Rhode Island: WCTU Rhode Island, Publisher, 1887. Unbound. Cream colored silk ribbon with purple printing and fringed ends. With a sewn fold over flap at the top. About 6 ½ by 2 1/8 inches. A ribbon issued by the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Rhode Island, reading "W.C.T.U. of..... More
Springfield, OH: Mast, Foos and Company, Issuer. Unbound. no date, perhaps early 1900s. 1 ¼ inch in diameter. Stickpin style back. Perhaps celluloid face. An advertising pinback for Mast, Foos and Company, a manufacturer of pumps, mowers, tools, windmills and other machinery. The company was founded in 1875, and was..... More
St. Louis: Fine Art Ltd., Publisher, 1988. Unbound. Single sheet, glossy paper stock. 26 by 20 inches. A poster of a painting by Peter Max depicting a 1936 Mercury Dime, issued to promote the March of Dimes cause. Peter Max is an American artist known for his psychedelic and counterculture..... More
Coshocton, OH: American Art Works, Producer. Unbound. no date, presumed early 1900s. 2 1/8 inches in diameter. Celluloid front with an illustration of a stove and the phrase, "Dockash Stoves and Ranges are the Best," along with the name of the manufacturer, Scranton Stove Works. Reverse is a pocket mirror..... More
Syracuse, NY: Arnie Burdick/Syracuse University, Publisher, 1942. Unbound. Two sheets, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on single sides only. A recounting of a November 21, 1942 football game between Syracuse University and Rutgers (Syracuse won 12 to 7), recalling the highlights of their "sluggish" win, mentioning Barney Werner and..... More
Boston: Bernard-Richards Company, 1901. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Folio. Black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. Single issue of this magazine intended for women. It was published from 1900 to 1905, before merging with Modern Women. This issue includes work by Myrtle Reed, Theodosia Garrison and others. Perhaps of note are..... More
Lowell, MA: Hood and Co. Wraps. no date, presumed late 1800s. Side folding booklet. 8 pp. Illustrations throughout, with humorous cartoon type illustrations on the rear cover. A promotional booklet issued by C.I. Hood to promote their patent medicine, Hood's Sarsaparilla. Features testimonials as to its effectiveness in curing a...... More
New York: Press of C.J. O'Brien Inc. Wraps. no date, presumed circa 1937. Color illustrated wraps depicting a young woman in a swimsuit against a somewhat modernist/Art Deco backdrop of buildings (this image was also used for the program accompanying the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Small folio. 32..... More
Cleveland: The White Motor Company, Publisher, 1947. Wraps. Printed wraps. 11 pp. A financial report issued by the The White Motor Company, including the usual tables, as well as a text summary that mentions transitioning from war to peacetime production, supply shortages and worker strikes. The White Motor Company was..... More
New York: Schutz Bros., Producer, 1920. Unbound. Approximately 1 ¾ inches in diameter. Red, white and navy blue on the face. Stickpin style back (almost lethal in length!). Despite many searches and inquiries to libraries and historical societies, we could not determine what N.A.W.T. stood for. Given that this pinback..... More
Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1830. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work and lacking any wrappers issued. 122 pp. Fold out plan of the Old South Meeting House in 1730 present. A history of the people and events in the Old South Church in Boston, beginning in 1730. With a...... More
No Place: Castle Studios/Celebrity Pictures, Publisher. Unbound. No place or date. Perhaps a 1940s/1950s printing, based on the Castle Studios imprint. 16 mm film reel. A version of a cartoon by Ub Iwerks, being a pastiche of various fairy tales, and perhaps originally appearing under the title Little Boy Blue..... More
Rochester, NY: Bastian Bros. Co., Producer. Unbound. no date, perhaps 1940s-50s. Stickpin style back. 1 inch in diameter. An advertising pinback for Bricker's Crullers, featuring a gentleman dunking a doughnut and the phrase, "I'm a doughnut dunker." VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading. Reverse rusted. More
Washington: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Publisher, 1959. Wraps. Printed wraps. 72 pp. Single issue of long running magazine devoted to philosophy and application of correctional ideas. This issue with a five page essay by author Erle Stanley Gardner, Speaking as a Citizen," in which he discusses issues..... More
Boston, MA: C.B. Lovewell and Co., Publisher, 1879. Pamphlet. Single sheet, folded into four pages. 5 ¼ by 5 ½ inches. An advertisement and price list for a variety of boots and shoes made by C.B. Lovewell and Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, listing 26 items, with prices with and without..... More
Providence: The Peacock Co., Producer, 1919. Unbound. White pinback with blue ribbon. 1 ¼ inch diameter pinback with a 3 by 1 ¼ inch ribbon. Stickpin style back. Pinback has a red flower illustration, with the ribbon reading, "Forty Ninth Annual Scottish Games Providence Caledonian Society Wednesday August 6, 1919."..... More
Marysville, CA: Appeal Association, Publisher, 1871. Tabloid. Large newspaper tabloid format. Single sheet, four pages. Single issue of this newspaper from Marysville, California, containing news from San Francisco and other California locales, national and international news. Also present is a brief account of the murder of Robert Milton in South..... More
New York: Scribner and Co, 1878. Half Leather. Half leather with marbled boards. 912 pp. With a few illustrations. Bound volume of this monthly magazine spanning May to October of 1878. Includes "Days and Nights in Concord," by Henry David Thoreau; an illustrated article on New York art schools; an..... More