Activity Book
Coloring and Painting Book,Learn to Paint
Germany: c.1900. A charming coloring book for children, printed in Germany for what we presume is the American toy market. The front depicts an artist at his easel painting a pet dog, with a child watching. Inside, the coloring book is comprised of four panels at unfold to reveal two.....
Price: $125.00
activity book, coloring book, Mother Goose
Kenosha, Wisconsin: Sameul Lowe Company, no date. unpaginated. Color printed paper cover, unused coloring pages with 4 sticky color sheets,cover art by R. Maillet, number 955-10. A coloring/activity book. Readers can cut out the color images on the sticky paper and paste them down on the coloring page where the.....
Price: $25.00
Erasable Tablets,Drawing,Classroom Materials
Boston, Massachusetts: American Tablet Company, 1866. An "erasable" drawing tablet for school children, made from four coated cards secured in the left-hand edge with cloth to resemble a codex. To use, the pupil simply uses a pencil or piece of graphite to draw on the tablet inside below the picture.....
Price: $100.00
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
children's cooking,
Children's Press Inc., 1946. Chicago: Children's Press Inc, 1946 light surface wear 12 pp linen book with illustrated covers Full color picture book with basic instructions for children on cooking a meal including ingredients, preparation information on setting a table Measures 9 1/2" x 13"
Price: $26.00
dollhouse, doll house, paper doll, Paper Toys
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, c1910. My Real Dollhouse is an activity book where each page when cut out and properly folded makes one room of the doll house. Along with the directions the following rooms are included the Kitchen, the Garden, the Play-Room Circus, the Living-Room, the Nursery, the.....
Price: $125.00
Raphael Tuck,Coloring Books,Children at Play,Chromolithography,Learn to Paint,Art and Childhood
London, England: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1880s. A charming Victorian coloring book for small children by Raphael Tuck & Sons, featuring eight chromolithographed illustrations in their signature style. Each image is pasted onto a line drawing of the same picture; the child uses the chromolitho version to copy with their.....
Price: $150.00
Punchout Book, Disney, Paper Dolls, uncut
Racine: Whitman Publishing, 1952. This is an authorized edition by Walt Disney Productions. It is No. 211225. The book has 8 pages (including covers) of mostly uncut punch out characters and sets that together tell the classic story of Peter Pan. Each page is full of characters from the movie.....
Price: $50.00
advertising to children, activity book, JC Penney, Santa Claus
New York: J.C. Penney Co. Inc., 1929. 16 (unnumbered) pp. of a various activities for children including stories. mazes, a paper doll, connect the dots, paper toys music and much more. The JC Penney's promotional characters, Mary Lu and Little Jim are incorporated throughout. With original mailer with illustrated red.....
Price: $125.00
Punch out, paper dolls, doll house, uncut
USA: Lowe Publishing, 1962. A 19" x 12" punch out litho on heavy stock book with 8 double sided color pages. When constructed the house measures 15" x 8"x 13" with 4 large rooms, 2 floors with a staircase, completely furnished, carpeted and decorated. The instructions are on the inside.....
Price: $95.00
Raggedy Ann, Raggedy Andy, Paper Dolls, Coloring Book, Johnny Gruelle
Saalfield, 1944. A large format book with heavy stock litho covers. Includes four (4) pages of paper doll clothes for Marcella, Raggedy Ann and Andy. There are three (3) paper dolls plus toys to be punched out on back cover. The remainder of the book is an unused captioned coloring.....
Price: $225.00
Travel by Railroad,Railroad Safety and Promotion,Advertising to American Families
United States and United Kingdom: 1970s-1990s. A group of eleven (11) items published between the 1970s and the 1990s, offering public safety tips at railway crossings and promoting rail travel to American families. Published by groups including Amtrak, a rail company, and Operation Lifesaver, a public education program. Includes informative.....
Price: $425.00
Mother Goose,Coloring Book
New York, New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, c.1946. Two (2) charming children's books issued by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, including a coloring book and a book of Mother Goose's nursery rhymes. Note the coloring book's designs, which show children brushing their teeth, eating nutritious foods, playing outside, and.....
Price: $175.00
clock, time, telling time, tell time, education, educational, german. langers hausen,
1950s. 8 pp. Litho on board throughout. German lnaguage. A book that teaches young children how to read the clock. The cover has a clock on it with movable hands, (missing from the book), so they can change the time. The book takes a group of children through their day.....
Price: $45.00
anthropomorphism, games and activities, David Hand
London: Juvenile Productions Ltd., ca. 1950. 123 pp. Applied printed color cover with matching dust jacket, color illustrated end papers, color illustrations and activities throughout along with some black and white photographs. A collection of stories,picture strips, animaland fun pictures, verse, puzzle pictures, animaland features, and games and how to.....
Price: $15.00
Kindergarten,Early Learning,Family Medicines
[Monticello, Illinois]: [Dr. W.B. Caldwell, Inc.], c.1920. An illustrated guide for mothers interested in instituting the Kindergarten method at home, including tips for activities involving sewing, paper doll making, gardening, etc. Doubles as an advertising medium for Dr. Caldwell's family medicines. Includes directions for making woven hearts out of paper.....
Price: $125.00
World War II, currency, juvenile savings
ca. 1940's. unpaginated. Printed board cover with metal spiral, double board pages with slots for coins, color illustrations throughout by Thomas J. Morrison Jr. Verse written by Genevieve Burke. A savings books with verse about helping the defense program by saving coins. Describes coins and how they add up, for.....
Price: $35.00
Activity book, cut and paste
Akron OH: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1927. No. 903. 18 unnumbered pages with heavy stock litho covers. Nine (9) of the pages are on heavier stock and are outlines of flowers, the remaining pages are paper weight colored pages of the flower parts designed to be cut and pasted on the.....
Price: $95.00
Activity book, cut and paste, helene nyce
Akron OH: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1927. No. 900. 18 unnumbered pages with heavy stock litho covers. Nine (9) of the pages are on heavier stock and are outlines of Mother Goose rhyme scenes, the remaining pages are paper weight colored pages of the parts of the scene designed to be.....
Price: $125.00