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Princeton University Library Collection of Children's Publishers' and Retailers' Catalogs
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This collection encompasses two different but interrelated types of material. The first series is made up of catalogs and advertising materials from publishers of children's books. Many of these catalogs exclusively advertise children's materials, with some catalogs aimed at children themselves and others aimed at their parents and teachers. A number of the items are general publishers' catalogs with dedicated sections for children's books. A few of these general catalogs list no children's books; there is a note in the item's description where this is the case. The second series lists advertising materials from a variety of retailers that feature products for children. Some of these retailers are book sellers, while others advertise toys, games, dolls and educational materials. Each entry in the retailers' series gives a brief description of the kind of material advertised in the catalog. Items in this series range from the glossy catalogs of large national toy companies such as American Girl to a holiday catalog from the Gilmore Stationery Store in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The retailers' series also includes some advertising compendiums from publishing guilds or trade groups, e.g. Children's Buyer's Guide, produced by the British book trade magazine The Bookseller. Most of the materials in the collection are in English, with a few French and German firms represented in the publishers' series and a few Italian and German companies represented in the retailers' series.
Materials in this collection were compiled from a variety of sources. The Harper Brothers catalogs were purchased in 2002 from Aleph-Bet Books, Inc., Pound Ridge, NY. The foreign language catalogs were purchased from Michael Winetraub over the course of many years. Many of the more recent catalogs, especially seller's catalogs, were added to the collection by Cotsen's curator, Andrea Immel, who received them at home.
This collection was processed in late 2014 and early 2015 by Ellen Williams, who also wrote the finding aid.
No materials were separated during 2014-2015 processing.
Subject
- Children's Periodicals -- Publishing -- England. -- 20th century
- Children's Periodicals -- Publishing -- France. -- 20th century
- Children's Periodicals -- Publishing -- Germany. -- 20th century
- Children's Periodicals -- Publishing -- Italy. -- 20th century
- Children's Periodicals -- Publishing -- United States. -- 20th century
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- Cotsen Children's Library
- Finding Aid Date
- 2014
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Collection Inventory
Catalogs are listed alphabetically.
Catalogs produced by publishing firms for use by booksellers, schools and the public.
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1929, 1931, and 1941 issues. Black and white illustrations throughout each issue: 1939 and 1941 issues include both small and full-page illustrations; 1941 issue has no full-page illustrations but includes some photographic illustrations. 1941 issue has a bookseller's label reading "Burrows Bros. Co., Cleveland, Ohio."
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Holiday 1923-1924 and general issue for 1925. 1923-1924 issue contains black and white illustrations; 1925 issue has blue line illustrations and is arranged by genre. Mailed as postcards; original stamps intact for both issues. Both addressed to women in Wallingford, VT.
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Dutton's Books for Children, 1915 Dutton Books for Boys and Girls, Fall 1928 (with two checklists of "our most popular books for boys and girls") Dutton Books for Boys and Girls, 1930 (2 copies) Holiday Shopping List of the best of the New Books Your Children Want, 1930 Dutton Books for Boys and Girls, Fall 1931
Black and white illustrations throughout each issue, except for the 1930 holiday issue, printed entirely in green. 1930 holiday issue includes a "shopping list": a blank space for each day in December to record purchases.
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Albums pour les enfants, Livres pour les jeunes gens, les jeunes fille et la famille, July 1933; Catalogue Général, 1936; Étrennes [holiday], 1938. Comics and periodicals feature heavily in these catalogs from Gautier-Languereau, which specialized in children's literature. 1933 issue illustrated in red and green; other two issues include both black and white illustrations and images of cover illustrations.
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Fall 1995; 1995 Backlist; Artist & Writers Guild Books: Books for Young Readers, Fall 1995; The Gold Mine: Collecting, Trading and Enjoying Golden Books, June 1996, Vol. I, No. 3. Each issue includes color images of covers. Artist & Writers Guild Books is an imprint of Golden Books; catalog includes short biographies of featured authors and illustrators. "The Gold Mine" was published by Rebecca Greason in Hershey, PA as a guide for collectors of Golden Books and used the Golden Books name and logo with permission from the publisher.
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1931, circa 1932, circa 1934, 1945.Titles arranged by genre; genre headings differ from issue to issue. Each issue includes black and white illustrations, except for the unillustrated 1945 issue.
