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Photo illustrated cardboard hand fan printed in black and orange within an orange monotone decorative border of birds and flowers, including a regal peacock on the handle; the main image, which measures 5\" x 7\", shows a tranquil domestic scene of a father reading a newspaper, the mother knitting a new item, a baby boy on the floor playing with a ball, and a young girl who at first glance is un-occupied, but upon closer inspection, seems to be standing at the ready to turn the pages for her father, as he is unable to do so himself as both his hands are occupied holding his wife's yarn (!); upper right hand corner with small crease and handle with tiny, minor abrasion. The condition of the fan is NEAR FINE. #001085","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033016148117,"sku":"001085","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/homesweethome.01.20210904.jpg?v=1630782882"},{"product_id":"varga-portfolio","title":"Varga Portfolio","description":"(Vargas, Alberto) illustrator. VARGA PORTFOLIO. [Chicago]: Esquire, Inc., (1945). FIRST EDITION. Folio - 13-3\/4\" x 10-1\/2\". Original publisher's green cloth backed color pictorial paper covered board portfolio with light wear to the edges for what is a nice example of the portfolio; p. [2] of portfolio has a calendar for each month of the year (1946) surrounded by twelve tiny lovely Vargas girls. [12] leaves of colored plates, each measuring 9-5\/8\" x 12-13\/16\", laid in cloth pocket attached to p. [3] of the portfolio; each of the [12] leaves, one for each month of the year, printed with a full color illustration by Vargas of one of his pin-up girls dressed in seasonal attire, along with the year and the month and a four line verse that ties it all together, e.g., \"February: The month of February \/ is the briefest of the year, \/ So please forgive my costume -- \/ It's just a symbol, dear!\" The plates are bright and clean with little evidence of handling. The condition of the portfolio is VERY GOOD +. No copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. RARE #001086","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41040537157781,"sku":"001086","price":1125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/vargaportfolio.01.20210905.jpg?v=1630882431"},{"product_id":"cleaver-for-president-of-the-united-states-of-america-power-to-the-people-black-power-to-black-people-1968-presidential-campaign-poster","title":"Cleaver for President of the United States of America . . . Power to the People . . . Black Power to Black People [1968 Presidential Campaign Poster]","description":"(Black Panther Party) CLEAVER FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . . . POWER TO THE PEOPLE . . . BLACK POWER TO BLACK PEOPLE [1968 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN POSTER]. [California]: The Black Panther and Peace \u0026amp; Freedom Parties, [1968]. 16-15\/16\" x 21-15\/16\". Campaign poster printed in black and white with a portrait of Eldridge Cleaver, who had joined the Black Panther Party in 1966 after being released from prison, and was nominated as a presidential candidate two years later, running on the Peace \u0026amp; Freedom Party ticket. Although he was not technically old enough to run being just 32 years old, he still appeared on a number of the ballots. A Cleaver presidency would have been a unique one seeing as how Cleaver had jumped bail in November 1968 fleeing to Cuba, before eventually settling in Algeria, not returning to the United States until 1975; very faint horizontal crease and small area of slight toning to margin at lower right corner. The condition of the poster is NEAR FINE. Only one copy located on OCLC\/WorldCat (University of California, San Diego). RARE #001088","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41046507520149,"sku":"001088","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/cleaverforpresident.01.20210906.jpg?v=1630951026"},{"product_id":"deans-a1-dolls-and-toys-retail-showcard","title":"Dean's \"A1 Dolls and Toys\" Retail Showcard","description":"(Dean's Rag Book Co.) DEAN'S \"A1 DOLLS AND TOYS\" RETAIL SHOWCARD. London: Dean's Rag Book Co., Ltd., [circa 1922]. 9-13\/16\" x 9-13\/16\". This card was designed to be displayed in a retail setting to promote the \"A1 Dolls and Toys\" which Dean's launched in 1922. Pictorial showcard with decoration and titles printed in black and red on stiff white cardstock with two bumped lower corners for what is a lovely example of this early 20th century doll and toy advertising card. This is the actual showcard reproduced on p. 215 in \"Dean's Rag Books and Rag Dolls\" by Peter and Dawn Cope; from the Dean's archives. The condition of the showcard is NEAR FINE. RARE #000917","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41418652778645,"sku":"000917","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/a1dollsandtoys0120200216.jpg?v=1636076612"},{"product_id":"engraved-watch-paper-for-aaron-willard-watch-clock-maker-boston-engraved-by-paul-revere-boston-1781","title":"Engraved Watch Paper for A[aron] Willard, Watch \u0026 Clock Maker, Boston [Engraved by Paul Revere, Boston, 1781]","description":"(Revere, Paul) engraver. ENGRAVED WATCH PAPER FOR A[ARON] WILLARD, WATCH \u0026amp; CLOCK MAKER, BOSTON [ENGRAVED BY PAUL REVERE, BOSTON, 1781]. Circular watch paper measuring 2\" in diameter, six original slits around the edges, to fit the paper inside the back of a concave pocket watch, manuscript note on verso: \"Enos Clap. Clean'd. $1.00. March 10, 1832;\" some browning and one small dark stain. Watch papers, originally designed as a simple protective insert, came to be used as an advertising medium for the watchmakers in the second half of the 18th century, as well as another means by which print artists could ply their trade. In comes Paul Revere: \"As for the watch paper engraved for Aaron Willard, the Revere Day Book in July, 1781, specifically charges Simon Willard with six shillings for 100 prints for 'Your Br Aron for Watches.' The search for such a watch paper has gone on for many years. In 1935, John M. Phillips of Yale University acquired such a paper from Francis H. Bigelow of Cambridge. He gave it in 1947 to Mark Bortman of Boston, and Mr. Bortman in turn presented it to the American Antiquarian Society in 1948. The paper is circular in shape, to fit the back of a watch, and shows an angel blowing a horn at the top, a branch of a tree, a watch, Father Time, a rooster, and in the center the advertisement of 'A. Willard Watch \u0026amp; Clock Maker Boston.'\" The condition of the engraved watch paper offered here is VERY GOOD. Only three additional examples located, all in the Paul Revere Collection of the American Antiquarian Society. EXCEEDINGLY RARE. Literature: Brigham, Clarence S., Paul Revere's Engravings. Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society, 1954, pp. 122-123. # 000926","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41425444405397,"sku":"000926","price":14750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/reverewatchpaper0120200502.jpg?v=1636257799"},{"product_id":"the-childs-book-about-birds","title":"The Child's Book About Birds.","description":"(Chapbooks) THE CHILD'S BOOK ABOUT BIRDS. Concord, N.H.: Published by R. Merrill, 1843. FIRST EDITION. 48mo - 3-3\/8\" x 2-5\/16\". Original green paper wrappers string-bound as issued, with titles and decoration printed in black to front wrapper and publisher's advertisement within a decorative border design printed in black to back wrapper for what is a lovely copy of the book; gift inscription on p. [2] of wrappers. 8 pp. The book contains descriptive information on and a woodcut illustration of seven different species of birds: the goosander, falcon, toucan, ostrich, bittern, nightingale and stormy petrel; a title-page woodcut vignette of a rooster brings the total number of woodcuts in the book to nine; very minor spotting\/staining internally for what for the most part is a very fresh and clean copy of the book. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Only eight copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. RARE #000928","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41425446076565,"sku":"000928","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/childsbookaboutbirds0120200502.jpg?v=1636257997"},{"product_id":"the-passionate-child-a-story-about-little-ellen","title":"The Passionate Child: A Story About Little Ellen","description":"(Chapbooks) THE PASSIONATE CHILD: A STORY ABOUT LITTLE ELLEN. New Haven: Published by S. Babcock, circa 1844. 48mo - 3-11\/16\" x 2-1\/8\". Original yellow paper wrappers string-bound as issued, with titles and woodcut within a decorative border, all printed in black to front wrapper and publisher's advertisement within a decorative border, all printed in black to back wrapper with minor soiling\/spotting for what is a nice copy of the book; gift inscription to p. [2] of wrappers. 16 pp. The book tells the story of Little Ellen, a cruel and bad-tempered young girl with the habit of hitting and kicking her nurse when she doesn't get her way. After being punished more than once for her bad behavior, Little Ellen finally realizes she is causing grief and unhappiness to her mother, her nurse and herself, and from then on becomes an obedient and docile child (and who said there was not value in tying up one's misbehaving children?); illustrated with a total of nine woodcuts: one on p.