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Today we offer some of the other items we have in our inventory that captivate us. For instance, an Account Book from 1859 featuring a trek cross-country to find gold. Our other interests are Women, and women's work & play. We have a scrap book of a Vaudeville act by the Morak sisters who toured the US and Canada. Other items include photo albums, political pamphlets and posters, a book from 1976 by a gay activist about life out in Fire Island, and much more.

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[ACCOUNT BOOK] [PROSPECTING] [FARMING] Samuel D. Shirk - his book A.D. 1859 March the; Forreston. Shirk, Samuel D. 1859-1867. Cardboard covers. Shirk, Samuel D. [ACCOUNT BOOK] [PROSPECTING] [FARMING] Samuel D. Shirk - his book A.D. 1859 March the Forreston Ogle County Ill. 1859-1867. 182 pages. 15 x 10... (#4370) Price: $2,750.00

[LGBTQIA+] gay community news - VIOLENCE - ARREST IN AUSTRALIA, UNDERSTANDING OUR FATHERS, LILITH'S ALBUM. gay community news. Boston: gay community news, 1978. Loose_leaf. 15 pages. 41 x 30 cm. Also, "Holly Near Denied Involvement in World Youth Festival, Study Shows Child's Sexuality Not Affected by Parent's Sexuality... (#4233) Price: $35.00

[CHEMIST] [SALES] [LETTERHEAD] [ARCHIVE] 33 Letters of request to Tampa, FL Chemist - H. Lipscomb. 1921-49. 33 pages. H. Lipscomb Miller - Analytical and Consulting Chemist of Tampa, Florida occupied an interesting area of commerce at the beginning of the 1920's and into the 1950's... (#4210) Price: $275.00

[PHARMACY] [MANUSCRIPT] Pharmacist Notebook. Cobb, Fred U. 1888. Hardcover. 110 pages. 20 x 13 cm. Fred Cobb was a pharmacist who attended the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 1887 and had part of his thesis "Proximate Analysis... (#4200) Price: $385.00

[PHOTOGRAPHY] [SWIMMING] WYOMING SEMINARY SWIMMING RECORDS VOL. III. Kingston, Pennsylvania: 1940-1942. Hardcover. A charming look at the sport of swimming in the mid-twentieth century at Wyoming Seminary, a Methodist, college-preparatory boarding school in northeastern Pennsylvania. This book of... (#4143) Price: $125.00

[HORTICULTURE] [PHOTOGRAPHY] IF I WERE TO MAKE A GARDEN; Foreword by Richardson Wright, Editor of. Wilson, Ernest H. Boston: THE STRATFORD COMPANY, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 294 pages. 28 x 21 cm. Ernest Henry Wilson (1876-1930), better known as E.H. Wilson, was a distinguished British plant collector and... (#4105) Price: $200.00

[MANUSCRIPT] [TRAVEL DIARY] Journal of the Great Voyage; Assoc. Professor of Botany at Columbia. Curtain, Carlton C. Ph.D. 1923-1924. Carlton Clarence Curtis (1864-1945) was an American Botanist who published Nature and Development of Plants, 1907. A long trip that must have been a sabbatical, Professor Carlton took a.... (#4100) Price: $625.00

[ACCOUNT BOOK] PROPERTY OF G.A. HETH, ROCKVILLE, CONN. R.D.I. BOX 125; Eagle Flat Opening Book. G.A. Heth. 1926-1942. Hardcover. 499 pages. 40 x 17 cm. A rather extensive accounting of a family in Connecticut during the early to mid 20th century. Alongside daily expenditures is the detailed... (#3915) Price: $225.00

[MANUSCRIPT] [DANISH] [MILITARY] 19th Century Journal - Danish/German. Dixen, Laue Jensen. 1848-1851. Sewn binding. 16 x 11 cm. This journal belonged to Laue Jensen Dixon (once written Lauety), who was a member of the 10th Infantry Battalion from 1848 to 1851... (#3666) Price: $525.00

[ALMANAC] [REPURPOSED] [SCRAP BOOK] Philadelphia Almanac; Plus second handmade scrapbook. 1890. Wraps. Unpaginated (46 pages). Interesting and unusual repurposed Almanac that had a second life as a storehouse for colorful trade cards, advertisements, and keepsakes pasted in - giving the... (#3311) Price: $150.00

