Search Results: Titles starting with P from Eclectibles

Chicago, IL: Viking's Head Studio, 1900. Light surface soiling. An 11" x 8 3/4" heavy card stock lithograph calendar for P. C. Darrow Typography specializing in booklets and color printing. The bold imagery depicts two men setting type with the tools of the trade at hand. Partial calendar pad affixed. Grommet hangar at top. Reverse is blank.

The Pacific Association of Amateur Oarsmen Exposition Banquet took place on March 13, 1915. The program lists directors and divisions of the club, the presentation of the Henry C. Peterson Perpetual Challenge Trophy, the menu, Toasts, and Songs. The Menu includes Oysters, Soup, Salad, Hors D'oeuvres, fish, entrees, vegetables, roast, and dessert with drinks to coordinate. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" slight staining.

New York: Baer Brothers, 1900. Wear from handling on brush handle.. A polished stock wrapper complete with content of fine Metal Leaf Bronze powder. The package boasts "With the Finish Smooth and Bright Just Like Gold Leaf" Instructions for use printed on wrapper. Printed in gold on green paper. Also includes a W. H. Kemp Co's Gold, Silver, and Metal Leaf application brush comprised of heavy card stock and very soft animal hair with its original envelope. The folded wrapper of metal leaf bronze measures 3" x 5". The brush measures 4" x 4

Yorktown, 1869. General wear.. A pair of letters from Emily to her family keeping them appraised of her trip to Yorktown [NY] in January 1869. The two letters are written within a day of one another, with one addressed to her parents and one to her brother. The family's last name is not mentioned. The letters are jam-packed with the events of daily life. She is somewhat ill perhaps with consumption and speaks often of her health. Additionally religion plays a significant role in her writing. Of note in the letters is Emily's description of a 'colored meeting' she went to, which was a church service for African Americans. Emily writes about how the 'spirit' moved the church members to what she perceived as frightening noises and groans, and that due to this she wouldn't feel comfortable going to another service. The letters also discuss Emily's health and her fear that she might have bronchitis. As well as updates on her family. Measures 7 3/4" x 4 3/4". Below are a few excerpts from the letters.… Read More

Frederick, MD: Examiner, [1900]. General wear. Damage to corners. . Each advertisement printed on heavy card stock has a chromolithograph illustration on the front and the menu of syrup flavors on the reverse. Both illustrate a woman wearing a Greek style dresses, and one is holding a branch of grapes while the other is holding flowers in one hand with a bunch of wheat and a scythe in the other. The advertisement on the back sides are the same for both- a list of the variety of health and soda drinks provided by A. C. McCardell. Some examples are: Pear Phosphates for impaired vitality, chocolate for nourishing and refreshment, Moxie for weakened energy, and Sarsaparilla for the blood. Also sold by A. C. McCardell were a whole line of Fruit Syrups and Ice Cream Soda, as well as Mineral Waters from Vichy (for Gentlemen), Deep Rock (for kidney trouble), and Bedford (for "sick headache"). Each item Measures 7" x 5". A. C. McCardell was a whole sale confectionary company located in… Read More

1888. Two (2) photographs taken of a group of young people while sitting on a porch. It appears as though they are on a holiday or picnic, as several people are holding lawn tennis rackets. The first photo shows a group of thirteen (13) people, some appearing quite affectionate or familiar towards their partner. The second photograph depicts only six (6) rather dejected looking members of the group. Each is wearing or holding a sign that reads "LEFT", while the remaining spaces have signs marked "TAKEN". Presumably there was some courting going on between the times of the two photographs, as the remaining individuals were all that were "left". A sign in front of second photograph reads 1888. Reverse of one photograph marked Benedict - Litchfield, Conn. Photos measure 4 3/8" x 7 3/8" on slightly larger mounts. edge wear on mounts.

Philadelphia, PA: Uriah Hunt & Son, 1842. General wear. . A pair of copybooks originally belonging to a young girl named Susan Shoemaker who most likely lived in or around Philadelphia, PA (Walnut Grove) in the 1850s. The titles of the copybooks are: 'The American System of Penmanship in Three Parts: Ten Numbers, No. 9' (OCLC 4, Dec 2019) published by Uriah Hunt & Son in Philadelphia, PA in 1842, with the penmanship system itself by George J. Becker and 'Leary's Cheap Book Store Copybook' (OCLC 0, Dec 2019) published by Leary's Cheap Book Store in Philadelphia, PA, with no date. Each page of both books features a new sentence, the majority of which are quite lengthy and have a moral undertone. Some of the phrases are: "The activity of genius is unlimited and the measure of its effects depends entirely upon a steady exertion of its powers", "Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason; for that shows more desire than judgment",… Read More

Connecticut, 1925. Two hand-made posters by Anna-Louise (Rudin) Falk. She was an artist who lived in Connecticut and was known for portrait and still-life painting, illustration. These two posters are advertisements for events, the first a play and the second a charity event. "Nothing But The Truth" appears to be the play based on novel of the same name by Frederic S. Isham. The play is a comedy about a stockbroker who must tell the truth for a whole day. The illustration accompanying the poster appears to be the logo for the performers, 'Parish Players', as the eyes are two 'P's. Measures 18 3/4" x 14" "Tulip Tea" is a poster advertising a benefit hosted for the Branford Visiting Nurse Association in May 1925. Tickets were 35 cents each, and there was food, candy, dolls, baskets, toys, and a picture gallery. The poster itself has two whimsical renditions of tulips on either side of the text, in color (red, yellow, orange, and green). The title of the poster, Tulip Tea, is done in a gradient of… Read More

New York: Animated Book Company, 1944. Diorama-style children's book with ten (10) die-cut movable animals A 11 1/2" x 9' " heavy card stock fold-out diorama-style barnyard scene. Includes ten (10) different easel back, mechanical animals, each with a printed verse. They are Wooley the Sheep, Gobbie the Turkey, Dobbin the Farm Horse, Hissie the Goose, Gruntie the Pig, Shep the Dog, Rex the Pony and Mooey the Cow, plus a die-cut donkey with a duck and a goat with a chicken. Complete. Wear from handling, intact tear at base of fold-out.