[1] of wrappers, one on title-page and seven illustrating the story within text;  internally with light spotting\/staining. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD. SCARCE #000929","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41425451057301,"sku":"000929","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/passionatechild0120200503.jpg?v=1636258357"},{"product_id":"tales-and-pictures","title":"Tales and Pictures","description":"(Toy Books) TALES AND PICTURES. [London]: [Publisher not identified], circa 1871. 8vo - 9-9\/16\" x 7-1\/8\". Color pictorial stiff paper wrappers, string-bound as issued, with various advertisements on pp. [2-4] of wrappers with no faults to be found for what is a fresh, lovely copy of the book. [18] pp. including wrappers. This is a children's magazine filled with stories and verses about cats and kittens and dolls and toys, all things that would be of interest to a child; illustrated with four beautiful full page chromolithograph, one of which is signed \"N. 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Russet stiff paper self-wrappers, formed like an envelope, with a flap that folds over the fore edge of the book, with upper case alphabet above a central image of sheep by a tree, with numerals  followed by publication information below, and with \"READ, AND BE WISE\" in the upper margin on front wrapper; back wrapper with lower case alphabet above a central image of a horse, with italic lower case alphabet below, and with \"READ, AND BE WISE\" in the upper margin; flap printed with \"COME, READ AND LEARN;\" minor chipping to the paper along the upper edge of back wrapper and a short split to the paper at the tail of the flap fold where the paper wasn't completely glued to the underlying stiff paper wrapper, for what is an extremely bright, clean copy of the book. [6] pp. including wrappers. The book is a twenty-four letter alphabet book (no J or U), illustrated with engravings of street vendors and their particular cries as captions, e.g., A a: Almanack, will you buy an Almanack?; B b: Buy a Broom: Mop, Brush, or hair broom?; C c: Chairs to mend old chairs to mend?; additional publication information printed on inside of flap; clean internally with title flap and final page of alphabet not pasted down to the underlying wrappers. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. SCARCE, especially in such nice condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#001102\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41820616261781,"sku":"001102","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/theunclespresent.01.20220116.jpg?v=1642868214"},{"product_id":"rare-1873-galveston-texas-yellow-fever-quarantine-broadside","title":"Notice of Quarantine. 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St. Louis, Mo.: Anheuser, Busch Brewing Assn., circa 1883. FIRST EDITION. 4to - 10-1\/8\" x 6-3\/4\". Staple bound light blue paper wrappers with titles and the brewery's trademark eagle on a shield bearing the stars and stripes, perched upon the brewery's star topped letter \"A\" printed in dark blue to front wrapper, and a bird's eye view of the \"Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, Largest Bottling Establishment of the World\" and a \"Table Of Annual Sales\" from 1874 to 1882 printed in dark blue to back wrapper; light vertical fold, 1-1\/4\" separation to upper spine fold and minor wear, including light chipping to corners and edges, for what is still a very nice copy of this early brewery catalog. 16 pp. This is the earliest known Anheuser-Busch catalog, and according to Romaine, American Trade Catalogs, the oldest known American brewery catalog (page 21). The contents of the catalog are fascinating and lively, and include a \"Message to our Patrons,\" a display of counterfeit beer labels, illustrations of satellite breweries in Arkansas, Wyoming and Texas, a centerfold spread of their 1883 gold medal certificate, and a 3-page price list for their various brews, i.e., Anheuser-Busch Standard, Liebotschaner, Erlanger, Pale Lager, Faust Beer, and \"the Budweiser beer,\" priced by the bottle and keg; souvenir traveling cases, beer glasses and cork screws are also shown as items available for purchase from the brewery; internally with minimal wear. The condition of the catalog is VERY GOOD. Only one copy located on WorldCat (Missouri History Museum; Missouri Historical Society). 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[16] pp. This promotional brochure for Galveston, Texas has one central vertical fold as issued, presenting as 16mo - 6-1\/4\" x 3-1\/2\"; inside we learn that Galveston is truly the ultimate vacation paradise; illustrated throughout in brown and white with photomechanical reproductions of actual photographs, including nine full page reproductions; also included is a full page map titled \"All Roads Lead To Galveston: Port AND Playground Of The Great Southwest\" by Clarke \u0026amp; Courts, Galveston. Notable local landmarks pictured include: Hotel Galvez, the seawall, Crystal Palace bath house, Rosenberg Public Library, Ball High School, John Sealy Hospital and Rebecca Sealy Hospital for Women, and two unnamed Texas bathing beauties. The condition of the booklet is NEAR FINE. Although listed in WorldCat, there are no libraries shown to have a copy. 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Tuck fifty cents under chicky's wing! Mail it to us, and enjoy your chance To help rechickenize Devastated France!\" The back side of egg printed with information explaining how \"Almost every chicken was destroyed in the French regions held by Germans. Eggs and chickens are needed to enable returning refugees to resume raising poultry, on which they have always depended\". Pull-tab on top of chick's head with two minor creases, otherwise item is without defect or damage. The condition of the item is NEAR FINE. EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 000767","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43226879918229,"sku":"000767","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/rechickenizefrance0112212018.jpg?v=1675810507"},{"product_id":"deans-swimeesy-buoys-retail-showcard","title":"Dean's Swimeesy Buoys Retail Showcard","description":"(Dean's Rag Book Co.) 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Pictorial showcard die-cut along the top edge, with decoration and lettering printed in dark brown on a medium weight light brown cardstock with a tiny dark spot in the lower margin and one gently bumped corner for what is a lovely example of this early 20th century doll and toy marketing item. This was the actual showcard reproduced on p. 214 of Peter and Dawn Cope's book, Dean's Rag Books and Rag Dolls; from Dean's archives. The condition of the showcard is NEAR FINE. RARE # 000803","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43240832368789,"sku":"000803","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/evripozejointed0120190403.jpg?v=1676345438"},{"product_id":"deans-patent-tru-to-life-a1-dolls-and-toys-retail-showcard","title":"Dean's Patent \"Tru-to-Life\" A1 Dolls and Toys Retail Showcard","description":"(Dean's Rag Book Co.) DEAN'S PATENT \"TRU-TO-LIFE\" A1 DOLLS AND TOYS RETAIL SHOWCARD. London: Dean's Rag Book Co., Ltd., circa 1922. 10-1\/2\" H x 14-1\/4\" W. This card was designed to be displayed in a retail setting to promote the \"Tru-to-Life\" A1 Dolls and Toys line which Dean's launched in 1922. Pictorial showcard die-cut along the top edge, with decoration and lettering printed in dark brown on a medium weight light brown cardstock with minor soiling and gently bumped corners for what is a lovely example of this early 20th century doll and toy marketing item; two punched holes at center-top strung with string for hanging. This was the actual showcard reproduced on p. 214 of Peter and Dawn Cope's book, Dean's Rag Books and Rag Dolls; from Dean's archives. The condition of the showcard is NEAR FINE. RARE # 000804","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43240840364181,"sku":"000804","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/trutolifedollsandtoys0120190405.jpg?v=1676345691"},{"product_id":"deans-a1-sunbonnet-babies-retail-showcard","title":"Dean's A1 Sunbonnet Babies Retail Showcard","description":"(Dean's Rag Book Co.) DEAN'S A1 SUNBONNET BABIES RETAIL SHOWCARD. London: Dean's Rag Book Co., Ltd., circa 1924. 10-7\/16\" H x 14-3\/8\" W. This card was designed to be displayed in a retail setting to promote the \"A1 Sunbonnet Babies\" line which Dean's launched in 1924. Pictorial showcard die-cut along the top edge, with decoration and lettering printed in dark brown on a medium weight light brown cardstock with two gently bumped corners for what is a lovely example of this early 20th century marketing item. This was the actual showcard reproduced on p. 214 of Peter and Dawn Cope's book, Dean's Rag Books and Rag Dolls; from Dean's archives. The condition of the showcard is NEAR FINE. RARE # 000805","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43240850784405,"sku":"000805","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/sunbonnetbabies0120190405.jpg?v=1676345992"},{"product_id":"the-war-bouquet-what-does-it-exhibit-prang-magic-card","title":"The War Bouquet. What Does It Exhibit? [Prang Magic Card]","description":"(L. Prang \u0026amp; Co.) publishers. THE WAR BOUQUET. WHAT DOES IT EXHIBIT? [Prang Magic Card]. [Boston]: L. Prang \u0026amp; Co., (1865). 