The Little Busy-Body’s Painting Book, Miss Dollie. Dressmaker. Master Sonnie. Painter. Jarrolds’ Ever Welcome Series of Toy Books, No. 20
London: Jarrold & Sons, 10 & 11 Warwick Lane, E.C., No date [c. 1890]. Jessie CURRIE. Wraps. [JUVENILE] [ACTIVITY BOOK] [ADVERTISING]. Printed in Holland. 8vo square; 10 unnumbered leaves printed one side; stiff glazed color pictorial wrapper, title and vignette to front, advertisement for Mason’s Original Extract of Herbs on rear wrapper; publisher’s string binding; chromolithograph illustrations with title, duplicate uncolored image on facing page for child to color, some images colored by child; naïve pencil drawings, some colored by hand on blank leaves; scuffing and light creasing to front wrapper and spine, stain to head of rear wrapper; very good minus. Only located 1 in OCLC at University of Cambridge, UK. Very good. Item #1315
A child’s activity coloring book with examples to follow. Some pages used and extra drawings in pencil and watercolor on blanks. Color pictorial advertisement for “Mason’s Original Extract of Herbs for Making Sparkling & Delicious Herb Beer. A 6 oz. Bottle Makes 8 Gallons. Inventors & Manufacturers: Newball & Mason, Nottingham.” Advertising slogan at top of rear wrapper “No Other Extract Makes Beer Like It. Imitated but Not Equalled.” Pictorial of a bonneted older woman mixing in a bowl and pouring from a hot kettle.
Price: $100.00