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Pull tab books are a classic form of movable books that use paper tabs to create mechanical movement within an illustration.
By pulling a tab, figures animate and scenes transform, making these books an important part of the history of interactive paper engineering.
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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. Pair of Capendu Movables – La Mère Michel – "Boy & Girl" Cover Variants by Pierre Delcourt, c.1890

Vintage movable French pop-up book 1800's - See bios in description

$950.00
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Vertooningen movable book P J Trap Leiden 1864 Dutch pull tab book with Blondin circus scenes Vertooningen: Beweegbaar Prentenboek (1864) – Rare Complete Dean & Son Dutch Movable Book by P.J. Trap

Rare early Dean & Son Dutch movable picture book with 8 hand-colored lithographic plates and pull-tab mechanisms.

$2,480.00
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Rare 1890 pop up book Happy Hours by Frederick Warne Movable panorama with pull out cages and die cut animals Printed in Bavaria Happy Hours (Movable Panorama Pop-up Book). London Frederick Warne & Co. ca 1894

$1,850.00
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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 Fra Alverdens gemytlige Lande (1887) – Satirical Danish Anthology with Meggendorfer Movable Plate

$4,800.00
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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. Schaller & Kirn Furth 1883 unrecorded Movable Book Pleasant Hours Good

$1,275.00
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Hand-painted movable book prototype attributed to Julian Wehr circa 1950s with nursery rhyme themes and 10 functional mechanical elements including pull tabs, volvelles, and lift-the-flap features Hand-Painted Dummy Book for a Movable Nursery Rhyme Toy Book (Attributed to Julian Wehr or Whitman) – Circa 1950s Prototype

prototype moveable book

$2,390.00
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Spanish Movable Book En Automovil ca 1914 Unrecorded Spanish Language Mechanical Book Trip to the Moon Rare Spanish Movable Book En Automovil ca 1914 Unrecorded Spanish Language Mechanical Book Trip to the Moon Variant

Unrecorded and extremely rare example of a Spanish language children's movable book published before 1930

$1,200.00
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Dean & Son - Happy Children Movable Book 1800's Dean & Son - Happy Children 1886 movable book - rare and unusual - VG

$1,800.00
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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. A. Capendu - Les Clowns Au Cirque pull tab book c: 1890 with rare G. Lowensohn Imp. Furth

$580.00
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Dean & Son 1869 movable book Dioramic Pages with lift-up transparency plates, complete with all 6 chromolithographs and original tissue layers intact Dean & Son – Dioramic Pages (Movable Book with Lift-to-Light Transparencies), 1869 – Complete Copy

$3,750.00
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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 Spectacle Acrobate (Movable Card) – 1834 Souvenir of Madame Saqui’s Celebrated Parisian Rope Theater

$550.00
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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 Moving Animals (Movable Book) – A Rare Nister Mechanical with Horizontal Blinds, ca. 1917

$980.00
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ROBINSON CRUSOE Father Tuck's Mechanical Series 1890 movable book by Raphael Tuck – very good Raphael Tuck Mechanical Series - Robinson Crusoe Antique movable book

$890.00
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Scarce 1917 Dutch movable book by D. Bolle, adapted from Raphael Tuck’s Fun in the Forest, with four chromolithographed pull-tab scenes. BBOLLE, D. Als de Dieren konden Spreken! (If Animals Could Talk!) – Rare Dutch Movable Book Adapted from Raphael Tuck’s Fun in the Forest. Rotterdam: D. Bolle, 1917. First Dutch edition.

$480.00
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Die Drie Beren - published in Amsterdam by J. Vlieger - Raphael Tuck movable book Vlieger Dutch edition of Raphael Tucks movable book "The Three Bears" with Sliding Pictures

$480.00
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Antique movable book 'Miaou Miaou' published by A. Capendu, Paris, circa 1895. Features 5 full-page pull-tab movable scenes. Original half-cloth binding with color-illustrated cover. Capendu Movable - 1890's Miaou Miaou - has 5 movables - one extra than Raphael Tuck edition

$675.00
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Raphael Tuck's "Little Red Riding Hood" "THE COMBINED EXPANDING TOY AND PAINTING BOOK SERIES popup or lift up book Raphael Tucks movable book "Little Red Riding Hood" with Sliding Pictures

$480.00
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Antique movable book 'Grand Steeple-Chase Au Gabon' by A. Capendu, Paris. Features a pull-tab fold-out panorama with 4 movable pages, depicting racist scenes. Grand Steeple-Chase au Gabon (Afrique) – Movable Panorama Book with Pull-Tabs (A. Capendu, ca. 1890)

$1,850.00
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Fables of La Fontaine with Moving Pictures – antique movable book by SPCK, English edition of Capendu movable with Christian moral fables Fables of La Fontaine with Moving Pictures 1912 Rare English edition promoting Christian Values

Antique Vintage movable book 1912

$695.00
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Rare German edition of Ernest Nister movable book Lustige Gesellschaft with 8 transformation pictures published by Theodor Stroefer circa 1894 Lustige Gesellschaft. Ein Wandelbilderbuch – Rare German Edition of Ernest Nister’s Touch and Go: A Book of Transformation Pictures

