Seymour Reit — Those Fabulous Flying Machines

New York, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1985. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition of this pop-up book on flying machines, with a punch-out model plane. First edition. Illustrated with six pop-up folding pages. Collated complete with all features in perfect working order. Includes a punch out model airplane with building instructions. All parts are included and in perfect condition. A charming guide to flying machines for children, with reference to Icarus, hot air balloons, early gliders, planes, helicopters, and rocket ships. Written by Seymour Victory Reit, an American author of over eighty children's books. Illustrated by American artists Randy Weidner and Frank Ossmann. With paper engineering by Ib Penick, a Danish inventor known as "the creative mind behind the resurgence of pop-up children's books in the 1960s and 1970s." In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small handling mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Near Fine . Ill.: Randy Weidner; Frank Ossmann; Ib Penick. Near Fine .