Foreign Language
German, fairy tales, poems, fantasy
Germany: Frankfurt am Main, Literary Institution of Rutten and Loeing, 1877. A book of fairy tales and fables whose title of Unter'in Marchenbaum, translates to "Under the Fairy Tale Tree". The roughly translated titles of the stories included in the book are: "Spring, the North Wind, Mamsell Pimpernell, the Giant.....
Price: $225.00
german, paper dolls, paper doll book, family, farm, farming, farm animals
Germany: Esslinger Vlg J.F. Schreiber, 1990. 10 pp. (plus 8 uncut sheets). Hardcover, German language. An interactive book, that allows the reader to tell the story of a day on the farm. Included are the paper dolls the two children, Johanna and Stefan, and their Father, Mother, Grandmother, and baby.....
Price: $65.00
polka, music, dance, musical score, sheet music
Wien, C. A. Spina, 1866. 7 pages, cover has a floral decoration along with the image of six children dancing in a circle. The inside cover contains a list of of other songs published by Johann Strauss and his two brothers Josef and Eduard. In German. Measures 13 1/2" x......
Price: $95.00
hand colored, Pompeii, fresco, artwork, pochoir
1891. A souvenir album of Pompeii, featuring 15 hand finished Pochoir illustrations and one water color paintings of the frescos or tiling found in the ruins of Pompeii. The illustrations feature a variety of Roman and Greek Mythology and culture, such as Poseidon riding in his chariot, peacocks and sea.....
Price: $2,500.00
Paris: E.P.I.C., 1947. 222 pp. with glassine jacket and original slipcase. Pages uncut. Thirteen (13) full page illustrations, plus in-text illustrations throughout. Vibrant color with strong imagery.
Price: $125.00
childhood learning, German language
1935. 6 unnumbered pages printed on heavy stock/board. Four (4) full color illustrations with text describing how a child should behave in different social and safety situations. German language book. Measures 8 5/8" x 11 3/8". Marked 1692/64/9.
Price: $60.00
fairy tale, German language, anthropomorphism
Leipzig: Alfred Hans, ca. 1927. 40 unnumbered page German language story with applied litho covers. Full page color and in-text illustrations in color and sepia tone. It is a fairy tale in verse about a young child looking for his mother. His journey introduces him to anthropomorphic frogs, birds and.....
Price: $60.00
Song Book
Paris: G. Hartmann, 1882. 37 pp. with one vocal score. Tastefully illustrated paper wraps. 2 OCLC when researched. Measures 7 3/4" x 11 1/2"
Price: $150.00
Multiplication, Sutterlin,
Leipzig, Germany: Verlag der Kinderwelt, [1935]. 18 pp. Illustrated board. Rhyming multiplication verses with relevant illustrations displaying the appropriate number of multiples described in the verse. Witty and charming. Printed in German. Cover and title page only in Sutterlin script. Art Deco influences cheerful illustrations. Measures 10" x 8 1/4'.....
Price: $110.00
germany, German Revolution, politics, Hanover, prussia, propaganda
Germany: Hannoversche Buch u Kunstdruckerei A. Funke, c1918. German-Hanoverian Party (GHP) was a conservative, federalist German political party of the early 1900s. It, like mainly other parties were disbanded in 1933 as the Nazi Party came into power. This poster showcases an image of a young man on a white.....
Price: $225.00
Fantasy, anthropomorphism
Amsterdam: Mulder & Zoon, c 1950. Unnumbered 18 pp book (including inside cover) profusely illustrated picture book taking a group of children and anthropomorphic animals traveling by train to various locations about the world. A die-cut train is attached to the back inside cover allowing the the child to place.....
Price: $50.00