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Adolf Sala Fairy Tale Panorama English edition deluxe music version in original box illuminated scrolling panorama Berlin circa 1890 with glassine backed scenes Fairy Tale Panorama. Luxury Music Edition. Adolf Sala, Berlin, ca. 1890–1895

Documented Dutch Illuminated Toy Theater Discovery

$2,800.00
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Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar 25th Anniversary Limited Edition No. 46 of 500 with original signed drawing CARLE, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Limited Edition. No. 46 of 500 with Original Signed Drawing. New York: Philomel Books, 1994. Mint in box.

$3,600.00
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Rare Ernest Nister A Book of Transformation Pictures Victorian movable book with original dust jacket Nister movable with original Dust Jacket - Here and There a book of transformation pictures

Nister movable book with origianal dust jacket

$1,400.00
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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 STRAUSS & CO. (Amsterdam). Dutch Illuminated Toy Theater with Molded Papier Mache Proscenium, Six Hand Painted Scenic Panels, and Original Figures, circa 1892

Documented Dutch Illuminated Toy Theater Discovery

$7,800.00
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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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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 The History and Adventures of Little Henry (Movable Book), Eleventh Edition (1830), with Three Hats and Two Interchangeable Heads

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.

$3,200.00
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THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF LITTLE HENRY 1810 second edition paper doll book with all figures head and four hats THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF LITTLE HENRY 1810 2cond edition with 4 hats

$1,800.00
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Rare 1883 movable toy book by Forbes Lithograph Co featuring nine animal chromolithographs and wire cage structure with transforming cover TThe Home Menagerie (Rare Patented Movable Cage Toy Book with 9 Chromolithographs), Forbes Co., 1883

home menagerie movable cage zoo book 1883 forbes

$850.00
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1895 Meggendorfer movable book – Lebendiger Struwwelpeter by Gustav Weise, first German edition with 7 surviving mechanical plates SOLD - Meggendorfer, Lothar (as “El. Em.”) — WEISE, Gustav. Lebendiger Struwwelpeter: ein Ziehbilderbuch. Stuttgart, [1895]. FAIR.

$1,850.00
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Andy Warhol Index Book with original plastic bag, 1967 ad, mint Warhol, Andy. The Index Book (Complete, Mint, with Original Plastic Bag and Insert Ad; First Printing, Holographic Hardcover; Movable Book)

$3,100.00
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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 heatrical Picture Book. Complete Set of Grand Theatre en Actions (Layered Diorama Booklets), ca. 1884, Capendu

$2,300.00
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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 Jack and the Beanstalk (Punch-Out Movable Booklet, Panorama-Style) — The Milton Kindergarten Series, Woolstone Brothers, London, ca. 1905–1910 Fine unrecorded Toy Book

$1,250.00
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Fables de Florian Mises en Action - Set of 2 movable (slotty) antiquarian children's books - A AND B Chez Nepveu, Paris. 1821 - Livre Anime Fables de Florian mises en action (Movable Game Books, Two Volumes: Series A and Series B). Paris: Nepveu, 1821 with Illustrious Cabot–Burley Provenance

$4,490.00
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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 German movable book with pull string bellows and chromolithographs, sold by FAO Schwarz, The Speaking Picture Book ca 1880 Brand, Theodor (publisher). Livre avec voix d’animaux. Pour amuser les chers bébés (Speaking Picture Book series)

$680.00
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McLoughlin Bros Panorama Nursery Alphabet s McLoughlin Bros. (attrib.). Panorama Nursery Alphabet (Movable Panorama Toy), ca. 1870.

$550.00
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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 (Honeycomb Pop-Up Book). Berlin: Adolf Bähr & Co., ca. 1911. Six Original Tissue-Paper Pop-Up Scenes.

$590.00
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The Favourite Picture Book pop-up Volume 2 and six spiral honeycomb pop-ups, printed in Germany ca 1911, all complete The Favourite Picture Book (Pop-Up Book). People Riding an Elephant on Cover. #2 in the Series. DRGM 247833, ca. 1911 – With Six Honeycomb Pop-Ups

A very exciting find - a second unseen version of the the other "Favourite Picture Book" that we have listed.

