Raphael Tuck Paper Doll. Artistic Series I. With Six Dresses and Four Hats

No Place, Raphael Tuck and Sons, Publisher, 1894. Unbound. No place, presumed London or New York: 1894. Die cut easel back paper doll with die cut dresses and hats. All in color. The doll measures about 10 inches from head to toe. All appear to be from Artistic Series I, with copyright dates of 1894. The firm Raphael Tuck began in 1866, manufacturing a variety of paper items, and issued their first paper doll in 1893, being a baby with a nursing bottle. This doll is a girl, and features dresses labeled artistic Series Ic and Ie, dresses and hats I A, I B, I D, I F. All in GOOD to VERY GOOD condition. The doll is complete, although is missing the easel tab on the reverse. The fronts of all items are still colorful and complete, with a few bearing a few small spots of staining. Some of the dresses are missing the tabs on the reverse, or bear some tape staining, with two bearing a tack hole sized puncture at the neck edge. Good .

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Book number: 021412

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn Paper Dolls

Adams, W.T. (Oliver Optic); Hamilton, Gail

Student and Schoolmate and Forrester's Boys and Girls Magazine. A Reader for Schools and Families. May 1860

Boston, Robinson, Greene and Co, 1860. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Pagination runs 149-184. A few illustrations throughout, including one of a train locomotive. A single issue of this magazine for a juvenile audience, featuring 'The Young Philosopher,' by W.T. Adams, discussing trains, railroads and their design and use. Adams is perhaps better known by his pen name Oliver Optic. Also present is the piece 'About A Cat,' by Gail Hamilton (pen name of Mary Abigail Dodge) a writer known for her support of equal opportunities for women. With pieces on the planets, etc. GOOD condition. Covers torn along the lower hinges, about 3 inches in length, with a1 by 2 inch triangular piece missing from the lower rear cover. Covers also split about 4 inches down along the upper hinge. Minor scattered staining to the front cover, with moderate staining to the rear. Minor soiling and browning. Some curling along the extremities. Previous owner's signature in pencil at the upper front cover. Text solid, with minor scattered staining. Good .

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Book number: 008184

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn Literature

Andrews, Anna

Peggy Lee Sophomore

New York, Cupples and Leon, 1932. Cloth. Blue cloth. No jacket. 209 pp. With an illustrated frontispiece. Part of the Plantation Series, a juvenile series following the adventures of Peggy Lee, with this chronicling her time at a school for girls. GOOD condition. Heavy fading to the spine, with some spotting. Minor general fading and light spotting to the covers. Cloth a bit worn along the extremities and hinges. Very minor soiling. Bookstore stamp on the inside front cover, with an ownership inscription in pencil to the first endpaper. Frontis coming loose. Text block clean and solid with minor toning. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006466

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

No Author

Build a Harbour. Press out Paper Model

Brighton, Litor Publishers. Soft Cover. Color illustrated wraps depicting a boardwalk pier scene. Small oblong format. Two die-cut color illustrated thin cardboard leaves, all pieces intact. Rear cover forms the base for the piece. A small booklet present between the two leaves, describing the activities and buildings in a harbor. A pre-fabricated model of a harbor. VERY GOOD condition. Light toning to the piece. Very Good .

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Book number: 008901

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Pyle, Howard (author and artist); Johnson, Merle (compiler)

Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates. Fiction, Fact and Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main

New York, Harper and Brothers, 1921. Hard Cover. Fourteenth printing. L-E code on copyright page. Illustrated paper covered boards with a black cloth spine. Folio. 247 pp. Color and black and white illustrated plates throughout, all present as called for. A collection of tales, interweaving historical information, on various pirates and other notorious figures in the Spanish Main (Caribbean). Includes chapters on Henry Morgan, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd and others. FAIR condition. Slightly ex-library with a stamp on the inside front cover, blindstamp on the title page and JP written on the spine. Moderate toning, scuffing and fading to the covers, with moderate soiling, spotting and some staining. Several small pinholes and small scrapes to the covers. Corners very worn. Lengthy split along the upper rear hinge, with loss of cloth. Some toning to the paper in the interior. Fair .

