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London.: New English Library., 1979. 141pp, colour illustrations. Pages and Pictures of Folding, Revolving, Dissolving, Mechanical, Scenic, Panoramic, Dimensional, Changing, Pop-Up, and other Novelty Books from the Collection of David and Briar Philips. With the bookplate of Edwin A. Dawes (Biochemist, Magician, Historian of Magic & Collector). Light shelf wear.. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

London: New English Library. G : in good condition without dust jacket. 1979. [First Edition]. Black hardback cloth cover. 310mm x 330mm (12" x 13"). 141pp. Numerous full page colour plates and illustrations to text. Pages and pictures of folding, revolving, dissolving, mechanical, scenic, panoramic, dimensional, changing, Pop -Up, and other Novelty Books from the collection of David and Briar Philips. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

London: New English Library, 1979. 141, black cloth, silver titles to the spine, dj price-clipped (edge tears repaired). pages and pictures of "Folding, Revolving,Dissolving,Mechanical, Scenic, Panoramic, Dimensional, Changing, Pop-Up and other Novelty Books from the collection of David and Briar Philips." Profusely illustrated, some toning of dj.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" (oblong).

New English Library, 1979. hardcover. Used; Very Good/Very Good. 12x11x0. London, 1979; black cloth covered boards; edges and corners scuffed; illustrated jacket with mild edge wear, housed in a Bro-Dart cover; 4to,9 3/4" to 12" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; front and rear pages lightly foxed; Interior is clean and unmarked; 141 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

London: New English Library Limited, 1979. First Edition. Hardback black cloth, inside original color illustrated dust jacket. From the Harlequinade to paper dolls, and changing pictures to pop-up to books.This book seeks to recreate the beauty and captivation of mechanical books; their nostalgia and magic evoked by wonderful colour illustrations. Some are fold-out pages. Book and unclipped dust jacket in very good condition, with no tears of marks. 140 [2] pp. 305 x 325 mm (12 x 12¾ inches).

New English Library, 1979. Cover detached.. First Edition. Cloth. Poor Ex Library/Good Ex.Lib.. Folio.

London, New English Library. 1979. Hard Cover with dustjacket. l Richly illustrated in colour. 141 pp. Wear to dustwrappers (two tears in front dustwrapper) and bottom cover.

London: New English Library, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Landscape 4to, pp141 with illustrations in colour throughout. Hardcover in dust jacket. Unclipped DJ in protective sleeve in very good condition with a few marks to boards and a little yellowing to front cover. Publishers black cloth binding with silver lettering to spine in very good condition with a little wear to bottom of spine inside a few marks to ffe papers otherwise all pages in very good clean condition.

London: New English Library large book, 142pp seems to be lacking half title as starts after blank free end paper at title page and there is also no publishing date. The DW is VG although price clipped. There are some double pages that fold out, and all illustrations are in colour ( even colour photos of b&w originals). A two leaf section was misbound and so now sits loose. Includes some very scarce Beatrix Potter panorama books, and a 'Speaking' book. Some wear to bottom edge of boards but generally VG. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. landscape 4to.

London: New English Library, 1979. 141 pp. Black boarsd with silver text on the spine show some wear to the corners as well as the top and bottom of the spine, some of the covering material has worn away. White pictorial cover with art illustration on the front has clear protective sleeve, jacket itself has some wear on the corners and aroud the spine. Book itself is filled with detailed and colorful illustrations.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 13" x 12".

London: New English Library Limited. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0450039498 . An edition in Nearly Fine condition that has some white soiling to the lower edges in a barely soiled alike dust-jacket ; An illustrated history of mechanical books ; Oblong folio; 141 pages .

Hardcover, dustjacket.

London: New English Library. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0450039498 . Black boards with bright silver gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is NOT price-clipped. There are very light smudges to the dustjacket covers, there is slight bumping to the bottom boards and there are light foxing (brown) spots to the endpapers. There are NO inscriptions or other marks. 141 pp. Illustrated throughout with colour plates and fold out illustrations. Bibliography. Overall, apart from the minor 'faults', as detailed above, this is an Excellent, Very Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'FINE' copy. "Movable Books recreates the beauty and captivation of mechanical books through its splendid illustrations, and evokes some of the magic experienced and still remembered by an earlier generation of youthful readers." Note that this book is overweight and very heavy at 1.75Kg and MAY require extra postage… Read More

London: New English Library, LTD, 1979. Book. VG+. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Black cloth with white tiles to the spine. This copy is VG+ in a VG+ , unclipped ( L25.00), Mylar protected DJ. Minimal edgewear to bottom and spine ends. Covers clean and bright. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tightly bound. Scattered , minimal foxing throughout. DJ shows no sign of wear...just modest/even age toning. Very, very nice !.

London: New English Library, ( 1979 ). First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. photos. Oblong 4to, 141 pages, cloth, white dj. Out-of-print, and uncommon. Extra shipping due to weight of this volume. Pages & pictures of folding, revolving, dissolving, mechanical, scenic, panoramic, dimensional, changing, Pop-up & novelty books. Illustrated from photographs. Illustrated lavishly from the collection of David and Briar Philips. An invaluable reference tool.

New English Library, 1979-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!