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VOLUME
7
NUMBER
1
FEBRUARY
1999
S I A T N E I Y
I
What Pops-up Down Under? this sounds like a dream come true to some, it soon
Charles Duke becomes a very lonely existence - away from home (I
Christchurch, NewZealand have a wife and 2 daughters) for 5 out of 8 weeks.
[email protected] Locating and perusing bookshops in every city visited
becamemyrelaxation andwhatbetterbookstobuythan
Let me first define Down Under: thejewel ofthe pop-ups! Itsuremadeforsomeheavybagsbytheendof
South Pacific, New Zealand, comprising two main a trip, so I had a selfimposed limit of10 books per trip
islands (each with a total land area about the same as (not alwaysreachedor adheredtoo!).
NewYork State), and atotal population of3.5 million. Nowrememberthatthiswasallbefore'TheNet'was
Even inthesehighlymobiletimes, itisveryexpensiveto in common usage, and thus one had tohave alternative
get items to New Zealand, and books, because oftheir methods of locating information. I wrote to all the
weight/size areno exception. Up to recently books also publishers in New Zealand and Australia asking for
incurred a heavydutywhich exacerbatedthecost issue. updates and publication
As an indication, abook in NZcostsroughly3 timesits lists. A waste of time! I
RRP (recommended retail price) in the USA! This in a wrote to all leading
countrywheretheaveragewageis50%thatoftheUSA! bookshopsinNZ.Amuch
During the course of a year as few as 3 to 5 better result with a
reasonable (and bythat I mean pop-ups that have some number who still contact
technical merit) become available in New Zealand, and me whenever a new pop-
then in verylimited quantities. Notonepop-upasfaras up title is available.
Iam aware,haseverbeenpublishedorproducedinNew So this was how
Zealand - the market is too small and to remote. thingscontinueduntilthe
Similarly I know ofno other pop-up collectors in New early 1990's when three
Zealand. unrelated events occurred that made for book buying
nirvana! 1) theNZgovernment started on an ambitious
So given these conditions, how did I become a deregulation program (duties, and import controls were
collector? Well it started when an old girl friend gave lifted), 2) I gave up traveling (well almost!), and 3) the
•gygy^a^^aiaMaiMiMaiM' me, in 1984, a copy of The Internet was easily accessible (and online bookshops
Ultimate pop-up cocktail
appeared).
book' Now I enjoy a drink
as much as any man, and Thebulk ofmypop-up research, book location and
this book was fun! A quick purchasesarenowachievedthroughtheweb.Formethis
check around home and I isboth fun andchallenging. Knowinghowandwhereto
discovereda coupleofother look is the challenge and
pop-up books belonging to finding books, comments
my daughters and thus a and articles about them is
collectionwasstarted! From the fun use
. I
that point on I began www.amazon.com for the
keeping an eyeout forother bulk ofsearches, but find
pop-ups whenever I was in thatwww.books.comoffer
anyChristchurch (the main better price and freight
cityofthe South Island, population 350,000)bookshop. costs. As a matter of
interest ittakesbetween
By 19861wastravelingextensivelyallovertheworld
(40+ countries and about 200,000 miles per year - continued on page2
supportingandpresentingcomputersoftware)andwhile
amod 11 checkdigit?), I nowhaveit fullycomputerized
The Movable Book Society (usingJADE, www.jade.co.nz): all detailsofeach book,
includinga 100to300wordsynopsisandacolorgraphic
ISSN: 1097-1270 ofthecover, isheld. Thepurchasedateand costarealso
MovableStationery is the quarterly publication of The recorded (not that I would tell my wife the total cost of
Movable Book Society. Letters and articles from the collection!).
members on relevant subjectsare welcome. The annual
membership fee for The Society is $15.00. For more At the time ofwriting I have 574 books, a few on
informationcontactAnnMontanaro,TheMovableBook orderandasmall listofbooksI haveheardaboutbutnot
Society, P.O. Box 11654, New Brunswick, New Jersey yet located. Shelf space is
08906. starting to become a
m
Daytimetelephone: 732-445-5896 problem, but the computer
Eveningtelephone: 732-247-6071 system has no limits
e-mail: [email protected]
The most oft asked
Fax: [phone]
question is '\vhat is your
favorite book?" I have no
The deadline for the next issue is May 15. firm answer as each new
||
book is the favorite for a ;f-Xr*5'J7fD$b34H8*:$
Continuedfrompage 1 while However there are i,' -.'; wK-iiaois;^::-%£m
some I go back to more
60 and 90 days to surface mail a book from the US to often than others, and you will see mention ofsome of
._ NZ-wearepatient people! them later in this item.
