Peeps Into Fairyland: A Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories
Peeps Into Fairyland: A Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories
$1,200.00
Weatherly, F.E. London: Ernest Nister, n.d. [1896]. Obl. Folio. First edition. Cloth backed color pictorial boards.
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Peter Haining devotes 4 pages to Peeps Into Fairyland in his Movable Books and reproduces the plates. Fairyland contains 6 three-dimensional scenes that automatically pop-up when the page is opened: "The Procession of Nursery Rhymes," "A Visit to the Snow Queen's Palace," "The Fairies' Lake," "Jack Running Away from the Giant," 'The Queen of the Bird Fairies," and "The Babes Asleep in the Wood." One of the most beautiful and sought-after Victorian era pop-ups, complete and in VG+ condition with some external soiling and wear to corners