Fairy Tale & Fantasy
Agnes Richardson, children's stories, short stories
London: Birn Bros Ltd., c. 1939. unpaginated. Applied color illustrated, color frontispiece plus three plates, illustrations are black and one color (varies depending on story). A collection of short stories with illustrations, the first story is Really and Truly, others include The Experiment, The Magic Jersey, and The Defeated Boxer.....
Price: $80.00
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
children's books, fairy tales, fairies, princesses
London; New York: Frederick Warne & Co. 11 leaves including covers. dark blue paper wrapper with colored decorative border and decorative elements on the cover, and "Price One Shilling; or, Mounted With Linen, Two Shillings" written across the top. Includes 6 full page, color illustrations. Back cover lists the different.....
Price: $75.00
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
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Paper Playthings, Childhood Ephemera
London (Printed in Germany): Raphael Tuck & Sons Co., Ltd, Pat. Feb 20, 1894. Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Paper Playthings, Childhood Ephemera A 10" x 6" double-fold box with center opening on reverse with embossed illustration of Little Red Riding Hood. A 9" die-cut paper doll with attached head. The.....
Price: $325.00
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
Original Artwork, Unpublished, Manuscript, Watercolor
United States: 1940s. A rather remarkable manuscript children's book rendering of the story of Snow White, with stunning original watercolor artwork. Watercolors of Snow White and/or the Dwarfs adorn each page. The manuscript is comprised of five thick leaves of large card, perhaps manufactured for albums, secured in the left-hand.....
Price: $750.00
Domestic Arts, Women's Education, Textiles and Fiber Arts
Scranton, Pennsylvania: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences, 1915-1923. A grouping of five (5) booklets published by the Scranton, Pennsylvania-based Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences. The booklets were produced for its students, with each focusing on a different facet of sewing, dress construction, or tailoring. The booklets.....
Price: $175.00
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Pop-up Book, Juvenile, Anthropomorphism
Chicago: Pleasure Books, Inc., 1934. Illustrated boards. Unpaginated. Frontispiece and in-text black and white illustrations throughout. Three (3) double page pop-ups in fine condition. Measures 9" x 8". Light edgewear covers.
Price: $150.00
children's books, picture books
Albany, NY: E. H. Pease & Co. 8 leaves, green paper wrapper with small illustration of children playing in a park surrounded by large decorative elements. Hand colored illustrations throughout. half-page illustrations and two full-page illustrations. Back cover has a list of "Popular Games and Toy Books for Young People".....
Price: $145.00
poem, original poetry, verse
[1840]. An original poem by an unknown female poet entitled, "I Never Dance". The poem is about a spirit seen at night. This poem has a chorus which repeats after every new stanza, but only on the first page of the poem. On the second page, the chorus is not.....
Price: $75.00
Paper Doll, Pretend Play,
France: Unknown, c 1890s. No. 74350. An embossed die-cut litho on heavy card paper doll or pretend play set. It includes two (2) 8" dolls Sleeping Beauty and Prince Charming. They are shown in scenes as adolescents and young adults. The adolescent scene he sleeps adjacent she on a fainting.....
Price: $900.00
fairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books, Juvenile,
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, c1870. 14 pp (including wrappers), yellow covers with printed litho illustrations. The design on the cover only uses two colors, red and green, while the interior pages' illustrations are in full color. The book tells an elaboration of the classic nursery rhyme "Little BoPeep". There is.....
Price: $125.00
anthropomorphism, fairy tales, chicken, fox
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1932. unpaginated. Printed color soft cover, black and white illustrations by Nina R. Jordan. Little Red Hen goe out early to catch her worms but while she is out, Big Black Fox sneaks in. He snatches Little Red Hen and puts her in a bag.....
Price: $30.00
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Nursery Rhymes
New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1897. Beautifully printed on linen, this children's book by McLoughlin features four (4) full-page chromolithographed illustrations, as well as several smaller in-text illustrations on linen, as accompaniment for a plethora of short nursery rhymes. Very scarce. Small folio (10.5" by 7"), pp. [10], stapled.....
Price: $150.00
eclectibles, paper dolls, vintage paper dolls, jointed paper americana, ephemera, paper toy, menus, travel americana, children's books, valentines folk art Pan Pipes, Walter Crane, Theo Marzial, fanciful Victorian imagery
A hard cover book with pictorial covers with 51 pages of song including printed music and musical score. Arranged and with accompaniments by Theo. Marzials ; set to pictures by Walter Crane; engraved and; printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Profusely illustrated in the fanciful Victorian style of Walter Crane.....
Price: $100.00
Fairy Tales, Anthropomorphism
Chicago: Merrill Publishing Company, 1938. An unnumbered 16 page illustrated linen paper story book (including covers) that features a collection of nine classic fairy tales: "The Three Bear", "Little Black Sambo", "Hansel and Gretel", "The Three Little Kittens", "Three Billy Goats Gruff", "The Tortoise and the Hare", "The Little Red.....
Price: $22.00
Bears, Social Situations, Early Childhood Learning
New York: McLoughlin, 1874. Gilt enhanced chromolithograph wraps. 6 leaves. 6 full page color plates. The adventures and misadventures of a mother bear and her cubs. Back cover promotes McLoughlin products including info on Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series, Gilt Cover Picture Books and more. Measures 9" x 10 3/4".....
Price: $90.00
Pop-up Book,Nister
London: Nister, 1896. Introduction by E. Weatherly and black and white in-text illustrations by E. S. Hardy. Fanciful cover illustration "The Queen of the Bird Fairies', originally from book "Peeps into Fairyland". Verses include Pantomime Picture, Billy Amos, Hero.,A Little Boy's Pocket, The Other Donkey, Pussycat Street, How the Letter.....
Price: $875.00
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
anthropomorphic characters, pig, pigs, swine, Juvenile literature, nursery rhymes, pleasewell series
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1890. Tells the classic story of the Five Little Pigs and along with the story are six full page illustrations, beautifully rendered. The front cover depicts an older woman with a child on her lap, appearing to tell the story of the Five Little Pigs as.....
Price: $50.00
Snow White, fairy tales, morality, german
Germany: 1930s. A retelling of the classic fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. There are color, full page illustrations, beside each page of the story. The drawings are whimsical and charming. Some tape repair. In German. Softcover, 12 pgs. Measures 9" x 7 1/2" Moderate cover wear.....
Price: $45.00
Nursery Rhymes, Anthropomorphism
Chicago: Merrill Publishing Company, 1943. An unnumbered 16 page illustrated linen paper story book (including covers). The book was published by Merrill, and has #4804 printed on the cover. Each page of the book is full of colorful, whimsical illustrations of nursery rhymes. For example, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", and.....
Price: $16.00
Three bears, Goldi Locks
Kenosha: John Martin's House, Inc, 1946. Kenosha: John Martin's House, Inc, 1946. Very Good. Charles Thorson. 32 pp. with both color and B&W illustrations top half of page and in-text. There is some slight wear on the edges of the dust jacket. Thick card covers with colored illustration that shows.....
Price: $24.00