A FINE VICTORIAN TRADE CARD FOR GABLER PIANOS. Circa. 1890s. A die-cut embossed card printed in full chromolithographed colors and gilt. The card features a young girl and boy dressed in period costumes within a rose decorated border. The reverse has an advertisement for GABLER PIANOS offered for sale by E.F. DROOP & Sons CO., Washington D.C. Gabler Pianos was established in 1851. In excellent condition. Measures 5 inches by 1 3/4 inches.
VICTORIAN CHROMOLITHOGRAPH CARD PRINTED BY A.HOEN & CO., BALTIMORE Maryland. An advertising card for St Jacobs Oil for Sprains. The card depicts a FOX HUNTING SCENE in fine chromolithographed colors. The card has an advertisement on the back for THE CHARLES A. VOGLER COMPANY, Baltimore, MD. The card measures 2 3/8 inches by 6 inches. Light crease to upper right corner otherwise in near mint condition.
A RARE CECIL ALDIN CHRISTMAS POSTCARD "HEARTY GREETINGS". London, Ernest Nister/New York, E.P.Dutton & Co. Circa 1910. With ink greeting on the reverse but not posted. The card features a GILT EDGE (see enlargement 4). Captioned: Hearty Greetings" together with a printed quotation from "Poor Robin's Almanack". The full color scene by CECIL ALDIN (1870-1935) depicts two servants bringing Christmas fare to people seated at dinner. Two COCKER SPANIELS watch hungrily ...click for details
AN EARLY CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED VALENTINE BY MARCUS WARD & Co. Circa 1870s. The card is printed in gilt and colors and depicts a young lad in period costume and holding a bouquet of flowers. An unsigned picture done in the style of Kate Greenaway and Walter Crane both of whom designed cards for Marcus Ward. Captioned " WITH MY BEST LOVE". The reverse features a poem "AT LOVE'S SHRINE". The front is in mint condition - the back has light toning. The card measures approxima ...click for details
A FINE UNUSED VINTAGE CHRISTMAS POSTCARD. "XMAS-DOG SERIES". B.Co. Circa 1920. The embossed card has a lovely gilt background with a spray of holly at the upper left corner. The scene features two dogs. Captioned: "A JOYFUL CHRISTMAS". Minor loss to the lower left corner otherwise in near mint condition.
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY POSTCARD "LOVE SPATS". 1909. Edward Grosse, New York. Series No. 4. An unused postcard printed in color lithography and depicting a lovely woman with an unhappy cupid. In excellent condition.
A RARE AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD FROM AUSTIN DOBSON TO M.H.SPIELMANN,ESQ. RE: KATE GREENAWAY. London: 9 MARCH 1905. SIGNED WITH INITIALS. The postcard is addressed to M.H. Spielmann with information for Spielmann & Layard's biography "Kate Greenaway" which was published by Black in the same year. Dobson has written 7 lines stating "he did not (underlined) write Art in the Nursery" (underlined). He mentions that "Miss G" - i.e. Kate Greenaway - had the finished draw ...click for details
A RARE ISSUE OF "WINTER'S PIE". The Christmas Number of Printer's Pie. 1912. Wrappers. Cover design by JOHN HASSALL. With many contributions from the leading authors and illustrators of the day including: LAWSON WOOD, ERNEST H. SHEPARD, CHARLES FOLKARD, G.E. STUDDY, MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL, etc. Cover edges frayed and some staining at the lower edge of a few pages otherwise a very good copy of a scarce item. Measures 11" x 8 1/2".
A SCARCE CHRISTMAS CARD ISSUED BY THE E.P.DUTTON CO., 1925. Measures 12 1/2 inches by 8 inches (folded). "VESPERS" by A.A.MILNE. With printed greetings "MERRY CHRISTMAS" on the front, in red. Milne's poem "Vespers" was first published in VANITY FAIR (N.Y.), Vol. 19, No. 5, January, 1923 and later appeared in the first of his four famous "Pooh" books - "When We Were Very Young". It is presented here in calligraphed text with a delightful borde ...click for details
A RARE HEXAGONAL DIE-CUT CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED PERFUME LABEL FOR "PARFUM NOUVEAU" by Lorenzy-Falanca. Circa 1900. The embossed die-cut label is printed in full colors and gilt. It could be for either a perfume box or perfume bottle. The center of the label is gilt with white lettering: PARFUM NOUVEAU/ PREPARE PAR/ Lorenzy-Falanca. This center portion of the label would have been placed over the base of the container and each of the six sides placed over each side of the container. Please ...click for details
