{"product_id":"the-airship-panorama-book-nister-dutton-1912","title":"The Airship Panorama Book (code no. 3521)","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\" id=\"p-rc_4cd2e801fa5b13cf-77\"\u003e(Toy and Movable Books, Pop-Up Books, Aviation History) \u003cspan class=\"citation-2173\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2172 citation-2173\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2171 citation-2172 citation-2173\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2170 citation-2171 citation-2172 citation-2173\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"56\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"56\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2170 citation-2171 citation-2172 citation-2173\"\u003eTHE AIRSHIP PANORAMA BOOK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2170 citation-2171 citation-2172 citation-2173 citation-end-2173\"\u003e (code no. 3521).\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2170 citation-2171 citation-2172 citation-end-2172\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2170 citation-2171 citation-end-2171\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2170 citation-end-2170\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\" data-turn-source-index=\"4\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\" id=\"p-rc_4cd2e801fa5b13cf-78\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2167\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2166 citation-2167\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2166 citation-2167 citation-2169\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2166 citation-2167 citation-2168 citation-2169\"\u003eLondon: Ernest Nister; New York: E. P. Dutton \u0026amp; Co., circa 1912. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"65\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2166 citation-2167 citation-2168 citation-2169\"\u003eFIRST EDITION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2166 citation-2167 citation-2168 citation-2169 citation-end-2169\"\u003e. Oblong 8vo - 7-5\/16\" x 8-1\/2\". Red cloth-backed glazed paper-covered boards with a color drawing of an army airship rounding St. Paul's Cathedral in London and titles printed in red on front\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\" data-turn-source-index=\"5\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2166 citation-2167 citation-2168 citation-end-2168\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\" data-turn-source-index=\"6\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2166 citation-2167 citation-end-2167\"\u003e cover. \u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\" data-turn-source-index=\"7\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2166 citation-end-2166\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\" data-turn-source-index=\"8\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePlain white endpapers. [12] pp. Stories of airships told in verse, illustrated throughout with sepia line drawings in-text and four full-color pop-up scenes, each featuring a pop-up airship set against a detailed full-color background drawing; pop-ups automatically deploy when pages are opened.\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eThe physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The paper-covered boards exhibit light to moderate wear to extremities and light surface soiling. Internally clean with one text page having a small abrasion in the lower margin. All four pop-up mechanical structures are complete, undamaged, and function smoothly as designed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eEdwardian Aviation Fascination and Nister Paper Mechanics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003ePublished during the golden age of early aeronautics prior to World War I, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"75\"\u003eThe Airship Panorama Book\u003c\/i\u003e captures the public imagination surrounding dirigibles and military airships in Edwardian England. Produced by Ernest Nister, one of the premier late nineteenth and early twentieth-century publishers renowned for innovative mechanical book structures and fine chromolithography, this volume utilizes dynamic three-dimensional pop-up mechanisms that pull forward automatically upon opening each spread. Accompanying the verse narratives and sepia margin drawings are complete, intact pop-up airships rendered in brilliant full color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eSeries Bibliography, Census, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eMechanical and pop-up children's books from the Ernest Nister press are highly susceptible to severe paper fatigue, detached pop-up elements, or broken pull tabs, making complete and fully functioning examples extraordinarily scarce. A current global sweep of the \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database locates only 7 copies\u003c\/strong\u003e preserved in institutional special collections worldwide, including at Winterthur Library, Princeton University Library, and Boston Athenaeum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTHIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND STRUCTURALLY COMPLETE POP-UP BOOK OFFERS A REMARKABLE SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY MECHANICAL PAPER ENGINEERING AND AVIATION JUVENILIA, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF TOY AND MOVABLE BOOKS, EARLY AVIATION, OR EDWARDIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 000757\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43223026270357,"sku":null,"price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/theairshippanorama0112012018.jpg?v=1675638894","url":"https:\/\/wallaceandclark.com\/products\/the-airship-panorama-book-nister-dutton-1912","provider":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}