Books without Words. (Volume First)--Color and Form

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  Prang Craft Colors

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  One boxed collection of paints containing 5 jars of paint and two small mirrors. Four of the jars are labeled Prang Craft Colors, manufactured by the Prang Company, New York, and Chicago. Four (4) of the jars are Prang colors, labeled, individually, "Base Blue A", "Base Blue B", "Base Red" and "Yellow". The other jar of paint is from Waldcraft and is labeled "Reseda Green". The label on one of the Prang bottles reads: "Prang Craft-Colors. For staining basswood and all close grained woods, raffia, reeds, etc. May be used on drawing paper and cardboard with either brush or pen. Fast to light, non-running, non-inflammable; may be thinned with water and mixed to secure any shade. See circular for directions. The Prang Company, New York, Chicago."

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  AmazArt Colors

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  Three boxes of paint labeled AmazArt Colors, manufactured by Binney & Smith Co., New York, ca. 1935. Each of the three yellow and red boxes contains a 2 oz. tube of paint and printed directions for use. The three colors here are green, blue, and vermilion. Promotional text on the sides of the boxes reads: "New sensational art medium. Easy to use no special talent needed to hand-decorate fabrics, wood, glass, china and other surfaces," and "Draw, paint, design, write, mark with tube tip, no waiting to dry - no fixing of colors, made in vermilion, yellow, green, blue, brown, black."

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  Child's First Book. Drawing Series. Self Instructor, No. 1

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  One drawing book entitled Child's First Book. Drawing Series. Self Instructor, No. 1, by Josiah Holbrook, published by H.H. Hawley & Co., Utica, New York, and J.H. Mather & Co., Hartford, copyright 1846. The book contains 22 numbered pages of instructional text, a preface (pp. 2-4), and several pages of images for copying. Stated in the "Directions to Parents and Teachers" is the following: "With the Book before them, and a slate and pencil in their hands, they become 'self instructors'. As the pupil advances, paper may take the place of a slate, used with a lead pencil, pen, or both." The images are divided up into labeled categories: "Geometry; Containing Vessels; Household Utensils; Cutting Instruments; Tools; Articles of Dress, &c.; Agricultural Implements; House, Boat, &c.; Animals; Human Figures; Primary Solids; Diagonals of Squares; Mensuration; Circumscribed & Inscribed Figures; Regular Solids; and Geography." The insides of the front and back covers, as well as the back cover, are blank.

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  New Forms and Solids for Object Teaching

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  One boxed set of wooden drawing models entitled New Forms and Solids for Object Teaching, manufactured by J.W. Schermerhorn & Co., New York, ca. 1870. The set is comprised of 44 forms, including a six-inch ruler, housed within a wooden box. The top lid of the box is removable, and there is a paper label mounted to its underside. The subtitle reads "Containing sixty-four pieces- there being forty-eight plane forms, fifteen solids, and a six-inch rule, among which are several new forms and solids, not included in any other set." Below the title is a numbered inventory of the forms. At the bottom of the label is an advertisement for J.W. Schermerhorn & Co.'s illustrated catalog of school material. Each of the forms is stamped with a number, which corresponds to the list.

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  Munsell Crayons

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  Three boxed sets of color crayons entitled Munsell Crayons manufactured by Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Massachusetts. Set 2 does not have a number on the box, but is labeled "12 colors: five middle colors and five intermediates, with gray and black." Set 3 is labeled as No. 2 Box, containing "five middle colors with gray and black and the maxima of red, yellow and blue." Set 4 is labeled as No. 3 Box, containing "22 colors: five principal hues and five intermediate hues at middle value and middle chroma, five principal hues and five intermediate hues at maximum chroma with middle gray and black." Set 4 is wrapped in sealed plastic. Each paperboard box bears a black and white paper label with the title, contents and manufacture information. Only Set 4 (No. 3 Box) bears the name of the "Munsell Color Co., New York"; but all three sets bear the title Munsell Crayons.

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  The Falcon Best Crayons with Color Book

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  One boxed set of crayons entitled The Falcon Best Crayons with Color Book, High Grade 14 Colors, No. 163 on the front and "The Falcon Best Crayons, Fine Quality, No. 163" on the reverse. The cover of the box shows a young boy using the crayons to draw in the enclosed coloring book. The cardboard box slides open to reveal the small coloring book and the crayons. The book, The Leisure Hour Drawing Book for Instructive Sketching and Coloring Purposes, contains 16 printed images to color. Of the crayons, only 7 remain intact. Others, including two from a different manufacturer, are in pieces.

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