Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked September 11, 1906 in Memphis, Tennessee. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2." Title printed on the front. Tipped-in red George Washington stamp on back. Postcard is used. Name and address in Arkansas on back. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. Front has handwriting in black ink which covers part of the etched image. Ink has been added to the man's face at center. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a man between two Indigenous (Native American) men. The man to the left and man at center both look surpr... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. No date, circa 1903-1915. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a man looking wistfully upward as he smokes a pipe. The image of a woman appears in the smoke. Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather postcards which were common during the early twentieth century. Leather postcards were first made in 1903. Most were made of deer hide and featured period hum... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked twice; one with the date of 1905. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is used. Addressed to Miss Zilpha M. Wood in Toaasville, Otsego County, New York. Tipped-in stamp is faded. Letter, "G.," on front. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a couple sitting next to one another in an embrace, under an apple tree with a smiling crescent moon overhead. Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather po... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. No date, circa 1903-1909. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is unused. There is a faint ink inscription etched into the surface at the bottom on the front, but it is faded. Postcard is very clean and intact overall except for slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a man who has seemingly been bucked off a horse and landed at his destination, a visual pun on the title. "Fort Plains" refers to Fort Plains, New York. Original holes are located along all of the edges.... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. No date, circa 1903-1915. 3 1/2" x 5 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a coat of arms with a bird at top and a smiling skull and crossbones at center with the initials, "FCB." Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather postcards were first made in 1903. Most were made of deer hide and featured period humor of the day. Many featured text and illustrations that were etched into the surface via pyrog... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Circa 1900 or 1906. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. Upper-right corner dog-eared. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of the American flag with an excerpt from Lord Byron's The Corsair (1814), a tale told through poetic verse. The excerpt reads in whole, "Oer the glad waters of the dark blue sea / Our thoughts as boundless, / And our souls as free. / Far as the breeze can bear / And billows foam, / Survey our... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Circa 1908 (postmarked but date slightly faded). 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is used. Addressed to Mr. R. R. Raymond in Fort Plain, New York. Stamp was removed. "Sunday?" written faintly in lower-right corner on front. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a bee that acts as a visual pun for the word, "be," in the title. Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather postcards which were common durin... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked twice but date is partially obscured, circa 1907. The location of one of the postmarks is Portland, Oregon. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2." Title printed on the front. Tipped-in red stamp on back. Postcard is used. Postcard is very clean and intact. Slight age and surface wear. Parts of the stamp are missing. Handwriting on back is faded. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a printed ditty on the front with an illustration of a rooster and a hen and her chicks. The rooster complains to the hen that she hasn't laid an egg in a while an... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked May 29, 1907 in Portland, Oregon. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2." Title printed on the front. Tipped-in red George Washington stamp on back. Postcard is used. Postcard is very clean and intact. Slight age and surface wear. Handwriting is faded. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a pair of cherries made of red fabric. Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather postcards were first made in 1903. Most were made of deer hide and featured period humor of the day. Many featured text and illustrations that were etched into ... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked twice; one with a possible date of 1905. Possible date of 1906 on front. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Faded text in lower-right corner on front: "From Gordon." Postcard is used. Addressed to Miss Zilpha M. Wood in Fort Plain, New York. Tipped-in red stamp is faded and part of it is missing. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a couple mid-kiss and in an embrace. Original holes are located along all of the edg... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. No date, circa 1903-1915. 5 1/4" x 3 1/2." Title printed on the front. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a woman in a traditional Dutch outfit doing laundry outside. Leather postcards were first made in 1903. Most were made of deer hide and featured period humor of the day. Many featured text and illustrations that were etched into the surface via pyrography. Pyrography is an etching process that involves the use of a heated instrument su... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked twice on back. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Faded text in lower-right corner on front: "From Gordon." Postcard is used. Addressed to Miss Zilpha M. Wood in Fort Plain, New York. Tipped-in red stamp is faded. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a cat chasing a mouse. Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather postcards which were common during the early twentieth century. Leather postcards wer... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked November 18, 1905. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Faded text on front with initials "G. R. D." and date of 1905. Postcard is used. Addressed to Miss Zilpha M. Wood in Toaasville, Otsego County, New York. Most of a tipped-in red stamp is missing. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of red flowers, possibly carnations, that are a visual pun on "flower" within in the title. Original holes are located along all of the ... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. No date, circa 1903-1915. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2." Postcard is used but there is no postage. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. Handwriting on front and back is faded. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard has red coloring on front and back. The front features a green, four-leafed clover in relief. Leather postcards were first made in 1903. Most were made of deer hide and featured period humor of the day. Many featured text and illustrations that were etched into the surface via pyrography. Pyrography is an et... View More...
Original publisher's light beige paper wrappers. Front cover features a black-and-white illustration of "Nora. After Gordon--From the Engraving by R. B. Parks." Leaves laid in loose. 11 1/2" x 16 1/2." Pages 153-168, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Two pages of advertisements (unopened), many of which are illustrated, in the back. Former owner's orange paper label tipped in on front cover. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall but have slight age toning, slight chipping along edges, some foxing, and a large, faint dampstain at bottom of spine. The two-page i... View More...
Original publisher's light beige paper wrappers. Front cover features a black-and-white illustration of Ira Davenport, the Republican candidate for the governor of New York. Leaves laid in loose. 11 1/2" x 16 1/2." Pages 641-656, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. About three pages of advertisements, many of which are illustrated, in the back. Former owner's orange paper label tipped in on back cover. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall but have slight foxing, some age toning, and chipping limited to the margins of the fore-edge. A Very Good copy. Harper's W... View More...
Original publisher's light beige paper wrappers. Front cover features a black-and-white illustration of the late Wendell Phillips modeled after Sarony's portrait photograph. Leaves laid in loose. 11 1/2" x 16 1/2." Pages 85-100, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Three pages of advertisements, many of which are illustrated, in the back. Former owner's orange paper label tipped in on back cover. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall but have foxing in the lower-right corner, chipping along the edges, and slight age toning. A Very Good copy. Harper's Weekly was ... View More...
Original tan wrapper with black and red lettering on front cover and black lettering on spine. 6 1/2 X 8 3/4 inches. 182 pages which include 8 pages of index. Deckled edges. This book in French. Copy contains 160 black and white photographs and illustrations. A few illustrations have light foxing on the edge. Illustration is not affected. A small black ink spot is on the front cover. Pages are clean and complete. Binding is tight. View More...
Original publisher's beige paper wrappers with string binding. 6 1/4" x 9 3/4." Pages 273-400, complete. Four black-and-white illustrations, complete. Eight additional pages of advertisements for a variety of products and services in back. Printed on front cover: "Holden's Dollar Magazine, 1850. Containing Original Criticisms, Biographies, Sketches, Essays, Tales, Reviews, Poetry, &c., &c. Tastefully Illustrated. July." Pages are intact overall but have dampstaining and darkening throughout (text is still readable), chipping along edges (especially in lower-right corner on front), and... View More...
Original brown wrapper with black lettering on front cover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4. 27 pages. Taken from the colophon, "This Keepsake is a portfolio of 20 selected wood engravings from one hundred and fifty illustrations by the celebrated wood engraver John De Pol." Illustrations are in the colors of red, blue and green. All pages are very clean and complete. Binding is tight. View More...