4-5\/16\" x 2-7\/16\". Civil War era stiff paper parlor game card, front side printed in black, back side blank; with a great Civil War themed image for what is a wonderful example of one of these Magic Cards. From the \"Key to the Magic Cards\" which would have been included with the full set of twelve cards when they were originally purchased, but not included here, \"[t]he Magic Cards have been devised for the entertainment of both young and old; every one involves an artistic problem, the solution of which is the main object. This Key should only be used to verify the solution arrived at, otherwise the principal part of the interest in these pictures will be annihilated.\" Spoiler Alert: the key to this card will now be revealed. \"You can scarcely fail to discover the meaning on close observation. If you do not, then place the picture at a distance of about ten feet and the profile portraits of Lincoln, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan will become apparent. It is a bouquet worth having you will admit.\" The condition of the card is FINE. SCARCE # 000812","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43248501817493,"sku":"000812","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/thewarbouquet0120190511.jpg?v=1676657048"},{"product_id":"the-living-forest-animation-every-where-can-you-see-it-prang-magic-card","title":"The Living Forest. Animation Every Where; Can You See It? [Prang Magic Card]","description":"(L. Prang \u0026amp; Co.) publishers. THE LIVING FOREST. ANIMATION EVERY WHERE; CAN YOU SEE IT? [Prang Magic Card]. [Boston]: L. Prang \u0026amp; Co., (1865). 4-3\/8\" x 2-7\/16\". Civil War era stiff paper parlor game card, front side printed in black, back side blank; with a crease in lower right corner and light mounting residue on back for what is a nice example of one of these Magic Cards. From the \"Key to the Magic Cards\" which would have been included with the full set of twelve cards when they were originally purchased, but not included here, \"[t]he Magic Cards have been devised for the entertainment of both young and old; every one involves an artistic problem, the solution of which is the main object. This Key should only be used to verify the solution arrived at, otherwise the principal part of the interest in these pictures will be annihilated.\" Spoiler Alert: the key to this card will now be partially revealed. \"This apparently quite Forest Scene will, by close examination, become alive with all sorts of created beings. Beginning our examinations at the foot of the Picture, we first see a Rabbit, half hidden in surrounding shrubbery, and, for its safety, in rather close proximity to Master Fox, who certainly is calculating his prospects of a meal, based on the estimate of little Rabbit's probable age.\" The description of what else is to be found in this card continues for five additional run-on sentences. The condition of the card is VERY GOOD +. SCARCE # 000813","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43248516366485,"sku":"000813","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/thelivingforest0120190511.jpg?v=1676657373"},{"product_id":"north-american-animals","title":"North American Animals","description":"(Advertising) NORTH AMERICAN ANIMALS. Boston; Chicago; Montreal: Chase \u0026amp; Sanborn, (1910). FIRST EDITION. 32mo - 4-3\/4\" x 3-1\/2\". Staple bound color pictorial stiff paper wrappers with a light crease to the lower fore edge corner of front wrapper and minor wear to foot of spine for what is a nice copy of the book. [12] pp. including wrappers. This book was published by Chase \u0026amp; Sanborn, Tea and Coffee Importers, as an advertising giveaway; illustrated throughout with full color drawings, forty-six in all, of various mammals native to North America; final two pages feature advertisements for Chase \u0026amp; Sanborn; internally the book is fine. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Only one copy located on OCLC\/WorldCat (The Strong: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play). EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 000815","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43248579805333,"sku":"000815","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/northamericananimals0120190511.jpg?v=1676658549"},{"product_id":"my-smallest-dolls-room-furnished-nursery-code-no-10300","title":"My Smallest Doll's Room: Furnished Nursery (code no. 10300)","description":"(Paper Dolls) MY SMALLEST DOLL'S ROOM. FURNISHED NURSERY WITH SEVERAL DOLLS FOR DRESSING AND NICE TOYS FOR SAME. (code no. 10300). Germany: [Publisher not identified], circa 1920. 3-3\/16\" x 13-11\/16\". Color pictorial folded card printed one side only with a lovely nursery scene featuring seven small children hard at play and all the dolls and toys a nursery filled with active children would need to pass the day successfully away; attached on either side of the nursery scene are a total of three very small paper dolls with multiple outfits, hats and other accouterments, all to be cut out (very carefully we would suggest) and played with for endless hours of fun. Nursery panorama and paper dolls are enclosed within the original publisher's printed envelope which is age-tanned and foxed but remains completely intact and really quite nice. The condition of the card is FINE. The condition of the envelope is VERY GOOD -. SCARCE; there are six different designs in this series, all of which are quite elusive. # 000816","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43249763090581,"sku":"000816","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/furnishednursery0120190511.jpg?v=1676742307"},{"product_id":"my-smallest-dolls-room-furnished-dairy-code-no-10304","title":"My Smallest Doll's Room: Furnished Dairy (code no. 10304)","description":"(Paper Dolls) MY SMALLEST DOLL'S ROOM. FURNISHED DAIRY WITH SEVERAL DOLLS FOR DRESSING AND NICE TOYS FOR SAME. (code no. 10304). Germany: [Publisher not identified], circa 1920. 3-3\/16\" x 13-13\/16\". Color pictorial folded card printed one side only with a colorful dairy scene featuring a lovely milk maid and a lot of cheese, milk and even more cheese; attached on either side of the dairy scene are a total of three very small paper dolls with extra outfits, and a lot more cheese and milk, all to be cut out (very carefully we would suggest) and played with for endless dairy themed hours of fun. Dairy panorama and paper dolls are enclosed within the original publisher's printed envelope which is age-tanned and foxed but remains completely intact and really quite lovely. The condition of the card is FINE. The condition of the envelope is VERY GOOD. SCARCE; there are six different designs in this series, all of which are quite elusive. # 000817","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43249767252117,"sku":"000817","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/furnisheddairy0120190511.jpg?v=1676742690"},{"product_id":"my-smallest-dolls-room-furnished-fishery-code-no-10305","title":"My Smallest Doll's Room: Furnished Fishery (code no. 10305)","description":"(Paper Dolls) MY SMALLEST DOLL'S ROOM. FURNISHED FISHERY WITH SEVERAL DOLLS FOR DRESSING AND NICE TOYS FOR SAME. (code no. 10305). Germany: [Publisher not identified], circa 1920. 3-1\/4\" x 13-11\/16\". Color pictorial folded card printed one side only with a colorful seaside scene featuring three fishing vessels and a lovely sunrise or sunset, take your pick; attached on either side of the fishery scene are a total of three very small paper dolls with extra outfits, plus several containers that will surely soon be overflowing with the day's catch, all to be cut out (very carefully we would suggest) and played with for endless fishery themed hours of fun. Fishery panorama and paper dolls are enclosed within the original publisher's printed envelope which is age-tanned and foxed but remains completely intact and really quite nice. The condition of the card is FINE. The condition of the envelope is VERY GOOD -. SCARCE; there are six different designs in this series, all of which are quite elusive. # 000818","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43249770201237,"sku":"000818","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/furnishedfishery0120190511.jpg?v=1676743051"},{"product_id":"col-lindberghs-good-will-flight-through-the-coffee-growing-countries-of-central-and-south-america-dec-13th-27-feb-13th-28","title":"Col. Lindbergh's Good Will Flight Through the Coffee Growing Countries of Central and South America: Dec. 13th, 27 - Feb. 13th, 28","description":"(Advertising) COL. LINDBERGH'S GOOD WILL FLIGHT THROUGH THE COFFEE GROWING COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA: DEC. 13th, 27 - FEB. 13th, 28. Boston; Chicago; Montreal: Chase \u0026amp; Sanborn, circa 1928. 