Paper with a Secret
Not everything is what it appears to be at first glance...
Jigsaw Puzzle, Farm Life, Childhood Ephemera, Wooden Puzzle
N. Carpenter, c1850s. An 8 1/2" x 12" litho on wood jigsaw puzzle titled "The Life of a Farmer. The...
Price: $650.00
Movable book, children at play, anthropomorphism
Amsterdam: Mulder & Zoon, 1955. Illustrated paper cover with fold-out die-cut boat attached to the inside of the back cover...
Price: $150.00
Die-cut Transformation, Advertising and Promotion, Pretty women influencer
Worcester, MA: 1880s. A 6 1/4" x 3 1/2" single-fold transformation advertising card. It depicts a women with a flowing...
Price: $150.00
Children of the World, International Friendship, European Heritage
United States. Dorothy K. Weeblow, 1951. A charming interactive children's book emphasizing international friendship and cultural heritage. The story revolves...
Price: $125.00
Zoo Animals, Interactive
New York, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941. A very charming interactive children's book starring Mr. Luke, a harried...
Price: $125.00
Dorothy N. Knight, interactive
United States: Dorothy K. Werblow, 1951. Take the Children is an unique, interactive story, that involves the reader in a....
Price: $75.00
Akron: Saalfield, 1930. An 11" x 12" die-cut polka-dot cat wheeled toy with grommeted wheels. NO. 946 Illustrated by Fern...
Price: $75.00
Little Tom Thumb, Children's Puzzles, H. Jannin, French, Childhood Ephemera
Paris: H. Camus, c. 1870. This six piece wooden puzzle with applied depicts a critical scene in the life of...
Price: $175.00
die-cut animals, movable paper animals
New York: Animated Book Company, 1944. Diarama-style children’s book w Eight (8) die-cut movable animals A 9” x 11 ½”...
Price: $275.00
mechanical, diorama
New York: Animated Book Company, 1944. Diorama-style children’s book with ten (10) die-cut movable animals A 11 1/2" x 9'...
Price: $125.00
Picture Book, Whimsy
New York: Stokes, 1898. Unnumbered. Cloth backed pictorial boardsPrinted on rectos (one side of the paper), whimsical rhymes and imagery...
Price: $225.00
Overlay, Metamorphosis, Made by Hand, Social History, Women's History
1805. A 3.5" x 3" watercolor bust of a women gazing slightly to the right on 6" x 5 1/4"...
Price: $3,200.00
Ron Henry, Jean Henry, Jean and Ron Henry, Pop-up, Tales...
Great Britain: Flame Tree Publishing, 2007. The gorgeously illustrated pop-up panorama truly brings the characters and scenery to life. It...
Price: $55.00
Dolls
New York: Capitol Publishing, 1946. A 13 page accordion or concertina book, with color litho illustrations printed on to cardboard...
Price: $45.00
friendship albums, rebus
Rahway, NJ: 1874. A friendship album, aptly titled "Album of Friendship", belonging to a woman by the name of Jennie...
Price: $130.00
pop-up, space fantasy, space travel, movable book, vovelle
USA: Personal History Agency, inc., 1952. 4to. Unpaginated. A die-cut Terry is grommeted to front cover allowing him to tumble...
Price: $55.00
Works by Children, Gender Roles
Dedham, MA: 1887. A collection of 46 drawings, two (2) 3" sketch books and a movable paper slide card that...
Price: $800.00
Early Learning
T. Colmor, c.1950. Self-described as "An Introduction to Puzzles for the Very Young!", "On Time" consists of five illustrated die-cut...
Price: $125.00
Creche, Nativity, Pop-up
Esslingen bei Stuttgart: J. F. Schreiber, 1888. A vibrant triptych of three (3) pop-up scenes including the three Wisemen, passersby...
Price: $950.00
Paper Doll, Jointed Dolls, Articulated, Movable, Social History
Akron OH: Saalfield No. 1074, 1934. A rather unusual uncut book with an affluent family of six, plus a nurse...
Price: $300.00
Civil War, Optical Illusions, Riddles
United States: c1860s. A curious optical illusion puzzle in two parts: on the recto, a warped image; on the verso...
Price: $125.00
animals, sliced animals, sliced book
New York, NY: Robert O Ballou, 1932. A sliced transformation book featuring ten (10) different animals, with each animal sliced...
Price: $150.00
North Pole, Concertina
New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1914. Litho on board concertina or accordion book. The front side has sixteen illustrations...
Price: $350.00