Four miniature flip books from the Swamp Press, 1981-1982
Oneonta, NY & Amherst, MA: Swamp Press
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A complete collection of the four miniature flip books produced by the Swamp Press between 1981 and 1982. The books are: - Alice's Flip Book. (30)ff. The Cheshire Cat, printed...
A complete collection of the four miniature flip books produced by the Swamp Press between 1981 and 1982. The books are:
- Alice's Flip Book. (30)ff. The Cheshire Cat, printed in black and red, slowly disappears as the pages are flipped from front to back. Fine. (2 1/8 by 3; 54x75mm).
- The Flip-Book of the French Revolution. (32)ff. First edition. A heady flipbook, showing a guillotine in action. Fine. (2 by 2 7/8; 51x74mm).
- Flip Book, by Steven Ruhl. (30)ff. Black & white surrealist illustrations, created through collage and photocopying, appear to show a horse and rider approaching and passing by while the eyes of a woman watch the viewer and a geometric orb dances in the sky. Minor toning to edges. (3 by 3 1/2; 74x90mm).
- Swallow-Tales, by E. Halsey. (34)ff. First edition. One of 1,000 copies. A flipbook showing a swallow's transfiguration into a pair of scissors. Depression in front wrapper, else near fine. (1 5/8 by 2 3/4; 42x69mm).
All four books bound in stapled self wrappers.
- Alice's Flip Book. (30)ff. The Cheshire Cat, printed in black and red, slowly disappears as the pages are flipped from front to back. Fine. (2 1/8 by 3; 54x75mm).
- The Flip-Book of the French Revolution. (32)ff. First edition. A heady flipbook, showing a guillotine in action. Fine. (2 by 2 7/8; 51x74mm).
- Flip Book, by Steven Ruhl. (30)ff. Black & white surrealist illustrations, created through collage and photocopying, appear to show a horse and rider approaching and passing by while the eyes of a woman watch the viewer and a geometric orb dances in the sky. Minor toning to edges. (3 by 3 1/2; 74x90mm).
- Swallow-Tales, by E. Halsey. (34)ff. First edition. One of 1,000 copies. A flipbook showing a swallow's transfiguration into a pair of scissors. Depression in front wrapper, else near fine. (1 5/8 by 2 3/4; 42x69mm).
All four books bound in stapled self wrappers.


