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Bronzeville Boys And Girls, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ronni Solbert, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1956

Bronzeville Boys And Girls, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ronni Solbert, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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40 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. A collection of poems for and about children, particularly those living in big cities. Contents: Mexie and Bridie -- Val -- Timmy and Tawanda -- Narcissa -- Andre -- Keziah -- Charles -- Cynthia in the snow -- John, who is poor -- Paulette -- Rudolph is tired of the city -- Eppie -- Ella -- Dave -- Luther and Breck -- Michael is afraid of the storm -- Eldora, who is rich -- Beulah at church -- Skipper -- Robert, who is often a stranger to himself -- Lyle -- Nora -- …

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Around The World In A Flash: How Messages Are Sent Via Telephone, Telegraph, Radio, And Television, Marie Neurath, Isotype Institute, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1954

Around The World In A Flash: How Messages Are Sent Via Telephone, Telegraph, Radio, And Television, Marie Neurath, Isotype Institute, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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36 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm. The How and why series. "A Chanticleer edition". "Printed in Great Britain by Graphic Reproductions Ltd. London". Color illustrated, double title page. Case binding with paper color dust jacket. Jacket has tears at top of spine and back cover bottom left corner.

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Mother Goose Riddle Rhymes, Joseph Low, Ruth Low, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1953

Mother Goose Riddle Rhymes, Joseph Low, Ruth Low, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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[44] pages : color illus. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Color illustrated title-page and dust jacket. Book jacket design by Joseph Low, printed offset. Book seller's label, inside back cover: Museum Books, Inc., 48 East 43rd Street, New York 17, N.Y. Gift of Christine Jones (RISD IA '52).

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The First Great Inventions, Lancelot Thomas Hogben, Marie Neurath, Joseph Albert Lauwerys, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1950

The First Great Inventions, Lancelot Thomas Hogben, Marie Neurath, Joseph Albert Lauwerys, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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36 pages color illustrations 23 cm. Chanticleer wonder-story books. "Designed by the Isotype Institute and printed in six-color offset lithography by Waldheim-Eberle, Vienna, Austria" Color illustrated, double title page. Case binding with original color paper dust jacket.

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Noa Noa: Voyage Á Tahiti, Paul Gauguin, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1947

Noa Noa: Voyage Á Tahiti, Paul Gauguin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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[4] p., [2] leaves of plates : illus. (some color), facsim. Facsimile of Gauguin's handwritten notations, color reproductions. Donated by Bess P. Kaufman in memory of Sol. P. Kaufman.

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Holiday Cards, Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliot, Huger Elliot Jan 1947

Holiday Cards, Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliot, Huger Elliot

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9 cards : black and white illustrations. Illustrations signed E.S.G.E. Most cards are approximately 12 x 17 cm, with some slightly smaller. All printed one side only, some with written messages on the verso. All but three cards have dates, 1918-1947. Wood-engraved and photomechanical illustrations, most with text and printed Christmas greetings. Elizabeth Shippen Green (September 1, 1871, Philadelphia- May 29, 1954, Philadelphia); American magazine and book illustrator; illustrated children's books and worked for publications such as the Ladies' home journal, the Saturday evening post and Harper's magazine. Green enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1887 …

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Office Daze, Dorothy A. Bond, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1945

Office Daze, Dorothy A. Bond, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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64 pages : illustrations, 14 x 22 cm. Cover title. "A Dorothy Bond Cartoon Book" "... only an office girl (with the soul of a jerk) could draw the humorous back-of-the-scenes in an office ... and now it's been done by one ... it is dedicated with my love and best wishes to my co-worker ... that really grand, hard-working person ... the office girl"-- page 1. "Copyright 1945 by Dorothy A. Bond"--page 1. Illustrated cover, printed in red and black. Stapled. On cover: Fifty cents. Satirizes the harried lives of women working in offices during World War II. Written …

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Government Gertie By One, Dorothy A. Bond, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1944

Government Gertie By One, Dorothy A. Bond, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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36 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations, 14 x 22 cm. Cover title. "Dedicated with sincere admiration to that perfectly swell girl --the government clerk"--Page 1 "Copyright 1944 by Dorothy A. Bond"--Page 1 "These cartoons good-naturedly satirize the harried life of the World War II-era government clerk. The women portrayed by Bond ... are overworked, bothered by their bosses, rushing to catch the train, stressed by their friendships and their relationships with their mothers, and stumbling in to work in the morning after a long night out. Bond's irreverent humor is obvious in every page, especially in her parody profiles of …

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Red Light, Green Light, Golden Macdonald, Leonard Weisgard, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1944

