Author: S. Louis Giraud [ed.]
Title: Bookano Stories Pictures No. 4
Description: London, Strand Publications, c1940. Hardback. A delightful twentieth century collection of children's tales, colourfully illustrated with numerous pop-up pictures that spring up in model form. A charming mid-twentieth-century collection of tales for children, including 'The King's Bedsocks', 'The Enchanted Horse', 'The Pipes of Pan', 'The Chinese Doll', and many more. No. 4 from the 'Bookano Stories' series, edited by S. Louis Giraud. The Bookano Stories began publication towards the end of the 1920s, and were the first 'automatic' books. Sixteen annuals were produced between 1929 and 1949, with the title stemming from merging the words 'book' and 'Meccano&apos.Including three full-page illustrations in colour, five delightful illustrated pop-up models, and many black-and-white in-text illustrations.Collated and complete. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Externally, bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities and shelf wear to the boards. Some loss to the paper binding on the spine, and some loss to the front board to the extremity. A few marks to the boards. Internally, binding is generally firm. Light age-toning and a few spots to the pages. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

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