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Discover Vintage Popup Books' Virtual Museum—a curated showcase of rare moveable books for enthusiasts, scholars, and collectors. This collection, not for sale, serves as a digital repository highlighting moveable book art's rich history and craftsmanship. Discover Victorian-era pop-up books with intricate paper mechanisms bringing fairy tales to life. Mid-20th century books reflect printing advancements, engaging young minds and appealing to collectors. Contemporary interpretations blend traditional techniques with modern aesthetics, offering new storytelling perspectives. Our Virtual Museum preserves moveable book heritage, providing an educational platform. Whether exploring book art's evolution or deepening rare edition understanding, embark on a journey with Vintage Popup Books.

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SOLD - Dean & Son - Cosmoramic Pictures - 1870 movable book $1,600.00	Antique Peepshow SOLD Tunnel Book - Netherlands - Maliebaan in Utrecht – 1842 $650.00	SOLD - Dean & Son Home Pantomime Toy Books with Five Set Scenes & Nine Trick Changes: Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp - Original Dean 1879 softcover in good condition $950.00




SOLD - Dean & Son - A Visit to the Country : with surprise model pictures - Swedish edition - " En Utflykt till Landet " - excellent & complete $1,200.00	SOLD - Dean & Son - French adaptation of Royal Punch & Judy Books. LE POLICHINELLE DES CHAMPS ELYSEES [c 1880] movable book Capendu $950.00	SOLD Rare Tuck Peepshow - Father Tuck’s Mechanical series In The Jungle - VG $750.00

	Original Antique Vintage French Movable Book from the 1800's


SOLD Rare Raphael Tuck Peepshow Paper Toy - Ali Babba - Fine $640.00	SOLD : Peepshow PANORAMA DER BERLINER GEWERBA AUSTELLUNG Berlin Industrial Fair 1896 FINE in Original Slipcase $1,450.00	SOLD _ Nister - The A B C Surprise Book - Unusual type of Nister movable $480.00




SOLD Kubasta Hansel & Gretel d Pop-up book - Fine in original packaging with hang-tag pop-up book $295.00	SOLD - Dean & Son - Transforming Performers with Surprise Pictures Volume 1 of Dean's surprise picture books $1,150.00	SOLD - Movable Lift the Flap book 1915 - The Story of Little Red Riding Hood. Printed in Bavaria. Chicago, L. W. Walter - Fine $650.00

Kubasta Hansel & Gretel d - 1961 Pop-up book - Fine in original packaging		Vintage moveable book 1910


SOLD - Rare Metamorphosis, Ein Brief an mich und Dich C: 1835 - in color $590.00	Sold - Andy Warhol Index Book - Hard Cover – Fine - First Printing - 1967 - Complete with all elements (stuck balloon) $1,100.00	SOLD Cinderella - Pop-up Antique Crepe Paper Book Triumph ed. 1890 - fine pops $520.00

		Antique Vintage Movable pop-up tissue Book


SOLD - Title: Metamorphosis; or a Transformation of Pictures, with Poetical Explanations, for the Amusement of Young Persons $675.00	SOLD - Meggendorfer - Tiny Tim. Prince of Liliput. A Movable Toy-Book - English Edition - Fine $1,875.00	SOLD Kubasta Red Riding Hood Pop-up book - Mint in original packaging with hang-tag unopened pop-up book $395.00

		Kubasta Red Riding Hood - 1961 Pop-up book - Mint in original packaging


SOLD - Kubasta In The Jungle 1962 Pop-up book - Mint in original packaging with both dolls and monkey $795.00	SOLD - 1875 - Hazen - Title: Metamorphosis; or a Transformation of Pictures, with Poetical Explanations, for the Amusement of Young Persons - Very good - still bound and complete without tears. $750.00	SOLD - Raphael Tuck - FUN AT THE SEASIDE - SCENIC PANORAMA BOOK with Movable Pictures - complete with all original figures $395.00




