[Pop-Up] Lot of Christmas Pop-Up, Movable, Noise-Making, and Interactive Books. American, 1940s—50s. An impressive collection, together approximately 40 volumes of twentieth century titles, all but five Christmas themed, with many first editions, many in original pictorial boxes, and generally in fine condition, being in near or full states of completeness including inserts, fold-outs, instruction slips, and other pieces. 

Includes:

Pranky’s Christmas (in box) COMPLETE

(No Publisher, No Date)

Charlot Byj

Three pop-ups

Round plastic skill puzzle (silver balls in a clock face) shows through die-cut hole in cover

Peppermint candy (title page)

Die-cut lower half of page with candy cane pipe cleaner (p.9)

Two sheets of gummed stickers in pocket (p.12)

Die-cut hole (p.16)

 

Christmas in Fairyland (in box) COMPLETE

(No Publisher, No Date, ca. 1950)

No Author, No Illustrator

Cover has die-cut white foam moon and glitter stars

Envelope inside front cover contains:

                  Sheet of gummed Stickers

                  Sheet with numbers which key the gummed stickers to the spots on the book

                  Sheet of punch-out game pieces

                  Santa crown

Whistle (p.2)

Die-cut Fairy Queen figure (p.4)

Die-cut reindeer (p.7)

Gold star on red pipe cleaner: magic wand (p.11)

Tatoo bubble gum (p.13)

Game on back cover

 

Santa’s Fun Book (in box) NEAR COMPLETE

(White Plains Greeting Card Corp., 1954)

No Author, No Illustrator

Four pop-ups and moveables

Die-cut hole in cover (p.1)

Yellow metal clicker (p.2)

Silver metal bell (p.4)

Die-cut hole in page in shape of star (p.5)

Embossed silver foil badge (p.6).

Brown honeycomb accordian (pp.8-9)

 

The Wonderful Window (in box) COMPLETE

(No Publisher, No Date)

Story by Beth Vardon, Illustrated by Charlot Byj

Two pop-ups

Whistle, plastic

Die-cut angel standee (p.12)

Loose in the box:

                  Four punch-out sheets

                                    Window with tiny celebrant, rabbit, and lamb

                                    Mobile with angels

 

Red feather (p.11)

LOLLIPOP (P.15)

3D glasses (p.16)

Box of four crayons (p.20)

Coloring book (p.20)

 

Santa’s Busy Day (in box) COMPLETE

(Polygraphic Company of America, 1953) $1.25

No Author, No Illustrator

Two pop-ups

Gold bell on reindeer’s neck (pp.2-3)

Balloon and metal clicker (p.7)

Seven die-cut reindeer (pp.8-9)

Tinsel strip (pp.16-17)

Die-cut reindeer: Blitzen (p.19)

Brown crayon (p.21)

 

Santa’s Circus (in box) COMPLETE

(White Plains Greeting Card Corp., 1952)

Pictorial Box

No Author, No Illustrator

Four pop-ups and moveables

Squeaker on clown’s nose (p.7)

Horse flocked (p.9)

Balloon for Elephant’s nose (p.11)

Red Pencil (p.16)

White Life Saver (p.18)

Die-cut hole for hat (p.23)

Paper blowout with feather (i.e., party blower or blow tickler) (p.25)

 

 

Santa Claus in Toyland (in box) NEAR COMPLETE

(Doehla Greeting Cards, 1951)

Softcover with red plastic spiral binding

No Author, No Illustrator

Five pop-ups and movables

Cover has styrofoam “snow” on house roof

Die-cut elves (p.7)

Lollipop (p.18)

VARSITY GUM (p.20)

 

The Shiniest Star (in box) COMPLETE

(No Publisher, No Date)

Story by Beth Vardon, Illustrated by Charlot Byj

Two pop-ups and moveables

Gold foil star mounted on cover

Wee-book (p.1)

Metal “shark” whistle (p.8)

Wise man cardboard standup (p.18)

Loose in box:

                  Instruction sheet for assembling manger

                  Punch-out manger

                  Two punch-out sheets of people and animals for Nativity

 

Christmas Time (in box) COMPLETE

(No Publisher, No Date)

Written and Adapted by Hilda M. Finch

Illustrated by Charlot Byj, Stina Nagel, Cristina F. Christensen, Rene Racette

Four pop-ups and moveables

Envelope inside rear cover has cookie recipe printed on it, and loose inside:

                  Folded punch-out sheet for “Mrs. Honey Bun’s Helpers”

                  Folded punch-out sheet, one side for “Billy’s Christmas Visitor,” the other for

                  “The Night Before Christmas” (Figures fit into slots you cut on the page)

 

 

Kerry Kitten’s Christmas Adventures (in box) COMPLETE

(No Publisher, No Date)

Story by Beth Vardon, Illustrated by Jason Lee

Three pop-ups and moveables

Package squeaker (p.8)

Metal badge (p.13)

Wee coloring book “Brave Cats” (p.21)

Water pistol (p.21) This item is glued to the front of the wee coloring book.