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Juvenile books listed separately in back of catalog, pg. 41-45.
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Juvenile books listed separately in back of catalog, pg. 48-59. Also a section of "Educational Books," referred to in the 1933 Trade List as "College Text Books."
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"Books for Boys and Girls" listed separately in back of catalog, pg. 35-45.
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"Books for Boys and Girls" listed separately in back of catalog, pg. 36-46.
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Juvenile books mixed in with regular titles throughout catalog, indicated by a (j); "College Text Books" indicated by a (c).
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1929-1930; 1930; 1936; Fall 1945; Fall 1946 (marked in blue crayon by DBF); 1947 (marked in pencil by Coker); 1948; 1949 (marked in pencil by Perkins); 1950 (marked in pencil by Perkins); 1951; 1952; 1953 (marked in pencil by D. Howley); 1954; 1955; Spring 1956; 1956; Spring 1957 (marked in pencil by DWB?); 1957; Spring 1958; 1958 (marked in pen and pencil by Dorothea Howley); Spring 1959 (some prices updated in black pen); 1959; photocopy of pg. 40-44 of Spring 1960 issue; photocopy of pg. 13-33 of Fall 1960 issue; Fall 1961; Spring 1962 (marked in pencil by Mr. Rose).
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Fall 1970, format change from portrait orientation to landscape orientation (6"x9" size throughout); Fall 1977, new size (8.5"x8.5" square)
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Special "New Harper Fiction" section in center of issue; some markings in red pen
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Insert marked in blue pen
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With memo to Mr. Monjo dated 1/15/68
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Marked in blue pen
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Marked with blue marker
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Marked in pencil, "as marked for Lavinia Russ"
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Some prices updated in blue pen
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Marked with blue pen
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Marked with blue pen
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Fine Books for Children [1935]; Fine Books for the Child's Permanent Library [1936]. Early catalogs from the first American publishing house dedicated solely to children's books. Inside the front cover of the 1935 issue is a quote by May Lamberton Becker published in the New York Herald Tribune: "[Holiday House is] trying, in its own quiet way, to make its children's books notable examples of typography and thus to train appreciation of a noble art from an early age." 1935 issue illustrated in black, white and red; 1936 issue illustrated in black and white.
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Not all of these are children's catalogs: many are general catalogs with a section for children's books (page numbers indicated in the record); no children's books listed in the Winter Piper, 1932 or Spring Books, 1936. The children's catalogs all carry small black and white illustrations, while the general catalogs are unillustrated, even in the children's book sections. Several of the issues include order forms and business reply envelopes.
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Books for Boys and Girls, pg. 37-44. 2 copies, second marked in red pencil.
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For Boys and Girls, pg. 27-31
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No children's section
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Books for Boys and Girls, pg. 26-32
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Books for Boys and Girls, pg. 26 only
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Books for Boys and Girls, pg. 24-28
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No children's section
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Children's books, pg. 27-32
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Juveniles, pg. 22 only
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Books for Boys and Girls, pg. 27-30
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Children's books, pg. 12; Books for Young People, pg. 20-22
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A Partial Preview of Fall Juveniles, pg. 21; Books for Young People, pg. 24-26
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Children's Books for August, pg. 19-21; Books for Young People, pg. 25-27
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Books for Boys and Girls for August Publication, pg. 22; Books for Young People, pg. 23-25
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Books for Boys and Girls, pg. 18-19
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Spring Juveniles, pg. 25-26
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Backlist Catalog 2009-2010; Spring 2010. Stories and educational books for children and young adults. Spring 2010 issue contains full descriptions of titles and biographies of authors and illustrators. Full color illustrations throughout both issues.
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Books You'll Love, 2007; Books for Young Readers, Fall 2009-Winter 2010. "Books You'll Love" mostly advertises picture books; 2009-2010 issue has books for young children through young adults and contains full descriptions of titles with biographies of authors and illustrators. Full color illustrations throughout both issues.
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1935-1936; 1936. 1935-1936 issue describes new titles and lists "Longman's Dollar Library for Boys and Girls," "Older Books Not To Be Overlooked," and a "Complete List of Books for Boys and Girls"; black and white illustrations throughout. 1936 issue has 12 new titles plus a number of older ones and a similar "Complete List of Books for Boys and Girls;" blue-line illustrations.