[PHOTOGRAPHY] [NURSE] Nurse in Training Album; Annotated. Hill, J. Providence, RI: 1927-1930. Hardcover. Unpaginated [22 pp]. 18 x 25.5 cm. 8 photos laid in & one letter. A charming photo album featuring female nursing students, primarily trained at the... (#2436) Price: $175.00

[NEW HAMPSHIRE] [PHOTOGRAPHY] [WOMEN] Young Women's Basketball Team Photo; Property of Miss Vera Kluchnick. Osgood Photography Studio. c. 1928. 11.5 x 16.5 cm. Black and white photo of a team of young women suited up in their bloomers for a basketball game. The young woman, Vera Kluchnick... (#4502) Price: $50.00

[VAUDVILLE] [WOMEN] Press Book - The Morak Sisters; Blue Bond Composition Book No. 19. 1918-1921. Wraps. Unpaginated [24 pp.] 25 x 20 cm. A "memorabilia" book featuring a collection of printed and illustrated accounts of the globetrotting Morak sister's vaudeville act. The Morak Sisters... (#4445) Price: $125.00

[PHOTOGRAPHY] THE LOWER EAST SIDE - Immigrant Portal to America from 1875 to 1925; Photographs. Schoener, Allon (Introductory Statement). New York: Holt, Rinehard and Winston, 1971. Carboard. 50 black and white photos, two page description. 35 x 28 cm. For a period of fifty years, during the last quarter... (#4437) Price: $50.00

[NEW MEXICO] [WOMEN] [PHOTOGRAPHY] [ORAL HISTORY] Las Mujeres de la Tierra del Sol - Women. Portal, Cecilia (Photographer, Interviewer, & Project Director). New Mexico: Center for Regional Studies, University of New Mexico, 1994. Staplebound. Unpaginated [24 pp] 28 x 19 cm. Illustrated catalog featuring 8 of the many women interviewed and photographed... (#4296) Price: $50.00

[YEAR BOOK] 1976 BISON Volume 53; Howard University, Washington, D.C. Howard University. Washington DC: Howard University, 1976. Hardcover. 424 pages. 31 x 24 cm. 1976 was the 109th anniversary of the founding of Howard University and the faculty and students came together... (#4289) Price: $225.00

[PHOTOGRAPHY] Carte-de-visite Millinary Shop. NATIONAL VIEW CO. 1888. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Photographic image of two women in S & L Schaefer Millinary Shop - this information written on the front of the photo. On the rear... (#4138) Price: $65.00

[WOMEN] THE MORTARBOARD; Volume XXXV. Junior Class of Barnard College. New York: The Shilling Press, Inc., 1928. Hardcover. 244 pages. 25 x 24 cm. In 1889, Barnard became the first college in New York City to offer degrees to women... (#4080) Price: $100.00

[WOMEN] THE SPECTRUM - 1932 - AN ANNUAL; Published by THE STUDENTS of. GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. Milledgeville, GA: GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 1932. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 27.5 x 21 cm. From the Alma Mater of Flannery O'Connor and Julia Roberts, the Georgia State College For Women... (#4078) Price: $125.00

[WOMEN] THE SPECTRUM - 1917 - AN ANNUAL; Published by THE STUDENTS of. GEORGIA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE. Milledgeville, GA: GEORGIA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE, 1917. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 27.5 x 21 cm. From the Alma Mater of Flannery O'Connor and Julia Roberts, the Georgia Normal and Industrial College... (#4077) Price: $75.00

[COLORADO] [PHOTO ALBUM] [WOMEN] Aspiring Opera Singer's Photo Album; Travel Photo Album. Stilphen, Louise Hope. 1926. Hardcover. Unpaginated. [50pp]. 18 x 25 cm. A well organized and in-depth view of the life of a young aspiring opera singer, Louise Hope Stilphen (Dec. 2, 1904 -... (#3566) Price: $325.00

[TRIBUTE PUBLICATION] The Cobina Wright Dinner; For the Benefit of The Beaudette Foundation for Biological. The Friends of the Beaudette Foundation. Beverly Hills, California: 1964. Spiral bound wraps. Unpaginated. This tribute to Cobina Wright Sr. begins with a letter from Mary Pickford thanking Cobina Wright for her "humanitarian nature and interest... (#3475) Price: $475.00

