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BOOKANO ZOO NO. 1
Written by S. Louis Giraud.
Stock no. 1505389
Published by Strand Publications.
Slightly better than good condition.
Oblong format. Pictorial boards and spine. 6 animal pop-ups. Animals in Fact, Fancy and Fun. Spine very worn to edges with some loss of surface paper. Also wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Rear joint is badly cracked, webbing showing, front joint just starting to crack, a few hinges cracked. Name in pen to title page. Just an odd mark to contents. All pop-ups work well but last one has been neatly repaired with clear tape.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POP-UP
- BOOKANO
- ACTION BOOKS
WHAT THE CHILDREN LIKE
Written by F.E. Weatherly; Ernest Nister; et al.
Illustrated by Ernest Nister.
Stock no. 1404845
Published by Ernest Nister.
circa
1897.
Slightly better than good condition.
A pop-up book with introduction by Weatherly. 5 pop-up scenes plus numerous b/w illustrations. Green cloth spine, pictorial front board shows children dancing around a Christmas tree. Decorative endpapers. Nister no. 853. Spine bumped and worn. Corners bumped and very worn. Board edges are scuffed. Boards are scratched and a bit grubby. Front joint cracked. Endpapers and page edges browned. Staples rusty. One page, which has ragged edges, is detached. 4" tear to last page of text plus other smaller tears to page edges and margins. Light colouring to several illustrations. Some fingering to contents. Horse's tail slightly creased in second pop-up, and couple of small patches of surface paper damage in deer pop-up. Other pop-ups nice and bright.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POP-UP
- NISTER
- ACTION BOOKS
KELLOGG'S FUNNY JUNGLELAND MOVING PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1504887
Published by W.K. Kellogg.
1909.
Slightly better than good condition.
Card wraps. Pictures of jungle animals in strips which can be moved around to form peculiar creatures! A few lines of rhyme to each page. Covers creased and worn, small closed tear to top edge of front cover. Scribble to elephant's head on front cover, surface paper damage to centre of rear cover. Light marking to a couple of pages from light dampstain. Some creasing and wear. Staples rusty. All strips present. Some illustrations slightly off line.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ACTION BOOKS
- ADVERTISING
- NOVELTY
NICHOLAS AND TIMOTHY FARMYARD POP-UP STORY BOOK
Written by Kitty Styles.
Stock no. 1404434
Published by Sampson Low.
circa
1954.
Very good condition.
Timothy's Dad has to go to the vets to get medicine for Mr. Dubbin. So Timothy and Nicholas decide to help out on the farm. Spiral bound. Red pictorial boards. 5 pop-ups. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners a little bumped. Wire of spiral coming away from bottom of spine. Contents clean. Pop-ups in very good working order. .
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ACTION BOOKS
- POP-UP
- FARMYARD ANIMALS
NODDY'S SHOP OF BOOKS
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1314494
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd..
1st
1958.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Five little card wrap books contained in box shaped to look like a sweetshop with opening door at front. Volume 3 has a small ink mark by staple to covers and there is a tiny mark to front cover of volume 5. There are a few light creases to covers and tiny nicks at edges. Overall the books are lovely and bright and would be difficult to find in better condition. Box has creases and is slightly edge rubbed, there is an inscription in blue biro to lower edge of front of box.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- NODDY
- NOVELTY
- ACTION BOOKS
- ENID BLYTON
NODDY'S HOUSE OF BOOKS
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1314491
Published by Sampson Low.
2nd
1955.
Very good condition.
Six small format paperwrap books contained in pictorial slipcase shaped like a house with opening door at front. B/w illustrations. The Tiny Noddy Books nos 1-6: A Tale of Little Noddy; Noddy Has More Adventures; Noddy Goes to the Seaside; Noddy has a Shock; Noddy Off to Rocking-Horse Land; Noddy and Big-Ears Have a Picnic. Each book is small format (3.5" x 3") with pictorial cardwraps, 36 b/w illustrations with text below. Staples are rusty. Covers are just a little edge worn, some creases and small tears to covers. Contents of books are clean. Box is worn with crease to top front and erased pencil writing to front.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- NODDY
- NOVELTY
- ACTION BOOKS
- ENID BLYTON
CHOO CHOO 'ROUND THE WORLD
Written by Helen Sterling.
Illustrated by Charlotte Steiner.
Stock no. 2116049
Published by Pilot Press Ltd..
1st
1946.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Colour pictorial boards. Cut-out square to middle of pages, so that the 'Choo Choo' can travel through all the pages!! Colour illustrations. Spine is bumped and browned, with wear. A little page browning, with some foxing. 'Choo Choo' is still attached at either pastedown - so can travel through the pages still. Wrapper is unevenly brown and worn, with edge-tears and chips. Big pieces missing from spine; some scuffing.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- TRAINS (CHILDRENS)
- NOVELTY
- ACTION BOOKS
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314250
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd..
Very good condition.
Seen through the eyes of a child. Adapted from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor production. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. A Tuck Book with four delightful colour pop-up scenes. Covers very slightly grubby and edge rubbed. Some foxing and fingering to page margins else contents clean. Pop-ups in good working order.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ACTION BOOKS
- POP-UP
- FILM
TOBY TWIRL'S DILLYPADDLE POP-UP BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1606130
Published by Sampson Low.
1954.
Good condition.
Spiral bound, oblong format. 5 pop-up scenes. Covers bowed. Some splitting around spiral binding. Contents are generally very good, clean and bright. Pop-ups in working order.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- TOBY TWIRL
- ACTION BOOKS
- POP-UP
NOAH'S ARK
Written by Jasper Dimond.
Illustrated by Jasper Dimond.
Stock no. 1313650
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1983.
Very good condition.
A book and press-out model. Large oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0241109663. Spine and corners slightly bumped. The book originally came in a slipcase but this is missing. Contents are fine and unused.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- NOAH'S ARK
- MODELS
- NOVELTY
- ACTION BOOKS
RUPERT AND THE POSTMAN
Written by Mick Wells.
Illustrated by Mick Wells.
Stock no. 1109262
Published by Michael Stanfield Holdings.
1975.
Very good condition.
Cardwraps. TV play book. Read the story, press out the characters and play the game. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0860320014. Some browning. Press out characters are unused.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- RUPERT GENERAL
- NOVELTY
- RUPERT
- ACTION BOOKS
THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Written by Selma G. Lanes.
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2114423
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1981.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large oblong format. Pictorial cloth. "Sendak's Life and Works are explored in affectionate detail, including many colour and b/w illustrations and folding plates, a moveable scene and a facsimile of the tiny mock-up that Sendak first made for the story that would later become Where The Wild Things Are". ISBN: 0370303865. Light wear to cover edges. Light page browning.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- CHILDRENS
- REFERENCE
- ACTION BOOKS
- MOVEABLE
- ILLUSTRATED