Tag: Grimm

Pop-up books – Fairy-tales

.Reading time 4 minutes.

Paper-mechanics have been around for centuries but the phrase ‘pop-up book’ was only copyrighted in 1932 (by Blue Ribbon Press, Chicago). You can find out more about the history and makers on the excellent The Popuplady So here are a few images from my collection. I’ve chosen some fairy-tales on this occasion because of the […]

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Modes of Travel – part 2

.Reading time 3 minutes.

“It rained and snowed terribly; besides, the wind was so high, that it threw him twice off his horse, and night coming on, he began to apprehend being either starved to death with cold and hunger, or else devoured by the wolves, whom he heard howling all round him, when, on a sudden, looking through […]

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