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Heavily detailed catalogs: many titles are advertised with a both a full-page illustration and a full-page description. All illustrated in black and white with at least a few photographic illustrations. Catalogs aimed at children as well as adult buyers: 1931 issue advertises itself as "a picture book of all the new books" available; 1937 issue oriented in landscape to read like a picture book. 1932 issue stamped "The Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont." Of special note: 1944 issue includes subject headings for "Our Armed Forces" and "Our Fighting Men," as well as a volume titled "Peoples of the USSR" by Anna Louise Strong, advertised with a Stalin quote: "The greatest wealth of a land is people."
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Books for Boys and Girls, 1936 and 1937 issues; Nelson Junior Books, 1949-1950 (price changes and other markings in red pencil). Illustrations for 1936 issue are blue-line; otherwise illustrations are black and white. 1936 issue has a few books for parents and teachers; 1937 issue features photographs of the authors and illustrators on pg. 18-19; 1949-1950 issue has Adult Books on pg. 33-36 and Bibles on pg. 37-39.
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1929, 2 copies (price updates stamped in both copies); Season 1931-1932; 1934-1935; 1935-1936; 1936; 1937-1938; 1939. Offerings from the American arm of OUP. Many titles carry a full page description and accompanying sample illustration. 1934-1935 issue has no illustrations; illustrations in 1935-1936, 1936, and 1937-1938 issues are in color; otherwise illustrations are black and white.
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1936; 1937. Catalogs addressed to teachers and school librarians. Each description includes the Dewey Decimal System call number for the title and notes whether it has made one of a number of lists, inclduing the ALA Booklist and the Standard Catalog for Public Libraries. Black and white illustrations throughout, including some photographs.
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Books for Boys and Girls and Guide for Selection, [1925]; Books for Children and Guide for Selection, [1932] (pencilled-in address on back flap for Mary M. Simpson, Rand McNally & Co.); Books for Little Tots and Older Boys and Girls, circa 1935 (shopping list in pencil on pg. 28-29); Books for Boys and Girls to Retail at 10¢ each, Fall 1938. First three items are pocket catalogs; 1938 issue is quarto-sized, with a black and white photo of each title in the series.The 1925 and 1932 issues have both color and black and white illustrations, while the 1935 issue has only two small black and white illustrations.
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Adressed in pencil to Mary M. Simpson, Rand McNally & Co.
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Shopping list in pencil on pg. 28-29.
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Catalogs appear in a range of sizes and shapes, from the 16mo of 1936 to the narrow quarto of 1943. All are illustrated to some degree, many in color-line; note the full-color centerfolds for Disney's Pinocchio in the 1936 issue and the Babar books in the 1937 and 1938 issues.
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Labeled Vroman's Book Store, Pasadena, CA.
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Books for Boys and Girls, pg. 22-31. Printed during World War II paper rationing; see note on catalog's final page.
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Scribner Classics for Younger Readers, circa 1925; Books for Young Readers, 1936. Issue circa 1925 advertises illustrated editions of classics such as Stevenson's "Treasure Island" and Barrie's "Peter Pan"; full-color illustrations by N.C. Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish, among others. 1936 issue features titles new and old; illustrated in blue-line.
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Fall 1999; Fall 2005; Fall 2007; Spring 2008. Books for young children through young adults. Most titles carry full descriptions and biographies of authors and illustrators; illustrated with black and white images of cover illustrations. Fall 2005, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 issues each include a letter from Simon & Schuster's current Education & Library Marketing Associate recommending titles. Fall 2007 issue also includes an 8.5x11" poster for George's Secret Key to the Universe, by Lucy and Stephen Hawking, and a foldout advertisement for The Spiderwick Chronicles books and movies.
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New Books for Young People, 1930; Books for Boys and Girls, 1934. Both issues illustrated in black and white. 1930 issue includes two books in French for language learners: translations of "Little Black Sambo" and Hugh Lofting's "The Story of Mrs. Tubbs."
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Juvenile Books, pg. 13-14: full-page description with illustrations of "Mickey and the Monkey" by Victorine Kirk and a list of "Recent and Outstanding Books."
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No children's books
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New titles listed in red. Includes biographies of some of the authors. Illustrated throughout in black and white.
