The 1941 L'Envoi Composed and Edited by the Senior Class Roosevelt High School, Yonkers
Yonkers, NY: 1941. 4to, hardcover. Roosevelt High School, Yonkers, NY year book. Foxing to pages, wear to edges, damage to covers along spine with loss.
Social History
An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Corporation For The Relief of the Widows and Children of Clergymen, In The Communion of the Church of England In America.
Philadelphia: Printed by James Humphrey Junior In Front Street, 1773. Octavo, 52pp. later boards with red cloth spine and paper repair over spine. Scarce publication by this early American society of the aid of protestant missionary familes undergoing hardship in foreign lands. Prints a history of the group, lists of.....
Annales Du Barreau Francais [Eight Volumes]
Paris: Waree, 1822-23. Octavos, contemporary leather. Includes "Barreau Moderne" volumes 2, 3 (two copies), 4, 5 and 6 plus "Barreau Ancien" volumes 2, 4, and six. Leather worn and chipped, one volume missing spine covering (part of it is laid in loose), spine coverings of other volumes chipped with loss.....
Autograph Letter Signed on Pictorial Stationery by a Japanese Couple Who Converted to Christianity in Washington State Before Working as Missionaries in Japan
Japan: Circa 1950. Folded leaf measuring 10 3/4 x 15", with photographic illustrations of Christian mission work in Japan on one side and a handwritten letter on the other by Mrs. Yutaka Akichika. The Reverend Yutaka Akichika moved to the USA as a boy, where he met his Nikkei wife.....
Beauty on a Budget
The Gilette Co, 1955. Oblong 8vo, stapled booklet with pictorial covers, 16 pp, illustrated throughout. A midcentury guide to hairstyling and makeup for women using products manufactured by the Gilette Company.
Bradford Junior College Bulletin
Haverhill, Massachusetts: 1940. 8vos, stapled booklets. Two issues of a newsletter from the Massachusetts women's college. Includes a July, 1940 issue, [16] pp, In excellent condition, and the November 1940, Alumnae Issue, 62 pp, in very good condition.
Brainerd Methodist Kindergarten and Nursery School For Pre-School Children
Chattanooga, Tennessee: Wilson Printing, Circa 1920. 8pp, orange stapled wrappers. Guide to the school. Very good, minor creasing.
Chinese American Wedding Invitation
Honolulu, Hawaii: 1921. Printed invitation in which Mrs. Lee Bun invites the recipient to the wedding of Peggy Lee and Montai Lau. Folded in center, together with two envelopes, very good.
Club Life Anniversary Edition 1902-1928 Wisconsin University Settlement
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 1928. 4to, 60pp, gilt and olive green decorative wrappers, numerous photographic illustrations throughout. A special 25th anniversary edition of "Club Life", a magazine produced by the settlement clubs of the University of Wisconsin. The first 25 pages of this issue commemorates the founding of Wisconsin University Settlement, an.....
Collection of Promotional Flyers for Gay Novels and Magazines
New York: 1960s-80s. Collection of six flyers/price lists for gay pornographic magazines and novels. Creased, toned, bit soiled, very good overall.
Collection of Six Curriculum Handbooks Published by the San Francisco State Normal School
San Francisco: 1902-1905. Six "bulletins" issued by curriculum supervisors at the San Francisco State Normal School (today San Francisco State University), a vocational school founded in 1899 dedicated to the training of aspiring teachers, mainly young women. These handbooks provide guidance for the teaching of geography, reading, and mathematics in.....
EDUCATION IN CHARLESTON, S.C. The Disabilities of the Unaided South in Public School Facilities
Charleston, S.C. The News and Courier Book Presses, 1881. A discussion of the public school system in Charleston, South Carolina, as well as that of the greater South, written by William Ashmead Courtenay, two term mayor of the city. Courtenay discusses difficulties financing the current school system, as well as.....
Eleven Items Relating to the Victoria Home for Aged British Men and Women
Ossining, New York: 1930-1932. Includes three pamphlets titled "Annual Report of Victoria Home for Aged British Men and Women (Inc.) 'Hillside,' Ossining, New York," each 40-50pp. These are the 16th, 17th, and 18th annual reports for 1930-1932. Plus two programs, each 66pp, for "Ye Olde English Faire Plaza Hotel November.....
