PADDY FINDS A JOB
1981
First edition of this story told only in pictures, featuring marvelous pop-up and moveable pages of the misadventures of Paddy, a humanized pig.
Moveable
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MARIONETTES DE CARTON
(1937)
Complete and unused marionette theater construction kit designed by painter Jean Guastalla, with eight jointed puppets (human and animal) ready for assembly.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PETRONELLA PIG
(1978)
First American edition of the famous first book of Hauptmann, EIN TAG IM LEBEN DER DOROTHEA WUTZ – a story told without text, using die-cuts to created a moveable illustration effect.
EINE FAHRT INS ZWERGENLAND
[1954]
Charming make-your-own-scene book featuring humanized bugs and frogs and a host of their fairy and gnome friends, issued as loose figures to be fit into the color plates.
THE CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS
(1987)
First printing of this holiday tale of a hunt for a pair of lost stockings for Santa to fill, with liftable flaps.
THE MANY MICE OF MR. BRICE
[1973]
First printing of this pseudonymous Dr. Seuss book with pop-ups and moveables, including two mechanisms not present in later printings.
THE MAGIC PICTURE BOOK
(1908)
First printing of this collection of Mother Goose rhymes made dynamic with liftable flaps, with illustrations by Robert H. Porteous in the style of Denslow.
JIMMY HAS LOST HIS CAP
(1959) [but no earlier than 1969]
US printing of GIGI CERCA IL SUO BERRETTO, an innovative picture book featuring minimalist text with moveable flaps that reveal hidden illustrations with a distinct surrealist touch.
THE BETTIJAK BOOK: Adventures of Jack and Betty
(1914)
First edition of this delightful tale of young Jack and Betty's romp through various fairy tales and nursery rhymes, with doors to open and holes to peep through.
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