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Over 40 years of collecting here at Vintage Pop-up Books have enabled us to offer fine movable book selections from popular publishers such as Dean & Son, Raphael Tuck, Lother Megeendorfer, Ernest Nister, and more. Some of our titles are untraceable anywhere else online — enjoy!
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Antique movable book 'La Mere Michel' by Pierre Delcourt, published by A. Capendu in Paris circa 1890. Features 4 chromolithographed movable plates, original half-blue cloth binding, and illustrated cover. Adolf Sala Fairy Tale Panorama English edition deluxe music version in original box illuminated scrolling panorama Berlin circa 1890 with glassine backed scenes Raphael Tuck Alice in Wonderland Panorama with Moveable Pictures first edition 1908 complete with 15 original movable figures illustrated by A L Bowley
Vintage movable French pop-up book 1800's - See bios in description

Documented Dutch Illuminated Toy Theater Discovery
Rare Ernest Nister A Book of Transformation Pictures Victorian movable book with original dust jacket Vertooningen movable book P J Trap Leiden 1864 Dutch pull tab book with Blondin circus scenes Rare First English Edition of The Speaking Picture Book by Theodor Brand, circa 1880, in uncommon publisher's cloth binding with working sound mechanisms
Nister movable book with origianal dust jacket Rare early Dean & Son Dutch movable picture book with 8 hand-colored lithographic plates and pull-tab mechanisms.
Strauss and Co Amsterdam illuminated Dutch toy theater with papier mache proscenium six hand painted scenic panels original shadow theater figures and labeled wooden case circa 1892 Rare 1890 pop up book Happy Hours by Frederick Warne Movable panorama with pull out cages and die cut animals Printed in Bavaria The History and Adventures of Little Henry Eleventh Edition 1830 rare late Fuller movable book with seven hand colored paper figures two interchangeable heads and original hats

Documented Dutch Illuminated Toy Theater Discovery

 		The History and Adventures of Little Henry (Movable Book). Rare Eleventh Edition published by S. and J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, London, circa 1830. Includes seven hand-colored paper figures with 2 interchangeable heads and original hats.
THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF LITTLE HENRY 1810 second edition paper doll book with all figures head and four hats Rare 1883 movable toy book by Forbes Lithograph Co featuring nine animal chromolithographs and wire cage structure with transforming cover Alfred Jacobsen 1907 Paper toy book - Svine-drengen – Movable Flap Book - Fine
home menagerie movable cage zoo book 1883 forbes
Dean & Son Home Pantomime Toy Book Ali-Baba and the 40 Thieves with five set scenes and nine trick changes, Victorian movable book, original softcover 1895 Meggendorfer movable book – Lebendiger Struwwelpeter by Gustav Weise, first German edition with 7 surviving mechanical plates G. Loewensohn 1880s theatrical pop-up diorama – Awake Sleeping Beauty
Grand theatre en Actions circa 1884 by A Capendu Complete Set of 4 Separate Antique Theater Pop-Up Books Originally by Gustav Loewensohn Four Layer Dioramas with Red Ribbon Mechanism Cendrillon pull-up diorama by A. Capendu circa 1880s with fold-down roof and original blue tabs intact. Rare 4-layer pop-up in very good condition. Jack and the Beanstalk Milton Kindergarten Series punch out movable booklet panorama style Woolstone Brothers London ca 1905 rare unrecorded toy book printed in Germany
Fables de Florian Mises en Action - Set of 2 movable (slotty) antiquarian children's books - A AND B Chez Nepveu, Paris. 1821 - Livre Anime Mechanical frontispiece in Danish satire book Fra Alverdens gemytlige Lande featuring Meggendorfer style movable figure with articulated limbs and umbrella in a carnival scene from 1887 movable book Antique German movable book with pull string bellows and chromolithographs, sold by FAO Schwarz, The Speaking Picture Book ca 1880
McLoughlin Bros Panorama Nursery Alphabet s Rare German honeycomb pop-up book from 1911, The Favourite Picture Book, with six intricate tissue paper tableaux and people-themed illustrations. First in a three-part movable book series. Excellent condition with all pop-ups intact The Favourite Picture Book pop-up Volume 2 and six spiral honeycomb pop-ups, printed in Germany ca 1911, all complete
A very exciting find - a second unseen version of the the other "Favourite Picture Book" that we have listed.
rare antique pop-up book with clown and ducks in top hats, ca. 1911, featuring six double-page honeycomb tissue pop-ups, marked DRGM 247833 DRP angem with bear logo Antique 8 layer 2 tier Masonic peepshow dance card from 1876 Baltimore complete pop up scene with original printed dance program and decorative cord rare Victorian movable ephemera Antique movable book Pleasant Hours (1883) by Schaller & Kirn. Rare unrecorded German movable picture book for young people with 5 original mechanical scenes. Complete and unrestored. Good condition.
A rare and intricate piece of nineteenth-century memorabilia from Baltimore's historic Grand Lodge building, now The Grand Baltimore!
