Ephemera from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

"John R(ebel) Peacock, Unpardoned, Unrepentant, Unreconstructed. High Point North Carolina, Confederate States of America." 
High Point, North Carolina, September 13, 1954. Typed letter signed on illustrated letterhead. Quarto (11" x 8.5"), single sheet, verso blank, with the original mailing envelope. Folded twice horizontally, slight edge wear & soiling, otherwise very good. The envelope is soiled & a bit tattered but still good. Mr.… Read more about this item

No place [Philadelphia ?]: published by the library, engraved by S. Allardice, no date [1795 - 1803]. Letterpress bookplate measuring approximately 3.75 inches by 2.75 inches, the text, with flourish below, within an oval ornamental border, signed in print at the lower right by the engraver. No evidence of removal, left & bottom edges untrimmed, toned, foxed, otherwise good. The Library Company… Read more about this item

Knoxville, Tennessee, 1924 - 1925 & later. Scrapbook/ photo album compiled by Christine Wilson, a High School student. Cord-bound album, oblong quarto bound in limp patterned suede {?} lettered in gilt on the upper cover. The album contains 10 partially printed pages completed in manuscript providing a title page followed by "Friends O' Mine" in which 47 friends record names,… Read more about this item

[New York]: Earl Carroll, undated, circa 1930's. Seven half tone color cards from photographs on thick card stock measuring approximately 5 & 5/16 inches by 3 & 3/8 inches. Five of the cards read "Earl Carroll's Vanities, Made in the U.S.A," two read "Made in the U.S.A" only. Toned mostly on the versos, couple of small scuffs on the backs of… Read more about this item

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: "No. 1, Manufactured by Mrs. R.H. Moody," no date, ca. 1900. Easel format card stock printed in blue ink measuring approximately 5.5 inches by 3 inches with an applied die-cut depicting a flirtatious couple, the woman in applied fabric gown. Moderately soiled & foxed, brief edge wear, otherwise Very Good. Quite charming & more reliable that the… Read more about this item

New York: New York Biscuit Company, no date (ca. 1890's). Group of five embossed, die-cut lace labels printed on different colored thin paper each measuring approximately 3.5 inches by 6.25 inches. Lightly toned & soiled mostly evident on the versos, tiny loss & a couple of nicks on one, otherwise very good. Superbly crafted & quite beautiful, these were intended for use… Read more about this item

[London]: Raphael Tuck, [1894]. Die cut, thick card stock. [London]: Raphael Tuck, no. 1212 [1894]. Die-cut six piece calendar printed on thick card stock presenting the months of the year two to a panel, each panel measuring approximately 2.5 inches by 5 inches, with pastoral illustrations in color & bible quotes. The panels were originally attached by ribbon, now… Read more about this item

[London]: Marcus Ward & Company, no date (circa 1890). Original tinted lithograph printed on thick card stock measuring 4.75 inches by 5.75 inches. "For Emma" in old ink on the verso. Slightly toned & soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise Near Fine. A very cool card depicting, presumably, a fat cat banker bull peering through spectacles at a duck carrying a sign reading… Read more about this item