Red Light, Green Light, Golden Macdonald, Leonard Weisgard, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations. Series: A Zephyr book. "Junior books." Summary: All day and night the traffic signal blinks its messages of stop and go. "This book is complete and unabridged, manufactured under wartime conditions in conformity with all government regulations controlling the use of paper and other materials. Printed by Michaelson Lithograph Corporation."-- page preceding title page. Golden MacDonald was a pseudonym used by Margaret Wise Brown. Title page printed in red, green and black. Limited color palette lithography, mainly red, green, grey, brown and black. Case binding. Original color illustrated dust jacket, missing small part of …

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The Little Red Engine Gets A Name, Diana Ross, Jan Lewitt, George Mates, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1942

The Little Red Engine Gets A Name, Diana Ross, Jan Lewitt, George Mates, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, 18 x 25 cm. The little red engine proves he is worthy of being a main line engine and gets a special name by order of the king.

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Britain At War, Monroe Wheeler, Herbert Read, E. J. Carter, Carlos Dyer, E. Mcknight Kauffer Jan 1941

Britain At War, Monroe Wheeler, Herbert Read, E. J. Carter, Carlos Dyer, E. Mcknight Kauffer

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97 pages : illustrations (color frontispiece). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Defense of the Islands / T.S. Eliot -- The artist and national defense / Monroe Wheeler -- The war as seen by British artists / Herbert Read -- Paintings and drawings -- Photographs -- Architectural reconstruction and war-time forms / E.J. Carter -- Cartoons -- Posters -- The role of the artist in camouflage / Carlos Dyer -- Catalog of paintings and drawings. Ten thousand copies .. printed by the Plantin Press. Cover design by McKnight Kauffer. Gift of …

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Summer Holiday, Richard Floethe, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1939

Summer Holiday, Richard Floethe, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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[62] pages : all color illustrations (lithographs) ; 22 cm Imprint from title page verso. Housed in a paper covered slipcase printed with a basket weave pattern. "This book is limited to 150 copies, printed by lithography, hand colored and signed by the artist [signed], Richard Floethe. This copy is number 29 [signed and numbered in ink]"--Colophon. Bequest of Nina Abrams.

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The Lost Merry-Go-Round, Dorothy P. Lathrop, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1938

The Lost Merry-Go-Round, Dorothy P. Lathrop, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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6 preliminary leaves, 104 pages : color frontispiece, illustrations. Illustrated title page and lining-papers. In Flittermouse Wood children discover a lost merry-go-round that takes them on magical journeys to places they long to go. "Printed in the United States of America, American Book-Stratford Press, Inc., New York."-- title page verso. Library has second printing, November 1938. Case binding. Original dust jacket, missing portions of spine and head of front cover. Water staining on half title page and verso. Purchased from Cellar Stories.

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The Little White Goat, Dorothy P. Lathrop, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1933

The Little White Goat, Dorothy P. Lathrop, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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58 pages : color frontispiece, illustrations. Illustrated title page and lining-pages. Two children are led into a wood by a magical white goat, and are able to play with all the baby animals there. Case binding. Yellow-brown cloth with title and illustration stamped in orange. Purchase from Cellar Stories.

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Mummy's Bedtime Story Book, Marion, Mrs. Alexander Marion Gemmell, Jessie Marion King, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1929

Mummy's Bedtime Story Book, Marion, Mrs. Alexander Marion Gemmell, Jessie Marion King, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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56 pages color illustrations. Printed Photo-Offset by Suttley & Silverlock, LTD., Blackfriars Road. Color illustrated frontispiece, title page, and endpapers. Eleven full-page illustrations, with color decorations on each text page. Bound in bright paper covered pictorial boards with title in red. Case binding. Jessie Marion King (20 March 1875--3 August 1949) was a Scottish illustrator known for her beautiful illustrated children's books; she also designed jewelery and fabric, and painted pottery; King was one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

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The Magic Flutes, Josef Kožišek, Clara Vostrovsky Winlow, Rudolf Mates, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1929

The Magic Flutes, Josef Kožišek, Clara Vostrovsky Winlow, Rudolf Mates, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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53 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, 25 x 33 cm. Illustrated endpapers; color illustrated title page; title and text within blue, green, and red ornamental border; manufacture statement from title verso. "Printed in Czechoslovakia through Raf. D. Szalatnay, New York."--Title verso Text in English, translated from the Czech. Quarter-bound in printed pictorial boards and red cloth. Copy has front and back covers of a slipcase, front duplicates the illustrated cover. Gift of Steven Levine and Freeman Freeman.

