Hardcover. NY, Blackie & Son Ltd. , 1st , 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Jean Claverie. Toy book with cut-outs, pop-ups, movable parts. Bright laminated illustrated boards.
Hardcover. New York, Scholastic Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 6 double-page color pop-ups, engineered by Reinhart, text by Yorinks, art by Sendak. Like new condition, no dust jacket issued. While looking for his mother in a haunted house, a little boy plays pranks on the monster inhabitants.
Hardcover. New York, Scholastic Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 6 double-page color pop-ups, engineered by Reinhart, text by Yorinks, art by Sendak. Like new condition, no dust jacket issued.
Hardcover. New York, Scholastic Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 6 double-page color pop-ups, engineered by Reinhart, text by Yorinks, art by Sendak. Like new condition, no dust jacket issued. While looking for his mother in a haunted house, a little boy plays pranks on the monster inhabitants.
Hardcover. NY, Little Simon, 2nd pr., 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover board book with 5 colorful interactive spreads. Featuring brilliant hands-on lessons for curious readers who are preparing for Pre-K, this oversized busy book lets little ones discover, learn, and play with first concept surprises. Includes a memory game with simple shapes hidden under flaps and introduces colors, counting, clocks, and more. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by the author. Light edgewear and rubbing to covers. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 40 pages, color art by Eric Carle. With unused apron in vinyl case, as new issued at rear of book. The last page has a short 1/2" tear at top, small crease, otherwise very good.
Hardcover. NY, Little Simon, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards. Big, dynamic pop-ups bring to life such legendary prehistoric creatures as the saber-toothed tiger and the woolly mammoth, as well as a number of lesser-known beasts. Each of the seven bold and dramatic spreads includes clear and informative descriptions of each animal. Paper engineering by Ruth Mawdsley. Clean working copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by Seymour Chwast. Fold-out format. Color illustrated laminated covered boards. The book unfolds into a long strip from which one can read of all the adventures Sister missed by sleeping during a boat ride.
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2nd pr., 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Beautifully illustrated scenes from the world's jungles teem with hidden life. Can you spot the wonderful selection of camouflaged creatures? Test your powers of observation to find the answers and more information about them. Includes intricate die-cut gatefolds. John Norris Wood is a renowned wildlife artist who has exhibited at London's Royal Academy of Arts, Natural History Museum, and Victoria and Albert Museum. He lives on his own nature reserve in England with his boa constrictor.
Hardcover. New York, Capitol Publishing Company, 1st Edition, 1947, Book: Very Good, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Full color board pages. Noise mechanism still works but decorative topper missing (see image). Decorative covers. Pages still bright. In very good condition.
Hardcover. New York, Joanna Cotler Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Small leash marker. Felted illustration on a page, fold out dog's tail. etc. Illustrations by Spiegelman.
Hardcover. New York , Hyperion Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color pictorial boards with saw tooth edges. Housed in a cardboard box. The small book is 18 pages, each with double-page color illustrations by Henrick Drescher, each with interactive parts. According to the story Beastie's fur is pulled, his pop-up eyes jiggled, his boot (removed from his pop up foot) is scratched & sniffed, his privacy intruded upon as his shower curtain pulled away, his boogers poked, his miniature book reveal beastie's fantasies of revenge, as finally Judy and Paul are swallowed up by poor beastie and a mirror reveals who may be the next naughty child to incur beastie's wrath. All of these interactive pull and poke activities can be performed by the reader. SIGNED on the front cover in silver ink, with his initials, by Henrick Drescher in the year of publication.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Stated First Edition, with full number line present. As New, pages barely opened. Six double-page smashing animal pop-ups. A 3-1/2 foot folded poster at rear, in pristine condition.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Stated First Edition, with full number line present. As New, pages barely opened. Six double-page smashing animal pop-ups. A 3-1/2 foot folded poster at rear, in pristine condition.
Hardcover. Bedford, Applewood Books, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pop ups in very good condition. Tight copy.
