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[Panascopic Model Book #301] Folio (324 by 227 mm). London: Bancroft & Co. Ltd., 1960. [Panascopic Model Book #301] Folio (324 by 227 mm), 1-7, [1] pp., published without title page. Bound in colour-printed pictorial card covers, pages stapled, volvelle of ship’s steering wheel on upper cover. Lower cover unfolds to form the base a large full-colour pop up of the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. A very good copy, closed tears along two folds but otherwise in very good condition with the rigging of the ships still intact. § Later printing of this famous pop-up book by Czech artist Vojt ch Kuba ta, with 1960 Artia copyright statement beneath imprint. It was printed in Czechoslovakia, designed for export to the West. “Given Eastern Bloc isolation, the international popularity of Kuba ta’s books is remarkable. Bancroft, owned by a Czech refugee from the Nazis, was the first Western publisher to market Kuba ta’s books, which were eventually translated into thirty-seven languages”. Grolier…
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London: Bancroft & Co, no date. Originally born in Vienna, Vojt ch Kubasta (1914 -1992) trained as an architect in Prague yet barely practiced, his career interrupted by the invasion of Nazis in the Second World War. Kubašta turned his fine engineering skills towards the creation of pop-up books for children, revitalising three dimensional paper craft techniques that had drifted out of print, in part because of the bombing of the German printing presses but largely due to their expense. Kubašta's leadership and influence in the field secured his reputation and penetrated the difficult and complex politics of his era. He was granted permission to work for Walt Disney and inspired a resurgence of the 'pop-up' format in both England and America. 'How Columbus Discovered America' was his first book. Quarto, bound in illustrated colour boards with cloth-backed spine, rotating ship's wheel volvelle revealing map on back cover, 8 pages of text, double-page pop-up with three ships and string rigging (Santa María, Pinta, and the Niña) set against a tropical backdrop, small tear to base of spine and crest of wave, a very good copy.
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London: Bancroft & Co, no date. A delightful example of the work of renowned Czech illustrator and paper engineer, Vojtech Kubasta (1914 -1992). Originally born in Vienna, Kubasta trained as an architect in Prague yet barely practiced, his career interrupted by the invasion of Nazis in the Second World War. Kubašta turned his fine engineering skills towards the creation of pop-up books for children, revitalising three dimensional paper craft techniques that had drifted out of print, in part because of the bombing of the German printing presses but largely due to their expense. Kubašta's leadership and influence in the field secured his reputation and penetrated the difficult and complex politics of his era. He was granted permission to work for Walt Disney and inspired a resurgence of the ‘pop-up' format in both England and America. 'How Columbus Discovered America' was his first book. Said to be the first movable book published in Vojtech's Panascopic Model Series all of which were…
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[Panascopic Model Book #301] Folio (324 by 227 mm). London: Bancroft & Co. Ltd., 1960. [Panascopic Model Book #301] Folio (324 by 227 mm), 1-7, [1] pp., published without title page. Bound in colour-printed pictorial card covers, pages stapled, volvelle of ship’s steering wheel on upper cover. Lower cover unfolds to form the base a large full-colour pop up of the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. A very good copy, closed tears along two folds but otherwise in very good condition with the rigging of the ships still intact. § Later printing of this famous pop-up book by Czech artist Vojt ch Kuba ta, with 1960 Artia copyright statement beneath imprint. It was printed in Czechoslovakia, designed for export to the West. “Given Eastern Bloc isolation, the international popularity of Kuba ta’s books is remarkable. Bancroft, owned by a Czech refugee from the Nazis, was the first Western publisher to market Kuba ta’s books, which were eventually translated into thirty-seven languages”. Grolier…
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