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Includes lists of books for high schoolers, parents and teachers at the back. New titles listed in red; illustrated in black, white and red.
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For the Children, [1930]; Complete Catalogue of Publications, 1950-1951 (Juvenile Literature, pg. 8-20). 1930 issue includes a description and green-line illustration for nearly every title and a section of "Choice New Books," pg. 9-12; with a short manifesto on children's book illustration, pg. 2. Though the 1950-1951 issue is a general catalog, more than half of it is dedicated to juvenile books. The Beatrix Potter section includes a Peter Rabbit board game (pg. 17) and foreign language editions (pg. 18).
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Alphabetical
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Titles arranged by genre, from "Fairy Tales and Stories" to "Patriotic and Ethical Readers." Each entry indicates the school year most appropriate for use of the title; this issue includes books for use through the eighth year, though ABC did publish titles up to the college level. With the poem "No books?" by Ina Brevoort Roberts on pg. 4. Illustrations in both black and white and color.
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Catalog for Rentrée [new school year]. Educational books for school children and teachers, including sections on music, physical education and educational psychology.
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New titles listed first, followed by titles arranged by appropriate age range. With photographs of featured authors, pg. 10-11, and black and white illustrations throughout.
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A catalogue of books published by Brentano's [see retailers' section of finding aid for Brentano's store catalogs]. Children's books, pg. 21-22. Black and white illustrations throughout. With order form and business reply envelope.
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Titles separated into four categories: Books for Younger Children, Books for Older Boys, Books for Older Girls, and Books for Older Boys and Girls. Black and white illustrations throughout. With two supplemental pamphlets: additional titles and an index for the catalog.
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Illustrated books for both adults and chilren. With a letter from Sarina Vetterli, Assistant Publisher, to Andrea Immel, requesting to trade a copy of the Cotsen Catalog, Volume I for titles from the publisher.
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Children's books for the Christmas season, many of a religious nature. Illustrated with black and white photographs of book covers.
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A catalog of children's books from a court publisher. Illustrated throughout in black and white; some titles carry extensive descriptions. Front flap instructs buyers to "Place Your Order with B. Westermann Co. Inc., New York City" [see B. Westermann in the seller's section of this finding aid].
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Perhaps the first Doubleday children's catalog (see editors note on pg. 2); also includes titles "For High School Age and Adults," pg. 5. With black and white illustrations.
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Librarie A. Dombre was a bookseller in Le Havre. This is a catalog of Hachette books for children including monochrome (blue) and color printed illustrations.
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Pamphlet of bargains for the holiday season. Includes both color and black and white images of cover illustrations.
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Books and other educational materials marketed to teachers. With a section of special offers for school libraries, pg. 24-27. Black and white illustrations throughout.
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Educational and self-help books, videos and games for children and teens, as well as instructional books for teachers and parents. Everything from "Yoga Kit for Kids" to "Sexual Harassment and Teens," a guide for teachers. With color photographs of most items.
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Children's books, pg. 1-18; Livres d'Étrennes [holiday books] for all ages, pg. 19-26. Books from the popular "Les Contes du chat perché" [Tales of the perched cat] series by Marcel Aymé, as well as Dickens and Tolstoy in translation. Holiday section includes books from "Le Musée de la Pléiade" series (pocket editions of famous literature), started by Jacques Schiffrin, who also edited this catalog. With black and white images of cover illustrations throughout.
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Catalog of German picture books with descriptions and black and white sample illustrations. Photographs and biographies for many of the featured authors and illustrators at front.
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Organized by subject matter (e.g. "People Today and Yesterday," "Neighbors Near and Far"). Includes a "Disney Fun and Fantasy" section, as well as a section of books for teachers. Illustrated in black and white; full-page illustrations on title pages for some subject divisions. Includes an order form for elementary schools with suggested age ranges for titles.
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From the publisher: " Just Us Books, Inc. is an independent publishing company specializing in books and learning materials for children and young people that focus on Black history, Black culture and Black experiences." Folder includes letter from President Wade Hudson, book catalog, booklet of information about the company with copies of positive reviews, invitation to a book release party, sample covers, pamphlets advertising author talks, copies of articles from The New York Times and Now, and two issues of Harambee, "A News Journal for Young Readers That Focuses on the Black Experience," published by Just Us Books (December 1994-January 1995; February-March 1996).
