Childhood Ephemera & Books
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
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
Early Learning, Illustrated Children's Books
London, England: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., c.1900. Two (2) illustrated ABC books by Raphael Tuck & Sons, both part of "Father Tuck's First Lesson Series" and illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell. They include: "Her ABC". Mabel Lucie Attwell (illust.). London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., c.1900. Oblong 8vo (8.5".....
Price: $110.00
Advertising and Marketing Health,Cereals
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, 1910s. Advert for Pillsbury's Health Bran, a cereal marketed as "Nature's Corrective" at a time when doctors were "prescribing" (i.e. helping to market) bran cereals for improving digestive and general health. Features an anthropomorphic cereal box on the front. Claims to offer "immediate relief".....
Price: $90.00
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
birds] [chap book] [juvenile
Concord, NH: Rufus Merrill, 1853. 24 pp. Yellow illustrated printed cover, illustrations, Museum of Natural History, part IV, History of Birds, Child's Book About Birds. About a little boy named Walter that would scatter seeds for the birds, he loved birds and when he died he arranged to be buried.....
Price: $40.00
chap book] [birds] [juvenile
Concord, NH: Rufus Merrill, 1843. 8 pp. Blue printed paper cover, chap book, illustrated. The History of Birds contains illustrations of birds with brief descriptions including common birds like owl, swan, and eagle but also less common such as hoopoe and guillemot. 3 1/2" x 2" inscribed, title page torn.
Price: $75.00
chapbook] [birds] [juvenile
Concord, NH: Rufus Merrill, 1843. 8 pp. Yellow printed paper cover, chap book, illustrated. The History of Birds contains illustrations of birds with brief descriptions including common birds like owl, swan, and eagle but also less common such as hoopoe and guillemot. 3 1/2" x 2" inscribed in pencil to.....
Price: $75.00
s. and j. fuller, paper toy book, little fanny
A 15 pp book with original slip case. It is The History of Little Fanny, Exemplified in a Series of Figures. Original date 1811. 8th Ed. Includes six (6) of the seven (7) original costumes. Hats lacking. The head has been replaced with a very good watercolor likeness. Wear on.....
Price: $350.00
Regency Paper Doll and Toy Books
London: S. and J. Fuller, 1811. Eighth edition, a scarce near-complete example of "The History of Little Fanny", a Regency-era paper doll book about a little girl who grows from being "idle" and "vain" to "pious, modest, diligent, and mild". Single vol. (5" by 4"), pp. 15, [3], hand-stitched in.....
Price: $1,200.00
Children's Books,Natural Science for Children
Concord, New Hampshire: Ralph Merrill, 1843. A scarce miniature children's book on quadrupeds with illustrations of five different animals (beaver, raccoon, sloth, otter, and goat). Includes a brief description of each for the budding naturalist reading the book. 32mo (3.25" by 2.25"), pp. 8, illus., sewn in original printed yellow.....
Price: $85.00
animal, domesticated animals, dog, chap book, juvenile
New York, NY: Mahlon Day, 1836. A short chap book that provides an illustration and description of fourteen domesticated animals (three of which are different species of dogs). The animals described in the book are: the horse, the ass the cow, the ox, the sheep, the goat, the cat, the.....
Price: $85.00
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
Children's Poetry, Morality, Kindness
New York: McLoughlin Bros. c1870. Unpaginated. Illustrated Wrap. 6 full page lithograph illustrations. Verses include Unwilling Pussy, Lucy and Dash, Be Kind to They Father, Be Kind to Thy Mother, Be Kind to Thy Sister and finally Be Kind to Thy Brother. McLoughlin advertising back cover. Measures 9 1/2" x......
Price: $85.00
toy book, cut-out puzzle book, doll house book
London: F. Warne & Co., 1870. 6 leaves with applied cutout puzzle pieces. Pictorial wraps 9 1/4" x 10 1/2".. Instructions on inside cover. Depicts families in the yard, nursery and parlor plus pages including dining room, bedroom and kitchen. Back inside cover promotes other books in the series. Outer.....
Price: $75.00