[WOMEN] [MISSIONARY] [PHOTOGRAPHY] [ALS] Women's Missionary Union Letters & Photographs. 1920. Two handwritten letters and 10 small black and white photos. Two letters, one each from Missionaries Alice Wishart and Lucy Powel. Both letters are addressed to Mrs. J.E. Shoemaker... (#3383) Price: $175.00

[SPORTS] [PHOTOGRAPHY] [WOMEN] Club Swinging Troupe. T. Adamowicz (Photographer). Chicago: T. Adamowicz, c. 1910's. 25 x 20 cm. Turn of the century photo of young women posing with "Indian" swinging clubs dressed in "sailor" style uniforms. Club swinging tradition... (#2517) Price: $150.00

[MODELING] [CHILDREN] [PHOTOGRAPHY] Modeling Portfolio. Jacqueline (Jackie) Eigen. Chicago: late 1950's, early 1960's. 17 black and white photographs inserted in contemporary portfolio (1 loose), with news clipping laid in - Saturday, August 9, 1958. Daughter of radio and... (#1756) Price: $125.00

Welcome to Fire Island; Visions of Cherry Grove and The Pines. Nichols, Jack. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 246 pages. "Floating almost miraculously at the edge of the great Megalopolis, Fire Island is a narrow sliver of beach and... (#4452) Price: $350.00

THE CRIMSON LETTER; Harvard, Homosexuality, and the Shaping of American Culture. Shand-Tucci, Douglass. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 403 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Presentation copy - inscribed to Joe McGrath, a friend and longtime secretary to Prescott Townsend... (#4023) Price: $175.00

[LGBTQ] [ARTIST] Queering the BibliObject; The Center for Book Arts April 15 - June 25. Chaich, John (Curated by). New York: THE CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. 13.5 x 22 cm. Exhibition Catalog. Queering the BibliObject, organized by John Chaich, independent curator - an exhibition... (#3704) Price: $25.00

[SEXUALITY] Enslaved in Lace; A Story of Transvestism - Leslie's Adventures in Petticoatland: Book 5. Gilbert, Nan. New York: WHOLESALE BOOK CORPORATION, 1970. Staplebound. 28 pages. 21 x 14 cm. "This booklet continues the sad story of Leslie, who is forced to lead the life of a.... (#3693) Price: $75.00

[WOMEN] [LAW] [PERIODICAL] Child Care Education - Birth Control - Employment Poverty; Women Lawyers -. Women's Rights Law Reporter. New York/New Jersey: Women's Rights Law Reporter, July/August 1971 & Spring 1972. First Edition, First Printing & Second Edition. Staplebound. 71 pages. 27.5 x 21 cm. Volume 1, Number 1... (#3930) Price: $60.00

[WOMEN] REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS of the MOCK CONVENTION of the WOMEN'S NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CLUB. Women's National Republican Club. New York: THE TENNY PRESS, 1928. Hardcover. 46 pages. 23.5 x 13.5 cm. This printed and bound report is both uplifting and humorous. The Women's National Republican Club put together... (#4507) Price: $350.00

A BLOCKADED FAMILY; Life in Southern Alabama During The Civil War. Hague, Parthenia Antoinette. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888. Hardcover. 176 pages. 18 x 13 cm. Parthenia Antionette Hague (1838-1914) was born in Georgia. During the civil war Parthenia was a teacher in... (#4291) Price: $60.00

[POSTER] HOW TO SHOP WITH WAR RATION BOOK TWO; ... to Buy Canned, Bottled and. OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION (United States Government). 1943. Loose_leaf. 71.5 x 102 cm. Oversized color poster issued by the United States Government Office of Price Administration to help inform Americans on the Home Front how to shop... (#4227) Price: $125.00

[BROADSIDE] SOLIDARITY DAY; in 27 cities Internationally. FOOD NOT BOMBS. San Francisco: Food Not Bombs, 1994. Loose_leaf. 21.5 13.5 cm. The first FOOD NOT BOMBS was formed in Cambridge, MA in 1980 by anti-nuclear activists. Food Not Bombs is an... (#4172) Price: $30.00

[TEXTILES] NEEDLEWORK SAMPLE BOOK - LENCERIA MUESTRARIO; ACADEMIA MENDIA. Sobun, Emilia. Buenos Aires: 1934. Hardcover. Oblong folio (21.6 x 36 cm.) Six unumbered pages with 13 samples (of 14). These "Lingerie" samples show intricate needlework, each about 16.5 x 16.5 cm... (#4090) Price: $225.00

