Paper with a Secret
Not everything is what it appears to be at first glance...
friendship album, quote, quotes, poetry, poems, verse, drawing, sketches, pencil, ink, code,
1907-1912. A friendship album of Marie Campbell consisting of mostly originally poems, a few illustrations, and coded phrases, the majority of which are signed and dated. The album starts in 1907 when Marie departed St. Francis Xavier School and the first half of the album are full of notes from.....
Price: $110.00
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Pop-up Book, Juvenile, Anthropomorphism
Chicago: Pleasure Books, Inc., 1934. Illustrated boards. Unpaginated. Frontispiece and in-text black and white illustrations throughout. Three (3) double page pop-ups in fine condition. Measures 9" x 8". Light edgewear covers.
Price: $150.00
Friendship Album, Triangular Album, Hidden Messages, Paper with a Secret
Nov. 30, 1911. A 22 leaf hand constructed book with stock covers created in a triangular shape by folding the corners inward. Scraps of turkeys on the front cover. When the corners are a hidden message is revealed. Each sentiment was written by a different friend. Some appear to be.....
Price: $175.00
Made by Hand, Transformation, Paper Dolls, Overlay, Ethnicity, Metamorphosis
[1860s]. A 3 1/8" somewhat naive watercolor paper doll drawn and cut from pith paper and applied to a plain paper backing. Also includes eight (8) different costumes of various nationalities including Old English, Bohemian, Polish, Circassian, Russian, Italian, Chinese and Prussian. Each in traditional attire with head ware. Each.....
Price: $750.00
Made by Hand, Love and Friendship, Paper with a Secret
[1880]. A 2.25" x 2.25" hand made "cobweb" or "beehive", an applied scrap of a cherub holding a bird anchoring the fringed pull and adorning the sliced paper cover. When lifted it exposes two women who are obviously friends; one is doing needlework. Reverse is blank. Token of love or.....
Price: $225.00
Paper Plaything, Pretend Play, Paper with a Secret, Social History, Gender Roles
New York: Henry Heininger Co., 1919. A set of four die-cut wraparound paper dolls with movable arms and eyes. They are the Happy Family - Mr. Al Ways Happy, Mrs. Eve R. Happy, Miss Vera Happy and Little O. So Happy. Each with a rhyming verse beneath their name encouraging.....
Price: $300.00
magazine, illustrations, short stories,
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1887. 844pp. Green cloth board, stamped in red and black with gilt accents. Volume 3 starts at November 2, 1886 with No. 366 and ends with No. 417 on October 25, 1887. Harper's Young People was a weekly magazine: each issue was 16 pages.....
Price: $135.00
Farming, Chromolithography, Volvelle
Galva, Illinois: c.1900. Chromolithographed volvelle advertising farming equipment manufactured by Hayes Pump & Planter Co. Comprised of two cards, the top card features an image of a father and daughter looking out onto serene farmland. Through a small die-cut window, the bottom card can be viewed, with each turn of.....
Price: $125.00
Puzzle Purse, Parlor Game, Amusement
[1860]. A 3" x 3 1/2" folded paper "puzzle purse" of sorts. in that the pages must be folded correctly to return it to its original form which is only the first part of the puzzle. Sawtooth painted boarder decoration on coated stock covers with applied gold scrap. Includes five.....
Price: $750.00
Moveables and Accordion-Style Pop-Ups
Germany: 1880s. A most charming German greeting card with a clever mechanism: when the embossed die-cut scrap is pulled down, the red tissue paper flower unfolds and reveals itself along with a hidden message wishing the reader happiness. The scrap depicts a rosy floral arrangement sitting atop a birch wood.....
Price: $100.00
Scroll Puzzle, McLoughlin, Childhood Ephemera, Chromolithography
New York, NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1897. No. 540. A 10" x 8" chromolithograph on heavy cardboard depicting an crying toddler seated on a wall holding an apple. There are 14 interlocked edge pieces and six (6) square pieces at center. Reverse is blank. The 9 1/4" x 7 1/4" paper.....
Price: $325.00
Jacob's Ladder, Movable Toy, Napoleon
c1850s. A four-part hand colored litho on board with white laces and a wooden handle. When twisted the scene changes and Napoleon changes his costumes.
