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THB[Pop-Up] Lot of Christmas Pop-Up, Movable, Noise-Making, and Interactive Books.
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[Pop-Up] Lot of Christmas Pop-Up, Movable, Noise-Making, and Interactive Books. American, 1940s—50s. An impressive collection, together approximately 40 volumes of twentieth century titles, all but five Christmas themed, with many first editions, many in original pictorial boxes, and generally in fine condition, being in near or full states of completeness including inserts, fold-outs, instruction slips, and other pieces.
Includes:
Pranky’s Christmas (in box) COMPLETE
(No Publisher, No Date)
Charlot Byj
Three pop-ups
Round plastic skill puzzle (silver balls in a clock face) shows through die-cut hole in cover
Peppermint candy (title page)
Die-cut lower half of page with candy cane pipe cleaner (p.9)
Two sheets of gummed stickers in pocket (p.12)
Die-cut hole (p.16)
Christmas in Fairyland (in box) COMPLETE
(No Publisher, No Date, ca. 1950)
No Author, No Illustrator
Cover has die-cut white foam moon and glitter stars
Envelope inside front cover contains:
Sheet of gummed Stickers
Sheet with numbers which key the gummed stickers to the spots on the book
Sheet of punch-out game pieces
Santa crown
Whistle (p.2)
Die-cut Fairy Queen figure (p.4)
Die-cut reindeer (p.7)
Gold star on red pipe cleaner: magic wand (p.11)
Tatoo bubble gum (p.13)
Game on back cover
Santa’s Fun Book (in box) NEAR COMPLETE
(White Plains Greeting Card Corp., 1954)
No Author, No Illustrator
Four pop-ups and moveables
Die-cut hole in cover (p.1)
Yellow metal clicker (p.2)
Silver metal bell (p.4)
Die-cut hole in page in shape of star (p.5)
Embossed silver foil badge (p.6).
Brown honeycomb accordian (pp.8-9)
The Wonderful Window (in box) COMPLETE
(No Publisher, No Date)
Story by Beth Vardon, Illustrated by Charlot Byj
Two pop-ups
Whistle, plastic
Die-cut angel standee (p.12)
Loose in the box:
Four punch-out sheets
Window with tiny celebrant, rabbit, and lamb
Mobile with angels
Red feather (p.11)
LOLLIPOP (P.15)
3D glasses (p.16)
Box of four crayons (p.20)
Coloring book (p.20)
Santa’s Busy Day (in box) COMPLETE
(Polygraphic Company of America, 1953) $1.25
No Author, No Illustrator
Two pop-ups
Gold bell on reindeer’s neck (pp.2-3)
Balloon and metal clicker (p.7)
Seven die-cut reindeer (pp.8-9)
Tinsel strip (pp.16-17)
Die-cut reindeer: Blitzen (p.19)
Brown crayon (p.21)
Santa’s Circus (in box) COMPLETE
(White Plains Greeting Card Corp., 1952)
Pictorial Box
No Author, No Illustrator
Four pop-ups and moveables
Squeaker on clown’s nose (p.7)
Horse flocked (p.9)
Balloon for Elephant’s nose (p.11)
Red Pencil (p.16)
White Life Saver (p.18)
Die-cut hole for hat (p.23)
Paper blowout with feather (i.e., party blower or blow tickler) (p.25)
Santa Claus in Toyland (in box) NEAR COMPLETE
(Doehla Greeting Cards, 1951)
Softcover with red plastic spiral binding
No Author, No Illustrator
Five pop-ups and movables
Cover has styrofoam “snow” on house roof
Die-cut elves (p.7)
Lollipop (p.18)
VARSITY GUM (p.20)
The Shiniest Star (in box) COMPLETE
(No Publisher, No Date)
Story by Beth Vardon, Illustrated by Charlot Byj
Two pop-ups and moveables
Gold foil star mounted on cover
Wee-book (p.1)
Metal “shark” whistle (p.8)
Wise man cardboard standup (p.18)
Loose in box:
Instruction sheet for assembling manger
Punch-out manger
Two punch-out sheets of people and animals for Nativity
Christmas Time (in box) COMPLETE
(No Publisher, No Date)
Written and Adapted by Hilda M. Finch
Illustrated by Charlot Byj, Stina Nagel, Cristina F. Christensen, Rene Racette
Four pop-ups and moveables
Envelope inside rear cover has cookie recipe printed on it, and loose inside:
Folded punch-out sheet for “Mrs. Honey Bun’s Helpers”
Folded punch-out sheet, one side for “Billy’s Christmas Visitor,” the other for
“The Night Before Christmas” (Figures fit into slots you cut on the page)
Kerry Kitten’s Christmas Adventures (in box) COMPLETE
(No Publisher, No Date)
Story by Beth Vardon, Illustrated by Jason Lee
Three pop-ups and moveables
Package squeaker (p.8)
Metal badge (p.13)
Wee coloring book “Brave Cats” (p.21)
Water pistol (p.21) This item is glued to the front of the wee coloring book.