There is a web site The second most asked questions is"so ifyou don't
that specializes in locating have a favorite, then what isyour least favorite?" Easy!
and supplying competitive Any great pop-up I have heard about, but can't obtain!
pricing information for (Forexample TlieBabyPack,published intheearly80's
books. It is www.acses.com and engineered by Ron Van Der Meer)
and is a free service. Worth
takingalookasitcansavea Andthethirdquestion?"Why?" Because it'sfun: the
lot of Internet time. thrill ofthechase, thedecision making, the expectation
Purchasingthrough theweb and finallythevictory! Allthethrill ofbettingonhorses,
is as safe, ifnot safer, than but with a sureplacing each time!
anyotherremotemethod. In
almost 6 years I have never Whatdo I lookfor?Educational interest isoneaspect,
experienced any problems. Books companies have with The maths kit4 and The weather* being excellent
accepted returns and also my word that a specific book examples, innovativeandcomplexpaperengineering,as
wasneverdelivered. Oneareatowatch for isthatofthe evidencedin TheworkingcamercfandSailingships1-and
same book being published under different titles (with pure aesthetic pleasure, for example The 12 days of
differentISBNs). Arecentexample: Dingdong!Merrily Christmas8and Castles9
on high2 andMakeajoyfulnoise1 areone in thesame.
I enjoybooks that arejust rollicking good fun as in
Another information source I rely on heavily is this Wicked Willie stand-up comic' and The naughty
newsletter, and I must express my heartfelt thanks to nineties" Books that cover "things" in which I have a
Ann Montanaro,andallothersinvolved,forthetimeand particularinterestsuchasInsidethepersonalcomputer12
effort put into itsproduction. Verywell donetoall. andHughJohnson'spop-upwinebook" Naturalhistory,
On a few occasions I have both bought and sold (I asembodiedin WonderfulanimalsofAustralia14and The
haveonlysoldduplicatessofar)viaadealer in Portland, ultimatebugbook15 Andtheunusual, suchas Thefateof
Oregon (J. Whirler Used and Rare Children's Books the USS Arizona16, I want to spend the rest ofmy life
www.jwhirler.com). everywhere, with everyone, one to one, for always,
forever, now"ai\daweeJapanesebookthatdetailstoilet
So what of my modest collection? Being in the training ls(can't readJapanese, sodon'tknowthetitle!)
computersoftwaretrade(didyouknowthatan ISBN has
Sothat'saboutit,howeveras I knowsomepublishers, Robert Reviewed
books sellers and Internet book shop providersread this Adie Pena
newsletter I would make one request ofthem. Please, Philippines
pleaseensurethatanypop-uptypebookspublishedhave
thekeywordspop-uporpaperengineeredsomewherein •k-k+-k+ ABC Disney: An alphabet pop-up.
the title, detail or synopsis. Many web sites provide
excellent search facilities however most do not
sufficiently identify paper-engineered books. For
example, if"pop-up" is not in the title, new pop-up
books aredifficult to locate.
May I wish all fellow collectors and readers ofthis
newsletter all the very best and
again thank Ann and her team for
their efforts. I also extend an
invitation toanypop-up enthusiast
contemplating a trip to New
Zealand to contact me, as it would
be a pleasuretoassist in anyway I
could.
What Pops-up Down Under?
Notalot,butwehaveourways!£££ Design & Paper Eng: Robert Sabuda. Disney Press.
0-7868-3132-4. $22.50 US. 20 cm x26 cm. 7 spreads,
26 pop-ups.
Art: "Allartforthisbookwascreatedfromhandpainted,
'Ward Lock, 1984. Engineer: Paul Wilgress. cut paper."
2Godwit, 1997. Engineer: Francesca Crespi. Plot: Each letter ofthe alphabet is accompanied by a
3Little Simon, 1997. Engineer: Francesca Crespi. pop-up Disney character. The House of Mouse finally
"McMillan, 1994. Engineer: Ron Van der Meer. Also: meets a master movable book artist and the results are
The mathspack, Jonathan Cape, 1994. moredazzlingthantheElectricParadealongMainStreet
5 Hamlyn, 1986. Engineer: Paul Wilgress. — or even more spectacular than a synchronized
6 Angus & Robertson, 1986. Ron Van der Meer fireworks display in the Orlando, Florida skies. What
7 Viking, 1984. Engineers: David Rosendale and John couldhavebeen a run-of-the-mill volume ifexecutedby
Strejan. someone else, Robert Sabuda's latest masterpiece
8 Little Simon, 1996. Engineer: Robert Sabuda celebrates over 60 years of movie magic with paper,
"Orchard, 1991. February 19, 1991. Engineer: David paint and a passion for cutting and folding. Instead of
Hawcock. simplyreplicatingthecharactersandmakingthemmove,
10Collins, 1990. Engineer: WhiteHeat. Mr. Sabudainfusesthem withhisuniquestyleandsense
11 Collins, 1993. Engineer: Keith Moseleyand John ofhumor. (See Pinocchio get cross-eyed as he watches
Strejan. his own nose grow longer! Gepetto would have been
12 Viking, 1984. Engineer: Ron Van der Meer. proud.) Julie Taymor (surprisinglywith theblessings of
13 Pyramid, 1989. Engineer: Ron Van der Meer. the formula-bound Disney folks) impressed the critics
14Japanese edition. National Geographic, 1990. and the crowds with "The Lion King" on Broadway.
Engineers: James Diaz and Rick Morrison. Now, Mr. Sabuda likewise has proven to our pop-up
&
15Artists Writers, 1994. Engineer: James Diaz. publishingplanetthatcreativityandcommerceneednot
16 Dimensional Graphics, 1996. Engineer: Sandor beexclusiveofeach other. Bravo, Robert! (Butwhereis
Nagyszalanczy. Sebastian? 1 can'twait forthesequel. A isforAladdin.B
17 Booth Clibbon, 1997. Author: Damien Hurst. is for Belle, C is for Chip...)
181989. PaperEng:Deceptively(andeffortlessly!)simple-looking
but reallyquitecomplex.