16mo - 6-1\/4\" x 3-3\/8\". A single sheet of stiff paper measuring 6-1\/4\" x 6-3\/4\" with a single vertical fold forming a [4] pp. booklet with an actual photo of Lindbergh in flight printed in green and white to front wrapper, and an advertisement for \"Chase \u0026amp; Sanborn, Importers, Seal Brand Coffee and Tea\", along with some interesting coffee facts, printed in green and red to back wrapper; minor spotting and age-tanning for what is a nice copy of the book. [4] pp. The two interior pages contain a detailed double-page map, printed in green and white, showing Lindbergh's flight path of this \"good will flight\" which started from Washington on Dec. 13 - 12:26 P.M. - 1927, and finished at St. Louis on Feb. 13 - 4:55 P.M. - 1928. The flight path is shown in red, as are distances from place to place; major stops along the way with times and dates arrived there are shown in green and white; the condition of the map is fine. The condition of the pamphlet is VERY GOOD +. No copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 000819","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43249772494997,"sku":"000819","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/collindberghsgoodwillflight0120190511.jpg?v=1676743500"},{"product_id":"32-sheets-of-childrens-writing-paper-with-combination-envelopes-and-friendly-seals-all-the-funnies-from-funnyland-code-no-307","title":"32 Sheets of Children's Writing Paper with Combination Envelopes and Friendly Seals all the Funnies from Funnyland (code no. 307)","description":"(Novelty) 32 SHEETS OF CHILDREN'S WRITING PAPER WITH COMBINATION ENVELOPES AND FRIENDLY SEALS ALL THE FUNNIES FROM FUNNYLAND (code no. 307). Racine, Wis.: Whitman Pub. Co., (1932). FIRST EDITION. Oblong 4to - 7-13\/16\" x 10-7\/16\". Blue cloth backed color pictorial printed card wrappers with a wonderful full color drawing, both front and back, populated with the comic strip characters to be found inside, in as new condition for what is a magnificent copy of the book. [17] leaves. The book contains [1] leaf of color \"Friendly Seals of Orphan Annie - Kayo - Little Folks - Smitty - Herby - Perry Winkle - With Which To Seal Your Letters\", and [16] leaves, each containing two color pictorial perforated sheets of writing paper, one side of each sheet is lined for the body of a letter, the back side of each sheet is lined for the letter's address; each individual sheet is designed to be folded in half and sealed with one of the included seals before mailing; the book is in pristine, unused condition. The condition of the book is FINE. No copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. EXCEEDINGLY RARE; especially complete and in such nice condition. # 000845","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43263877611669,"sku":"000845","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/32sheets0120190818.jpg?v=1677386196"},{"product_id":"wonderland-souvenir-program-revere-beach-mass-season-of-1908-featuring-pawnee-bills-great-wild-west","title":"Wonderland Souvenir Program, Revere Beach, Mass., Season of 1908, Featuring Pawnee Bill's Great Wild West","description":"(Wild West) WONDERLAND SOUVENIR PROGRAM, REVERE BEACH, MASS., SEASON OF 1908, FEATURING PAWNEE BILL'S GREAT WILD WEST. [Boston, Mass.]: [The Waters Press], [1908]. 4to - 10-1\/16\" x 7\". Staple bound color pictorial glazed paper wrappers with two short closed margin tears on the front cover, one measuring 1\/4\" and the other measuring 3\/8\"; back cover with a small triangle shaped loss measuring 1\/4\" x 3\/4\" to the lower fore edge corner; 1\" split to the tail of spine, pinch creases along spine and other minor signs of handling for what is a lovely copy of the book. [40] pp. including wrappers. The Wonderland Amusement Park operated from 1906 to 1911 in Revere, Massachusetts. Wonderland featured various rides, shows and other attractions. The 1908 season featured Pawnee Bill's Great Wild West. This elaborate show's cast of characters, numbering more than seventy in all, including a large company of Indians made up of braves of Comanches, Pawnees, Sioux and Utes. If one had any energy or stamina left after watching the fifteen scene Wild West Show, then other Wonderland offerings included: Palmistry Booth, Manning's Darktown, Open Air Circus, Human Laundry, Scenic Railway, Band Concerts, Chiquita \"The Doll Lady\", Hell Gate, Roller Skating, etc.; some minor signs of handling. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD +. Only one copy of any Wonderland program located on OCLC\/WorldCat and it was from the 1906 season. EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 000716","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43346147344533,"sku":"000716","price":725.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/wonderlandsouvenirprogram0110062018.jpg?v=1680370810"},{"product_id":"buffalo-bills-wild-west-combined-with-pawnee-bills-great-far-east-magazine-of-wonders-daily-review","title":"Buffalo Bill's Wild West Combined with Pawnee Bill's Great Far East. 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The first eight pages are the actual program of the show; the remaining pages contain essays on famous men, i.e. Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill, testimonials to Buffalo Bill's valor and additional essays on various topics concerning important aspects of the Wild West, e.g. History of the Wild West, The Story of the Battle of Summit Springs and Skirmish at Elephant Rock, Football Playing Horses, Passing of the American Indian and The American Cowboy. The book is illustrated throughout in black and white; interesting advertisements throughout including ads for Winchester Rifles, Iver Johnson Revolvers, Stetson Hats, Cracker Jacks, Pierce Arrow Motor Cars and Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. All in all, this is an exceptional copy of the book. The condition of the book is FINE. One copy each of the fourth, eighth and ninth editions but no copies of the first edition located on OCLC\/WorldCat. EXCEEDINGLY RARE, especially in such nice condition. # 000717","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43346185584789,"sku":"000717","price":1675.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/buffalobillspawneebills0110062018.jpg?v=1680371426"},{"product_id":"buffalo-bill-bids-you-good-bye-a-life-story-and-book-of-brave-deeds-of-the-wild-west-and-far-east-the-farewell-salute-magazine-and-official-review","title":"Buffalo Bill Bids You Good Bye: A Life Story and Book of Brave Deeds of the Wild West and Far East: \"The Farewell Salute\" Magazine and Official Review","description":"(Wild West) BUFFALO BILL BIDS YOU GOOD BYE: A LIFE STORY AND BOOK OF BRAVE DEEDS OF THE WILD WEST AND FAR EAST: \"THE FAREWELL SALUTE\" MAGAZINE AND OFFICIAL REVIEW. N[ew] Y[ork]; Cin[cinnati]: I. M. Southern \u0026amp; Co., [1910]. 4to - 10\" x 6-13\/16\". Staple bound color pictorial glazed paper wrappers with Native American scene in the background and full length portrait of Buffalo Bill in the foreground to front cover; the slightest touches of wear to the front cover and light soiling and a fore edge corner crease to the back cover for what is a beautiful copy of the book. [36] pp. including wrappers. This souvenir booklet from Buffalo Bill's farewell tour is filled with tributes to Buffalo Bill who is \"about to resign the honors of leadership...to his young and capable associate in pioneer work, Maj. Gordon W. Lillie, 'Pawnee Bill'.\"; illustrated in black and white throughout; interesting period advertising throughout; a few pages with corner creases. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Only five copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. RARE # 000718","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43346196234389,"sku":"000718","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/buffalobillbidsyougoodbye0110062018.jpg?v=1680371879"},{"product_id":"f-m-r-a","title":"F.M.R.A.","description":"Gorey, Edward. F.M.R.A. New York: Andrew Alpern, 1980, (1980). FIRST EDITION; from the colophon, \"This first edition of F.M.R.A. published in 1980 is limited to four hundred and twenty-six copies. Four hundred copies numbered 1-400 are for sale. Twenty-six copies lettered A-Z for the use of the author and publisher are not for sale. All copies are signed by the author. This is copy 293\". This collection of Gorey ephemera contains thirty-three separate printed paper items in varying colors and sizes, written and\/or illustrated by Gorey; items include a self portrait, private Christmas greetings, drawings both previously published and unpublished, an unpublished book cover and book jacket, etc.; all items enclosed within the original publisher's beige cloth covered clamshell box which measures 9\" x 6-1\/2\" x 15\/16\". The condition of all printed items and the original publisher's box is FINE. A lovely collection of Gorey ephemera. # 000729","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43358134468757,"sku":"000729","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/fmra0111092018.jpg?v=1680924058"},{"product_id":"calendar-of-the-seasons-1882","title":"Calendar of the Seasons: 1882","description":"Greenaway, Kate. CALENDAR OF THE SEASON: 1882. London; Belfast: Marcus Ward \u0026amp; Co., [1881]. FIRST EDITION [Schuster \u0026amp; Engen 317]. 32mo - 4-5\/16\" x 2-13\/16\". All edges tinted yellow. Color pictorial stiff glazed paper wrappers with a neatly penned gift inscription at the top of the front wrapper for what is a lovely, clean and crisp copy of the book. [8] pp. including wrappers. The book is illustrated with four full color drawings by Greenaway which are signed \"K.G.\". This is an attractive and charming little book in wonderful condition. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Only five copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. RARE # 000677","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43420856254613,"sku":"000677","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/calendaroftheseasons18820107272018.jpg?v=1683595271"},{"product_id":"queen-victorias-jubilee-garland","title":"Queen Victoria's Jubilee Garland","description":"Greenaway, Kate. QUEEN VICTORIA'S JUBILEE GARLAND by Kate Greenaway; engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1887. FIRST EDITION [Schuster \u0026amp; Engen 166]. Oblong 8vo - 3-7\/8\" x 8-1\/2\". AEG. Original cream colored, morocco-textured heavy weight paper, color pictorial wrappers with white silk ribbon tie through two holes at spine; front cover with title printed in red and white with a picture of a girl and boy dancing, enclosed within a circle, printed in colors; back cover with words and music to \"God Save Our Gracious Queen\", printed in brown; moderate spotting to front cover, light spotting to back cover, light creasing to front cover and first two leaves for what is a very nice copy of the book. Cream colored endpapers. [4] pp., [4] leaves of plates. The book is illustrated by Greenaway with four full page full colored processional illustrations, each with a caption and two lines of verse relating to the Queen's birth, coronation, marriage and jubilee. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD. SCARCE # 000682","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43423006883989,"sku":"000682","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/queenvictoriasjubileegarland0108032018.jpg?v=1683669521"},{"product_id":"1888-89-old-judge-n173-cabinet-card-of-chicago-catcher-charles-hoover-graded-80-ex-nm-by-sgc-pop-1-of-1","title":"1888-89 Old Judge N173 Cabinet Card of Chicago Catcher Charles Hoover Graded 80 EX\/NM by SGC (Pop 1 of 1)","description":"(Baseball) 1888-89 Old Judge N173 Cabinet Card of Chicago Catcher Charles Hoover Graded 80 EX\/NM by SGC (Pop 1 of 1). New York: Goodwin \u0026amp; Co., [1888-1889]. An exceptionally clear albumen photograph measuring 3-7\/8\" x 5-7\/16\" on an original OLD JUDGE CIGARETTES pale yellow board mount measuring 4-1\/4\" x 6-1\/2\" depicting Chicago catcher Hoover crouched behind the plate, catching a ball with his bare hands, after the ball just caught the corner of the plate. \"[T]he Old Judge Cigarettes series N173, 1887-1889 ... consists of 407 cabinet cards total ...\" -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art website. The cabinet cards were too large to include in packages of cigarettes like other 19th century tobacco cards. Instead, they were received by submitting proofs of purchase to the manufacturer of the cigarettes. \"You will find a printed Slip in every box of OLD JUDGE or GYPSY QUEEN CIGARETTES you buy. On return to us of 25 of these Slips, or 25 Covers of Boxes in which no slips have been packed, we will mail you (prepaid) an elegant CABINET PHOTOGRAPH, handsomely mounted, of any Base Ball Player, in club uniform, you may select from our printed editions. In this way you can get the photograph of every player of prominence in any club in the country.\" -- Goodwin \u0026amp; Co., Old Judge Cigarettes advertisement circa 1888.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs of this writing, there are only 532 SGC graded examples of the N173 Old Judge Cabinet Cards. Compare this to the 11,752 SGC graded examples of the smaller, N172 Old Judge Baseball Cards, and one can readily see the relative rarity of the Cabinet Cards. Also, only 42 of the 532 are graded 80 EX\/NM (SGC 6) or above. The offered card is in this rarefied grade range of this rarefied issue; also the only SGC graded example of this cabinet card! ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 001178","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43479629594773,"sku":"001178","price":4800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/n173_hoover_01_20230609.jpg?v=1686344387"},{"product_id":"feathered-friends-father-tucks-panorama-series-code-no-7000","title":"Feathered Friends (Father Tuck's \"Panorama\" Series) (code no. 7000)","description":"(Raphael Tuck \u0026amp; Sons) publishers. Feathered Friends (Father Tuck's \"Panorama\" Series) (code no. 7000). London; Paris; New York: Raphael Tuck \u0026amp; Sons, Ltd., [1932]. 1st Edition; 2nd Printing; originally published between 1907 and 1910; re-issued in 1932 (first edition, first printing copies can be determined by the inclusion of the wording \"PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING \u0026amp; QUEEN ...\" next to the publication information at the base of the \"Instructions\" page.) Color pictorial embossed glazed paper front wrapper with titles printed in blue and red; the back wrapper being a leaf of unprinted cardboard punch-out bases for holding the die-cut paper figures contained within for what is a beautiful copy of the book. [5] pp., plus [5] section die-cut leporello and [1] leaf cardboard punch-out bases. \"Instructions How to Make Each Figure Stand Separately and Form Innumerable Tableaux\" printed to inside front wrapper; next are [4] pp. of text titled \"Feathered Friends\" followed by the [5] section leporello with chromolithographed thick paper punch-out figures of beautiful birds which is attached to the leaf of cardboard bases that is the book's back wrapper; book remains completely intact and un-punched as issued. The condition of the book is FINE. No copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. RARE; as are all title in this series of small fold out booklets with punch-out figures and stands. # 001188","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43481601474709,"sku":"001188","price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/featheredfriends.01.20230611.jpg?v=1686500913"},{"product_id":"cinderella-father-tucks-panorama-series-code-no-7004","title":"Cinderella (Father Tuck's \"Panorama\" Series) (code no. 7004)","description":"(Raphael Tuck \u0026amp; Sons) publishers. Cinderella (Father Tuck's \"Panorama\" Series) (code no. 7004). London; Paris; New York: Raphael Tuck \u0026amp; Sons, Ltd., [1932]. 1st Edition; 2nd Printing; originally published between 1907 and 1910; re-issued in 1932 (first edition, first printing copies can be determined by the inclusion of \"PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING \u0026amp; QUEEN ...\" next to the publication information at the base of the \"Instructions\" page.) Color pictorial embossed glazed paper front wrapper with titles printed in blue and red; the back wrapper being a leaf of unprinted cardboard punch-out bases for holding the die-cut paper figures contained within for what is a beautiful copy of the book. [5] pp., plus [5] section die-cut leporello and [1] leaf cardboard punch-out bases. \"Instructions How to Make Each Figure Stand Separately and Form Innumerable Tableaux\" printed to inside front wrapper; next are [4] pp. story titled \"Cinderella\" followed by the [5] section leporello with chromolithographed thick paper punch-out figures of characters from the story which is attached to the leaf of cardboard bases that is the book's back wrapper; book remains completely intact and un-punched as issued. The condition of the book is FINE. No copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. RARE; as are all titles in this series of small fold out booklets with punch-out figures and stands. # 001189","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43481675759765,"sku":"001189","price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/cinderella.01.20230611.jpg?v=1686509986"},{"product_id":"poor-wills-pocket-almanack-for-the-year-1784","title":"Poor Will's Pocket Almanack, for the Year 1784","description":"(Almanacs -- 18th Century) POOR WILL'S POCKET ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR 1784. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Joseph Crukshank, [1783]. FIRST EDITION. 24mo -- 4-1\/8\" x 2-9\/16\". Original string bound thick paper wrappers with splitting along the hinge, a crease to the lower fore edge corner of rear wrapper and a small loss of paper to the tip of same for what is a nice copy of the almanac. [24] pp., with a thick unprinted guard-leaf bound in between each printed page. Poor Will's Pocket Almanacks were smaller, abridged versions of Poor Will's Almanacks. The pocket almanac for 1784 contains information on myriad useful subjects including: lunar phases, weather, eclipses, the \"Yearly and General Meetings of the People called QUAKERS,\" scale of depreciation, table of simple interest, Supreme Courts in Pennsylvania, City Courts in Philadelphia, tide table, several distance tables for road trips from Philadelphia, etc.; paper is age tanned; a few pages with minute corner creases; internally near fine. The condition of the almanac is VERY GOOD. No actual physical copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. EXCEEDINGLY RARE; and a quite wonderful copy. # 000954","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43490394407061,"sku":"000954","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/poorwills17840220200822.jpg?v=1686883700"},{"product_id":"bashful-billy-and-sister-code-no-5743-rare-antique-postcard-depicting-two-young-african-american-children","title":"Bashful Billy and Sister (code no. 5743); Rare Antique Postcard Depicting Two Young African-American Children","description":"(African American Interest) Bashful Billy and Sister (code no. 5743); Rare Antique Postcard Depicting Two Young African-American Children. [Detroit, Michigan]: Detroit Photographic Co., (1902). 