[Marcus Ward, Irish Publishers and Stationers; Customs Documents; Philadelphia] Detailed Invoice re. Exported Goods to the USA, incl. Walter Crane item. With official import douments.

Four items, part manuscript, glued together at top corner, as follows: a. Signed Statement by Hampton & Larzelere, Custom House Brokers, 402 Library Street,Philadelphia, verifying the Invoice, one page, 8vo; b. Invoice, detailed and heavy with official stamps and signatures (all parties). one page 4to. See Image; c. Oath and Declaration by the owner and Manufacturer, and by Joshua Nunn, Deoutyt-Consul-General of the United States of America, for Great Britain and Ireland at London, one page, 4to (with embossed USA stamp); One minor contents page, 4to. Mainly scrap boosk listed but also Reward Packets and Walter Crane's Mrs Mundi at Home (25 copies). Note: a. Walter Crane's brother, Thomas, was Art Director at Marcus Ward; b. In the 1860s Marcus Ward & Co began mass-producing calendars and greeting cards. Initially they printed cards for other publishers such as Charles Goodall & Son and Charles Bennett. By the late 1860s they began printing greeting cards under their own name. This venture turned out to be very successful, the company engaging Thomas Crane as artistic director and talented artists such as Kate Greenaway and Walter Crane as illustrators. In the early years of card production they marked the reverse with their trademark. In later years the company name was printed on the front side of their greeting cards. [Wikipedia].