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
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
Latin, college catalogue, Amherst College, schools & universities, foreign language, religion
Amherst, MA: Amherst College, 1845. A catalogue for Amherst College, in Latin. The title roughly translates to: "Catalog of Academic Faculty and Students who are Graduates of Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts." The catalogue begins with a list of its faculty members, the subject and time spent teaching at the college.....
Price: $120.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Chinese-American Cuisine,East Meets West,International Relations Through Food
Washington, D.C. Chinese Lantern Cafe, c.1930. A menu for the Washington, D.C. "Chinese Lantern Cafe", featuring over 250 dishes and spirits, complete with and including text in both Chinese and English. Printed in red white and blue, the menu aims to marry both East and West: " The management of.....
Price: $200.00
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
military attire, officer ranks,
Berlin: H. Toussaint, n.d. c1890. A 30 page fold-out panorama or concertina book Stamped cloth with black title and silver Imperial eagle. Full color lithograph images detailing Imperial military uniforms identified by service, rank and location. Book measures 7 ¼” x 5 ¼”. Linen backed except first page. Wear. Strong.....
Price: $225.00
Georgian Paper Dolls, Costume and Fashion, Pretend Play,Morality
Amsterdam: Gebroeders van Arum, [1810-1820]. Een Onderhoudend Geschenk voor Meisjes, met Zeven Geldeurde beweegbare Plaatjes. 62pp. Begins with an introduction, followed by six chapters or "shows" each tells the story of Louise in a different situation wearing a relevant costume. Louise Kindschheid Louize als oud Moedertje Louize als Boerenmeisje Louize.....
Price: $2,500.00
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
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
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
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
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
cartoons, Lucien Metivet
Paris: Juven, 1907. unpaginated. Printed color paper cover, periodical, sketches with quotes. "Les Maitres Humoristes: Les meilleurs Dessins, Les meilleures Legendes" translates to the Comedian Masters; the best drawings, the best legends. Lucien Metivet (1863-1930/32) was a French poster artist, illustrator, cartoonist, and author. A collection of cartoon sketches with.....
Price: $75.00
cartoons, Hermann Paul
Paris: Juven, 1907. unpaginated. Printed color paper cover, periodical, sketches with quotes. "Les Maitres Humoristes: Les meilleurs Dessins, Les meilleures Legendes" translates to the Comedian Masters; the best drawings, the best legends. René Georges Hermann-Paul (1864-1940) was a French artist and illustrator. A collection of cartoon sketches with quotes entirely.....
Price: $45.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Victorian Fashion,Girlhood,Hand-colored Paper Dolls
[Germany?]: 1860s. A lovely 4.5" paper doll depicting a fashionable young woman, housed in her original box with eleven (11) outfits and five (5) hats/hair pieces. There are two copies of the doll itself; both the doll and all of the outfits and hats are two-sided, and the outfits slip.....
Price: $1,500.00
Martinet Champagne, Menu card
A 4 5/8" x 3 1/4" menu card for Martinet, 28 Avenue de L'Opera, Paris. A menu card for Lunch either Prix Fix or ala carte. The front depicts a caricature of a father flying out of his chair when he pulls the champagne cork with frightened children looking on.....
Price: $40.00
Dance Cards,German Heritage and Identity,Balls and Masquerades
[Mystic, Connecticut]: Social Society Frohsinn, 1911. Chromolithographed dance card for a February, 1911 masked ball hosted by a German heritage club, complete with attached miniature pencil and featuring an attractive embossed chromolithographed image of a masked woman on the front. Most likely the Frohsinn Hall in Mystic, Connecticut, which was.....
Price: $125.00