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Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll interior page, Alice speaking to an egg sitting on a wall
The New England Primer interior page, alphabet in black text on cream paper in upper and lower case
Photographic scan of interior of The New England Primer, Boston: S. Kneeland & T. Green, 1727. Scan of page 4. Page is mottled cream paper with black letterpress serif and sans-serif alphabet type, listing letters A through Z in lowercase and…
The New England Primer interior page, "Easy Syllables for children" in black text on cream paper, underneath are syllables to sound out.
Photographic scan of interior of The New England Primer, Boston: S. Kneeland & T. Green, 1727. Scan of page 5. Page is mottled cream paper with black letterpress serif type and labeled “EASY SYLLABLES FOR CHILDREN” in all capitals. Letters printed in…
The New England Primer interior page, on the right side of the page are small line drawings on the left side are small sayings for children to learn.
Photographic scan of interior of The New England Primer, Boston: S. Kneeland & T. Green, 1727. Scan of page 11. Page is mottled cream paper with black letterpress serif type, listing short rhyming couplets on the left and corresponding illustrations…
The New England Primer title page, black text on cream colored paper
Photographic scan of interior of The New England Primer, Boston: S. Kneeland & T. Green, 1727. Scan of title page. Page is mottled cream paper with black letterpress serif type. Faint signature with name and “Nov. 19th, 1848” written by hand at…
Songs of Innocence by William Blake interior page, a small boy is holding an angels hand the title of the poem reads "The Little Boy Found"
Photographic scan of interior of Songs of Innocence, William Blake, 1794. Page is cream paper with type in brown ink and relief etching illustrations in brown ink and watercolor. The top half of the page features a large illustration with an adult…
A Hole is to Dig process art by Maurice Sendak, sketch of cover art
Photographic scan of jacket 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 process art. The left side shows a rough version of the back cover of the jacket,…
A Hole is to Dig by Ruth Krauss interior page, girl and a basket of kittens
Photographic scan of illustration of A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of Definitions, Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952. Black-ink sketch illustration features a girl leaning over a basket and looking down…
A Hole is to Dig process art by Maurice Sendak, a small mouse in a hole
Photographic scan of illustration of A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of Definitions, Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952. Black-ink sketch illustration features a cornered mouse peeking through a small hole…
Rapunzel illustrated by David Hockney interior page, Rapunzel's hair flowing out of a tall tower
Scan of interior of Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by David Hockney
Songs of Innocence by William Blake interior page, a large green vine is wrapped around several stanzas of a poem, the title of the poem is "The Divine Image", Figures in white are in the corners of the page on the vine.
Photographic scan of interior of Songs of Innocence, William Blake, 1794. Page is cream paper with a smaller plate printed near the middle of the page. The plate has type in brown ink and relief etching illustrations in brown ink and watercolor. The…
Songs of Innocence by William Blake interior page, a small boy in white is wandering in a dark forest, the poem title reads "The Little Boy Lost"
Photographic scan of interior of Songs of Innocence and Experience, William Blake, 1794. Page is cream paper with a smaller plate printed near the middle of the page. The plate has type in brown ink and relief etching illustrations in brown ink and…
Songs of Innocence by William Blake cover, female figure sitting with two children under a large flowering tree
Photographic scan of interior of Songs of Innocence and Experience, William Blake, 1794. Scan of title page. Page is cream paper with a smaller plate printed in the middle of the page. With various type styles in brown ink and relief etching…
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss cover, a black and white cat is wearing a tall red and white striped hat
Photographic scan of cover of The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss, New York: Random House, 1957. Full-cover illustration with white letters in sans serif block letters. Title, series seal, and creator information centered down the right side of the cover,…
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss interior page, the Cat in the Hat is holding a large red box and walking into a room
Photographic scan of interior of The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss, New York: Random House, 1957. Scan of page 29. Full-page illustration with black serif type featuring the eponymous cat smiling and carrying a large red crate through a doorway. A…
The New England Primer , featuring "An Alphabet of Lessons for Children"
Text on left page reads "Time cuts down all Both great and small; Uriah's beauteous wife Made David seek his life. Whales in the sea God's voice obey. Xerxes the Great did die, And so must you and I. Youth Forward slips, Death soonest nips. Zaccheus…
McGuffey's New Fourth Eclectic Reader by Williams Holmes McGuffey cover
Photographic scan of cover of McGuffey's New Fourth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey, Cincinnati: Van Antwerp, Bragg, and Co, 1879. Title and creator information printed in decorative type, all capitals. The words in the title and subtitle…
McGuffey's New Fourth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey interior page, black text on cream colored paper
Photographic scan of interior of McGuffey's New Fourth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey, Cincinnati: Van Antwerp, Bragg, and Co, 1879. Scan of page 24. Page is mottled cream paper with black letterpress serif type. The words “Eclectic Series”…
McGuffey's New Fourth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey interior page, black text on cream colored paper
Photographic scan of interior of McGuffey's New Fourth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey, Cincinnati: Van Antwerp, Bragg, and Co, 1879. Page is mottled cream paper with both decorative and black letterpress serif type. Page is largely…
McGuffey's New Fourth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey interior page, black text on cream colored paper and two small children sitting and reading
Photographic scan of interior of McGuffey's New Fourth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey, Cincinnati: Van Antwerp, Bragg, and Co, 1879. Page is mottled cream paper with black letterpress serif type. The words “Fourth Reader” are centered in…
