THIS IS A 1968 POP-UP BOOK THAT DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE EVER BEEN USED BUT HAS SOME MINOR ISSUES OF CONDITION. STILL RETAINS THE ORIGINAL $1.95 PEEL OFF PRICE WHICH WAS ONLY GOOD UNTIL 1970, WHEN THE PRICE BECAME $3.95. THAT STRONGLY SUGGESTS A FIRST PRINTING
This book was owned by a long term Random House employee who collected the books. This is #13 in the Pop-Up series.
FIRST: WHAT IS WRONG:
1- Very minimal edge wear to the board and spine edges
2- The inside edge of two pages stuck together (PHOTO 7 & PHOTO 8-BOTTOM)
3- The rear board has a corner crease simply due to pressure over decades as the top half of the book is thinner than the center where all of the movable parts are. The board remains very strong but the paper on the inside of board does show creasing.(PHOTO 11 & 12)
4- Light age related paper toning and light surface scuffs to boards.
That is the extent of what is wrong with the book. It does not appear that any of the pull tabs were pulled. They all have lines in the tab that are supposed to bend when you grab and pull the tab and none of them show the expected crease on those pull tab lines.
PLEASE USE ZOOM
FUNCTION TO INSPECT ALL PHOTOS
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