Album of Friendship, Friendship Album of Jennie, New Jersey
by Jennie
- Used
- Condition
- wear on cover, some foxing throughout
- Seller
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Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Rahway, NJ, 1874. wear on cover, some foxing throughout. A friendship album, aptly titled "Album of Friendship", belonging to a woman by the name of Jennie. Her last name is never mentioned. The album is mostly blank, but the entries date from 1874, and when a location is noted, it is Rahway, NJ. One of the entries of note is a poem about "six sisters fair". The title of the poem are the six names: Dora, Jennie, Lillie, Eva, Pauline, and Gertie. The six names surround another word, "Freddie", and within the poem is the line "I have seen six sisters fair, Oh, that I were but a Freddie, In such sisterly love to share." Based on this line, it is possible that Jennie's last name is Frederick, but that is a hypothesis. Another unique entry is a short rebus, which is not deciphered. Please see the photographs. Below are a few excerpts from the entries:
"Jennie, on they album's page
Yet hath fallen no darkning [sic] stain
Type of thine own guileless age,
May that guileless age remain!"
- Juus Amicus [Jus Amicus is latin for 'The Right Friend'], January, 1st, 1874. The poem is originally by Re. J. H. Clinch, and is from a 1842 Ladies Companion
"This is the second rhyme today,
Both very poor in there way:
The sooner I stop, the better it will be
For your autographical company"
- S. R. Ryno, Rahway, NJ, July 22, 1874
Blue gilt blind stamped cover. Frontispiece, 3 plates. Gilt edge pages. Measures 8 1/4" x 7"
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"Jennie, on they album's page
Yet hath fallen no darkning [sic] stain
Type of thine own guileless age,
May that guileless age remain!"
- Juus Amicus [Jus Amicus is latin for 'The Right Friend'], January, 1st, 1874. The poem is originally by Re. J. H. Clinch, and is from a 1842 Ladies Companion
"This is the second rhyme today,
Both very poor in there way:
The sooner I stop, the better it will be
For your autographical company"
- S. R. Ryno, Rahway, NJ, July 22, 1874
Blue gilt blind stamped cover. Frontispiece, 3 plates. Gilt edge pages. Measures 8 1/4" x 7"
To view this item, please click on the following link:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/5sDx1eaqYhcprEoQ9.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eclectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2600028
- Title
- Album of Friendship, Friendship Album of Jennie, New Jersey
- Author
- Jennie
- Book Condition
- Used - wear on cover, some foxing throughout
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Rahway, NJ
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- friendship albums, rebus
- Bookseller catalogs
- Albums & Journals;
Terms of Sale
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All material is shipped subject to approval, but notification of return must be made in a timely manner and returns made in a prompt and conscientious fashion.
About the Seller
Eclectibles
Biblio member since 2014
Tolland, Connecticut
About Eclectibles
As our name implies we provide diverse offerings of ephemera and related items. Some areas of note are childhood ephemera and books, social history and women's history, visual culture, advertising in America, historical memorabilia, made by hand, transformation material and the study of childhood. As a member of the Appraisers Association of America, I also provide appraisal services in our areas of expertise with a focus on large collections.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...