![["The Tailor and His Two Apprentices"]. AUTOMATON.](/pictures/thumb/02129.jpg?v=1478034343)
[Philadelphia]: Shoenhut, 1890. An Automaton After Meggendorfer [AUTOMATON]. [“The Tailor and His Two Apprentices”]. [Philadelphia: Schoenhut, n.d. c. 1890-1900] Boxed automaton. Image size: 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches; 293 x 395 mm. Box size: 13 5/8 x 17 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 345 x 447 x 130 mm. Three cardboard... More
London: Published by the Proprietor, 1824. Eleven Hand-Colored Flaps Revealing Moral Maxims [GRIMALDI, Stacy]. A Suit of Armour for Youth. London: Published by the Proprietor, 1824. First edition. Hand-colored issue. Twelvemo (7 1/8 x 4 1/8 inches; 182 x 105 mm.). xii, 92 pp. Hand-colored engraved frontispiece and eleven hand-colored engraved... More
Paris: A. Legrand, Éditeur, 1860. An Exceptionally Rare Early Movable Book With Just One Single Copy Located on OCLC, at the National Library of France. [MOVABLE BOOK]. COUDERT, B, illustrator. Album Amusant pour les Enfants Sages. Tableaux Vivants. (An Entertaining Album for Good Children. Living Pictures) Paris: A[ugustin]. Legrand, Éditeur, [1882]. First... More
London: H. Grevel & Co.,, 1890. A Very Scarce Meggendorfer Movable [MOVABLE BOOK]. MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. Artistic Pussy and Her Studio. Moving Pictures with Other Tales. A Moveable Toybook from Lothar Meggendorfer. London: H. Grevel & Co., [1890]. Folio (11 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches; 302 x 222 mm.). Sixteen unnumbered pages... More
![Lebende Tierbilder Ein Ziehbilderbuch [Living Animal Pictures]. MOVABLE BOOK, Lothar MEGGENDORFER.](/pictures/thumb/04105_1.jpg?v=1491005887)
München [Munich]: Verlag von Braun & Schneider, 1880. Lothar Meggendorfer's "Lebende Bilder" [Living Animal Pictures] Eight Fantastic Hand Colored Movable Plates [MOVABLE BOOK]. MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. Lebende Tierbilder Ein Ziehbilderbuch [Living Animal Pictures] von Lothar Meggendorfer. Achtzehnte Auflage [Eighteenth edition], München [Munich]: Verlag von Braun & Schneider, [ca. 1890]. Folio (page size: 11... More
München [Munich]: Verlag von Braun & Schneider, 1890. Rare Meggendorfer Title In Remarkable Condition [MOVABLE BOOK]. MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. Zum Zeitvertreib [Always Jolly] für brave Knaben & Mädchen Ein Ziebilderbuch von Lothar Meggendorfer. München [Munich]: Verlag von Braun & Schneider, n.d. [c. 1890]. Fifth edition of Always Jolly, rare in any edition, rarer still... More
[Unknown]: , 1980. A Fine 'Modern' Automata "The Flower Girl" [MUSICAL AUTOMATA]. The Flower Girl. [no place, no date: ca. 1980?]. Cased Automata. Case size: 23 x 19 x 5 5/8 inches; 583 x 482 x 143 mm. Window size: 19 1/4 x 15 1/8 inches; 490 x 385 mm. The background is... More
![[Royal Jousting] [# 41 in a series]. PEEP-SHOW BOOK aka Miniature TheaIn Stockter, Martin ENGELBRECHT.](/pictures/thumb/01525.jpg?v=1478034269)
[n.p., Ausburg]: [n.p., Christian and Martin Engelbrecht], 1730. Scarce, Early Forerunner to Peepshow Books Yet "Engelbrecht's Work is Beyond Compare" [PEEP-SHOW BOOK aka Miniature Theater]. ENGELBRECHT, Martin (designer and engraver). [Royal Jousting]. [N.p., Ausburg]: [n.p., Christian and Martin Engelbrecht], [n.d., c. 1730]. Number forty-one in an ongoing series of unknown total, complete... More
