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children's vintage & classic books

	Punch and Judy told by Jessie Pope Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. London. n.d. Hardcover. Classic Punch and Judy picture book with "many plates in full colour and over forty photographs", some of which are photographs of British children and babies watching the puppet show and their reactions. Storylines including wife-beating, hanging a policeman, killing, An African with a tamborine and beating the Doctor. Old style values. Uses the N-word.
	Peter Pan and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Paperback from the Educational Supply Association, Melbourne. Grade 3. Paperback. Authorised school edition, edited by Florence E. Tweddle. Includes biographical note on the author at front. Notes and explanations on each chapter at the back for words which might be unfamilliar to young readers- like "mermaid", "redskins" and "blackavised."
	The Story of Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman Chatto & Windus. London. 1956 Small hardcover story of Little Black Sambo and his family. This book made the banned list and was withdrawn from schools in Australia as inappropriate late 1970s for using the word "black" to describe ethnically Indian characters in the story.
	Bible Picture Book by Marian Madison Zondervan Publishing House. Michigan. 1949 Hardcover. With 3 brief sentences to each page illustrating the life of Jesus and key points in the bible. A bit disconcerting some of the things that are chosen to highlight- "Jesus worked hard. He worked in his father's carpenter shop. He earned money for his mother." Lots of being happy and loving Jesus. Colour prints of famous watercolours.
	The Bright Sunday Hour Annual Volume Thirteen Stirling Tract Enterprise. Scotland. n.d. With stories with a Message. Photographs of interesting historical things like the Pyramids. Quite a few Scottish photos included as well as Royal information like "How do we know if the Queen is home?". With a delightful photograph of their highnesses Princess Anne and Prince Charles on the cover.
	Robin Hood and his Merry Outlaws Retold from the Old Ballads by J Walker McSpadden & Charles Wilson Associated Newspapers Ltd, London, (no date) Hardcover. Looks by the style to have been published between 1930-1960. Full colour drawing frontispiece and an interesting forward by the author citing historical references to Robin Hood and places mentioned in the stories. Includes tales of Maid Marion's friendship with Robin, how each of the main men met and more stories than is usual.
	Little Black Sambo told and pictured by Helen Bannerman nineteenth printing 1975 Large paperback with ring binding. Includes pull out Sambo paper doll at the back, still attached. This book was banned. First published in 1899. The story of Sambo who is menaced by a tiger who takes all his clothes. Sambo ends victoriously and eats the tiger as pancakes.
	The House At Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne. Decorations by E. H. Sheppard Methuen & Co., Ltd. London. 1965 Hardcover with gold embossed spine and characters on front cover. Originally printed in 1928. Coloured paper inside front cover with picture of characters. Chapters include the building of Eor's house at Pooh Corner, meeting Tigger for the fist time, the one where Piglet meets the Heffalump and Poohsticks is invented.

 

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