Antique peepshow souvenir from 1896 Berlin Industrial Fair with six die cut scenes chromolithographed and housed in slipcase The Antiquarians Museum very early Dean and Co movable book with flaps rare English 1845 Antiquarians Museum hand colored movable print by Dean and Co circa 1840s with lift the flap mechanism early example of movable book before Dean and Son pop up books
Zoologischer Garten with four pull-up diorama zoo scenes including aquarium, lions, monkeys, and aviary, published ca 1890 by Kocher Kunstverlag Father Tuck's Rocking Animals - Raphael Tuck & Sons Vintage Toy Set, Original Box, Embossed Cardboard Figures, Early 20th Century Educational Toy BELINFANTE'S NIEUWE PRENTENBOEKEN Dutch Edition of Dean & Son - Dean's New Scenic Books no. 2 - Robinson Crusoe with 8 hand-colored lithographed plates each comprising 3 separate stand up scenes operated by silk ribbons.
Internationaler Circus pop-up book by Lothar Meggendorfer 1887 first German edition published by J.F. Schreiber showing six-foot fold-out circus ring panorama with movable figures Spanish Movable Book En Automovil ca 1914 Unrecorded Spanish Language Mechanical Book Trip to the Moon Zier Garten mit Fontainen und Cascaden peepshow by Martin Engelbrecht featuring six hand-colored die-cut Baroque garden scenes with fountains and cascades, Augsburg ca 1750
Unrecorded and extremely rare example of a Spanish language children's movable book published before 1930
De Tooverlantaarn Struwwelpeter rare Dutch movable book Magic Lantern cover wheel Campagne and Zoon Amsterdam Borduur Prenten Boek Herinneringen aan mijne jeugd embroidery picture book ca 1900 Dutch interactive childrens book with removable chromolithographed plates Rare GERMAN EDITION with Dust Jacket of Ernest Nisters Ride A Cock Horse
Unusual Vovelle Movable with changing faces Carl Schaller . Fürth 1885 - Unusual Vovelle Movable Book with changing faces. Original Dutch edition of Turn Again! Turn Again!, the 19th-century English volvelle book Polichinelle movable book by A. Capendu, Paris, ca. 1880. Rare French adaptation of Punch with five mechanical scenes, written by Marie de Grand’Maison. Fine condition with all original pull-tabs intact. Raphael Tuck - Panorama book - unpunched! Off For The Holidays
Antique panorama punch out book Robinson Crusoe by Raphael Tuck movable book with die cut figures and stands printed in Bavaria circa 1931 Raphael Tuck Salesman Sample book movable slot panorama books Cinderella Father Tuck Panorama Book circa 1931 with original figures and punch-out stands, housed in early wooden collector’s box with spine label and mounted cover image
Feathered Friends Father Tuck’s Panorama Book by Raphael Tuck, unpunched punch-out bird figures with original chromolithographed cover, circa 1931, fine condition Father Tuck's Buttercup Farm Panorama Book by Raphael Tuck and Sons circa 1911 complete unpunched movable toy book Father Tuck's Buttercup Farm Panorama Book by Raphael Tuck and Sons circa 1911 complete unpunched movable toy book
Antique panorama punch out book Beauty And The Beastby Raphael Tuck movable book with die cut figures and stands printed in Bavaria circa 1931 Rare unpunched Red Riding Hood panorama book by Raphael Tuck, ca. 1911, with Hutzler Brothers department store imprint—Father Tuck’s Panorama Series, all figures and tabs intact Das Puppenhaus pop up book by Lothar Meggendorfer published by J F Schreiber ca 1910 with original slipcase and six detailed scenes including interior rooms and outdoor settings
$5,875.00
1890s Honest Long Cut Buffalo Bill Wild West ShowGame Complete with all original Figures and Tab Sets, Program, and Play Board. Designated "N143" in the American Card Catalog Rare 1893 Columbian Exposition pop-up book – Chicago World's Fair souvenir with lithographic fold-out of landmark buildings. Printed in Germany. 1911 Punch Out Panorama Book Aschenbrodel by A Molling Fine Condition Movable Figures
Antique Vintage movable pop-up book 1800's
Antique Peepshow tunnel book with original slipcase Dean & Son - Happy Children Movable Book 1800's Les Clowns Au Cirque – rare 1800s French movable book by Pierre Delcourt. Published by Capendu Editeur, with chromolithographed pull-tab scenes. Back cover marked G. Löwensohn Imp. Fürth.
