Anthropomorphism
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Advertising Broadside, New York World
New York: The New York World, 1906. 11 ½” x 17 3/8” color broadside with illustration of anthropomorphic elephant as Santa Claus. Promotes feature articles “Christmas with the Poor and Christmas with the Rich”, “Santa Claus Held up in Hogan’s Alley”, cartoon by Geo. B. Luks and “The Merry (?).....
Price: $325.00
Tea, Chromolithography, Advertising to Children
[United States]: Tetley's Teas, c.1890s. A rather charming illustrated book of nursery rhymes advertising Tetley's Teas, choc-full of anthropomorphics. Measures 5.25" by 5.25", pp. [8] with in-text illustrations, stapled in original chromolithographed illustrated wrappers. Black ink stamp of Bakie Brothers of Kingston, New Hampshire to upper cover. Partially erased pencil.....
Price: $115.00
anthropomorphism, advertising to children, root beer, fairy tale, animal
Philadelphia, PA: Charles E. Hires Company, c1915. This advertising booklet was produced by the Charles E. Hires Company to advertise Hires Root Beer. It is meant to be a continuation of a previous advertisement booklet called, "The Kings Nectar, A Legend", that told the story of Alice who won golden.....
Price: $100.00
Anthropomorphized Big Wheel
Falls Church, Virginia: American Automobile Association, 1981. A charming children's story published by AAA's Traffic Safety Department in 1981 for families of young children, instructing them in "big wheel" and sidewalk safety: "Please read Berton the Big Wheel with your child. Talk about the safe behaviors listed at the top.....
Price: $150.00
Punch out, farm life, animals
New York: Merril Publishing Company, 1930. Chicago: Merril Publishing Company, 1930. Very Good. 6 color punch out heavy card stock pages (including covers)nis captioned below explaining the punch-out. Each punch out The top right 1/4" missing surface litho. 15" x 10 1/2". Fine imagery...
Price: $60.00
Pop-Up Books, Koalas
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1935. First edition of an adorable children's book starring a mischievous koala named Blinky Bill, with three two-page spread pop-ups: one in the middle, and one on each paste down opening. The final pop-up shows a shopkeeper catching Blinky Bill sitting in a large jar.....
Price: $125.00
Family Nutrition,Marketing Dairy to Families,The American Diet,Anthropomorphized
N.pl: P.L. Co, 1940. Folding illustrated advert for "Borden's Irradiated Vitamin D Milk", marketed to mothers of infants and small children as being packed with nutritious vitamins for the prevention of childhood diseases such as rickets. In this context, the term "irradiated" roughly means "pasteurized" or "sterilized". Features small cartoon.....
Price: $125.00
Pig Farming,History of Agriculture in Pennsylvania
Cochranville, Pennsylvania: Hamilton & Co, c.1900. Printed flyer advertising Hamilton & Co., breeders of "Thoroughbred Swine -- Poland Chinas, Berkshires and Chester Whites" to a high standard, offering only hogs "of symmetry, pleasing to the eye and a source of rich profit to the owner". Includes prices sometime corrected in.....
Price: $200.00
Nursery book, nursery rhyme, mother Hubbard, Mother goose,
New York: Platt adn Munk Co Inc, 1939. A charming children's book full of Mother Goose Rhymes and colorful illustrations. In addtion to the classic rhymes the book also features several short stories, such as "Good Doggies" and "The Quack Quack Family". There is also an ABC section to the.....
Price: $50.00
Cadbury Chocolate, Advertising to Children, Games
Cadbury Bros. Ltd., C. 1934. This board game was a promotional gimmick by Cadbury to help sell their drinking chocolate just as Britain was coming out of an economic depression. The game pieces were called Cococubs, which were hollowcast hand-painted lead figures of various anthropomorphic creatures including Whiskers Rabbit, Peter.....
Price: $85.00
Fairy Tales, Anthropomorphism, Social Situations
New York: McLoughlin, 1869. 8 pgs. wraps. An illustration and rhyming verse on each page. The story of anthropomorphic cats planning and executing a party with all it's trials and tribulations. Concludes with a Moral. The reverse of the pages are blank and a child has created (traced) an outline.....