Hardcover. Applewood, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Laminated boards, a reprint of the classic pop-up book from 1934. An illustrated collection of familiar nursery rhymes, including "Old Mother Hubbard," "Sing a Song of Sixpence," and "Three Little Kittens" each with color pop-up spreads.
Hardcover. US, Piggy Toes Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Clean, tight copy. In this technical tour de force, father and daughter combine origami-style figures and intricate pop-up effects into six spreads and a double gatefold of paper magic. The art evokes common materials, from a whirl of newspaper doves or passport pages made into sailboats to legal-pad-paper ducks swimming in a desktop "pond" of spilled coffee and, for a spectacular finish, an array of Chinese take-out menus and cartons falling prey to a hungry dragon's attack. The figures are mostly made of precut and glued pieces, but many of the beaks and noses, at least, are actually folded.
Hardcover. US, Piggy Toes Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Clean, tight copy. In this technical tour de force, father and daughter combine origami-style figures and intricate pop-up effects into six spreads and a double gatefold of paper magic. The art evokes common materials, from a whirl of newspaper doves or passport pages made into sailboats to legal-pad-paper ducks swimming in a desktop "pond" of spilled coffee and, for a spectacular finish, an array of Chinese take-out menus and cartons falling prey to a hungry dragon's attack. The figures are mostly made of precut and glued pieces, but many of the beaks and noses, at least, are actually folded.
Hardcover. Prague, Brown and Watson / Artia, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. 10" x 8", 6 double page pop-ups of scenes telling the story of Puss-in-Boots. All 6 pop-ups seem to be working & sharp; illustrated with Kubasta cover; ; Treasure Hour Pop-Up Book. Clean copy. NOTE: The scarce original Prague edition in 1960 had 8 pop-ups.
Hardcover. New York, Disney Enterprises, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pictorial gate-fold covers with magnetic closure, rear board slightly bowed, else fine. Five fabulous pop-up tableaux depicting scenes from Bambi, Lady & The Tramp, Peter Pan, Snow White and Pinocchio. This copy is SIGNED BY DAVID CARTER who designed the pop-ups.
Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED BY MATTEO PERICOLI ON TITLE PAGE WITH ILLUSTRATED SKETCH. Two-sided book with drawings of the Manhattan skyline: "Matteo Pericoli began his drawings of the Manhattan skyline in 1998. More than two years, fifteen hundred buildings, and nineteen bridges later, he finished two continuous scrolls, one of the West Side and one of the East Side, each thirty-seven feet long." Hard blue and red covers with white titles and yellow graphic illustration, full page b&w illustrations. Very slight rubbing to covers, pages clean, crisp and unmarked, binding stiff and tight; an excellent copy of a beautiful and unusual book.
Hardcover. MA, Candlewick Press, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrations by Juan Wijngaard. Pop-ups in excellent condition. Plays are meant to be seen, and this interactive book features a fold-out model of the Globe Theatre in its heyday, complete with stage, galleries, thatched roof, and spectators ready for a performance. Selected punch-out characters from 12 of Shakespeare's plays are included (and attached to a small cardboard handle to allow for easy manipulation), as are two removable scripts that include monologues and/or scenes in which the characters appear. The package also provides a booklet introducing the Wooden O and the state of the theatre in Elizabethan and Jacobean times as explained by Richard Burbage, leading actor of the King's Players. The well-constructed 10-inch model is made with a good-quality lightweight cardboard and is drawn to scale and filled with accurate architectural details.
Hardcover. NY, Rand McNally , 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color art by Stephen Conlin. With the turn of each page, the book's illustrations will grow to five feet. On one side of the book, peer into a cut away of Chicago's John Hancock Center. On the flip side, size up the world's tallest structures, from Ulm Cathedral spire to the CN Tower, all drawn to scale. Climb to the top as the story of skyscrapers unfolds in this unforgettable book.
Hardcover. NY, Duenewald Printing Corp., 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Original pictorial boards bound in a red plastic spiral binding. Movable pictures for animation. Interior includes (4) mechanical vignettes, A very well reserved copy, clean, bright and unmarked.
