Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Buttercups and daisies for little children
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
One drawing book/manufacturer's advertisement entitled Little Miss Lacqueret's Drawing Book for Children, published by Standard Varnish Works, New York, ca. 1900. This promotional booklet is an 8-page illustrated advertisement for Lacqueret household lacquer. Each page is illustrated and has rhyming text. Each of the pages is also covered by a sheet of tracing paper. The chromolithograph front cover pictures a little girl in a floor-length purple dress who is holding a can of Lacqueret and a paintbrush. The back cover is blank. Some of the images have been traced.
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One magazine entitled John Martin's Book, A Magazine for Little Children, Volume 1, Number 4, published by John Martin's House, Inc., New York, March 1913. This illustrated magazine is 96 (unnumbered) pages in length, and includes stories, poems, rhymes, recipes, drawing and coloring work, songs, and activities, among others. Many of the pages bear advertisements at the bottom, and much of the last 40 pages are full-page manufacturers' advertisements. The front cover is a color illustration of an oversized owl sitting on a branch, with two children nestled into him, and a fairy reaching out to the sleeping children with a long, leafy branch. On the inside of the front cover is a poem, and the inside of the back cover is an advertisement from the toy company F.A.O. Schwarz entitled "Playing House is Lots of Fun". The back cover is an advertisement for Colgate toothpaste, in rhyme. The illustrations throughout are in both black and white and black and red. Some have been colored in, with paint and/or crayon, by a previous owner. "Mrs. Roberta E. Sargent" is written in ms. on the front cover, and "2.00" (price) is written in ms. on p. 1.
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One painting book entitled The Little Folks Painting Book, by Kate Greenaway, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, ca. 1910. This book is comprised of 15 plates of black and white images of children meant for coloring; many of these have been colored in. Each page contains four labeled images, one in each of the four quadrants of a page. The front cover is a chromolithograph of several children, one of whom is painting at an easel. The back cover is an illustrated publisher's advertisement for "Pantomime Toy Books." The inside of the front cover contains text in three parts: "The Little Folks Painting Book"; "A Few Practical Directions", and "Instructions for Mixing the Colors." The inside of the back cover contains publisher's advertisements.
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Rare Books
Facsimiles of an album of eight poems transcribed and illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones and presented to Sophia Dalrymple in 1859.
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Visual Materials
One boxed set of sewing cards entitled Story Sewing Cards, manufactured by the Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1920. The set is comprised of 10 numbered sewing cards, three lengths of colored thread, and one sewing needle. The set is housed within a paperboard box; mounted on the lid is a color illustrated label. The set number 4222 and instructions are printed on the underside of the lid. Each of the three lengths of colored thread is wrapped around a 2-dimensional paper spool. The sewing cards within this set are representative scenes from children's stories, for example: Jack and Jill, Mother Goose, and Little Bo Peep. Six of the ten cards have been completed either in part or in full.
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One boxed drawing set entitled Little Wonder Pictures to Color and Draw: Easy Steps for Children in Coloring and Drawing, copyright 1923, manufactured by the Platt & Munk Co., New York. This set is comprised of one drawing book of approximately 100 pages in length and colored crayons, all housed together in a paperboard box. The drawing book contains images for copying and coloring. Nine colored crayons are present; they have been used. The copyright date on the title page of the drawing book is 1921; the date on the top lid of the box is 1923. Some of the images within the book have been copied and colored.
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