$890.00
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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 The Favourite Picture Book (Pop-Up Book) – Clown and Ducks Cover – No. 3 in the Series Printed in Germany, ca. 1911.

$1,200.00
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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 Elaborate 8-Layer Two-Tier Miniature Peepshow with Original Dance Card (Masonic Temple, 1876 Baltimore Ball Souvenir)

A rare and intricate piece of nineteenth-century memorabilia from Baltimore's historic Grand Lodge building, now The Grand Baltimore!

$750.00
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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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The Antiquarians Museum very early Dean and Co movable book with flaps rare English 1845 Dean & Co. Movable Flap Print: To the Queen’s Private Apartment (ca. 1840s) – Rare Precursor to Dean & Son Movable Books

$1,750.00
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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 Antiquarian’s Museum – Early Dean & Co. Movable Print (c.1840s), Precursor to Dean & Son Movable Books

$1,750.00
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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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Zoologischer Garten with four pull-up diorama zoo scenes including aquarium, lions, monkeys, and aviary, published ca 1890 by Kocher Kunstverlag Rare German Pull-Up Diorama Book w/4 peepshows – Zoologischer Garten (ca. 1890, Kocher, Complete Peepshow Scenes)

$2,200.00
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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. Belinfante, Gebroeders. Robinson Crusoe (Scenic Pop-Up Book) Rare Dutch Edition of Dean’s New Scenic Books No. 2

$2,310.00
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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 Meggendorfer - Internationaler Circus - original German edition 1887 complete

$1,600.00
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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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De Tooverlantaarn Struwwelpeter rare Dutch movable book Magic Lantern cover wheel Campagne and Zoon Amsterdam De Tooverlantaarn Struwelpeter (Movable Book), ca. 1897 — Rare Dutch Volvelle Edition Attributed to Campagne & Zoon, After Warne’s Magic Lantern Struwwelpeter

$1,800.00
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Borduur Prenten Boek Herinneringen aan mijne jeugd embroidery picture book ca 1900 Dutch interactive childrens book with removable chromolithographed plates Borduur Prenten Boek: Herinneringen aan mijne jeugd (Embroidery Picture Book, ca. 1900) – Dutch Interactive Children’s Book

$295.00
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Rare GERMAN EDITION with Dust Jacket of Ernest Nisters Ride A Cock Horse Immer froh tagaus tagein – Rare German Movable Book by Theodor Stroefer with Original Dust Jacket (Pop-Up Book, 1897) NISTER

$1,400.00
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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 Carl Schaller 1890 - Original Dutch Edition of Turn Again! Turn Again! Movable : Draai maar verder! note: original Carl Schaller signature included with book

$1,475.00
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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. Polichinelle – Scarce French Movable Book by Capendu [c. 1880], Fine Copy | Unrecorded Dean & Son Variant

$1,250.00
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Raphael Tuck Salesman Sample book movable slot panorama books Raphael Tuck Father Tuck Panorama Movable Toy Book Rare Salesman Sample Circa 1900

$3,200.00
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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 Red Riding Hood (Panorama Book) – Father Tuck’s Panorama Series, ca. 1911 – Hutzler Brothers Advertising Edition

$690.00
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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 Meggendorfer, Lothar. Das Puppenhaus (The Doll’s House) — Pop-Up Panorama Book with Original Slipcase [ca. 1910]

$5,875.00

$5,875.00
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Andy Warhol Index Book Signed Limited Hardcover with 1967 Village Voice Launch Party Newspaper Fine Condition All Original Elements The Andy Warhol Index Book (Pop-Up Book) – Signed Limited Hardcover Edition, Fine Copy with 1967 Village Voice Covering Launch Party

$3,900.00
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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 Honest Long Cut Tobacco “Buffalo Bill Wild West Show” (ca. 1890) – Complete Premium Game Set with All 38 Die-Cut Figures, Program, and Play Board

$2,600.00
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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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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. Verlag von Carl Hirsch. Ferienzeit Auf Dem Lande (Pop-Up Book, ca. 1899) – German Edition of Dean & Son’s Scenic Series No. 1

$850.00
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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 Magnin et Fils (after Dean & Son). Cendrillon, ou, La petite pantoufle de verre (Movable Book, ca. 1860s) – French Edition of Dean’s New Scenic Books No. 3.

