Moveable (40 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First US Edition. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1992. First American edition, first printing, 1992. J. M. Barrie's beloved characters come to life through moveable pictures and liftable flaps. Fully color illustrated throughout, in pictorial glazed boards. Fine condition, looks and feels new and unused, all movables fully functional, no names or other markings. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Oblong 8vo. …

paperback. Condition: Good. Short gift inscription on inside of front cover. Book shows common (average) signs of wear and use. Binding is still tight. Covers are intact but may be repaired. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed.

PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). 10pp Articles include: Current European Pop-up Books; Tony Sarg: Illustrator and Puppeteer; and more.

PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). 8pp Articles include: Book Artist: Carol Barton; Making Book Forms to Match Content; Boof Forms as Sculpture; and more. B&W illustrations (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. A Whirly-Pics puzzle, which is an introduction to puzzles for the very young. 5 puzzle pieces attached to the backing board so as not to be lost. Child is meant to spin the pieces and line them up to complete the full picture. This one is in very nice shape with one corner bend. Original box is included in good condition, although interlocking flap is missing and a gift inscription on box. Ads for other Whirly Pics puzzles on box. No date, but late 40s to early 50s. Puzzle image depicting young girl on a carousel horse. Neel Batu (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. 8 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 17 x 24 cms. Category: Critical Quarterly; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First And Only Edition. Pictorial boards, some foxing, heavier to first and last pages, minor signs of use to moveable elements but all intact and working fine. A book of doors that open to reveal surprises, with some pop-up elements. A fun book! Size: 8vo. Korky Paul & Ray Marshall (illustrator). …

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Printing. Pictorial boards with a die-cut circle in the upper cover for the clock to show through, light wear around die-cut else Fine. A walk through Little Red Riding Hood's day. A time is given for each event and the reader is meant to set the clock with moveable hands to match the time of the event. Illustrated in color throughout. Size: Square 4to. Jan Lewis (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Not dated but this is a vintage reproduction by Merrimack who specializes in reproduction of antique books, circa 1980. This one is based on a moveable with published in 1906. Staple bound, original would have been stitched bound, The card opens out with six horizontal strips of paper which can be opened out to form different funny animals wearing different costumes. The paper used would have been different as well. The front does have a piece missing and a light fold in lower right corner. Still a nice example of a moveable. Size 20.5 x 15.5cm (8 x 6 inches).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, London. (renamed: The Young V & A. Bound in pink paper wrappers, staple bound. 40 pages. Listing of 118 books dating from 1880's - 1986. Illustrations in black and white. Basic listings with titles, dates, authors. Lists categories of moveable books, this page has some notes in red ink. Lightly worn copy. size 21 x 15cm [8.25 x 5.75 inches]. …

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First American Edition. Pictorial boards, publisher's sheet and original plastic bag included. Each page uses a different mechanism to reveal different color dots, such as: lift-the-flap, pulltab, pop-ups that turn, etc. Size: Square 8vo. Andy Mansfield (illustrator).…

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First American Edition. Pictorial boards, publisher's sheet and original plastic bag included. Each page uses a different mechanism to make solid stripes from multicolor check boxes, lift-the-flap, pulltab, pop-ups that turn, etc. Ingenious fun. Size: Square 8vo. Andy Mansfield (illustrator). …

Comb Binding. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pictorial card covers with die-cut opening, some wear to covers near comb binding, the last comb is smooshed, light dust soil. A book on viewing the constellations at different times of the year and from differnt locations. The cover features a cut-out through which you can view a a diagram of the night sky that turns to represent the view at different times of the year. Size: Folio.…

Spiral Bound. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Pictorial boards with rubbing to edges, 3" of upper cover detached from spiral, all moveables in working order. Simple quatrains about animals each accompanied by a color illustrations, 5 of which have moveable eyes and mouths. Fun! Size: Oblong 8vo. Thirma & Carlyle Leech (illustrator). …

