922. Below is a more detailed description of each ledger:

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Patient Ledger: At the front of this ledger is an alphabetical index. Here the patients are listed: last name, first name, followed by the page their records can be found on. Each record has a title that lists their number of admission, their case number and the date. This ledger starts at admission number 202 and case number 208 and ends with admission number 517 and case number 523. Each entry has the following categories, Name, Residence, Family History, Patient's History, Diagnosis, Treatment, Remarks - some also include Prognosis. Each entry is completed in its entirety providing a comprehensive and legible overview of patient encounter. The diagnosis in the ledger range from pregnancy to endometriosis of cervix to typhoid fever. There is a single sheet of loose paper in the front which records the case of Miss Hallie Dorsey, who also appears in several pages of the ledger. On one visit she was diagnosed with hypotonia and on another she had surgery on her eye. Half binding with red leather with stamp gilt design and black fabric. 400 pages (372 are paginated, the alphabet index and title page in the front are not numbered). The ledger is almost completely filled with the exception of the last 25 pages, which are blank. Measures 14 ¼” x 9".

Cash Book: On the title page of the journal, "Thomas Hospital, Oct. 1898, Cash Book 'A' " has been written. The majority of the following pages list the bills for each patient. It appears as though the hospital generally charged each patient by length of stay - a week was $10. Each entry starts with the date and continues with the name of the person responsible for the bill, whether the charge was for 'self' or for another person, the length and dates of their hospital stay, and total charge. Noted underneath is the date the bill was paid and by what method. In addition to these individual bills there is a list of expenses for the year 1899 with such entries as meat bill, janitor, and house keeping. Next to this list is the income reported for that year. This list is made up of a series of names, presumably other doctors at the hospital and the revenue they brought in. By far the largest revenue stream was from Dr. Thomas himself, at $1992.50. Also in the cash book is a list of 15 soldiers from the 2nd Regiment of West Virginia Volunteers who were treated at the hospital in the summer of 1899, which corresponds to the Spanish-American War. However it is unknown if these soldiers were injured in battle or during training. In the front of the journal are 6 loose pages that detail a patient's medical history. There are 108 hand numbered pages. Black leather covers. Measures 9 ½ x 8.

Another considerable part of this collection is approximately 590 receipts dated from 1895-1910, the bulk of which are from 1905-1909. Some if not all of these receipts appear to have been from Dr. Thomas' personal records as they detail his personal house expenses, some of which have been made out to his wife, Ruth. The receipts are for everyday items, like groceries and garden supplies, to furniture repair, phone bills, water bills, medical book bills and various city taxes. This section has been arranged chronological by year. That said it is difficult to confirm that a portion may be for the hospital.

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Lastly, there is one black and white photograph included in the collection. It is a cabinet photo of Thomas in a room, possibly an office in the hospital or Thomas' home. The photo is 8 3/4" x 6 ½" and mounted to make the final size 11"x 9". (#28001125) $950.00

Moderate wear.

Dr. Frederick Shubart Thomas was born on August 18, 1850 on a farm near Sissonville, WV, to George D. Thomas (c1805-1863) and Sarah Jones (1813-1910). He attended various public schools and later Marshall College in Huntington WV. in 1878 he traveled to Maryland to attend Medical School at the State University. After graduation he returned to West Virginia and opened a practice in Malden. In 1884 he moved his practice to Charleston, WV and has known as one of the most successful physician and surgeon in the area. In order to keep up with the ever changing practice of medicine, he would yearly attend classes at various colleges including Johns Hopkins. He managed a local hospital for several years before opening his own private hospital named after him, Thomas Hospital in 1899. In 1879 he married Ruth Lee Thomas nee Putney (1856-1918) and they had two children Ruth Thomas Edmunds (1886-1966) and James Putney Thomas (1880-1962). He died of pneumonia on January 7 1908. He had only left his own hospital a few months prior.

