Illuminated Pictures
by Castor, Père
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Poughkeepsie, NY: Artists and Writers Guild, 1935. Wolff, Kate. Square octavo. (14)ff., + opaque tissue sheets. A clever, interactive book calling on children to use scissors or a penknife to cut out the negative space in a printed image, and to fill in the then-missing background with colored paper so that, when backlit, the images light up. The provided illustrations offer a variety of scenes: fantastical castles, witches, and gnomes, pastoral landscapes, urban alleyways, a churning locomotive, a Christmas tree, and a stereotypical Native American warrior. The opening instructions encourage creativity with paper, advocating for the use of multiple colors and for various layering techniques. Colored papers are provided, housed in a slit in the front paste-down. Bound in decorative thick wrappers. Mild rubbing to corners and front edge, else near fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30513
- Title
- Illuminated Pictures
- Author
- Castor, Père
- Illustrator
- Wolff, Kate
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Artists and Writers Guild
- Place of Publication
- Poughkeepsie, NY
- Date Published
- 1935
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bromer Booksellers
Biblio member since 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. Owned and operated by Anne Bromer, who has been in the business of fine books for over fifty years, our shop carries a range of important private press books, designer bookbindings, illustrated books, children's books, and miniature books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...