Ephemera from a Chinese Restaurant in Toledo, Ohio
Ohio: 1915. A total of seven pieces, including an envelope with the printed address of "The Mandarin Cafe Henry G. Yee Mgr, American and Chinese Restaurant, Toledo, O." Affixed to the envelope is a handwritten piece of paper reading "The compliments of Louie Quong". The envelope contains six small cards.....
The Evangeline Residence For Young Women
Circa 1920. Narrow 8vo, illustrated promotional brochure for a series of settlement house style residences for women run by the Salvation Army in Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Chicago. One side of the brochure prints images of the three west coast residences, another panel contains.....
Fact and Figures on Economic Development in Palestine
New York: Palestine Economic Corporation, 1940. Folding brochure, 10pp, providing information and statistics on Jewish immigration and development in Palestine, by a Zionist group. Very good, hint of soiling.
THE FOLLOWING IS A ROUGH SYNOPSIS OF THE AMOUNT OF OFFICIAL DUTY PERFORMED BY THE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, IN THE COURTS UNDER THEIR CHARDGE, VIZ., THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, THE ORPHANS’ COURT, AND THE COURTS OF OYER AND TERMINER AND QUARTER SESSIONS, DURING THE YEAR 1854.
[Philadelphia]: [1854]. Caption title (as issued), original beige wrappers (creased, dampstained), 6pp. Very Good. Statistics for the various Philadelphia courts during the year 1854. Includes information on crime (burglary, arson, murder, etc).
The Germans And Their Achievements In America
1897. Circular measuring 10.25 x 7", on stiff paper, printed on both sides. Handbill advertising a lecture titled "The Germans And Their Achievements In America" by noted German American professor F.W.E. Peschau of Nebraska. The back side quotes from a speech Peschau gave at the Nashville Centennial Exposition of 1897.....
Green and Gold Junior Annual 1939
Hastings on Hudson, New York: Hastings on Hudson High School, 1939. Beige cloth hardcover, 4to. Hastings-on-Hudson High School 1939 yearbook. Toning, foxing, bit of staining to covers.
HELP THE CHILDREN. FREE ANNUAL OUTING FOR 500 POOR CHILDREN
Columbus, Ohio: The Salvation Army, 1903. Broadside circular, measuring 8.5 x 11", with cartoon illustations of a children's parade. The circular was mailed by the Salvation Army to raise funds for an outing for poor children in Columbus, Ohio meant to "bring some brightness, cheer and comfort into the lives.....
Hull-House Year Book Forty Second Year
Chicago: Hull House, 1931. Well illustrated annual for the women's home founded by Jane Addams in 1889, in original wrappers. Very good, soiling and spotting to covers.
L'envoi 1939 Edited By The Senior Class Of Roosevelt High School Volume 14
Yonkers, NY: 1939. 4to, hardcover. Roosevelt High School, Yonkers, NY year book. Soiling to covers, good.
Ladies Hand Book. The Last and Best Book on Knitting Crocheting Embroidery Art Needlework.
Boston, Mass. Brown, Durrell, & Co, [1880s]. A guide to knitting, crocheting, embroidery and art needlework issued as an advertisement for a corset vendor. The text contains illustrated instructions for making hats, mittens, infants' clothing, mittens, lace, and more, together with many pages of illustrated ads, mainly for corsets, but.....
Lantern Hill Camp The Riding Camp for Boys Old Mystic, Connecticut
Connecticut: 1928. Booklet measuring 12 x 9", pictorial wrappers, 24pp. Promotional booklet with illustrations from photographs as well as drawings, for a camp advertising a variety of activities including horseback riding. A very good copy, pp 11-12 sticking together along inner margin, minor soiling, creasing and wear.
Life Among the Shakers
Circa 1890. 12mo, 35pp, pictorial wrappers. "Presented by J.J. McDonnell, Druggist 6th and Market Sts San Francisco, Cal" stamped to front cover. Very good, toned and foxed.