Childhood Ephemera & Books
religious poetry] [miniature books
New York: American Tract Society, c. 1850. 256 pp. Blind stamped brown cloth hard cover, gilt spine, miniature book, index...
Price: $40.00
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Price: $750.00
Paper Plaything, Pretend Play, Paper with a Secret, Social History...
New York: Henry Heininger Co., 1919. A set of four die-cut wraparound paper dolls with movable arms and eyes. They...
Price: $300.00