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  • Little Miss Lacqueret's Drawing Book for Children

    Little Miss Lacqueret's Drawing Book for Children

    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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  • Industrial Art Text Books: a Series of Text Books for Children

    Industrial Art Text Books: a Series of Text Books for Children

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    One flyer for a series entitled Industrial Art Text Books: a Series of Text Books for Children, by Bonnie E. Snow and Hugo B. Froehlich, published by A.S. Barnes Company, Chicago and New York, ca. 1920. This brochure is 12 numbered pages in length, and is illustrated with reproductions of sample pages from the text books to which they refer. Each page of the brochure gives a brief overview of the sections within the series: Color and Design; Costume Design; Domestic Art; Interior Decoration; Constructive Design; Commercial Design; Object Drawing and Nature Drawing.

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  • A Handbook of Designs and How to Use Them

    A Handbook of Designs and How to Use Them

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    One publisher's advertisement for a book entitled A Handbook of Designs and How to Use Them, by Gordon de Lemos, published by Educational Materials, Inc., New York, ca. 1930. This 6-page (unnumbered) leaflet is made from a single sheet, folded into thirds. It is illustrated with sample designs from the book, and promotional text. A listing of the contents of the book is given on the last page. The dimensions given are for the folded leaflet.

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  • Little Folks' Painting and Drawing Book

    Little Folks' Painting and Drawing Book

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    One drawing/painting book, ca. 1905, entitled Little Folks' Painting and Drawing Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York. This book is 32 unnumbered pages in length and is comprised of chromolithograph and black and white lithographs in outline form for coloring. The front cover features an image of two children wrapping a gift box. "0701, McLoughlin Bros. N.Y." is printed in the lower left-hand corner beneath the image. The back cover is not illustrated, but the paper is decorated in a simple pattern. "Directions" are printed on the front pastedown, and the title page is illustrated with a black and white image of a boy painting a fence. All of the illustrations are of animals; some have been colored. A ms. inscription in ink is on the title page. "2.-" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the title page.

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    Een brief van Winston Churchill (Vrij Nederland )

    Rare Books

    Language of material: Dutch Author: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 Related content page(s): 2-3 Woods reference: α12/2 Notes: A facsimile of a letter from Winston Churchill appears on p. [3], with a Dutch translation of the letter's text on p. [2].

    609303

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    Delle forze in generale

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    Anonymous physics manuscript. Text is written in bold cursive style present on gutter half of each page. Numerous diagrams and illustrations have been drawn opposite text pertinent to discussion of physical phenomenon. This is a meticulously written and illustrated Italian manuscript covering many aspects of pressure, force and mechanics. The margins contain various geometric and surveying diagrams along with scales, hoists and other machines and hydraulics. These subjects are covered in 133 numbered sections dealing with forces on objects, refraction, etc.

    mssHM 82553