SOLD - Raphael Tuck - Father Tuck's Panorama Fairy Tales - With Movable Pictures - complete with all original figures $1,200.00	SOLD - Dean's Moveable Books. Old Woman and Her Silver Penny - Complete Dean & Son movable book from 1859 $650.00	SOLD - Dean & Son Home Pantomime Toy Books with Five Set Scenes & Nine Trick Changes: Whittington and His Cat - Original Dean 1879 softcover in very good condition $950.00




SOLD Dean & Son - Dean's Moveable This Is The House That Jack Built - 1857 very good $950.00	SOLD Raphael Tuck Meadow Brook Farm - pop-up, movable, and panorama 1895 - FINE $590.00	SOLD The Pop-Up Pinocchio - Harold Lentz - True First Edtion - 1932 $290.00

Dean & Son Antique Vintage Movable pop-up Book


SOLD - Raphael Tuck - Panorama book - unpunched! "Little Snow White" $390.00	Sold - Antique Movable Flap Book McLoughlin Brothers : Beauty and The Beast; New York: McLoughlin Brothers [n.d. ca. 1891] $225.00	SOLD - Kubasta Paper Pop-Up Creche Nativity Scene w/ original envelope - Fine $275.00




SOLD Kubasta Nativity - First edition - ORIGINAL 1953 NATIVITY - Very rare stand up Kubasta nativity complete - LIDOV BETLEM $575.00	SOLD Kubasta Peter & Sally On The Farm - Mint in unopened original packaging - Bancroft 1960's - includes all original loose figures $495.00	Kubasta Noah's Ark Pop-Up Book $450.00




SOLD Kubasta - The Day of the Bison Hunt - Very Good $275.00	SOLD Kubasta - Columbus - Mint in original package $475.00	SOLD - Kubasta - Polar Station - Rare storybook -SOLD - This item is for reference only, to find available movable books, see category "Books for Sale" $620.00




SOLD Rare Kubasta Robinson Crusoe in RUSSIAN - 1960 - Fine $375.00	SOLD Kubasta Ricky The Rabbit - Pop-up Book $299.00	SOLD - Kubasta - The wolf and the two little pigs - RARE French only- SOLD - This item is for reference only, to find available movable books, see category "Books for Sale" $390.00




SOLD - Kubasta - Gloria in Excelsis Deo with original envelope FINE $490.00	SOLD - Kubasta - Malá Eva - Little Eve - Movable - Fine Condition! $740.00	SOLD Kubasta DIe Cut cover "Flying through the Universe" in RUSSIAN - 1961 $375.00




Kubasta – Pop-Up Diorama – Space Pioneers movable stand-up scene – original 1982 $275.00	SOLD - Kubasta – Pop-up card of The Low Tatras and Kubasta designed stamp 1974 $375.00	SOLD- Kubasta - The Counting Series - complete first edition set 1963-1965 $1,400.00




SOLD - French edition of a Dean & Son* Movable Dress Book - Rose Merton $750.00	SOLD - 1880's Theatrical Picture Pop-up "Awake Sleeping Beauty", by G. Loewensohn Fuerth $675.00	SOLD - Antique Peepshow cards - 6 $475.00

	Antique Vintage Movable Book


SOLD - Rare French Surprise Antique Movable Picture Book - french version of Dean & Son - circa 1875 $1,150.00	Sold - Raphael Tuck The Doll's House - rare pop-up, flap, panorama book circa: 1890 - Excellent $1,250.00	SOLD _ Meggendorfer - The Great Punch Theater - German Edition Grosses Puppentheater- C:1890 Large Punch & Judy movable book $1,775.00

		Vintage movable pop-up book by Lothar Meggendorfer 1800's


SOLD : Wettrennen in Kamerun, Black Interest Schreiber panorama with 4 pop-ups - 1890 $1,795.00	SOLD - Dean & Son - Dean's New Scenic Books #2 - Robinson Crusoe $2,310.00	SOLD - Magical Changes, 1878 by Donaldson Brothers movable flap book - Rare Limited Edition $450.00

Vintage movable pop-up book 1800's		Antique Vintage Movable Flap Book


SOLD - THE ELECTRICAL WONDERBOOK with original box – 1909 - Fine - Movable Arm book - Parker Brothers $450.00	SOLD Alfred Jacobsen 1907 Lift The Flap Book - Svine-drengen – Movable Flap Book - Fine $490.00	SOLD - Antique Peepshow tunnel book small nineteenth century with 9 scenes $600.00