5-1\/2\" x 3-1\/4\". Un-posted \"Photochrom\" postcard in EXCELLENT condition. The Detroit Photographic Co. was launched as a photographic publishing company in the late 1890's. They obtained the North American rights to what was a new Swiss photolithographic process (\"Photochrom\") that could produce, in quantity, color prints from black and white photographs that retained their photographic realism. Since color photography did not exist at the time, holding the exclusive rights to this process gave the company a significant advantage over its competitors. Offered here is a beautiful example of a postcard produced with this revolutionary method. # 000977","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43493479383189,"sku":"000977","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/bashfulbillyandsister.01.20200919.jpg?v=1686974135"},{"product_id":"buster-browns-book-of-travels","title":"Buster Brown's Book of Travels","description":"(Outcault, R. F.) BUSTER BROWN'S BOOK OF TRAVELS. St. Louis, U.S.A.: The Brown Shoe Co., (1912). FIRST EDITION. Oblong 32mo - 3-1\/2\" x 5\". Staple bound glazed paper wrappers with titles printed in black and red, and color drawings of Buster Brown, Mary Jane and Tige to front wrapper, and an advertisement for Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoes to back wrapper with minor spotting for what is a very attractive copy of the book. [16] pp. including wrappers. Illustrated by R. F. Outcault with full color drawings on every page; Buster Brown, Mary Jane and Tige travel by train to visit sites of various industries associated with the production of Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoes. Their travels take them to a ranch, a tannery, the cotton mills, a lumber camp, a coal mine, the Buster Brown Shoe Factory, the iron mills, a farm, a flour mill, a paper mill and a gold mine; each page features a full color drawing of the traveling trio at one of these locations, along with a four-line poem about the industry being visited; the fourth line of each poem is invariably \"The Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoe.\" If one were to suspect that this book was just one long cute advertisement for Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoes, one would be correct. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Only one copy located on OCLC\/WorldCat (The Strong: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play). EXCEEDINGLY RARE; and a very lovely copy as well. # 000983","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43494057902229,"sku":"000983","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/busterbrownsbookoftravels.01.20201010.jpg?v=1687025062"},{"product_id":"lot-of-five-1950s-little-lulu-and-kleenex-related-marketing-items-including-a-store-sign-promoting-in-store-premiums","title":"Lot of Five 1950s Little LuLu and Kleenex-Related Marketing Items Including a Store Sign Promoting In-Store Premiums","description":"(Advertising) Lot of Five 1950s Little LuLu and Kleenex-Related Marketing Items Including a Store Sign Promoting In-Store Premiums. [Chicago]: International Cellucotton Products Co.; Kimberly-Clark, circa 1950-1956. This lot includes an 11-1\/8\" x 14\" glazed thick paper store sign, printed one side only in red, white and blue featuring a full body image of Little Lulu holding a large box of Kleenex tissues under her arm, and the text: \"FREE! Little Lulu Cut-Out Doll - Take One\" with an arrow pointing down to promote an in-store premium; light scattered handling wear but still in EXCELLENT condition. Lot also includes two thick paper, die-cut children's premium masks, one of Little Lulu and one of her friend \"Tubby\", the latter of which is sporting a white sailor's hat with \"KLEENEX\" prominently printed on it; both masks in NEAR MINT condition, complete and un-punched with the exception of Little Lulu's eye holes which are punched and have sadly been lost to time. The final two items are a pair of stand-up, die-cut, in-store premium paper dolls featuring Little Lulu and her trusty sidekick, a large box of Kleenex tissues; one of the pair is even designed to have a pleated Kleenex \"skirt\" added for Little Lulu to wear; both paper dolls are complete and in NEAR MINT condition. A RARE grouping of 1950's Little Lulu - Kleenex advertising and promotion ephemera. # 000996","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43494920781973,"sku":"000996","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/littlelulukleenexpromos.01.20201206.jpg?v=1687100669"},{"product_id":"death-notice-for-phillis-peters-formerly-phillis-wheatley-printed-in-the-massachusetts-centinel-wednesday-december-8-1784-no-23-vol-11","title":"Death Notice for Phillis Peters, Formerly Phillis Wheatley, Printed in the Massachusetts Centinel, Wednesday, December 8, 1784 [No. 23, Vol. 11]","description":"[Wheatley, Phillis]. Death Notice for Phillis Peters, Formerly Phillis Wheatley, Printed in the Massachusetts Centinel, Wednesday, December 8, 1784 [No. 23, Vol. 11]. [Boston]: Warden \u0026amp; Russell, December 8, 1784. FIRST EDITION. Bifolium, 10-3\/8\" x 16-1\/8\"; trimmed at the top edge effecting some text but none of the death notice. [4] pp. \"Phillis Wheatley Peters is broadly recognized as the first African American woman and only the third American woman to publish a book of poems. . . . [H]er first collection of poems, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral--[was] the first book written by an enslaved Black woman in America. It included a forward by John Hancock and other Boston notables--as well as a portrait of Wheatley--all designed to prove that the work was indeed written by a Black woman. . . . In 1778, Wheatley married John Peters, a free black man from Boston with whom she had three children, though none survived. Efforts to publish a second book of poems failed. To support her family, she worked as a scrubwoman in a boardinghouse while continuing to write poetry. Wheatley died in December 1784, due to complications from childbirth. In addition to making an important contribution to American literature, Wheatley's literary and artistic talents helped show that African Americans were equally capable, creative, intelligent human beings who benefited from an education.\" Chicago - Michals, Debra. \"Phillis Wheatley.\" National Women's History Museum. 2015.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhillis Peters nee Phillis Wheatley was buried without a headstone, with only a handful of newspaper notices to mark her death. The one offered in this listing is the earliest recorded by William H. Robinson in Phillis Wheatley and Her Writings, reads: \"Last Lord's day died Phillis Peters, formerly Phillis Wheatley, known to the literary world by her celebrated miscellaneous Poems.\" Chipped at the gutter, likely from previously being bound with other issues of The Massachusetts Centinel; preserved in a modern half blue morocco blue cloth box. The condition of the newspaper is VERY GOOD. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the time of this writing, no copies of any of Wheatley's death notices are recorded at auction by Rare Book Hub. EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 001201","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43838515380373,"sku":"","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/phillis_wheatley_death_notice_01_20231112.jpg?v=1699838199"},{"product_id":"jefferson-airplane-1969-summer-itinerary-typescript","title":"Jefferson Airplane 1969 Summer Itinerary Typescript","description":"(Music Interest) Bolin, Marty. Jefferson Airplane 1969 Summer Itinerary Typescript. San Francisco: Jefferson Airplane, 1969. [1] leaf measuring 8-1\/2\" x 11\". This typescript is on the verso of a sheet of Marty Bolin's engraved Jefferson Airplane letterhead stationery. The document details the schedule of the San Francisco based rock band, Jefferson Airplane, between May 27-September 12, 1969. May and June were mainly dedicated to recording with only one firm show date scheduled, a single set in Santa Barbara on June 6. On July the 4th, Jefferson Airplane was scheduled to perform \"one set at night\" at the Atlanta Pop Festival; the rest of the month of July was off with the exception of a \"Tentative\" trip to Moscow \"with Pennebaker and his crew, for the opening of the Monterey Pop Festival film at the Moscow Film Festival.\" August was filled with show and tour dates including for August 16: \"WOODSTOCK POP FESTIVAL, New York - one set at night (the name of this festival may be changed);\" and for August 22-23-24: the ill-fated \"SAN FRANCISCO POP FESTIVAL,\" later renamed the Wild West Festival, that was cancelled at the last minute due to the opposition to it by the local residents. Several other \"possibilities that may arise during the summer\" are also listed, including a tour of Japan in September; typescript, which is dated 5\/22\/69 closes with the apropos \"This is the summer situation as it appears now; however, 'everything is subject to change...'\" The condition of the typescript is VERY GOOD; leaf with minor spotting and soiling, and some soft creasing to the lower edge and one corner. # 001221","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44278740091029,"sku":"","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/jefferson_airplane_typescript_01_20240307.jpg?v=1709922145"},{"product_id":"buffalo-bills-wild-west-americas-national-entertainment-led-by-the-famed-scout-and-guide-buffalo-bill-hon-w-f-cody-capt-a-h-bogardus","title":"Buffalo Bill's Wild West America's National Entertainment: Led by the Famed Scout and Guide, Buffalo Bill (Hon. 