Foreign Language
German Paper Dolls
Germany: 1930s. A charming 13.75" chromolithographed and die-cut paper doll produced in Germany, depicting a little girl with her hand over her heart. This doll is special because the hand on each of the outfits lifts to allow the doll to "hold" its accessories. Has stand in back to allow.....
Price: $100.00
Summer Camps,American Language Camps and Schools
Istanbul, Turkey: Amerikan Lisan ve San'at Dersanesi, c1930. Printed circular promoting a summer camp for girls located in Istanbul, Turkey, hosted by the Amerikan Lisan ve San'at Dersanesi (American Language and Arts School). Includes a brief overview of the program on the front, and line drawings of some of the.....
Price: $150.00
toy, modular toy, German toy, paper toys
This is one of Germany's most famous classic toys. It is a modular toy system, first designed in the art institution in Rudolstadt by artists, illustrators and architects. One would cut out the doors and place them on the grid provided. There are two pages of uncut figures, with a......
Price: $60.00
Au Bon Marché,Transformation,Chromolithography,Military
Paris, France: Au Bon Marché, c.1900. A charming c.1900 illustrated advertising card for the famed Parisian department store "Au Bon Marché". Designed as a transformation, the card depicts a young blonde child in military dress. When a tab is pulled at the head, the military dress transforms into an admiral's.....
Price: $100.00
trade card, changing picture, movable, french, advertising
Paris: c1900. A chromolithography trade card from the famous French department and Curiosity Store, named Au Bon Marche. The front has a gold and floral frame with shutters that when moved, alter the image of a servant girl into that of a Queen. The back of the card features an.....
Price: $110.00
1870s german friendship card, freundschaft card, Victorian scrap greeting card
c1870. A 4 ½” x 3” printed lithograph card with embossed diecut border and gold embellishment. Captioned Aus Freundschaft at base. Applied 3 ½” scrap of foppish young boy in proper riding attire opening his purse and presenting a letter. The scrap of the boy lifts to reveal a message.....
Price: $40.00
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ABAA-HOLIDAY-2024,Volvelle,Dutch,Commerce,Pocket Calculating Devices
The Netherlands: 1820s. A skillfully designed pocket volvelle calculating device for commerce, allowing buyers and sellers to determine the exact amount of cents are in a given amount of the old Dutch currency Stuyvers (also "stuivers") and Duyten (also "duits"). Decimalization was introduced to the Netherlands in 1818, rendering devices.....
Price: $825.00
paris, humor, the smile,
Paris, France: 1900-1913. A collection of thirty (30) issues of "Le Sourire", a French illustrated humorist serial publication under the direction of Maurice Mery and Alphonse Allais. It was a weekly publication, normally issued on Saturdays. Le Sourire, meaning the Smile, was launched in 1889 and ran continuously till 1939.....
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
german, phone, telephone, play, pretend, conversation, conversation, conversations
Germany: Junior International, 1970. This book was intended for toddlers, and would show two children having a make believe conversation on a phone. Such as a young girl ordering food from the local baker for her guests - a group of her dolls. The illustrations are colorful and bright. On.....
Price: $18.00
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German Tokens and Valentines
Germany: 1861. An embossed and chromolithographed token of friendship card, featuring a small leaf in the center secured with silk cord, and a small wax seal. Dated 20 February 1861, it has lines of verse in German on the front in ink manuscript, and another several lines on the verso.....
Price: $85.00
Infant Care,Parenthood Education
N.pl: Johnson & Johnson, 1958. A Spanish-language guide to infant for new parents published by Johnson & Johnson in 1958. Includes charming color illustrations and diagrams throughout, and covers the following subjects: the importance of nutrition and doctor visits for mother; organizing a baby's layette; birth; breast feeding; burping; first.....
Price: $225.00
dictionary, foreign language, phrase book
Germany: Leipzig, Schmidt & Gunther, c1930. 1072 pp.cloth covers, red fore edge pages. 21 plates including frontispiece. Miniature book. A 1200 word dictionary and phrase book that translates English to Danish to Norwegian. The last 100 pages or so act as a phrase book. Giving translates for numbers, common phrases.....
Price: $135.00
German learning
New York: American Tract Society. 160 pp. Blind stamped, gilt brown cloth hard cover, illustrated, entirely in German. Begins with the alphabet, an illustration, the upper and lower case letter than a biblical verse, other items include the small and large alphabets, the vowels, simple syllables, and short stories. 6.....
Price: $18.00
Social History, Telegram, Love and Friendship
1950. The brightly colored telegrams are congratulations on the marriages of Jean Pier Stockhelm to Laura Jane Spooner of Memphis and a second wedding, that of Nicole Fraipont to Michael Stockhelm. Also includes wedding pictures, children's pictures from the 1940s and 1950s. Housed in somewhat worn leather album. Measures 10".....
Price: $225.00
WWII,Free France,Allies,Nazi Occupation of France,World Tolerance
New York, New York: French Press and Information Service, 1943. The November-December 1943 issue of "Free France", a serial issued by the French Press and Information Service, an agency of the French Committee of National Liberation ("Comite franÁais de Liberation nationale"). Formed by Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud, it.....
Price: $225.00
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
Moveables and Accordion-Style Pop-Ups
Germany: 1880s. A most charming German greeting card with a clever mechanism: when the embossed die-cut scrap is pulled down, the red tissue paper flower unfolds and reveals itself along with a hidden message wishing the reader happiness. The scrap depicts a rosy floral arrangement sitting atop a birch wood.....
Price: $100.00
Liquor and Liqueurs,French,Luxury Products and Advertising
Paris, France: Maison Rocher Frères, c.1900. An attractive chromolithographed folding trade card for the French liquor and liqueur distributors Rocher Frères. Lists prices per liter and half liter, with illustrations of twenty-four of the bottles. Promotes the brands as being the most lauded in the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Note.....
Price: $125.00
Tongue-in-Cheek Advertising,Men's Fashion, Paper with a Secret
Paris, France: Chapeau Henry, 1890s. A tongue-in-cheek 1890s advertising card for a Parisian hat maker, showing a balding man on front and the same man inside, but with a stylish hat to cover up his thinning hair. The secret, he says, is Henry, his hat maker. Has pricing and the.....
Price: $100.00
Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, Social History, Boxed Set
Germany: Unknown, c1850s. A 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" paper covered pressed board box with applied hand colored litho cover depicts a group of little girls in an outdoor setting. Applied gilt border decoration ox top. The content includes two (2) identical 4 1/2" two-sided paper dolls of the same.....
Price: $725.00
Au Bon Marché,Transformation,Chromolithography,Pastoral
Paris, France: Au Bon Marché, c.1900. A charming c.1900 illustrated advertising card for the famed Parisian department store "Au Bon Marché". Designed as a transformation, the card is titled "La Cigale et La Fourmi" ("The Cicada and the Ant"). When a paper tab at the bottom of the card is.....
Price: $100.00
Menu,Asian Americans in WWII,Los Angeles
Los Angeles: 1940s. A 11 1/2" x 18 1/4" heavy card stock menu printed in English and Japanese, serving Chinese food. The restaurant was located in Los Angeles c.1940s. Corrections have been made to the menu by by applying paper and hand penning changes. Reverse is blank.
Price: $200.00
French, teddy bear, school, bear,
Amsterdam: Mulder & Zoon, 1940s. 14 pp. soft cover. French language. An endearing book about a mischievous little bear, named Michou, and the trouble he gets into both at school and at the pool. Illustrations are in both color and black and white. Measures 8 1/2" x 7 3/4" There.....
Price: $18.00