Pals on the Farm
by Hank Art
New York: Animated Book Company, 1944. Diarama-style children's book w Eight (8) die-cut movable animals A 9" x 11 ½" heavy card stock fold-out diorama-style barnyard scene. Includes eight (8) different easel back, mechanical animals, each with a printed verse. They are Wooley the Sheep, Gobbie the Turkey, Dobbin the Farm Horse, Hissie the Goose, Gruntie the Pig, Sheep... Read More
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Reader-Manual for Jim and Judy by Arthur I. Gates with the assistance of Mary M. Bartlett. The New World Play Book, MacMillan Company. 1939. First edition
by Arthur I. Gates, Miriam Blanton Huber, & Celeste Comgys Peardon
The MacMillan Company, 1939. Minimal cover wear.. When opened it reveals two (2) books, one above the other in the same binding. The top book is the 171 pp. Reader Manual for Jim and Judy. Contents includes The Underlying Principles of the Primer Period, Testing and Classifying Pupils and Lesson Plans. The bottom book is Jim and Judy,... Read More
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Junior Cross Summer Cards, Containing 10 Cards Designed by Ruth Kalmar at age 14 years
by Ruth Kalmar Wilson (Artist)
Vienna, Austria: Austrian Junior Red Cross, 1936. General wear. Small burn mark on back on envelope.. A set of ten (10) postcards featuring a young boy and girl in a variety of summer activities originally drawn by Ruth Kalmar (1916-2012) when she was fourteen and in Franz Cizek's Juvenile Art Class in Vienna, Austria. The images depict a... Read More
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Two (2) Issues of the Same Paper Doll Book with Different Titles Showcasing Changes by Publisher
by B. Gartrell (artwork)
Chicago, Illinois: Merrill Company, 1951. Very good. Toned, modern tape repair.. Two (2) different issues of the same paper doll book, with notable differences, showing the publisher's changes from one issue to another, in response to changes in the market. Each paper doll book is uncut, and the publisher has used the same artwork; however, large changes have... Read More
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A Teacher's Gift. Asa Bullard Taggard & Thompson Boston
by Asa Bullard
Boston, 1863. Taggard & Thompson. 48 pp. Brown blind stamped hard cover, frontispiece, illustrations. Moral stories for children with religious education and hymns mixed in. Some story titles include "A Teacher's Gift" " Flowers and Weeds" "Things that have Wings" and "The Penknife"4 1/2" x 3
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A Cynic's Christmas Feast
by J. Ashby-Sterry
San Francisco and New York: Paul Elder & Company, 1908. Very good. Light toning.. A charming printed card, illustrating a humorous poem by the beloved contributor to Punch, J. Ashby-Sterry (1836-1917). The artist is signed "R.C.". The image shows a curmudgeonly old man in a powdered wig, grimacing as a smiling man carves a turkey. The poem shows... Read More
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Menu 30th Annual Dinner of the Polytechnic Alumni Association
by Polytechnic Alumni Association
Brooklyn, NY, 1892. Minor toning due to age. A portion of the back as glue residue from where it was most likely attached to a scrap book a one point.. A menu from the 30th Annual Dinner of the Polytechnic Alumni Association of the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute. The menu itself is rather humorous, with each dish... Read More
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Did Dad Ever Warn You Against Her
by American Social Hygiene Association
New York City: Siebel Co, 1919. Letter folds, edge tears. Fragile.. A single-fold pamphlet promoting "Fit to Win" a feature film on venereal disease. The tile page depicts a pert woman and is captioned "Did Dad Ever Warn You Against Her? The pamphlet captions read "SOWING WILD OATS IS EASY--IT IS THE REAPING THAT MAY PROVE HARD, "Fit... Read More
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Montgomery, Alabama: A Guide to its History, Landmarks, Industry, and Culture
by Commercial And Industrial Association
Montgomery, Alabama: Brown Printing Company, 1900. Minor toning due to age.. 36 pp, staple booklet. This short book details the history, people and culture of Montgomery, the capital of Alabama. The book starts off briefly describing the city's location, population, health, water supply and climate. Next it continues onto several landmarks of the city, such as the local... Read More
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Lucie Attwell's Annual, children opening door to animals and fairires
by Lucie Attwell
London: Dean & Son, LTD, no date. 125 pp. Applied illustrated cover depicting two children opening the door for animals and fairies, the back has Santa with his elves and bag of toys, frontispiece, illustrations in black and one color-either orange or green (varies depending on story). A collection of stories by various authors with illustrations by Mabel Lucie... Read More
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Lucie Attwell's Annual, yellow with child carrying flowers
by Lucie Attwell
London: Dean & Son Ltd, 1963. 124 pp. Applied color illustrated cover, frontispiece plus three color plates, illustrations in black and on other color (varies depending on story), illustrated end papers. A collection of short stories by various authors including Eva Gray, Mabel Lucie Attwell, Marjorie Gay, L.E. Sellman, S.E. Kirby, M. Arnold, Annie Ingham, Mabel M. Stevenson, Gwen... Read More
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Auction Sale of Baird Bros. Livery Stables
by Hastings & Frasier Auctioneers
Amsterdam, NY: Recorder Print, 1911. Letter folds with few intact separations.. A 38" x 24 1/2" broadside promoting an Public Sale of Fine Livery and Trucking Equipment. Printed in black with red accent. Includes 50 Horses - Matched Coach Pairs, Surrey and Pleasure Teams, Farm and Business Horses, Saddle Horses and many others. 60 Wagons including Broughams, Landau... Read More
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Die Heinzelmännchen (The Brownies)
by August Kopisch
