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Pop-Up Little Orphan Annie

“ANNIE, YOU’RE A WONDER… THE BEST TROUPER ANY CIRCUS EVER HAD!”

GRAY, Harold. Pop-Up Little Orphan Annie. Chicago, 1935.

First edition, with numerous in-text black-and-white illustrations and three two-page color “pop-ups” (two of which serve as endpapers) in excellent, working condition. $1500.

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Daily Express Children's Annual (Nos. 1 & 3)

“A WIZARD, WITH SCISSORS AND PASTE, I WOULD MENTION, TO PLEASE ALL YOU CHILDREN, WORKED OUT AN INVENTION…”:
TWO EARLY BRITISH POP-UP BOOKS, DESIGNED BY S. LOUIS GIRAUD

GIRAUD, S. Louis, ed. Daily Express Children"s Annual (Nos. 1 & 3). London, [1929, 1933].

First editions of the first and third of S. Louis Giraud’s ingenious movable books, illustrated with color frontispieces and title pages, numerous black-and-white illustrations and 14 color pop-ups. $1400.

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Christmas Story

WONDERFUL LARGE POP-UP: A CHRISTMAS STORY BY CZECH ARTIST VOJTECH KUBASTA

KUBASTA, Vojtech. Christmas Story. London, 1960.

First edition of this didactic but atmospheric tale about a young boy who is moved by the spirit of Christmas and admits to wrongdoing, with delightful, double-page pop-up of the nativity by acclaimed artist and paper engineer Kubasta. $1100.

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Gloria in Excelsis Deo

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO: STRIKING TABLE-TOP CRÈCHE BY CZECH POP-UP ARTIST VOJTECH KUBASTA

KUBASTA, Vojtech. Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Czechoslovakia, circa 1960.

Presumed first edition of this masterpiece of pop-up engineering, a delightful large three-dimensional table-top crèche by acclaimed artist Kubasta, featuring an elaborate nativity mixing traditional elements of Bethlehem and folk elements of Kubasta's native Prague. $750.

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