48. [social register][ wyndhurst][ architecture][ Victorian][ Calvert vaux][ landscape][ gardens][ President William McKinley][ William McKinley][ Frederick Law Olmsted][ Merriam-Webster ][ Webster][ Merriam] H. Curtis Rowley. Wyndhurst, a 23 year accounting - Diary of a House, in Words and Photographs. Prominent New England Family Social Register. Springfield, MA. 1893-1917. Wyndhurst was a beautiful three -story, 23-room Victorian House on Crescent Hill, in Springfield, MA. It was built in 1865 and designed by the prominent New York architect Calvert Vaux. It was considered to be one of the finest homes ever built in Springfield. The exterior was done in brick, with wooden cornices painted and sanded the same color as Nova Scotia Stone and had an amazing view of Springfield and the Connecticut Valley. The property also boasted a two summer houses, a stable, a greenhouse, and gardens designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The original owner of the house was George E. Howard, an industrialist. H. Curtis Rowley, son-in- law to one of the Merriam brothers (of Webster-Merriam fame), bought the house in 1893, and started a 'house log'. In this log, Rowley detailed everything that occur at his house.

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A 23 year accounting. There are 270 pages of entries by H. Curtis. It was a social register of the families comings and goings and events held at the house including the names of invited guests. Each entry is dated. From when he first received the deed (Oct 20, 1893) to parties held their, to visitors, both family and important ones such as President William McKinley. Pasted in sporadically into the log are photographs or printed pictures of the house and grounds. At the end of the log is a two page printed copy of a article written in 1895 about the house. In addition to the house log, there is a photograph album showcasing the house and it's family. The majority of photos are labeled, and a large portion of them are different views of the house and grounds, predominantly exteriors. There are approximately 100 photographs, the majority of which are black and white, though there are a few cyanotype, as well as one hand-colored photograph. The photographs vary in size from 2" x 1 ½" 9½" x 7 ½", though the majority are around 4" x 3 ¼”.

Below are a few excerpts from the house log:

"Supper on the verandah. All the family except Harold, to whom a 'round robin' letter was written. Others than the family present were: May and her John (Denison), Charley and his Julia (Steward), Edith and Harry Rowley." July 21, 1898

"Thirza and H. C. R. were of the party which went to Holyoke on the 'Mascot and escorted President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley by water to Springfield. The presidential party in a dozen or so carriages drove through our grounds. The President remarking to Mayor Gilmore, "This is superb. I wonder if Mr. Rowley would sell me a building lot here." The house was tastefully decorated and several invited guests were with us on the verandah and waved handkerchiefs." June 21, 1899

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House Log: Black leather covers with gilt text. Gilt edge, 366 pages (including pasted in article) three- fourths full. Measures 10 1/4" x 8". Photo Album: Black leather covers with gilt text. 100 pages, two- thirds full. Measures 10" x 7 ½". The home and grounds were also made available for larger gathers of veteran's groups, socials and much more. (#29005102) $1,100.00

House Log: Cover damage due to rubbing. The back strip is moderately damaged, missing the top inch or so, and ripped at the bottom. The interior pages are soiled and toned due to age.

Photo Album: Covers are damaged due to rubbing. Two of the photographs are loose, one of which is torn in half.

The Rowley's sold the house in 1917 to Alfred H. Chapin. Unfortunately his ownership did not survive the Great Depression. The house was eventually demolished in 1940. The site stayed vacant until the 1980s when it was developed in the Wyndhurst Condominiums.

Hiram Curtis Rowley was born on July 13, 1844 in South Newton, NY to Warren Dunham Rowley (1800-1854) and Harriet Maria Cuny (1818-1889). In 1863 he attended Whitestown Seminary before entering the Federal Army on August 20, 1864. He would serve in the 54th NY National Guard until discharged in 1864. By 1865 he was in the book and engraving busy in Cincinnati, before joining his uncle and brother to form Curry, Rowley & Co., a wholesale stationers in Utica, NY. He would marry Thirza Jane Merriam (1845-1919) on December 2, 1874. Thirza was the daughter of Homer Merriam, who was one of the three Merriam brothers (Charles, George, and Homer) who became famous for printing the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Rowley would join his father-in-law at g. & C. Merriam & Co. becoming a partner in 1882. Rowley would have two children, Harold Merriam Rowley (1879-?) and Arthur Merriam Rowley. He would die on December 14, 1922.