Frankfurt Book Fair 1998 thisyeararedown almost50%. Anotherconsequenceof
TheoGielen this that struck us was an air of"playing safe" as the
TheNetherlands production shown atthe fair showed us: neweditionsof
goldenoldies,sometimesunderanewcover,blownupor
Theyearlyfive-dayfestival ofpop-ups, movablesand just in amini edition. And"moreofthesame"bytheuse
novelty books this year again took place in Frankfurt, of approved techniques, images or shapes for new
Germany from October 7-11, located in halls eight and contents, making the production of titles easier and
nine ofthis immense fair. Especially festive since this cheapersincenonewexperimentshavebeen developed,
was the 50th book fair after the Second World War. As pull-tabs, touch and feelies, etc., and sometimes also a
a matter of fact, the fair started as early as the 14th cutinthenumberofnewtitles. Altogetherasituationwe
century, but lost its position in later centuries to the regrettedall themoresincewedidn't findpublishedthis
Leipzig Book Fair becauseofthebetter situation ofthat yearsomeofthemostbeautifulandspectaculardummies
town between eastern and western Europe. Frankfurt wesawlastyear. Publishersdidn'tdaretotaketherisk...
thendevaluatedtoamereregional fairuntil,after WWII. nevertheless, wehaveseen again verynicenewitemswe
Leipzig belonged to the German Democratic Republic hope to see published this year. And some intriguing
(the Russian zone)behindthe iron curtain and washard innovativetechniquesthatsurprisedusinawayaswhen
to reach for western publishers. Frankfurt used these we first saw the wonder ofa pop-up book and made us
changesand rebuiltthefameofthe Book Fairoftheold realize one more time why we ever started to studyand
days, starting in 1948. The 50th birthday ofthe "New collect them.
Series" was celebrated on Wednesday evening with an
ambitious party in the "Fest-Halle," with lots ofwell- But let us start with the most interesting reprints,
known writersand othercelebrities hangingaround at a naming those that will come in a different form.
fair, with rivers of "Sekt" (the German variant of Intervisual Books Inc. showed a reprint in book form of
champagne) and with four huge buffets: German, BabetteCole's"creepyconcertinapop-up"Don'tgoout
Mediterranean, American,andEastAsian,representing tonight from 1982; it is now under the new title
all parts ofthe world usually present at the Book Fair. Bewitched in 0w Town! with the panels ofthe earlier
And since we were lucky to have been invited, we can leporello now as pull-down pages. And the mini-Nister
tell you, you really missed something! serieswithtransformationpicturespublishedin 1991 has
been reprinted with another look by using an oval
As festive as the whole ambiance was, that surely opening in the front cover wherethe earlier edition had
wasn'tthemood at manyofthosestandsresponsiblefor arectangularone.Thesearepublished
the enlargement ofour collections. Since the printing, by Pop-Up Press, one imprint of
production and assembling of our beloved books takes Wally's Intervisual — the other being
more time, and more and more takes place in China, Bifihdavfate Piggy Toes Press. David Bennett
HongKongandSingapore,thepackagersandpublishing Books from London U.K. hasreprints
houseshavebeeneffectedbytheeconomiccrisis in Asia. inmini-editionoftheir"unbelievable"
Besides, the very strong position ofthe U.S. dollar and series: Unbelievable washday book
thepoundsterlingcausedconsiderableproblemswiththe and Unbelievable runaway train
sales ofthis kind ofbooks mostly originating from the storybookcomingfirstand,whenthey
Anglo-Saxon world. The English and American books, . i-mnvjFiliTii.'rr prove to sell, the other four of the
in general, grew, for this reason, too expensive for the series. Schreiber from Germanymade
European marketwhichtraditionallyformsasubstantial mini-editions too, from lm
portion of English-languagebooks(weheard figuresup zoologischer garlen (A day in the zoo) and
to40%). Meggendorfers Internationalcircus. Ron van der Meer
brings, on the other hand, enlarged editions ofhis The
Athird reason forconcernweheardseveral times, is birthdaycakeandfrom John Strejan's/lovetoeatbugs,
the termination ofpublishing pop-ups by Disney which asBrown WellsandJacobsdid lastyearalreadywiththe
hasdonesomanyduringthelasttenyearstoexploitthe very big ones The giantpop-up book ofdinosaurs and
successofmoviessuchasTheLionKing, TlieHunchback Prehistoric animals (1-890409-00-6), a compilation of
of Notre Dame, Beauty and the Beast and more. spreads from two earlier "normal" books by Roma
Hercules appears to be the last movie to have been Bishop,andMommyandbabygiantpops(0-964777-9-6)
accompanied by such range of pop-up, movable and which came from an earlier mini book, both done for
novelty items. This whole complex offactors made, so Reading's Fun.
