lost & found vintage toys

fall library sale

besides being halloween comicfest, saturday was the friends of the library book sale downtown ~

i was in line bright & early to check out the vintage kids' books like these readers & little golden books ~

alice pop-up books & more beatrix potter ~

favorites i found include this golden book of human biology & kids' version of the ha rey book i posted here before ~

more art for children & raggedy ann ~

oz & mr rogers ~

of note: this lost & now found book is the very book toxic's mom used to explain the facts of life to her back in the day :D ~

costumes, Stickers & dover coloring books ~

favorite vintage stories & illustrators like arnold lobel ~

wonderful, fun & sometimes terrifying victorian reproductions ~

mad & madlibs, & of course pride & prejudice & kitties :) ~

this is my xmas! my toxic library is burgeoning.. i'll be sharing these & more through the winter, but for now just click on the categories in the sidebar for much more ~

thanks for the help, mr dad ~

bren

dolls through the ages

a doll coloring book today ~

dolls through the ages from 1979 troubador press ~

from the elizabethan era ~

through queen anne dolls ~

china dolls ~

rag dolls ~

if you like dolls like me, you may enjoy the dolly freakshow i am preparing for halloween :D (watch this space) ~

french & german dolls ~

character dolls ~

i spy a kewpie doll ~

& there's raggedy ann :) ~

bren

warriors of the shadow realm 1979

warriors of the shadow realm today ~

a marvel weird world super special from 1979 ~

oldschool tolikienesque wizards & d&d style adventures ~

part 3 ~

zarthon?! ~

with bonus 3 page color foldout! ~

cool ~

a chart of weird world ~

a gandalf-life figure ~

articles & interviews ~

about the fantasy tradition in america at the time & early illustrators ~

wee willie winkie's world & little nemo in slumberland ~

johnny gruelle of raggedy ann fame & krazy kat ~

bren