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49. [invite][ program][ correspondence][ photograph][ professor][ education][ Columbia university][ Carnegie] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924)A Social Archive of Invites, Photographs and other Materials of Robert Simpson Woodward. Washington, DC. c1905-1908. A collection of approximately 50 pieces of ephemera belonging to Robert Simpson Woodward who was a distinguished Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University and later President of Carnegie Institution. The majority of the collection consists of invitations, and their corresponding ephemera such as programs, RSVP cards, envelopes, and calling cards. Some of the invites were for Carnegie's various graduation functions, the German Ambassador Hermann Freiherr Speck von Sternburg, the American Institute of Architects, and the Literary Society. There are three large formal invitations, one from the Periodical Publishers Association of America, one from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the other was for a dinner with a select group of individuals: Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell, Secretary of State Elihu Root, Darius Ogden Mills, former US Assistant Secretary of State John L Cadwalader, President of Phelps Dodge Cleveland H. Dodge, Henry L Higginson (founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra) and John Billings. Additionally there are a few short letters, the subject of which is generally a lengthy invite to a dinner or meeting. The smallest of these items are 3 ¾: x 2" and they go up to 12" x 9". Lastly there are two photographs of Woodward. First, a small black and white one (4" x 3 ¼”) inset on a larger piece of paper (11" x 8 ½"). The second is a larger sepia toned photograph (10" x 8"), printed by Portrait Studios Underwood and Underwood. This photograph comes in a folder. (#21005105) $425.00

With the exception of minor soiling, the pieces in the collection are in excellent condition.

Robert Simpson Woodward was born on July 21, 1849 in Rochester, MI to Lysander Woodward (1817 - 1880) and Peninah Axford Simpson (1825 - 1894). Robert first attended Rochester Academy, graduating in 1868. He went to the University of Michigan to study engineering and graduated in 1872. He worked as a geographer for the US geological survey from 1884 to 1890. He became a Professor of Mechanics at Columbia University in 1893 and in 1904 left that

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post to become President of Carnegie Institute of Washington, DC, where he remained until 1921. He was also President of several societies, such as American Mathematical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Robert married Martha Gretton Bond (1851 -1937) on March 1, 1876 in Detroit, MI. He had four children, Alice Woodward (1876-1878), Robert Simpson Woodward Jr (1879-1849), Karl Wilson Woodward (1881-1962) and William Lysander Woodward (1885-1946). He died June 29, 1924 in Washington, DC after a long illness.

50. [drawings][ watercolor][poetry][ poem][ flower][plants][fairy tales][ retellings] Journal of Flowers and Poetry, Reinterpretations of Old Tales. c1880. 68 pg journal filled with poetry and watercolors of flora. There are a total of 25 poems in the journal, as some cover multiple pages, however this is a watercolor piece on every page depicting various flowers. At times one can see the pencil the artist used to sketch the flowers before using paint. The poems are reinterpretations of old stories, for example "What the Old Man Does is Always Right" by Hans Christian Anderson. On the front inside cover, the album has been self -titled, "Monty, Getty, with the Author's Love." The artist has number each page and created an index at the back of the book listing each poem and its corresponding page. Some of the poems included are "The Tame Seagull", "The End of Two Black Beetles", and "The Story of a Greedy Crow". 9" x 7 ½”. (#28016100) $525.00

Very Good. Minor soiling and toning on interior pages. Covers show moderate wear, mainly rubbing on the edges.

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51. [poem][ poetry][ watercolor][ landscapes] Lucile West. Hand Made Anthology of Verse, an Album of Poetry and Watercolors. 1927. A hand made book of poetry accompanied with watercolor illustrations. The poetry within the album are a sampling of some of the more popular poets of the time, such as Emily Dickinson, John Roughs, and William Herbert Carruth. The journal created by Lucile West has a title page that reads, "Copyrighted 1927, illustrations by C S West, printed by Lucile West". There are 23 watercolors, ranging from full page illustrations to quarter page illustrations. The watercolors are brightly colored landscapes, from mountain views to ocean horizons. Brown paper covers, with a hand-painted title, "Poetry", and an image of a forest. Brad binding. 9 ½" x 7". (#28001101) $450.00

The covers are fragile and have moderate damage, including a water stain and several tears. This condition is mainly due to the fact the the covers are larger than the interior pages and of a light weight stock. They have creased over time. The interior pages are in great condition with minor soiling.

