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The Haec City guide to last-minute gifts for designers.

Because 19th-century typography and vintage printing kits beat coffee table books any day. Plus: textile work, alphabet-based amusements, incidental art books, photography, plates, &c.

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PERSPECTOGRAPH (Milton Bradley perspective drawing apparatus)

PERSPECTOGRAPH (Milton Bradley perspective drawing apparatus)

Brownjohn, Earl [Brown John]
1871 Draughtsman's Alphabets. A Series of Plain and Ornamental Alphabets Designed especially for Engineers, Architects, Draughtsmen, Engraves, Painters &c.

1871 Draughtsman's Alphabets. A Series of Plain and Ornamental Alphabets Designed especially for Engineers, Architects, Draughtsmen, Engraves, Painters &c.

Esser, Hermann
Scientific Billiards. Garnier's Practice Shots, with hints to Amateurs

Scientific Billiards. Garnier's Practice Shots, with hints to Amateurs

Garnier, Albert
Alphabet & Kindergarten Building Blocks

Alphabet & Kindergarten Building Blocks

[educational toys, alphabet blocks]
Bradley's Kindergarten Material No. 5 & 6, Fifth and Sixth Gifts (complete!)

Bradley's Kindergarten Material No. 5 & 6, Fifth and Sixth Gifts (complete!)

Milton Bradley Kindergarten Material [teaching aids, educational ephemera]
Conette: A Game of Skill (Milton Bradley #4044)

Conette: A Game of Skill (Milton Bradley #4044)

Milton Bradley [games]
Buchstaben-Setzkasten für Leseübungen von Lehrer Josef Weber

Buchstaben-Setzkasten für Leseübungen von Lehrer Josef Weber

Weber, Josef [alphabet, spelling games]
Parquetry Design Blocks Enlarged (Milton Bradley Co. #8439)

Parquetry Design Blocks Enlarged (Milton Bradley Co. #8439)

Milton Bradley Co. Milton Bradley [teaching aids, educational ephemera]
Broyhill Premier Living House 1965 "Plan-It Kit"

Broyhill Premier Living House 1965 "Plan-It Kit"

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“A Show At" Sho' Cards: Comprehensive, Complete, Concise

“A Show At" Sho' Cards: Comprehensive, Complete, Concise

Atkinson, F.H. (Frank) and G. W. Atkinson
Alphabets: Ancient and Modern [124 Types of Lettering] A Manual for Artists, Architects, Advertising Men, Letterers, Sign-Painters and Students of the Fine Arts

Alphabets: Ancient and Modern [124 Types of Lettering] A Manual for Artists, Architects, Advertising Men, Letterers, Sign-Painters and Students of the Fine Arts

Russell, J. B.
Sylvania Light Bulbs retail display sign

Sylvania Light Bulbs retail display sign

[trade sign, retail, advertising]
Personal photograph album and scrapbook of 1950s bodybuilder Alex Pilin

Personal photograph album and scrapbook of 1950s bodybuilder Alex Pilin

[vernacular photography, physique photos, physical culture, bodybuilding]
Hand painted gold leaf fireworks label (China c.1900)

Hand painted gold leaf fireworks label (China c.1900)

[images, ephemera]
Reprise Perdue (mending examples from French sewing course)

Reprise Perdue (mending examples from French sewing course)

[sewing ephemera, textiles, student work]
What and How: A Systemized Course of Hand Work for Primary Grades, for Rural Schools, for the Home

What and How: A Systemized Course of Hand Work for Primary Grades, for Rural Schools, for the Home

Henderson, Anna W.; H. O. Palen
Agent's Sample Book of calling cards (visiting, compliments cards) from Stevens Bro's. Northford, Conn.

Agent's Sample Book of calling cards (visiting, compliments cards) from Stevens Bro's. Northford, Conn.

[ephemera, specimen book]
Specimen Book of Gilt Embossed Labels for Hats and Leather Goods

Specimen Book of Gilt Embossed Labels for Hats and Leather Goods

[specimen book]
Litany of sewing and needlework skills, 1901

Litany of sewing and needlework skills, 1901

[sewing ephemera]