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Nursery Rhymes of England by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps title page
Photographic scan of interior of Nursery Rhymes of England, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillips, Boston: Monroe and Francies, 1842. Scan of title page. Page is mottled white paper with black letterpress serif type. Title is centered at the top of page…
Singing Sioux Cowboy by Ann Nolan Clark cover, cowboy on horse with blue background
Photographic scan of front cover of Lak’ota pte’ole hoksila lowansa: Wo’unspe t’okahe (Singing Sioux Cowboy), Ann Nolan Clark, illustrated by Andrew Standing Soldier, translated by Emil Afraid-of-Hawk, Lawrence, Kansas: United States Indian Service,…
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson cover, small boy with a purple crayon drawing on walls
Photographic scan of cover of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. Title printed in capitalized gray serif type and creator information printed in smaller gray serif type, standard capitalization.…
A Hole is to Dig by Ruth Krauss cover, several small sketches of children playing on an aqua background
Photographic scan of cover of A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of Definitions, Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952. Scan of finished cover. Title and creator information printed in black serif type on…
In My Mother's House by Anne Nolan Clark cover, two figures are working in a corn field
Photographic scan of cover of In My Mother's House, Anne Nolan Clark, Velino Herrera, New York: Viking, 1941. Cover is dark blue with off-white serif type: the title and author name are printed in all capitals, with the illustrator name printed in…
In My Mother's House by Anne Nolan Clark interior page, three adult figures in traditional Tewa dress
Photographic scan of interior of In My Mother's House, Anne Nolan Clark, Velino Herrera, New York: Viking, 1941. Page is off-white paper with no text and features an illustration of three adults in traditional Tewa dress, with the outlines of three…
The American Spelling Book by Noah Webster title page, black text on white page
Photographic scan of interior of The American Spelling Book, Noah Webster, New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1962. Scan of title page. Page is white paper with slightly faded black serif type. Title and subtitle…
The Little Mermaid illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger interior page, a white castle sits by the sea
Scan of interior of The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Anthea Bell, illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger, New York: Minedition/Penguin, 2004.
The Little Mermaid illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger cover, a beautiful mermaid is saving a prince from the sea
Scan of cover of The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Anthea Bell, illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger, New York: Minedition/Penguin, 2004.
T'Sirk by Samuil Marshak cover, clown figure wearing an apparatus at his waist that makes it look like he is riding a green horse
Photographic scan of cover of T’sirk (Circus), Samuil Marshak, illustrated by Vladimir Lebedev, Leningrad: Raduga, 1928. Cover is mottled white paper with white and red block type. Cover illustration depicts a circus ringmaster in flashy clothes and…
Topotun i Knizhka by Il'ia Ionov cover, helmeted figure carrying a book with a printing press in the background
Photographic scan of cover of Topotun i knizhka (Topotun and the Book), Il’ia Ionov, illustrated by Mikhail Tsekhanoveskii, Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1926. Cover is mottled white paper with black, blue, and red block type. Cover illustration depicts a…
