Sabuda, Robert AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: A DELUXE LIMITED POP-UP BOOK

Simon & Schuster, New York, 2004. Limited Numbered Edition, Signed by the Author . Binding: Cloth. Book Condition: Fine. Slipcase Condition: Fine in matching blue cloth and housed in the original shipping box. Size: 4to - over 9.75" - 12" tall. A beautiful blue cloth Limited Numbered Edition Deluxe Pop-up book, signed by the creater, Robert Sabuda, and numbered 181 of only 250 Deluxe signed copies in Slipcase. Includes seven different spreads with large and elaborate cut pop-ups, many of them in expected Saburda white, that illustrate the words to the song, "America the Beautiful". The spreads include the Golden Gate Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and Staaten Island, the Capitol in Washington D.C. The last spread includes a 4-page minibook pop-up that holds the next verses of the song. An additional small pop-up is featured on the front cover tthat features a pop-up of the Apollo 11 lunar module, The Eagle, from which Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon, and the limitation page with Mr. Sabuda's signature and the Limited Edition number. Housed in a matching blue cloth slipcase and further housed in the original shipping box with the limitation label indicating the Limited number of the book on the front lower corner. The slipcase also features a matching blue satin ribbon that facilitates the removal of the book from the slipcase. A beautiful set. Our valiant attempt at photos of the books give you the idea of this magnificent book but hardly do the pop-ups justice. Scarce. Parrish Books guarantees all signatures as authentic.