Ron van der Meer — Monster Island

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1981 . First edition. Cloth. A signed example of the scarce first edition of Ron van der Meer's thrilling children's pop-up, about encounters with fearsome monsters. The scarce first edition of this work, flat signed by illustrator and paper engineer Ron van der Meer to the first leaf.A charming children's pop-up book, following Fred and Lucy as their balloon crashes into the sea off Monster Island, where they see some astonishing creatures.Consisting of six double-paged colour plates, each with a central pop-up segment, and with further pull tabs and spinning wheels to the perimeters of pop-ups. All parts complete, and in full working order. Collated, complete.Assistant illustrator Atie van der Meer; paper engineers Tor Lokvig and John Strejan.With the small former owner's stamp of Megan and Michael Dawson to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, excellent, but with fading to spine. Small former owner's stamp to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Flat signed to the first leaf. Pages clean and bright. Pop-ups and moving pieces in full working order. Fine . Ill.: Ron van der Meer; Atie van der Meer; Tor Lokvig; John Strejan. Fine .