Mainz: Mainzer Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei. unpaginated. Printed color applied cover over cloth spine, entirely in German, black and white and color illustrations throughout by Fritz Baumgarten. Brownies (elves) took care of all the chores in the town of Cologne while everyone was asleep. 8" x 9 1/2" written in German, wear on cover,
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A Letter from A Traveling Salesman to his Sister in Kansas City, MO
by Augustus
Bushton, KA, 6-Dec-09. General wear. A six page letter written by a traveling salesman named Augustus, who is delayed in the small town of Bushton, KS, which is located north west of Wichita, KS. He is writing to his sister, Mrs. Emma J. Newton, who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. It appears as though he has had a... Read More
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Non Laughing Love" -- Original Pen and Ink Drawing by John Austen
by John Austen
Kent, England, 1934. Good to very good. Toned and sunned with light dust soiling.. Original pen and ink drawing by the famed British illustrator John Austen, completed in 1934 and titled by him in pencil "Non Laughing Love" in the lower left-hand corner. The image depicts a stylized winged putti holding a laughing theatrical mask aloft, with another... Read More
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Sketchbook with Original Watercolor and Pencil Artwork by Thomas C. Babb
by Thomas C. Babb
[United Kingdom?], 1840. Good to very good. Some toning, dust soiling, wear to extremities.. A charming pocket-sized sketchbook belonging to Thomas C. Babb, with original artwork. There are three pages with artwork, including: a pastoral view of a mill with horse and carriage and man fishing in the foreground; a dancing bear and laughing pet monkey; a dog... Read More
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Album of Handmade Paper Dolls with Original Artwork by L.C. Ball
by L.C. Ball
1901. Fine.. A particularly charming 1901 album of paper dolls, outfits, and accessories with original watercolor artwork by L.C. Ball. The album includes: (9) paper dolls (three of which are tiny paper dolls for the bigger paper dolls); over seventy (70) outfits; and over forty (40) accessories (including a charming bulldog, collie, and puppy). The smallest doll is... Read More
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Hymns in Prose, for the Use of Children
by A. L. Barbauld
Boston, MA: Timothy Swan, 1819. General wear. Inscribed. Wrappers appear to have been replaced at some point.. The peculiar design of this publication is, to impress devotional feelings as early as possible on the infant mind; fully convinced, as the author is, that they cannot be impressed too soon; and that a child, to fill the full force... Read More
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Reader-Manual for Jim and Judy, The New World Play Book
by Arthur I. Gates with the assistance of Mary M. Bartlett
New York: MacMillan Company, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Minimal cover wear. A 6 ¼” x 13” hard cover litho on cloth. When opened it reveals two (2) books, one above the other in the same binding. The top book is the 171 pp. Reader Manual for Jim and Judy. Contents includes The Underlying Principles of the Primer Period,... Read More
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Circular. The Cranberry. Fellow Citizens
by Sullivan Bates
Bellingham, MA, 1848. General wear and toning due to age. Letter folds.. A circular relating to the farming of cranberries. In particular it focuses on undermining prevalent idea that cranberries can only be grown in bogs, and instead, asserts that they can be grown in "dry soil". It also provides information on the cranberry such as its agricultural... Read More
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Prairie-Dog Town
by Laura Bancroft (L. Frank Baum)
Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co, 1906. 61 pp. Pictorial hard cover with red card stock end papers, no dust jacket, part of the the "Twinkle Tales" series, illustrations throughout by Maginel Wright Barney, story by Laura Bancroft (aka L. Frank Baum). A story about Twinkle and her friend Chubbins who explore the prairie dog holes and the animals who... Read More
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The Wizard of Oz
by Baum, L. Frank
Akron, OH: Saalfield, 1944. 12 pp. paper covered board spiral comb bone book. Excerpt from the original story by L. Frank Baum. Created and Produced by the Duenewald Printing Corp., New York. Sole Agent for Wehr Animation. Includes six (6) movable pages--when tab is slid to and fro, three-animations move. Charming imagery as when the wizard is filling the... Read More
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Teaching As My Career: A School Project About A Young Female Student's Future
by Marian Beattie
Kalamazoo, MI, 1937. General wear. Newspaper clipping caused toning on two pages.. women, teaching, education, made by hand A school project done by Kalamazoo's Woodward Junior High's 14 year old Marian Eleanor Beattie (1923-2007) on what her future life and career would look like. The result of the project is a large, 81 page hand made book.... Read More
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A Pair of Copybooks belonging to Susan Y. Shoemaker, circa 1850
by George J. Becker
Philadelphia, PA: Uriah Hunt & Son, 1842. General wear. . A pair of copybooks originally belonging to a young girl named Susan Shoemaker who most likely lived in or around Philadelphia, PA (Walnut Grove) in the 1850s. The titles of the copybooks are: 'The American System of Penmanship in Three Parts: Ten Numbers, No. 9' (OCLC 4, Dec... Read More
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Album of Gems, a Friendship Album of Matilda S. Bedell, Coxsacki, New York
by Matilda S. Bedell
Coxsacki, NY, 1861. binding loose, leather on back strip has come off, some staining on front pages. The engravings within the album have been removed, this is evident by the three tissues guards that remain. Interior pages are toned.. A friendship album, entitled 'Album of Gems' which belonged to Matilda S. Bedell of Coxsacki, NY. The bulk of... Read More
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