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Step back in time with Vintage Popup Books’pre-1930 selection of moveable books, a testament to craftsmanship and creativity across literary genres and historical periods. Delve into Victorian pop-up books with delicate paper engineering and hand-crafted illustrations that transport readers to an era of elegance and storytelling. These early examples often feature intricate mechanisms revealing captivating scenes, blending education and art.

Our curated collection includes rare editions highlighting moveable book design evolution before modern printing techniques. From educational primers to whimsical fairy tales, each book reflects the cultural values and aesthetic sensibilities of its time. Discover historical significance and aesthetic beauty, whether drawn to technical prowess or nostalgic charm.

At Vintage Popup Books, we curate with pride, celebrating moveable books' enduring appeal. Each selection offers a glimpse into the past, inspiring wonder and appreciation. Embark on a literary adventure through time with Vintage Popup Books and discover timeless treasures today.

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Raphael Life In The Woods - movable panorama lift up cover and pull up die cut figures - very scarce title $890.00	Dutch Cut and Paste Book 1923 Onze Vacantiedagen Knip-Plak Prentenboek $150.00	The Magic Lantern Struwwelpeter - Rare Dutch edition - movable via volvelle - 1897 $1,100.00

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


Antique Dutch Novelty Book - removable plates embroidery book $295.00	Meggendorfer Lustige Drehbilder - Scarce Movable Volvelle changing faces Book - 1892 $1,275.00	Rare GERMAN EDITION with Dust Jacket of Ernest Nister’s “Ride A Cock Horse” $1,260.00




Carl Schaller Fürth 1890 - Unusual Vovelle Movable : Draai maar verder! original Carl Schaller signature included with purchase $1,475.00	Capendu scarce [c 1880] movable book Polichinelle - Fine - similar to Dean & Son Punch movables - unrecorded $1,250.00	Raphael Tuck - Panorama book - unpunched! "Off For The Holidays" $390.00




Raphael Tuck - Panorama book - unpunched! "Robinson Crusoe" 1907 $390.00	Raphael Tuck - Slotty Panorama book samples - one of a kind bespoke custom advertising piece or salesman sample $2,600.00	Raphael Tuck - Panorama book - Extra fine and unpunched! "Cinderella" $490.00




Raphael Tuck - Panorama book - fine and unpunched! "Feathered Friends" Extra Fine $490.00	Raphael Tuck - Panorama book - complete and unpunched! "The Three Little Kittens" Extra Fine $490.00	Raphael Tuck - Father Tuck's Buttercup Farm Panorama book - unpunched! FINE condition $390.00

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Raphael Tuck - Father Tuck's Red Riding Hood Panorama book - unpunched! FINE condition $490.00	Meggendorfer - Das Puppenhaus. (The Doll's House) with original Slipcase $5,875.00	1890s Honest Long Cut Tobacco "Buffalo Bill Wild West Show" complete set with all 38 figures, game board, and program $2,600.00




THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF LITTLE HENRY 1810 2cond edition - complete! $2,200.00	Rare Spanish Movable Book En Automovil circa: 1900 by ADELINE REYNAUD $750.00	1893 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR POP-UP Book $700.00

	Vintage moveable book 1910, also published in France by Capendu and English by L. W. Walter	Antique Vintage movable pop-up book 1800's


Aschenbrodel punch out panorama 1911 - by Tuck German partner A. Molling - Very Fine $850.00	Antique Peepshow tunnel book with original slipcase - "The Nordic Industrial, Agricultural and Arts Exhibition" 1888 $1,200.00	Dean & Son - Happy Children 1886 movable book - rare and unusual - VG $1,800.00

		Dean & Son Antique Vintage Movable pop-up Book


SOLD - Dean & Son - A Visit to the Country : with surprise model pictures - Swedish edition - " En Utflykt till Landet " - excellent & complete $1,200.00	Dean & Son - Dean's Moveable Red Riding Hood - 1857 very good $1,800.00	A. Capendu - Les Clowns Au Cirque pull tab book c: 1890 $580.00