SOLD	Antique Vintage Movable Book


SOLD - Antique Peepshow Small circa 1850's 12 CM $480.00	SOLD Meggendorfer - Internationaler Circus - Rare near-fine original German edition $7,875.00	SOLD - Nister - Pleasant Surprises - Very Rare movable book with unique mechanism $1,200.00




SOLD - Theater Bilderbuch Editor: Verlag J.F Schreiber Very Good 1882 $975.00	SOLD - Celebrations of Christianity - Festtage der Christenheit. Ein Bilderbuch zum Aufstellen - JF Schreiber pop-up pull down tableau book : Edition 1 $2,275.00	SOLD - Nister - WONDERLAND PICTURES - 1890's Very Good - Movable dissolving vovelles $700.00

Antique Vintage German Movable Book	SOLD


SOLD - Celebrations of Christians - Festtage der Christenheit OTHER EDITION Ein Bilderbuch zum Aufstellen - JF Schreiber pop-up pull down tableau book : Edition 2 (different scenes than Edition 1) $1,675.00	SOLD - GOOD EXAMPLES London: Ward and Lock - 1861 Movable Edition $1,850.00	SOLD - Antique Movable Fold Out book. Pleasant Surprises - Lothrop Publishing $200.00

SOLD		Antique Movable Fold Out book


SOLD - COLUMBUS PANORAMA: THREE PICTURES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY - Ultra Rare JF Schreiber Pop-up book $1,675.00	SOLD - Dean & Son - Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella: with surprise pictures. c: 1875 $1,150.00	SOLD - "Pop-Up" Minnie Mouse - Blue Ribbon Pop-up book 1934 - Fine in case $590.00




SOLD - Dean & Son - Tuck - Dean’s Pantomime series Robinson Crusoe 1891 theater movable book FINE - The Dean version is quite rare $950.00	SOLD - Meggendorfer - Hansel und Gretel - 1887 - Rare movable book - First edition $1,975.00	SOLD - Fascinating 1908 Japanese pop-up protesting the 1908 USA/Japan Gentlemen’s Agreement - Ephemera $260.00




SOLD - Capendu - The Magic Lantern – Struwwelpeter - Rare French edition - movable- vovelles $1,900.00	SOLD - Buffalo Bill’s Wilder Westen - Meggendorfer* - 1st German edition - Near Fine $5,500.00	SOLD!!! La Fontaine, Jeu de Fables : mises en action avec figures coloriées et découpées - Very early slot book - L'Auteur, FIRST EDITION - State A - 1818 $1,790.00

The Magic Lantern – Struwwelpeter - Rare French edition - movable- vovelles		SOLD


SOLD - Le Grand Guignol - Rare With Vovelles - A. Capendu Movable - 1800's $1,250.00	SOLD - Magic Pictures Novel Transformation Scenes by Ernest Nister with provenance - Very Rare Nister $800.00	SOLD - Jacob Behmen, The Teutonic Theosopher. Volume III. The one with 3 moveable plates - published in 1772 $4,200.00

Antique Vintage French Movable Book		Antique Vintage Movable Book from the 1700's


SOLD - Dean & Son Extremely Rare 1867 Christmas Tunnel Book Style Pull-Out Peep-Show $1,200.00	SOLD - Nister - The Soldier Panorama Book - 1800's pop-up book - complete $780.00	SOLD - Kubasta Nativity - ORIGINAL 1953 NATIVITY - Very rare stand up Kubasta nativity complete and uncut with all figures and directions - LIDOV BETLEM $975.00

SOLD


SOLD - Allerneuestes Theaterbilderbuch 1883 movable theater pop-up book Near Fine $1,900.00 $1,500.00	SOLD - Nister - Large 1895 Pop-up Book - What The Children Like - Fine $980.00	SOLD - Meggendorfer - The Great Punch Theater - 1897 Large Punch & Judy movable book $1,575.00