 

Santa’s Christmas Party (lacking box)

(Polygraphic Company of America, 1951)

Pictures by Mary Stevens, Story by Helen Sterling

Five pop-ups

Die-cut hole in cover

Button (“Santa’s Christmas Party”) (p.3)

 

Santa’s Christmas Punch-Out Book

(Lowe, No Date)

 

The Night Before Christmas (animated by Meg Wohlberg)

Crown, 1944

 

Santa’s Playbook

Whitman, 1964

 

Christmas Cards (26 of Them)

Saalfield, 1946

 

Christmas 1955 (Carl Henry Rathjen)

3-D Glasses

Pop-up display rear inside cover

 

Stevie’s Christmas Concert (in box) COMPLETE

(No Publisher, No Date)

Written by Beth Vardon, Pictures by Charlot Byj

Two pop-ups

Plastic flute (p.18)

Loose in box:

                  Instruction sheet for assembling Pet Shop Interior

                  Pet Shot Interior pop-up scene

                  Punch-out sheet of pieces for pet shop (Christmas tree and three animals)

 

Santa’s Merry Carnival (in box) COMPLETE

(Polygraphic Company of America, 1955)

By Dorothy N. King, No Illustrator

Green alligator clicker (p.4)

Balloon in clown’s hand (pp.8-9)

Paint tablets (p.14)

Paint brush (p.15)

Monkey on wooden trapeeze stick (pp.18-19)

 

Davey and the First Christmas (in box) COMPLETE

(No Publisher, No Date)

Story by Beth Vardon, Illustrated by Charlot Byj

Two pop-ups

Inside Front Cover: Paper blowout with feather (i.e., party blower or blow tickler)

Game on back cover

Loose in box:

                  Die-cut Donkey (Tim)

                  Die-cut saddle bags (three pieces)

                  Instruction sheet for assembling donkey and saddle bags

                  Punch-out sheet with stars and top for game

                  Instruction sheet for game

 

Santa’s Cuckoo Clock (in box) COMPLETE

(Polygraphic Company of America, 1954) $1.25

By Dorothy N. King, No Ilustrator

Six pop-ups

Die-cut hole in cover

Paper blowout with feather (i.e., party blower or i.e., party blower or blow tickler) (p.6)

Paper straw (p.12)

Wee-book, Carols for your Christmas (p.14)

Paint tablets and paint brush (p.16)

Balloon (p.19)

 

The Christmas Story in box

Gospel Trumpet, 1952

Nativity scene pieces loose in box

 

Santa Visits Mother Goose (in box) COMPLETE

(White Plains Greeting Card Corp., 1953)

No Author, No Illustrator

Five pop-ups and moveables

Die-cut hole (p.5)

Red plastic spoon (p.7)

Band-Aid (pp.8-9)

Cellophane bag of red candy hearts (p.13)

Die-cut window in Mother Hubbard’s dress (p.17)

Paper parachute with fish (p.18)

Die-cut hole for piggy’s head (p.19)

Piggy squeaker (p.21)

Red paper horn (p.23)

Wee-book of Mother Goose rhymes (p.25)

 

Santa Claus in Storyland (in box) NEAR COMPLETE

(Doehla Greeting Cards, 1950)

Hardcover: casebound

No Author, No Illustrator

Six pop-ups and moveables

Cover has styrofoam “snow” on house roof

Die-cut spider (p.16)

Varsity gum (p.17) (Another copy with Fleer’s Double Bubble gum—a replacement?)

LOLLIPOP (p.20)

 

Santa’s Tuney Toy (in box) COMPLETE

(Polygraphic Company of America, 1956)

By Dorothy N. King, No Illustrator

Die-cut Carousel on stick (pp.2-3)

Wooden and metal multi-color xylophone and wooden mallet

Inside rear cover is small Tuney Toy Song Book

 

Christmas on Stage (in window box) COMPLETE

(Polygraphic Company of America, 1950)

By Charlot Byj

Five pop-ups

 

Visions of St. Nick in Action in Box

Phillips, 1950

 

My Flower Garden Book

No publisher, No date

Seed packets and pop-outs intact

 

Blinky Bill “Magic Action”

Whitman, 1935

 

Bobby Bear “Magic Action”

Whitman, 1935

 

 

Christmas Time (in box) COMPLETE

(No Publisher, No Date)

Written and Adapted by Hilda M. Finch

Illustrated by Charlot Byj, Stina Nagel, Cristina F. Christensen, Rene Racette

Four pop-ups and moveables

Envelope inside rear cover has cookie recipe printed on it, and loose inside:

                  Folded punch-out sheet for “Mrs. Honey Bun’s Helpers”

                  Folded punch-out sheet, one side for “Billy’s Christmas Visitor,” the other for

                  “The Night Before Christmas” (Figures fit into slots you cut on the page)

 

 

Floppy in Santa Land (in box) Signe COMPLETE

(Polygraphic Company of America, 1957)

Story by J. O’Hara, No Illustrator

Five pop-ups and moveables

Metal button on the cover: “Santa’s Guest * North Pole, N.Y.” (Not in pristine copy)

Cotton-tail (p.5)

Paint tablets and paint brush (p.6)

Dog’s die-cut back foot on a spring (p.13)

Pop-up soft foam bunny ears (p.19)

 

Santa’s Little Helpers (in box) NEAR COMPLETE

(Polygraphic Company of America, 1952)

Illustrations by William P. Hoest, Story by Ahlene Fitch

Six pop-ups and moveables

Die-cut cover (Santa’s beard)

Round cotton for Snowman (p.2)

FOIL-WRAPPED CANDY (P.7)

Balloon (p.11)

Die-cut Santa’s sleigh (p.18)

Paper blowout with feather (i.e., party blower or blow tickler) (p.22)

Metal clicker (p.25)

 

Larry’s Little Lamb (in box) COMPLETE

(No Publisher, No Date)

(Regal Stationary Company, Canada?)

