Scarce and well-illustrated catalog, in black-and-white and color, for this excellent study sponsored by Winterthur Museum and Gardens. Winterthur. 1986. 38 pages. First and only..... Read More about Quilted for Friends. Delaware Valley Signature Quits, 1840 - 1855
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Limited Edition. Further warmly inscribed and signed by Paul A. Rodebaugh, the dean of Chester County history. Excellent copy of this sequel volume, an authoritative..... Read More about Chester County Post Card Album: 1900-1930. [Signed, Limited Edition
Out-of-print; a scholarly work examining the world of DuPont in nineteenth-century Delaware and working-class Irish-Americans in the Brandywine Valley. From the Publishers: “Between 1802 and..... Read More about Black Powder, White Lace: The Du Pont Irish and Cultural Identity in Nineteenth-Century America
Important Aesthetic Movement interior design book—for women by a woman—containing the first printed designs of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933). Two chromolithographic plates show designs by..... Read More about Louis C. Tiffany] Woman’s Handiwork in Modern Homes
Sold with all faults. Disbound and very defective friendship album owned by Hannah Elizabeth James (1839–1915), kept by her possibly as a student at Westtown..... Read More about 1852–1854 Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania Friendship Album kept by Quaker Hannah James
Advice to young persons and adults just starting out in life by a popular late Victorian poet. Chapter titles reveal the scope of Wilcox’s advice-giving..... Read More about Woman of the World, Her Counsel to Other People’s Sons and Daughters
Published for the first time, the autobiography of this remarkable man enslaved from birth on a Louisiana plantation. Lynch rose to become Speaker of the..... Read More about Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch
Chatty letter from an uncle writing to his niece and encouraging her to read his books to elevate her education. He writes: “It gives me..... Read More about 1809 Autograph Letter Signed from Thomas L. Budd of Clarksburgh, Maryland writing to Ann Budd,...
A lovely copy of this homage to these New Englanders and with biographical sketches for each individual: Charles Francis Adams; William Ames; Arthur Amory; D.M...... Read More about Prominent and Progressive Men of New England
Well-illustrated, descriptive catalog of private ship letter stamps and stamp forgeries of St. Thomas Danish West Indies, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and various ports in the..... Read More about The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World, Part 1, The Caribbean. [with price list
Textbook of systematized physical training for use by both men and women. Influenced by military training and field formations, chapters describe and, importantly, illustrate proper..... Read More about Light Gymnastics. A Guide to Systematic Instruction in Physical Training. For Use in Schools,...
Cookbook providing a selection of easy-to-prepare menus and recipes for a variety of occasions including “Sunday Evening Suppers,” “Invalid’s Meals,” and “Catering with a Country..... Read More about Easy Meals
Cookbook by New York City businesswoman, restaurateur, and coffee wholesaler, Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945). Becoming an entrepreneur after the death of her husband in 1907..... Read More about Coffee and Waffles
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Well-preserved, mid-19th century oversewn book cover in smooth calf, ruled in blind, protecting the original publisher’s bookbinding. Influential and popular, astronomer and mathematician, Burritt’s Geography..... Read More about Vernacular Book Covers] The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy…
Specialized cookbook for the infirm by influential American cooking school director, Fannie M. Farmer (1857–1915), noted for standardizing American cooking in her book The Boston..... Read More about Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent
Collection of bread recipes using various flours and yeasts compiled by English cookery expert and food historian Elizabeth David (1913–1992), “the best writer on food..... Read More about English Bread and Yeast Cookery. Introduction and Notes for the American Cook By Karen Hess
A delightful, literary work on English cooking and foods, with recipes incidental. The book is dedicated to playwright and wit Noel Coward. London: W.H. Allen..... Read More about English Cooking. A New Approach
Combination Elizabethan cook book and 16th century English social commentary. The author has compiled 13 complete Elizabethan feast menus based upon quotations from Shakespeare’s plays..... Read More about Dining with William Shakespeare
Unrecorded and unusual. An American trade catalogs devoted entirely baby bibs. Romaine makes no mention of this company nor lists any catalogs mentioning to bibs..... Read More about Eclipse Bibs. Established 1876. J.H. White & Co., Bib and Bag Makers. North East, Maryland...
An ephemeral Second World War artifact from this Elkton, Maryland manufacturer of explosives. Accident and Sickness benefits are explained in simple language inside as is..... Read More about 1943 Triumph Explosives, Inc., Elkton Maryland] Free Group Insurance Plan. For All Employees
An ephemeral price list illustrated with nine engravings that advertise razor strops made by North East, Maryland company. An 1878 Maryland directory noted the firm..... Read More about J.H. White & Co., Manufacturers of School Bags, Razor Strops and Bibs. North East, MD. Price...
This interesting and ephemeral item familiarizes the audience with the life of North Carolina’s Governor Robert Broadnax Glenn (1854–1920) and his accomplishments such as “making..... Read More about Race Issues; North Carolina: Publicity Advertisement or Program for Governor Robert Broadnax...
Brief catalog or inventory listing approximately 80 manuscripts and documents pertaining to the outfitting and progress of the Greely Relief Expedition to the Canadian Arctic..... Read More about Manuscript Catalog of Letters and Documents pertaining to the 1884 Greely Relief Expedition to...
Anti-Republican and anti-John C. Fremont (1813–1890) attack during the 1856 presidential election. The author warned that the former advocated for free love and considered Blacks..... Read More about Infidelity and Abolitionism. An Open Letter to the Friends of Religion, Morality, and the...
The Utica Convention of 1848 resulted in the formation of the Free Soil Party who opposed the expansion of slavery into Western territories. The pamphlet..... Read More about “Albany Atlas Extra—February, 1848.”] The Utica Convention. Voice of New-York!! Proceedings...
