Whimsy
Scherenschnitte, Paper Cuttings, Hans Christian Andersen, Whimsy
Sandy Hook, CT: Caroline Stokes, [1980]. The whimsy and fantasy found in many of his stories can be seen in these reproductions of works originally created by Andersen. In the first scherenschnitte you will see a character in his likeness unable to attain the ballerina at the top of the.....
Price: $425.00
ABAA-SPRING-2026,
Cincinnati: Ault & Wiborg Company, 1895. Image of a maiden exemplifying the vibrant inks used by The Ault & Wiborg Company. The queen of hearts arrives - artistic printing. Captioned "Makers of Inks for the Lithographic and Letter Press Trade. Color - brilliant Scarlet Lake 365-01 Image on reverse promotes.....
Price: $250.00
whimsy, silhouettes,poetry,album
A 9-page album, with various original cut silhouette works, each signed W. S. Subject matter ranges from true whimsy to one or two that are a bid forlorn or maudlin. Includes playful penguins, either a Centaur or Goat frolicking on a river bank with pixies, pixies playing amongst hatching chicks.....
Price: $400.00
au bon marche, mechanical trade card, movable trade card,
A 3” x 4 1/2” advertising trade card for Au Bon Marche department store in Paris. A first glance it has the appearance of a die-cut card of a child in a high chair. By pushing the base upwards and side flaps inward it creates a 3D chair with a......
Price: $125.00
Ephemera Publishing,Shape,Advertising & Promotion
Boston, Massachusetts: Bay State Card and Paper Co, c.1910. Printed and lightly embossed card, designed and die-cut into the shape of a barrel, advertising products sold by Bay State Card and Paper Co. of Boston: "This is a sample of our BARREL FOLDERS. Price, $14.00 per 1000, List". Second leaf.....
Price: $150.00
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
Victoriana, Paper Doilies, Social History, Larkin Co.
Buffalo, NY: Larkin Co., c1890s. An 8" circular boxed set of graduated size embossed die-cut linen paper doilies for household decoration and craft design. The box cover has an applied doily replicating the pattern with the addition of the embossed logo and Larkin Co. Buffalo USA imprint. The sizes measure.....
Price: $150.00
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Humor, Gambling, Playing Cards,
Spitalfields [London]: Taylor. A moralistic tale disguised as a humorous tale about a soldier caught playing cards in church, only to be caught by his superior; in order to evade punishment, the soldier spins a story about how each playing card teaches him a different bible story. Single leaf (11".....
Price: $550.00
Humor,Vacations,Traveling West,Family Road Trips,Americana,Disneyland,Sightseeing
United States: 1957. A humorous, well-written, and entertaining account of a road trip undertaken by three American families traveling from Texas to California in 1957. It begins with a list of "Personae" including the Edens, Staples, and Hastings families, comprised of three couples with seven children ranging in age from.....
Price: $250.00
Humor,Caricature,Metamorphic
United States: c.1930? A metamorphic game based on six (6) different amusing caricatures. Each caricature is die-cut and printed onto a stiff piece of card, and is divided into three sections: face, chin, and body. The child playing with the toy can mix and match the different features to create.....
Price: $300.00
Magic Tricks, Arithmetic, Math Games
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: M-M-A, Inc., c.1910. A whimsical guessing game produced for M-M-A, Inc., a Lancaster-based manufacturer of industrial tools and air-operated vacuum cleaners. To play, one asks a friend to choose a number between one and sixty; then, using basic arithmetic and the cards provided, the player is able to.....
Price: $85.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2024,Tobacco Card Series,Marketing Cigarettes,Novelties
United States: Kinney Tobacco Company, c.1890. A whimsical set of fifty two (52) die-cut Victorian scraps, each collected from a different Kinney Brothers cigarette pack as a part of a "collect them all" type marketing enterprise. Each scrap depicts a pretty young lady styled to match her background (e.g. a......
Price: $500.00
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
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
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Aesthetic Movement, Lithography.
[1890]. A thought provoking Aesthetic Movement influenced art for art sake piece of art designed as a cigar label for Witsch & Schmitt. A play on the oft seen long haired Oscar Wilde with his sunflower accessory as seen in one of the women's hair. Striking imagery and color. Measures.....
Price: $500.00
ephemera, whimsey
c1900. Diecut in the shape of a man in a derby, this is a felt hat cleaner, a loop on the back through which one slips fingers, for gripping the cleaner and; Instructions can’t be read, though the words “Philadelphia Store, 605 Market” can be read.; In very good condition.;.....
Price: $75.00
Articulated paper toy, articulated paper doll, jointed paper doll, whimsy, hand made paper doll
A truly fanciful fellow with a printed face,and card stock body parts that have been decorated with applied and layered polished and foiled papers. His exaggerated hat has a large applied flower. His bodice begins with pleated paper dickey and velvet bow tie; a crest is applied beneath the dickey.....
Price: $750.00
Fortune Teller Volvelle,Advertising,Columbus Buggy Co.
Columbus, Ohio: Columbus Buggy Co., 1888. A clever 1880s fortune teller volvelle advertising the Columbus Buggy Company. The volvelle is made from a card volvelle wheel measuring approx. 4" in diameter, affixed to a 5" by 4" card with small metal grommet. The wheel has a small window that reveals.....
Price: $225.00
Patent Medicines, Marketing, Dream Analysis, Etiquette, Laugh and Grow Fat
Baltimore, Maryland: Kohler Manufacturing Co., c.1890. Four (4) pocket-sized booklets in original illustrated wrappers, published together as a clever "collect-them-all"-type marketing scheme advertising Kohler Remedies. The booklets contained everything from jokes to dream symbols. The titles include: "Forget-Me-Not Rhymes". Baltimore: Kohler Manufacturing Co., c.1890. 32mo (5.25" by 3.25"), pp. [8].....
Price: $225.00
Paper Engineering,Tourist Attractions and Amusing Sites
Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts: N.pl, c.1930s. An advertising leaflet for LePage's Glue, promoting the product via a brief history of "The Paper House". The house, now a museum and tourist attraction, was constructed in the 1920s by American engineer Elis F. Stenman. Everything, save the exterior, is made of stacked or.....
Price: $125.00
Christmas and Holiday Cards,Lace Paper,Parties and Celebrations,Humor
England: 1870s. A charming holiday card consisting of a chromolithographed illustration pasted to coated lace paper with decorative embossed border. The image depicts a spirited holiday party in a parlor decorated for Christmas, with much going on at once: children at play, adults dancing, young ladies playing the piano, and.....
Price: $85.00
Restaurant Advertising
Zionsville, Indiana: Alpha O. Cragun's Restaurant and Lunch Room, 1910s. Printed flyer for Alpha O. Cragun's Restaurant and Lunch Room, offering visitors the "best Lunch in town" as well as "Fine Candies, Cigars and Tobacco", ice cream, soft drinks, and "nice fresh bread every day". Ends with a directive to.....
Price: $225.00
Menu, Illustration Art, Cherubs
Paris: c1940s. A large format menu with elaborate illustration by E. Naudy on front cover depicts 20 winged chefs or kitchen staff preparing the fine fare to be presented to the guests. Captioned in french "Naudy has realized this composition can present the twenty cuisinievs you never see ... and.....
Price: $125.00
Die-cut,
C. G. & S. Ltd. (Chas Goodall and Son), [1930]. Twenty-three (23) different die-cut lithograph whist badges with images of characters from literature. Also includes original box that held four dozen badges. Includes 23 of the 24 different designs. Includes Fatima, Blue Bear, Ali Baba, Sister Anne, Pantaloon, Clown, Aladdin.....
Price: $850.00