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The boy's own toy-maker : a practical illustrated guide to the useful employment of leisure hours
Landells, Ebenezer (1808-1860)
1859
Rinkelbel en rammelaar
Keijser, H; Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum
[1958?]
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Gemeente Museum, Amsterdam, 1958?.
Magazin von verschiedenen Kunst-und anderen nuẗzlichen Sachen, zur lehrreichen und angenehmen Unterhaltung der Jugend : als auch fur̈ Liebhaben der Kun̈ste und Wissenschaften, welche Stuc̈ke meistens vorraẗhig zu finden
Bestelmeier, Georg Hieronimus; Ganter, Theo; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1979
Spine title: Bestelmeier-Katalog. Reprint of: Nur̈nberg, 1903.
Reports on Mumming from the Industrial West Riding and Nottinghamshire
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
1966
This file contains a typed paper by Tony Green giving information on mumming plays collected by himself and Mary Greenwald in West Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. This includes information collected fr...
Pace Egg and Mumming Plays, and Christmas Carols
Addy, Sidney Oldall (1848-1933)
[1970s]
This file contains a photocopy (made in the early 1970s) of part of an ms. notebook, with printed extracts pasted in, compiled by Sidney Oldall Addy probably during the 1870s. This includes ms. notes ...
Games and Pastimes
1969-1976
This file comprises four photographic prints of historic European playing cards, accompanied by a photocopy of a typed key to the plates; a photocopy of Frank Weatherill's typed and ms. notes on the g...
Games with Special Equipment
1968-1979
This file contains items relating to games played by children using special equipment, such as a ball or skipping rope. The file includes a photocopy of Bernard A. Barton's article, 'Let's Laik at Sum...
Decorative Arts
1970-1979
This file contains items relating generally to the decorative arts, including carving and the decoration of items. The file includes a photocopy of Carson I. A. Ritchie's article, 'Art of the Northern...
Museums
1966-1973
This file contains items relating to museums and related institutions, including Bryce Nelson's article on S. Dillon Ripley's plans for recreating a slum at the Smithsonian Institution, extracted from...
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
Eight children's toy knitting needle supports, in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Includes a cedar sheath from Skipton (North Yorkshire), reinforced with a hen quill; a sycamore s...
Sound Recording,
Holloway, Charles
30 December 1978
The collector's parents, Mr. C. R. P. Holloway and Mrs. W. J. Holloway discuss family Christmas traditions - games, children's parties, belief in Santa Claus, Christmas walks, skating on Boxing Day, h...