The "Pop-Up" Little Black Sambo - The Midget Pop-Up Book
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1934. First edition. From the Midget Pop-Up Series.
Miniature pop-up book, measuring approximately 3 3/4 x 5 inches. 60 pages. Includes one double-page color pop-up illustration and black-and-white illustrations throughout the text. Stapled binding with pictorial boards.
Issued as part of Blue Ribbon’s Midget Pop-Up Series, this title is one of five small-format volumes published in the early 1930s. The pop-up is rendered in vibrant color. The remaining text is fully illustrated in black and white
Condition: Pop-up is fine, complete, and stands cleanly. Covers are in good condition with edge wear consistent with age. A desirable and complete copy of one of the scarcest and most sought-after pop-ups of the Depression era.
Collector’s Corner:
Blue Ribbon’s Midget Pop-Up Series was among the earliest efforts to bring dimensional illustration into small, affordable children’s books during the early 1930s. Each title included a single central pop-up and black-and-white content adapted from existing children’s favorites and pop culture icons. According to auction authority Hake’s, The "Pop-Up" Buck Rogers in a Dangerous Mission is perhaps the most highly sought title in the series.
The complete Midget Pop-Up Series consists of:
The "Pop-Up" Buck Rogers – A Dangerous Mission
The "Pop-Up" Mickey Mouse – In Ye Olden Day
The "Pop-Up" Pop-Eye and the White Savages
The "Pop-Up" Little Black Sambo
The "Pop-Up" Peter Rabbit
Fine pop-up in middle. Otherwise VG with some browning on pages.
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