Hardcover. NY, Viking Penguin, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 5 3/4" X 4 3/4". Bantock trains his hilariously skewed 3-D vision on Mother Goose. At Bantock's hand, Solomon Grundy is spared nothing, his six-day life described as a wicked downward spiral, complete with a running gag and a haunting finale. 6 full-color pop-ups, all working perfectly.
Hardcover. NY, Thames and Hudson, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 25 pages. Star Trek is one of the most enduring franchises in Hollywood entertainment history. Part of the public consciousness since 1966, it spans the worlds of television and the movies and counts millions of fans worldwide. Now Star Trek Pop-ups delivers seven iconic Star Trek moments in a new way--popping off the page in three dimensions. From the original USS Enterprise in flight to the dreaded Borg cube from The Next Generation and beyond, here is an unforgettable series of alien encounters and thrilling action scenes, featuring memorable moments from Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise. Bursting with energy and ingenuity, Star Trek Pop-ups will capture the imaginations of fans young and old. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.
Hardcover. New York, Wanderer Books, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 12 pages. Hardcover. Features full color pop-ups on each page. All pop-ups are intact with light wear. Minor rubbing to covers.
Hardcover. Insight Editions, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. This glorious pop-up book is a fitting tribute to the entire Star Wars saga, from A New Hope to The Rise Of Skywalker. See Padme battle alongside the Jedi and clone troopers, Luke train with Jedi Master Yoda on Dagobah, and Rey and Kylo Ren battle Supreme Leader Snoke's Praetorian Guards, as well as other memorable moments from the saga.With five amazing scenes rich with detail and secrets that fold out into one breathtaking map of the entire Star Wars saga, Star Wars: The Ultimate Pop-Up Galaxy is the perfect gift for boys, girls, and Star Wars fans of all ages.--The Entire Star Wars Saga. Featuring all 11 Star Wars movies, including A New Hope, Rogue One, Revenge of the Sith, and The Rise Of Skywalker. --Illustrious Characters. Jedi, Sith, royalty, and rogues are all featured. See Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, Finn, Poe Dameron, Mace Windu, Darth Sidious, General Hux, Supreme Leader Snoke, and more!--Legendary Locations. See locations come to life, including Geonosis, Mustafar, Yavin, Tatooine, Crait, Endor, and, of course, the notorious Death Star and the fearsome Starkiller Base. --Iconic Moments. Witness battles and duels from across the saga, including the Jedi's heroic struggle on Geonosis, the battle of Hoth, Obi-Wan Kenobi's tragic duel with Anakin Skywalker, and Anakin's rebirth as the fearsome Darth Vader.--Famous Vehicles. See the Millennium Falcon, Star Destroyers, X-wings, TIE fighters, snowspeeders, AT-ATs, and other vehicles from the saga. Clean copy still in shrinkwrap.
Hardcover. Milan, Mondadori, 1st, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 6 unnumbered pages including the inside of both covers. Publisher's thick pictorial boards backed in white cloth-patterned paper & saddle stapled. Lightly soiled, edges slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. A nice example with all flaps and concealed color illustrations in perfect working order. Three stories of birds each with it's own open-the-flap text and graphic art. Laid in is a typed English translation of the text. Bruno Munari was "one of the most celebrated names in twentieth century Italy in graphic designing who fundamentally altered the landscape of many fields of visual arts, futurism and modernism He is credited for his contribution to industrial design, sculpture, painting, literature, film and concrete art." A collector's copy of this scarce title.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 5th pr., 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glazed boards with a die-cut cover. Tails are irresistible to toddlers -- though most are beyond the reach of small hands. But now there's reason for tail fans everywhere to rejoice: a colorful collection of tails created just for those eager toddlers to tug, pat, and even scratch and sniff! Matthew Van Fleet's lovable menagerie features furry tails, spiny tails, shiny tails, and tails that wag -- all designed to inspire and withstand hours of interactive play. While pulling tabs and opening gatefolds, those tail tuggers can also learn to count from one to ten. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY , E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards. Pop-up illustrations show a teddy bear turning around, touching the ground, going upstairs, saying his prayers, turning off the light, and saying good night. Color art by Marc Brown. All in working order, very good.
