Dean's "A1 Dolls and Toys" Retail Showcard Riviere & Son - Cosway bindings military dress

military dress

and two tiny spots of color loss resulting from that scrape for what is a really lovely copy of the dust wrapper

with minor toning around the edges

THIS EXTRAORDINARY

apparently the current Queen of England was the recipient of one of these toys as a young Princess as noted on the card

Dean's "A1 Dolls and Toys" Retail Showcard Riviere & Son - Cosway bindings military dress(Dean's Rag Book Co.) DEAN'S "A1 DOLLS AND TOYS" RETAIL SHOWCARD. London: Dean's Rag Book Co., Ltd., [circa 1922]. 9 13 16" x 9 13 16". This card was designed to be displayed in a retail setting to promote the "A1 Dolls and Toys" which Dean's launched in 1922. Pictorial showcard with decoration and titles printed in black and red on stiff white cardstock with two bumped lower corners for what is a lovely example of this early 20th century doll and toy