Bible Scenes and Sweet Stories of Old Pop-up - 1897Ernest Nister London and New York: E.P.Dutton & Co., no date .Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, Unpaginated.Printed in Bavaria 868.5 full-page chromolithographed lift up die cut POP-UP plates. Exceedingly rare title.According to the Movable Book Society catalog, this Nister was published in 1897Condition - See photos. All pop-ups complete and in excellent original condition and lift up properly. No missing pieces, no tears. Still tightly bound with original binding in good shape. Some pages have been reinforced at binding with archival linen tape. Mild chipping on some - not all - page edges and corners. Title page and fly sheet stuck apox. 1" along gutter due to an old repair. Chipping on boards - See photos.Pop-ups are bordered with elaborate die-cut proscenium frames. They are activated by pulling the frame forward.Questions? email us at [email protected]Collector's Corner:Two editions of this title were created, 1897 and 1898 - with different scenes. This is registration # 868. Names of pull-up plates include:Rebecca at the WellMoses striking the rockRuth gleaning in Boaz's corn fieldThe good SamaritanThe return of the prodigal sonCover picture: Moses in the Bullrushes
