Pach, NY. Photograph. 6" x 4". Imprinted on the mount. Photograph of poet, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. from c. 1880. Corners bumped, some scuffs. More

Detroit: Calvert Lithographing Company, 1903. Original poster. Color lithograph. 42 x 28 inches. This incredible 1903 advertising poster advertises the Satin Skin Powder and the Satin Skin Cream, both products manufactured by the Albert F. Wood Manufacturing Company. The poster features a woman holding a hand fan which reads 'Don't you want a satin skin?' Illustrations of the product packaging are also featured. Available in 4 tints - Flesh, White, Pink and Brunet, the packaging for Satin Skin Powder reads..... More

London: William Innys, 1731. Engraving with hand coloring. Measures 11 1/4" x 9". Engraving from "A Natural History of Birds: Illustrated with a Hundred and four Copper Plates, Engraven from the Life, Published by the author Eleazer Albin, and carefully colour'd by his Daughter and Himself, from the Originals, drawn from the live Birds." The beautifully hand colored print depicts a species of Toucan beliebed to be native to Brazil, with a black head and wings, a yellow breast, and..... More

New York: Alco-Gravure, 1918. Original poster. Measures 24 1/2" x 16 1/2" World War I propaganda poster featuring a reproduction of an 1871 painting of an Alsatian woman by J.J. Henner titled "She Is Waiting... " Surrounding the portrait is the text from President Woodrow Wilson's 1918 address to Congress, as well as statements of the representatives of Alsace-Lorraine read in 1871 and 1874, before the National Assembly and in the Reichstag, respectively. Scarce. More

London. View. Engraving with original hand coloring. Page measures 12" x 15.75". Hunt scene engraved by Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851), circa 1820. Light scattered foxing in the margins. More

Oliver Ditson, 1850. Original sheet music. Folio. 5 Pages bound. Some foxing and thumb prints but still bright and clean. This sheet music is inscribed as a "New and Improved Edition" of an old song written by Rev. E. H. Chapin. The original song was published in the September 1839 issue of Poe's Southern Literary Messenger. When the words were set to music by George N. Allen, the song became a favorite and soon founds its way into the lumberjack's..... More

Minneapolis: 1919. Poster mounted on linen. Page measures 28 3/8" x 21 1/4" World War I poster shows an illustration of an open chest labeled "Minneapolis" with a sign reading "Give Your Share" on the inside lid. The poster is promoting a fundraising effort for war relief in 1919. Hard to find. More

Original poster mounted on linen. Color lithograph. 28 1/4" x 20 3/8" This stark World War I poster is for "Clothes Collection Week" sponsored by the American Red Cross. The drive aimed to collect "used or new clothing, dresses, underwear, shoes - wearing apparel of every kind" to send to "destitute men, women, and children in Occupied Northern France and Belgium". The collection week ran from March 25 - March 30. This poster is in good condition, with some wear..... More

U.S. Government, 1917. Original poster. Color lithograph. 30 x 20 inches. This rare bond poster features a portrait of President Woodrow Wilson flanked by American flags. The background imitates an embossed brass plaque. Below is a quotation of Wilson's: "The time has come to conquer or submit...for us there is but one choice. We have made it." This patriotic call to duty is accompanied by an appeal for the public to buy bonds of Second Liberty Loan, subscriptions of which..... More

1849. Herbarium with manuscript notes. White card with specimen 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches, on scrap book sheet 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Some toning but in good condition. Delicate and charming pressed crab apple specimen on hand made sheet by an accomplished hand, mounted on scrap book paper. The herbarium is comparable to a library of preserved plants with the specimens and labels providing all the information. In fact, the label and specimen are equally important... More

London. Tinted lithograph. Image measures 12.5" x 16.75". In this print, a young and old fallow buck lay in a grassy field, with the young buck, distinguishable by his spots, resting his head on the stomach of the older deer. Fallow deer are native to Europe, and the sight is one that would not have been uncommon in the countryside of England, where the print was likely published circa 1840. The deer's antlers and fur have been rendered with exquisite..... More

Very scarce unsigned original black and white photograph, c. 1915, from a cabinet card image, c. 1894, approx. 4" x 7", a full-body image of the boxer wearing black leotards with a white belt- with flat laced-up boxing shoes, striking a bear knuckle pose. Condition: Image cropped from when used for publication - but complete in itself; minor surface creasing with a clip at the top left-hand corner. Vintage fountain pen identification in an unknown hand cleanly written at bottom..... More

American Lithographic Co., 1918. Poster. Original lithograph. Unmounted. 30 x 20 inches. Endearing image for the War Saving Stamps effort. More