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The cover art for the 1953 edition of Abanindranath Tagore's Buro Angla, an adaption of Selma Lagerlöf's The Wonderful Adventures of Nils.

A book included in Jacob Abbott's Fireside Series, China and the English gives an account of Marco Polo's expedition, the arrival of Portuguese traders in Guangzhou, the establishment of an English embassy, and attempts to spread Christianity. The…

The front hardcover and interior copyright pages of Book 2 of the Philippine Public School. Reader, subtitled "In and Out of the Barrio"

The front hardcover of Book 5 of the Philippine Readers series, with embossed illustrative materials likely taken from interior illustrations by Fernando Amorsolo.

This extremely popular book features Isaac Watts's religious poetry, some of which was later satirized by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland. Missionary records attest that some enslaved children memorized and copied these rhymes.

This engraving of a community festival on the campus of Codrington College, Barbados, features Afro-Caribbean dancing. The illustration originally appeared in the Illustrated London News, but has been cut out, colored, and hung in the Codrington…

This fictional map of Kolkata is part of Abanindranath Tagore's Khatanchir Khata (The Accountant's Diary), a loose adaptation of J.M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy. It depicts the urban landscape of Kolkata superimposed with a layer of fantastic…

A Grammar of General Geography featured several foldout maps, including a map of The World.

The front cover of Mabel Cook Cole's "Philippine Folk Tales," from which Camilo Osias had taken some of the stories for his own readers

This game and story book, written and compiled by Elisa Leslie, features various activities designated for girls, followed by short tales by several other authors, including Barbara Hofland. The book includes multiple charming illustrations of…