we were told by one ofthe leading packagers, his sales
In thecategoryof"moreofthe Littletown Train with its wind-up toy train a must last
same" there were a lot of new year, as we did, can be happy there is Fire Engine
titles, as we said. But, let us say Freddietotherescue(Pop-UpPress, 1-58117-012-2)this
beforehand that we don't mean year. Nextyearwi11 bringtwosequels, Thebigrace,with
any depreciation with "more of two wind-up race cars, and Paul Stickland's Christmas
the same." There have been villageplayset with a littletrain chuggingthrough the
wonderfulbookspublishedwhich 3-D Christmas village where shoppers are bustling,
"invite"sequels. Wethinkofthat carolers are singing and children are playing; with a
beautiful series of '\vhodunits" twinkling light and a sound chip that plays no lessthan
by Iain Smyth (The mystery of three beloved holidaytunes. All seen at Intervisual.
theRussianRuby, T/ieeyeofthe
Pharaoh, etc.); or a series such Intervisual alsobringsHarleyDavidson:A tributeto
as Flight, Sailing Ships, and anAmerican icon (Pop-Up Press, 1-581 17-013-0) with
Automobiles we wouldn't have missed and cherish as stunning photographic detail, and informative text and
highlightsoftheeighties! Anddidn't Dean&Son in the theauthenticHarleysoundbuilt intothefront cover, but
nineteenth century use their approved techniques for not too great artwork in the pop-ups. The whole
seriesoftenormorepartsandweretheylessappreciated reminded us of last year's book celebrating the other
than the newer inventions? Not to speak of American icon, Elvis Presley. Mr. Hunt showed us also
Meggendorfer,Nisteror-later-Giraud(Bookanos)who anewmusical pop-up version ofthat goodoldsong 77a*
all did, actually, some oftheir best ones as"moreofthe wheels on the bus, illustrated this time by Rosanne
same." Litzingerandhidingthesoundchip inoneofthewheels
ofthebus. Itreminded usofthebeautifulversion ofthis
A new one not to miss is same song in the pop-up book done by Paul Zelinsky
Robert Sabuda's ABC Disney (Dutton, 1990)andreprintedthisyearbyOrchardBooks
(DisneyPress),theonlypop-up (1-85213-272-8).
book Disneydidthisyear. And
what a one! A highly artistic Orchard Books also brings this year Penny Dann's
remake of 26 of these well The secret mermaid handbook (1-86039-690-9) as a
known glossy Disney sequel totheearlierLittle Vampire'sdiaryor Thesecret
characters, for which Robert fairy handbook, and will add nextyear The secretfairy
uses the same form as his partybook. And IainSmythaddedtwonewparts,Bobby
Christmas alphabet, only now thelifeboat(1-86039-680-1)andLoftythehelicopter(1-
the whole is executed in colors cut from hand-painted 86039-681-X)totheserieshestarted lastyearwithDug
paper, an effect strongly reminiscent of the way Eric the digger and Ruby the fire
Carle illustrates his picture books. engine.
DavidCarter continues his series ofBug Books with SadieFieldsProductionsbrings
Bed bugs (Little Simon, 0-680-81863-7) and has two undertheir imprint TangoBooks,
sequels on show fornextyear— Giggle bugs, a lift-the- amongst others, a Journey into
flapwithafunnylaughchipatSimonandSchusters,and space (1-85707-351-7), a metre-
thepop-up ThetwelvebugsofChristmasat Intervisual's high pop-upspaceexploration, in
stand. the same format as the earlier
Unwrap the mummy and Dracula
The highly innovative Thegreat castle mysterywith spectacular, all books with built-
the magnificent pop-out castle model done by Nick in eyelets to hang them on the
Denchfield in 1996 (Harper Collins) will be followed wall. But make sure to read first
next year by a still more detailed and refined Invention the well-researched information
mansion (Macmillan). It is a mysterypack containinga contained in the book!
mansion model to pop out, a play mat and a book with
press-out pieces, to learn all about weird and wonderful Emma Damon, Martha'sfriends (1-85707-350-9) is
inventions from the Victorian era. Surelyamust forany a lift-the-flapbookwithadetachablewall charttorecord
collection. friends' birthdays. It can be seen as a sequel to her
Daisy'sgiant sunflowerpublished lastyear.
And those who thought Choo Choo Charlie, the Continuedon page 8
Frankfurt Trivia Intervisual Strikes Deal
TheoGielen with White Heat
TheNetherlands
From Publishers Weekly, January 18, 1999
• David Hawcock, the paper engineer ofso many
books in recent years, started his own packaging firm: Intervisual Books has stuck a strategic alliance with
HawcockBooks, 1 Pierpont Street, Bath BA1 6RP. U.K. White Heat Ltd. that calls for Intervisual to assume all
production and salesresponsibilitiesforbooksproduced
• OneofthespreadsinMichaelForeman'sBen'sbox bytheAlbuquerque, N.M-based packager. Underterms
was engineered by Kees Moerbeek, though he has not oftheagreement,thetwocompanieswillremainseparate
beencreditedforitinthebook. Canyoufigureoutwhich entities, with White Heat focusing exclusively on the
onehedid? developmentofinteractivebooksand sharingtheprofits
with Intervisual that result from the sale ofWhite Heat
• Mr. Steve Augarde, the new paper engineer (Mr. titles. In addition to selling new White Heat titles,
Mosleytold ustwoyears agohethought him oneofthe Intervisual will market the company's backlist.
most promising ones ofthe young generation ofpaper
artists), appearstobeagentleman in hismid-fiftieswho Founded in 1989, WhiteHeathasproduced 180titles
was,beforehisworkasapaper-engineer, aprofessional and has annual sales ofabout$3.75 million. Intervisual
jazzmusician andbandleader! expects to market 60 White Heat backlist titles and 17
new books at this year's Bologna Children's Fair.
