deans rag book (6 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Very good. No. 189. [10 p.]. 21 cm. Colour illustrations. Red cloth spine with colour illustrations on both covers. Light wear and soiling. "Dean's Rag Books. Quite Indestructible. Entirely British Manufacture." Every letter is illustrated with a train, including Puffing Billy, the first steam engine built 1829. Z is for "Zanzibar Train.".

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Undated c1910. Small fabric rag book. No. 298. Colour illustrations. Colours still vibrant. Few age related marks. (51/2).

First edition. A near pristine file copy of this French language example of an early rag book from Dean and Co, who pioneered the rag book for the youngest children in 1903, producing boldly coloured printed calico books designed to be washable and indestructible - the Dean logo shows two dogs pulling at a rag book, and the inserted advert leaf states that children can carry the book in their mouths without danger ( 'Les couleurs employées dans ces livres sont fortement fixés. Les enfants peuvent les porter à la bouche sans aucun danger. Ces livres peuvent être lavé'). Qu'est cela? is a simple vocabulary book, naming fifty familiar objects including toys (dolls, a cup-and-ball, a paintbox, a toy train, a jack-in-the box, a kite and a rocking horse) as well as a rifle, a sword, a drum and an automobile. Tall 8vo (214 × 150 mm), pp. [10] (including endleaves), plus cover, all folded from the same piece of colour printed linen, sewn at spine, as issued. With paper catalogue and advert slip loosely inserted. [No library copies found in WorldCat or JISC LibraryHub.].

Rag books proved a popular adaptation of the printed codex in the early twentieth century, bringing books to the youngest of children. This is a file copy from Dean and Co, who pioneered the rag book for the youngest children in 1903, producing boldly coloured printed calico books designed to be washable and indestructible - the Dean logo shows two dogs pulling at a rag book. It illustrates twenty-four animals, including the dog on the cover, as well as butterflies, a giraffe, a camel, a parrot, a kangaroo, three monkeys and a turkey, all captioned in French. The pinked edges were designed to minimise fraying, and in this case the copy is unused. Tall 4to (318 × 168 mm), pp. [4] including endleaves, plus pictorial covers, all folded from the same piece of colour printed linen, sewn at spine, with zigzag pinked edges, as issued. Very light fading to the green covers (including a strip at the foot of the lower cover), but an excellent copy. [No library copies found in WorldCat or JISC LibraryHub.].

London, Dean's Rag Book Co., s.d. (ca. 1915), 13 x 9 cm, (6) nn pp with original red coloured pictorial cover, (uncut double pages, bound like a Japanese book). Printed on textile . Nicely preserved.

London, Dean's Rag Book Co., s.d. (1907)*, 21 x 17 cm, (10) nn pp with original red coloured pictorial cover, (uncut double pages, bound like a Japanese book). Printed on textile, scenes with Dutch peasants, people on wooden shoes ( klompen ). Nicely preserved. *See ''The Publishers' Circular, Volume 87, pp.399.