Poetry/Verse (251) from Eclectibles

[1880s]. Edge chip upper left margin. Glue residue on reverse. . A Victorian chromolithographed interpretation of the nursery verse "Monday's Child... Includes seven (7) vignettes with a young girl depicting each day of the verse concluding with Sunday's child at center "But the child that is born on the Sabba'day is wise & bonny & good… Read more about this item

[Michigan], c.1863. Fine; some light browning.. A Civil War-era song sheet composed from the point of view of an amputee by V. W. Bruce, Co. A., 17th Michigan Infantry. Sung to tune of "By cool Siloam's shady rill", the lyrics lament the loss of a foot "which proudly tread / The soil of Tennessee" and served its owner… Read more about this item

friendship album, poetry, women's history, motherhood, infant death A friendship album belonging to Mary Ann Pratt (1813- c.1880) who lived in Livonia, NY, dating from 1829-1835. The majority of the album entries are from 1830-1832 and appear to be from her local friends from the surrounding towns of Mt. Morris, and Dansville, NY, though there are a few entries… Read more about this item

Georgetown, MA, 1885-1889. Front cover detached. Back strip missing. Back cover mostly detached. Damage to binding. . A diary of a young woman from Georgetown, MA, named Charlotte Osgood. Her family were prominent in local society. Covering four years, the journal starts with almost daily entries. As the years progress, the entries diminish in frequency, but are… Read more about this item

Salem MA: Parker Brothers, 1890. Surface and edge wear on box from handling. A 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 3/4" lidded press board box with applied litho and paper label. The label depicts numerous books in a large bowl. The bowl is atop another book titled A Game. Content includes 35 playing card size… Read more about this item

London.: Rock & Co., c1840. A 2 3/4" x 3 3/4" letter sheet with intricate embossed border design. Lithograph of the music and first two verses for "The Kiss, Dear Maid!" Music by Beethoven. Verse by Lord Byron. Reverse is blank. Rock & Co. London embossed at base.Presumably a love token.