Illustration Art
Match Box Labels,Indian Graphic Design
India: 1940s. A colorful collection of just over one hundred (100) 1940s Indian match box labels full of graphic interest, with lettering in English and Sanskrit. Common motifs in the collection include: animals (tiger, horse, elephant, peacock, cat, butterfly); flowers (rose, lotus); card games and gambling; and nature. Also includes.....
Price: $450.00
ABCs for Adults
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: David McKay Company, 1947. First edition of a whimsical alphabet book for adults, with rhymes by Huger Elliott and illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott. Dedicated "to all word lovers who have a zetetic flair", the book aims to bring "play" back to adults who may think they.....
Price: $60.00
Louis Prang,Proofs,Chromolithography
[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Louis Prang], 1880s. A handsome pair of Louis Prang proofs designed using the "awake and asleep" aesthetic theme popular for a time in the Victorian period. The first image shows a little redheaded girl awake and reclining in a bucolic field with a chain of daisies around her.....
Price: $100.00
Christmas, Jester, Layard, Pears Soap, Advertising and Promotion
1898. 32 pp magazine printed in black and white with illustrated articles and numerous Christmas related advertisements. Front and back covers in two colors with intricate illustrations by Arthur Layard. The front cover depicts a jester overlooking London and the back cover promotes Pears Soap and narrative on How to.....
Price: $225.00
Illustration Art,Food & Wine,Victoriana
A three-part 19" x 11" charmstring style drop calendar for 1901.Each of the three ovals with thorny vine and rose border decoration a fine chromolithograph illustration of food and/or wine at center with four (4) calendar months. Accompanied by the verse Bounteous Gifts - May the gates of plenty, honor.....
Price: $135.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Hidden Embrace,Cobweb
c.1850. A finely wrought machine-made "cobweb" (also known as a "beehive") style valentine from c.1850. Made from an embossed wove paper bifolium with the cobweb on the first leaf. a hand-applied scrap in the center reads, "Domestic happiness, thou only bliss of paradise that has survived the fall". When gently.....
Price: $650.00
Children's Illustrations, Perrault, Adaptations, Morals and Cautionary Tales
London, England: Darton and Co., 1840s. A scarce edition of fairy tales in verse for children with hand-stenciled illustrations, published by Darton and Co. It features adaptations of the following tales: Little Red Riding Hood; Blue Beard; Cinderella; Little Thumb and the Ogre; Puss in Boots; Whittington and His Cat;.....
Price: $100.00
Louis Prang,Proofs,Chromolithography
[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Louis Prang], 1870s. A set of four (4) Louis Prang proofs depicting small ringleted girls against seasonal backdrops. Each features different natural motifs such as snow, ivy, or morning glories. A nice example of how the Victorians loved natural themes in their illustration. Each measures approx. 7.5" by.....
Price: $150.00
friendship album, autograph album, poetry, quotes, drawing, sketches, watercolor, WWI, original art
United Kingdom. A friendship album from the United Kingdom full of quotes, poetry, and twenty-two (22) original artwork pieces, from 1915-1916. The covers are leather with the word 'Album' gilded onto the front cover. The pages are gilded-edge as well. Some notably poetry in the album is the "Hey, diddle.....
Price: $550.00
Card Game,Matching Game,Parker Brothers
Salem, Massachusetts: Parker Brothers, c.1900. An illustrated card game from Parker Brothers, themed around the "snap" of an alligator's mouth. The game is played by two or more players, and the goal is to collect all of the cards in the deck. To collect cards, a player must call out.....
Price: $125.00
Motto cards
c1880. Eleven (11) 4 1/4" x 2" chromolithograph motto card sprinted on heavy stock. The central theme of each card is a cross adorned with various ribbons and flora. Each with a religious in nature motto. Reverse of cards is blank.
Price: $125.00
Children's Books,Moralistic Tales for Children
Cincinnati, Ohio: Peter G. Thompson Pub. c.1885. A scarce chap book in original illustrated wrappers, part of "Aunt Mollie's Series", about a little girl who opens a snuff box against her grandmother's instructions. After smarting from the pain and embarrassment of inhaling a cloud of snuff, the little girl vows.....