Price: $150.00
French-American,Can-Can,Dances and Parties,Tickets and Invitations,Gilded Age
New York, New York: Cercle Francais de l'Harmonie, 1884. Printed invitation/"admit one" ticket for the evening entertainments of the Cercle Francais de l'Harmonie in January 1884 in New York. The front is printed in color and depicts two winged putti flanked by French and American flags. The back features a......
Price: $225.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2025,Anthropomorphism, Advertising, Social History
Various, 1880s. This collection of 36 anthropomorphic cards can be truly for fun or used in the study of advertising techniques or social or visual culture. They include: Cabbage - 1 seductive cabbage lady; 2 Gourd ladies - on promotes Hawley's Reliable Seed, the other Buffalo Honest Fertilizers; 5 Potatoes.....
Price: $1,500.00
Pretend Play, Anthropomorphism, Paper Toys, Whimsy
The animals are constructed of heavy card stock and the costumes of paper. The largest is the Great Blue Whale at 6” long. Animals include • Mr. Toad: Lunch on the Run • Great Blue Whale and it’s costume titled Pour Le Sport • Mr. Penguin without costume • A......
Price: $400.00
ABC Books,Animals in Children's Books,Chromolithography
New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1899. A scarce and attractive McLoughlin Brothers "ABC" book, themed around "Comical Pets". Inside are fourteen pages of alphabet rhymes accompanied by in-text chromolitho illustrations of playful anthropomorphic animals. There is also an alphabet page, and spelling lessons ranging from two to six letters.....
Price: $250.00
Almanac,Folk Calendar,Anthropomorphized Frog
Wurzburg, Germany: Stahel [?], 1876. A whimsical folk calendar and almanac published in Germany in 1876, themed around a humorous anthropomorphized frog. Content includes calendar and astrological information; important religious holidays; farming and weather forecasting; conversion tables; humorous stories and poems; cartoons; puzzles and amusements. Title page features a large.....
Price: $175.00
linen book, Saalfield's Muslin Books, anthropomorphism, nursery books, early learning, This Little Piggy
New York, NY; Akron, OH; Chicago, IL: Saalfield's Publishing Company, 1910. This charming linen book tells the classic finger and toe counting nursery rhyme 'This Little Piggy'. Each page features a line from the rhyme, such as "This little pig has some nice roast beef", with a corresponding colorful illustrations.....
Price: $75.00
Farming and Homesteads,Humor in Advertising
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Pratt Food Co., 1880s. A charming children's book-style story about the "Four Little Pigs" (instead of three), used to market food for livestock sold by Pratt Food Co. to families with homesteads. There are four cartoon panels depicting the little pig family at home, at school, going for.....
Price: $75.00
German, anthropomorphic, rabbit, rabbits, bunny, bunnies, hare, hares
1960s. 6pp. Litho on board throughout. German language. A charming story about the trouble three hares get into while their mother is away visiting a friend. The illustrations in the story, while simple, are colorful and whimsical. Measures 7 1/2" x 5" Very minor cover and edge wear...
Price: $25.00
The Three Bears,Full Uncut Sheet of Victorian Scrap
N.pl: N.p, Late 19th century. A full, uncut sheet of Victorian scraps depicting the story of "The Three Bears" (Interestingly, the little girl character is referred to here as "Silverlocks" instead of "Goldilocks"). These sheets were intended to be folded into a miniature accordion fold book. It is uncommon to.....
Price: $250.00
Bedtime Stories, Anthropomorphism
Chicago: Merrill Publishing Company, 1949. An unnumbered 12 page illustrated linen r story book (including covers). The book was published by Merrill, and has #1534 printed on the cover. The book is full of bedtimes stories, such as "Tommy Turtle", "Peach Blossom and Lotus Flower", and "The Wolf and the.....
Price: $25.00
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
drawings, song bird, doodles, cartoons
1924-1925. A album featuring a series of drawings depicting the characters Cho and Patricia, a song bird and pig respectively. A collection of series of pictures telling the story of their unusual friendship. They include Cho going to church; a series of misadventures, building a brick wall, moving to a......
Price: $550.00
johnny crow, anthropomorphic bird,
London: Frederick Ware and Co., 1949. Reprint. Unpaginated hard cover with paste down illustration. Color frontispiece and full page illustrations periodically throughout the book. Each page with black and white line drawings. Two small spots of faint discoloration on dust jacket. See image.
Price: $20.00