Novelty books; Part two

Last week; bird showcases, Jimmy Jumbo, Dinah, Jum and Mac, Willie Wombat, Before 1066 and all that, living picture book with magic glasses and a treasure hunt. View here

This week painting and drawing and things to make.

The Scissorbill Bird by Louise Selworthy. The title of this made no sense until I realised the bird’s eye, and beak is fashioned from a pair of scissors. The delights of cut-our paper craft with colour and black/white illustrations. Published by the Dryad Press in 1947. Birds and Beasts chalking Book cover illustration by Gilbert Rumbold. Twelve pages to be completed with chalk (all clean and untouched) two pages of colour illustrations to copy. Published by P. M. productions, London c1950. I can’t understand why this is still unused – my fingers itch to start colouring every time I look at it! My Drawing Book a book for chalks or paints. Another undated book but probably 1950s. Thick board pages with colour illustrations to copy - giraffe, train, cat, mouse, bat, ball, goose, house. 

 The Toyland painting and tracing book a painting book for boys and girls. Published by BB Ltd.

Molly B. Thomson the Rainbow Paint Book Hardback book with dust jacket. 10 x 8 inches with 36 pages. 16 colour illustrations of fairies and elves. Opposite each illustration is the same picture to colour, three of these have been partly or fully completed. No date c1940s? 

Press-out Express freight train action press out model - easy to make - no glue required, published by Bancroft in 1965. Make a model Samurai Warrior complete with authentic armour, including crested helmet and two swords. Read about the history and daily life of a Samurai warrior with detailed descriptions of fighting equipment. Published in 1991 by Simon and Schuster. 

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Sue the air hostess cut out doll dressing book complete with story published by Peter Haddock, c1975. Four pages of colour outfits, including Sue’s uniform. Sue the air hostess is printed on the back cover waiting to be cut out and dressed.

A few more things to make;

The swing boat toy model story book published by Amex Co c1940s. Billy and Myrtle really want to visit the fair but mummy has a headache, and the fair is a really noisy place. So what do they do instead? Build a model fair ride of course! 

Our village shop published by Heinemann in 1983.  The past comes to life as you cut out and assemble this delightful model of an old-fashioned village shop. Our Village Shop is a red-brick, open-fronted store, complete with counters, a sub-post-office, a wide variety of provisions ranging from fruit and vegetables to rugs and laundry baskets, and even shop assistants and customers. The book also contains memories of a village shop, a true account of what it was like to work in such a store. Jean Sawyer, who worked in her grandfather's village, recalls it all in vivid detail. Devised and painted by Faith Jaques.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs a model tableau  with story, instructions and diagrams. Published by Litor publishers, Birmingham, 1956. I think the artist’s name is ‘Carlo Tora’ but it’s difficult to read the signature.

 Thanks to everyone who commented last week. I hope you are enjoyed this trip down memory lane.  

All the featured books are now sold, thank you for your interest.

Update July 2016: March House books closed on my retirement in 2015, but I do still blog here at March of Time Books and always appreciate your visit.