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Titles arranged by genre, from "Fiction" and "Historical Fiction" to "Information" and "What To Do Books." Black and white illustrations throughout.
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All but two of the titles in the catalog are in the Jolly Jump-Ups series of pop-up books; the other titles are sound-producing books. Publisher notes at front of catalog that titles can only be sold as marketed in the catalog, i.e. multiple copies at once; customers wishing to buy a single copy must shop with a retailer.
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One or two titles per page, often with an accompanying black and white illustration, plus a "Complete List of Morrow Junior Books" on pg. 21-31.
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Children's posters from educational publisher Fernand Nathan. Subjects include scenes from the life of children, French landscapes and architecture, illustrations for literature and famous paintings. Illustrated with black and white photographs of the posters.
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Includes sections for Ediciones Norte-Sur (Spanish-language titles), pg. 36-37, wall and advent calendars, pg. 38-42, and "Dolls, Buttons and Other Sidelines," pg. 43-53. About a third of the catalog is backlist. With "A brief company history" inlaid.
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Includes titles from Grosset & Dunlap, Price Stern Sloan and Wee Sing. With black and white images of cover illustrations. Inlaid are a general recommendation letter from Erica Darling, Publicity Manager for Paperback and Mass Merchandise, an order checklist and two copies of a packing list of titles sent to Bonnie Bernstein.
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Bilingual cover title issued in French and Dutch (Leesboeken Voor Kinderen en Kleuralbums). Contents mostly in French. Color illustrated.
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Catalog encourages patrons to visit additional sales rooms in New York. With black and white images of cover illustrations. Includes sections for "Painting, Drawing and Crayoning Books," "Activity Books," puzzles, and paper dolls, as well as Dollar Juveniles and Bibles. With occasional notes in graphite and blue pencil.
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Mirrorstone Publishing is a division of Wizards of the Coast, LLC, which is itself a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc.; Wizards of the Coast is known for its popular games Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering. The Time Spies series follows a group of children as they time travel to meet "both famous and unsung heroes from America's past." Kit includes discussion guide, book club activities and tips, stickers and poster.
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Catalog organized by publisher's series (e.g. "The Home Corner Library," "The Red and Gold Library"). With a system of symbols to indicate recommendations by the ALA Booklist, The Bookshelf for Boys and Girls, etc. Black and white illustrations throughout.
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Pg. 2-13 advertise new books with descriptions and black and white illustrations; remainder of catalog is a list of titles in alphabetical order by author's last name. Also includes photographs of authors and illustrators on p.14-15 and "Adult Titles of Special Interest to Teen-Agers" on pg. 16.
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Organized by genre and suggested age range, with a variety of full-color and black and white illustrations. Advertising many books about animals, including "Lassie Come-Home" by Eric Knight and a full page on the "famous dog stories" of Jack O'Brien.
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Catalogs are listed alphabetically.
Advertising materials from a variety of retailers that feature products for children.
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Bitty Baby, Spring 2000; December 2006; July 2009; September 2009; November 2009; January 2010; November 2010; March 2011; November 2011; Fall 2012; November 2012; January 2013; March 2015. American Girl dolls, books, movies and accessories. Color photographs throughout.
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October, 1919; 1926-1927; 1927; 1928; 1933. Annotated list of children's books recommended by Clara Whitehill Hunt, Superintendent of the Children's Department, Brooklyn Public Library (some issues list additional co-authors). Titles organized both by genre and suggested age range; black and white illustrations throughout each issue. Several of the issues are printed with the name and address of a bookseller; the 1919 issue is from Brentano's [see Brentano's as both publisher and seller elsewhere in finding aid].
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New Book Bulletin, November 1939 (Junior Books, pg. 25-32); The Book Parade, Christmas 1940 (Books for Children, pg. 39-45). Titles from a variety of publishers organized by suggested age range. Both issues feature photographs of selected cover illustrations as well as illustrations from within the titles. 1940 issue also includes original cartoons by "Lloyd." 1939 issue in black and white, 1940 issue includes some red-line illustrations and a full-color advertisement for The Tenggren Mother Goose inside back flap.
