Accession number
PML 88140
Published
Pelham, N.Y. : Merry Thoughts Incorporated, 1950.
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Cover title.
The American distributor's label is pasted on the publication information on the book cover. The book was published by Folding Books Ltd. and printed in Norwich, Great Britain by Jarrold & Sons, Ltd.
The pop-up book folds open to make a star shape that shows all the scenes at one time.
Each opening reveals a three-layered peepshow.
In this sanitized version Red Riding Hood escapes being eaten and the woodsman cuts the wolf open to free Grandmother. Grandmother and Red then retire for a glass of wine and some cake.
The American distributor's label is pasted on the publication information on the book cover. The book was published by Folding Books Ltd. and printed in Norwich, Great Britain by Jarrold & Sons, Ltd.
The pop-up book folds open to make a star shape that shows all the scenes at one time.
Each opening reveals a three-layered peepshow.
In this sanitized version Red Riding Hood escapes being eaten and the woodsman cuts the wolf open to free Grandmother. Grandmother and Red then retire for a glass of wine and some cake.
Description
[12] p. : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Publisher's 1/4 red cloth with pictorial multicolor boards, red ribbon ties.
Classification
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Department