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[The Thin Etched Line]

Description: Photographs of the 1999-2000 artist's book competition honorable mention "The Thin Etched Line" created by Teel Savage. The volume is composed of fragments of intaglio prints of various styles and subjects, on which a single red line was added across every image. It is bound in white paper-covered boards with a red line, sewn Coptic style. The first image shows the bound book opened up. The page on the left contains a drawing of a young woman seen at a top angle. Image 2, the bound book is open… more
Date: 1999/2000
Creator: Savage, Teel
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Whales: Mighty Giants of the Sea]

Description: Photographs of Ned Seidler's "Whales: Mighty Giants of the Sea," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is white with a square illustration of the sea on it containing a big Killer Whale and a smaller one. The title is above it. Image 2, page titled "Whales" with two short paragraphs text. Across the span of both pages is an illustration water that contains Beluga Whales, Narwhals and dolphins. In the middle of both pages is a pop-up of a whales tail sticking out of the roaring … more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Knight's Castle: A Pop-Up Book]

Description: Photographs of Robert Sabuda's "The Knight's Castle," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is black with a simple abstract illustration of a purple/blue castle behind two green hills, a white mouse one one of those hills. The title is at the top in white. Image 2, open abstract colorful pop-up of a knights helmet with pink shapes popping up out of the top. Under the helmet are pink, orange and blue blocks that are part of the knights armor. The lining along the bottom of two p… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Wild Animal Stories: A Novel Panorama Picture Book]

Description: Photographs of "Wild Animal Stories: A Panorama Picture Book," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book contains an illustration of a leopard on a tree branch, four monkeys on the branches around it with the sky a pale blue, and the title is at the top in big colorful letters. Image 2, pop-up page of a big lion laying on a rock that overlooks land with antelopes walking on it. The page on the left contains text with three small and black illustrations of a lion throughout the page… more
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Beauty and the Beast: with Five Set Scenes & Nine Trick Changes, Home Pantomime Toy Books]

Description: Photographs of "Beauty and the Beast" from the Home Pantomime Toy Books series by Dean & Sons, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has the words "Home Pantomime Toy Book" at the top, the second word is red and the rest baby blue. Most of the page is an illustration of a clown, with an officer to its left and a woman behind him with a man in a color outfit by him, and someone laying under the white orb the clown is sitting on. In the orb is the book title in orange/red. The bo… more
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Movable Mother Goose: Limited Edition]

Description: Photographs of Robert Sabuda's "The Movable Mother Goose," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is yellow with a pop-up coming out of the front of a goose with a yellow feathered top, the title is on the left in part of the pop-up with a pale blue background. On top of the goose is the author's name in a bright blue slip. Image 2, pop-up of geese grouped together, with the pages sectioned out by block of color such as blue, pink and orange. In these sections are small poems. The one on th… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dean & Son's Moveable Book of the Royal Punch & Judy as Played before the Queen at Windsor Castle & the Crystal Palace]

Description: Photographs of Dean & Son's Moveable Book of the "Royal Punch & Judy as Played before the Queen at Windsor Castle & the Crystal Palace," held by UNT Special Collections. The book cover contains an illustration of a puppet theater front with two puppet dolls and a dog peeking out, the background behind them green. Outside of them the cover is blue with red and gold colors. Above the frame of the entrance is the word "price" and "2/s" inside red framed by gold. Under the puppet illustration is a … more
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Der fliegende Koffer]

Description: Photographs of "Der fliegende Koffer" (The Flying Trunk) by Hans Christian Andersen, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book contains the title at the top in red, with an illustration of a green trunk flying in the air with a man flailing inside of it. In the background our thin pointy towers that are gold in color, and even further back a boat can bee seen sailing on the water. Image 2 contains a pop-up of a water fountain in the middle of a courtyard of a castle, a man in a red… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Comic Actors: A New Movable Toybook]

Description: Photographs of "Comic Actors: A New Movable Toybook" by Lothar Meggendorfer, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has the title at the top in big black letters, the word "Actors" diagonal. Around the title is a thin red design around it. The illustration is on the bottom of the cover of a man with white hair playing a violin and wearing a red coat and white shirt, with a checkered floor under him and the publishing information on the bottom right. Image 2, "The Dancing Master"… more
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Frank Feignwell's Attempts to Amuse His Friends on Twelfth-Night: Exhibited in a Series of Characters]

Description: Photograph of "Frank Feignwell's Attempts to Amuse His Friends on Twelfth-Night: Exhibited in a Series of Characters," held by UNT Special Collections. The small white paper book is framed by little figures all around. The title is in big letters over half the page, under the title is information about the publishers S. and J. Fuller.
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Pop-up Book of Phobias]

Description: Photographs of "The Pop-up Book of Phobias" by Gary Greenberg, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is a blue book with a navy blue spine, and the top right corners dark blue. The title is over the middle in gold lettering. The navy blue spine extends to the front cover, and contains the names of other people who helped with the book and three small figures in gold of a bridge, a spider and a plane pop-up. Image 2, pop-up of a dentist and the dentist assistant from the view of the patien… more
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Creation: A Pop-up Book]