Santa’s Christmas Party (lacking box)
(Polygraphic Company of America, 1951)
Pictures by Mary Stevens, Story by Helen Sterling
Five pop-ups
Die-cut hole in cover
Button (“Santa’s Christmas Party”) (p.3)
Santa’s Christmas Punch-Out Book
(Lowe, No Date)
The Night Before Christmas (animated by Meg Wohlberg)
Crown, 1944
Santa’s Playbook
Whitman, 1964
Christmas Cards (26 of Them)
Saalfield, 1946
Christmas 1955 (Carl Henry Rathjen)
3-D Glasses
Pop-up display rear inside cover
Stevie’s Christmas Concert (in box) COMPLETE
(No Publisher, No Date)
Written by Beth Vardon, Pictures by Charlot Byj
Two pop-ups
Plastic flute (p.18)
Loose in box:
Instruction sheet for assembling Pet Shop Interior
Pet Shot Interior pop-up scene
Punch-out sheet of pieces for pet shop (Christmas tree and three animals)
Santa’s Merry Carnival (in box) COMPLETE
(Polygraphic Company of America, 1955)
By Dorothy N. King, No Illustrator
Green alligator clicker (p.4)
Balloon in clown’s hand (pp.8-9)
Paint tablets (p.14)
Paint brush (p.15)
Monkey on wooden trapeeze stick (pp.18-19)
Davey and the First Christmas (in box) COMPLETE
(No Publisher, No Date)
Story by Beth Vardon, Illustrated by Charlot Byj
Two pop-ups
Inside Front Cover: Paper blowout with feather (i.e., party blower or blow tickler)
Game on back cover
Loose in box:
Die-cut Donkey (Tim)
Die-cut saddle bags (three pieces)
Instruction sheet for assembling donkey and saddle bags
Punch-out sheet with stars and top for game
Instruction sheet for game
Santa’s Cuckoo Clock (in box) COMPLETE
(Polygraphic Company of America, 1954) $1.25
By Dorothy N. King, No Ilustrator
Six pop-ups
Die-cut hole in cover
Paper blowout with feather (i.e., party blower or i.e., party blower or blow tickler) (p.6)
Paper straw (p.12)
Wee-book, Carols for your Christmas (p.14)
Paint tablets and paint brush (p.16)
Balloon (p.19)
The Christmas Story in box
Gospel Trumpet, 1952
Nativity scene pieces loose in box
Santa Visits Mother Goose (in box) COMPLETE
(White Plains Greeting Card Corp., 1953)
No Author, No Illustrator
Five pop-ups and moveables
Die-cut hole (p.5)
Red plastic spoon (p.7)
Band-Aid (pp.8-9)
Cellophane bag of red candy hearts (p.13)
Die-cut window in Mother Hubbard’s dress (p.17)
Paper parachute with fish (p.18)
Die-cut hole for piggy’s head (p.19)
Piggy squeaker (p.21)
Red paper horn (p.23)
Wee-book of Mother Goose rhymes (p.25)
Santa Claus in Storyland (in box) NEAR COMPLETE
(Doehla Greeting Cards, 1950)
Hardcover: casebound
No Author, No Illustrator
Six pop-ups and moveables
Cover has styrofoam “snow” on house roof
Die-cut spider (p.16)
Varsity gum (p.17) (Another copy with Fleer’s Double Bubble gum—a replacement?)
LOLLIPOP (p.20)
Santa’s Tuney Toy (in box) COMPLETE
(Polygraphic Company of America, 1956)
By Dorothy N. King, No Illustrator
Die-cut Carousel on stick (pp.2-3)
Wooden and metal multi-color xylophone and wooden mallet
Inside rear cover is small Tuney Toy Song Book
Christmas on Stage (in window box) COMPLETE
(Polygraphic Company of America, 1950)
By Charlot Byj
Five pop-ups
Visions of St. Nick in Action in Box
Phillips, 1950
My Flower Garden Book
No publisher, No date
Seed packets and pop-outs intact
Blinky Bill “Magic Action”
Whitman, 1935
Bobby Bear “Magic Action”
Whitman, 1935
Christmas Time (in box) COMPLETE
(No Publisher, No Date)
Written and Adapted by Hilda M. Finch
Illustrated by Charlot Byj, Stina Nagel, Cristina F. Christensen, Rene Racette
Four pop-ups and moveables
Envelope inside rear cover has cookie recipe printed on it, and loose inside:
Folded punch-out sheet for “Mrs. Honey Bun’s Helpers”
Folded punch-out sheet, one side for “Billy’s Christmas Visitor,” the other for
“The Night Before Christmas” (Figures fit into slots you cut on the page)
Floppy in Santa Land (in box) Signe COMPLETE
(Polygraphic Company of America, 1957)
Story by J. O’Hara, No Illustrator
Five pop-ups and moveables
Metal button on the cover: “Santa’s Guest * North Pole, N.Y.” (Not in pristine copy)
Cotton-tail (p.5)
Paint tablets and paint brush (p.6)
Dog’s die-cut back foot on a spring (p.13)
Pop-up soft foam bunny ears (p.19)
Santa’s Little Helpers (in box) NEAR COMPLETE
(Polygraphic Company of America, 1952)
Illustrations by William P. Hoest, Story by Ahlene Fitch
Six pop-ups and moveables
Die-cut cover (Santa’s beard)
Round cotton for Snowman (p.2)
FOIL-WRAPPED CANDY (P.7)
Balloon (p.11)
Die-cut Santa’s sleigh (p.18)
Paper blowout with feather (i.e., party blower or blow tickler) (p.22)
Metal clicker (p.25)
Larry’s Little Lamb (in box) COMPLETE
(No Publisher, No Date)
(Regal Stationary Company, Canada?)
Illustrations by Charlot Byj
One pop-up
Cover has small plastic ribbon attached by pin
Silver bell (p.2).
Small Chiclets box (yellow, red, or blue) with two Chiclets inside (p.13)
Loose in box:
Instruction sheet for assembling punch-out “Creche Theater”
Quarter-folded sheet of punch-out pieces: Creche and 8 figures
Poochy the Christmas Pup (in box) COMPLETE
(No Publisher, No Date)
Written by Beth Vardon, Pictures by Charlot Byj
Two pop-ups
Inside Front Cover: Paper blowout with feather (i.e., party blower or blow tickler)
Small compass (p.4)
Plastic toy rifle (p.9)
Magnetic Fishing set (p.18)
Plastic bone (p.20)
Loose in the box: Christmas Carols booklet
André et le Premier Noël
French Canadian Edition of Davey and the First Christmas
(Regal Stationary Company, Ltd., No Date)
Story by Beth Vardon, Illustrated by Charlot Byj
Two pop-ups
Inside Front Cover: No reference to “chicken feather” printed on page. The envelope holds the game pieces for the Voyage en Egypte game on the rear cover.
Punch-out sheet with stars and top for game
Instruction sheet for game
Game on back cover
Santa’s Circus (in variant box) COMPLETE
(White Plains Greeting Card Corp., 1952)
Red and White Box
No Author, No Illustrator
Four pop-ups and moveables
Squeaker on clown’s nose (p.7)
Horse flocked (p.9)
Balloon for Elephant’s nose (p.11)
Red Pencil (p.16)
White Life Saver (p.18)
Die-cut hole for hat (p.23)
Paper blowout with feather (i.e., party blower or blow tickler) (p.25)
Take the Children (in window box) COMPLETE
(Dorothy K. Werblow, 1951)
Written by Dorothy N. King, No Illustrator
Six die-cut dolls in envelope (p.11)
Next six odd-numbered pages (pp.13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23) each have a slot for a doll
The Jolly Snow Man Christmas Play Book (in box) COMPLETE
(White Plains Greeting Card Corp., 1955)
No Author, No Illustrator
Balloon in Snowman’s nose on cover (p.1)
Bell on reindeer’s nose (p.8-9)
Stand-Up Christmas tree with punch-out ornaments (p.12).
Christmas stocking with three items (p.16)
Magnet in envelope
Santa Picture Puzzle (punchout)
Game Book
Jet Glider in glassine envelope (p.17-18)
Paint brush (p.19)
Santa Claus Magic Paint Book (pp.20-23)
Christmas at the Little Zoo (in box) COMPLETE
(No Publisher, No Date)
(Reader's Digest Children's Publishing, Incorporated, 1955?)
Story by Beth Vardon, Illustrations by Charlot Byj
Inside front cover, envelope contains:
Printed and folded paper ruler
Little Zoo paper penant on candy cane pipe cleaner
Printed Zoo ticket
Press-out Christmas ornaments (five)
Bell (p.7)
Green balloon (p.15)
Gold-covered chocolate coin (p.16)
Four tiny Christmas cards and four matching white envelopes in red band (p.19)
Leon Jason’s Jingle Dingle Christmas Stocking Book (in box)
COMPLETE
(Art Craft Publishers, 1953) $1.25
Story by Lucille Lee Kramer, Pictures by Ruth Ruhman
Five pop-ups and moveables
Jingle Dingle figure die cut with bell on cover (p.1)
Balloon in suitcase (p.5)
Jingle Dingle figure die cut (p.14)
Whistle in Santa’s hand (p.19)
Checkerboard and domino punch-out sheets in Christmas stocking (p.21)
Velvet Eyes: Santa’s Little Helper (in box) COMPLETE
(No Publisher, No Date)
Illustrated by Charlot Byj, Edited by Emil W. Klimack
Front cover has gold-embossed foil star
Inside front cover, envelope contains:
Sheet of gummed stickers (to be placed at numbered spots in book)
Punch-out sheet of game pieces (six children and five stars)
Instruction sheet for game on rear cover
Bell (p.4)
Whistle (p.6)
Small mirror (p.9)
Die-cut Velvet Eyes figure (p.13)
Talking Mama doll figure (pp.16-17)
Gold-printed star (p.21)
Game on back cover
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