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The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 1
First volume of biographical accounts related to the explorations of René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in North America including memoirs, accounts, and narratives of his discovery and exploration down the Mississippi River.
Date:
1922
Creator:
Cox, Isaac Joslin
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Haunted House]
Photographs of Jan Pienkowski's "Haunted House," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is covered in an illustration of a green door with the title in pink bubble letters in the middle, the author is at the top in lime green bubble letters. The door has a mail slot with a tentacle coming out of it. On the gold doorknob is a paper sticking out with the words "Let yourself in." Image 2, pop-up of gorilla in a bedroom, the bedroom containing golden curtains, bird decorations on the wall, some portraits and a clock on a mantle. A small black cat is in the bottom left. Across the bottom of both pages are the words "I can't seem to settle down. In fact I can't sit still for two minutes." Image 3, pop-up of a bathroom with a purple monster by the bathroom window.
Date:
March 2, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The Thin Etched Line]
Photographs of the 1999-2000 artist's book competition honorable mention "The Thin Etched Line" created by Teel Savage. The volume is composed of fragments of intaglio prints of various styles and subjects, on which a single red line was added across every image. It is bound in white paper-covered boards with a red line, sewn Coptic style. The first image shows the bound book opened up. The page on the left contains a drawing of a young woman seen at a top angle. Image 2, the bound book is opened up. The page on the left contains a drawing of a young woman seen from the front. Image 3, closeup of the bound book seen from the top, the outside white and the pages slightly opened up. Image 4, the bound book seen from the top farther away. Image 5, the bound book seen from the spine, showing how the pages are tightly bound together.
Date:
1999/2000
Creator:
Savage, Teel
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Whales: Mighty Giants of the Sea]
Photographs of Ned Seidler's "Whales: Mighty Giants of the Sea," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is white with a square illustration of the sea on it containing a big Killer Whale and a smaller one. The title is above it. Image 2, page titled "Whales" with two short paragraphs text. Across the span of both pages is an illustration water that contains Beluga Whales, Narwhals and dolphins. In the middle of both pages is a pop-up of a whales tail sticking out of the roaring waters. Image 3, 2 hands holding a pop-up of dolphins. Image 4, pop-up of dolphins coming out of the water, with an illustration of dolphins also flat on the page.
Date:
March 2, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The Knight's Castle: A Pop-Up Book]
Photographs of Robert Sabuda's "The Knight's Castle," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is black with a simple abstract illustration of a purple/blue castle behind two green hills, a white mouse one one of those hills. The title is at the top in white. Image 2, open abstract colorful pop-up of a knights helmet with pink shapes popping up out of the top. Under the helmet are pink, orange and blue blocks that are part of the knights armor. The lining along the bottom of two pages is a line of blue with the words "A mighty warrior- a shining knight!"
Date:
March 2, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Wild Animal Stories: A Novel Panorama Picture Book]
Photographs of "Wild Animal Stories: A Panorama Picture Book," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book contains an illustration of a leopard on a tree branch, four monkeys on the branches around it with the sky a pale blue, and the title is at the top in big colorful letters. Image 2, pop-up page of a big lion laying on a rock that overlooks land with antelopes walking on it. The page on the left contains text with three small and black illustrations of a lion throughout the page. Image 3, closeup of lion pop-up. Image 4, pop-up page of two brown bears on grass and by some trees. The page on the left is filled with text and contains two small sketches of bears on the top left and bottom right. Image 5, closeup of two bears pop-up. Image 6, pop-up of a big elephant with a baby elephant in their natural habitat, more elephants behind them and a group of people with spears hiding in the grass in the distance. The page on the left containing text with an illustration of elephants at the top margin, and two more on the bottom margin. Image 7, …
Date:
March 1, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Beauty and the Beast: with Five Set Scenes & Nine Trick Changes, Home Pantomime Toy Books]
Photographs of "Beauty and the Beast" from the Home Pantomime Toy Books series by Dean & Sons, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has the words "Home Pantomime Toy Book" at the top, the second word is red and the rest baby blue. Most of the page is an illustration of a clown, with an officer to its left and a woman behind him with a man in a color outfit by him, and someone laying under the white orb the clown is sitting on. In the orb is the book title in orange/red. The bottom of the cover has a further description of the books contents that says "Five Set Scenes & Nine Trick Changes." Image 2, illustration inside the book. The illustration is of an audience watching a play inside of a theater, the set they are watching of giant tree trunks with faces, a man in a yellow an orange suit and black hat pointing at them. Above the stage parts of the red curtain can be seen with an intricate and decorated wall above the stage.
Date:
March 1, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The Movable Mother Goose: Limited Edition]
Photographs of Robert Sabuda's "The Movable Mother Goose," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is yellow with a pop-up coming out of the front of a goose with a yellow feathered top, the title is on the left in part of the pop-up with a pale blue background. On top of the goose is the author's name in a bright blue slip. Image 2, pop-up of geese grouped together, with the pages sectioned out by block of color such as blue, pink and orange. In these sections are small poems. The one on the bottom right is black with a poem about the moon. Image 3, photo focused on group of geese pop-up.
