Peep Show (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Olive Openshaw, (illustrator). 1st Edition. Peep Show, not dated but 1951. Printed by Van de Leer and co. in Amsterdam . The book has now been made up as a peep show. No text . Six coloured scenes showing a doll's party. Bound in original cloth-backed paper-covered boards. Small birthday inscription in neat ink, Boards and spine a little rubbed, slightly dusty, else a very good copy. Book size Oblong: 17.5 x 21.5 cm. [7 x 8.25 inches].

First edition. 12.7 x 16.4 cm. Six-panel peep show (including the front and rear boards) which opens out, concertina-style, to show the Grand Concourse from the 1939 New York World's Fair. The front panel depicts George Washington looking into the die-cut peephole.Very near fine. Lacks the original mailing envelope.

PEEP SHOW (illustrator). Das Innere des Glaspalastes in London. The Interior of the Crystal Palace in London' [repeated in French and Italian]. [Germany: G.W.F., 1851]. Four hand-colored lithograph panels, including front and back panel. Two panels with cut outs. The front pictorial panel with peep hole. (5 1/2 x 6 7/8 inches; 140 x 175 mm). Joined together by paper bellows. Measures approximately 28 inches when opened. Front panel with hand-colored lithographed label pasted on front. Some minor soiling and rubbing to boards. Early presentation inscription dated 1855 on blank lower board. Paper bellows with some foxing. A small repair to bellow. Hand-coloring very bright. Overall a very nice example. This peepshow features the interior of the Crystal Palace in London during the Great Industrial Exhibition. Showcasing rugs, vases, statues, furniture and the crystal fountain. The front board reads "A view into the life and doings of London during the Great Industrial Exhibition." HBS 69594. $1,500.

PEEP SHOW (illustrator). Germany: 1896]. Six lithograph panels, including front and back panel. All panels with cut outs. The front pictorial panel with peep hole and back board with cut-out covered by orange tissue paper. (6 x 4 3/4 inches; 154 x 120 mm). Joined together by onion-skin bellows. Measures approximately 16 inches when opened. Some minor soiling and rubbing to boards. Paper bellows with some toning and dampstaining. A few small tears to bellows. Images very bright. Overall a very nice example. This peepshow features the interior of the main building of the Berlin Trade Exhibition, showcasing foods and luxury goods, statues, home furnishings, artworks and clothing. On the outside of back board, images of various buildings in Berlin including the Department of Fisheries, Department of Gas and Water, Department for Food and Luxury Goods, Department of Chemistry, Main Restaurant, and School Building. HBS 69596. $1,500.

PEEP SHOW (illustrator). repeated in French and German]. [Germany: n.d.c.a.1854]. Six hand-colored lithograph panels, including front and back panel. Four panels with cut outs. The front pictorial panel with peep hole. ( 7 x 8 3/4 inches; 180 x 223 mm). Joined together by paper bellows. Measures approximately 21 inches when opened. Front panel with hand-colored lithographed label pasted on front. Some minor soiling and rubbing to boards. Paper bellows with some foxing. A few small repair to bellows. Hand-coloring very bright. Overall a very nice example. This peepshow features the interior of the Crystal Palace in London, showcasing tapestries, vases, statues, and the crystal fountain. HBS 69595. $1,100.

