Pop-Up: An Exhibition of Moveable Books and Ephemera from the Collection of Geraldine Roberts Lebowitz

Findlay, James A.

ISBN 10: 0967885833 / ISBN 13: 9780967885834

Published by Fort Lauderdale: Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, 2001., 2001

About this Item

8vo. 64 pp. b/w illustrations. Printed wraps with circular rotating wheel pinned to front wrap. Pop-up between front wrap and front endpaper. Light rubbing along spine. Very Good.

Seller Inventory # 2459

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pop-Up: An Exhibition of Moveable Books and Ephemera from the Collection of Geraldine Roberts Lebowitz
• Publisher: Fort Lauderdale: Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, 2001.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967885833
• ISBN 13: 9780967885834
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Catalog includes: One color pop-up by paper engineer, Roger Culbertson; a revolving wheel designed by Mary Ann Stavros; 62 black & white illustrations; Preface; Collector's Statement by Geraldine Roberts Lebowtiz; A Concise History of Pop-up and Movable Books by Ann Montanaro; Selected Bibliography/Websites; Exhibition Checklist; Indexes; and Colophon.

The exhibition features 96 pop-up and movable books and is arranged by paper engineer including: Nick Bantock, Roger Culbertson, Jim Deesing, James Roger Diaz, David Hawcock, Mick Inkpen, Vojtech Kubasta, Tor Lokvig, Jan Pienkowski, Lothar Meggendorfer, Kees Moerbeek Ernest Nister, Ib Penick, Robert Sabuda, John Strejan, Ron Van der Meer, and Paul Wilgress. The earliest title on display, Les animaux domestique, was published in France around 1901. It contains 4 fascicles of common barnyard animals with colored plates that lift and reveal the animals' inner structure. The most recent title, Brooklyn Pops Up, was published in the U.S. in the year 2000 to celebrate an exhibition of pop-up and movable books co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Public Library and the Movable Book Society.

About the Author

James A. Findlay is the head of the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library of Broward County Library (Ft. Lauderdale, FL). He is the author of numerous exhibition catalogs and reference works.

Ann Montanaro is a collector of movable books, the founder of the Movable Book Society and is editor of its newsletter: Movable Stationery