Toy Shop Parade (code no. W926) Avant-Garde Civil War era stiff paper

Civil War era stiff paper parlor game card

an underground town inhabited by anthropomorphic rabbits

demonstrating how early owners organized and preserved fragile

The colors on the scroll remain deeply saturated and free from the usual heavy hand-soiling or tearing that plagues early optical toys

A beautiful copy of the book

Toy Shop Parade (code no. W926) Avant-Garde Civil War era stiff paper(Toys) TOY SHOP PARADE (code no. W926) by Peter Mabie, a pseudonym for Emilie Agnes Wiendenbeck. [Racine, Wisconsin]: Whitman Publishing Co., (1930). Oblong folio 8 15 16" x 12 1 2". Staple bound color pictorial printed paper wrappers in pristine condition for what is a really great copy of the book. [24] pp. including wrappers. The book tells the story of how all the animals, dolls and toys in the old toy shop got together and held a grand parade in