Paper Playthings & Toys
punch, judy, punch and judy, die cut, paper playthings
1890s. Tells one of the classic Punch and Judy stories in a die cut multi-panel picture book. The story is meant to be read through a series of windows reading left to right. The story starts with several small children surround a toy theater. Each subsequent second is the stage.....
Price: $115.00
dance, rumba, flip book, arthur murrary,
Bromo-Seltzer, 1940s. A flip book produced by the Bromo-Seltzer Company in conjunction with Arthur Murray, the American Dance instructor, in order to teach the dance know as the Rumba. Each page as a photograph and corresponding instructions, so that when you flip through the book, you can see the dance.....
Price: $65.00
toy, sand toy, sand, milk, cow, dairy,
Paris, France: 1890s. This paper toy depicts a woman on one side milking her cow and a little girl drinking milk at the table on the other side. Both the little girl's glass of milk and the stream of milk produced by the cow are tissue paper with a capsule.....
Price: $95.00
Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, Social History, Women's History
Vienna Austria: H. F. Muller, 1840-1850. In the traditional German manner of the day the the set includes two (2) identical 6 3/4" paper dolls and eight (8) two-sided costumes. Each costume is printed on polished paper and involves an activity. Light egg wash finish. The costumes were dubbed Pretty.....
Price: $650.00
Morality, Soft Paste, Childhood
[1850]. A 3" by 3" soft paste handled cup for a child with images of The Top Spinner depicting a boy spinning a top and Dangerous Play with a pair of boys rough housing while another looks on.
Price: $450.00
Educational Game, Magicians, Learning to Multiply
New York City: The Maxim Games Co., 1945. A 6 1/4" x 4 1/4" litho on pressed board box with a smilar number of discs. The cover illustration implies math can be magical. The box sides boast -age 8 to 80 play TALLYIT - an educational game. The cards have.....
Price: $45.00
Pretend Play, Postal History, Mail, Punch and Judy
London, England: J.W. Spears & Sons, c.1900. Exceedingly endearing: "The Little Folk's Post Office" is a play set that allows children to pretend to send and receive miniature mail from the "Tiny Town" post office. Designed in England, produced in Bavaria, and sold to children in the United States, by.....
Price: $425.00
military history, paper toys, transavaal campaign, second boer war
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. The Transvaal Campaign, otherwise known as the Second Boer War took place between October 11, 1899 and May 31 1902. The war was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states (descendants of the Dutch-speaking settlers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern.....
Price: $400.00
Paper Dolls, Supplements, Chromolithography, Forbes Dolls and Supplements
New York, New York: George Steck & Co., 1890s. A charming uncut and unassembled paper doll house piano with instructions for assembly. Produced as a supplement, it advertises Steck Pianos by George Steck & Co. Chromolithographed card (9.5" by 5"), with ink stamp of Ball & Speich Pianos on verso.....
Price: $100.00
Paper Dolls, Children's Illustrations, Watercolor, Toys
United States: 1930s. A particularly well-wrought and charming uncut paper doll booklet, "The Paper Doll Family", with wonderful original watercolor artwork featuring a paper doll baby with accompanying accessories and outfits. Oblong 12mo (3.5" by 6"), 4 unnumbered leaves secured with red ribbon.
Price: $450.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, Circus
Stuttgart, Germany: J. F. Schreiber, Nro. 302, 1888. A 16 1/4" x 14" lithograph paper doll set printed on light weight stock It includes a women, three children and a horse The characters and costumes are two-sided and attach at the head or shoulders in the case of garments Each.....
Price: $450.00
geography game, lotto, vintage game
Baltimore: The Statler Manufacturing Co., Inc., 1919. A lotto style game with twenty cards, each being a section of the map of the U.S. and 227 city "lotto" buttons. Each section has twelve (12) cities arranged and distinguished to indicate the relative importance. One individual is the "conductor" who shuffles.....
Price: $75.00
crepe paper, play, costume, made from paper, hat, fashion, party favors
Chicago, IL: Van Housen, 1920. A trade catalogue for the company call Van Housen, based in Chicago, which sold paper, mostly crepe paper, party favors, costumes and accessories. This items were intended for short time use, either as a Halloween costume, theater costume, or any sort costume parties such as.....
Price: $100.00
carriers greeting, calendar, dolls, paper dolls, love, culture, britian, uk, Buckingham palace, japan, sweden
Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Press, 1910. A three page calendar for the year 1910. The calendar is a Courier Calendar that was produced by the newspaper Cleveland Press. Each page features a doll couple from a different country. The first image of dolls from Britain: the girl doll has blond hair.....
Price: $100.00
Zoo Animals, Interactive
New York, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941. A very charming interactive children's book starring Mr. Luke, a harried zookeeper who needs help putting the animals back in their cages at the end of the night. Each of the eight die-cut animals, ranging from "Trunko" the elephant to "Humpo".....
Price: $125.00
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 cards fastened in the center with a metal grommet. Each spins, and the child must spin each card around into place to form the image. The image depicts a little.....
Price: $125.00