“THEY WERE SO HAPPY THEY COULD HARDLY CONTAIN THEMSELVES”: DISNEY’S MINNIE MOUSE,FROM THE FIRST AMERICAN SERIES OF POP-UP BOOKS
DISNEY STUDIOS. The “Pop-Up” Minnie Mouse. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, (1933). Octavo, original pictorial paper boards.
First edition of an early American pop-up book, published by Blue Ribbon Pleasure Books, the patent-holder for “pop-ups.”
Blue Ribbon was the first publisher to market its books using the term “pop-up.” They and paper-engineer Harold Lentz teamed up in the 1930s to produce a successful series of imaginative pop-ups, many of which were inspired by the current popularity of Walt Disney animation. These are the first modern pop-up books produced in America, borrowed from a series of British pop-ups by Brown and Giraud in the 1930s under the imprint Bookano. Gift inscription.
Text lightly soiled. Pop-ups bright and functional; tiny closed tear to neck of bird in first pop-up. Spine lightly rubbed, boards lightly rubbed and soiled; front board slightly bowed. A lovely copy in near-fine condition. Scarce.