Price: $150.00
Nursery Rhymes,Broadside Ballads,Curwen Press
London, England: Curwen Press, c.1930. No. 20 in the Second Series of "Rhyme Sheets" for children published by the Curwen Press c.1930. This example, "Meeting Mary", in printed in large print in the style of a broadside or song sheet, and includes two color illustrations. Measures approx. 14" by 7".....
Price: $75.00
Mother Goose,Fairy Tale Collections,Chidlren's Books, Advertising to Children
N.pl. N.p., N.d. A sweet illustrated book of ten (10) nursery rhymes, including Little Jack Horner, Baby Bunting, Mary had a little lamb, Simple Simon, Little Bo Peep, Tom the Piper's son, Little Red Riding Hood, Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross, Mary quite contrary, and Little Tommy Tucker.....
Price: $85.00
advertisement, poster, print, design, event, charity, play
Connecticut: c1925. Two hand-made posters by Anna-Louise (Rudin) Falk. She was an artist who lived in Connecticut and was known for portrait and still-life painting, illustration. These two posters are advertisements for events, the first a play and the second a charity event. "Nothing But The Truth" appears to be.....
Price: $200.00
Panorama, Concertina, transformation, Lord Mayor
Seven Dials, W. C. W. S. Fortey. When closed measures 4 1/2" x 6". Paper wraps. Opens out to an 80" hand colored procession with the Lord Mayor concluding the procession. Created in four sections and glued together.
Price: $500.00
Lace paper plates,
texte par Méry. Histoire de la mode par le comte Fœlix.i, texte par Méry. Minéralogie des dames par le comte Fœlix. - Les Parures, fantaisie par Gavarni, texte par Méry. Histoire de la mode par le comte Fœlix. Volume two of two with frontispiece and 15 plates engraved by Geoffroy.....
Price: $450.00
Pop-up Books, Chromolithography, Children's Tales, Childhood Friendship
London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co. A charming illustrated children's book of poetry and prose with four (4) two-page pop-up spreads depicting: a farmer and son plowing a field with horses; a sleeping child among a gentle flock of sheep and lambs; four children playing.....
Price: $825.00
Signed by the Illustrator
Chicago: Merrill Company Publishers, 1958. Large format linen-like picture book alphabet with imagery and text relevant to the alphabet letter. Unnumbered pages. Measures 13" x 9 1/2". Vibrant color. Autographed by the illustrator. Vivian Robbins.
Price: $60.00
John Ruskin,Printed Prospectus
London: Goerge Allen, c.1890. Original printed prospectus announcing an upcoming title to be published by George Allen of London, "Ruskiniana: Some Aspects of Mr. Ruskins's Work and Teaching". Two different options are offered, including a "Small Post 8vo" in cloth for 6s, and a large-paper edition "Crown 4to" for one.....
Price: $350.00
Children at Play,House of Cards,Boyhood,Domestic Sphere
Frankfurt, Germany: F.A.C. Prestel, 1882. A single plate taken from the 1882 book of photographic reproductions of drawings by Albert Louis Ulrich Hendschel (1834-1883), titled "Lose Blätter von Albert Hendschel". This plate depicts his sketch of a little boy placing the final layer on his house of cards. The photographer.....
Price: $458.00
Soldiers Periodical, Sailors Periodical, War Chronology, Poetry
32pp illustrated wraps. An illustrated magazine consisting in part of short biographies of distinguished Heroes. Includes "The Flight at Kenesaw", the words to The Battle Hymn of the Republic and much more. 12 mos subscription $2.50 Measures 8" x 5 1/2". Although it is indicated as vol. II no reference.....
Price: $110.00
Tasha Tudor,Christmas Carols and Stories,Animals in Children's Books
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1966. First edition of Tasha Tudor's Christmas book "Take Joy!" in an early printing, featuring the blue dust jacket with $4.95 price on upper dust jacket flap, with opposite lower corner clipped. Includes six sections: Christmas Thoughts; Christmas Stories; Christmas Poems; Christmas.....
Price: $150.00
McLoughlin Picture Books
New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1883. A charming picture book for early readers published by McLoughlin as a part of their "Dame Dingle Series". Includes an alphabet on the inside of the upper and lower covers. The story is told in verse, and follows a bunny that narrowly avoids.....
Price: $150.00