Westport, CT and Belgium: Editions Hemma Belgique, (1984). Illustrated by Luce-Andreé Lagarde. 9-5/8" x 8-3/16". Color glossy paper covered boards. Four perfect pop-ups. A lovely, fine copy of a very charming book.
English text copyright Josh Morris 1984. ISBN: 0887050530 Item #2204
Racine, Wis. Whitman Publishing Co., N.d. ca. 1930s. Oblong 4to. 10-7/8" x 9-1/8". Accordion folded book with five 1/8" thick boards printed in color on both sides and connected with sturdy red cloth spines. External covers a little soiled. Overall sturdy, and very good. Interior bright clean and very nice. Item #1278
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, (1916). With Illustrations by William F. Zwirner. Large 8vo. 9-3/8" x 7". Green cloth covered boards. Color pictorial cover plate. Lovely color frontispiece of "The Garden which Mary Frances and Billy Planted" plus one color fold-out plate of the playhouse and four plates to be cut out and used to change the look of the playhouse with the flowers of the seasons. All plates in fine condition but number two is detached and laid in. Nothing has been cut. Floral pictorial endpapers. 378 pp. Facsimile inscription on front flyleaf: "For All boys and girls who love to help things grow, Jane Eayre Fryer." Previous owner's gift inscription on front flyleaf and a name written at top of free front endpaper. Rubbing to extremities. (See photo) Front hinge starting. Interior fine. Overall a very good copy.
Introduced are
The Plant Families: Cherry, Rose, Blackberry, Strawberry, Peach, Apple, Potato, Egg Plant and Tomato
and
The Garden People: Good Mrs. Bee, Feather Flop, Little Lady Bird, Beauty Butterfly, Mr. Hop Toad, Mr. Cut Worm and The Wicked Rose Bugs.
Following are 17 chapters of Gardening Instructions, charmingly presented through the voices of Mary Frances and her brother Billy along with the cast of animal friends as they plan and create a garden to surround Mary Frances' playhouse.
Each and every page is beautifully decorated with borders and spot illustrations in green and orange. Item #1241
Electric Paper, (1993). First Edition published by Electric Paper. 4to. 11-1/2" x 8-1/2". Glossy pictorial paper covered boards. Six pop-up illustrations. Fine condition.
With photo and watercolor illustrations and fascination facts text. ISBN: 1897584059 Item #1071
Crown Publishers, 1951. 8-9/16" x 7-1/16. A mechanical book with 8 punch out pages, never punched out! Book is designed to unfold into a neighborhood with a drug store, a doctor's office, a candy store and news sand, a food market, a toy store, a used car business and apartments. Bottom corner has a little bend which would not affect folding out. Overall very good condition. Item #1120
New York: Golden Books, Western Publishing Company, (1995). Illustrated by Virge Kask and Beverly E. Benner. Artists & Writers Guild Books. Tiny rent in the paper of the spine close to midway down the spine (see picture). 1/8" tip of squid arm sticks out beyond the fore-edge of the front cover so it is just a tiny bit frayed. Otherwise book and pop-ups are in fine condition. ISBN: 0307176282 Item #824
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1943). Illustrated and Animated by Julian Wehr. Comb bound. squarish 8vo. 8-3/4" x 8-7/16". Color paper covered boards. Pictorial endpapers. Four mechanical full color illustrations plus 18 more illustrated pages. Fine condition. Item #1747
New York: Little Simon, An imprint of Simon & Schuster, (1999). Stated First Edition. 8vo. 10-3/8" x 7-1/4". Pictorial paper covered boards. Book is fine. All pop-ups in excellent condition. ISBN: 0689811926 Item #826
New York: Duenewald Printing, (1944). Spiral bound 8vo. 8-7/16" x 6-7/16". Colorful paper covered boards. Six full color mechanical illustrations. A lovely book in near fine condition. All tabs sturdy. Covers in beautiful shape but for a few tiny cover defects (see pictures) and one small stain on back board. Item #1732
London: Brown Wells & Jacobs Limited, 2000. Illustrated and designed by Ruth Wickings. Square 4to. 10" x 10". Pictorial paper covered boards. Five pop-up illustrations. Pop-ups fine. As new condition.
Bright colors and wonderfully bold, artistic pop-ups bring to life the fascinating world of the wild in this fact-and fun-filled book. Item #1072