ABC. (ADVERTISING) ABC. NY: Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. ca 1920. 8vo, (5 1/4 x 7 3/4") pictorial wraps, light soil, VG. Every letter has a rhyme dealing with the healthy thing to do or eat. Illustrated in typical 1920's style in b&w by M.C. Phares. "C is for Cough And... More about ABC
ABC. (ADVERTISING) COLUMBIAN ABC FOR THE LITTLE ONES. (Reading, MA: Brandreth's 1892.) 5 x 7 1/4", pictorial wraps, 18p., light wear, VG+. Each letter of the alphabet refers to an aspect of Columbus's voyage to the New World. Illustrated with charming chromolithographs of various scenes. "G" stands for "Gifts" that... More about BRANDRETH COLMBIAN ABC FOR THE LITTLE ONES
ABC. (ADVERTISING) OLIVER ALPHABET. South Bend, IN: Oliver Chilled Plow Works 1889. 4" wide x 6.5", pictorial wraps, small corner off front cover else VG+. Printed in alternating red and black inks, every page touts the greatness of Oliver's Chilled Plow. Full page illustrations accompany the verse: D is Durability... More about OLIVER ALPHABET
ABC. (CARDS) ALPHABET CARDS . This is a COMPLETE SET OF 26 ALPHABET CARDS! Circa 1880, each card measures 3" x 4 1/2" (blank versos). Each card has gilt background with large letter in red in the upper left corner and stamped in the upper right is advertising for Blake's... More about ALPHABET CARDS
ABC. (NOAH'S ARK) NOAH'S ARK PRIMER. Syracuse: Handford Manufacturing 1912. 5 x 7", pictorial wraps, some edge fraying else VG. This is a charming advertising ABC in verse with a Noah's Ark theme. Illustrated in full color on every page. Beneath each rhyme are 2 lines touting the benefit of... More about NOAH'S ARK PRIMER
ABC. (TRANSPORTATION) YOUR HIGHWAY ABC BOOK. Wash. D.C.: Nat'l Highway Users Conference 1935. 4to, pictorial wraps, near fine. Each letter relates to some aspect of the benefits that good transportation offers the country and urges positive voting on the Progress in Transport legislation. Illus. in color throughout. "L is for... More about YOUR HIGHWAY ABC BOOK
BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE PICKANINNIES. Kansas City, MO: Faultless Starch circa 1910. 16mo, pictorial wraps, 15p., fine. This is an advertising booklet with the counting rhyme involving little Black children and starch. ("Four pickaninnies buying Faultless starch with glee / One got another sort and then there were three"). Illustrated... More about TEN LITTLE PICKANINNIES
(BROCK,H.M.)illus. WONDERFUL DOINGS OF FAIRY BLACKSHINE AND FAIRY WHITESHINE. London: Reckitt & Sons circa 1915. 16mo, pictorial wraps, slight rubbing, VG. The story is about 2 fairies who clean up a house with the help of Zebra and Brasso polishes. Illustrated by Brock with 4 full page and double page... More about WONDERFUL DOINGS OF FAIRY BLACKSHINE AND FAIRY WHITESHINE
COX,PALMER. RHYME & REASON. (Clark's Spool Cotton) circa 1890's. 3.25 x 4.75", pictorial wraps, 12p. including covers, VG. Each page has a full page illustration of a different scenario where Clark's thread is saving the day. 4 lines of text in verse accompany the scenes where royalty, natives, Indians and... More about RHYME & REASON
DE BRUNHOFF,LAURENT. BABAR GOES TO BLOOMINGDALES. 1960, no publishing information, presumably done in New York by Bloomgdales. 4to (8 1/4 x 11"), pictorial wraps, except for a name written and partially on corner of front cover, VG+ and unused. The story follows Babar and his family as they visit Bloongdales... More about BABAR GOES TO BLOOMINGDALES
DOLLS. (PAPER) MUNSINGER FAMILY CUT-OUTS. Minneapolis: Munsign Wear no date circa 1910. There are 8 pictorial panels folded accordion style to 3 1/2 x 6 1/4", fine and uncut. The front side of each panel has a different paper doll for family members: grandma, grandpa, mother, father and 4 children... More about MUNSINGER FAMILY CUT-OUTS
FAIRIES. THE ADVENTURES OF TOMMY TEABERRY. Pittsburgh: Clark Chewing Gum Co. (1944). 4to (8 X 10 1/4"), cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest of tip wear else fine in dust wrapper with corner chip. The story tells of a little boy who meets a family of pixies in the woods. Teaberry-Ticklebeard... More about ADVENTURES OF TOMMY TEABERRY
MOTHER GOOSE. (ADVERTISING) WYANDOTTE SODA AND BELL STARCH RHYMES; OR FATHER GANDER'S SEQUEL TO MOTHER GOOSE written by Two Goslings - by Paul West. Wyandotte, Michigan: Wyandotte Soda, no date, circa 1898. 3 1/3 x 5 1/2", pictorial wraps, 20p. + covers, VG. The text includes traditional Mother Goose rhymes... More about WYANDOTTE SODA AND BELL STARCH RHYMES; OR FATHER GANDER'S SEQUEL
MOTHER GOOSE. THIS LITTLE PIG [by Frederic Weatherly]. London: Pictorial Literature Society, no date, circa 1890. 12mo (5 x 5 1/4"), pictorial wraps, Fine condition. Illustrated with 4 charming full page chromolithographs and in line on text pages to accompany the traditional nursery rhyme. Although not credited, the illustrations are... More about THIS LITTLE PIG
MOTHER GOOSE. THIS LITTLE PIG: A Tale in Five Curls [by Frederic Weatherly]. No publishing information, no date, circa 1890. 4to (6 5/8 x 9 1/2"), pictorial wraps, light edge fraying else VG+ condition. Illustrated with 4 super full page chromolithographs and 9 illustrations in line on text pages to... More about THIS LITTLE PIG
MOTHER GOOSE. THIS LITTLE PIG: A Tale in Five Curls [by Frederic Weatherly]. No publishing information, no date, circa 1890. 4to (6 5/8 x 9 1/2"), pictorial wraps, light cover soil and a few minor archival mends,near VG condition. Illustrated with 4 super full page chromolithographs and 9 illustrations in... More about THIS LITTLE PIG
POP-UP. LE PETIT POUCET [TOM THUMB]. This a a pop-up tradecard produced for Au Bon Marche, the Paris Department Store, circa 1885. The cover depicts Tom seated next to the ogre. The caption reads " Tom Thumb having approached the Ogre, slowly took his (Ogre's) boots and put them on... More about LE PETIT POUCET [TOM THUMB
SHAPE BOOK. OL' KING COAL. Kenosha: Samuel Lowe circa 1950. Oblong 8 x 6", pictorial boards die-cut in the shape of a coal truck, fine. The text deals with the virtues of coal heating and how exciting it is when the coal man delivers his goods. Illus. in color on... More about OL' KING COAL