New York: C. Alvord Printer, circa 1856. Unbound. The broadside measures approximately 22” x 17”; the image is about “20 x 16”. The print features wood-engraved portraits of the Abbe de L`Epee and Laura Bridgeman along with images of hands forming letters in both single-hand and double-hand alphabet systems, as... More about Large deaf education broadside titled, "Single and Double Hand Alphabet"
New York: :George P. Putnam, 1849. Unbound. Advertising envelope only; no booklet. Despite its appearance to the contrary, this envelope was an elaborate tromp l’oeil ploy by George Putnam to market Frances Sargent Osgood’s booklet lampooning scandals of the New York’s literary scene. The 12½¢ stamp and the..... More about ONE OF THE FIRST AND BEST SIMILITUDE ENVELOPES – USED AS AN ADVERTISING DUST JACKET FOR A...
Greenwood, [Pennsylvania]: 23 June and 18 July 1863. Unbound. Two letters (one with 6-pages and one with 4-pages) measure approximately 4.5” x 6.5”. Their envelopes are postmarked at Brookeville, Maryland; one is franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65), and the stamp is missing from the other. The letters... More about Two letters from a female Confederate sympathizer in Pennsylvania to her aunt in New York City
Tokyo: Sonbe Okura, Circaq 1880. Ginko (Heisichi Adachi). Orihon (accordion-fold). 12mo. Ukiyo-e woodblock book. Series of 10 beautiful accordian-bound hand-colored woodblock diptych illustrations depicting etiquette lessons at a 'finishing' school for young Japanese women. The book contains a series of illustrated 'how to' lessons regarding talking with elders, praying, opening... More about Shogaku Jorei Shikizukai (Elementary Illustrated Etiquette Book For Young Women
[Reading, Pennsylvania]: 1922-1929. Faux leather. This 5” x 7.5” notebook contains 120 pages chock full of manuscript production tables, sizing information, test results, assorted notes, clothing labels, elastic samples, receipts, correspondence, certifications and more. A six-page pamphlet extract with information about an automatic sewing machine is laid in. All of... More about Production manager’s notebook for Vanity Fair underwear and stockings