$1,250.00
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Movable pull-tab book Eyes Open, Eyes Shut (1920s) with adorable characters including dog, cat, monkey, sailor, and clown—eyes open and tongues stick out when tabs are pulled Eyes Open, Eyes Shut – Vintage Pull-Tab Book with Moving Eyes and Tongue (1920s)

Rare Antique Movable Toy book

$250.00
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Le Petit Poucet movable book by Capendu with working pull tabs and color lithographs, circa 1890 A. Capendu Le Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb) movable pull tab book c: 1890

$580.00
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Rare 1890 pop up book The Wild Beast Show by Frederick Warne Movable panorama with pull out cages and die cut animals Printed in Bavaria The Wild Beast Show (1890) – Rare Victorian Shape Book Panorama with Pop-Up Cages by Frederick Warne

Antique Vintage  Movable Toy Book

$1,850.00
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Hide and Seek Pictures 1913 transformation book by Ernest Nister with six working dissolving scenes and pictorial cover Hide and Seek Pictures (Transformation Book) – Ernest Nister, ca. 1913 – Revolving Mechanical Scenes

$1,200.00
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Rare 1865 German movable book with 9 hand-colored pull-tab plates by Eduard Ille; second edition of Das Lebendige Bilderbuch mit beweglichen Figuren Das Lebendige Bilderbuch mit beweglichen Figuren. Augsburg: Lampart & Comp., [1865]. Enlarged Second Edition with Nine Movable Plates.

First German movable picture book

$1,750.00
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Allo! Allo! Bostock by A. Capendu, Paris, ca. 1900. Rare large French movable book with six comical animal scenes. Written by Adeline Reynaud. Complete and working with original parts. Allô! Allô! Bostock [c 1900] movable book Capendu - complete

$850.00
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Antique Dutch movable book Twee Goede Vrienden (c. 1913) published by D. Bolle. Features 4 chromolithograph mechanical plates and 6 pages of illustrated text. Complete with working tabs. Cow and horse cover design. Twee Goede Vrienden (Movable Book), D. Bolle, ca. 1913 – Dutch Edition

$380.00
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Lebende Bilder (ca. 1880) rare German pop-up book by Franz Bonn, J. F. Schreiber. Theater-style movable with 4 layered 3D scenes and volvelle. Rare original example with replaced spine and complete figures. Lebende Bilder - 1890 J F Schrieber movable theater book with vovelle c: 1889

$1,884.00
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Changing Pets movable book by Ernest Nister and E. P. Dutton circa 1893 with chromolithographed transformation plates Changing Pets: With Verses (Movable Book) – Ernest Nister & E. P. Dutton, ca. 1893

$480.00
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The Happy Family Movable Picture Book by Buzza, circa 1920. Includes original removable cardboard figures and slot-based interactive scenes. The Happy Family Picture Book - 1920's rare Buzza Movable Paper Doll Book

Antique Vintage Movable Book

$550.00
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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. Capendu Movable - 1890's LA MERE MICHEL by Pierre Delcourt 2co

Vintage movable French pop-up book 1800's - See bios in description

$675.00
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Antique movable book: Puss In Boots – The Pictorial Moving Picture Books. Rare 1914 Sully and Kleinteich first edition with tab-activated scenes. Vintage children's collectible. Puss in Boots (Movable Book), The Pictorial Moving Picture Books Series, Sully & Kleinteich, 1914 – First Edition

$650.00
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Antique Movable Book The Performing Bears, published by Pictorial Color Book Company, NY. Features 4 tab-activated lithographic scenes, 11 pages, original cloth spine, printed in Germany circa 1922. The Performing Bears - The Pictorial Moving Picture Books - Movable pull tab book - 1914

$575.00
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Rare 1919 movable book In The Motor To The Clouds with 4 tab-operated scenes, printed in Bavaria and featuring dirigibles, planes, and early automobiles In The Motor To The Clouds - Movable book - New York Book Company (Same as The Pictorial Moving Picture Books edition) Complete!

$650.00
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rare 1919 movable book make belief of funny beasts with pull tab color plates printed in bavaria puss

$650.00
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Little Folks In Tabbyland – Antique Movable Book from The Pictorial Moving Picture Books series by Pictorial Color Book Company, 1922. Includes 4 tab-activated moveables, colorful lithographs, original half-cloth binding. Printed in Germany. Little Folks In Tabbyland - The Pictorial Moving Picture Books - Movable book - 1920

Antique Vintage movable book

$650.00
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Changing Pictures by Ernest Nister and E. P. Dutton, rare large 1800s movable book with six ribbon-operated double-wheel transformations, illustrated in color, complete with silk pull-tabs Nister – Changing Pictures – Large 1800s Movable Transformation Book (Movable Book)

$680.00
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Antique movable book The New Animated Little Black Sambo 1933 complete with original working animations The New Animated Little Black Sambo (1933) – Movable Book

$950.00
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