{"product_id":"the-daily-express-childrens-annual-no-1-edited-by-s-louis-giraud-1st-ed","title":"The Daily Express Children's Annual No. 1, Edited by S. Louis Giraud — 1st Ed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, The Lane Publications (Daily Express Books Dept.), [1929]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The publisher's original pictorial paper-covered boards remain notably bright beneath a protective Mylar sleeve. There is moderate wear to the extremities, including some paper rubbing and slight splitting along the outer joints and spine ends, as is typical for this fragile binding style. The corners are gently bumped. The binding itself remains structurally sound and tight. Internally, the text block is pleasingly clean, with only minor age-toning confined predominantly to the page margins. Most crucially, the seven self-erecting models, often found heavily damaged or entirely detached in copies of this vintage, have survived in remarkably good, functional order, making this a highly commendable surviving example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is the true first edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Express Children's Annual No. 1\u003c\/i\u003e, a landmark publication in the history of paper engineering. Released in 1929, it is widely acknowledged by historians as the first modern pop-up book, introducing what editor S. Louis Giraud famously termed \"self-erecting models\" that spring up automatically upon opening and can be viewed from a full 360 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume is profusely illustrated throughout, featuring a colour frontispiece, title vignette, numerous black-and-white in-text drawings, and seven complex colour stand-up models. Notably, this inaugural volume also contains an assortment of stories, poems, and puzzles, including an early appearance of the beloved comic strip character Rupert Bear, who was a staple of the Daily Express.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDue to the inherently fragile nature of these early paper mechanisms, finding a copy with the models intact and fully operational is increasingly scarce on the open market. This represents a highly desirable acquisition for serious collectors of movable books and early twentieth-century children's literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA charming piece of childhood history, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Express Children's Annual No. 1\u003c\/i\u003e whisks readers back to the late 1920s with an enchanting mix of stories, poems, and puzzles. Its true magic, however, lies in its revolutionary paper engineering; as each page is turned, vibrant, three-dimensional scenes miraculously spring to life. A pioneering marvel of its era, it remains a captivating treasure that captures the imagination just as vividly today as it did nearly a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54595294757203,"sku":"5098","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260811_114823.jpg?v=1786792925","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-daily-express-childrens-annual-no-1-edited-by-s-louis-giraud-1st-ed","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}