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New York Virtual Book Fair

Illustrated manuscript by a 15-year-old orphan at the Monastery of St. Claire in Aurillac, France

Illustrated manuscript by a 15-year-old orphan at the Monastery of St. Claire in Aurillac, France

[manuscript, calligraphy]
Atlas to the Coal Flora of Pennsylvania, and of the Carboniferous Formation throughout the United States (plates volume/commonplace book)

Atlas to the Coal Flora of Pennsylvania, and of the Carboniferous Formation throughout the United States (plates volume/commonplace book)

Lesquereux, Leo [commonplace book]
Box 13 Associates Album of Photographs and News Clippings, Cincinnati Fire Department 1930s-1950s

Box 13 Associates Album of Photographs and News Clippings, Cincinnati Fire Department 1930s-1950s

[firefighting, emergency response, disaster photography]
Album de Pliages et de Tissages / Pliage Froebel 1792-1852

Album de Pliages et de Tissages / Pliage Froebel 1792-1852

[Froebel, student work]
Cours de Travail Manuel (Pour les Garçons)

Cours de Travail Manuel (Pour les Garçons)

Planty, A.
Peter Puzzlewig's Comic Round Game of Alliteration (Alliteration; or, a Prime Plan and Merry Method of producing a Plain and Perfect Pronunciation) ABC card game

Peter Puzzlewig's Comic Round Game of Alliteration (Alliteration; or, a Prime Plan and Merry Method of producing a Plain and Perfect Pronunciation) ABC card game

[juvenile, ABC]
Specimen Book of Gilt Embossed Labels for Hats and Leather Goods

Specimen Book of Gilt Embossed Labels for Hats and Leather Goods

[specimen book]
Chapman's American Drawing-Book, 3 issues: No. I Primary, No. II Elementary, No. IV Sketching and Studying from Nature

Chapman's American Drawing-Book, 3 issues: No. I Primary, No. II Elementary, No. IV Sketching and Studying from Nature

Chapman, J. G. [John Gadsby]
Ausstech- und Ausnähbilder: Leichte Froebel'sche Handarbeit für Kinder von 3 bis 5 Jahren No. 311/2 Piquage de broderie sur carton, Travaux faciles pour des enfants de 3-5 ans après system Froebel

Ausstech- und Ausnähbilder: Leichte Froebel'sche Handarbeit für Kinder von 3 bis 5 Jahren No. 311/2 Piquage de broderie sur carton, Travaux faciles pour des enfants de 3-5 ans après system Froebel

[kindergarten material, Froebel Gifts]
Detroit Merchants Tailors Traveling Salesman's Briefcase with samples and forms

Detroit Merchants Tailors Traveling Salesman's Briefcase with samples and forms

Haec City / Also Books
1920s Kyoritsu Women's Vocational School Sewing Textbook

1920s Kyoritsu Women's Vocational School Sewing Textbook

[sewing ephemera, vocational training]
Dick's Book of Alphabets Plain and Ornamental: Containing Elegant Ancient And Modern Designs For Plain And Fanciful Alphabets, Numerals And Illuminated Initial Letters For The Use Of Architects, Decorators, Designers, Draughtsmen &c

Dick's Book of Alphabets Plain and Ornamental: Containing Elegant Ancient And Modern Designs For Plain And Fanciful Alphabets, Numerals And Illuminated Initial Letters For The Use Of Architects, Decorators, Designers, Draughtsmen &c

[lettering, alphabets]
A Swim for Life: the true story of one of the author's experiences

A Swim for Life: the true story of one of the author's experiences

Myrick, Herbert ("Uncle Ted")
The Possible You

The Possible You

Espey, Clara Ewing
Color and Design in the Decorative Arts

Color and Design in the Decorative Arts

Burris-Meyer, Elizabeth
Fruit Sewing Cards (in original box)

Fruit Sewing Cards (in original box)

Milton Bradley Co.
Wind-up ABC picture alphabet in a barrel

Wind-up ABC picture alphabet in a barrel

[educational toy]
Sample book of handmade lace appliqué and trim / cahier de dentelles.

Sample book of handmade lace appliqué and trim / cahier de dentelles.

[sewing ephemera]
Les encolures (examples of neckline hems from French sewing course)

Les encolures (examples of neckline hems from French sewing course)

[sewing ephemera, textiles, student work]
Herbier / 1909 Herbarium with Pressed Flowers and Seaweed Specimens

Herbier / 1909 Herbarium with Pressed Flowers and Seaweed Specimens

[herbarium, botanical ephemera]
Central Lithograph Co. Specimen book of printed papers

Central Lithograph Co. Specimen book of printed papers

[ephemera]
Eckels Anatomical Aid, with original chart drawings (Heirloom anatomy guides from a family of undertakers)

Eckels Anatomical Aid, with original chart drawings (Heirloom anatomy guides from a family of undertakers)

Eckels, H. S. [Howard Samuel]
Manual of the Mental Examination of Aliens 1918

Manual of the Mental Examination of Aliens 1918

Treasury Department, United States Public Health Service [psychological testing] [Howard Andrew Knox, Augustus F. Sherman]
A Manual of Useful Studies for the Instruction of Young Persons of Both Sexes, in Families and Schools

A Manual of Useful Studies for the Instruction of Young Persons of Both Sexes, in Families and Schools

Webster, Noah
Ames' Alphabets : adapted to the use of architects, engravers, engineers, artists, sign painters, draughtsmen, &c.

Ames' Alphabets : adapted to the use of architects, engravers, engineers, artists, sign painters, draughtsmen, &c.

Ames, Daniel T.
The Railway Transition Spiral

The Railway Transition Spiral

[blueprints, ephemera]