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52. [stamp][ spain][ haiti][ dominican republic][ new york][ travel journal][ france][ train] "Log Book of My Travels", a Stamp Travel Journal. United States. 1930-1933. A small, black leather, lined journal, approx. 100 pages, with a gilt stamp border design, approximately 55 pages with content. An unknown individual has titled this travel journal "Log Book of My Travels", and has detailed several trips he/she took in the early 1930s. The traveler has chosen to use stamps and maps to depict his/her travels. About half of the journal has been filled out, with stamps from each place visited on one page and on the opposite, a map outlining the author's travels. Each stamp page contains 3-5 stamps with a note beside it detailing the date, location, how they arrived (generally by train or boat), and the hotel. The maps are small, printed mostly in color, that have been pasted to the page. On the maps the author has drawn the route taken during his/her travels. There are a total of eight (8) maps.. The journal starts in February 1930 with a departure from New York on the SS Roma N. G. I. (an Italian shipping company called Navigazione Generale Italiana) for Gibraltar. Other locales visited include Spain, the Canary Islands, Tanger, Lisbon, Portugal, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, as well as some local trips to New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago. At the back of the book are several pages of names and addresses, most likely from fellow travelers met along the way. There is a handwritten quote from Emerson written on the inside front cover, a handwritten poem on the inside back cover by an unknown author discussing grief and the final goodbye as well as two newspaper clippings featuring quotes about travel. 5 ½" x 3 ¼". (#28001100) $425.00

Very Good. Minor soiling. A small water stain only discernible on the inside front and back covers. Interior pages have toning due to age.

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53. [Social History][ Visual Culture][ Albums & Journals][ Commonplace Books] A Victorian Album with 78 Works comprised of album cards, hand penned poetry and verse and original art and design. Hildesheimer & Faulkner (album cards). 1870-1880s. Large format album with 39 leaves with applied fine chromolithograph album cards and illustrations on both sides of the page, in other words 78 decorated pages. .At the center of each page is an applied album cards surrounded by watercolor illustrations and elements relevant to the card and elaborate watercolor border designs. Some pages also include manuscript verse done for the most part in artistic writing styles. The decorations vary widely from a chain link necklace, to arching stalks of corn and a hand fan.

One set of pages includes a verse with little pen and ink scenes from nature with anthropomorphic animals and a large gold man in the moon. Another set of pages has an Aesthetic movement theme with appropriate cards and a tiny pen and ink drawing with a woman and an Oscar Wilde character admiring a sunflower. A full page is dedicated to the verse "It's Vera Weel' with the appearance of a page of illuminated manuscript. Each page frame worthy, although a much stronger impact as a

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single work. The cards,verses and decoration are an interesting study in social history and visual culture Album measures 14 1/2" x 11 1/4". (#28010935) $2,750.00

Light wear (offset) on a few pages. Although the creator is unknown Great Grandfather Harry 1859-1933 book of calligraphy cards and drawings.

54. [Women's History][ Poetry][ Verse][ Watercolor Drawings][ Commonplace Book] Helen Maria Imrie, etc. A Fine Ladies Album and Commonplace Book - Helen Maria Imrie. Scotland. 1839-1866. 34 leaves. Two rows of elaborate stamped decorative devices on cover; outer border gilt stamped. An array of different colored pages, some with Dobbs Patent embossed border decoration including French love sentiments. A fine lady's book. The content is complete and the book is filled with the exception of two pages. The content includes an array of art including eight (8) cut-out and applied original floral arrays, two (2) near full page watercolors in charcoal and watercolor featuring a pair of grouse signed W. Gunton 1832, a small perforated paper with watercolor of a bird, pencil drawing of Portrait of Rembrandt, pencil drawing of lads around camp fire, pen and ink of Lord Byran, fine miniature penwork titled "Affection" with laurel wreath and a pair of love birds, pencil drawing of a male dancer and his shadow, an applied 2 1/4" x 4 1/2" hand penned eternal love knot, a loose fine cutwork depicting a shelter with a shepherd and sheep, applied pencil and pen work of shoes through the ages from 1544-1830, tipped-in watercolor of floral array and a provocative pencil and watercolor of a young woman.

Rebound at some point in the past. Light cover wear. Most likely Helen Maria Imrie 4 Aug 1820 - 24 Jul 1904, Ferry-Port-on-Craig, Fife, Scotland.

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55. [Analytic Workbook][ Textile Specimens] Anayltic Workbook including Textile Specimens, Philadelphia Textile School, Pennsylvania Museum & School of Industrial Arts by Adolphe Rusch, Jr. Pioneer in Lightweight Aviation Fabrics. c1900. A hard cover analysis book created by a student Adolphe Rusch, Jr. while a student at the Textile School. In depth analysis for each fabric including warp required, filling requires, warp dressing and filling arrangement details. This is followed by the actual finished piece of fabric and detailed hand created grids including design, harness chain and drawing-in draft to exemplify of how the fabric is constructed. The final component is all of the specifications for the loom. The book includes analysis of Cotton Waisting, Trousering, Figured Madras, Woolen Trousering, Fancy Dress Goods x 2, Fancy Madras, Worsted Suiting, Weave Analysis, Weave Analysis for Mourning Suiting and Fancy Worsted Trousering. Measures 10" x 8 1/2". (#26008125) $900.00