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Skipping Village, Lois Lenski, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1927

Skipping Village, Lois Lenski, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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179 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : color frontispiece, color plates. "Oh, I know a town, a funny little town, that sits on the top of a hill; for years it has sat, in the very same spot, and I know it is sitting there still." Based on the author's childhood experiences near the turn of the century in a small Ohio town. Illustrated title page, illustrated map on lining-papers. Case binding, blue cloth with title and decorated frame stamped in yellow. Spine in poor condition. Purchase from Cellar Stories.

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The Romance Of Rubber, John Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1925

The Romance Of Rubber, John Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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24 pages : illustrations, map, 24 cm. Full cover illustration, printed green, black, and orange on off-white. First three, and last three, pages printed in red and black. Frontispiece printed on page [2] of cover. Illustration signed George Carlson. Advertisement for Keds shoes on page [3] of cover. Gift of Claudia Covert.

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Voyaging Southward From The Strait Of Magellan, Rockwell Kentridge, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1924

Voyaging Southward From The Strait Of Magellan, Rockwell Kentridge, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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xv, 184 pages, [1] leaf of plates : frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Illustration on title-page. Maps on lining-papers. Cover design also by Kent. Gift of the Estate of Henry D. Sharpe.

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The Holy Experiment: A Message To The World From Pennsylvania, Violet Oakley, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1922

The Holy Experiment: A Message To The World From Pennsylvania, Violet Oakley, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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xii, l6, 19-38, 40-51, [7] pages : illus., 22 leaves of mounted color plates (2 folded); 57cm. Series of mural paintings by Violet Oakley... in the Governor̓s Reception Room and in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Printed in black, red and blue. In portfolio. Leather portfolio with stamp, border and leather bosses. Metal clasps hold the covers together. Gold leaf on inside covers. Leather spine has been repaired/replaced. Title vignette. Illustrated title-page. "This edition is limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 34." Numbered and signed by the artist. "The pages of …

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Oh, Yes A Pohlson Gift: Gifts That Make Giving A Pleasure, Pohlson Galleries, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1922

Oh, Yes A Pohlson Gift: Gifts That Make Giving A Pleasure, Pohlson Galleries, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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32, [8], 33-64 pages : illustrations, 23 cm. Profusely illustrated gift catalog, hundreds of fascinating and unusual objects offered for sale, many with a strong Art Deco visual or graphic aesthetic. "Farrington Printing Co., Boston."-- Index page. Color illustrations on covers. Includes catalog mail envelope, and small order envelope. Catalog envelope addressed to: Mrs. James P. Johnson, 150 Broad Street, New London, Conn. 2 cent stamp, postmarked, Boston, Mass. Catalog illustrators/designers include RISD Alumni.

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The Pohlson Line : Gifts That Make Giving A Pleasure, Pohlson Galleries, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1920

The Pohlson Line : Gifts That Make Giving A Pleasure, Pohlson Galleries, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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32, [8], 33-64 pages : illustrations, 23 cm. Cover title. "Farrington Printing Co., Boston."-- Index page. Profusely illustrated gift catalog, hundreds of fascinating and unusual objects offered for sale, many with a strong Art Deco visual or graphic aesthetic. Includes catalog mail envelope, and small order envelope. Catalog envelope addressed to: Mrs. James P. Johnson, 150 Broad St., New London, Conn. 2 cent stamp, postmarked, Boston, Mass. Catalog illustrators/designers include RISD Alumni.

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Bugs And Wings And Other Things, Annie W. Franchot, Walter Harrison Cady, Jessie Willcox Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1918

Bugs And Wings And Other Things, Annie W. Franchot, Walter Harrison Cady, Jessie Willcox Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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ix, 99 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illus. (some color). Contains illustrated lining papers. CONTENTS: The insects' symphony -- The locusts' song -- Aristocratic worms. Gift of Mrs. Murrary S. Danforth. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

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Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt Thou Be Mine?, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1914

Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt Thou Be Mine?, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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1 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up …

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See Saw, Margery Daw, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1914

See Saw, Margery Daw, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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11 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up …

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Little Bo-Peep, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1914

Little Bo-Peep, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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4 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up …

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Rain, Rain Go Away, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1914

Rain, Rain Go Away, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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9 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up …

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Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1914

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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8 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up …

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Ring Around A Rosie, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1914

Ring Around A Rosie, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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10 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up …

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Jack And Jill Went Up The Hill, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1914

Jack And Jill Went Up The Hill, Jessie Willcox Smith, Colgate & Company, Dodd, Meade & Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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3 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up …

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