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Boston, MA: The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co, 1929. 15 x 21 cm. Featured article: ""August Porch Suppers""--things are changing, here in 1929. Today the best cook is likely to be the best bridge player and a good golfer as well! Suggestions for the modern young housewife: A platter of jellied tongie garnished with stuffed eggs and tomato soices, crisp potato chips, chocolate cup cakes and a delectable new punch. Or, try creamed chicken and waffles, made into a sandwichj, or fruit salad with epicurean dressing; or-- savory veal and ham loaf. Inside this newsletter are sale prices: Toilet paper, 7 rolls for 25�; cigarettes, 2 pkgs. for 25�; Duz, large pkg. 19�; Rinso, large pkg. 19�; Ralston wheat flakes, pkg. 12�. Recipes for Jellied Tongue, Blue Moon Punch, Veal and Ham Loaf, more. Newsletter, worn, edges frayed, poor. . Catalogs: Advertising.

Chicago, IL: Jacobs Sports Magazines, 1946. 20 x 27 cm. Cover features photo of 12 young women in shorts doing a Rockette-style kick in unison. They were part of the big Bausch & Lomb Revue extravaganza in Rochester, NY. Story inside includes more pictures. Large centerfold photo shows 15 young women in bathing suits, sitting at edge of a swimming pool. They are part of the sports program at Briggs Manufacturing in Detroit, MI. Paper periodical, center pages detached from staples, half of last page, pp. 29-40, torn out, thus poor. . Catalogs: World War II.

New York, NY: Jean Jordeau, Inc, 1925. 9 x 14 cm. Card, printed on both sides, features young woman in slip, holding a bottle of Ab-Scent. On back is statement from Madame Berth�, who has been working on under-arm toilette preparations for 20 years, and is delighted to bring Ab-Scent to your attention. She also mentions ZIP for eliminating undesirable hair. Paper on board, covered with cellophane, good. . Catalogs: Advertising.

ca. 1948. 13.5 x 23.8 cm. These are the timeless adventures of Abdul Buhl the terrible, and Morbhid Dhung, his man, told in verse. Charmingly illustrated by Polly Hill, Adul and Morbhid cross a desert, go out to sea, meet some Amazons, including Sweet Ahlmad Buhl, from Abdul's clan. They encounter Whirling Dervishes, Attila's Huns, sail back over the sea to Araby the Fair. [Author believed to be the same L.F. Deacon b. 1913 who served in the RAF in World War II and taught at Tanglin in Singapore after the war, then moved to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and then South Africa.] Green suede leather cover, text block loose from binding, poor. . Catalogs: Poetry.

Montreal, Que: Academy of Music, 1899. 13 x 20 cm. Francis Wilson starred as Cyrano de Bergerac; Charles H. Bowers played Christian de Neuvillette; Lulu Glaser played Roxane; Josephine Knapp played Lise. Ads for Brunswick Billiard Hall, Montreal; Vito Castile Soap Powder, Bugle Brand Scotch Whisky, El Padre Cigars, Vin Mariani. Paper program, minor wear, good. . Catalogs: Advertising.

Gardiner, ME: H.K. Newbert, dealer in boots, shoes and rubbers, ca. 1900. 7 x 11 cm. Card shows ridiculous-looking young boy with chin jutting forward like Mussolini, advertising Newbert's Boots, shoes and rubbers. Advertising card, slight soiling. On back is pencil inscription by a boy to his sister, it appears, in East Pittston, MA. Good. . Catalogs: Advertising.

Albany, NY: Rathbone Sared Electric Co., Inc, 1919. 9 x 16 cm. Advertisement for Acorn Electric Range E25 with four hot plates, three heats, 1000, 500, 250 watts each. Also Model E40, and more eleaborate models E65, E35 and E45. E65 has six hot plates; E35 and E45 have broilers. Advertising piece, lightly soiled. Good. . Catalogs: Advertising.

Boston, MA: Whigs of the Massachusetts legislature, 1848. 14 x 23 cm. Appeal of the Whigs of the Massachusetts Legislature to name Daniel Webster as the Whig candidate for President of the United States. Paper booklet, cover lightly soiled, stitched binding, good. . Catalogs: History.

Sydney, NSW: Bank of New South Wales, ca. 1960. 9 x 16 cm. . Color map of Adelaide, Australia Map, very good. . Catalogs: Maps/Australia.

Poughkeepsie, NY : Adriance, Platt & Co, 1903. 15 x 23.6 cm. Catalogue for parts for mowers, reapers, with detailed drawings showing gears, blades, springs, more gears, springs, pinions, screws, scythes, oil cups, bushings, nuts, wrenches, etc. paper booklet, cover lightly soiled, good. . Catalogs: Farming.

Concord, NH: J.B. Rand, ca. 1869. 7.5 x 13 cm. Small folding leaflet advertises J.B. Rand products, including Census for 1870, U.S. Map, Engravings of Machines and Patented Articles, Map for traveling men selling State and County Patent Rights. For remittances of money, customer simply deposits money with Post Master and get him to indicate this at the bottom of your letter; Rand will mail you the product, and then the Post Master will pay Rand. Paper leaflet, good. . Catalogs: Advertising.