Antiquarian German pop-up book Ferienzeit auf dem Lande, circa 1899, published by Carl Hirsch. Features an intricately layered farm scene with cows, ducks, chickens, and pigs—German edition of Dean & Son's On the Farm from their Scenic Series. Rare French edition of Dean’s New Scenic Books No 3 Cendrillon movable pop-up book Magnin et fils Paris 1860s with 8 hand-colored pull-up plates operated by silk ribbons Dean’s Perfumed New Fan Almanack for 1875 – rare movable fan by Dean & Son with six shafts and delicate chromolithograph calendar panels, original with replaced grommet, excellent working condition
Price: $5,200.00
A Visit to the Country movable book by Dean and Son 1892 with working thread-activated pop-ups and original binding Antique movable book 'Rudolf en Susanna, of Beloond Ouderliefde,' Deventer, A. Tjaden, circa 1865. Features real fabrics for 3D effect, with a movable illustration. After Dean & Son movabkle dress book. Rood Kapje Red Riding Hood Dutch edition of Dean Scenic Series 2 published by J Vlieger Amsterdam circa 1899 with original pictorial cover and double page pop up
Dutch edition - Dean's Scenic Series #2
The Merry Old Dame Who Sings Fiddle Dee Dee – Dean and Son flexible face movable book with gutta percha head circa 1864 – rare Victorian novelty book Dean’s Surprise Panoramic Toy Book The House That Jack Built ca 1887 movable book with 6 stepped board pages and lift-up scenes by Walter Stranders original binding Dean and Son chromolithographs Meggendorfer - Regardez moi - French movable book
Die Uhr by Lothar Meggendorfer - 1897 first edition movable book with clocks by Schreiber Affentheater panorama book by Lothar Meggendorfer published by Braun and Schneider in Munich circa 1880s showing circus of performing monkeys in six joined panels original German fold out toy book The ABC Surprises fold-out movable book published by Lothrop Publishing Company ca 1895 to 1904 complete
Grosse Menagerie pop-up book 1882 by Theodor von Pichler, featuring exotic zoo animals in chromolithographed tableaux with ribbon-activated pop-ups; Vienna: Moritz Perles German pop-up book. Grosse Menagerie, Lebende Bilder aus der Thierwelt G.W.'s Transparency of the Thames Tunnel, hand-colored optical print by Reeves & Sons ca. 1838, with pierced gas lamps and tissue backing for illuminated effect, fine condition
Little Pets ABC Panorama by McLoughlin Bros circa 1875 movable alphabet book with wooden rollers and 28 scrolling scenes Antiquarian 1890s German slice book – Novelty Metamorphoses Picture Book with mix and match flap transformations – complete and color lithographed, very scarce movable book Dolly’s Peep-show Picture Book 1917 movable book with 4 pop-up scenes by Scott & Sleeman and Ernest Nister
Antique toy slice movable book
Rare 18th century movable navigation book with rotating volvelle compass and 13 fold-out engraved plates. Printed in Dublin in 1767 by Boulter Grierson, featuring operable paper wheel chart for real-time maritime calculations. Rare French paper doll book Amazones d’hier et d’aujourd’hui 1905 with uncut illustrated plates by Job, Hachette Paris A. Capendu - Antique movable slice flap book with 6 col. metamorphosis plates cut into 3 horizontal strips, featuring humanized animals in whimsical clothing.
Antique movable book Wereldburgers En Hunne Ontmoetingen by I de Haan Haarlem c 1878 Features 4 lithographed 3 part slice plates 12 pages original boards Dutch magic book series Dean & Son 1869 movable book Dioramic Pages with lift-up transparency plates, complete with all 6 chromolithographs and original tissue layers intact Spectacle Acrobate movable card souvenir dated 1834 showing tightrope walker on stage with tab mechanism in ornate miniature theater linked to Madame Saqui's Paris rope performance venue
Rare Dutch movable book: Agatha’s Pantomime Prentenboeken No. 2, Robinson Crusoe – 1893 theater-format antique toy book, translated from Dean & Son’s Pantomime Series. Bella en de Beer (Beauty and the Beast) – Agatha’s Pantomime Prentenboeken No. 4. Rare Dutch theatrical movable book based on Dean & Son’s Pantomime Series, 1893. Het Boek Met Verrassingen – Rare antique movable book published by L.J. Veen, Amsterdam, 1897. Includes six lift-the-flap lithographic plates with whimsical animated scenes.
Vintage movable book 1800's
Les Multiples Travestissements de Toto Luco by Luc Megret ca 1920 French transformation pop-up book Raphael Tuck British Army Infantry Paper Toy Set complete with all original die cut stand up soldier groups in original box Royal Art Novelty Series No 182 painted by military artist Harry Payne published in 1904 Extremely scarce Nister movable book from ca. 1917 featuring unique horizontal blinds mechanism—Moving Animals with six pull-tab zoo scenes, all original and functioning
Antiquarian movable book At The Farm by Saalfield Publishing Company, 1897. Unpunched stand-up novelty book with 8 full-color lithographed die-cut scenes and 8 pages of text. Rare early interactive children's book. Rare 1890 Hansel and Grethel honeycomb tissue pop up book by B. Wilmsen, Philadelphia Triumph Edition with 7 vibrant pop ups in exceptional condition Antique Movable dissolving scenes book Les Surprises Livre D’images by Guerin Muller 1860's
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