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The Little Red Engine Gets a Name

Diana Ross, Jan Lewitt, George Mates, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

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.
Britain at War

Monroe Wheeler, Herbert Read, E. J. Carter, Carlos Dyer, and E. McKnight Kauffer

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 William H. Edwards.
Summer Holiday

Richard Floethe, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

[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.
The Lost Merry-Go-Round

Dorothy P. Lathrop, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

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.
The Little White Goat

Dorothy P. Lathrop, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

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.
The Magic Flutes

Josef Kožišek, Clara Vostrovsky Winlow, Rudolf Mates, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

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.
Mummy's Bedtime Story Book

Marion, Mrs. Alexander Marion Gemmell, Jessie Marion King, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

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.
Skipping Village

Lois Lenski, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

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.
The Romance of Rubber

John Martin, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

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.
Voyaging Southward from the Strait of Magellan

Rockwell Kentridge, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

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.
The Holy Experiment: a message to the world from Pennsylvania

Violet Oakley, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

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 the original manuscript have been written and illustrated by Violet Oakley from her notes made in preparation for the paintings from 1902 to 1922. They are reproduced from plates made by the Beck Engraving Co." Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Oh, Yes a Pohlson Gift: gifts that make giving a pleasure

Pohlson Galleries, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

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.
The Pohlson Line : gifts that make giving a pleasure

Pohlson Galleries, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

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.
Bugs and Wings and Other Things

Annie W. Franchot, Walter Harrison Cady, Jessie Willcox Smith, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

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.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon; Norske folke-eventyr. English. Selections

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Kay Rasmus Nielsen, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

206 pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color). "Selected from the Norske folkeeventyr of Asbjörnson and Moe; most stories in this book originally appeared in Sir G.W. Dasent's Popular tales from the Norse, cf. Preface, pages [1-2]. Illustrated title page; end papers illustrated in black and gold. CONTENTS East of the sun and west of the moon -- The blue belt -- Prince Lindworm -- The lassie and her godmother -- The husband who was to mind the house -- The lad who went to the North Wind -- The three princesses of Whiteland -- Soria Moria Castle -- The giant who had no heart in his body -- The princess on the glass hill -- The widow's son -- The three billy goats gruff -- The three princesses in the blue mountain -- The cat on the Dovrefell -- One's own children are always prettiest. Translated by George Webbe Dasent. Gift of the Estate of William E. Brigham."
Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt Thou Be Mine?

Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

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 the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Hush-a-bye-Baby On the Tree Top

Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

2 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 the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill

Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

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 the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Little bo-peep

Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

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 the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Little Miss Muffet Sat on a Tuffet

Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

5 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 the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
May, Mary Quite Contrary

Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

6 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 the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
One Foot Up, the other Foot Down

Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

7 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 the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

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 the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Rain, Rain Go Away

Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

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 the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Ring around A Rosie

Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

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 the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.