Fairy Tale Friends – Antique Unpunched Movable Book

Title: Fairy Tale Friends with Cut-Out and Stand-Up Pictures
Publisher: Saalfield Publishing Company, Chicago, Ohio & New York
Format: Staple-bound softcover
Size: 9 x 11 inches (approx.)
Pages: [16pp] — 8 pages of text and 8 full-color embossed lithographed leaves on heavy card, each with cut-out figures and matching green stands

Condition:
Complete but unbound. Punch-out & stand-up pieces are whole and intact—never removed from the sheets. Some separations are present on two pages, but all remain unpunched with no tears or missing pieces. Pages show expected age browning around the edges but no chipping. The cover and title page are clipped at the bottom right corner (see photos).

Stories Included:
Hansel & Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Little Snow White & Rosy Red

Directions (Printed in the Book):
"Directions: Cut-out the illustrations, following the dotted cut lines. Use the green slips for standards, bending at right angles to them the split sections. In the slits insert the illustrations, which will then stand up."

Collector’s Corner:
Saalfield Publishing Company was one of America’s most prolific publishers of children’s books, operating from 1900 to 1977. This title likely represents one of their earliest ventures into movable and interactive formats. It belongs to a charming series of stand-up books issued in the 1890s. Other titles from this early series include Tales From Fairyland, The Animal World, Fairy Tale Pictures, At the Farm, and Our Wild Animals.

More info on Saalfield at Wikipedia: Saalfield Publishing Company