• Robert Sabuda, soweweretold Simon & Schuster, Among the books produced by White Heat are titles
isworkingonaPop-UpMotherGoosetales,tocomeout designed by Jan Piehkowski, Ron Van der Meer and
next fall. David Carter.
• Ron vanderMeerstatedthathisheart'sdesireisto Intervisual'sDan ReavistoldPWthedeal with White
make a pop-up book ofjust the blanks ofthe ultimate Heat"isastepintherightdirection inrestoringoursales
artworksofmasterpaperengineers. Wethink itnotonly base." For the first nine months of 1998, sales at
his,buteverycollector's,fondestwish! So,whenwillthe Intervisual weredown 41% to$8.3 million. Reavis said
bookcome? thefirst quarterof1999should show improvement over
1998, helped in partbybettersalestoforeign customers.
• Massimo Missiroli, whoseStruwwelpeterpop-up
waspublished thisyear by Schreiber from Esslingen in Reprinted with permission ofthecopyrightowner.
Germany, made a dummy with all ten stories of the
Hoffman classic. Thepublishers put onlysixofthem in Classes and Workshops
the final book for the known reasons of'twelve pages,
gluepoints, etc.," and madetheirchoicenot completely Pat Baldwin will conduct an eight week workshop,
satisfyingto its engineer. "Eccentric Contemporary Bookbinding Structures" at
TheNaropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, from June5
• ChuckMurphy'sJackandthebeanstalk, isthefirst to July24, 1999. The course explores the book making
title in what Little Simon announces as a new series of possibilities for the various ways we use books ... to
"ClassicCollectible Pop-Ups."There is also availablea carrystories,journeys,poems,sketches,plans,messages,
$100 Limited Edition, ISBN 0-689-82313-4. and tidings. The workshop is appropriate for the
beginning book maker to express individuality with
• Heard from a Spanish publisher: there is in practicality and the experienced binder to develop
preparation an exhibition ofpop-up and movable books
variations on traditionallystructured book forms.
in theSpanish town ofGeronatobeheld in the last part
of 1999. Maybeoneofour Spanish memberscan tell us For more information contact Kristine Kowalsky,
moreabout it? Program Manager, at The Naropa Institute, 3285 30Ih
Street,Boulder,CO80301.Telephone303^02-1 190.Pat
BaldwinatP.O. Box 171 1, Bisbee,AZ85603.Telephone
520-432-5924. [email protected].
. ... . ...
MGP
Studio Book Arts Workshops presents one- Q. I am about to finish the supplement to my
day courses in Bookbinding, Tunnel Books, Single bibliographyPop-up andmovable books. These arethe
Leaved Structures, andMiniature Books. Marie Pisano titles intheRandom Houseseriesofnumberedvolumes.
is the instructor and the classes are taught at MGP What is number 22? Ifyou havethat in your collection,
Studio Arts, 6 Titus Lane, Plainsboro, New Jersey please let me know.
08536. Telephone: [phone]. Ann Montanaro
Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts has a 1 Bennett Cerfspop-upriddles. 1965.
full schedule ofcourses for spring and summer 1999 2.BennettCerfspop-upsilliestriddles. [1967]
includingpapermaking,bookbinding,andartistsbooks. 3. Thepop-upMotherGoose. 1966.
ForaclassschedulecontactColumbiaCollegeChicago, 4. Pop-up hideandseek. 1967.
CenterforBook&PaperArts,218 SouthWabashAve., 5. Bennett Cerf'spop-up limericks. [1967].
7* Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 6. Thepop-up animalalphabet book. [1967].
7. Pop-upsoundalikes. 1967.
8. Pop-upthe nightbefore Christmas. [1967].
Questions and Answers 9. Thecolorbook. [1968].
10. Thepop-up tournamentofmagic. [1968].
Q. I am currently in the process of making an 11 Whatdoyouget? [1968].
annotated bibliography ofhorizontal split-leafbooks. 12. Thepop-up bookofleftandright. [1968].
They are perhaps the simplest movable book in the 13 Babar'sgames. 1968
tradition oftheharlequinadeandearlymetamorphoses. 14. Tlwpop-upcircus book. [197-?].
Their simplicity belies a wonderful potential for 15. The wishingring. [196-?].
providing a host of connections, characters and 16. Thepop-upbookofflyingmachines.[196-?]
fascinating figurativetransformations. Theyhavebeen 17. Thepop-up biggest book. [1969].
knownbymanydifferenttitles,themorecommonbeing 18. Noah andtheark. [1969].
"mixandmatch,""metamorphosis,""heads,bodiesand 19. Barbar's moontrip. 1968.
legs." My latest being Funiositites. 20. Knock, knock: Who'sthere? [1969].