DO iT!; Scenarios of the Revolution - Introduction by Eldridge Cleaver. Rubin, Jerry. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. First Printing. Paperback. 256 pages. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Designed by Quentin Fiore, Yipped by Jim Retherford, and Zapped by Nancy Kurshan. "Do It!... (#3952) Price: $65.00

[PROTEST] VERMONT IN NEW YORK; JUNE 12, 1982. Coe, Wendy (Editor) & Clinton Gardener. Norwich Peace Center, 1982. Staplebound. Unpaginated [13pp.]. 28 x 21.5 cm. Twenty-six Peace Activist groups from Vermont headed by the Burlington Peace Coalition and The Norwich Peace Center made their... (#3957) Price: $75.00

[BROADSIDE] DON'T JOIN THE BOOK BURNERS. Eisenhower, Dwight David. Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Library. Loose_leaf. 38 X 29 cm. From the remarks of the President of the United States at the Dartmouth College Commencement on June 14th, 1953. Three... (#3958) Price: $80.00

[POSTER] GATHERINGS Presents a Concert for Earth Day. Azarian, Mary (Illustration) & Laughing Bear Associates (Design). Montpelier, VT: Artists, Parents & Teachers, and Physicians for Social Responsibility and Central Vermont Community Task Force Against Hunger, Friday, April 18, 1986. 70 x 46 cm. Large poster for... (#3959) Price: $50.00

[POSTER] GATHERINGS - Greenpeace & Bread and Puppet Theater. Azarian, Mary (Illustration) & Laughing Bear Associates (Design). Montpelier, VT: Artists, Parents & Teachers, and Physicians for Social Responsibility and Central Vermont Community Task Force Against Hunger, Friday, October 10, 1986. 70 x 46 cm. Large poster for... (#3960) Price: $50.00

[POSTER] GATHERINGS 40 Years After; WWII Memorial Concert with Instrumental and Choral Works by Michael. Azarian, Mary (Illustration) & Laughing Bear Associates (Design). Montpelier, VT: Artists, Parents & Teachers, and Physicians for Social Responsibility and Central Vermont Community Task Force Against Hunger, Friday, October 18, 1985. 70 x 46 cm. Large poster for... (#3961) Price: $50.00

[FRENCH] [FASHION] [TRADE CATALOG] A LA PLACE CLICHY; HIVER (Winter) 1891-1892. Paris: Mouillot, 1891. Staplebound. 56 pages. Copiously illustrated, with prices - this pamphlet presents the assortment of trades and fashion of the times. A growing "ready to wear" branch of... (#3662) Price: $110.00

[TEXTILE] [EMBROIDERY] Men's Masonic Wallet. c. 1830's - 1860's. Cloth. Handmade, embroidered and beaded men's linen wallet decorated with colored beads with an embroidered image of a Masonic church. Light staining. (#3634) Price: $325.00

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] [FARMING] [BLACK HISTORY] A LIST OF REFERENCES FOR THE HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICANS IN. Schor, Joel & Cecil Harvey (Compiled by - U.S. Department of Agriculture). Davis, Ca. Agricultural History Center University of California, Davis, 1975. Staplebound. 116 pages. 27.5 x 21 cm. With an emphasis on secondary source material this bibliography strives to give voice... (#3608) Price: $120.00

The Young Lady; Or Guide to Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness. Anna Ferguson. Nashua, NH: 1851. Third Edition. Hardcover. 128 pages. A miniature book, original copyright 1848 and published then in Lowell by Dayton. An address to young women by Anna Ferguson (1778-1853)... (#3021) Price: $125.00

[WOMEN] [WWI] Report of the Secretary of the War Work Council; Delivered at the Annual. National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association. New York: National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association. Staplebound. 16 pages. 17.5 x 11 cm. Stamped on cover: UNITED WAR WORKERS CAMPAIGN Nov. 11-19. During W.W.I, the YWCA... (#2509) Price: $75.00

[MARITIME] [WHALE-FISHERY] [BRAZIL]; Shipping Record. 1839. Loose_leaf. 27 X 22 cm. Register of costs for the ship Flora, commanded by Captain Daniel Fitch, sailing out of New London, Connecticut, while docked at a whale-fishery in... (#1743) Price: $110.00