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LAND OF SURPRISE Children Color Illustrat 3-D Optical ILLUSION Movable Book 1938:
$70.00
TITLE: Land of Surprise by Gladys and Corinne Malvern
PUBLISHER: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc.
YEAR: 1938
CONDITION NOTES: Mild edge/corner wear about exterior, else near fine. A clean and well preserved copy w/fragile interior film dividers btw pages. (first film sheet beginning to separate from binding, all others well intact, though few are a bit wrinkled). Nice.
DESCRIPTION: Overlay red anaglyphic optical illusion changing picture book Tall 4to illustrated hardcover (rear plain), blue cloth backstrip. Unpaginated (approx. 32pp). Each full page illustration is covered preceded by a tipped-in, red transparent film sheet that is supposed to cover up the red line illustration on the paper, causing a surprise character to appear when the film is turned. It works to almost no effect, but is an interesting concept none the less.
This is a charming fantasy with a twist. Each full page illus. is covered by transparent red paper that prevents the reader from seeing part of the illustrations below (theoretically) and it is revealed as part of the story when the paper is lifted (some of the red papers are creased). Wonderful 30\'s style illustrations throughout