1890. Wraps. Unpaginated (46 pages). Interesting and unusual repurposed Almanac that had a second life as a storehouse for colorful trade cards, advertisements, and keepsakes pasted in - giving the contemporary reader a glimpse into the late 1800's. Written on the cover "To Jessie, From Grandma Howell, March 1890. Covers..... More

Paris: Mouillot, 1891. Staplebound. 56 pages. Copiously illustrated, with prices - this pamphlet presents the assortment of trades and fashion of the times. A growing "ready to wear" branch of consumer goods accessible to a larger population. Includes merchandise for the home. Text in French. Pages lightly toned. More

Germany: 1884 - 1898. A compelling collection - Lot includes advertising broadsides for products of spirits, liqueurs and other spirits, essential oils, essences, and non-toxic dyes. A broadside for a factory producing essential oils, essences and chemical products and two lined books of handwritten liqueur, bitter and essence recipes... More

1889. Cards. 17 x 12 cm. Handwritten French menu with exquisitely detailed black and white lithograph image of the Villa. Lightly soiled. Attached to gray construction paper. More

1898. Cards. 18 x 13 cm. Handwritten French Menu featuring original watercolor design. Seven course meal. Lightly soiled. More

New York: Cassel & Company, Limited, 1885. Unpaginated. 28 x 22 cm. A collection of short children’s stories with illustration plates including A Visit to Santa Claus’s Shop, How Scamp Had His Picture Taken, Harry Boy, and many more. Each story has multiple illustrations of varying sizes alongside the stories..... More

Chicago: c. 1890. Cards. 10 x 5.5 cm. A well preserved trade card/menu from one of the restaurants that flourished in the late 1800's in Chicago. Established in 1875, this dining establishment accommodated women with a "Dining Parlor For Ladies". The verso of this card displays an "EXTRACT FROM BILL..... More

Boston: Blanchard, Farrar & Co., c. 1887. Sewn binding. 12 pages. 14.5 x 8 cm. A captivating look at the broad array of wines, liqueurs, and ales available at the end of the 19th century in Boston, MA. The shop owned by David W. Blanchard and John W. Farrar stocked..... More

New York: 1892. Staplebound. 32 pages. 13.5 x 8.5 cm. Full page calendar for the years 1892 & 1893. This booklet emphasized the purity of the Arm & Hammer brand. Includes receipts for bread, various types of griddle cakes, waffles, biscuits, muffins, cakes, cookies, and puddings. Household help including A...... More

Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co., 1883. Sewn binding. 32 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. An almanac with recipes along with advertisements for products such as Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment (lard, raisins, cut in pieces, and fine-cut tobacco, simmered together, pressed and strained), and fraudster "testimonials". These pamphlets were all..... More

Paris: Alphonse LE SIGNE, c. 1890. Loose_leaf. 3 pages. 35 x 27 cm. A romantic scene of wine drinking highlights this French sheet music. The musician, Désiré Dihau, was best known as the bassoonist and composer who was painted by Edgar Degas in L'Orchestre de l'Opéra along with cellist Louis-Marie..... More

New York: R. H. Russell, 1897. First Edition. 57 x 43 cm. A superb illustration by Charles Dana Gibson of Mr. Samuel Pickwick delivering his oration to the assembled Pickwick Club. Gibson (18657-1944) was an illustrious artist and illustrator at the turn of the 19th century. He defined the look..... More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888. Hardcover. 176 pages. 18 x 13 cm. Parthenia Antionette Hague (1838-1914) was born in Georgia. During the civil war Parthenia was a teacher in Eufaula, Alabama. In this first hand account of what life was like under the Northern Blockade, Parthenia describes the various..... More