Price: $5,200.00

$5,200.00
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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. Tjaden, A. (publisher). Rudolf en Susanna, of Beloond Ouderliefde (Movable fabric dressBook).

$900.00
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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 & Son – Flexible-Faced Story Books – The Merry Old Dame Who Sings Fiddle-De-Dee (Cut Out Head Book, ca. 1864)

$1,650.00
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Little Pets ABC Panorama by McLoughlin Bros circa 1875 movable alphabet book with wooden rollers and 28 scrolling scenes LITTLE PETS ABC PANORAMA / OPTICAL TOY THEATER STAGE McLOUGHLIN BROS

$850.00
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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. Atkinson & Wilson’s Compleat System of Navigation (1776) – Rare Early Movable Navigation Book with Working Volvelle and 13 Fold Out Plates

$1,400.00
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Rare complete Spanish waddle book Aventuras de Atu el Pinguino 1948 Molino with all original unpunched figures and ramp Aventuras de Atú el Pingüino (Waddle Book, 1948) – Complete with All Original Unpunched Figures and Ramp – Editorial Molino

$1,600.00
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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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Dean Surprise Model Book double edition A Visit to the Country and Seaside Fun ca 1892 with original string-activated pop-ups by Dean and Son London in excellent working condition Dean Surprise Model Book Double – A Visit to the Country and Seaside Fun – Movable Thread-Pulled Pop-Ups ca 1892

$1,800.00
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: Complete 3-volume pop-up set of The Mysteries of the Rosary (1967) with original box and English translation guide. Rare oversized catechetical books by Rev. M. Coerezza. Catechetical Scenes – The Mysteries of the Rosary (Pop-Up Books). Complete Large Three-Volume Set. 1967. Mint.

$1,850.00
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Complete set of six pop-up views of Paris from 1900 Worlds Fair Six-Volume Paris Pop-Up Tableau Series by Mazerand (ca. 1900) – Issued for the Exposition Universelle

$1,550.00
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Surprises from Fairyland by Raphael Tuck, ca. 1895. Movable flap booklet with four fairy tale scenes, issued as a promotional premium with AAAA Coffee. Includes Goldilocks, Little Bo Peep, Dick Whittington, and Little Red Riding Hood. Surprises from Fairyland (Movable Flap Booklet, ca. 1895) by Raphael Tuck – Promotional Edition for AAAA Coffee

$375.00
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Original 1892 Raphael Tuck Youngsters Library panorama boxed set complete with 12 chromolithographed accordion fold toy books and partial publisher box top Raphael Tuck – The Youngsters’ Library (Panorama Toy Books, Complete with all 12 panorama books in Original Box, 1892 First Edition).

$1,950.00
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1954 Kubasta Moravske Jeslicky nativity sheet uncut and complete as issued in bound Czech magazine Kubasta, Vojtech - Original nativity set - Moravske jeslicky 1954 – Extremely Rare

$620.00
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Marco Poco Kubasta 1962 pop-up book with complete elephant caravan scene, red silk reins, original plastic packaging, hang tag, and advert insert. Kubasta Marco Polo - Fine in original package - 1962 Pop-Up Book

$425.00
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Book Kubasta Pop-Up book The Smart Ducklings Kubasta Pop-Up 1967 - The Smart Ducklings - French - unusual paper technique not seen in other Kubasta's

$485.00
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1975 Kubasta pop-up diorama Prague Liberation uncut sheet from ABC magazine May 1945 Boj a Vitezstvi Kubasta Pop-Up Diorama Liberation of Prague original 1975

$275.00
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Kubasta Slovenske hrady a zamky pop-up castles book Volume 1 1972 Orbis Kubasta, Vojtech. Slovenske hrady a zamky. Volume 1. Rare Slovak Castles Pop-Up Book (1972) – Five Pop-Up Spreads – Fine.

