$400
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Description
Including 6" x 6" wooden box with sliding lid
having lithographed lid depicting Florence and
Charles setting up the blocks so as to spell each
other's name,with complete set of ABC blocks
inside,6" x 6" book-shaped box with the adage on
inside lid "Children learn best when the hands
assist the head" and set of blocks (B,C,and E
missing,and lid hinge broken); and 9" x 11" blocks
in wooden box with lithographed Egyptian lid
design and 30 interior square blocks with
five-sided letters and one-side lithograph image
of commonly-used words of the mid-19th century
such as omnibus,smith,grindstone,ice cart and
such. Each of the boxes indicates S.L. Hill & Son
as the maker,mid-19th century. Fair to very good
condition. Rare American toys in their original boxes.