Lot 34: Shaker Ephemera

Estimate: $1,000 – $2,000

Collection of six piecesof ephemera: Booklet “The Lebanon Shakers 1780-1929: An Unfamiliar Chapter in American History and A Possible Future Development”, 5 pgs, 8″ x 6″; “The Shaker Vegetable Remedy…Price 30 Cents Per Package. Prepared by the Society of Shakers…D. C. Brainard, Mount Lebanon, Col. Co., N.Y.”, 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ (THIS REMEDY CARD HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THIS LOT); “Table Monitor.”, “Gather Up the Fragments That Remain, That Nothing Be Lost.”, 9″ x 7″; “A Letter of Information to Persons Desirous of Becoming Members of the Order of Shakers.” on one side, and “Works on the Shakers, or United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing” on the other, 6 9/16″ x 4″, along with “The Shaker.”, 6 9/16″ x 3 7/8″, both “Progressive Library and Spiritual Institution, Southampton Row, London”; Booklet “Translated.” by Elder Giles B. Avery, Mount Lebanon, N.Y. 1890, account of funeral service at Watervliet, NY, Dec. 30, 1890, 34 pgs, 9 1/8″ x 5 7/8″; “Advent of the Christ in Man and Woman.”, by Henry G. Blinn, published in E. Canterbury, N.H., Aug. 1896, 16 pgs including the back, 9 1/8″ x 5 3/4″; all feature minor toning, some instances of foxing and minor soiling, and soft corners.