Adolphe Rusch Jr. was a prominent member of the American silk industry and became an inventor of note in the pioneering of aviation fabrics. A 1919 Article in Textile World Journal by Rusch was titled "Aviation Textiles and Chemistry; An Interesting Review of Their Combination for War". He also patented electrically conductive flexible cable. Cover wear

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56. [Travel Log][ Photo Album][ Journal] Travel Log & Photo Album Dedicated to Josh by Y Bennett and Sneed with 3 Journeys in 3 Years 1935-1937. The 12" x 9" spiral bound album begins with a dedication page followed by three maps, each with a route outlined in red ink. The first trip was from June 15 to 23 (1935) consisting of 1981 miles driven at an average cost per person of $25.00. This is followed by a daily log indicating where they ate and slept each day and the miles driven. This is followed by where they played tennis and gold, the mountain peaks they visited with elevation. Noted highlight "One flat (tire). The subsequent pages are structured with the location visited, followed by numbered captions that correspond to the mounted and numbered snapshots. Most locations have two (2) to four (4) pages of snapshots. Locations include Gettysburg, PA, Blowing Rock, NC, Natural Bridges VA, Endless Caverns New Market, VA, Provincetown, and Cape Cod, MA.. The next trip June 12- 28, 1936 was 1,700 with gas and oil costing 23.61 at 16 miles per gallon in the Ford V8 named Henry•. The next page is photos of Henry. Followed by various lakes in Maine including Moosehead and Wesserunsett, Indian Hill, Skowhegan, Downey Bros. Circus at Waterville, nature scenes from Cape Cod. As is known to happen by the third year, 1938 some of the enthusiasm had waned. The snapshots were mounted neatly, but no captions or trip information. This trip was most likely across northern Vermont and New York State. The page prior to the 1938 trip has photo hinges affixed, but there is no evident that photos were ever mounted on that page. Front cover detached but present. (#25010149) $400.00

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57. [Ledger][ Deer Isle][ Schooners] Ledger of a merchant and Francis Haskell, Deer Isle, ME--Accounts of Early Inhabitants, Schooner Constitution and Schooner Victory, 1835-1850. An unnumbered 130 pages of text with purchases, contra credit, information, school expenses and on animals going to pasteur. At on place in the book it reads "Francis Haskell's Book Deer Isle". It includes entries for numerous early inhabitants as well as Captain Asa Richardson followed by information on potatoes sold in Philadelphia, materials purchased for the Schooner Constitution (1934), Captain Jonathan Haskell and the Bill of Stores on Board the Constitution. It includes information on Hospital Money. Accounts of William Greenlaw to Union Constitution, the Account of Sales Constitution Cargo. Rich with information on local purchases and those aboard Schooners. Includes accounts from various members of the Marshall, Webster, Richardson, Haskell, Saunders including several Captains. Measures 7 1/2" x 6 1/2." (#24002564) $600.00

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58. [drawing][ watercolor][ autograph][ ink][ art][ illustration] Autograph and Sketchbook of Dorothy Borrajo, 1907-1915. England. 1907-1915. A lovely autograph and sketch book given to Dorothy Borrajo by her classmates as a souvenir when she left school in 1907. The interior cover has a pasted in list of all of Dorothy's classmates. Throughout the sketchbook there are numerous drawings and poems written by her friends from 1907 to 1915. Drawings are in pencil, ink, color pencil and watercolor. Some of the poems and drawings are quite humorous. One depicts a mother by the ocean with her two swimming daughters, glaring at a man, with the caption, "Momma disapproves of mixed bathing". 9" x 7 1/2". Well executed images reflecting all walks of life including racial stereotypes, daily life and more. To view images, please click on the following link: https://goo.gl/photos/qiR3BPRSTmFyqHvE9 (#26013104) $800.00

Minor wear. Binding reinforced.