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Book number: 015937

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn Literature

Various Authors

Boys' Magazine. Vol XV. No. 392. September 7, 1929

Manchester, UK, Allied Newspaper, Ltd, 1929. Original Wraps. Wraps with a two tone illustration on the front cover depicting a man escaping up a ladder dangling from the cabin of a zeppelin. 36pp including several illustrations. An adventure magazine for boys, featuring detective stories, adventure stories, etc. This issue features a story about Falcon Swift, the sporting detective, as well as one featuring Miffy, the Motor Marvel and Caleb Hench, the Hunchback Mystery Man. This features some rather poor characterizations of Chinese men. Also included is a story titled, The World of a Witch Doctor featuring the Zulu tribe and a science fiction story set on another planet, titled "The Land of Marvels," and written by Everard Darrell. In FAIR/GOOD condition. Heavy browning to the paper, with minor chipping and creasing along the corners. Several small spots of dampstaining to the front wrap, with moderate to heavy soiling along the spine. Interior solid with a small semicircular dampstain at the lower fore edge. Fair .

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Book number: 004167

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn Boy's Adventure Stories Science Fiction

Various authors

Fithian's Miniature Magazine. March, 1854

Philadelphia, Charles Fithian, Publisher, 1854. Wraps. Illustrated yellow wraps. Pagination runs 75-104. Black and white illustrations throughout. A single issue of this magazine for children, focusing on learning and school, and containing moral tales, essays on hurricanes, rhinoceros, etc. This magazine was apparently a continuation, under a different name, of several other children's magazines (The Boys' and Girls' Journal) published by Charles Fithian. It appears this iteration lasted only a year, with no subsequent publications. GOOD condition. Moderate scuffing, some chipping and tearing along the extremities, with minor creasing. Wrappers split along the spine, tenuously holding together. Minor toning, soiling and staining to the covers and interior. Several of the first several pages with 1 inch tears to their fore edge margins. Good .

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Book number: 020094

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Various authors

Forrester's Playmate, a Monthly Instructor for Youth. October, 1858

Boston, William Guild and Company, 1858. Wraps. Illustrated light green wraps. A few black and white illustrations throughout. A single issue of this magazine intended for a juvenile audience. This month with a fictional piece by William Dalton (unattributed) on a "wolf-boy" in China and his persecution/punishment by people in Beijing (Peking). According to the article the boy's name was Lyu-Payo or Herbert Richardson. Also included is an article on exercises for young women, asserting that throwing balls is a good way to stay fit. GOOD condition. Minor soiling and fading to the covers. A few minor stains. Wrappers chipped, curled and creased along the extremities, with a few small tears. Faint owner's signature on the upper front cover. Numbers in pencil on the rear. Interior toned. Good .

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Book number: 014019

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Various Authors

Forrester's Playmate, a Monthly Instructor for Youth. August, 1857

Boston, William Guild and Company, 1857. Wraps. Illustrated front wrap, LACKING rear wrapper. Pagination runs 33-64. A few illustrations throughout. Single issue of this educational magazine for a juvenile audience, featuring nonfiction and moral fiction. This issue includes an article on comets, with one illustration depicting several different comets to have passed by Earth. FAIR/GOOD condition, MISSING the rear wrapper. General toning, minor soiling and edgewear. Signature on the upper front cover. Fair .