I would be very pleased to hear from anymembers 21. Storyofthe nativity. [1970].
who may have a similar interest or hear about any 22.
extraordinary, unusual examples. 23. Goingto thehospital. [1971].
Mike Simkin 24. Pop-upbookofboats. [1972].
87 Kineton Green Road 25. Pop-up bookofjokes: Popcorn. [1972].
Olton, Solihul, UK 26.EricGurney'spop-upbookofdogs. [1973].
Fax:[phone].Superdooperpop-upcountingbook. [1973]
28. Eric Gurney'spop-up bookofcats. 1974.
29. Pop-up bookoftrucks. 1974.
30. Funandeasythings to make. 1975.
31 Pop-up bookoftrains. 1976.
32. Pop-up bookofcars. 1976.
33. Dinosaurs. 1977.
34. Farmanimals. 1977.
35. Star Wars:Apop-up book. 1978.
36. RichardScarry'sBusytownpop-up book.
37. Pop-up bookofthecircus. 1979.
38. Superman. 1979.
39. Wonder Woman. 1980.
38. Superman. 1979.
39. Wonder Woman. 1980.
40. BuckRogers. 1980.
41. The Empirestrikesback. 1980.
42. Popeye. 1981.
43. LoneRanger. 1981.
44. NancyandSluggo. 1981.
45. ReturnoftheJedi. 1983.
Pop-up Connections Movable Book Society. She was interested in learning
Ann Montanaro more about it." Louise sent along the customer's name
East Brunswick, N.J. and addressand she, toorecentlyjoined.
It has been my experience that pop-ups bring Newmember RD. Burton wrote"It's a small world.
peopletogether. FollowingthepublicationofRoyDicks As I liveattheJerseyshore, from timetotime Itravelto
wonderfularticle"Pop-upBooks'"intheRaleigh,North the Borders Book Store in East Brunswick. Today I
Carolina.New&Observer(November29, 1998),Iheard purchased a number ofpop-up books. At the check out
from anumberofpeople. Sixnewmembersjoined The counter the cashier asked me ifI was a member ofThe
MovableBook Society. Areportercalled asking forthe Movable Book Society. Needless to say, it was your
name of a pop-up collector in Michigan she could daughter." My daughter Abby enjoys both selling and
contact so that she could write an article with a local collecting pop-ups!
focus, and a former Rutgers UniversityLibrary School
professor ofmine, now teaching at the University of IwasrecentlyinCaliforniaspeakingaboutpop-upsat
NorthCarolina,sentmeholidaygreetingsandacopyof "Reading the World" a conference at the University of
thearticle. San Francisco. That same weekend I was able to see
"Pop-up Books!" an exhibit of 60 antique and
Rachel Kopel had a an interesting "pop-up" contemporary books from Wally Hunt's collection on
experience. She wrote "This weekend [January, 1999] displayat the BankofAmerica World Headquartersand
I visited friends in Tucson and with my schedule and to attend the California Antiquarian Book Show. Since
the University schedule, the only time 1 could see the I did notexpecttorecognize anyoneat thebook show, I
Pop-up and Movable Book Exhibit attheUniversityof kept my eyes on pop-ups until I heard a seller ask a
Arizona Library was for 45 minutes en route to the customer"doyoucollectanythingelsebesidespop-ups?"
airport. I turned around togreet Kateand GarySterlingmaking
apurchase. WehadmetattheconferenceinLosAngeles
"My friend pushed me out ofthe car at the edge of where Kate had brought a number ofpop-ups to sell.
theroad construction and I hadjustenteredtheSpecial After the Antiquarian showweexchanged pop-up news
Collections office and was looking at the second book over a wonderful dinner.
when myfingertouchedtheglassand a VERY LOUD
siren went off.
Frankfurt BookFair, continued from page5
"The staffinformed me that we would all have to
leavesincethiswasa firedrill! (Myfirst in perhaps40 Teddy'sparty(1-85707-259-6), a pop-up book with a
years.) While I was standing on the sidewalk partybaggoodiesastheundertitlereads,reminds us of
exclaiming that I onlyhad 45 minutesto seethe show Bowman's earlier, but still selling, Teddy's Christmas,
before leaving forthe airport, a very nice man asked if published in 1994. And Stephen Holmes continues the
I had picked up the catalog (I had) and thus James surprise adventures ofLittle Mouse in part three: Little
Sinski, curator ofthe show, suggested that we at least Mouse goes exploring (1-85707-322-3). Korky Paul
talk about theshowwhilewewerewaiting. illustrated the new The Purple Mountain monsters (1-
85707-346-0)matchingthemagnificentscarypop-upshe
"When we finally got back into the building he did before in Dinner with Fox, Mrs. Wolfand Dracula
continuedhiscurator'stouroftheexhibit formyfriend Juniorandthefakefangs. Dothinkofaddingthesenew
and me, explaining how each of the special artist's titles toyour collection.
