Original calendar printed on cardstock. Calendar features a beautiful, multicolored illustration of the California State Capitol at sunset with a pond and garden in the foreground. The actual calendar is a booklet stapled at the bottom in its original presentation and includes the twelve months of 1937. The booklet has the title, "Days of the Year," printed on it amid a snowy wintry backdrop at sunset. Gilt lettering on the background and on the front cover of the calendar booklet. There is a hole at top for mounting on the wall. 11" x 16." Calendar is clean and intact overall but has a... View More...
Original black-and-white carte de visite (CDV) photograph showing an illustrated portrait of Martha Washington. Washington is shown wearing a head scarf or veil and faces viewers. Bust composition with faded vignette. Photo tipped in on paper card. No date, circa 1860s-1880s. 2 1/2" x 4." CDV is very clean and intact except for light age toning, a few tiny marks, a few faint smudges, and minuscule wear to surfaces and extremities. A Very Good copy. Original carte de visite portrait photograph of Martha Washington (1731-1802), the wife of President George Washington and inaugural First ... View More...
Original black-and-white carte de visite (CDV) photograph showing an illustrated portrait of George Frideric Handel. This is a full portrait of Handel who, facing viewers, is shown in an elegant cloak with one arm resting on a column and holding what may be sheet music. Photo tipped in on paper card. No date, circa 1860s-1880s. 2 1/2" x 3 3/4." Former owner's brief inscription in black ink on back: "George Frederick von Handel." CDV is very clean and intact except for light age toning and minuscule wear to surfaces and extremities. A Near Fine copy. Original carte de visite portrait ph... View More...
Original black-and-white carte de visite (CDV) photograph showing an illustrated portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach is shown from the side, facing viewers, as he plays the piano in a room. Photo tipped in on paper card. No date, circa 1860s-1880s. 2 1/2" x 4." Former owners' brief inscriptions in pencil on front ("Bach") and black ink on back ("John [sic] Sebastian Bach, from a Liepsic [sic?: Leipsic?] lithograph"). CDV is very clean and intact except for light age toning and minuscule wear to surfaces and extremities. A Near Fine copy. Original carte de visite portrait photograph... View More...
Original black-and-white carte de visite (CDV) photograph showing an illustrated portrait of Joseph Haydn. Haydn is standing in a pose with one hand tucked in his shirt with some musical emblems (such as instruments and sheet music) positioned nearby to represent his career as a composer. No date, circa 1860s-1880s. 2 1/2" x 4." Former owner's brief inscriptions read, "Haydn" (in pencil in bottom margin on front) and "Joseph Haydn" (in black ink on back). CDV is very clean and intact overall except for light age toning and a few tiny marks or stains. A Very Good copy. Original carte de ... View More...
Original black-and-white engraving of a monument to William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/4" x 6." Print is very clean and intact except for slight age toning and a tiny closed tear limited to upper-right corner in the margins. A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring John Flaxman's monument to William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793), also known as Lord Mansfield, who was a British barrister, judge, and politician. He is noted for being a key figure in the modernization English laws and the English courts. Flaxman created his scul... View More...
Original black-and-white engraving of the tomb of Queen Elizabeth I. Removed from Edward Brayley's Londiniana, a compendium about the history and sights of London. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/2" x 6 1/4." Print is very clean and intact except for a few small spots of discoloration or foxing and faint offsetting (text) affecting the printed area. A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring the tomb and monument of Queen Elizabeth I. Her tomb is accompanied by three arches in the foreground. This print came from an edition of Brayley's Londiniana as published by Thomas Hur... View More...
Original black-and-white engraving of the remains of Prince Rupert's residence. Removed from Edward Brayley's Londiniana, a compendium about the history and sights of London. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/2" x 6 1/4." Print is very clean and intact except for a few small spots of discoloration or foxing, faint offsetting (text) affecting the printed area, and some clipping to "Beech Lane, Barbican." A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring the remains of Prince Rupert's residence on "Beech Lane, Barbican" in 1796 London. From Brayley's Londiniana, possibly the edition pu... View More...
Original black-and-white engraving of St. Paul's Church in Covent Garden, London. Removed from Edward Brayley's Londiniana, a compendium about the history and sights of London. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/2" x 6 1/4." Print is very clean and intact except for slight age toning and a few spots of foxing. A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring St. Paul's Church, as viewed from the front, and surrounding streets and buildings in the year 1776. St. Paul's Church is affiliated with the Church of England. It was designed by Inigo Jones as part of project commissioned by F... View More...
Original black-and-white engraving of the remains of Prince Rupert's residence. Removed from Edward Brayley's Londiniana, a compendium about the history and sights of London. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/2" x 6 1/4." Print is very clean and intact except for a few small spots of foxing. A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring St. Peter's Church in Walworth, London. This was the first church designed by Sir John Soane. The print is from an edition of Brayley's Londiniana published by Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Company. View More...
