Heads, Bodies & Legs
WIRTH-MILLER, Denis, Richard Chopping
Published by Hunt, Barnard & Company Ltd. / Penguin, (London / Baltimore, 1951
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Softcover
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Seond edition. 12mo. Illustrated with leaves sliced into three moveable images per page. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Small chip on front wrap, else near fine. Seller Inventory # 583607
Bibliographic Details
Title: Heads, Bodies & Legs
Publisher: Hunt, Barnard & Company Ltd. / Penguin, (London / Baltimore
Publication Date: 1951
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
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Heads Bodies & Legs. Baby Puffin Book No. 7
Published by
Penguin Books, Ltd. Printed by Hunt, Barnard & Co., Ltd. Aylesbury, London, 1955
Used
Softcover. Stapled
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Softcover. Stapled. Condition: Very Good. 12mo. 18 by 11 cm. Unpaginated, 16 leaves, counting cover, since all leaves are folded leaves of the same paper stock, stapled at the spine. There are 28 different color caricature plates as a starter. All but two, the first and the last, are sliced into three pieces -- the head piece, the body piece, and the leg piece, the head and leg piece slightly shorter or narrower than the body piece. And that is where the fun, and laughs, begin, or intensify, because even without the metamorphic play, the caricatures capture a ludicrous version of types we probably have seen, if not know. One can mix the three sections of the body to ever crazier fanciful characters, with gender and sartorial fluidity that equals if not surpasses any absurdist theatre. It is a Commedia dell'Arte visual feast compounded many times. This twentieth century creation does have an element of nostalgia, as sliced caricature cards were a popular genre in the early nineteenth century, with card manufacturers and publishers like Ackermann producing them, and amateurs at home making their own manuscript metamorphic cards as well. These cards bring the dress and style of caricature up to date, though. These caricatures here are original to the book. We are not up on the math but we believe that there are easily over 5,000 different images one can create with from the starting point of the 28 plates. There is a straight closed tear approx. one third the book's height running down the spine, making the front and rear cover a little floppy. Light soiling to the cover. Light age toning to the horizontal edges, and one edge has slight additional wear. Seller Inventory # 20565
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Heads Bodies & Legs: Baby Puffin Book No. 7
Published by
Penguin Books, 1955
Used
Soft cover
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint of the 1946 edition. Softcover, staple-bound. Several minor blemishes and creases on the cover. [Bx174]. Seller Inventory # CHBx-I10
HEADS BODIES & LEGS
Published by
Baltimore Penguin 1951, 1951
Used
Soft cover
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 12mo, decorated wrappers, VG, the reprint of the '46 edition, baby puffin #7, fabulous, pages cut into 3 parts, (head, torso, legs))so you can make portmanteau figures, circa 20 highly colored or is that coloured pages (HB8). Seller Inventory # 3227
Heads Bodies & Legs. Baby Puffin Book No. 7
Published by
Penguin Books, Ltd. Printed by Hunt, Barnard & Co., Ltd. Aylesbury, London, 1951
Used
Softcover. Stapled
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Softcover. Stapled. Condition: Fine. A mint copy, completely uncut into three slices, with lines showing where the cuts are to be made. 12mo. 18 by 11 cm. Unpaginated, 16 leaves, counting cover, since all leaves are folded leaves of the same paper stock, stapled at the spine. There are 28 different color caricature plates as a starter. All but two, the first and the last, are sliced into three pieces -- the head piece, the body piece, and the leg piece, the head and leg piece slightly shorter or narrower than the body piece. And that is where the fun, and laughs, begin, or intensify, because even without the metamorphic play, the caricatures capture a ludicrous version of types we probably have seen, if not know. One can mix the three sections of the body to ever crazier fanciful characters, with gender and sartorial fluidity that equals if not surpasses any absurdist theatre. It is a Commedia dell'Arte visual feast compounded many times. This twentieth century creation does have an element of nostalgia, as sliced caricature cards were a popular genre in the early nineteenth century, with card manufacturers and publishers like Ackermann producing them, and amateurs at home making their own manuscript metamorphic cards as well. These cards bring the dress and style of caricature up to date, though. These caricatures here are original to the book. We are not up on the math but we believe that there are easily over 5,000 different images one can create with from the starting point of the 28 plates. Seller Inventory # 20615
Heads Bodies Legs
Published by
Penguin books, 1951
Used
Paperback
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1946 first issued staple bound paperback in original uncut condition. Price ninepence label glued to rear cover presumably over the original price. Tight and unmarked. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal. Seller Inventory # 109047