books(myparticularinterest)operatedwhen theywere
not frozen in timeand space in theexhibit case. SteveAugarde,theupandcomingpaperengineerwho
usessomanynewand ingenioustechniquesinmovables
"Itwasnotnearlyasmuchtimeas Iwouldhaveliked fortheyoungchild,did asequel tohistwotractorbooks
to havewith theexhibit, butcertainlyveryhighquality with Fire engine to the rescue (Tupelo Books, 0-688-
time." 16328-9) and comes out next year with Lifeboat to the
rescue from which wesawthedummyat MatthewPrice
Louise Katz Sullivan wrote: "My daughter is now Ltd. In thebookthere isa lifeboatontheleftpagewhich
working at a large bookstore in Los Angeles. A few- can be moved by turning a wheel at the bottom ofthat
weeks ago shewastalkingtoa customer about pop-up page. We racked our brainsto understand how it was
books and mentionedthat hermother belongstoThe
done. We had to look between the pages before we Ken Wilson-Max'sMax(1-85602-270-6)andMaxloves
understood howthetechniqueworks. Wewill notgive sunflowers (1-85602-271-4); and Gus Clarke, Good
away the secret; wait, see and wonder next year for night, Lucy(0-689-81889-0).
yourself, before tearing up the pages. Keith Faulkner
from BrainwavesLtd.continuesthesuccessofhis Wide- To finish thissection wecall attention toa bookthat
mouthedfrog(over halfa million copies sold) and the "borrowed" an earlier cover shape: a heart-shaped pop-
Long-nosedpigwithanewpop-up Thepuzzledpenguin uplikeDavidCarter'ssuccessful ValentinepresentLove
illustrated, as so many ofhis books are, by Jonathan bugs. The new book is / love you because love,
. . .
Lambert. Barbie(0-307-33201-2),apop-upwithasurprisepresent
published byGolden Press.
We have alreadymissed thisyeara newtitleinthe
simple but attractive, and with children much beloved, As a cross over to what we saw as "reallynew,"we
Big and Little seriesby Ken Wilson-Max: Bigredfire firstdwellonthatspecialcategoryofpop-upsbelovedby
truck, Yellow taxi, Blue engine, Silver space shuttle, so many collectors, the carousel book. Those collectors
and Little redplane and Green tow truck and were can be happy- we saw about twentynewones! To start
afraid hecompletedtheseries. Wearehappyto see, at with,therearethealmost"traditional"doll housesfrom
David Bennett Books, next year's sequel The little which in last years such beautiful ones proceeded.
orangesubmarine. Intervisual comes with a Victorian doll house strongly
reminiscentoftheir earlierEdwardiandollhouseorthe
Ron van der Meer brings the equivalent ofhis Pick Medieval castle, with eight rooms on two floors, a
andshopmarketplace(1996,andreprintednowasjust detailed roof, double ribbon enclosure, and the usual
Marketday)with Orchardfarm(1-902413-05-9)again press-out dolls and accessories. A beautiful addition to
withtherefined illustrationsofFranThatcherandwith buildupyourown street. The Victorian housebookwas
a beautyofa pop-up freestanding tractor among other done by Keith Mosleyfor Van der Meer. As with most
pop-upslooselyinserted. WhiteHeat,unfortunatelynot books that Mr. Mosely creates, challenged by the
attending the fair, leaving their reserved space empty, standard techniques of these dollhouses, he has
did for Envision Publishing a sequel to Alex Henry's something new in it: two ofthe compartments ofthe
Nightmarehotelwith hisnewNightmarecafe carouselshowbeautifullydetailedanddemureVictorian
(1-85707-423-8)illustratedandpaperengineeredagain rooms-ontwofloors, fourrooms-anddeveloped anew
byAntje Stemm. techniqueforflat floorswherethesemostlysag in other
carousels. The other two compartments have been used
Carla Dijs has two newtitles published byChild's forawonderfulfrontofthehousewithbaywindows,and
Play: Runaway kitten (0-85953-669-6) and Who loves roofs at right angles on each other. An admirable
you, little beetle? (0-85953-961-X) matching earlier newness of the species showing once more the
titles likeDaddy, Mommy, would mastershipofthisgrandoldcraftsman.CharlesFugedid
you love me if... , and Missing for Van der Meer the Spooky houseofhorrorwith rich
mum/dad, books for theyounger detail in horror and a wonderful rounding roofdoneas
child in her characteristicbright thewingsofabat. Lots ofpull-tabscausemovementsto
style. heighten thecreepymysteries in thebook.
The author/illustrator who Bellew Publishing brings Babe: Pig in the city (1-
appears to be most trendsetting 85725-132-6)tocoincidewiththemajormoviereleaseof
and causing "more ofthe same" the smash-hit Babe. By folding
is LucyCousins. Coming herself around the covers, the Hoggett's
withtwonewMaisytitles,MaisyatthefarmandHappy Farm, home ofthe pig and his farm
birthday, Maisy(Walker Books),herformulaofbright, friends, foldsout in abeautiful paper
simple but refined pictures combined with highly houseseen from the outside. A more
effective flaps and pull-tabs, can beseen followed bya traditional (backstreet) dollhouse-
wholerangeofillustrators-- probablyconsciousofit-- carousel donebyPhilippa Moylewas
who do books for the veryyoung child, too. To name seen in a German version at
justa fewofthem: DaleGottliebwith Edwardplantsa Bassermann: Mein liebstes
garden (1-85707-420-3) and Tulip builds a birdhouse '• puppenhaus(3-8094-0602-3),cheap,
(1-85707-419-X); Nick Denchfield with Desmondthe thereforewithoutaroofandwithoutfloorsontheground
dog(0-152-01340-7)andTwolittledickybirds(tocome level.
from Macmillan); Ian Winton,Lifecycles{Macm\\\ax\)\
The new kind ofcarousel was seen last year for the interchangeable you can arrange your own best-loved
firsttimeintwobooksbyNancyHellen,Foldoutdoll's Van Gogh house! Bellew plans sequels on Rembrandt,
house and Come and visit the fold out farmyard Dali and Monet.