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59. [sketch books] Scrap Album for Selina Lawrence, 1873-1875, possibly England. Stamped leather cover with decorative edges and "Scrap Album" on cover. Front end paper has an ex-libris Prize award for Miss S. Lawrence for Improvement in Drawing dated July 25, 1873. The first page has the name Selina and 1873 created with drawn flowers. The next is an acrostic poem by Charles Steele or Sheele. The rest of the book contains drawings and sketches by various people. All are dated 1873 or 1875 except one unfinished sketch dated 1897. There is one photograph of a house by a hill. Most pages are unused. An envelope addressed to Miss Selina Leonard Clifton Bristol is tucked in the back. It contains a photograph of a young man dated October 1873 . The postmark is stamped Sheffield. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2". (#24020110) $200.00

cover wear, back strip detaching, foxing

60. [Friendship Album] Friendship Album "To Susan" with Asian and other themed Decoupage, Imagery, Watercolors, Drawings, Sentiments, Enigma, etc. UK. 1874-1854. Gilt stamp brown leather cover. The introductory page is comprised of a finely executed cut-out handcolored floral spray with a lithograph verse at center. It is titled "Album" and begins "To Poets, Painters, Enigma, and Conundrum Makers and all those who wish to shine in this Literary Society..." Includes numerous applied engraved scenes throughout. Of special note is the decoupage of cut-out Asian themed imagery throughout. Additionally there are watercolors and drawings. Many sentiments, verses, enigmas, a verse titled 'on the Death of a precious Child', 'The Slave's Dream', 'the Nightingale'. The majority of the entries are from 1847-1849. However it appears that someone added a few rather whimsical Victorian scrap embellishments c1880. Measure 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" (#27004531) $1500.00

Covers reinforced.

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61. [sketch book][ water color][ art][ drawing][ music][ friendship][ whimsy] M Varney. Sketch Book and Friendship Album Madgie Varney with "First Washing Day. England. 1908-1947. A humorous sketch book and friendship album owned by Madgie Varney, given to her by Bob (Robert) Varney in 1908. The album has over 65 original art work, with 3 photographs, and two music scores. Approximately 10 pieces are done either by Madgie or R M Varney. The majority of the pieces are humorous in tone, for example a drawing of two large leaves hanging on a clothes line with the caption, "First Washing Day". Some of the artwork has been pasted in, while others were drawn directly on the page. A variety of mediums were used, such as pencil, ink, and watercolor. The majority of the pieces were drawn between 1908-1910s, however there are some as late as the 1940s. There are two images from the Disney film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Measures 8 1/4" x 6 1/4". (#28004101) $800.00

To view this album, please click on the following link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/1H7dTmhMTLWODWFx2 Cover and edge wear due to rubbingSome soiling due to use and transfer from pencils.

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62. [martha's vineyard][ autograph albums][ religion][ oak bluff] 3 Autograph Albums - Campmeetings. Oak Bluff. 1874-1883. These three albums are being offered as a collection. Two of these albums are near complete, while the album with the latest dates is sparse, with only 25 of the 100 or so pages used. One album has a board cover in brown cloth, with "Autographs" gilt stamped on the cover and spine. The other two albums have leather board covers, with "Autographs" stamped in gilt, and additional gilt decorations on the cover and spine.

One of the albums was owned by Edward Roth, who spent the majority of his life practicing medicine in and around Martha's Vineyard. The majority of the autographs in this album date from 1883 when he departed to San Francisco and he is wished well on his travels across the continent. He practiced for several years in San Francisco before returning to New England, first to Yale, and then Martha's Vineyard. Along with the autographs there are several newspaper clippings for important family events, such as his marriage to Miss E. L. Beetle and the first birthday party of his son Edward Roth Jr. There are also 3 hand drawn illustrations as well. Along with the notes regarding the death of the signers, there are also a few denoting whether or not they were since married . Two of the albums are 6 1/2" x 3 1/2"; the third is 7" x 4 1/2".

Includes signatures from a wide variety of people, including signatures from local authors such as SC Wheeler, the Roth family, and crew members of the USRC Samuel Dexter, a ship famous for it's role in the rescue of the SS City of Columbus in 1884. (#27002200) $600.00

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Spines cracked, loose and/or separated covers; some pages loose.

The first so-called campmeeting in what became known as Wesleyan Grove was held in 1835. In subsequent years the congregations grew enormously, and many of the thousands in attendance were housed in large tents known as "society tents." A congregation from a church on the mainland would maintain its own society tent. Conditions were cramped, with men and women sleeping dormitory-style on opposite sides of a central canvas divider. All with cover wear; loose or partially detached covers. Some soiling from handling.