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Autumn 2002, forthcoming titles to 31 December 2002; Autumn 2003, forthcoming titles to 31 December 2003; Spring 2004, forthcoming titles to 31 June 2004. Published by The Bookseller, a British book trade magazine, to introduce upcoming international titles to the American market. Includes a "Sales Analysis" section from Nielsen BookScan. With color images of cover illustrations.
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Books, toys, games and other products—everything from homeopathic medicines to mittens—for both children and their parents. From the publisher: "Recognizing that conscious parenting is the most important and challenging responsibility that many of us will have, Chinaberry offers items to support families in raising their children with love, honesty and joy to be reverent, loving caretakers of each other and the earth." Often multiple issues per season; issues distinguished in the description by focus, where discernible, and otherwise by cover image. Color photographs throughout. For the Autumn 2009 catalog and all following, format changes from 8"x10" to 10"x12".
Holiday 2004; Spring 2006 (Valentine's Day); Spring 2006 (St. Patrick's Day); Spring 2006 (Mother's Day); Summer 2006 (Father's Day); Summer 2006 (general); Summer 2006 (Back to School); Autumn 2009; Holiday 2009 (Thanksgiving and Christmas); Holiday 2009 (Christmas); Spring 2010 (Valentine's Day); Spring 2010 (Easter); Spring 2010 (Mother's Day); Summer 2010 (Father's Day); Summer 2010 (general; cover image from "My Garden" by Ken Henkes); Summer 2010 (general; cover image from "All the World" by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon); Autumn 2010; Holiday 2010 (Thanksgiving and Christmas); Holiday 2010 (Christmas); Spring 2011; Summer 2011 (29th anniversary issue); Summer 2011 (general); Fall 2011; Holiday 2011 (Thanksgiving and Christmas); Holiday 2011 (Christmas); Spring 2012 (Valentine's Day); Spring 2012 (Easter); Spring 2012 (general); Fall 2012; Holiday 2012 (Thanksgiving and Christmas); Holiday 2012 (Christmas).
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Holiday 2004; Halloween 2006; Holiday 2006 (Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas); Holiday 2006 (general; cover image from "My Penguin Osbert" by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel); Holiday 2006 (general; cover image from "The Gift from Saint Nicholas" by Dorothea Lachner). Dollhouses, costumes, art kits, outdoor toys, etc. aimed at elementary-school-aged children. From the publisher: "We strive to enrich the lives of children and to strengthen family relationships by being a trusted source of safe, enduring products that inspire creativity and imaginative play, teach respect and cooperation, and support the celebration of life." Multiple issues for 2006 holiday season; issues distinguished below by focus, where discernible, and otherwise by cover image. Color photographs throughout.
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Summer 2000 (dolls); Summer 2006; Fall 2006; Holiday 2006. Dolls and dollhouses, art kits, costumes, outdoor toys, etc; some large items such as playhouses and sandboxes; no electronic toys. Illustrated with color drawings instead of photographs.
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Books, [Christmas 1934] (children's books, pg. 15-24); Books for Children, [1938]. Catalogs from the books division of this department store chain. Both issues illustrated with black and white photographs of available titles; 1938 issue also has decorative drawings in black and white.
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Pamphlet advertising new location at 13 West 46th St., undated; Children's Books of All Nations, with a cover letter addressed to Mrs. Edith C. Edgar of Pasadena, CA, 1932. Pamphlet of information about Westermann's new store, with photographs of the store and descriptions of the kind of material they sell. Children's book catalog lists mostly German titles, with short sections for French, Bohemian, Italian, Swedish and Dutch books; cover letter offers assistance in purchasing international books.
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Contains advertisements for reissues of children's series such as Dick and Jane and Little Golden Books and replicas of toys from the 1930's and 1940's.
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Catalog for Holiday 2009/Summer 2010. "Traditional" toys and games. Tagline: "They Do Make Them Like They Used To!" Color photographs throughout.
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Fashion Barbies and accessories, including special addition Wizard of Oz and Divergent dolls. Color photographs throughout.
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Catalog and order form for children's books on cassette and CD, distributed by BBC Audiobooks America. Includes material published by Chivers Children's Audio Books, Live Oak Media, Galaxy, Read-Along, BBC Cover to Cover and BBC Audio Collection. Includes color images of cover illustrations.