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. [1969], per institutional copies. Pictorial boards with light wear and chipping to extremities, light dust soil, a few marks internally. The familiar Beatrix Potter ale retold and illustrated in color with five scenes that move as the page turns, each moveable page is protected by an acetate sheet. Size: Oblong 4to. June Goldsborough (illustrator). …

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. [1970]. Pictorial boards with light wear to extremities, light dust soil. The familiar folk tale retold and illustrated in color with five scenes that move as the page turns, each moveable page is protected by an acetate sheet. Size: Oblong 4to. June Goldsborough (illustrator).…

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Octagonal book with plastic comb binding, edge wear, stray marks, offsetting to pages. A bunny uses his ears to show the time. The last page has bunny ears that the reader can rotate on a clock face to show the time. Illustrations in 3 colors throughout by Charlotte Steiner. Size: Square 8vo. Charlotte Steiner (illustrator).…

Stiff Boards. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Oblong octavo, unpaginated, pictorial boards, nicked at the perimeter. UNCLE = Unknown No Copy Located Elsewhere E' un album movibile! This is album no. 1 in the Serie Gioconda in the Collezione " La Rana Verde ". The Italian text tells the story of puma which wanders into a group of Native American children. The booklet of text slides left, causing the figures on the front of the backing board to move and reveal.…

Condition: Very Good. N.p. [United States?]: Keating, [ca. 1920s]. Original white printed paper-covered lidded box (7.5x11x4cm) containing ten (of twelve) unused die-cut, folded and moveable bridge party invitations (ca. 6x10cm) with accompanying envelopes (6.5x10cm -- eleven of twelve present). Light dust-soil to box, the die-cut portion on one card creased, else a Very Good example, though sadly not quite complete. Sweet and saucy collection of bridge party invitations depicting a group of four stylish blond women seated at a table, the tablecloth serving as a moveable flap which, when lifted, displays the women's bare and shapely legs and ankles. …

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated paper wraps featuring a lumbering bear and advertising McLaughlin's XXXX Coffee. The lower cover is unevenly darkened, else fine. The interior booklet contains illustrations and captions for different animals which are cut down the middle so the user could lift and fold the flaps to make new animals, to make full use of the book, the inner booklet would need to be removed from the covers, this one is intact. Size: Oblong 16mo.…

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated paper wraps featuring a lunging tiger and advertising McLaughlin's XXXX Coffee. There are a few stains and one edge tear. The interior booklet contains illustrations and captions for different animals which are cut down the middle so the user could lift and fold the flaps to make new animals, to make full use of the book, the inner booklet would need to be removed from the covers, this one is intact. Size: Oblong 16mo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unique Hand made Book with moveable Parts.Not dated but circa 2000.Handmade book which could be a thesis for a BA degree[?] Oblong 4to Bound in plain white laminated card covers with hand writing in blue ink. title 'Artists in the centuries since the dawn of the Renaissance-geniuses and otherwise-have been products of their age, and analysis of the works they brought into their original creations cannot fail to yield a variety of basic truths and generalities.' The book is spiral bound and consists of 12 pages with text followed by 12 visual examples some with revolving parts. One layer is loose. With the small ex-libris red ink stamp in verso of front cover of Megan Michael Dawson [Megan and Michael were married in 1959. They organised the biennial Ilkley Literature Festival between 1973 and 1989 and ran a book business, dealing in children's books and pop up books, Ampersand Books.] Size 29.5 x 21cm [8.5 x 12 inches ]. P.H.Swift (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo, unpaginated, red plastic comb-bound pictorial boards, lightly edgeworn Illustrated with 8 color plates - of which 5 are moveable plates, and the top cover plate - with other monochromatic illustrations including yellow pictorial endpapers. An old witch asks a young soldier to rescue her treasure chest from the inside of a hollow tree. His dog helps. A moving tale.…

First Edition. Spiral bound boards. Children's guide to magic tricks illustrated with several movable part illustrations, including rotating disks and sliding shades. Very Good-Near Fine bright copy, one moveable part needing minor reattachment repair, in original Very Good colorful dustjacket, few small chips and closed tears.…