1892. 17 x 25 cm. American Rambler Bicycles, Triton Playing Cards, Sylph Cycles, Peck & Snyder's Lawn Tennis Rackets. Lovell Diamond Safeties --Bicycles for Ladies and Gents. Advertising sheet, good. . Catalogs: Advertising.

1892. 17 x 25 cm. The Smith Premier Typewriter Co."" has just received from the U.S. War Department an order for 150 machines, the largest order ever given�"" The Hammond Typewriter Co. ""Save Your Eyesight!"" Bar-Lock Typewriter, the Modern Writing-Machine from the Columbia Typewriter Mfg. Co. ""The"" ""Old Reliable"" Waterman's Idea Fountain Pen--""best fountain pen made...cheapest pen in the market."" Asa L. Shipman's Sons Common-Sense Self Binder ""preserves your papers, magazines or loose sheets.."" Advertising sheet, stains on sheet, fair. . Catalogs: Advertising.

1892. 17 x 25 cm. Curtice Brothers Co., Rochester, NY: Thread on Bottles!! You give it two turns and then simply lift the cap from the bottle. Also, Huckins Soups--Rich and Perfectly Seasoned. Highland Evaporated Cream-- A Table Luxury. Cowdrey's Deviled Ham. ""My Baby... suffered tortures from eczema and abscesses... our physician advised Lactated Food."" Well,s Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt. Advertising sheet, stains on sheet, fair. . Catalogs: Advertising.

1892. 17 x 25 cm. Northrop's Stamped Metal Ceiling, Henry S. Northrop, NY. ""If You Are About to Build a $3800 Dwelling �purchase a copy of Artistic Dwellings"" by Frank P. Allen, Architect, Grand Rapids, Mich. Ornamental Hardwood Floors by S.C. Johnson, Racine, Wis. The Everett Piano by the John Church Co., Cincinnati, O. The Aeolian for Summer Homes --even those without a musical education can master the instrument in a few weeks' practice. Advertising sheet, stains on sheet, fair. . Catalogs: Advertising.

1892. 17 x 25 cm. Blanket Wraps for Lounging, for the Sick-Room, for the Nursery, for Steamer traveling, for the railway carriage.. From Noyes bros., Boston, Mass. Also ad for Kayser Patent Finger Tipped Silk Glove. ""If the gloves do outwear the tips, you get a new pair of gloves free."" Cash's Cambric Frillings--the ""Lawn-Tennis"" Pattern. Ad for Monarch shirts from Cluett, Coon & Co., Makers, Troy, NY. Ad for Burt & Packard ""Korrect Shape"" Shoes can now be had at our new Boot Shop, Park Place & Broadway, N.Y. City. Packard & Field (successors to Burt & Packard), Brockton, MA. Advertising sheet, stains on sheet, fair. . Catalogs: Advertising.

1892. 17 x 25 cm. Natural Carlsbad Sprudel Salts for diseases of the liver, kidneys and stomach; for habitual constipation, rheumatic and gouty affections, biliousness, dyspepsia, chronic catarrh � and more. Also-- Franco-American Game and Chicken P�t�s and Soups. Caution: Substitutes are not satisfactory. Shun them. Advertising sheet, stains on sheet, poor. . Catalogs: Advertising.

1892. 17 x 25 cm. Cuticura Soap-- The Secret of Beauty; Woodbury's Facial Soap for the skin, scalp and complexion. Sozodont hardens and invigorates the gums, purifies and perfumes the breath, beautifies and preserves the teeth, from youth to old age. ""Hotel Brunswick"" equal to any imported cigar, by Jacob Stahl, Jr., & Co. Rubifoam for the Teeth--Deliciously Flavored--E.W. Hoyt & Co., Lowell, Mass. Advertising sheet, stains on sheet, fair. . Catalogs: Advertising.

1892. 17 x 25 cm. R.W. Shoppell, Architect offers new publications with 39 different designs in each book, for $600 cottages to $7500 houses. Geo. F. Barber, Architects offers new 172 page book-- A Gem For All Who Want to Build dwellings from $500 to $10,000. Dixon's Graphite Paint by Jos. Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, NJ. Sheet-Metal Shingles from National Sheet Metal Roofing Co., New York City. Invalid Rolling Chairs from H.S. Golightly, Phila, Pa. Patent Foot-Power Machinery from Seneca Falls Mfg. Co., NY. Barnes' Foot-Power Machinery from W.F. & John Barnes Co., Rockford, Ill. Advertising sheet, stains on sheet, fair. . Catalogs: Advertising.

New York, NY: G.&C.&H. Carvill, 108 Broadway, 1830. 9 x 14 cm. "The age in which we live (1830) demands a high standard of Christian character,"" writes author in preface. Consists of series of letters to young people, with stern warnings throughout. There is throughout the suggestion that soe ""vain and foolish"" minds might be reading this. Paper on board, with leather spine. Bumped and rubbed. Owner inscr. on ffep, dated 1830. Good. . Catalogs: Religious.