Canton, NY: Caliban Press, 2007. Square 24mo. (8)pp., accordionfold. One of 200 copies. The jumblies in their famous seive, with holes in the appropriate places, on a colored etching, which is printed on a movable piece of paper affixed to the fifth panel. With red paper covered and housed in..... More
(c. 1980). Two articulated paper dolls, in the style of Tom of Finland, provide a coy and playful window into the gay kink culture of the later twentieth century. One is dressed in a leather harness, boots, and cuffs, sporting an earring in his right ear (at the time a...... More
Paris: A. Legrand, (c. 1860). Quarto. (12)pp. Six movable chromolithographs, sporting remarkably detailed three-dimensional features. Each lithograph is titled in French, Spanish, and English, and two of them, which also have been assigned a different typeface, also display a German translation. The images themselves are whimsical and strange, showing anthropomorphic..... More
Amsterdam: (n.d.). Small octavo. (15)pp. With eight full-page illustrations, printed in orange and black. At the back of the volume are a head and two legs set to rotate on brass rivets; when unfolded, they align with the torso on the upper cover to create the illusion of a full..... More
Paris: A. Capendu, (c. 1880). Small quarto. (14)pp. Five movable chromolithographs, plus detailed engravings throughout. The chromolithographs operate by pull-tabs, by means of which a young Crusoe rafts away from a sinking ship, and an older Crusoe carries a tortoise, occupies himself with a dog, cat, and bird, greets a...... More
Amsterdam: Cohen Zonen, (n.d.). Octavo. (10)pp. Four full color movable images, and black & white illustrations throughout. The movables illustrate humans and animals taking part in charming circus scenes: monkeys clamber about a ladder, an elephant balances a clown upon its trunk, another well-dressed elephant plays the tuba in front..... More
London: Dean & Son, (1859). Small quarto. (8)ff. Eight hand-colored engravings, all with movable parts. These movable images are operated through paper tabs and show the titular old woman with a host of animals as she tries to tame her newly purchased pig. The text of the story lies below..... More
Berlin: (Carl Schauer, c. 1895). Small quarto. (8)pp. Four full-page color plates with volvelles. Each plate depicts a particular scene—”Das Theater,” “Die Menagerie,” “Der Bildermann,” and “Das Karussel”—which is described in lyric verse on the facing page. The turning mechanisms then change a certain portion of the image. For example..... More
Barcelona: Editorial Maravilla, 1941. Quarto. 6ff., + 5 inserted movable illustrations, each with intact and functional pull-tabs that set butterfly wings alight, swing the arms of princesses and moths, and send bells to chiming. Matched by quaint woodcuts at the title page, edition statement, and start and end of the..... More
NY: Bouillon-Sanders & Chopp, (1926). Quarto. (16)pp. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white, and in a bright orange binding featuring the main character, Willie, with fully movable arms. A "Willie Wait a Minute," who is always postponing his responsibilities to play just a minute longer, is able to..... More
Guildford: Circle Press, 1986. Small folio. (36)pp., french-fold. From an edition of 80 copies, this one is designated "A.P." Signed by the illustrator, Ronald King, and the poet, Roy Fisher. Illustrated in color with numerous photo-collage vignettes, seven tableaux from drawings, and twelve movable puppet designs by King. The puppets..... More
Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, (1894). Quarto. (12)pp. Six movable chromolithographs boast Meggendorfer's skillful paper-engineering to amusing and comedic effect. Each image—a boy on another's shoulders, a woman playing piano, an old woman carrying two geese, a Japanese mother and child, a Black woman hoisting a goat in a basket, and a...... More
(France: c. 1840). Group of ten costume cards with faces cut out, an additional card holding three distinct faces by means of three separate paper slots. The faces' dramatic features—a spectacled man sporting a cynical expression, an androgynous figure with a bold sweep of hair, and a rather racist interpretation..... More
Paris: Nouvelle Librairie de la Jeunesse, (c. 1900). Quarto panorama of six chromolithographed pop-up scenes. They carry the reader through an exotic hunt, in which cowboys and local turbaned attendants pursue and slay lions and tigers, and eventually overcome an ambush by native tribespeople. The book's three-dimensional structure adds to..... More
London: Bancroft & Co, (c. 1960). Quarto. 7, (1)pp. Tri-fold pictorial boards, with lower cover unfolding into a table-top pop-up image of the many animals boarding Noah's Ark. The scene has a humorous flair; a fox plays chess with a stork and a panther, a male crocodile smokes a pipe..... More
London: Dean & Son, (c. 1880). Quarto. (8)pp. Illustrated with three pop-up images, which operate with threads that run through the pages of the book. As the pages turn, the threads tense or slacken, and thus cause the overlaid illustrations to rise or fall. Throughout, text at the very top..... More
(1968). An uncommon die-cut pop-up card depicting a nativity scene set in ancient Bethlehem, beneath palm trees and a starry night sky. Cattle, goats, sheep, and an elephant surround the manger, as the magi and others bring gifts. Presiding over the scene is an angel carrying a banner proclaiming "Gloria..... More
(Bangor: Tatlin Books, 1996). (12)ff. A prayer for safety on the way, with subtle decorations in color. The first eight pages unfold to show a wheel-like design. "Very little pagan influence can be seen in this poem, which seems more prayer than charm." A handsomely designed and printed book on..... More
(Philadelphia): Alice Austin, 2019. Tunnel book consisting of six panels connected with illustrated accordion-folded side panels. The three-dimensional scene revealed when the book is expanded shows the beauty and chaos of Venice's Grand Canal, from the natural world, to the built environment, and the life that inhabits the shared space..... More