![[German Village Street Scene]. PEEP-SHOW BOOK aka Miniature Theater, Martin ENGELBRECHT.](/pictures/thumb/01523.jpg?v=1478034268)
[n.p., Ausburg]: [n.p., Christian and Martin Engelbrecht], 1730. Scarce, Early Forerunner to Peepshow Books Yet "Engelbrecht's Work is Beyond Compare" [PEEP-SHOW BOOK aka Miniature Theater]. ENGELBRECHT, Martin (designer and engraver). [German Village Street Scene. Oktoburfest Celebrants Carouse and Make Merry]. [N.p., Ausburg]: [n.p., Christian and Martin Engelbrecht], [n.d., c. 1730]. Number thirty-six... More
London: T. Brown, 1825. "The Earliest Peep Show of the Thames Tunnel" [PEEP SHOW]. The Tunnel. London: Pubd. June 16th, 1825 by T. Brown. Oblong twelvemo (4 11/16 x 5 3/4 inches; 120 x 145 mm.) in original paper concertina form. Top board with oval opening (1 5/8 x 2 3/4... More
New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company, 1900. A Folding Panorama With Six 'Perspective' Plates [POP-UP BOOK]. Panoramic Pictures at the Zoo. New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company, [ca. 1900]. First? American Edition. Oblong quarto (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches; 207 x 267 mm.). Four pages of text and... More
Paris: A. Capendu, 1889. A Very Rare Transformation Book Featuring A Chimney Sweep [TRANSFORMATION BOOK]. DELCOURT, Pierre. Le Ramoneur. (The Chimney Sweep). Librairie Enfantine Illustrée, Original Paris: A. Capendu, editeur, [ca. 1889]. Small quarto (8 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches; 216 x 162 mm.). Ten unnumbered pages, four with green silk 'pulls' to... More
![Bilder Aus Dem Tierleben [Pictures From Animal Life]. TRANSFORMATION BOOK, Lothar MEGGENDORFER, Julius BECK, verses.](/pictures/thumb/02109.jpg?v=1478034340)
Eslingen und München: Verlag von T.F. Schreiber, [c.1895-1905]. Scarce, Near Pristine Meggendorfer Transformation Pictures From Animal Life An Astonishing Copy in the Original Printed Dust Jacket [TRANSFORMATION BOOK]. MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. Bilder Aus Dem Tierleben [Pictures From Animal Life]. Ein Verwandlungbilderbuch von..., mit Versen von Julius Beck. Inhalt: Der Storke am Teich - Der... More
London / New York: Ernest Nister / E.P. Dutton, 1890. A Stunning Surviving Copy In Full Working Order [TRANSFORMATION BOOK] [WEATHERLY, Fred E.]. [FOSTER, William, illustrator]. Touch and Go. A Book of Transformation Pictures. With Verses by Fred. E. Weatherly. London: Ernest Nister / New York: E.P. Dutton, [n.d, ca. 1890]. Small... More
London: Ernest Nister, 1895. A Very Fine Ernest Nister Transformation Book [TRANSFORMATION BOOK] [WEATHERLY, Fred E.]. [FOSTER, William, illustrator]. Our Darlings' Surprise Pictures. [A Novel Panorama Picture Book]. London: Ernest Nister [n.d, ca. 1895]. Eight color transformation pictures with verses by Fred E. Weatherly. Black and white illustrations throughout. Small... More
Dundee [&] London: Valentine & Sons, Ltd., 1921. A Remarkable Survival [WAIN, Louis]. [MOVEABLE BOOK]. [PRIMER]. Tiny Folks First Spelling Book. Dundee [&] London: Valentine & Sons, Ltd., [1921]. First and only edition. Oblong quarto (9 9/16 x 12 inches; 243 x 305 mm.). [12] pp. Full-color title-page and 72 text... More
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