Thursday, February 24, 2011

Knave, Ace, Deuce & Tray (1865)



Ed. S. Taylor, et al, eds., The History of Playing Cards with Anecdotes of Their Use in Conjuring, Fortune-Telling, and Card Sharpening (Piccadilly: John Camden Hotten, 1865).

Monday, February 21, 2011

Cobbs Toys, Second Series, #6 (1835)

Lyman Cobb, Cobb's Toys, Second Series, No. 6.: Stories About the Herring, Gold-Fish,
Perch, Sprat, Dace, Chub, and Sucking-Fish in Words of One and Two Syllables
(Hickhok
& Stark; Lewistown, Pennsylvania, 1835) 1–3, 6.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Dutch Nightingales (1882)

Emilius Albert De Cosson, Heartsease & the Rabbits, A Fairytale of Our Own Time (Henry
Sotheran & Co.; London, 1889) 16.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Perfect Corroborant (1899)

Charles N. Miller, Welsh Rabbits at Hildreth's (Chicago; O.F. Coe, 1899), 2.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Improved Practical Pentagraph (1885)





Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Artists' Materials, Swiss, German, French and Altender's Mathematical Instruments, and Drawing Stationery and Materials, for Architects, Engineers and Surveyors imported and sold by F.C.  Hastings & Co., 54 and 56 Cornhill, Boston.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Moist Color (1885)



Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Artists' Materials, Swiss, German, French and Altender's Mathematical Instruments, and Drawing Stationery and Materials, for Architects, Engineers and Surveyors imported and sold by F.C.  Hastings & Co., 54 and 56 Cornhill, Boston.


Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Watercolors (1885)



Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Artists' Materials, Swiss, German, French and Altender's Mathematical Instruments, and Drawing Stationery and Materials, for Architects, Engineers and Surveyors imported and sold by F.C.  Hastings & Co., 54 and 56 Cornhill, Boston.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

T. Eaton Catalogue Cover (1921)

Fall and Winter Catalogue 1920-21.  The T. Eaton Company Limited.  Toronto, Canada

Friday, February 4, 2011

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Simplex Typewriter (1921)

Fall and Winter Catalogue 1920-21.  The T. Eaton Company Limited.  Toronto, Canada

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Phonograph Top (1921)

Fall and Winter Catalogue 1920-21.  The T. Eaton Company Limited.  Toronto, Canada

Toy Reins (1921)

Fall and Winter Catalogue 1920-21.  The T. Eaton Company Limited.  Toronto, Canada