PEEP SHOW (illustrator). London: William Spooner, 9 August, 1851. Ten hand-colored lithograph panels, including the front and back panel. Eight panels with cut outs (6 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches; 155 x 190 mm). Joined together by cloth bellows. The first panel with a peep hole. Measures approximately 27 inches when opened. In the original decorated paper board slipcase with hand-colored lithographed label pasted on front. Some soiling to front and back panels and slipcase. Minor discoloration to cloth. Light foxing to margins of panels. Overall, a very good example in the rare original slipcase. The back of the final panel reads "This faithful and interesting View is taken from the Transept, near the "Crystal Fountain", and embraces the whole length of the Foreign Nave, or Eastern end of the Exhibition. The most striking objects which present themselves to the spectator along the centre nave are: 1. THE PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY, painted on Sèvres China. 2. THE KOH-I-NOOR DIAMOND, in its Gilt Cage. 3. THE COLOSSAL STATUE OF QUEEN VICTORIA, cast in Zine. 4. THE BRONZE FOUNTAIN, by André Val of d'Osne. 5. THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL OVERTHROWING SATAN. 6. THE COLOSSAL STATUE OF GODFREY DE BOUILLON. 7. KISS'S AMAZON AND TIGER. 8. THE BAVARIAN LION. 9. THE GREEK SLAVE. The View is terminated by the United States' Compartment, with the trophy of articles in vulcanized indian-rubber erected upon the model of a suspension-truss-bridge. Under the Star-spangled banner and Eagle of America, which float on high, at the extreme end of the building, is placed Gray and Davison's splendid organ." HBS 69591. $2,250.

PEEP SHOW (illustrator). Lane's Telescopic View of the Great Exhibition, 1851.[C. Lane: London, June 3rd. 1851]. Ten hand-colored lithograph panels, nine with cut outs by T.J. Rawlins (6 1/4 x 7 inches; 160 x 175 mm). Joined together by linen bellows. The first panel with a magnifying glass peep hole. Measures approximately 25 inches when opened. In the original decorated paper board slipcase with hand-colored lithographed label pasted on front. Some soiling to first panel and slipcase, minor discoloration to cloth. Toy seller sticker on slipcase. Overall, a very good example in the rare original slipcase. HBS 69592. $1,250.

Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Elizabeth Sage Hare & Warren Chappell (illustrator). Color printed board with a die-cut peep-hole, light edge wear and a few tiny splits in seams, lacks original envelope. The front cover depicts a troubadour and George Washington about to peek through hole, cover art by Warren Chappel. The object opens up like an accordion and one can look through the peephole and watch as scenes from the World's Fair unfold and expand. The scenes are composed by Elizabeth Sage Hare. A rare World's Fair item. Size: 12mo.

A Superb Pop-Up Peep-Show Theatre A Remarkable Survival from 1884 [POP-UP PEEPSHOW]. Grand Theatre en Actions. Paris: A. Capendu, Editeur, 1884. Pauvre Robinson (Poor Robinson); Un chat comme on en voit peu (A cat that we see little of) - Trop parler nuit (Talk too much at night) and Réveillez-vous belle endormie Wake up sleeping beauty). Folio (12 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches; 320 x 267 mm.) - expanding to 43 inches - 1092 mm. A very fine Pop-up Peepshow with four fold-out panels, each with a title illustration. When the panels are raised, a series of four proscenia open up to create a perspective view such as that in a toy theatre or peepshow with printed text below. Publisher's black cloth concertina style over tan boards, pictorial color front cover. A few small unobtrusive stains on rear board and lower corner (3/4 x 1/2 inch) chipped away. Otherwise a spectacular example with nor restoration and all pop-ups in fine condition. A remarkable survival. OCLC locates just three examples in libraries and institutions worldwide: Princeton Univ (NJ, US); Pennsylvania State Library (PA, US); McGill Univ. (Montreal, Quebec). It was probably in 1855 or 1856 that Dean's began work in their new London design studios at Ludgate Hill on the first true movable books. For their new line, the designers had drawn on the peep-show principle which used cut-out figures and scenes aligned one behind the other to give a three-dimensional effect. In the Scenic Books they produced scenes relating to the stories which consisted of three 'layers' of people and background, all lying flat, face downwards on the pages. Each layer was fixed to the next by a piece of ribbon which emerged behind the uppermost portion, and when this was pulled the whole scene sprang up into perspective. The first story to be presented in this manner was Little Red Riding Hood, and its commercial success resulted in at least three other titles, Robinson Crusoe, Cinderella and Aladdin. (According to historian Percy Muir, French versions of the Scenic Books were later marketed in Paris by Maurin et Fils.) Apparently - as As we see here in our present Pop-Up Theatre, A. Capendu in Paris also published this type book.