Puzzles and Riddles
Chromolithography,Metamorphosis,Transformation,Puzzle Game,Dress Up Games,Racism,Sexism,Ageism,Xenophobia,History of Discrimination in America
New York, New York: Ives, Blakeslee Co., c.1880. A charming box of children's puzzles, that doubles as a metamorphosis/transformation. In total there are five (5) different puzzles, each with its own character. This example is complete. The characters can be mixed and matched (hence the "metamorphosis") to create completely new.....
Price: $1,000.00
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Dissected Puzzle Map,Geography,Learning Through Play
New Haven and New York: D. and M. C. Wiggins, 1870s. A complete example of a double-sided "Dissected Puzzle Map", offering young ones the opportunity to learn about geography through interactive play. When completed, a map of the United States is revealed with geography trivia questions at the bottom. Each.....
Price: $450.00
Childhood Ephemera, Picture Puzzle, Architecture for Children
1900: Germany. Four (4) different litho on wood jigsaw picture puzzles (Two puzzles printed on both sides). What makes this particularly interesting is that the pieces can also be used to create the architectural elements noted on the inside of the box lid. Housed in a wooden box. Also includes.....
Price: $375.00
Litho Puzzle Cubes
c1860s. A 7" by 4.25" by 2" litho on wooden box with sliding top. Includes 15 six-sided cubes to create the puzzles. Includes five (5) litho sheets illustrating the puzzle. Additionally, the box cover has the sixth puzzle. Five of the six are images of children either being trampled by.....
Price: $400.00
Woven puzzle, Depictions of the Military, Visual Puzzle, World War II
Boston, Massachusetts: Ted, 1940s. A fine, uncut example of Crosspatch Puzzle No. 8, "Can you line up the Rookies?", illustrated with images of rookies in the military. The goal of the puzzle is to weave the ten illustrated strips together in such a way as to reveal a pattern with.....
Price: $300.00
Hand-colored Lithography,Block Puzzles,Pastoral,Early Victorian
Mainz, Germany: Joseph Scholz, 1840s. A scarce early Victorian block puzzle, providing children with six (6) puzzles in one tidy box. This example is complete with all twenty (20) blocks, original box with sliding lid, five (5) example prints, and one (1) final example print pasted to the upper lid.....
Price: $550.00
Hand-colored Lithography,Block Puzzles,Adventure,Early Victorian
France: N.p, c.1850. A handsome early Victorian block puzzle, depicting six (6) different dramatic adventure scenes for young children to marvel at. This example is complete with all thirty (30) blocks, the original box with sliding lid, and six (6) prints depicting each of the finished puzzles (the final print.....
Price: $550.00
friendship album, quote, quotes, poetry, poems, verse, drawing, sketches, pencil, ink, code,
1907-1912. A friendship album of Marie Campbell consisting of mostly originally poems, a few illustrations, and coded phrases, the majority of which are signed and dated. The album starts in 1907 when Marie departed St. Francis Xavier School and the first half of the album are full of notes from.....
Price: $110.00
Puzzles, Breakfast Cereal, Nutrition
Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Fruen Cereal Co., c.1910. Printed advertisement for Fruen's Best Wheat Flakes, featuring a "Maze Puzzle" on the back. Includes a description of how the product is made with an urge to the reader to "Eat More Wheat to please the Food Expert whose theory it is that.....
Price: $85.00
Folk Art,Love Puzzles
[Pennsylvania?]: 19th century. A German language (Pennsylvania Dutch?) "love puzzle", hand-lettered in ink and surrounded by a decorative heart border with flowers and leaves. Love puzzles use words, numbers, and sometime images to convey a message that the recipient must decipher. The verso of this example appears to list some.....
Price: $190.00
Horticulture and Gardening,Word Puzzles and Riddles
United States: 1902. A handmade "Seed Catalogue" with twenty-five (25) handwritten gardening-themed riddles. The answer to each is a different plant (i.e. "seed"). The questions are written in neat ink manuscript, and the answers are written in pencil, showing that it was a gift given to a friend or family.....
