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NISTER MOVABLES. All published in London by Ernest Nister and in New York by E. P. Dutton & Co.: Passing Pictures. A novelty for little folk. Verses by F. Gray Severne (n0.270). 4° (242 x 186mm). 4 dissolving scenes with slats (all loose in binding, some movements tight). Glazed pictorial boards, original brown linen spine (rubbed). Provenance: Hamley Brothers "Court Toymen" [rubber stamp and ticket). Not in Renier or Kraha©. -- Pastime Pictures. A book of transformation scenes. 4° (185 x 167mm). 6 dissolving scenes with slats (last leaf loose). Glazed pictorial boards, original red linen spine. Provenance: Davies & Son. Booksellers. Gloucester (ticket). Most of the verses of the text are by Clifton Bingham. Krahé p.81.
-- Pretty Pictures. Verses by L. L. Weedon; pen and ink illustrations by E. Stuart Hardy. (no.917). 4° (244 x 182mm). 5 stand-out pictures (the last losing its rigidity). Glazed pictorial boards, original maroon linen spine (grubby). Provenance: "To dear little Nesta...Xmas, 1905". Not in Renier or Krahé. -- The Puzzle Picture Book. Verses by Clifton Bingham. Pen-and-ink illustrations by Hilda K. Robinson (no.615). 4° (242 x 190mm). 6 dissolving scenes with slats (inner joints strengthened, tears round slits). Glazed pictorial boards, original blue linen spine. Provenance: To Nannie...Nov8. Not in Renier or Krahé. -- The Surprise Picture Book. With verses by L. L. Weedon and pen-and-ink illustrations by Hilda K. Robinson (no.65). 4° (219 x 210mm). 5 dissolving scenes with discs, title-page tinted by a child; final 2 leaves loose). Glazed paper boards, original green linen spine (at some time the leaves have been reaffixed in the binding, with new endpapers added and with one leaf placed back to front). Provenance: From Grandpapa to Muriel. Christmas 1902. Not in Renier or Krahé. -- With 3 other movables printed in Germany.
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-- Pretty Pictures. Verses by L. L. Weedon; pen and ink illustrations by E. Stuart Hardy. (no.917). 4° (244 x 182mm). 5 stand-out pictures (the last losing its rigidity). Glazed pictorial boards, original maroon linen spine (grubby). Provenance: "To dear little Nesta...Xmas, 1905". Not in Renier or Krahé. -- The Puzzle Picture Book. Verses by Clifton Bingham. Pen-and-ink illustrations by Hilda K. Robinson (no.615). 4° (242 x 190mm). 6 dissolving scenes with slats (inner joints strengthened, tears round slits). Glazed pictorial boards, original blue linen spine. Provenance: To Nannie...Nov8. Not in Renier or Krahé. -- The Surprise Picture Book. With verses by L. L. Weedon and pen-and-ink illustrations by Hilda K. Robinson (no.65). 4° (219 x 210mm). 5 dissolving scenes with discs, title-page tinted by a child; final 2 leaves loose). Glazed paper boards, original green linen spine (at some time the leaves have been reaffixed in the binding, with new endpapers added and with one leaf placed back to front). Provenance: From Grandpapa to Muriel. Christmas 1902. Not in Renier or Krahé. -- With 3 other movables printed in Germany.
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