Hardcover. NY, Blue Ribbon Books, 1st, 1933, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. Outer cardboard spine gone, front cover detached. Binding shaken, loose but holding. All 4 color pop-ups are bright and working. Stories and illustrations by the staff of the Walt Disney Studios, with 29 illustrations and 4 pop ups, 2 pop ups per story. Color endpapers illustration. No dust jacket. @-line pecil inscription on title page otherwise free of marking.
Hardcover. Candlewick , 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glazed boards, 16 pages. The first in a series spotlighting Marvel superheroes, this trapezoid-shaped offering combines comic-book excerpts with action-packed pop-ups to introduce the web-slinging wonder. Four foldout comic-strip sections spread throughout the book relate Peter Parker's story: the bookish teen's fateful encounter with a radioactive spider; his testing of his new powers at a wrestling match and donning of the familiar costume; the murder of his beloved Uncle Ben; and his capture of the perpetrator and transformation from self-absorbed media star to justice-serving hero. Colorful 3-D sculptures leap out at readers with every turn of the page as they meet seven of Spider-Man's most ferocious foes, including the Green Goblin, Doc Ock, and the Vulture. These spreads feature a storyboard retelling of how each villain gained his superhuman abilities; a slide-out tab listing his vital statistics, skills, weapons, and cool gadgets; and, in most cases, an encounter between the bad guy and Spidey. Additional pull-out files highlight other key characters. The pop-up images, many embellished with bright metallic paper, retain the nostalgic appeal of the retro comic-book art while injecting an element of movement and excitement. After
Hardcover. New York, Universe Publishing, 2nd printing, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non paginated. Hardcover. Six pages of pop-ups in excellent condition, each page has several smaller pop-ups laid in. Bright cover boards & bright illustrations throughout by illustrator, Anton Radevsky. A magnificent journey through the history of architecture. Featuring amazing three-dimensional replications of famous buildings from ancient to modern times, The Architecture Pop-Up Book showcases artwork, photographs, pop-ups, and detailed text of the ancient Egyptian pyramids; the great constructions of Greece and Rome, such as the Parthenon and the Colosseum; majestic Asian wonders, including the Taj Mahal; Gothic and Neoclassical masterpieces, such as Notre Dame and the Florence Duomo; and the work of such important modern architects as Gaudi, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Frank Gehry. From a brilliantly elaborate Gothic cathedral nave to a telescoping Chrysler Building skyscraper, the talent and imagination of architects and builders from all eras and from all over the world are displayed and compared here.Clean, unmarked & tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. The book opens up to a 'pop-up' of a goliath beetle (paper engineering by James Diaz), illustrated by Wendy Smith-Griswold, and then opens on either side, again with pop-ups and sliders. A book on Beetles, in a three-dimensional and 'pop-up' format for children, discussing the life cycle and lives of the insects. All in great shape, clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Capitol Publishing Co., 1st Edition, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 22 pages. Hardcover board book. Color illustrations throughout. Decorated cover boards. Cardboard pages with light tanning from age. Very well preserved considering the publishing date. Spiral bound. Last page has practical watch hands which young reader can move to emulate the time on each page. Clever, charming book to help reader learn how to tell time.
Softcover. Chicago, Reuben H. Lilja , 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 16 pages including covers, verse and color illustrations by Milo Winter. Charming die-cut polka dot "bow tie" is featured on every page, taking different forms with different animals, which include Rabbit, Kitty, Puppy, Duck, Mouse, Chicks, etc. The "bow tie" becomes a sash, package decoration, dress sash, etc.