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Includes brain-teasers, puzzles, games, and remote control toys; few books. With color images throughout.
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German magazine for members of the book trade; special issue on books for children and youth. 128 pages of topical articles followed by a longer section of advertisements for books and tie-in toys and games from a variety of publishers. Black and white photographs throughout, with a few advertising pages at center of catalog in color.
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Books, toys and gifts from a variety of publishers available for sale from children's magazine publisher Cricket; Includes advertisements for Cricket's family of magazines. With color photographs throughout.
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Halloween costumes for children and adults. Color photographs throughout.
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General Christmas catalog, with a section "For Boys and Girls," pg. 44-61. Black and white photographs of some of the available titles interspersed with red-line illustrations. Includes order form and business reply envelope.
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Catalog of Montessori learning materials (toys, games, child-size cleaning supplies) from Gonzagareddi, an Italian company that produces the material with oversight from the Amsterdam-based Association Montessori Internationale. Each item is described in both Italian and English; color photographs throughout. With a letter to Ivy Trent, c/o Lloyd Cotsen, from Bill and Jane of Cattermole 20th Century Children's Books.
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Annotated list of children's books from a variety of publishers published by Kosmos, Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde [Cosmos, the Society of Nature Lovers], Stuttgart. Black and white illustrations throughout, with full color plates tipped in on pg. 9 and 17. Includes a pamphlet called "Durch die weite Welt" [Through the wide world] with additional titles. Sticker on front flap instructs buyers to "Place Your Order with B. Westermann Co. Inc., New York City" [see B. Westermann in the seller's section of this finding aid].
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Toy catalog distributed by the publisher of the children's magazine Highlights. Color photographs throughout.
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Children's bedroom furniture, child-size musical instruments, toys and games. Color photographs throughout.
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Toys, games and puzzles to "build young minds, encourage imaginative play, and invite exploration." Color photographs throughout.
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LEGO catalog including SpongeBob, Indiana Jones and Star Wars themed kits as well as castles, towns and farms. Color photographs throughout.
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Illustrated children's books (mostly nursery rhymes and classics) sold by the department store. With a full-color sample illustration for each title advertised.
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Contains an article by Martha Stewart on how to make storybooks from photographs of children, pg. 170. With color photographs.
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With a "Plans and Purposes" page sharing the retailer's reasoning for choosing this selection of books: "even more urgent should be the sweeping condemnation of the myraid of worthless books that are offered our childen;" "the child's thought should be shaped by those minds whose wisdom has been given in good books of and for all times;" "John Martin's choice of books covers those works which are recognized as a foundation for all that is best in later reading." Also with a letter from Martin to his "children friends" encouraging them to get to know his "book friends." Title listings interspersed with quotes about books. A few decorative black and white illustrations scattered throughout.
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MetKids catalog issued separately from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store catalog; usually the two came together. Books, art kits, building sets, games and puzzles. Color photographs throughout.
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Toys, games and puzzle books designed to promote learning. Color photographs throughout.
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Published by Arbeitsgemeinschaft von Jugendbuchverlagen (avj) as a guide for publishers interested in acquiring rights for German language children's books. Encourages those interested to visit the publishers' booths at the Bologna Book Fair. With color images of cover illustrations.
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Toys, games and keepsakes based on popular books and movies such as Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. Color photographs throughout.
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"Mini" catalog of toys, clothes and dolls made from natural materials. Color photographs throughout.
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Children's books in Italian, German, English, and French from a Florentine bookseller. Advertises ordinary books and magazines for children as well as some special items, such as a first edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin (pg. 8). Most of the English titles published in London; German titles printed in Gothic script. Note from the editor inside front flap encourages Italian collectors to fall in love with children's books. Black and white illustrations throughout.
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Books, learning resources, and child-size household objects such as kitchen utensils and rakes designed for Montessori-style learning. Color photographs throughout.
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Advertisements for board games and electronic toys, some based on books, movies and comics, e.g. Shrek, The Polar Express and Spider-Man. Color photographs throughout.
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Contains advertisments for toys based on the Harry Potter series along with other toys and games. Color photographs throughout.
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Reproductions of "classic" children's merchandise such as the Dick and Jane books series, "1st Edition Monopoly," and GI Joe action figures as they appeared in 1964. Color illustrations throughout.
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