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"May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books." -Thomas Carlyle
Welcome to my virtual book collection. Since collecting actual books is somewhat cost-prohibitive, I've begun to amass all of the books I would love to have if I had the means. Some are new, lots are old, all are unique or beautiful or unusual or in some other way have captured my fancy. Enjoy browsing!
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Cinderella
C.S. Evans. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London/Philadelphia, Heinemann/Lippincott, 1919.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with silhouette drawings, including 3 double-page in colors and mounted color frontispiece. 10x7ΒΌ, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. First Rackham Trade Edition.
B-A Note: Like a parent, I try not to play favorites with my books. But secretly I think this is my favorite Rackham cover art to date.
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pbagalleries.com
1 year ago on July 02, 2011 at 05:52pm
![CINDERELLA - MOVABLE BOOK
Dean, ca. 1856
Deans New Scenic Books. No 3. Cinderella, first edition, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates (each comprising 3 separate scenes), remnant’s of original blue mechanizing ribbon on each plate, publisher’s advertisements on blue paper as endpapers.
Footnote:
“The first true movable… it was with their [Dean’s] new Scenic Books, the first of which most probably appeared in 1856, that a form of mechanism which actually animated pictures was offered to the public” (Peter Haining, Movable Books. An Illustrated History, 1979).](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llph63Hj8n1qabm59o1_500.jpg)
CINDERELLA - MOVABLE BOOK
Dean, ca. 1856
Deans New Scenic Books. No 3. Cinderella, first edition, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates (each comprising 3 separate scenes), remnant’s of original blue mechanizing ribbon on each plate, publisher’s advertisements on blue paper as endpapers.
Footnote:
“The first true movable… it was with their [Dean’s] new Scenic Books, the first of which most probably appeared in 1856, that a form of mechanism which actually animated pictures was offered to the public” (Peter Haining, Movable Books. An Illustrated History, 1979).
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bonhams.com
2 years ago on May 24, 2011 at 11:32am