63. [Biedermeier card][ Kunstbillet][ Friendship Album] Sarah A. Page.Fine Friendship Album with Kunstbillet frontispiece. Berlin. Dec. 25, 1857. A 3 3/4" x 6" album. Gilt stamp front and back "Album" on front and the owner's initials "S.A.P" on the back. She received it as a Christmas present. Free end paper inscribed with her name and date and location, which is Berlin, presumably Germany, but written in an English hand. The verso has an embedded Kunstbillet or German/Austrian hand constructed and painted friendship token. A fine mesh backing with delicate gilt border design. Friendship verse at base printed in German, a pair of love birds flank a gilt footed vase with an array of hand painted and applied flowers. A stunning find in an album of this nature. There are only 10 entries but they do tell a story. The first 3 were from Berlin and written in French and dated 1957. The remaining are from the Boston MA area including Jamaica Plains, Cambridge and Roxbury. Most are by women. Additional adornments in the book include a silver lace paper wreath surrounding a signature and an applied linen label depicting a building labeled the birthplace of Shakespeare. (#28006359) $600.00

Hinge reinforced.

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64. [Made by Hand][ Confession Album][ Pictures Tell the Story] Torture Book - Olla Podrida --A very unusual Confession Album told in word and picture. 1863-1870. A confession album of sorts with 44 individual responses to the following questions

Favorite Motto Favorite Historical Character - Favorite Hero Favorite Occupation Historical Character You Dislike Favorite Quality Favorite Poet & Prose Writer Quality You Dislike Favorite Dish

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The responders were extremely creative; one responded with only words beginning with the letter "Q". Others are expressed as watercolor illustrations - A Quality You Dislike depicts a 'green eyed monster' captioned Jealousy Historical Character You Dislike - Image of Blue Beard Another respondent responded with different images of birds including Robin Hood and Sir Francis Drake as Favorite Historical Character and Favorite Hero. A Favorite Dish - Fried Soles (shoe soles) The final passage in the book reads "These contributions culled from an older Book were makde during a period of 7 years 1863-1870). Measures 10 1/2" x 8 1/2". (#27004628) $2100.00

65. [Wigmaking][ Weaving][ Knotting][ Made by Hand][ Hair] Wigmaking - A Comprehensive Hand Made Large Format Album complete with hair, mesh, weaving, knotting and instructions.. c1940s. Large format folio with 35 leave. The index is divided in two sections - Weaving and Knotting. Includes actual hair, caps, weaves, etc. The topics include

Weaving Two stem switch diagrams Broadwork: Origin and use Two stem switch sample Weaving diagrams Diamond mesh diagrams Weaving sample Diamond mesh samples Marteau digrams Half crepe and full crepe Marteau sample Crepe Pads Pin curl diagrams Curling hair diagrams Pin curl sample Method of curling hair

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Knotting Knotting sample diagram Gents toupee sample Knotting sample Wig measurements Types of net used in boardwork Pattern for semi-transformation Chignons Pattern for a full wig Tension springs and positional springs Mounted transformations Bracing Sideburns and mustaches Ladies toupet pattern Drawn through parking Ladies toupet pattern sample Knotted parking Gents scalpette

Hand penned. Measures 11 1/2" x 16 1/2". (#28006297) $1,100.00

66. [Commonplace Book][ Religion][ Poetry and Verse] Joseph Shaws Book. G. W. Mentz. Philadelphia. 1823. Large format stenciled wraps. An applied label on the cover reads "Joseph Shaw's Book 1823". 20 unnumbered pages; 15 with verses. Executed in a fine hand. The verses include Church Fellowship I Cannot Tell Address to Young Ladies, written in a question an answer format penned in black and brown ink alternately. Ode on Washington's Birth Day Hymn by Pierpont The Genius of Masonry.

Excerpt from Clymer's Anniversary "Strike, Strike the lyre, let cannons roar And haild the auspicious day When Freedoms sons undaunted swore To spurn a monarchs sway". Measures 12 1/2" x 18" (#28001637) $225.00

Covers detached and separated with wear. Toning and discoloration first few pages.