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Original color pictorial paper wrappers with depictions of Buffalo Bill in action to both front and back wrappers and titles printed in black to front wrapper with no signs of handling or wear for what is an amazingly well preserved copy of the book. [32] pp.; illustrations, portraits. This is considered to be the earliest program for Buffalo Bill's Wild West which launched in the spring of 1883. From the \"Salutatory\" or forward of the book by General Manager John M. Burke dated North Platte, Neb., March 1, 1884: \"Hon. William F. Cody ('Buffalo Bill') ... has organized a large combination that, in its several aspects, will illustrate life as it is witnessed on the plains: ... the performance, while in no wise partaking of the nature of a 'circus,' will be at once new, startling, and instructive.\" The book contains biographies of all the main participants, as well as general topics of interest, e.g., The Hunt of the Bison; A Historical Coach of the Deadwood Line; and Cody's Famous Ride, 355 Miles in 58 Hours, Through a Hostile Country; black and white illustrations throughout, both full page and within text; internally the book is fine. The condition of the book is FINE. An unusually fresh copy of this SCARCE FIRST PROGRAM of Buffalo Bill's Wild West; RARE in such pristine condition. # 001238\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45382306824341,"sku":"","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/buffalo_bill_s_wild_west_01_20240908.jpg?v=1725829045"},{"product_id":"peck-fursmans-on-the-trail-or-danl-boone-the-pioneer","title":"Peck \u0026 Fursman's: On the Trail; or, Dan'l Boone, the Pioneer","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Ephemera) Foster, John Jerome. Peck \u0026amp; Fursman's: On the Trail; or, Dan'l Boone, the Pioneer. New York: Sam'l Booth \u0026amp; Co., Printers and Engravers, circa 1890. 8vo - 8-3\/4\" x 5-11\/16\". Original pictorial wrappers with titles and full page illustration printed in black to front wrapper and titles and a small illustration printed in black to back wrapper with single central horizontal and vertical folds where the booklet was at some point made pocket size, now barely discernible, minor soiling to back wrapper but with minimal wear to this rare 19th century theater program. 16 pp., illustrations. This theater program for the Peck and Fursman's Dramatic Company's performance of \"On the Trail; or, Dan'l Boone, the Pioneer\" contains a biographical sketch of Daniel Boone titled \"A True History of the Illustrious Daniel Boone, the Famous Patriotic Pioneer of Kentucky.\" According to the program, \"This Biographical Sketch of Daniel Boone is strictly authentic, and was specially written for this little Souvenir by Colonel John Jerome Foster, who consulted, and made liberal use of, such eminent authors upon the subject as Peck, Abbott, Audubon, Hartly, McClung, Gallagher, Howe, Perkins, Brown, and others. It is accurate enough to be useful to scholars and students of history generally.\"\u003cbr\u003eContemporary newspaper accounts of this dramatic production span the years 1888-1890; this program states \"Now on its third annual tour. Re-written! Vastly improved! Now perfect!\" The condition of the program is VERY GOOD. Only four copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 001239\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45394915459221,"sku":"","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/dan_l_boone_the_pioneer_01_20240913.jpg?v=1726250342"},{"product_id":"rare-double-sided-broadside-advertising-acapulco-gold-primo-rice-papers-all-profits-from-these-papers-go-to-end-prohibition-of-marijuana","title":"Rare Double-Sided Broadside Advertising \"Acapulco Gold, Primo Rice Papers, All Profits From These Papers Go to End Prohibition\" [of Marijuana]","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Drugs) Rare Double-Sided Broadside Advertising \"Acapulco Gold, Primo Rice Papers, All Profits From These Papers Go to End Prohibition\" [of Marijuana]. [Place of publication not identified]: [Amorphia], circa 1971. 7-1\/2\" x 7-1\/2\". Light green thick textured paper with the image of George Washington from the $1.00 bill printed in black, and titles printed in black and gold to one side of the sheet and titles printed in black to the other side of the sheet with no signs of handling or wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1971, the non-profit organization, Amorphia, a Mill Valley, California based organization advocating for the reform of marijuana laws, started selling \"Acapulco Gold\" brand rolling papers as a means to raise money to campaign for marijuana legalization. The sale of \"Acapulco Gold\" rolling papers reportedly generated most of the funding to support the 1972 California marijuana initiative, Proposition 19; \"In 1972, the people who bought and use ACAPULCO GOLD rolling papers were the largest single contributors to marijuana initiative attempts in California, Michigan, Washington and Oregon -- providing over $40,000 to these efforts.\" -- [this broadside]. The condition of the broadside is FINE. Two institutional holdings of Amorphia's \"Acapulco Gold\" rolling paper ephemera located on OCLC\/WorldCat (University of California, Davis: two advertisements; Harvard University: one poster). EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND A NICE DISPLAY PIECE. # 001250\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45644620562581,"sku":"","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/amorphia_acapulco_gold_01_20241227.jpg?v=1735340347"},{"product_id":"1914-gebruder-bing-toy-trade-catalog-saison-neuheiten","title":"Saison-Neuheiten 1914. II. Nachtrag zur Spezial-Preisliste uber Mechanische, Optische und Elektrische Spielwaren und Lehrmittel","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e(Toys) Saison-Neuheiten 1914. II. 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Internally, the text block remains robust and clean; pages are bright and free of tears, containing contemporary trade pricing annotations executed in neat pen and ink throughout the margins, which do not obscure the printed illustrations or descriptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eIndustrial Toy Manufacture and Pre-War Mechanical Innovation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eIssued on the immediate eve of the First World War, this substantial trade addendum showcases the absolute zenith of European technical toy production from the Nuremberg district. Gebrüder Bing A.G., then the largest toy manufacturing enterprise in the world, utilized these specialized supplemental lists to introduce highly sophisticated, premium product lines to international distributors. The catalog provides comprehensive schematics, model numbers, and operational specifications for over 250 distinct technical toys and educational apparatuses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eIn terms of content, the catalog serves as an important design record for early twentieth-century engineering miniatures. Featured categories include complex stationary model steam engines, steam-driven locomotives, ocean-going vessels, early aviation models, and luxury automobiles powered by advanced clockwork mechanisms. 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This built-in support mechanism allowed the structural material to act as its own heat-resistant handle as the tobacco or herbal contents burned down, effectively eliminating the consumer need for an external mechanical \"roach clip.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eThe graphic identity of the packet captures the uninhibited design aesthetic of the post-psychedelic San Francisco print movement. The front panel features a prominent caricature of a \"stoned roach\" lounging upon a cloud, an explicit piece of underground marketing that directly targeted the burgeoning cannabis culture of the era. 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Historically, this document captures the precise institutional genesis of a major American financial corporation; a mere four months after this signing, on May 28, 1853, the Annuity department formally separated from the parent firm to incorporate as the Aetna Life Insurance Company, with Bulkeley serving as its inaugural president.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003eCorporate Archival Deletion, Slavery Era Registries, and Census Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003eAntebellum slave insurance policies are among the rarest surviving artifacts of the domestic slave trade due to systemic corporate record destruction. In response to California’s landmark Slavery Era Insurance Registry legislation in 2002, corporate researchers revealed that Aetna's legacy ledger systems automatically purged terminated or expired contracts, leaving no paper or digital footprints for policies predating 1923. Aetna’s historical audit successfully identified archival records or references to only seven total slave policies within their global corporate lineage, naming just sixteen enslaved individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"20\"\u003eThe absolute scarcity of these documents is reflected in institutional databases. \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"20\" data-index-in-node=\"82\"\u003eA current global sweep of the OCLC\/WorldCat database\u003c\/b\u003e locates only two other completed slave life insurance policies preserved in institutional special collections worldwide: a single Aetna contract held by the South Carolina Historical Society, and a Nautilus Insurance Company of New York policy preserved at the Library of Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"21\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"21\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT PRIMARY SOURCE OF ANTEBELLUM AFRICAN AMERICANA, PRESERVING THE ARCHIVAL PROVENANCE OF THE WILLIAM H. 