![Item #4203 [CLOTHING MANUFACTURING] [BUSINESS] [LAW] Shirt Collar Patent](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4203.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1715981357)
Newark, NJ: 1917-1919. 13 pages. 4 pages from Delpark Inc., a NY-based clothing company seeking a patent to manufacture a new shirt collar. Letters show clothing company owner trying to contact a solicitor to investigate the patents of its creator. Delpark seeks, in these documents, to purchase the collar's patent..... More
![Item #2786 [HARVARD] German Association of Harvard University. Program–Menu Collection;...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2786.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1636666916)
1905-1907. A group of three original items related to the Deutscher Verein (German Association) at Harvard University: 1 - Commersbuch des Deutschen Vereins der Universität Harvard, May 1905. Small 8-page songbook (20 x 12.5 cm) featuring traditional toasts and drinking songs. Sewn binding; closed tears at the head and tail..... More
![Item #2529 [MENU] Le Toubib (the doctor); Édité par le "Mictasol"](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2529.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1619813051)
Paris: Dreager Imp. c. 1930's. Cards. 18 x 14 cm. (open). Amusing illustrated blank menu distributed by the drug Mictasol, a treatment for gonorrhea. Light toning to paper. More
![Item #2574 [MENU] T.S.S. "HECTOR"; Christmas Day 1938, At Sea](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2574.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1624041126)
1938. Cards. 21 x 13.5 cm. The T.S.S. "HECTOR" was a set of four sister ships built for Alfred Holt and Company of Liverpool - part of the Blue Funnel Line. Sister ships were Sarpedon, Patroclus, and Antenor - all named after characters in Homer's Iliad. The stunning nighttime illustration..... More
![Item #445 [MENU] The Yates](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/445.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1689199165)
Syracuse, NY: 1950. Wraps. 10 x 6 1/2 in. La Carte Menu from The Yates Dining Room and Tap Room. States that they cater to banquets and parties. Items on the menu include; oysters, steaks, salads, desserts, and several alcoholic beverages. Tape residue on inside. More
![Item #2334 [PROGRAM] [US NAVY] Zowie! Zowie!; U.S. Naval Men's Club THANKSGIVING DAY](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2334.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1605295098)
Queenstown, Ireland: 1919. Staplebound. Unpaginated (8 pg.) 20.5 x 12.5 cm. A Thanksgiving performance/celebration directly on the heels of the Armistice agreement. An impressive production loaded with artistry - Actors, Orchestra, Scenic Artists, and Wardrobe. ZOWIE ZOWIE. A MUSICAL "MUSH UP" TAKEN FROM THE LUCKY BAG OF THE UNITED STATES..... More
![Item #2495 [QUACKERY] [TRADE CARD] PERRY DAVIS' VEGETABLE PAIN KILLER](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2495.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1617655785)
London: Perry Davis & Son, c. 1890. Cards. 11.5 x 7.5 cm. British - European Branch Trade Card. Legend has it, Perry Davis concocted his "all vegetable" patent medicine in 1839 after becoming ill himself - a combination of mostly alcohol. Card lists agency addresses: General Agency: 74 High Street..... More
![Item #2864 [FASHION] Model Dresses; From the Leading Paris Ateliers, Exhibited to Dressmakers...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2864.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1642633837)
New York: 1908. Sewn binding. Unpaginated. Oversized catalogue. Sixteen illustrated pages, with description, each separated by tissue paper. Covers rubbed, chipped, with some water stains. Faint writing in pencil on cover. Interior clean. More
![Item #1084 [SHEET MUSIC] Oh You Spearmint Kiddo with the Wrigley Eyes. Jerome, Schwartz](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1084.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1585339004)
Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1910. John Frew. Sheet_music. 5 pages. 13 in. x 10.5 in. Stamp to inside page. Rubbing to cover. More
![Item #2782 [PROGRAM-MENU] Kuwait-America Foundation 2008 GALA DINNER; Stand for Africa....](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2782.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1636666970)
Washington DC: Kuwait-America Foundation, 2008. Sewn binding. 22 x 15.5 cm. Annual Gala Dinner held at the Residence of the Ambassador of the State of Kuwait in Washington DC. This particular Gala's focus was Stand for Africa - for Malaria No More. The honorary patrons were President George W. Bush..... More
![Item #2564 [PROGRAM] [MARITIME] S.S. MALOLO - DECK SPORTS; A DECK AFT. Matson Line](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2564.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1623426769)
1931. Coated paper. 23.5 x 16 cm. Two color illustrated broadsides: Tuesday, February 10, 1931 & Monday, March 16, 1931. Illustrating the American affluent class and their recreational habits. Deck sports included Ladies Turtle Race, Ladies Nail Driving Contest, Ladies & Gentlemen: Shaving Contest, Feeding the Baby, Children's Pie Eating..... More
![Item #2478 [PROGRAM] The Gardeners' Club... Annual Chrysanthemum Show; Music Hall - Baltimore,...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2478.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1615993736)
Baltimore: Thos. J Sheubrooks, 1896. Staplebound. 30 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Featuring illustrated local Baltimore advertising throughout. Introduction by Mr. Seidewitz, followed by six days of concerts by the 5th Regiment Orchestra, with Charles Weber - Musical Director. Rules of Governing the competition, award amounts and a full page..... More
