Original publisher's multicolored wrapper with an illustration of canaries on front. No date, circa 1920s -1930s. 5 1/4" x 7 1/4." Forty pages, complete. Insides of front and back covers have advertisements for Spratt's bird food. Pages 38-40 are dedicated to some tips on Common Goldfish and tropical fish care and include advertisements for Spratt's fish food. Pages are clean. Tiny stain on lower edge of spine. A very clean copy overall. This is a concise bird care guide for current and prospective canary pet owners. The guide provides a brief history of the canary and how it came to... 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...
Original lithograph card with a color illustration on front of a surreal scene where a woman wearing a dress and holding a parasol has hatched out of a red egg. Two rabbits are also shown running away. The number "35" in the corner may indicate this card is part of a series. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 3" x 5." Card is very clean and intact except for a few marks on back and slight age toning. A Fine copy. This card bears some resemblance to trade cards, which are antique business cards and the predecessors of modern trading cards. Trade cards were most common during the late nineteent... View More...
Original lithograph card with a color illustration on front of vignette of a beautiful country landscape with a few buildings semi-hidden among trees, plants, and grasses. Illustration is half-tone in green and white. Gilt accent decorations on illustration. Gilt border around vignette. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 4" x 2 3/4." Card is very clean and intact except for a small dampstain on front and slight surface chipping on the top edge of gilt border. A Near Fine copy. This card bears some resemblance to trade cards, which are antique business cards and the predecessors of modern trad... View More...
Original lithograph card with a color illustration on front of a mother deer and her fawn in the foreground and a buck in the background of a bucolic landscape. Gilt border decoration of brushed lines. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 4" x 2 3/4." Card is very clean and intact except for a few tiny dots on front and light age toning. A Fine copy. This card bears some resemblance to trade cards, which are antique business cards and the predecessors of modern trading cards. Trade cards were most common during the late nineteenth century. View More...
Original lithograph card with a color illustration on front of a trompe l'oeil animal portrait, an abstract green background that is torn away to reveal two dogs, a collie and a terrier. The edges of the trompe l'oeil cutout are accented in gilt. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Card is very clean and intact except for slight age toning, slightly bumped tips, and minimal edge wear. A Fine copy. This card bears some resemblance to trade cards, which are antique business cards and the predecessors of modern trading cards. Trade cards were most common during the late nineteenth... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is unused. Title is handwritten in black ink in bottom margin on front. Text on back is printed upside-down relative to photo on front. No date, circa 1900s-1910s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Photo is bit faded or underexposed along edges. Postcard is very clean and intact except for light to moderate age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, a few small wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. A postcard showing a driver named George and his team of mules stationed in Roosevelt, Arizona. The driver may be George ... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is unused. Title handwritten in black ink in bottom and right margins. Title dates photo to 1909 (c. 1904-1918 "AZO" stamp box design with four upturned triangles printed on back ). 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact except for light to moderate age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, a few wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. A postcard showing a horse driver, George Chappell, with a team of horses in Mesa, Arizona. The horses are pulling carts or wagons. A few buildings and trees ... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is unused. Title handwritten in black ink in right margin on front. Title dates photo to 1909 (c. 1907-1915 "PMC" stamp box design printed on back with two upturned triangles in top corners and two downturned triangles in bottom corners of stamp box). 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact except for light to moderate age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. A postcard showing a team of horses being driven by Henry Chappell in Mesa, Arizona. The horses are stati... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is used. Correspondence and recipient's address handwritten in pencil on back. Green 1-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp tipped in on back. Postmarked 1910 in Willits, California. Correspondence datelined July 16, 1910. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact except for light to moderate age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, a few small wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. A postcard showing a view of the corner of Hotel Willits in Willits, California. There are a few people and cars and h... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is unused. Space for correspondence and an address for the recipient on back. No date, circa 1924-1949 (printed "AZO" stamp box with four squares in the corners printed on back). 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact overall but has slight age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, a few small wrinkles, and slightly bumped corners. A Very Good copy. A postcard showing a portrait of a large wild bear (possibly a black bear) in Yosemite National Park, California. Woods and a clearing are visible in the background. View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is unused. Brief inscription in black ink on back identifies the man posing with the horses as "George C., Driver" (other photo postcards, such as #025223 in our catalog, depict George Chappell). No date, circa 1907-1915 ("PMC" stamp box with two upturned triangles in top corners and two downturned triangles in bottom corners printed on back ). 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact except for light to moderate age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, a few wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good co... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is unused but has an ink inscription on back identifying the subject. The inscription reads, "George Chappell, Driver, Mesa, A. T. [Arizona Territory]." No date, circa 1907-1912 (c. 1907-1915 "PMC" stamp box design with two upturned triangles in top corners and two downturned triangles in bottom corners printed on back). 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact except for light to moderate age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, a few wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. A postcard showing ... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is unused but has an ink inscription on back identifying the subject. The inscription reads, "Olive, Billie, [Drue?], Minnie & Bud, Jan. 30th 1910, At Mesa, A. T. [Arizona Territory]." No date, circa 1904-1918 ("AZO" stamp box with four upturned triangles in corners printed on back). 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact except for light age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, and slight wear to extremities. A Fine copy. A postcard showing a portrait of five people seated in a horse-drawn carriage in Mesa, Ari... View More...
Original black-and-white photo postcard. No date, circa 1907-1917. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2." The style of "Velox" stamp box on the back was used from 1907-1917. Postcard is unused. Postcard is virtually pristine and intact except for a light dampstain mostly limited to the bottom margin. A Near Fine copy. This postcard shows three men riding donkeys or mules. View More...
Original black and white photo postcard. No date, circa 1950s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. The style of "Kodak Paper" stamp box on the back was used from 1950 onwards. Postcard is unused. Postcard is virtually pristine and intact. Slight discoloration along the edges on the back from aging. A Fine copy. This postcard shows a prospector riding on a cart drawn by a donkey in Nevada. View More...
Original black and white photo postcard. No date, circa 1950s onward. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title is printed at the bottom of the image. The style of "Kodak Paper" stamp box on the back was used from 1950 onward. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact except for a small faint smudge on the right side of the image and a crease in the upper-left corner of the image. A Very Good copy. This postcard shows a bull shark with an attached remora at Marine Studios in the town of Marineland, Florida. Marketed as "the world's first oceanarium," Marine Studios eventually took on the sam... View More...
Original black and white photo postcard. No date, circa 1920s-1930s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact except for a tiny dampstain on the back. A Fine copy. This postcard shows four deer checking out a man's car in Sequoia National Park, two of which are standing on their hind legs looking into the car. The man stands on the other side of the car by the driver's side door. View More...
Original black-and-white photo postcard. Postmarked February 12, 1909 in Portland, Michigan. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. A green, one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp is tipped in on the back. Postcard is used. Postcard is clean and intact but has chipping on the left edge affecting part of the image. A Good copy. This postcard shows a bucolic scene of two people in a boat on a pond with trees in the foreground. "Edon" may refer to Edon, Ohio. There is handwriting on the back in black ink. The postcard is addressed to Mrs. L. T. Grandy, or Adah, in Detroit... View More...
Original black and white photo postcard. No date, circa 1930s-1940s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact except for small indentation at the bottom of the image. A Near Fine copy. This postcard shows two elk standing in a clearing with trees in the background. One of the elk faces viewers. Wallowa Lake State Park is located in northeastern Oregon on the southern shore of Wallowa Lake. View More...