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The decoratively printed verso is likewise executed in brown ink and bears the full exhibition title, \"International Exhibition \/ Modern Art \/ Association of American \/ Painters and Sculptors,\" alongside the official run dates, \"February 18 to \/ March 15 1913,\" and location address, \"69th Reg't Armory \/ 25th St., and Lexington Ave \/ New York City.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eThe physical condition of this postcard is graded \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"50\"\u003eVERY GOOD +\u003c\/b\u003e using the standard antiquarian grading scale for historic ephemera and works on paper; the tan card stock remains structurally rigid and clean, with a minor structural bump visible along the lower edge. The verso displays exceptional typographic clarity, marked only by a single, minute spot of localized foxing near the lower-right corner. 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To maximize exposure, a mailbox was conveniently installed directly at the 69th Regiment Armory's exit, encouraging visitors to immediately mail images like this brown halftone reproduction of Brancusi's sculpture to the public, setting off a wave of patrons who would ultimately cement Brancusi’s global reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003ePublication Series, Institutional Census, and Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eAs a fragile, ephemeral survival intended for casual handling or correspondence, individual examples from the 1913 Armory Show postcard series are exceptionally scarce. 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[2] pp. on a single sheet of Freud's personal Vienna stationery measuring 8-15\/16\" x 5-13\/16\" (227 x 148 mm), professionally encapsulated within a \"PSA\/DNA Certified Authentic Autograph\" tamper-evident protective holder (Cert. No. 85788176) measuring 13-3\/16\" x 9-11\/16\" (335 x 246 mm). Signed boldly by \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"487\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003ethe father of psychoanalysis\u003c\/b\u003e as \"Freud\" in dark ink. Accompanied for purposes of definitive provenance and bibliographical context by a Typed Letter Signed (TLS) on The Sigmund Freud Archives, Inc. letterhead dated January 12, 1984, from Dr. Kurt R. Eissler, the legendary founder and Secretary of the Archives. 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The single sheet remains structurally secure and intact, exhibiting a single, routine horizontal crease along the center from when folded for mailing, and minor, typical signs of handling commensurate with a native 1920s postal survival. The paper matrix presents an exceptionally sharp, well-preserved survival, remaining exceptionally clean, bright, and stable with no prominent foxing, fading, or silverfish damage. The ink signature remains extraordinarily crisp, dark, and perfectly preserved under the UV-protected archival encapsulation. Internally, the text and ink work are well-preserved, with minor defects restricted to isolated instances of light, routine age-toning typical of a century-old paper document.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eA Harmonious Intersection of Three Psychoanalytic Pioneers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eThis exceptional, museum-grade manuscript captures a rare, deeply affectionate moment from the golden era of psychoanalysis, connecting three of the movement's absolute pioneers at a unique historical juncture when all were still working in complete harmony. Written on February 8, 1927, the letter is addressed to Mira Oberholzer-Gincburg (1884–1949), a trailblazer who stood as one of the world's first female psychoanalysts and a pioneer in child psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003eThe central focus of the correspondence is Freud’s remarkably high regard, compassion, and protective warmth for his brilliant young acolyte, Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957). Long before their relationship would fracture under the weight of irreconcilable theoretical and radical political differences, Freud viewed the thirty-year-old Reich as a rising star, introducing him here as \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"378\" data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003e\"one of the most capable, zealous, and ambitious analysts in Vienna.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003eAs noted in the accompanying 1984 authentication letter by Dr. Kurt R. Eissler—the preeminent keeper of the Freud Collection at the Library of Congress—this correspondence is a masterwork of personality, illustrating a side of the father of psychoanalysis that rarely makes it into textbooks. It showcases Prof. Freud's distinct sense of humor (dryly joking that his own Analytical Fund contains \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"396\" data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003e\"exactly 0.0 francs, marks, or shillings\"\u003c\/i\u003e) and his deep, paternal compassion for his younger pupils. Rather than a dry clinical document, this letter stands as a vibrant, primary testament to the human bonds, mutual respect, and early camaraderie that built the foundation of modern psychological history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"20\"\u003eComplete English Translation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"21\"\u003eThe letter reads, in full:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-path-to-node=\"22\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"22,0\"\u003eDear Doctor!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"22,1\"\u003eIt will come as no surprise to you that one turns to you when one is in need of your assistance. The matter at hand today is as follows: Dr. Wilhelm Reich, I do not know whether you have met him personally, he's one of the most capable, zealous, and ambitious analysts in Vienna; he is of a somewhat impetuous temperament, an excellent worker, and thirty years of age. He has recently developed a highly suspicious lesion at the apex of his lung, in consequence of which he is currently residing in Davos-Platz, at the Pension Sonnenhalde. His financial circumstances are no better than those of other Viennese; it is unclear how he will manage to defray the costs of an extended stay up there. The Analytical Fund, which would certainly recognize a duty to assist him, currently possesses assets amounting to exactly 0.0 francs, marks, or shillings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"22,2\"\u003eThe young man is positively eager to work, and some professional occupation would be of great psychological benefit to him as well. I therefore ask you, should you find yourself in a position to refer a neurotic patient to Davos who is to begin or continue analytical treatment there, or should you happen to have patients in Davos whom you know personally, not to forget Dr. Reich. In doing so, you would be performing a good deed, not only for the physician but, in all likelihood, for the patient as well. Dr. Reich would also be eminently suitable for conducting training analyses, should an opportunity to do so arise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"22,3\"\u003eI feel a distinct sense of relief now that I have written this letter to you, for it strikes me as the very best thing I can do on his behalf. I have addressed a similar request to Pfister simultaneously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"22,4\"\u003eWith warm regards to you, your husband, and your child,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"22,5\"\u003eYours, Freud\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"23\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA SUPERB, HISTORICALLY CRITICAL TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY SIGMUND FREUD CAPTURING A RARE MOMENT OF HARMONY, HUMOR, AND DEEP COMPASSION FOR HIS ACOLYTE WILHELM REICH, WRITTEN TO PIONEERING FEMALE PSYCHOANALYST MIRA OBERHOLZER SHORTLY BEFORE THE FAMOUS HISTORIC RIFT BETWEEN FREUD AND REICH, CONSTITUTING A PARAMOUNT ARTIFACT FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH INTO THE GOLDEN AGE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS, EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY, AND THE HUMAN GENESIS OF THE FREUDIAN CIRCLE, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47414373318805,"sku":null,"price":12750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/freud_19270208_01_20260410.jpg?v=1780724626"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/collections\/collindberghsgoodwillflight0120190511.jpg?v=1750624156","url":"https:\/\/wallaceandclark.com\/collections\/ephemera.oembed?page=7","provider":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}