The Magic Boat. A book to turn, move and alter.
Published by Berlin Berlin: Stuffer No date Ca 1935
- Used
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United KingdomPROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP
AbeBooks seller since March 22, 2001
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Condition: Used
US$ 375.77
Quantity: 1 available
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Hardback, 4to. approx 9.5 x 8.5 inches. Original publisher's colour pictorial paper covered boards, front and back; blue cloth spine. In good condition. With some professional restoration so all pop up work perfectly. Some rubbing to edges & corners. Some slight foxing to pages. Small Name on front endpaper (Jane Tate). Else a good clean and tight, very scarce copy. Features wonderful 6 colour illustrated pages, including 2 with a pull-along mechanism, 1 with a turntable, and 1 template. First English edition of the original transformation picture book; the first German edition was published in 1927 under the title "Das Wunderhaus" (The House of Wonders). A pull-along mechanism demonstrates the daily routine of a family in a house and the colourful hustle and bustle of a puppet theatre. A turntable allows you to follow the race between the hare and the hedgehog, and on the back, the action on a Chinese bridge and in a boat.
Seller Inventory # 98776
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Magic Boat. A book to turn, move and alter.
- Author
- Movable- Picture book - Seidmann-Freud, Tom
- Publisher
- Berlin Berlin: Stuffer No date Ca 1935
- Seller catalogs
- Childrens
PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP
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T.A. PROCTOR T/A THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP,established 1976. Our shop in Puddletown,Dorset has been open since 1978. We are situated in the heart of the "HARDY COUNTRY", just outside Dorchester on the Road to Bournemouth. Our miscellaneous stock is interesting and changes frequently. We also stock some antique maps (mostly of Dorset) and some engravings of mostly local views. Member of ABA and ILAB.
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