Description: Photographs of Brian Wildsmith's "The Creation: Pop-up Book," held by UNT Special Collections.The cover is blue with color shapes around it. Covering most of the front is a circular illustration rimmed by gold, the illustration inside of it is of several animals in different colors with a mountain in the background and a pink sky with the title over it. Image 2, blue pages with colorful illustration plants across both pages. In the middle is a pop-up of a white flower. Image 3, illustration and… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Complete Story with Pop-Up Action Pictures]

Description: Photographs of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Robert L. May, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover contains an illustration Santa and his reindeer riding along. The tile of the book is at the top, the side of their pathway a faded red color. Image 2, pop-up of Santa sneaking in through a doorway with a clock above it. The room has Rudolph sleeping in a bed, a sign that says "Home Deer Home" above him. In front of the pop-up is the text for the story.
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Pop-Up Book]

Description: Photographs of Lewis Carrol's " Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Pop-Up Book," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is an illustration of Alice, a young blonde girl in a white dress standing on yellow ground. Behind her are characters in fancy clothes, the sky a pale blue at the top. The title of the book is in a white banner at the top. Image 2, pop-up of the whole Alice goes down composed of thin swirled paper. This is on a page titled "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: D… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Daily Express Children's Annual: All the Coloured Pictures rise up in model form No.2]

Description: Photographs of "Daily Express Children's Annual" No.2 edited by S. Louis Giraud, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is black with the title at the top in white letters, the rest of it containing an illustration a redhead boys riding a donkey that is jumping out of an open book.Next to the book under the donkey is another little boy, and another animal is jumping out of the book. Image 2, book laid out flat with a pop-up in the middle of both of a figure in green on a small … more
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The New Adventures of Tarzan Pop-up: 3 Pop-Up Pictures]

Description: Photographs of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "The New Adventures of Tarzan "Pop-up," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is an illustration of Tarzan in a tree standing on a thick long branch while holding a knife in his hand, in front of him a leopard. Image 2, pop-up open of a big green crocodile with Tarzan popping up over it with a knife in his hand. The flat pages look like the water of a swamp. The bottom left of the left page contains the tittle "Tarzan attacks the Crocodile. … more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer: A Movable Toy Book]

Description: Photographs of the movable book "The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer," held by UNT Special Collections. The illustration on the cover is of a a circus performer in a red outfit, and white collar extended out like a star. He also wears a pointy red hat, and is jumping on a theater stage, framed on the side by a red curtain. The top of the cover has a yellow banner containing the title. Image 2, "The Maid" poem on a page with three stanzas. On the right is a movable illustration of a maid in brigh… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Wizard of Oz]

Description: Photographs of "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is orange with the title at the top in yellow. Under the title is an illustration of a tall old man with glasses, a background of the night sky surrounding his head. In front of him, smaller in size, are the illustrations of the tin man, Dorothy, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion. Image 2, illustration on two pages. On the right is an illustration of the old Wizard filling in Scarecrow's hea… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bookano Stories: with Pictures That Spring Up in Model Form No. 9]

Description: Photographs of volume No.9 of "Bookano Stories with Pictures That Spring Up in Model Form," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has the title at the top in orange letters framed by yellow. The cover is completely covered in an illustration of a king sitting on a chair under a tent, with his guard and other workers by him. Outside the tent in front of them are several commoners looking to the king. Image 2, front view of a pop-up of a man in a yellow robe and turban sitting … more
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Jabberwocky: A Pop-up Rhyme from Through the Looking Glass]

Description: Photographs of Lewis Carrol's "Jabberwocky: A Pop-up Rhyme from Through the Looking Glass," held by UNT Special Collections. The pale blue cover contains an illustration of a Jabberwocky, a creature with human-like face and ear ears, also with pointed ears at the top. The title is at the top in big black letters. Image 2, illustration of the jabberwocky hiding behind a tree branch expanding over two pages. Another pointy eared animal is peeking out with him. In the top left corner is a small po… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Monster Island]

Description: Photographs of Ron Van der Meer's "Monster Island," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is filled with an illustration of a hot air balloon flying in clouds with a face. On top of that is the title in yellow and pink letters inside a black "tornado." Under the clouds is a skull island in the middle of the water. Image 2, pop-up of a page with the colorful title in the top left corner in a black cloud. Across the two pages are illustrations of clouds with creatures around it. … more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[How Columbus Discovered America]

Description: Photographs of "How Columbus Discovered America," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is an illustration of the top of a ship from the view of the helm. The helm contains the title inside of it, behind it people can be seen on various parts of the ship looking out at the sea. Image 2, pop-up of the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. The three ships are on the waves of the ocean, very detailed in its design. Behind the ship on the right are some palm trees. The bottom right corner of t… more
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Pictures to Please You]

Description: Photographs of Clifton Bingham's "Pictures to Please You" with illustrations designed by Ernest Nister, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has white and pink tones, with an illustration of two young blonde girls, one taller and older, standing in a doorway with white branches above them. The title is at the top with the first two words white bubble letters. Image 2, poem titled "Good for You" with a sketch at the bottom of a dog, cat and pig in striped shirts. Another sketch… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Lions' Den]

Description: Photograph of "The Lion's Den" from the Little Showman's Series' First Issue by the McLoughlin Brothers publishers, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book contains an illustration of a person covered in cloth riding a camel with a yellow blanket in between them. The camel is walking through the desert with two thin, tall trees by them. In the bottom left of the illustration are two four-legged desert animals on a rock. The illustration is seen through a red/gold decorative frame… more
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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