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67. [Ledger][ Work and Leisure] Work Ledger of Charles Gable, Farm Laborer. Brower, Hayes & Co. (Philadelphia). Lehigh PA. 1851-1852. A 10 leaf copy book written front and back. Inscribed inside cover "Charles Gable in Lehigh Township Northampton County state of Pennsylvania in Nrth America in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, April 21, 1850." What follows is an accounting of his work ledger including the employer, the day, aount of time the activity and his pay in cents. Work included planting, hawling, mowing grass, hawling dung , thrashing, etc. and concluding with carpenter work. for the final few months through April 1852. The wood cut on the front cover depicts a lamp lighter. The back cover promotes Brower, Hayes & Co., Booksellers and Stationers. Measures 7 3/4" x 6". (#28010956) $125.00

68. [Manuscript][ Travelog][ ABC][ Friendship Album][ Poetry][ Photography][ Whimsy] 2 Handmade Photo and Verse Travelog & Primer- Manuscript pen and ink with illustrations. Cushing ME. 1905-1906. The two albums appear to be the memories of a group of close friends, both male and female, vacationing in Maine in 1905 and 1906. Manuscript written in rhyming verse with applied

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photos and occasional drawings. Creative and whimsical.

Album One - 38 leaves with content on both sides of page. All of the photos are blue toned and printed on lightweight paper. The cover has an an angled circular cut out of men on a sailboat captioned "Cushing Me. 1905". The drawing on the first page depicts a pastor marrying ten couples simultaneously. It is captioned "According to the cards my friends The gang will all be wed; And settled very happily 'Within a two' t'is said." Relevant photos and verses as the author weaves her way through the events of the trip including tales of two wretched boys who started the berry patch on fire, speculations on courtship and matrimony among the gang, a Candy Pull and The Story of the Longest Day.

"The girls may have no follwers While staying at the shore, The boys have "pick up's" right along They all have girls galore.

One day the boys were hunting, For to catch the stealthy clam; We girls sat round in bunches, All waiting for The Man."

Album Two - 26 leaves. Gray tone photos and drawings predominantly verso. Verses facing. Titled 'The Gang Primer (7/24-7/31) 1906. An ABC style narrative telling their tales.

"J - Jack and Jill, a comedy played In one act, by Edith, our musical maid; She'd been to the spring for water, you see, And returning, tripped on the root of a tree. The water came first, then pail, then Jill, The only thing lacking was Jack in the spill".

"R stands for Rifle -- The gang used them well, It takes Jessie, so steady To make the shots tell".

Both with ribbon ties The larger (1906) measures 6" x 9". (#28001345) $600.00

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69. [Fairy tale and Fantasy][ Typescript][ Original Art] Rennee Kellett & Gwen Divison. Typescript & Illustrations: Unpublished Book - Grannie's Book of Fairy Stories. London. c1960s. Includes two stories titled The Story of King Hippus-Woppus & Queen Lovely Lady and The Strange Adventures in the Forest, of Little Diamond-Eyes. The first is 44pp long. The characters include King Hippus- Woppus, Lovely Lady, Kim Dymo (Lovely Lady's Father the King), Katta-Wann-Shee (sorcerer), Princess Dream-of-Delight, Araminta (the Cat) and Mr. Whiskers, Prince Braveheart, Princess Happy- All-the-Day, King Kee-Hiley, Queen Lotus Blossom, Prince Ti-Yemminnots, Chinnamooni (sorcerer), Robert the Raven, Prince Kiska and the Great Scientist. A charming yet simple story even with the long cast of characters. The second story is 18 pp and tells of the adventures of a girl called Little Diamond Eyes including subplots of The Fairy Dewdrop and The Friendly Frogs, Dewdrop in Danger and A Peep into Fairyland. Includes 7 full page illustrations in black and white and gray-tones. Each with a printed captions. Measures 10 1/4" x 8 1/4". Loose-leaf. (#27017203) $950.00

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70. [agricultural][ crops][ plants][ vegetables][ experiment] Crop Plant Stimulation Tests, Gaton Hide Mulch Paper. Glens Falls, NY. 1930. In the summer of 1930 several stimulation tests were carried out in Glens Falls, NY on clay loam soil of good fertility in order to identify if adding mulch produced better crops. A variety of crops were used during this test, such as melons, peppers, onions, potatoes, and string beans. In general the findings were inconclusive, with there being little to no discernible effect on crop output with the except of when the soil was of lower fertility and had less natural moisture retention, where the mulch did help. This item includes the 24 page typed report, 40 black and white photographs of the crops throughout the experiment, and 17 cyanotype scientific graphs. There is a list of the titles of the photographs which has the photograph count at 46, however the binder only contains 40. Extensive information and source materials. Black leather covers. Measures 10 3/4" x 9". (#28004104) $550.00

Pages are curled at edge. The report is on printed on tracing paper which is toned due to age, and has minor edge wear.

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