$675.00
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Original 1952 uncut nativity construction set by VojtÄ›ch KubaÅ¡ta on newspaper stock, no reprint marks, rare Czech pop-up collectible, all parts uncut and unassembled, very good condition. Kubasta Vojtech Original Pop-Up Nativity Set – Pojďte s námi do Betléma (“Come with Us to Bethlehem”), 1952. Extremely Rare Uncut Edition.

$775.00
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How Columbus Discovered America pop-up book by Vojtech Kubasta mint in original packaging with hang tag and ad insert Kubasta Columbus 1960 Pop-up book - Mint in original packaging

Kubasta Columbus 1960 Pop-up book - Mint in original packaging

$595.00
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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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Deluxe signed limited edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz pop-up book by Robert Sabuda, No. 10 of 50 copies, with extra signed print and original box and slipcase Baum, L. Frank; Robert Sabuda (paper engineer). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Pop-Up Book). No. 10 of 50 Deluxe Signed Limited Editions. New York: Books of Wonder / Simon & Schuster, 2000.

Sabuda - The Wizard of Oz #10 of 50 limited edition pop-up books - signed and mint in original Box

$2,600.00
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The Three Little Kittens, 1899 movable book by DeWolfe Fiske & Co., featuring a rare revolving volvelle cover showing 8 scenes. Fine condition, original boards. The Three Little Kittens – Rare Revolving Volvelle Movable Book by DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. (1899)

$875.00
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1940's movable Waddle Book Aventuras de la gallina Clo-Clo (1947 Waddle Book) – Complete with Ramp & Figures Rare Spanish waddle book - complete - AVENTURAS DE LA GALLINA CLO-CLO - retaining all original un-punched Waddle figures

$1,600.00
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Bible Scenes and Sweet Stories of Old second edition pop up book by Ernest Nister 1898 with five working chromolithograph scenes by Nister and Dutton Bible Scenes and Sweet Stories of Old (Pop-Up Book, 1898) – Second Edition by Ernest Nister

$880.00
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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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Tales from Fairyland Saalfield 1905 Stand-Up Book with Complete Unpunched Figures T1905 Tales from Fairyland – Saalfield’s First Interactive Stand-Up Book, All 32 Figures Present

Antique Vintage complete Movable figure Book

$695.00
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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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Set of six rare Ernest Nister pop-up postcards with working mechanical elements, circa 1906, including Dutton New York and Nister Nurnberg markings Ernest Nister Pop-Up Postcards (Set of 6) – Rare Early 20th Century Movable Cards

Set of 5 Ernest Nister Antique Pop-Up Cards

$660.00
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Antique Mechanical Pop-Up Card by S. Hildesheimer & Co., ca. 1882–1884, titled "In the Highlands" – Rare double-page hunting scene before a castle with original silk ribbon lift and vivid chromolithograph printing. S Hildesheimer & Co Antique Mechanical Pop-Up card 1880's Fine

Antique pop-up card

$650.00
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The Crib Pop Up Book ca 1893 Triptych Nativity Scene Printed in Germany for International News Company The Crib – Exceptional 1893 Triptych Pop-Up Nativity from Schreiber to International News Co.

$1,675.00
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Menagerie of Wild Animals scrolling panorama toy by McLoughlin Bros with original slipcase hand crank operated viewing box with full color animal scroll illustrations McLoughlin Bros. – Menagerie of Wild Animals Panorama Toy – Complete with Original Scroll and Slipcase (Scrolling Panorama Toy, ca. 1870s)

$1,250.00
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Stagekraft Aladdin toy theater set by United Art Publishing Co ca 1913 with folding stage, script, 4 scenic backdrops, and full character set; rare complete early American theatrical playset Rare Stagekraft Toy Theater – Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (ca. 1913) by United Art Publishing Co., New York – Complete Set

$425.00
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