(Treehouse, London) show on one level four
compartmentson each side when Now we come to the chapter ofthe new ones we
folding around the covers. This spotted, leavingoutthesimplefanfolded onespublished
year Bookmart (UK) comes with byOttenheimer,PeterHaddock,Grandreams,Aventinum
four of these "Pop-Up Prague and other eastern European publishers, andjust
Playhouses:" Spooky castle, focusing on thecollectibleones.
Dinosaurpark,Danceschooland
Constructionsite. And in France, LetusstartatIntervisualBooksInc.whereMr. Wally
Nathan from Paris shows this Hunt himselfguided us - still going strong though we
form in Thierry Courtin's thoughtmorecareful.Besidestheabovementionedones,
T'choupidanssamaison. he showed us the new Kees Moerbeek: Santa'ssurprise
(PiggyToes Press, 1-581 17-018-1), a pop-up storybox
More traditional carousels like a brightly wrapped Christmas gift, with a holiday
were done by Stephen Cartwright with his Farmyard rebus ending up in a three-part pop-up Santa scene.
tales (Usborne, 0-7460-3335-4), Jo Lodge with Busy Wonderful and completely different from what he has
farm (Dial, 0-8037-2416-0) and the sequel Playschool done before. This new way could also be seen in the
(MacMillan, to come), and Carla Dijs' Animals all dummy of another Christmas pop-up: Twelve days of
around (seen at Intervisuals) which has also wheels, Christmas done in a hexagonal form looking like a
lift-the-flapsand pull-tabs. Nick Denchfield makes for bonbon box, to be out next year. Congratulations!
Macmillan a Dinosaur park (0-333-72304-X), Anotherpop-upboxondisplaywasRebeccaWildsmith's
containing four fold-out playing theaters and four Thealphabetchest(Pop-Up Press, 1-888443-83-9), not
freestandingmodeldinosaurstoplaywith-likehaving a book but a box without text but opening in 26 doors
yourown Jurassic Park. each hiding a miniature 3-D surprise following the
alphabet.
The most traditional carousels, with five three-
layered dioramas surrounded by a proscenium, came With a twinkle in his eyes, Mr. Hunt lets the Red
fromFrance,DanielleBourdoingasequeltoherearlier Queen cry"offwith herhead"asbuiltinasoundchip in
Bonsoirpetit ours brun with Joyeux Noel, Petit ours the new pop-up version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in
brun (Editions Bayard, Paris). Bright colors, melting Wonderland,nowillustrated byMichaelForeman. More
story and strong illustrations make it a nice holiday peaceful is The enchanting three-dimensionalfairytale
item. The same can be said for storybook playset featuring six magical scenes as
Christian KampPs Zirkus karussel theatrical settings, and press-out characters and play
(Coppenrath, 3-81157-1444-3), a pieces to perform three well-known fairytales whose
colorful circus carousel with six retellingcomesinanaccompanyingfull-colorstorybook.
dioramas showing clowns, jugglers, Also to play with is the Curious George 3-Dplayset in
wild beasts, etc. and lots ofprops to which everyone's favorite monkeycomesto lifeinthree
stand up outside. pop-up scenes. And, again, there are press-out play
pieces like the Man in the Yellow Hat and, ofcourse,
Finally, Frances Lincoln Ltd. Curious Georgehimself.
announced fornextyearacarouselby
FrancescoCrespi:Anadventcarousel(0-7112-1358-5), Though most ofthenew items at Macmillan's have
a gem to look forward to! And Bellew Publishing been already mentioned, we have some to add to their
brings, in cooperation with the Van Gogh Museum, most spectacular ones. Two titles show Nick
Amsterdam, and the National Gallery, London, Van Denchfield's not-to-miss masterworks of paper
Gogh's house (Rizzoli, 0-7893-0219-5), a pop-up engineering:Spaceshuttle,acarousel bookrevealingan
carousel showing in four compartments the three- astonishing model ofthiswonderoftechnique, standing
dimensional edition ofthe artist's house as Van Gogh free and ready for take-off — the most outstanding
painted it. It is full of surprises: the views from the innovationofthegoodoldcarouselbookwe'veseenuntil
windows are classic Van Gogh scenes as "Harvest now. And, no less impressive, Pop-upspace 2000 from
landscape" and "Starry night," and on the walls hang which we only saw the blank dummy, with an opened
hisportraits, landscapesand still lifes. Sincetheseare spaceshuttleyou impulsivelywanttotakeoffthepageto
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