New York: Animated Book Company, 1944. Diarama-style children's book w Eight (8) die-cut movable animals A 9" x 11 ½" heavy card stock fold-out diorama-style barnyard scene. Includes eight (8) different easel back, mechanical animals, each with a printed verse. They are Wooley the Sheep, Gobbie the Turkey, Dobbin the Farm Horse, Hissie the Goose, Gruntie the Pig, Sheep the Dog, Rex the Pony and Mooey the Cow. Complete. Cover wear with original price in grease pencil. Interior in excellent condition. Title is wrong... it is Pals on OUR Farm.

New York: Animated Book Company, 1944. Diarama-style children’s book w Eight (8) die-cut movable animals A 9” x 11 ½” heavy card stock fold-out diorama-style barnyard scene. Includes eight (8) different easel back, mechanical animals, each with a printed verse. They are Wooley the Sheep, Gobbie the Turkey, Dobbin the Farm Horse, Hissie the Goose, Gruntie the Pig, Sheep the Dog, Rex the Pony and Mooey the Cow. Complete. Cover wear with original price in grease pencil. Interior in excellent condition.

England: Dean and Son, LTD, 1930. Applied illustrated color hard cover, color frontispiece plus five plates, illustrations throughout, Dean's Gold Medal Books No. 1. Stories by Agnes Richardson and Mabel M. Stevenson, Illustrated by Nora M. Birch and Agnes Richardson. Other books in the Series: 1-Pam and Peter 2-All Out 3-Storytime 4-Friends All. An assortment of short stories for children. 10" x 7 3/4" cover worn, hinge loose, one plate has tear, inscribed.

Seven Dials, W. C.: W. S. Fortey. When closed measures 4 1/2" x 6". Paper wraps. Opens out to an 80" hand colored procession with the Lord Mayor concluding the procession. Created in four sections and glued together.

This listing is an uncut Colombine (Pantin), Imagerie Pellerin, Imagerie D'Epinal No. 1344. Published by Pellerin of Epinal, France. c 1850. The French Pantins of the 17th and 18th centuries were another form of paper doll. Usually published on sheets with six parts to each paper doll or "jumping jack" The sheets were mounted on cardboard and cut-out. The Pantins were quite popular in France in the 17th and 18th Century. Finely attired woman with plumed hat and rose. n n Condition: crisp and clean; generalized light toning.

London: Nister, 1896. One text page detached, but present. Edge soiling on pages from handling. Edge of end paper front cover lacking.. Introduction by E. Weatherly and black and white in-text illustrations by E. S. Hardy. Fanciful cover illustration "The Queen of the Bird Fairies', originally from book "Peeps into Fairyland". Verses include Pantomime Picture, Billy Amos, Hero.,A Little Boy's Pocket, The Other Donkey, Pussycat Street, How the Letter was Posted, The Brave Circus Boy, Polite Polly and Honey Pot Farm. Includes five (5) double page pop-ups. Measures 12 .5" by 10

United States, 1930. Very good. Some toning, staining where envelope is glued to card. Some creases to doll.. A scarce intact example of a paper doll greeting card from c.1930, with a cut paper doll of a little girl who can be dressed up in two different outfits and inserted into the front of the card to show her driving. The two different outfits are traditional costumes from Holland and Spain; inside, the greeting card reads "This doll has traveled thru many a far country and she brought some queer clothes with her as well as best love from me". Doll measures 4.75", die-cut card measures approx. 5.5" by 4.25". Contemporary inscription "Mary" in ink. Of particular note as a young woman is driving a car; often considered the role of a man in early 20th C.

Transparency, Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, Paper With a SecretA 4" x 2 1/2" celluloid transparency designed as a women with a clear see through dress. The child can use any paper desired. The images seen here were found with the doll.

A 5 ¼" easel back paper doll and six costumes and four hats.  It is Winsome Winnie from Artistic Series II. Patd. Feb 20th, 1894.  Raphael Tuck & Sons, London. etc. The six dress colors are two purple with hats, green with hat,yellow with hat, and two blue dress. Condition;Lacking two hats. This is a later version, as it is not marked Tuck on reverse. Moderate wear.

A 9" easel back paper doll with four costumes and four hats. It is Winsome Winnie from Artistic Series II. Patd. Feb 20, 1894. Raphael Tuck & Sons, London. etc. The dress colors are purple, yellow, green, and blue. All have matching hats. Condition: doll has tiny crease in left shoe; purple dress has right shoulder crease and umbrella crease. Blue dress and green hat has scrapbook residue on reverse side otherwise moderate wear. Box front cover is lacking two top corners and; back of the box.

A 12" easel back paper doll with four costumes and two hats. It is Sweet Alice from Dolls for all Seasons, Artistic Series#503. Feb 20, 1894. Raphael Tuck & Sons, London. etc. Dress colors are a yellow dress with matching hat, outside wear red cape with black muff and red boots with matching red hat. A blue dress with white lace and left hand is holding a doll wearing a yellow dress. The final dress is yellow, purple and green. Two hats lacking. Condition: doll is lacking right hand, left ankle and shoe, right ankle crease with tape on reverse, left wrist crease and small crease on face. Cape dress has center crease and hat has small corner crease. Blue dress has right shoe tip with no color. Yellow dress lacking right shoe tip. Otherwise moderate wear.