Very scarce heavily illustrated Victorian children’s picture book issued for the Christmas holiday trade. A three-quarter-page engraving illustrates each page, beneath which is a poetical... Read More
![[Salesman’s Sample Book:] Poetic Fancies. [and] Stories from Wonderland. [and] Fun for the Little Folks. Anon.](/images/noimage-req.png)
Exceptionally well-preserved salesman’s three-part, heavily illustrated sample book, dummy, or canvassing book; issued to promote book sales for the Christmas holidays. The three titles seen... Read More
C.1955 Children’s cook book with easy, child-friendly recipes issued by the Carnation Company, cheerfully illustrated. While the company’s evaporated milk is not featured in every... Read More
![[Young Pennsylvania German Girl’s c.1938–1940 Cartoon Drawing and Story Book with Text and Dialog in Pennsylfawnish Dialect]. Catherine M. Weaver.](/pictures/thumb/3727775.jpg?v=1539368825)
Pennsylvania German girl’s cartoon drawing book capturing daily life and humorous childhood foibles in and around Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The folk art manuscript was... Read More
![Westward Ho. [Autograph Edition]. Charles Kingsley.](/pictures/thumb/3727297_1.jpg?v=1536172149)
A lavishly-illustrated edition of Kinglsey’s Westward Ho. American artist Thornton Oakley (1881–1953) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was familiar with its railroad factories and... Read More
Late Victorian children’s geography book presented in the form of travel adventure by boys and girls of the “North-End History Club.” The children of the... Read More
Bimbo, a cartoon dog, made his screen debut in 1930 as the animated star of Fleischer Studios’ Hot Dog. The career of a hot dog... Read More
Inscribed and signed by the author, thus: “For Kenneth who shared my desire for another kind of history.” (Kenneth M. Kolb’s bookplate neatly affixed inside... Read More
Children’s book about the adventures of 5-year-old twins Roggie and Reggie who leave their home in California to go to Washington, D.C. with their father... Read More
Juvenile book or annual—Chatterbox for 1913—seen here in a brightly gilt American publisher’s trade cloth binding with color onlay and binder’s cancel on upper cover... Read More
An Egyptian boy must solve the mystery of who stole the Pharaoh’s treasure or his brother, who stands falsely accused of the crime, must die... Read More
With compelling illustrations by Lois Mailou Jones, an American history book for African American youth, written by two African American women from Washington, D.C. Each... Read More
![[1901 Autograph Letter Signed by Julia Magruder, Author, Writing to Editor William Clemens about Short Stories for Children]. Julia Magruder, 1854–1907.](/pictures/thumb/3726054_1.jpg?v=1534362328)
Letter from American novelist and writer Julia Magruder (1854–1907) here writing to an editor, one “Mr. Clemens,” concerning short stories for children. It appears that... Read More
![[L. Frank Baum – Oziana] Baum’s Hoof Dressing. The Marvel in Veterinary Science! L. Frank Baum; Baum's Castorine Oil.](/pictures/thumb/3726612_1.jpg?v=1534362425)
If the Tin Man ever made it to this side of the rainbow he would have, naturally, used oil from Baum’s Castorine Company to keep... Read More
Pre-World War I American children’s book in scarce dust jacket and with publisher’s advertising brochure promoting the book for the Christmas holiday season. Billy Popgun... Read More
“To Adorn the Nursery” This amusing portfolio of 9 color prints offers a humorous look at childhood. Intended as decorations for the nursery, the prints... Read More
![[A 1923–1925 Collection of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Amateur Theater Performances.]. Various.](/pictures/thumb/372337_1.jpg?v=1534362288)
From Pennsylvania, during the 1920s, here is a group of twelve Harrisburg, Pennsylvania theater programs, including several blackface minstrel shows. The various performances were accomplished... Read More
