Tarzan the pop up book is a true classic of both the legend of Tarzan and a beautiful example of pop up books in the 1930s. This is among a series of the the “New Adventures of Tarzan”. After Tarzan was originally found, brought back to England and assumed his proper place as the heir […]
This is among our favorite pop up books. It is a beautiful piece of art and an unexpected time capsule that takes the reader back to the world of 1890. The book is one that was created and published by Ernest Nister of London. These books were distributed in the United States by E.P. Dutton […]
We at Childrensbookstore.com love this little pop-up book from 1949. It is a spiral bound edition that beautifully captures children at play before the advent of TV, video games and the like. The illustrations in this pop-up are reminiscent of the popular “Dick and Jane” storybooks of the time. The five pop-up scenes are: Playground, […]
Star Wars Pop Up This is an original first-edition Star Wars Pop Up book, published in 1978. The Star Wars series is, by any measure, one of the greatest marketing feats in the history of film. There was just as much effort placed into developing toys, gifts and memorabilia as was put into the movies […]
This title is a wonderful example of early commercial pop-up books. One of the early pioneers in mass-market generation of pop-up books was a German named Ernest Nister. He was creating many wonderful books of very high quality in both stories and in the full-color printing and die-cutting. This example was printed in Bavaria and […]
Flash Gordon is an enduring and wholly American superhero. It was originally a comic strip drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. Flash is a Yale polo player who is thrust into an interplanetary conflict with […]
THE POP-UP MICKEY MOUSE STORY AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE STAFF OF THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS This is one of many pop-ups books produced by the Walt Disney Studios in the 1930’s. Printed by Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., New York, 1933. Blue Ribbon was a major player in pop-up books at this time and this piece […]