pop up

The Modern Aeroplane

The catalog record for these two oversize British editions, published in the 1930s by an oil company, doesn’t do justice to the plentiful color illustrations of aircraft, engines, and their interior structure. The illustrations include several flip-up sections that reveal the aircraft “insides” and would be appreciated by audiences of any age who want to view this almost 90 year old “modern” technology.

Toodles : A Magic Action Story

Western Publishing, also known as Western Printing and Lithographing Company, was a Racine, Wisconsin firm that created a series a colorful children’s books and games beginning in the 1920s under the brand names of Little Golden Books and Whitman Publishing.  Children's book editor and author, Lucille Ogle (1904-1988) as vice-president of Western, created the format for low-priced books that told simple, accessible stories. These were among the first children's books with full-color illustrations; some of them even included pop-up pages.