Lanham, Maryland: Roman & Littlefield, 2019. Hardcover. 225 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Julia Skinner explores the development of the afternoon tea meal - a meal that came of age during the British Empire's most aggressive expansion, afternoon tea was transported to new continents with colonial forces. Skinner describes how..... More
![Item #2855 [DOMESTIC] [WOMEN] Women! Save Your Hands. The Stovene Manufacturing Company](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2855.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1663864657)
Portsmouth, N.H. The Stovene Manufacturing Company, c. 1895. Loose_leaf. 21 x 10.5 cm. Buy a mitten for 15 cents and get a ten-cent box of Stovene [stove polish] free! The shine on your stove lasts twice as long when polished with Stovene as when blackened with other stove polishes. Stovene..... More
New York: Abrams Press, 2018. Hardcover. 320 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. With nearly 1,400 known varieties of wine grapes in the world, on the whole, we drink wine made from only 20 grape varieties. Wilson looks at how that came to be and embarks on a journey to discover..... More
![Item #1933 [CLOTHING MANUFACTURING] [BUSINESS] [LAW] Shirt Collar Patent](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1933.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1715793566)
Newark, NJ: 1917-1919. 13 pages. 4 pages from Delpark Inc., a NY-based clothing company seeking a patent to manufacture a new shirt collar. Letters show clothing company owner trying to contact a solicitor to investigate the patents of its creator. Delpark seeks, in these documents, to purchase the collar's patent..... More
![Item #2640 [CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL] [COSMETOLOGY] Collection of 1920's Advertising Materials from...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2640.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1636759193)
Chicago: Marsay School of Beauty Culture. A collection of material from Marsay School of Beauty Culture correspondence school, based in Chicago, exhibiting world class fictitious claims to provide a speedy path to profit and expertise as a Beauty Culturist. For only $20, and an additional $8.65, the school would furnish..... More
![Item #1860 [MENU] Annual Dinner of the Garden Club-Poetry Society; Highland Hotel](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1860.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1556632864)
1926. Cards. 12.5 x 8.5 cm. folded. A program and menu featuring a gathering of New England based garden and poetry enthusiasts. Held on February 10th, 1926, welcomed by Mrs. Willard A. Boyd, President of the Poetry Society and her husband William A. Boyd, President of the Garden Club. The..... More
![Item #2586 [MENU] The Rubinstein Club; Hand painted Homemade Menu](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2586.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680560511)
c. 1940. Loose_leaf. 17 x 10 cm. Whimsical handmade menu suggesting a recent viewing of the 1939 movie - The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The cover states: The Rubinstein Club Thank You for the Honor of Your Presence This Eve and Courteously Invite You to Attend their Concerts the Coming..... More
![Item #2337 [MINSTREL] [PROGRAM] THE JUNIOR HALL PRESENTS THANKSGIVING MINSTRELS; IN THE...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2337.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1605295057)
1907. Paper. 24 x 12 cm. Two-sided illustrated program consisting of Cast, Chorus, Orchestra, and two acts. Minstrel shows in the United States were productions typically including music, skits, and jokes. These performances were predominantly staged by white actors in black face, chock-full of racist and stereotype depictions of African..... More
Burlington, VT: Penick & Ford, Ltd., Inc., 1930's. Loose-leaf. 16 x 8 cm. Tri-fold color illustrated brochure. Colorful advertisement brochure for Vermont Maid Syrup, Cane/Maple Sugar. Recipes include: Maple Baked Custard, Sweet Potatoes and Apples, and Vermont Maid Caramels. Clean, crisp copy. More
![Item #2518 [VERNACULAR PHOTOS] Undercover "Police Officer" putting on a show; "Over The Hill" Party](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2518.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1619026891)
21 Color photos. (16) 15 x 10 cm. (5) 12.5 x 9 cm. Late 1980's party featuring a female "Police Officer" performing at an "Over The Hill" gathering of both male and female guests. Chronological photos depicting officer's arrival, the "arrest", the gradual undressing, the tease, and the shedding of..... More
Portland, ME: A.S. Hinds, c.1890's. Staplebound. 16 pages. (4 pp.) 14 x 9 cm. Hinds' Honey and Almond Cream was formulated in the late 1870's by Aurelius Stone Hinds in Portland Maine while working in a drugstore - it was a huge success and was bought out in 1907 by..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1954. Hardcover. 244 pages. 22 x 15 cm. A scholar and journalist, Warner brings to life the greatest scholars of wines. Owner's inscription on front free end paper, otherwise crisp and clean. Dust wrapper rubbed and chipped at edges. More
![Item #655 [ADVERTISING] Thermos The Gift; Winter Days and Summer Days are Thermos Days. American...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/655.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633118935)
New York: American Thermos Bottle Co., 1920. Staplebound wraps. 8.5 x 6.5 in. 8 pages. Elegantly illustrated cover - color plate illustration. A sophisticated trade catalogue for the sporty. new well-heeled motorist. Illustrated throughout with prices and varying decorative finishes. Illustrations created by Marshall Field & Company. Pristine... More