Childhood Ephemera & Books
Hunting Games, Victorian Play
New York, New York: Clark & Sowdon, c.1895. Part of the "Tokalon Series" by Victorian game producer Clark & Sowdon, "Hunting the Rabbit" is a racing-style board game for four players (two rabbits, a hunter, and a dog). The goal is to complete a circuit of the game board first.....
Price: $300.00
poem, original poetry, verse
[1840]. An original poem by an unknown female poet entitled, "I Never Dance". The poem is about a spirit seen at night. This poem has a chorus which repeats after every new stanza, but only on the first page of the poem. On the second page, the chorus is not.....
Price: $75.00
poem, short story, childhood, behavior
New York, NY: Mahlon Day & Co., 1844. The chap book tells the short story of the sisters Mary and Ellen, the later of which is an ill-natured girl. When their mother brings home presents to the sisters as rewards for their good behavior, Ellen feels so guilty she eventually.....
Price: $85.00
Mendelssohn Quintette Club, Music and Concerts, History of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts: 1872. Illustrated concert program for a concert given by the Mendelssohn Quintette Club, featuring Mrs. J.W. Weston as vocalist. The Boston-based Mendelssohn Quintette Club was one of the most widely celebrated touring chamber ensembles in the country. German music (including Mendelssohn's, of course) was immensely popular throughout the.....
Price: $150.00
History of the Flute,Woodwind Instruments,Music
New York, New York: A.G. Badger, 1853. An illustrated history of the flute, with a description and celebration of the new Bœhm Flute developed and patented by Bavarian court musician and inventor Theobald Bœhm (1794-1881) in 1847. The Bœhm fingering system formed the foundation of the modern flute. Published by.....
Price: $375.00
Opera, Vocal Music, Programs, Performing arts, Performances, Hotels and Resorts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, 1907. Illustrated program for a vocal concert given at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia by Elsie Baker Linn (Alto) and Edward Shippen Van Leer (Tenor), accompanied by Clarence K. Bawden at the piano. Composers performed include Quintan, Beach, Campana, Sullivan, and a folk song. Measures.....
Price: $60.00
Liquor and Liqueurs,French,Luxury Products and Advertising
Paris, France: Maison Rocher Frères, c.1900. An attractive chromolithographed folding trade card for the French liquor and liqueur distributors Rocher Frères. Lists prices per liter and half liter, with illustrations of twenty-four of the bottles. Promotes the brands as being the most lauded in the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Note.....
Price: $125.00
book mock up, animals
Bremen, Germany: Paul Meyer, n.d. ca. 1942. illustrated applied cover, Image mock-up for book. Heavy card stock pages with illustrated color papers attached, each picture is of an animal and some pages are a collage of the habitat. 7 3/4" x 8 1/2" paper on cover has tears in corner.
Price: $60.00
Advertising and promotion, parable, grain, agriculture, Arabian nights
Amsterdam, Holland: Agricultural and Scientific Bureau, N. V. Potash Export MY. [1900]. The Three Brothers is a parable that tells the story of three brothers, Phosphorus, Potash and Nitrogen, who one by one arrive at the city of Kalif and try to end its famine. Eventually the realize they must.....
Price: $85.00
Women's Work, Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, Gender Roles
[1860]. The 6.75" paper doll is printed on polished paper applied to card stock. Her occupation is yarn winding. Each of her costumes, sit atop the paper doll and demonstrate a different female occupation of the day. Definitely all considered women's work for the aristocratic set. The occupations include tatting.....
Price: $2,350.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Infant Care,Parenting Education,Child Growth and Psychology,Public Health
United States and Canada: 1951-1965. A collection of twelve (12) items relating to infant care and parenting education, published in the United States and Canada between 1951 and c.1965. Published by both public health departments and infant food manufacturers to market their products, these guides aim to educate parents in.....
Price: $1,200.00
Photography] [cinematography] [motion pictures] [trade magazines
California: 1930-1937. A collection of 86 International Photographer trade magazines which focus on technical journal articles, professional design, and photographic classified advertisements and imagery. Published monthly starting with issue 1 in February and geared toward still photography, cinematography, and motion pictures. Collection consists of (listed by year): · 1930 (11.....
Price: $1,000.00
Invitation, German Social Club, Heppenheimer & Mauer
New York City: Heppenheimer & Mauer, 1883. A 4 3/4" x 7 1/2" invitation to a German Social Club masked ball held at Teutonia Assembly Rooms in New York City. Held on February 12, 1883 (Lincoln's Birthday). Fine printing and elaborate scene of elegant woman accepting a gentleman's arm. Reverse.....
Price: $95.00
Fraternal Organization, Social History, Mardi Gras
Kansas City: Lisk's Print, February 16, 1885. A group of ephemera from the first annual ball for the Kansas City Flambeau Club. It includes an invitation with a "flambeau" or torch image at center, a lavender color ticket and a single fold dance card with an illustration of a scroll.....
Price: $200.00
Robinson Crusoe
New York, New York: William Wood & Co., c.1865. A charming story of four young children who pretend they are in the book Robinson Crusoe while their parents are away. A charming book about family, pretend play, and the enduring appeal of Robinson Crusoe to children across generations. Early ink.....
Price: $50.00
Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, Advertising to Children, Premium,
New York, NY: J. & P. Coats, c1895. Includes 5 die-cut paper dolls, 3 with matching costumes and hats. Two additional costumes from the set of 10. Advertising on reverse of all. Original envelope presented by the merchant; marked Series No. 3. Each holds and object. Although designed as individual.....
Price: $115.00
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
American Tract Society,Chap books,Moralistic Tales for Children
New York, New York: American Tract Society, c.1860. An instructive and moralistic tale published by the American Tract Society for young children. 16mo (4.25" by 3"), pp. 16, illus., original illus. wrps. Approx. 5 copies on WorldCat (Jan. 2024).
Price: $35.00
drawings, song bird, doodles, cartoons
1924-1925. A album featuring a series of drawings depicting the characters Cho and Patricia, a song bird and pig respectively. A collection of series of pictures telling the story of their unusual friendship. They include Cho going to church; a series of misadventures, building a brick wall, moving to a......
Price: $550.00
virtuousness, morals
New York: Merriam, Moore, & Co, n.d. 12 pp. Printed soft cover, illustrations. A pair of books both John White and his Lottery ticket. One has hand sewn binding and repair with hand colored illustration on cover. The other has most of the cover missing but has a unique cloth.....
Price: $40.00
johnny crow, anthropomorphic bird,
London: Frederick Ware and Co., 1949. Reprint. Unpaginated hard cover with paste down illustration. Color frontispiece and full page illustrations periodically throughout the book. Each page with black and white line drawings. Two small spots of faint discoloration on dust jacket. See image.
Price: $20.00
ABC, Anthropomorphism
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1890. 12 pp. Illustrated wraps with an illustration on the cover of a circus clown dancing with a bear. 6 pp. black and white text pages with alphabet listings of animals with illustrations and relevant rhyming verses. Also includes 6 pp. of full color collages of.....
Price: $150.00
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