Description
No Jacket. The Very Good+ binding is illustrated paper over boards, illustration on cover is children by a tree with a bench, spine is black lettering, back cover is instructions on how to operate the movables in the book, corners bumped, minor edge-wear. The binding is tight and pages are clean. This reproduction of the original which was first published in the late 1800’s by Nister. Twelve pages of color, black-and-white illustrations by Ernest Nister. Very interesting Revolving picture book has six dials that turn for a change in the picture.
About the book: (from the book)
Charming Victorian children frolic at the seashore and delight in the summer sun in this magical book of surprising transformations. Exquisitely reproduced from rare antique originals first published at the end of the 19th century by Ernest Nister of London, this book features the touching verses and unique full-color revolving pictures of the earlier volumes.
To change from one picture to another, hold the ribbon tab and slowly pull it down around the edge of the circle from top to bottom. To change back to the first picture, move the ribbon tab from the bottom up to the top around the edge of the circle.
About the author/illustrator:
Ernest Nister (1842 – 1909) was a German publisher and printer of movable books for children and paper ephemera such as greeting cards, post cards and calendars. He was born in Darmstadt, Germany and later had an office in London. Wikipedia