Price: $250.00
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
Puzzle Purse, Parlor Game, Amusement
[1860]. A 3" x 3 1/2" folded paper "puzzle purse" of sorts. in that the pages must be folded correctly to return it to its original form which is only the first part of the puzzle. Sawtooth painted boarder decoration on coated stock covers with applied gold scrap. Includes five.....
Price: $750.00
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
The Jolly Jig-Saw Book, jig-saw puzzles, story rhymes, No Dogs Allowed, The Good Ship “Cheese-Straw”, Piggy and the Pantry, The Monkey’s Puzzle and Mouse Mountaineers
The Jolly Jig-Saw Book, Packed with Jig-saw Puzzles and Story-rhymes. John Leng & Co., London. 1939. A hardback book that includes five (5) different rhyming verses with a relevant actual jig-saw puzzles as part of the book. Each has a small black and white illustration of the completed puzzle, that.....
Price: $425.00
Puzzles in Advertising
Carrollton, Illinois: C.E. Underwood's Bakery and Confectionary, c.1900. A delightful puzzle and premium, printed on card and used to advertise C.E. Underwood's Bakery and Confectionary. The directions are as follows: "Place a penny (or any other small article) on any star, move it along a straight line to an opposite.....
Price: $110.00
Hidden Image,Puzzle Card,Advertising
United States: 1890s. A charming 1890s "hidden image" style puzzle card advertising a local sweet shop. The message at the foot reads, "To find the best Ice Cream call at CURTIS Candy Store." The image itself depicts a woman in profile in front of a landscape. To "solve" the puzzle.....
Price: $100.00
Rebuses,Family, Manuscript, Picture Story
Boston, Massachusetts: 1917. A playful birthday message in the form of a rebus letter, send in February 1917 from "Aunt Alison" to her three-year-old nephew, Elwood Williams III. It begins, "Ellwood [sic] Dear: 2-Day is your Birthday- and U R 3 years old. That means that 3 years ago you.....
Price: $100.00
Puzzles,Advertising to Families,Geometry
United States: N.p, 1940s. A 1940s stars-and-stripes themed paper puzzle advertising "Tip-Top" brand bread, presumably issued in a magazine or newspaper to promote the brand to American families. Comprised of the five puzzle pieces, the paper the pieces were punched from, and the original 3.5" by 6.25" illus. envelope with.....
Price: $100.00
Jigsaw Puzzle, Farm Life, Childhood Ephemera, Wooden Puzzle
London: N. Carpenter, c1850s. An 8 1/2" x 12" litho on wood jigsaw puzzle titled "The Life of a Farmer. The puzzle is comprised of 18 captioned vignettes. They are The Farmer and His Family, The Farm House Ricks & Stables, Milking, Churning, Making Cheese, Sheep Feeding, Ploughing, Sowing, Harrowing.....
Price: $650.00
Dorothy N. Knight, interactive
United States: Dorothy K. Werblow, 1951. Take the Children is an unique, interactive story, that involves the reader in a game. 24 pages. It is representative of Dorothy N. Knights signature style. Spiral bound litho on heavy paper covers. The book begins with six children from different lands boarding the.....
Price: $75.00
Little Tom Thumb, Children's Puzzles, H. Jannin, French, Childhood Ephemera
Paris: H. Camus, c. 1870. This six piece wooden puzzle with applied depicts a critical scene in the life of little Tom Thumb. The color lithograph is done by H. Jannin depicts the two parents at a table by a fire with sad expressions, as the caption reveals that the.....
Price: $175.00
friendship albums, rebus
Rahway, NJ: 1874. A friendship album, aptly titled "Album of Friendship", belonging to a woman by the name of Jennie. Her last name is never mentioned. The album is mostly blank, but the entries date from 1874, and when a location is noted, it is Rahway, NJ. One of the.....
Price: $130.00
Novelty Book, Puzzle Book
Chicago: Ideal Book Builders, 1912. Litho on board. Six (6) pages each with illustrations of children, animals, toys, flowers and birds with die-cut holes where the faces belong. An envelope is affixed to the inside front cover that contains allthe faces. The faces are cut to the proper size and.....
Price: $175.00