Original black-and-white engraving of the tomb of King Henry VII. Removed from Edward Brayley's Londiniana, a compendium about the history and sights of London. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/2" x 6 1/4." Print is very clean and intact except for slight age toning and faint offsetting of text which affects the printed area. A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring the tomb of King Henry VII as viewed from the north side. The print is from an edition of Brayley's Londiniana published by Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Company. View More...
Original greeting card printed in multicolored ink on white paper. Card is unused. Printed on one side of an unfolded leaf of paper. No date, circa 1900s-1920s. 3" x 4 1/4." Card is very clean and intact but has slight wear to extremities. A Fine copy. An original greeting card for the occasion of Christmas. The color illustration on front features a portrait of a boy dressed in eighteenth-century attire. He wears a white wig, a gray-blue jacket, and golden trousers. In his right hand he holds a black cocked hat and in his left, a rapier. His portrait is framed by a golden ornate bo... View More...
Original greeting card printed in multicolored ink on white cardstock. Printed black lettering on front. Color illustration covers the entire front. Back of the card is blank and white. Beautiful gilt accents on front illustration. Card is unused. No date, circa 1930s-1970s. 5 1/2" x 4 1/4." Card is virtually pristine and intact. A Fine copy. An original greeting card for the occasion of Easter. The color illustration shows three choir boys singing in a church with a stained glass window in background and daffodils in the foreground. The illustration has the following printed Easte... View More...
Original greeting card printed in multicolored ink on beige paper. Card is unused. Printed on two sides of one unfolded leaf of paper. No date, circa 1890s-1920s. 4" x 6." Card is very clean and intact except for some age toning (hence the beige color) and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. An original greeting card that can be used to celebrate the summer season. The color illustration on front features a picturesque scene of a creek and forest. A poem is printed on back titled, "Summer," and is an excerpt from one of Willis Gaylord Clark's poems, perhaps of the same name.... View More...
Original greeting card printed in multicolored ink on silver-foil paper. Color illustrations on front panel and its verso. Printed black lettering on front and back. Card is used but only with the signature of "Evelyn" in blue ink on inside panel. No date, circa 1930s-1970s. 5 1/2" x 4 1/2." Card is very clean and intact but has slight wrinkling and rippling throughout and some small stains. A Very Good copy. An original birthday greeting card. The color illustrations are of geometric bouquets of stars and flowers. One of the illustrations is printed on front; the other illustration ... View More...
Original greeting card printed in multicolored ink on off-white paper. Printed black lettering on front and interior. Beautiful gilt decorations and gilt borders on front and interior panels. Hand-colored illustrations on front panel and its verso. Decorative pink bow along spine. Card is used but only with hand coloring and an added exclamation point to the message. No date, circa 1900s-1920s. 5 1/2" x 4 1/2." Card is very clean and intact but has slight wrinkling throughout and some age toning. A Very Good copy. An original greeting card for the occasion of celebrating a mother's b... View More...
Original greeting card printed in multicolored ink on white paper. Card is unused. No date, circa 1890s-1920s. 3 3/4" x 3." Card is very clean and intact except for slight wear to extremities and a few tiny stains. A Near Fine copy. An original greeting card featuring a color illustration of pansies in a basket. Title printed to the left and right of the illustrated basket of flowers. The card has straight edges on three sides and a unique profile along the top edge that borders floral scrollwork. This illustrated scrollwork is slightly embossed. Thin decorative lines also accent the... View More...
Original greeting card printed in black ink on light beige paper. Card is unused. Blank envelope on light beige paper included. No date, circa 1900s-1930s. 4" x 5." Card and envelope are very clean and intact except for age toning, a few light smudges, and rust marks from a metal paper clip. A Very Good copy. An original greeting card for the occasion of Mother's Day. The front features the printed title and a beautiful hand-colored illustration of flowers, done in blue, pink, green, and yellow watercolors. Printed text within interior of card reads in full, "I love you, dear Mother /... View More...
Original greeting card printed in black ink on light beige paper with a hand-colored illustration. Card is unused. Printed on one side of an unfolded leaf of paper. No date, circa 1930s-1950s. 3 1/2" x 4 1/4." Card is virtually pristine and intact except for age toning and slight wear to extremities. A Fine copy. An original greeting card for one's mother. The front features printed text and a beautiful hand-colored illustration, done in blue, pink, green, and yellow watercolors, of flowers. The printed text reads in full, "To You Mother / To you Mother whose heart / and soul / Have u... View More...
Original greeting card or calling card printed in multicolored ink on white paper. Card is unused. No date, circa 1890s-1920s. 3 1/2" x 2." Card is very clean and intact except for age toning and slight wear to extremities including a bump in the upper-right corner. A Very Good copy. An original greeting card or calling card for Ruby Renner. The card features a color illustration of a white kitten playing amongst flowers, gilt decorative accents, and a gilt rectangular border. View More...
