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Dean & Son - Happy Children 1886 movable book - rare and unusual - VG

Dean & Son -  Happy Children Movable Book 1800's
Dean & Son Antique Vintage Movable pop-up Book - Happy Children
 
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Happy Children
Dean & Son, 160a Fleet Street, E.C., London, nd [1886?] Note : Publication date from copy at Bodleian Library annotated Christmas 1886.
Lg. 8vo 7 leaves : 5 movable color illustrations illustrating a story on 5 pages of text; 31 cm
Brown quarter cloth binding with green paper boards.
Movables are attached with rivets
Condition: Very good. Movable pages are complete without repair or damage. 4 move easily with a gentle tab pull, 1 might need help to make it move but it is all there and undamaged. The binding is good except for first and last pages which are loose. See pictures.
A wonderful copy of a very rare and unusual Dean that does not appear to have been part of any series.
Very few copies exist. We found a copy at the Victoria and Albert Museum
V&A Museum - Happy Children
$1,800.00


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