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster cover, a man is looking at a dog who has a clock in his side the background is blue
Photographic scan of cover of The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer, New York: Epstein and Carroll, 1961. Blue cover with title and creator information printed in white serif type, all capitals. The title is printed at…
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster interior page, a large dog is scratching his neck, a large clock is on his side
Photographic scan of interior of The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer, New York: Epstein and Carroll, 1961. Paper is off-white paper with black serif type. The book title is printed at the top in all-capitalized type.…
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson title page, Harold has left dark purple lines from his crayon across the title page
Photographic scan of interior of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. Scan of title page spread. Pages are off-white paper with black serif type. Left page shows an illustration of Harold holding a crayon…
The Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown cover, a bright room with a small black dog
Photographic scan of cover of The Noisy Book, Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, New York: William R. Scott, Inc., 1939. Full-cover illustration of a small dog in an open doorway, with the surrounding hallway walls, ceiling, and…
The Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown interior page, blue radiator, man yawning, clock, and small dog on a black background
Photographic scan of interior of The Noisy Book, Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, New York: William R. Scott, Inc., 1939. Full-page illustration of four isolated illustrations on individually-shaped green backgrounds, all set on…
The Bicycle Man by Allen Say cover, a boy in a school outfit stands in front of a large wooden building, a shadowed man and a bicycle are seen in the background
Photographic scan of cover of The Bicycle Man, Allen Say, Oakland, CA: Parnassus, 1982. Cover features italic black serif type, with the title in all capitals at the top with the author/illustrator’s name below in smaller type. Cover depicts a young…
The Bicycle Man by Allen Say interior page, a group of children in school uniforms stands near a wooden fence, on the other side two men in uniforms can be seen
Photographic scan of interior of The Bicycle Man, Allen Say, Oakland, CA: Parnassus, 1982. Full-page illustration centered with thin black border on off-white paper. Illustration depicts a group of children in white shirts, their backs to the viewer,…
Daniel Boone by Esther Averill cover, a boy sitting in a tent in a forested area, cooking over a fire
Photographic scan of cover of Daniel Boone: Les aventures d’un chasseur américain parmi les peaux-rouges (Daniel Boone: Historic Adventures of an American Hunter Among the Indians), Esther Averill, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky, Paris: Domino…
Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, text by CS Evans, dust jacket, illustration by Arthur Rackham, a silhouette of a lady telling stories to children
Scan of dust jacket of Sleeping Beauty, text C.S. Evans, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, London: William Heinemann, 1920.
Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, text by CS Evans, illustration by Arthur Rackham, silhoutte of a woman lying on a bed, vines and flowers crawl border the bed
Scan of cover of Sleeping Beauty, text C.S. Evans, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, London: William Heinemann, 1920.
Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault text by CS Evans interior page, illustration by Arthur Rackham, left side of the page is a painting of Briar Rose, the right side is black text on cream colored paper
Scan of interior of Sleeping Beauty, text C.S. Evans, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, London: William Heinemann, 1920.
Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, text by CS Evans interior page, silhouette of a Prince battling thick thorns
Scan of cover of Sleeping Beauty, text C.S. Evans, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, London: William Heinemann, 1920.
Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens cover, a helmeted figure is carrying a spear
Photographic scan of cover of Irish Fairy Tales, James Stephens, New York: Macmillan and Co., 1968. Cover is mottled cream paper with red decorative serif type for the title, gray serif type for the author’s name, and black serif type for the…
Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens interior page, a small boy in a forest finding a white horse
Photographic scan of interior of Irish Fairy Tales, James Stephens, New York: Macmillan and Co., 1968. Page is white paper with a full-color illustration and italicized black serif type. Framed illustration occupies majority of page, with a small…
Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens interior page, black text on white paper
Photographic scan of interior of Irish Fairy Tales, James Stephens, New York: Macmillan and Co., 1968. Scan of page 40. Page is white paper with black serif type. The page number and book title are printed at the top of the page, with the centered…
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak cover, a large monster is sitting by a sea, watching a sailboat arrive
Scan of cover of Where the Wild Things Are, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, New York: Harper & Row, 1963.
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak interior page, Max the boy, being crowned King of the wild things
Scan of interior of Where the Wild Things Are, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, New York: Harper & Row, 1963.
Slovenly Peter by Heinrich Hoffmann cover, the page is divided into 15 squares, in each square a small figure is preforming a different action
Scan of cover of Slovenly Peter, or Happy Tales and Funny Pictures, Heincrich Hoffman, translated by Mark Twain, illustrated by Fritz Krederl, Chicago: Donohue-Kenneberg, 1898.
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White cover, Fern the girl is holding Wilbur the pig surrounded by other barn animals, Charlotte the spider is dangling above their heads
Scan of cover of Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952.
The Steadfast Tin Soldier illustrated by Fred Marcellino cover, a small toy soldier stands under a large christmas tree
Scan of cover of The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Tor Seidler, illustrated by Fred Marcellino, New York: HarperCollins, 1992.