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Book number: 020472

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Various Authors

St. Nicholas for Young Folks. April 1896

New York, The Century Company, 1896. Wraps. White decorative wraps. Pagination runs 442-528, plus an index to the previous six months and 16 pages of ads. Black and white illustrations throughout. A single issue of this magazine, notably featuring an article 'About Flying-Machines,' by Tudor Jenks. This twelve page articles contains illustrations, as well as two photos of various flying machines, including hot air balloons or air ships, flying wings and two photos of an airplane type machine built by Hiram Maxim. This article discusses the history and evolution of man made aviation, from balloons to motorized machines, featuring conjecture on the future as well as discussion of the then current state of aviation. With an interesting illustration depicting air warfare as conceived by a German artist. With other articles, literature and poetry. GOOD condition. Minor staining along the spine near the staples. Minor soiling, toning and fading. Some creasing, chipping and minor tearing along the extremities and corners (heavy creases to some of the corners). Interior clean and solid with the last two pages of the article on aviation unopened. Good .

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Book number: 007482

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn Aviation Airplanes Literature Aviation

Bacon, Gail (author); Loomis, Frances Russell

King Cole Stories

Boston, C.H. Smith and Company, 1924. Hard Cover. Light blue paper covered boards. No jacket. 41 pp. A few full page illustrations by Frances Russell Loomis. A collection of short stories for children, recalling the adventures of a cocker spaniel, King Cole. If our searches of the OCLC can be trusted, it appears no copy is held in libraries at this time. GOOD condition. Paper covers scuffed, toned, soiled and worn, with some scratching and few deeper scuffs. A few minor stains present. Extremities bumped and worn. Owner's signatures in the interior. Light toning to the paper. Good .

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Book number: 017702

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Ball, Alice E. Dummer, H. Boylston (artist)

Little Miss Muffett Abroad

Boston, The Pilgrim Press, 1915. Cloth. Red cloth with a color pastedown illustration on the front cover. 158 pp. Illustrations throughout, with 36 black and white plates and four color plates. A collection of short verses chronicling the encounters Little Miss Muffett has during her trip around the world. Includes mentions of Tibet, Japan, China, Chile, Australia, Germany and many other places. Illustrated by artist H. Boylston Dummer, a one time member of the Provincetown Art Colony, and often associated with the Rockport Realists. GOOD condition. Some scratching to the pastedown on the front cover. Uneven toning and discoloration to the covers, with minor soiling and staining. Some fraying and scuffing to the cloth along the edges. Several owner's inscriptions on the inside front cover/front endpaper. Minor toning to the text block. Good .

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Book number: 020830

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Barbour, Ralph Henry; Rockwell, Norman (illustrator)

Hitting the Line

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1917. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Blue cloth with a pastedown illustration on the front cover. 333 pp. Four color plate illustrations by Norman Rockwell present (all present as called for). A novel for a juvenile audience following the exploits of a young football player. GOOD condition. Upper front cover corner and fore edge stained and discolored. Minor soiling, scuffing and edgewear. Faint spotting to the rear cover. Minor toning to the text block. Previous owner's last name on the inside rear cover. Good .

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Book number: 018367

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Stowe, Harriet Beecher et al.

Our Young Folks. An Illustrated Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls. May, 1866

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1866. Wraps. Orange illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout. A single issue of this magazine, featuring "Miss Katy-Did and Miss Cricket," by Harriet Beecher Stowe; an article looking at life in prisons in Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War; "The Enchantress," by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, etc. With illustrations by S. Eytinge, Jr. H. Fenn and others. GOOD+ condition. Small address label on the front cover. Minor soiling and fading. Minor chipping, bumping and creasing along the extremities. Some toning to the text block. Good .

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Book number: 013637

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn Literature

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Fifi

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. Illustrated paper covered boards. No dust jacket. Folio. Unpaginated. Color illustrations throughout. A work for children revolving around the fictionalized adventures of Bemelmans' poodle in Africa. Bemelmans is perhaps best known for his children's book, Madeline. POOR/FAIR condition. Backstrip MISSING from the spine. General fading and toning to the covers, with minor soiling and staining. Heavy bumping, scuffing and wear along the extremities. Covers weakly attached to the text block. Minor toning to the text block. Poor .

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Book number: 013307

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn