Harold B. Lentz — The "Pop-Up" Mother Goose

New York, Blue Ribbon Press, 1934 . Hardback. An early edition of this charming Harold B. Lentz's Blue Ribbon pop-up book, with three colour pop-up plates. An early edition of this work, published the year after the first edition.Illustrated with three full colour double-page pop-ups, in full working order, and with further monochrome illustrations throughout. Collated, complete.A charming volume of popular children's nursery rhymes, including Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, and Old Mother Goose.With the label of Michael and Megan Dawson, a husband and wife who established a successful business dealing in and restoring pop-up books, to the head of the front pastedown.Illustrated and designed by Harold B. Lentz, a prominent early twentieth century figure in pop-up book design. He experimented with movable parts and pop-up mechanisms. Together with Blue Ribbon Books, he produced some of the earliest and most popular pop-up books of the time. In the publisher's original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, smart, with boards lightly age toned. Minor losses of paper to back strip head and tail, and rubbing to back strip. Front hinge strained, and a touch tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd light handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: Harold B. Lentz. Very Good .