Author: Weatherly,F.E
Title: PANTOMIME PICTURES a novel colour book for children [on cover "A Novel Surprise book of Living Pictures"
Description: London, Nister 1897 pop-up plates (5) On farm children pretending to drive the haywain + Seaside donkey rides +hurdy gurdy &Fishmonger +Circus acts + baby being shown farm animals . folio red cloth spined pictorial boards (worn edges/hinges & head-/foot of spine rubbed/boards sl.marked/scratched) Title + 21 text pages with text illustrations + 5 doublepage pop-ups. Front endpaper and titlepage with tear along gutter margin without Loss. Some edge chipping or short tears to page edges but no loss,however there is tanning and some fingering to the margins of the pages. Some struts seem to be repaired or replaced but all work well. The pop-up leaves are on thicker and better quality paper and have edge rubbing but NO tears to edges.These are large triple-layered intricate pop-ups. The last pop-up is missing staples and is nearly loose.Inscrption to fly leaf.Introduction and poems by F.E.Weatherly and includes a story by Enid Nesbit.

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