London: Bancroft & Co. Ltd., 1960. [Panascopic Model Book #301] Folio (324 by 227 mm), 1-7, [1] pp., published without title page. Bound in colour-printed pictorial card covers, pages stapled, volvelle of ship s steering wheel on upper cover. Lower cover unfolds to form the base a large full-colour pop up of the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. A very good copy, closed tears along two folds but otherwise in very good condition with the rigging of the ships still intact. � Later printing of this famous pop-up book by Czech artist Vojt ch Kuba ta, with 1960 Artia copyright statement beneath imprint. It was printed in Czechoslovakia, designed for export to the West. "Given Eastern Bloc isolation, the international popularity of Kuba ta s books is remarkable. Bancroft, owned by a Czech refugee from the Nazis, was the first Western publisher to market Kuba ta s books, which were eventually translated into thirty-seven languages". Grolier Children s 100 #93. N� de r�f. du vendeur 108082

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Titre : How Columbus Discovered America

Date d'�dition : 1960

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