Dean&Apos;S Moveable Books, Red Riding Hood
London, Dean & Son, 1858. Hardback. A very scarce moveable book telling the beloved fairy tale 'Little Red Riding Hood', a colourful work volume. A very scarce work.This volume contains a total of eight colourful moveable scenes, telling the fairy tale 'Little Red Riding Hood&apos.Dean & Son were a noted London-based publisher in the nineteenth century, one of the first publishers to introduce pop-up books for children. Their "living picture" books began being published in the 1860s, with the animations activated by pulling a tab and moving the pictures.Publisher's adverts to the paste downs and endpapers.'Little Red Riding Hood' is a beloved fairy tale, these illustrations showing the young Little Red in a vivid red hooded cape, and a blue dress. The tale has a long history, but was first published by Charles Perrault in his 'Histoire et Contes du Temps Passe' anthology in 1697, in which he introduced the detail of the redness of Little Red's coat.Collated; page 1 is lacking the tab; page 2 is lacking the tab and Little Red's head, wolf's front right leg is loose; page 3 is lacking the tab, and Little Red's head is loose; pages 4 and 5 are lacking the tabs; page 6 is lacking the tab and Little Red's head; pages 7 and 8 are lacking the tabs and the moveable pieces.Undated, dated from the publisher's code to the rear wrap, '8,000-11,58&apos. Dean and Son used these codes to distinguish when their works were published, this work being published in November 1858. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, the boards are rubbed with some light discolouration and marks. Bumping to the extremities, resulting in a small amount of loss of paper, bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Internally, textblock is detached from the binding, binding has failed. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots and handling marks. Page 1 is lacking the tab. Page 2 is lacking the tab and Little Red's head, wolf's front right leg is loose. Page 3 is lacking the tab, and Little Red's head is loose. Pages 4 and 5 are lacking the tabs. Page 6 is lacking the tab and Little Red's head. Pages 7 and 8 are lacking the tabs and the moveable pieces. Fair . Ill.: Not Stated. Fair .
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