Hardcover. NY/Cleveland, World Publishing Company, 1st US, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. First American edition 8.25 x 7.75". Unpaginated [52 pages]. Essentially an artists' book created by the noted Italian futurist, Munari, widely regarded as one of the most influential book-designers of the 20th century. Illustrations feature translucent overlays and brightly colored pages with die cut edges and windows. Voted the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book 1969 winner. Previous owner;s inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Little Simon, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. All of your favorite fairy tale characters come together in this original pop-up masterpiece, from expert craftsman Robert Sabuda. In this brand-new pop-up adventure, a Dragon and a Knight race through a fairy tale treasury, visiting the worlds of all of your favorite stories--from "Rapunzel "to "Aladdin," to "Cinderella," "The Three Little Pigs," and more! With characters who literally pop right off the pages, this tour de force will have readers young and old speeding through the book to see just how this chase will end! Robert Sabuda has created a unique pop-up experience, bringing readers into a story via a 3-D journey. It's a true masterpiece from the master!
Hardcover. NY, HarperFestival, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 12" X 9 3/4". Interactive 3-D pop-out castle model measuring 8 1/4" X 16 1/2" X 8 1/4" is clean, functional, and unworn. Very mild shelf wear to 24-page story book. Includes 38 press-out figures that have not been punched out. Landscape mat is present and clean. A highly presentable and apparently complete pop-up castle playset of Baron Swarthy's Castle with accompanying fact-filled book that tells of a murder and invites readers to look for clues to discover the villain's whereabouts before the king arrives. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.
Softcover. US, Boyds Mills Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated in color by Yaccarino. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Package contains everything that you need to construct your own house that will measure approximately 8 x8 1/2 inches when constructed. Name the familiar objects that appear on the cubes. Identify the musical instruments that the people are playing. Mimic the emotions that are portrayed on the cubes. Tell stories about the people and animals that live in The House of Fun! Create your own cubes (use an unconstructed cube as your pattern).
Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Bright glossy color illustrated boards. All pop-ups and moving parts very good. Bright color illustrated pages. 12 pages. A well preserved copy of the 1st printing of this higHly regarded mechanical book on the human body. Name on the first page, otherwise clean
Hardcover. Bedford MA, Applewood Books, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. 22 pages, pictorial boards. 3 pop-up pictures help illustrated the story of "Strange Adventures in the Spider Ship". Reprint of the 1935 edition with artwork by Dick Calkins who did the original comic strip. Clean, like new.
Hardcover. Twirl, 1stEnglish Ed., 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. What's out in space? Can we travel to other planets? What do astronauts do? Children can find out the answers to these questions and more in this accessible and interactive guide. The multilayered 3-D scenes leap off every page, allowing young readers to experience space in a unique way. 10 big multilayered pop-ups, one on every spread! Descriptive text and labeled illustrations for quick and easy learning Built-in elastic bands that allow readers to display their favorite scenes on a bookcase or desk Sturdy construction that's perfect for at-home or on-the-go From exploring the planets and landing on the moon to planning future space missions, this first title in the new Pop-Up Guide series brings to life dramatic settings that capture children's imagination and encourage them to find out more. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Bronx NY, Child Guidance Books, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. "Cut-out, stiff paper characters move on top of the illustrated page as the opposing page of text is turned. The characters are covered by a thin sheet of plastic [which protects from damage] and they move under the plastic." The five action scenes show pigs dancing, a wolf huffing and puffing to blow down a straw house, Mr. Wolf's paw moving to knock on a pig's door, pigs riding a merry-go-round, and a pig in a barrel rolling downhill chasing after the wolf. No dust jacket, as issued. Color illustrations by David K. Stone.
Hardcover. Bronx NY, Child Guidance Books, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. "Cut-out, stiff paper characters move on top of the illustrated page as the opposing page of text is turned. The characters are covered by a thin sheet of plastic [which protects from damage] and they move under the plastic." No dust jacket, as issued. Color illustrations by Tom O'Sullivan. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Penguin Young Readers, 1st, 2020, Hardcover, pictorial glazed board book with Interactive elements makes this board book ideal for little hands. Who is in the forest where it's bright and sunny? Busy, buzzing bees making tasty honey! Play hide-and-seek with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this fantastic finger trail lift-the-flap book. With a gentle rhyming narrative and an introduction to woodland friends, this book is perfect for little explorers.