	Dean & Son Antique Vintage Movable pop-up Book


Dean & Son - Visit To The Farm Dean’s Scenic Series. No. 1 - German edition - 1890's Pop-Up Book $950.00	Dean & Son - Dean's New Scenic Books #3 - Cinderella - French Editon $5,200.00	Dean & Son - 1885 movable calendar - DEAN'S PERFUMED NEW FAN ALMANACK FOR 1875 $330.00

Dean & Son Antique Vintage Movable Book


Dean & Son - A Visit to the Country : with surprise model pictures - excellent & complete $1,200.00	Dutch edition of a Dean & Son* Movable Dress Book - Rudolf en Susanna of Beloonde Ouderliefde - 1865 $1,400.00	Dean & Son - Red Riding Hood. Dean’s Scenic Series. No. 2 Dutch Edition. 1890's Pop-Up Book $950.00

	Vintage movable pop-up book 1800's	Dutch edition - Dean's Scenic Series #2


Dean & Son - The Merry Old Dame cut out head 1864 - First title in Dean's Flexible Face series $1,650.00	Dean & Son - Surprise panoramic - House That Jack Built - movable book c: 1887 $960.00	SOLD - Dean & Son - Tale Of an Old Sugar Tub With Surprise Model Pictures - complete $950.00

	Dean & Son Antique Vintage Movable Book


Rare - Lothar Meggendorfer Card Game in original box - Neues Bilder-Domino $275.00	Meggendorfer - Regardez moi - Rare French movable 1888 - complete $1,875.00	Meggendorfer - Nah und Fern - a movable book 1887 $2,475.00

Rare Meggendorfer card game


German movable book - Meggendorfer Lebende Thierbilder. Ein Ziehbilderbuch 1890 Movable $1,275.00	Meggendorfer Die Uhr: ein lehrreiches Bilderbuch - RARE FIRST 1897 EDITION $1,875.00	Meggendorfer - Artistic Pussy and her studio : moving pictures, with other tales : a moveable toybook - French Version - 1890 $1,275.00




Very Fine Meggendorfer - Allerlei fur Jung und Alt Movable book - Fine condition with original tissue still between pages - 1880 - one of Meggendorfer's first movables $2,275.00	Meggendorfer - Internationaler Circus - original German edition 1887 $3,875.00	1800's Lothar Meggendorfer´s AFFENTHEATER - Panorama book $975.00




Antique Movable Fold Out book. The ABC Surprises - Lothrop Publishing $350.00	A. Capendu Cindrillon - Theater Stage - Theater-Bilderbuch - unusual cover flap - Vary Good $850.00	German pop-up book. Grosse Menagerie, Lebende Bilder aus der Thierwelt 1882 Fair $600.00

Antique Movable Fold Out book


German pop-up book. Grosse Menagerie, Lebende Bilder aus der Thierwelt 1882 VG $1,200.00	Spooner's Protean Views: The Thames Tunnel changing Queen Victoria’s 1837 Coronation Procession from Buckingham Palace - Fine $230.00	G.W.'s Transparencies: The Thames Tunnel $200.00




LITTLE PETS ABC PANORAMA / OPTICAL TOY THEATER STAGE McLOUGHLIN BROS $850.00	Novelty! Metamorphoses picture book - Antique movable slice flap book $350.00	6 Eighteenth Century Peepshow cards by Martin Engelbrecht $775.00

	Antique toy slice movable book


Dolly’s Peep-show Picture book - Nister’s last movable book $780.00	The Myriopticon: A Historical Panorama of the Rebellion - An antique toy panorama by Milton Bradley and Co. 1866 $950.00	Early movable navigation book published in 1776 $760.00




Grand théâtre en Actions. Set of all 4 scenes circ: 1883 French Theater-Bilderbuch $1,850.00	Scarce French antique Paper Doll cut out book - 1905 - AMAZONES D'HIER ET D'AUJOURD'HUI PARÍS $950.00	Capendu movable slice flap book - Album A Transformations Animaux Travestis - Capendu - 1930 $195.00




