Search Results: Ephemera from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

[London]: Raphael Tuck, [1894]. Die cut, thick card stock. [London]: Raphael Tuck, no. 1212 [1894]. Die-cut six piece calendar printed on thick card stock presenting the months of the year two to a panel, each panel measuring approximately 2.5 inches by 5 inches, with pastoral illustrations in color & bible quotes. The panels were originally attached by ribbon, now lacking, & designed to hang. Moderately toned & soiled, January - February rubbed briefly affecting lettering, one corner chipped away, lacking ribbon ties, otherwise Good & still quite attractive. Nicely printed bucolic scenes & quotes from the bible, quite uncommon!

New York: New York Biscuit Company, no date (ca. 1890's). Group of five embossed, die-cut lace labels printed on different colored thin paper each measuring approximately 3.5 inches by 6.25 inches.
Lightly toned & soiled mostly evident on the versos, tiny loss & a couple of nicks on one, otherwise very good.
Superbly crafted & quite beautiful, these were intended for use on cookie tins.
The New York Biscuit Company was formed in 1889 by William H. Moore. In 1898 Moore joined forces with Adolphus Green (& others), thereafter being known as The National Biscuit Company. The company continues today as Nabisco Brands/ RJR Nabisco.

No place [Philadelphia ?]: published by the library, engraved by S. Allardice, no date [1795 - 1803]. Letterpress bookplate measuring approximately 3.75 inches by 2.75 inches, the text, with flourish below, within an oval ornamental border, signed in print at the lower right by the engraver.
No evidence of removal, left & bottom edges untrimmed, toned, foxed, otherwise good.
The Library Company of Baltimore was established in 1795 and had 226 members by 1797. Operations ceased in 1854.
Charles Dexter Allen, in American Book-Plates: A Guide to their Study, notes that Allardice was apprenticed to Robert Scott in Philadelphia and that "only one example of the book-plate work of Allardice is now at hand, and that is simply an engraved label for the Library Company of Baltimore."

[New York]: Earl Carroll, undated, circa 1930's. Seven half tone color cards from photographs on thick card stock measuring approximately 5 & 5/16 inches by 3 & 3/8 inches. Five of the cards read "Earl Carroll's Vanities, Made in the U.S.A," two read "Made in the U.S.A" only.
Toned mostly on the versos, couple of small scuffs on the backs of two cards, slight edge wear, easily Very Good.
As noted by Earl Carroll himself regarding his theatre: "Through These Portals Pass the Most Beautiful Girls in the World."

Knoxville, Tennessee, 1924 - 1925 & later. Scrapbook/ photo album compiled by Christine Wilson, a High School student. Cord-bound album, oblong quarto bound in limp patterned suede {?} lettered in gilt on the upper cover. The album contains 10 partially printed pages completed in manuscript providing a title page followed by "Friends O' Mine" in which 47 friends record names, addresses & sentiments. Thereafter 17 light card leaves contain amateur snapshots in various sizes, calling cards, calligraphy, mementos, chocolate labels, a rather bizarre piece of original art depicting a gravestone, & a couple of letters, approximately 136 items in total, mounted or laid-in recto & verso. Numerous unused leaves follow.
Binding rubbed, contents with occasional modest wear but generally very good.
Ms. Wilson attended Knoxville High School and graduated in 1925. A religious young woman, one of the letters invites Christine to attend a "circle meeting" in which she should "bring [her] special offering for foreign… Read More

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: "No. 1, Manufactured by Mrs. R.H. Moody," no date, ca. 1900. Easel format card stock printed in blue ink measuring approximately 5.5 inches by 3 inches with an applied die-cut depicting a flirtatious couple, the woman in applied fabric gown.
Moderately soiled & foxed, brief edge wear, otherwise Very Good.
Quite charming & more reliable that the weather man!

"John R(ebel) Peacock, Unpardoned, Unrepentant, Unreconstructed. High Point North Carolina, Confederate States of America."
High Point, North Carolina, September 13, 1954. Typed letter signed on illustrated letterhead. Quarto (11" x 8.5"), single sheet, verso blank, with the original mailing envelope.
Folded twice horizontally, slight edge wear & soiling, otherwise very good. The envelope is soiled & a bit tattered but still good.
Mr. Peacock, addressing T.T. Perry,Jr. of Charlestown, West Virginia, who was Charlestown's postmaster, writes of his disappointment at missing Mr. Perry's visit & in doing so utilizes his unusual letterhead which features an illustration in color depicting a Confederate battle flag & printed advice from Mr. Peacock about retaining Confederate currency:
"Save your Confederate money, people. The South will surely rise again."
John Peacock was an agent for Bankers and Shippers Insurance of New York. He apparently passed away later in 1954 having never witnessed a resurgent… Read More

[London]: Marcus Ward & Company, no date (circa 1890). Original tinted lithograph printed on thick card stock measuring 4.75 inches by 5.75 inches. "For Emma" in old ink on the verso.
Slightly toned & soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise Near Fine.
A very cool card depicting, presumably, a fat cat banker bull peering through spectacles at a duck carrying a sign reading "Good Times Coming." Publisher Marcus Ward was based in London & the theme of the card almost certainly reflects the depression caused by the Baring Crisis of 1890.