Hints and Helps to Health and Happiness | 1851 | Joel H. Ross, MDCharming, mid 19th century medical book consisting of household advice, solutions to common problems and small emergencies, and guidelines for healthy daily habits. The index is in the front rather than the back and the range of topics is kind of funny Heartburn precedes Hypocrisy, Smallpox and Gout are alongside Grave, a short road to and Confidence, too much. The doctor who wrote it is full of personality very opinionated! Not a dry book at all I

Vassar College’s Special Collections library holds a complete run of Kennerley’s imprint & was helpful in determining a date: They state there were at least 2 editions of this title published in 1908

or a chic place to hide your remotes on your coffee table

one with her hand toying with another’s necklace

Single 1930s pink satin garter

hand colored Victorian print of a coquettish young woman with a feather fan presented in an oval frame with floral embellishments from the same era

These little antique pearl shell cases

Some very minor

both beautifully hand painted with pretty pink cherry blossoms

This box would also make a gorgeous platform for a display

Early 20th century antique solar enlargements of earlier antique photos- daguerreotypes or ambrotypes from the 1850s-1860s

and everlasting life in heaven

“Keep heaven in your eye