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SOLD - The Alphabetical Toy Panorama - Rare 1886 Toy Panorama $650.00	SOLD _ 1918 Antique Flip Book with Original Box and instructions - 600 pages - Piano lessons $250.00	SOLD - Nister - See Saw Pictures 1913 movable with Punch & Judy $580.00




SOLD Raphael Tuck 1907 Large Rare Pop-up Calendar - Fine $650.00	SOLD - Capendu Movable - Grand Album D’Animaux $945.00	SOLD - 1880's Theatrical Picture Pop-up "Too Much Talking Is Hurtful", by G. Loewensohn Fuerth $475.00

Rare Raphael Tuck Antique Vintage Movable Calendar	SOLD	SOLD


SOLD - Nister -Round and Round Pictures Changing Picture Book 1914 $180.00	SOLD - Antique Peepshow - Telescopic View of the Great Exhibition, 1851 $975.00	SOLD Beste maatjes - beweegbare Gorgeous 1800's Rare Dutch Movable Book - Father Tuck's Mechanical Series - Granny's Stories About Animals $675.00

		Vintage movable pop-up book 1800's - Dutch


SOLD - The Magic Hunt Pop-up Book Milan Rosa D'oro 1955 $75.00	SOLD ---- Rare 1928 Movable Book by important illustrator! In Original Box. $575.00	SOLD - Pathetic and Peaceful Scenes - Large gorgeous 1869 movable book - 3 languages -SOLD - This item is for reference only, to find available movable books, see category "Books for Sale" $3,575.00

SOLD Vintage movable pop-up book	"Loederer's Movie Book" illustrated by DC comics first illustrator	Antique Vintage movable book


SOLD - Raphael Tuck Comical Kittens - 1800's rare pop-up book $490.00	SOLD - Raphael Tuck Playtime Pictures - 1800's pop-up book $590.00	SOLD - Blanche-neige - Hop-La - French pop-up book 1949 - w/ original Dust Jacket $375.00




SOLD - Night Before Christmas - 1914 - The Moving Picture Books - Movable book $650.00	SOLD - Animaux Comiques - Capendu Transformation Book Album #1 - Circa 1900 $450.00	SOLD - Kubasta Cicus Life $475.00

Moving Picture Books movable book antique 1914	Moving Picture Books movable book antique 1914


SOLD - Kubasta Prelude To Christmas pop-up book - Fine $290.00	SOLD - Nister - Merry and Wise ABC - Slice movable pictures book $280.00	SOLD- Nister - Ups and Downs - A Movable Book of Tansformation Pictures $380.00




SOLD: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Elaborate Swedish Pop-Up Book $190.00	SOLD - The Pop-Up Little Black Sambo $290.00	SOLD - Hachette - Mickey Hop-LA Pop-up book - Polo Party! Fine $390.00




SOLD - Cinderella - tissue paper antique pop-up book $190.00	SOLD - PANTOMIME TOY BOOKS: CINDERELLA McLoughlin Brothers [n.d. ca. 1882] $275.00	SOLD - Mother Goose Playhouse - 8 pop-up books in original box - fine $390.00

Antique Vintage Movable pop-up tissue Book - Triumph Edition	Antique Vintage Movable Toy Book


SOLD - 1893 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR POP - This item is for reference only, to find available movable books, see category "Books for Sale" $2,400.00	SOLD - - The Old Fashioned Mother Goose Melodies - 1879 movable transformation book $350.00	SOLD - Das Lebende Märchen - Max und Moritz - 1948 German movable book - CLICK IMAGE FOR INFO $150.00

Questions? Notification requested when back in stock? Email us at [email protected]	SOLD


SOLD - Little Red Riding Hood - The Moving Picture Books - Pictorial Book Company	SOLD "Pop-Up" Popeye - Blue Ribbon Midget Pop-up book 1930's $290.00	SOLD - Tauba Auerbach - [2,3] This item is for reference only, to find available movable books, see category "Books for Sale" $1,100.00




SOLD - Sally Blakemore - FlameGuard - Limited edition pop-up $250.00	SOLD - Tony Sarg's Treasure Book - Near Mint in original publishers box - movable book $950.00

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