Unrecorded - Circus # 3 in series of The Favourite Picture Books - tissue paper antique pop-up book with fine pop-ups, version #3 $890.00	The Cinema Book The Little Green Man of the Sea - Includes original Cinemascope $550.00	2 French Fable Movable Game Books - 1821 - Fables de Florian Mises en Action - A AND B $4,290.00

Antique Vintage Movable pop-up tissue book	Vintage moveable book 1910


Dutch Movable 1878 Flap & Movable Figure Book - Weredburgers En Hunne Ontmoetingen by I. de Haan $950.00	Dean & Son Dioramic Pages - movable tab lifting transparencies - 1869 complete $3,750.00	Spectacle Acrobate movable card - 1834 Souvenier from the famous Madame Saqui French Circus $550.00

Vintage movable pop-up book 1800's


Robinson Crusoe - Agatha's Pantomime Prentenboeken no. 2 - Dutch movable book edition of Dean's Pantomime Series $725.00	Beauty & The Beast - Agatha's Pantomime Prentenboeken no. 4 - Dutch movable book edition of Dean's Pantomime Series $625.00	Missing Cover "Het Boek Met Verrassingen" by Thérèse Hoven, published in 1897 by L.J. Veen in Amsterdam movable flap book $425.00

Vintage movable book 1800's		Vintage movable book 1800's


Novelty! Metamorphoses picture book - Antique movable slice flap book $460.00	Spear's Comical Tivoli Game with movable clowns 1800's complete with balls and instruction sheet $225.00	The British Army Infantry (Paper Toy by Raphael Tuck) Circa: 1904 - stand up die cut soilders $235.00




Nister - Moving animals - An unusual transformational movable book $780.00	Élie Haguenthal - Rare Slice Book World's Fair of 1867 Souvenir - Movable Slice Book $950.00	The Golden Book - Movable with gold foil - Schaller & Kirn. Fürth 1885 - original Carl Schaller signature included with purchase $1,475.00




At The Farm - Saafield movable book - rare embossed punch-out stand-up - 1897 $365.00	Hansel And Grethel Pop-up Antique Crepe Paper Book Triumph ed. 1890 - $640.00	Little Red Riding Hood - Pop-up Antique tissue Crepe Paper Book Triumph ed. 1890 - fine $520.00

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


Rare - The Favourite Picture Book - tissue paper antique pop-up book with fine pop-ups version #1 $490.00	The Favourite Picture Book - tissue paper antique pop-up book with fine pop-ups, version #2 $690.00	Antique Movable dissolving scenes book Les Surprises Livre D’images by Guerin Muller 1860's $1,475.00

Antique Vintage Movable pop-up tissue book #1	A very exciting find - a second unseen version of the the other "Favourite Picture Book" that we have listed.


Humpty Dumpty : Magical changes with Mother Goose Melodies, 1878 by Donaldson Brothers movable flap book $350.00	Dean & Son - DOUBLE STORY Movable book - Contains A Visit to the Country and Seaside Fun both with surprise model pictures - complete $1,400.00	Dean & Son - DOUBLE STORY Movable book - Contains A Visit to the Country and Seaside Fun both with surprise model pictures - complete $1,400.00

Antique Vintage Movable Flap Book


Raphael Tuck - Father Tuck's Noah's Ark Panorama with Movable Pictures - excellent with all original figures - 1899 $1,200.00	Antique 8 layer 2 tier miniature peepshow from 1876 - Masonic pop-up souvenir with original dance card $550.00	METAMORPHOSES antique movable slice flap book - Bavaria - $550.00

	Tiny peepshow from 1876


Antique die-cut tabs operated pull-out multi (9) layer peepshow Card $350.00	Complete set of six pop-up views of Paris from 1900 Worlds Fair Mazerand $1,550.00	SOLD Nister - Push and Pull pictures - A Novel Mecchanical Picture Book - Movable $580.00

Tiny peepshow from 1800's	See interesting blog link on these books in description


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