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Pictorial boards with wire spiral binding, extremities worn, else clean. A book of reimagined fairy tales and verse illustrated in full color and orange & black. The moveable feature of the book are handles that were meant to unfold from the covers. The handles in this copy are unused. Scarce thus. Size: 4to. Violet LaMont (illustrator). …

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pictorial boards with plastic comb binding, light edge wear, light internal soil, mended tear to last moveable. The famous fairy tale illustrated with six scenes that change when you slide a slotted panel. Size: Large Oblong 4to. Emma C. McKean (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in this format. 12mo, orange pictorial paper-covered boards, slotted plastic spine. Animated with six full-page color moveables by Julian Wehr. All moveables are complete and operable. A few pages corners creased at the gutter with no loss; small ink inscription on upper title page, else near fine in a very good dust jacket which has some tape repairs on the verso and some edgewear.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. From the Preface : The machines described are divided into well-defined groups, such as Lathes, Planers, Milling Machines, and Grinding Machines, and the examples included in each of the sections have been selected to illustrate the various forms in common use for both light and heavy kinds of work. To the descriptions of the machines have been added the names of the respective makers, including John Lang, Craven Bros., James Archdale, John Hetherington, and others. TWO VOLUME SET. 35 pages, 170 pages; 14 pages, 212 pages, 459 illustrations in the text, and 10 Bavarian colour composite sectional models, with explanatory text. Contents extremely clean and sound throughout. A little rubbed at extremities, but a firm set. Bound in full green art nouveau pictorial cloth, designed by Talwin Morris (1865-1911) in the 'Glasgow Style' typified by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928). Morris worked for the publishers Blackie in Glasgow from 1893 as Art Director, and later produced a series of outstanding geometrical influenced bindings for Greshams (a Blackie subsidiary). A very appealing looking set, both inside and out. Size: 24 x 33.5 cms. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; New Arrivals; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Small quarto. 8pp., printed one side only. Eight pages with full hand-coloured images-sometimes more than one to a page-all of which bear movable features. These are manipulated through paper tabs toward the bottom of the illustration. The particular craftsmanship of this volume lies in the multiple movables per single tab. The book features advertisements for other Dean & Son works as endpapers. Bound in original pictorial paper covered card wrappers. These are a little chipped around the edges and lower corners heavily worn. Eight moveables as follows: Old Mother Hubbard went to the Cupboard: Working order but does have repairs on verso, sellotape has been used to repair it. There is also a 1cm tear near the tab; She went to the Bakers : Working order. 1.5cm Tear by tab; She went to the Undertakers Missing pieces and a dogs head has been crudely drawn. The moveable has been attempted to work with card.Sellotape used again on verso.; She went to the Tavern Working order She went to the Hatters Trying to work . Heavy card has been stuck onto the original tab which is still there. I suspect sellotape has been used but I can t see it.; She went to the Tailors Two of the four pieces, dogs, head and arm are missing. An attempt has been made to mend it but it doesn t work. Again sellotape used. ; She went to the Hosiers In working order but crude repairs on verso with sellotape. Small tear by tab. The Dames made a Curtsy In working order but old crude repairs on verso with paper. Small tear by tab.An acceptable copy of a rare book. I am happy to send more photos upon request. Size 27 x 19cm (7.5 x 9inches).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4to. Pp. [16], with six movable chromolithographic plates with tab-operated transformational slats, black & white pictorial title page and numerous text illustrations (one full page), floral patterned endpapers. Red cloth-backed pictorial glazed papered boards. HInges with expert repair that's nearly imperceptible; some grubbiness to pulls; frames with short, closed tears; contemporary name and address in pencil on front free endpaper. Withal, a handsome copy. A novelty animated function whereby illustrations transform from one image to another by pulling or removing lower tab. The cover image by Beatrix Potter was an early appearance by the illustrator, preceded by only A Happy Pair, 1890. A well preserved copy of a late-Victorian charmer.…