Price: $900.00
Tongue-in-Cheek Advertising,Men's Fashion, Paper with a Secret
Paris, France: Chapeau Henry, 1890s. A tongue-in-cheek 1890s advertising card for a Parisian hat maker, showing a balding man on front and the same man inside, but with a stylish hat to cover up his thinning hair. The secret, he says, is Henry, his hat maker. Has pricing and the.....
Price: $100.00
The Jolly Jig-Saw Book, jig-saw puzzles, story rhymes, No Dogs Allowed, The Good Ship “Cheese-Straw”, Piggy and the Pantry, The Monkey’s Puzzle and Mouse Mountaineers
The Jolly Jig-Saw Book, Packed with Jig-saw Puzzles and Story-rhymes. John Leng & Co., London. 1939. A hardback book that includes five (5) different rhyming verses with a relevant actual jig-saw puzzles as part of the book. Each has a small black and white illustration of the completed puzzle, that.....
Price: $425.00
Advertising to Children, Anthropomorphism, Metamorphosis
Battle Creek, Mich. Kellogg Company, 1932. The book features six (6) pages of sliced animals in 6 pieces to provide numerous, hilarious combinations of heads, bodies and feet when flipped about. There are also little verses that pair with the illustrations that give some context, which also happen to mention.....
Price: $45.00
Volvelle, Wheel, Celluloid, Mathematics, Music
Allentown PA: Lightning Arranger, 1931. An oblong 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" celluloid device with two (2) side by side wheels, with a eight (8) window openings on each side. One side is designed to find dominant and sub-dominant chords by setting both wheels to key. It includes Seventh Chords.....
Price: $145.00
Multiplication, Paper Slide, Early Learning
Chicago: The Simplicity Co., 1908. A 3 1/4" x 6" card folder with an image of a schoolmaster pointing at 13x13=? on the black board with 3 perplexed and 1 "bright" child ready with the answer. He holds the Lightning Multiplier in his hand. The right end of the card.....
Price: $175.00
Pop-up Book, Jumbo,
New York: McLoughlin Bros. A single-fold pop-up book with applied litho depicting a family of giraffes grazing in nature. When opened the two-tier pop-up reveals jumbo rearing with a parrot swinging on a perch. The startled countryman waives his umbrella at the elephant. The printed verse on the base page.....
Price: $450.00
Transformation, US Presidents, Childhood Ephemera
8.13: c1900. Housed in a 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" illustrated envelope with an image of George Washington at left. It is Series 5. Millard Filmore, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan. Directions indicate using a light pencil to rub over the page and the picture of a present and his.....
Price: $85.00
Pop-Ups and Moveable Cards,Birthday Greetings
England: c.1879. A charming pop-up/moveable birthday greeting card depicting a large bouquet of flowers. The message inside reveals itself when the viewer pulls gently on the bottom of the vase. It begins, "Awake! awake! it is the day you first beheld the sun..." Inscribed in pencil to verso, "Elizette Dec.....
Price: $100.00
Marionette, Articulated Paper Doll, Movable Toy, Paper Playthings, Childhood Ephemera
London, Printed in Bavaria: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. A 12" x 8" embossed die-cut marionette of articulated paper doll comprised of three parts. The doll is wearing the traditional red riding hood. At first view her arms are tucked behind her cape. When the green string on the reverse.....
Price: $200.00
pig, movable, world's fair, chicago world's fair,
Chicago: Wig-L-Rol, 1934. A fun piece of souvenir created for the 1934 Chicago World's Fair by the company Wig-L-Rol. This item depicts a smiling pig, wiggly on top of a barrel. The item is made of cardboard with a window cut out in the center. If one holds it up.....
Price: $125.00
Chromolithography, Undergarments
France: c.1890. A cheeky April Fools Day card die-cut to resemble a skirt that, when opened, reveals a fold-out pop-up of a woman in her undergarments. The printed message inside reads (loosely translated): "First of April. When you take off your petticoat, I already find you pretty; but take off.....
Price: $125.00
Playing cards, Whist, Movable Paper, De La Rue
London: De La Rue, c1850. An interesting take on the whist counter. Consists of four (4) die-cut pieces. Two back to back slides of diamonds and spades with two octagonal pieces that also move to mark the specific card. Each piece slides independently. Each slide marked De Le Rue &.....
Price: $325.00