40 VALENTINES TO PUNCH OUT AND MAKE UP
First printing of this darling book of Valentines, illustrated in the earnestly saccharine 50s style – intact and unused.
First printing of this darling book of Valentines, illustrated in the earnestly saccharine 50s style – intact and unused.
Object-based WWII-era American alphabet book, printed on textured paper with colored backgrounds, each letter featuring a large color illustration.
Mid-century alphabet book printed in Chicago on texture paper, an object-based ABC in lovely 1940s style.
Lovely basic alphabet book printed on stiff linentex paper, well printed and with no text at all apart from the large block letters of the alphabet.
Pre-war American alphabet book printed on cloth, each letter represented by a different animal.
Great alphabet and counting book illustrated in color on every page in typical 1940s style.
First edition of this delightful and detailed French panorama alphabet — each panel is its own game, with a number of hidden objects beginning with the featured letter.
Early edition of this classic rhyme, published by "one of the two printers who dominated the New York City children's book publishing scene in the early 19th century" (Modero).
First edition of this series of Baptist questions and answers about the nature of Christian belief aimed at children, with a Wilmington, Delaware imprint.
Great pre-war alphabet picture book with large block letters and captivating colorful illustrations, in a larger linen book format for easy use by young children.
First edition of this moralistic tale of how friendship is tested by dishonesty, with delicate wood-engraved illustrations.
Fourth edition of this illustrated description of various 19th-century jobs, this copy lacking 2 plates of 67 total.
Publisher's catalogue of children's books for Longman's, Green & Co., an annotated listing that includes books by the Haders, Sanford Tousey, Lawson and more.
Complete set of 22 Boy Scout paper toys and a pop-up tent, executed in McLoughlin's signature vibrant chromolithography.
A short story of the Campfire Girls, a popular fiction series from the early 20th century based upon a girls' club very similar to the Girl Scouts.
Later edition of this little collection of moral stories, presented to a child over 150 years ago.
First edition thus, from publisher Mahlon Day, of this traditional and tragic tale, with lovely hand-colored illustrations.
First edition thus, from Boston publisher Degen & Estes, of the tragic folktale, with woodcut illustrations after the circa 1850 Mahlon Day publication.
Turn of the century American alphabet book printed on cloth.
First edition of this scarce little collection of illustrated nursery rhymes, including classics like Little Miss Muffet and Bah Bah Black Sheep.
First edition of this charming paper doll set, complete with fashionable chromolithograph dresses and hats, in the scarce original box.
Novelty board book, die-cut in the shape of a doll's house.
Delightful late Victorian collection of six mini books for little readers, in the original publisher's box, each illustrated with four full-page chromolithographs.
Illustrated gift book extolling the virtues of the independent grocery store via adventurous fairies – a charming piece of 1920s US advertising.
Large format bucolic alphabet book, with illustrations in 3 colors filling every page, each letter representing a different farm animal.