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Reference Library
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Peacock, W. (William), -1910
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Bishop, James, active 19th century
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Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868
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Cowper, William, 1731–1800
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Ely, John, 1758–1847
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Fraser, Antonia, 1932–
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George Philip & Son
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Hodgman, Carolyn S. (Carolyn Stecher)
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Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854–1937
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Kurtz, Henry I.
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Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779–1863
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Moore, Margaret King, 1772–1835
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Newton, T
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Willson, Marcius, 1813–1905
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unknown
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19th century
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20th century
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18th century
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game
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recreation
31
board game
23
lithograph
14
engraving
13
wood engraving
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chromolithograph
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map
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jigsaw puzzle
5
juvenile work
4
accordion fold format (binding)
3
ephemera
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puzzle
3
book jacket
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chromoxylograph
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copy books (penmanship)
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embossing
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juvenile literature
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nursery rhyme
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Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
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Geographical recreations -- Specimens.
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Educational games.
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Children's poetry.
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Children's stories.
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Conduct of life.
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Educational games -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
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Europe -- Maps.
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Great Britain -- History -- Pictorial works.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers v Pictorial works.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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World War, 1914-1918.
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Amusements.
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Architecture.
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Children -- Conduct of life.
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Children's literature.
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Children's poetry, American.
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Children's poetry, English.
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Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
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Jerusalem
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Scotland
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Solent Channel (England)
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Washington (D.C.)
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World War, 1914–1918
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Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
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Jones, John Paul, 1747–1792
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Santa Claus
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Exhibition History
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
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Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868
The paths of life
[circa 1840]
2
The wonders of the world
[ca. 1843]
3
Newton, T
The mansion of bliss
1822
4
The destruction of Jerusalem
[ca. 1824?]
5
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world
[ca. 1820]
6
Why, what, and because, or, The road to the temple of knowledge / T.H. Jones, del. et litho
[approximately 1855]
7
Trafalgar
[early 20th century]
8
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of nature in each quarter of the world
1st Novr. 1818
9
The new game of the multiplication table
[between 1830 and 1832]
10
The British tourist
[1830s?]
11
Wallis's tour of Europe
Nov. 24th, 1794
12
Little Red Riding Hood
[approximately 1880]
13
The Royal Regatta
[ca. 1852?]
14
The royal pastime of cupid, or, Entertaining game of the snake
12th May 1794
15
The magic ring
November 1st, 1796
16
Game of the Great Exhibition of 1851
[1851]
17
Science in sport, or, The pleasure of astronomy
[1804]
18
The mirror of truth
Jany. 1st, 1811
19
Laurie's new and entertaining game of the golden goose
[1831]
20
Royal race course
[ca. 1845?]
21
The hare and the tortoise
Novr. 5th. 1849
22
Crowned heads, or, Contemporary sovereigns
[ca. 1845?]
23
Peacock, W. (William), -1910
Scotland
[between 1901 and 1909?]
24
Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779–1863
A visit from Saint Nicholas
1862
25
Royal Mother Goose rhymes
©1898
26
Red Riding Hood
[approximately 1898]
27
Peacock, W. (William), -1910
Peacock's Superior dissected maps
[between 1875 and 1909]
28
The graphic
[not before 1869]-[not after 1932]
29
The graphic
1869-
30
The Youth's companion
31
Birthday picture book
[approximately 1880?]
32
Cowper, William, 1731–1800
John Gilpin
[approximately 1870]
33
Hodgman, Carolyn S. (Carolyn Stecher)
A.B.C book of birds
1916
34
Moore, Margaret King, 1772–1835
Amusing stories
1835
35
Willson, Marcius, 1813–1905
Willson's primary speller
[1863?]
36
Bishop, James, active 19th century
The painted picture play-book
[1856?]
37
Wee baby stories
[1883?]
38
Aunt Mavor's present for a good little girl
39
Hood's drawing book
C.I. Hood Co.,
40
George Philip & Son
Dominion of Canada with Newfoundland
[approximately 1910]
41
The Capital almanac 1890
[1889
42
Horatio Hamilton Harris
1881
43
Peacock, W. (William), -1910
Peacock's improved double dissection
[between 1875 and 1909]
44
Young American speaker
[approximately 1900]
45
Game tokens
late 19th century
46
The three kittens
1984
47
Betts's tour through Europe
[circa 1850?]
48
Lady fox
[1887]
49
Spooner's pictorial map of England & Wales
Novr. 5th, 1844
50
The silver bullet, or, The road to Berlin
51
The adventures of Commodore Paul
[1884]
52
Ely, John, 1758–1847
The child's instructor
1818
53
How we fought the enemy
[approximately 1898]
54
Peacock, W. (William), -1910
Peacock's improved double dissection
[between 1875 and 1909]
55
The new American pronouncing speller
1899
56
Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854–1937
Celebrated animal characters
1914
57
Mother Goose, or, The old nursery rhymes
[between 1940 and 1950]
58
The Toy merchant
1884
59
Snap
[ca. 1880?]
60
Shaylor, H. W. (Horace Woodbury), 1845–1925
Harper's new graded copy books of practical penmanship
1887
61
American standard writing spellers
1881
62
Kurtz, Henry I.
The art of the toy soldier
1987
63
The War of the nations, 1914-1919
1919
64
McLoughlin Bros., publishers of toy books & juvenile books
1985
65
The wonderful adventures of the little man & his little gun
[approximately 1860?]
66
Game cards
19th century
67
The game of spellicans
[ca. 1880?]
68
Picture gallery for young folks
1878-
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Fraser, Antonia, 1932–
A history of toys
1966