Illustrations by Charlot Byj

One pop-up

Cover has small plastic ribbon attached by pin

Silver bell (p.2).

Small Chiclets box (yellow, red, or blue) with two Chiclets inside (p.13)

Loose in box:

                  Instruction sheet for assembling punch-out “Creche Theater”

                  Quarter-folded sheet of punch-out pieces: Creche and 8 figures

 

Poochy the Christmas Pup (in box) COMPLETE

(No Publisher, No Date)

Written by Beth Vardon, Pictures by Charlot Byj

Two pop-ups

Inside Front Cover: Paper blowout with feather (i.e., party blower or blow tickler)

Small compass (p.4)

Plastic toy rifle (p.9)

Magnetic Fishing set (p.18)

Plastic bone (p.20)

Loose in the box: Christmas Carols booklet

 

André et le Premier Noël 

French Canadian Edition of Davey and the First Christmas

(Regal Stationary Company, Ltd., No Date)

Story by Beth Vardon, Illustrated by Charlot Byj

Two pop-ups

Inside Front Cover: No reference to “chicken feather” printed on page. The envelope holds the game pieces for the Voyage en Egypte game on the rear cover.

                  Punch-out sheet with stars and top for game

                  Instruction sheet for game

Game on back cover

 

Santa’s Circus (in variant box) COMPLETE

(White Plains Greeting Card Corp., 1952)

Red and White Box

No Author, No Illustrator

Four pop-ups and moveables

Squeaker on clown’s nose (p.7)

Horse flocked (p.9)

Balloon for Elephant’s nose (p.11)

Red Pencil (p.16)

White Life Saver (p.18)

Die-cut hole for hat (p.23)

Paper blowout with feather (i.e., party blower or blow tickler) (p.25)

 

Take the Children (in window box) COMPLETE

(Dorothy K. Werblow, 1951)

Written by Dorothy N. King, No Illustrator

Six die-cut dolls in envelope (p.11)

Next six odd-numbered pages (pp.13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23) each have a slot for a doll

 

The Jolly Snow Man Christmas Play Book (in box) COMPLETE

(White Plains Greeting Card Corp., 1955)

No Author, No Illustrator

Balloon in Snowman’s nose on cover (p.1)

Bell on reindeer’s nose (p.8-9)

Stand-Up Christmas tree with punch-out ornaments (p.12).

Christmas stocking with three items (p.16)

                  Magnet in envelope

                  Santa Picture Puzzle (punchout)

                  Game Book

Jet Glider in glassine envelope (p.17-18)

Paint brush (p.19)

Santa Claus Magic Paint Book (pp.20-23)

 

Christmas at the Little Zoo (in box) COMPLETE

(No Publisher, No Date)

(Reader's Digest Children's Publishing, Incorporated, 1955?)

Story by Beth Vardon, Illustrations by Charlot Byj

Inside front cover, envelope contains:

                  Printed and folded paper ruler

                  Little Zoo paper penant on candy cane pipe cleaner

                  Printed Zoo ticket

                  Press-out Christmas ornaments (five)

Bell (p.7)

Green balloon (p.15)

Gold-covered chocolate coin (p.16)

Four tiny Christmas cards and four matching white envelopes in red band (p.19)

 

Leon Jason’s Jingle Dingle Christmas Stocking Book (in box)

COMPLETE

(Art Craft Publishers, 1953) $1.25

Story by Lucille Lee Kramer, Pictures by Ruth Ruhman

Five pop-ups and moveables

Jingle Dingle figure die cut with bell on cover (p.1)

Balloon in suitcase (p.5)

Jingle Dingle figure die cut (p.14)

Whistle in Santa’s hand (p.19)

Checkerboard and domino punch-out sheets in Christmas stocking (p.21)

 

Velvet Eyes: Santa’s Little Helper (in box) COMPLETE

(No Publisher, No Date)

Illustrated by Charlot Byj, Edited by Emil W. Klimack

Front cover has gold-embossed foil star

Inside front cover, envelope contains:

                  Sheet of gummed stickers (to be placed at numbered spots in book)

                  Punch-out sheet of game pieces (six children and five stars)

                  Instruction sheet for game on rear cover

Bell (p.4)

Whistle (p.6)

Small mirror (p.9)

Die-cut Velvet Eyes figure (p.13)

Talking Mama doll figure (pp.16-17)

Gold-printed star (p.21)

Game on back cover