{"product_id":"peeps-into-fairy-land-a-panorama-picture-book-of-fairy-stories","title":"Peeps into Fairy Land. A Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories.","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[POP UP BOOK]; F. E. WEATHERLY [Intro.]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeeps into Fairy Land. A Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories.  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon: Ernest Nister \u0026amp; New York, E. P. Dutton \u0026amp; Co., [c.1895]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOblong folio., publisher’s decorative pictorial boards featuring two children aboard a leaf being pulled by harnessed robins; surrounded by a series of fairy folk; backed in red cloth; decorative floral endpapers; unpaginated [pp. xxviii]; illustrated title with line drawings, and further drawings in line surrounding text throughout; as well as six astonishing full-colour pop up lithographs, affixed to facing pages using tabs and creating multi-tiered scenes; the boards rather scratched and marked, as is common, with one slightly deeper scratch to the lower board; some light rubbing along cloth spine and to edges of boards; some mild water staining to the lower; neat ownership inscription to ffep; internally, a little finger marking, offsetting and ever-so-slight spotting to the gutters along the cloth strips; the pop ups themselves in fine, bright condition, fully functioning as issued; a lovely example of a work seldomly found with the pop ups in such bright condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst, and likely sole edition\u003c\/strong\u003e of this collection of fairy stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, printed in Bavaria. In order, the contained tales are: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNaughty Noel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Fairy Fir-cones \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Fly-away Flock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJack and the Beanstalk \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Blue Bird\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Babes in the Wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pop ups are: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe procession of Nursery Rhymes (featuring cherry blossom trees surrounding a scene with numerous children and fairy figures and animals) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Visit to the Snow Queen’s Palace (showing two children in a wintry scene, adorned in fur coats, meeting a snow fairy sitting on a snowball)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Fairies’ Lake (in which a flower fairy is being pulled on a boat by two swans)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJack running away from the Giant (with a castle in the background, Jack in the foreground holding his golden harp, and the giant behind him brandishing his club)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Queen of the Bird Fairies (where the two children are surrounded in a woodland grotto by a series of winged beings) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Babes Asleep in the Wood (another woodland scene with the two children sleeping beneath autumnal trees, while fairies dance in the background). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the end of the 19th century, popularity for pop ups across the western world had rocketed. Encouraged by cheaper printing costs in Germany, a country which had pioneered the use of colour lithography in children’s books since its inception, many English and American companies at the time, including both Dutton in New York and Nister in the UK, had outsourced their printing to Germany, as in this example. The result is a beautiful production of fairytales which captured the public imagination at a time in which moving picture books were the epitome of childhood entertainment. This particular title is often cited as one of the finest examples of Nister’s stand up books. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs with all moveables and pop ups, it is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003escarce\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to find a publication such as this in such perfect working condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56714060824900,"sku":null,"price":850.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/20260205_093309.jpg?v=1777654678","url":"https:\/\/foldthecornerbooks.co.uk\/products\/peeps-into-fairy-land-a-panorama-picture-book-of-fairy-stories","provider":"Fold the Corner Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}