Childhood Ephemera & Books
Composers, Musicians, Dances, Instruments
19-Dec: [1940s]. A set of 48 original watercolor playing cards predominantly music themes. There are 12 suits with four cards each each suit is titled. Each card within the suit has four (4) relevant names e.g. The first set is dances and the names are fox trot, waltz, rumba and.....
Price: $650.00
Paper Dolls, Advertising, Developing Reading Skills, School, Teaching
Boston: Ginn Basic Readers, 1950s. The five dolls consist of three children, Tom, Betty, and Susan, along with two animals Flip, the dog, and Pony, the horse. The included instruction sheet gives suggestions as to how the paper dolls might be used in a classroom to ready children for and.....
Price: $60.00
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Childhood Ephemera, Social History, Women's History
New York: Clark, Austin & Smith, 1858-1860. A 5 5/8" tall paper doll. The arms, head and upper torso are color printed, the remainder is blank by design. She holds a folded fan in her hand. Four (4) elaborate hand finished costumes and one shawl. With original envelope. Story with.....
Price: $400.00
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
Bedtime Stories, Anthropomorphism
Chicago: Merrill Publishing Company, 1949. An unnumbered 12 page illustrated linen r story book (including covers). The book was published by Merrill, and has #1534 printed on the cover. The book is full of bedtimes stories, such as "Tommy Turtle", "Peach Blossom and Lotus Flower", and "The Wolf and the.....
Price: $25.00
family singing group, gospel singers, music, religion, family and education
North Manchester, IN: [1927]. A black and white images from a photograph of the Byler family, a group of gospel singers from North Manchester, IN printed on card stock. The patriarch of the family, John Ira Byler (1881-1970), was a minister and later Bishop for the Church of the Brethren.....
Price: $65.00
music, singing, song, patriotic songs, Geo. W. Dixon
Massachusett: March 26, 1835. An invitation printed on green paper, with decorative border. It invites you, at the cost of 25 cents with "proceeds to be given to some Charitable Institution" to come to a grand musically soiree. There George W. Dixon, the 'American Melodist' will perform his 'Classical Illustration.....
Price: $50.00
nursery rhymes, grandmother goose series, poetry, children's poetry, verse, poem
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1882. 16 pp (including covers) The book contains several nursery rhymes as well as corresponding imagery. Some of the rhymes included are Little Tom Tucker, Hot Cross Buns, and Peter White. Six full-page and one double color illustrations. Many of the illustrations are novelties (having several.....
Price: $45.00
nursery rhymes, grandmother goose series, poetry, children's poetry, verse, poem
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, c1890s. 16 pp (including covers) The book contains several nursery rhymes as well as corresponding imagery. Some of the rhymes included are Up Piccadilly, Little Jack Horner, Tom the Piper Son. Six full-page and one double color illustrations. Many of the illustrations are novelties (having several.....
Price: $45.00
children's books, picture books
Albany, NY: E. H. Pease & Co. 8 leaves, green paper wrapper with small illustration of children playing in a park surrounded by large decorative elements. Hand colored illustrations throughout. half-page illustrations and two full-page illustrations. Back cover has a list of "Popular Games and Toy Books for Young People".....
Price: $145.00
Paper Doll, Social History, Entertainment, Women's History
Chicago: Merrill Pub. Co., n.d. c1940s. A 13" x 11" uncut paper doll book with three Greer Garson paper dolls in different poses. Illustrated by Fredric C. Mada. Includes eight (8) costume pages with costumes from various roles. Each page has a vignette with an image from the photograph of.....
Price: $95.00
Architecture of Childhood, Pretend Play
Pittsburgh PA: William G. Johnston Company, 1920s. A die-cut litho on heavy card stock home with a quasi-tudor style. Complete in a glassine sleeve with directions for building affixed to the sleeve. Besides the pieces for the house includes a 2 1/2" figure; Gretchen to be cut-out and stood next.....
Price: $125.00
Dance Marathon,
California: Hal J. Ross Amusement Co., 1935. The Ross Walkathons were some of the most popular events held during the age of dance marathons and it has come to Bell, California. The advertisement features four tickets that allow for entry, along with one paid admission fee. Promising a new entertaining.....
Price: $85.00
Made by Hand, Calendar
A 4" x 6 1/2" thirteen (13) leaf calendar including the cover. The cover drawing depicts three (3) bells swinging to and fro. It is captioned "1897 Ring in a Happy New Year. Each page is a complete month calendar with seasonally relevant illustrations. January is a rabbit running through.....
Price: $85.00
hand made paper doll, naive paper doll, 1880s paper doll
A sweet 6 1/2” handmade paper doll constructed with the face from an image on an advertising piece and tissue paper with black boots and tissue stockings. c1890s. This is one of three (3) dolls we are offering constructed using the same format. There are two with pink accents and.....
Price: $45.00
Handmade Paper Doll,Bow Ties,Male Paper Dolls
United States: N.p., 1930s. Dapper, charming, and fashionable, "Bill" is a unique handmade paper doll from c.1930s with five full outfits, two overcoats, and a matching hat. Notable for the artist's attention to detail (two separate tiny bowties, including one for the tuxedo which is tucked under the white lapels).....
Price: $226.00
Original Paper Doll Art
United States: 1870s. A handmade paper doll with original watercolor artwork of a young Victorian woman in day wear, evening wear, and outerwear, including a feathered bonnet. Original pencil and watercolor, doll measures 5.25", includes doll and 8 (eight) separate outfits.
Price: $375.00
Original Paper Doll Art
United States: c.1900. An elegantly rendered family of seven (7) blonde Edwardian paper dolls in day wear, including a mother, father, and five daughters ranging in age from around three to fifteen. Original artwork, pencil and watercolor on card, sizes of dolls ranging from approx. 3.5" to 7". No additional.....
Price: $425.00
Original Paper Doll Art
United States: c.1890. An elegant handmade paper doll with original art depicting a young woman in upper-class late Victorian clothing. Doll is accompanied by eight (8) outfits including day wear, evening wear, and outerwear. Three of the outfits show her holding a book, a kitten, and white roses. Each outfit.....
Price: $450.00
Original Paper Doll Art
United States: 1930s-1940s. Original paper doll artwork for a stylish modern woman, "Etta", with twenty (20) outfits, one (1) large matching hat, and one (1) pink fur-lined wrap. Etta's style is very Hollywood glam. Original ink, colored pencil, and watercolor on paper, each outfit with tabs to secure onto the.....
Price: $275.00
Handmade, Lace Paper, Love and Friendship. Little Red Ridinghood
United States: 1870s. Handmade duodecimo Valentine (5.5" by 3.75") using green polished paper, Victorian scraps, and very fine examples of lace paper. One lace paper utilizes floral motifs, while the other depicts a bucolic scene with stags The embossed die-cut scrap is of Little Red Ridinghood and the Wolf....
Price: $125.00
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
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