circa 1886 - "New York, Sept. 5/86."  (1886 date from the top of the "letter" on book)  
  
Stop Gauge Eagle Automatic Pencil / Pat. May 20.79 / July 7, 1885 - - Mechanical Pencil
"Eagle Copying Leads - Pat. May 29, 1879." (after the May 20, 1879 pencil patent date) / Automatic Pencils  

Lots of flaws, especially seen on blank reverse side, wear and tear, bad corner, archival tape, thinning, etc. 

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Condition:     - Assume every card has evidence of aging, flaws and wear.  My cards are old... NO reproductions!
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All of the Dave Cheadle Card Store cards are Authentic Antiques = 100% Guaranteed Original   
After 50 years of collecting, I'm thinning my archives of thousands and thousands of pre-1900 cards.   

My inventory includes items ranging from common and affordable
to one-of-a-kind rarities that I have used to illustrate   
my over 150 articles that I have published, along with numerous books I've published, including   

My  ... now out-of-print 1996 classic book that helped establish the name for the ebay category and  
          helped define the hobby of Victorian Trade Card collecting:   

VICTORIAN TRADE CARDS   
     HISTORICAL REFERENCE & VALUE GUIDE,   
                                                                                 by  Dave Cheadle.   

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As a life-long collector and social historian, and   
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