Complete set of Gilded Age alphabet trade cards advertising Blake's Great Piano Palace in Boston in a style reminiscent of Alfred Crowquill.

Gilded Age small-format McLoughlin Brothers publication with a cute pet dog theme.

Collection of various early 19th-century printings of the influential American educational book, demonstrating its evolution over more than three decades.

Winter and Christmas-themed picture book from the McLoughlin Brothers, featuring rhymes for young children illustrated with chromolothographs with little children at play.

Late 19th-century McLoughlin Brothers publication with their characteristic bright chromolithographs.

First edition of a sweet little alphabet reader with hand-colored illustrations.

Uncommon American moral story for children, loosely modeled on Hoffmann's STRUWWELPETER.

First edition of this collection of stories and little verses, illustrated in a style strongly influenced by Maud Humphrey.

Gilded Age fantasy verses with a beautiful 19th-century American trade binding, illustrated with chromolithographs reminiscent of E.V. Boyle, some with an eerie quality.

Scarce color McLoughlin Brothers Brownies production featuring author-illustrator Palmer Cox's ingenious adaptation of Scottish folklore, an attractive copy.

First edition of this Cinderella-like tale of a poor girl and the enchanted pitcher who helps her attain a better life.

First edition of the first book in the Elsie Dinsmore series, a major precursor to the Nancy Drew books.

First issue of the first extensive printed record of the tales of Brer Rabbit and other oral traditions kept by enslaved African Americans before emancipation, this copy with an owner's Christmas gift inscription dated 1880.