Books and Manuscripts

Group of 3 Early Pop-Up Books
Chicago: Pleasure Books, Inc., (1935). In three volumes, comprising Popeye with the Hag of the Seven Seas, Buck Rogers 25th Century, and Flash Gordon The Tournament of Death. The Illustrated Pop-Up Edition. Each illustrated with three fully-functional pop-ups (two serving as endpapers) as well as numerous black and white in-text illustrations. Publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards, scattered wear and soiling, spine repaired with masking tape on Buck Rogers; scattered light soiling to text and pop-ups in Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon; stain in lower fore-edge of text in Popeye. 

A charming and handsome set of three pop-up books, featuring beloved characters Popeye, Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers. An unusually well preserved set of books typically found with missing or faulty pop-ups.