Date:
March 2, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Dean & Son's Moveable Book of the Royal Punch & Judy as Played before the Queen at Windsor Castle & the Crystal Palace]
Photographs of Dean & Son's Moveable Book of the "Royal Punch & Judy as Played before the Queen at Windsor Castle & the Crystal Palace," held by UNT Special Collections. The book cover contains an illustration of a puppet theater front with two puppet dolls and a dog peeking out, the background behind them green. Outside of them the cover is blue with red and gold colors. Above the frame of the entrance is the word "price" and "2/s" inside red framed by gold. Under the puppet illustration is a banner of red made to look like a wrinkled curtain, with an insignia of a lion and horse with another symbol in between them. The title is in the green background behind the puppets. Image 2, page with a movable pop-up at the top of puppet theater with a puppet wearing a red and yellow outfit. To its left is a jumping dog, the opening framed by gold fringe. Under the pop-up is text on the left and to the right an illustration of a young man holding a drum and playing a harmonica. Image 3, side view of page with movable pop-up of puppet theater.
Date:
March 1, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Der fliegende Koffer]
Photographs of "Der fliegende Koffer" (The Flying Trunk) by Hans Christian Andersen, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book contains the title at the top in red, with an illustration of a green trunk flying in the air with a man flailing inside of it. In the background our thin pointy towers that are gold in color, and even further back a boat can bee seen sailing on the water. Image 2 contains a pop-up of a water fountain in the middle of a courtyard of a castle, a man in a red robe (who is the Sultan) standing on the right, a woman with a face/head covering holding a baby and a man with a turban holding a staff in the back. In front of the pop-up is the illustration of an open book with the story inside it.
Date:
March 2, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Comic Actors: A New Movable Toybook]
Photographs of "Comic Actors: A New Movable Toybook" by Lothar Meggendorfer, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has the title at the top in big black letters, the word "Actors" diagonal. Around the title is a thin red design around it. The illustration is on the bottom of the cover of a man with white hair playing a violin and wearing a red coat and white shirt, with a checkered floor under him and the publishing information on the bottom right. Image 2, "The Dancing Master" poem on the left page with the movable illustration the right page of man with white hair playing a violin and wearing a red coat and white shirt, as well as long white socks and pointed black shoes on a checkered brown floor. Image 3, "The Lady Singer" poem on left page with a movable illustration on the right page of a doll-like woman in a bright blue dress with a white ruffled collar and a blue and white feathered hair accessory. She holds a guitar as she plays it, and sits on a green bench with the floor in front of her having a flower pattern. Image 4, "The …
Date:
March 1, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Frank Feignwell's Attempts to Amuse His Friends on Twelfth-Night: Exhibited in a Series of Characters]
Photograph of "Frank Feignwell's Attempts to Amuse His Friends on Twelfth-Night: Exhibited in a Series of Characters," held by UNT Special Collections. The small white paper book is framed by little figures all around. The title is in big letters over half the page, under the title is information about the publishers S. and J. Fuller.
Date:
March 1, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The Pop-up Book of Phobias]
Photographs of "The Pop-up Book of Phobias" by Gary Greenberg, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is a blue book with a navy blue spine, and the top right corners dark blue. The title is over the middle in gold lettering. The navy blue spine extends to the front cover, and contains the names of other people who helped with the book and three small figures in gold of a bridge, a spider and a plane pop-up. Image 2, pop-up of a dentist and the dentist assistant from the view of the patient. The pop-up is made to look menacing, and some text is in the top left corner. Image 3, side view of giant, colorful snake pop-up with the head popping out in the middle and extended out with the snakes purple tongue. Image 4, clown pop-up in the middle of two pages, the clown wearing grey and black stripes. On the left corner of the page is a closeup of another clowns face, with a giant red nose.
Date:
March 1, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The Creation: A Pop-up Book]
Photographs of Brian Wildsmith's "The Creation: Pop-up Book," held by UNT Special Collections.The cover is blue with color shapes around it. Covering most of the front is a circular illustration rimmed by gold, the illustration inside of it is of several animals in different colors with a mountain in the background and a pink sky with the title over it. Image 2, blue pages with colorful illustration plants across both pages. In the middle is a pop-up of a white flower. Image 3, illustration and pop-up of birds in nature and trees, the illustration filled with bright green, yellow and orange colors.
Date:
March 2, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Complete Story with Pop-Up Action Pictures]
Photographs of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Robert L. May, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover contains an illustration Santa and his reindeer riding along. The tile of the book is at the top, the side of their pathway a faded red color. Image 2, pop-up of Santa sneaking in through a doorway with a clock above it. The room has Rudolph sleeping in a bed, a sign that says "Home Deer Home" above him. In front of the pop-up is the text for the story.
Date:
March 2, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Pop-Up Book]
Photographs of Lewis Carrol's " Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Pop-Up Book," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is an illustration of Alice, a young blonde girl in a white dress standing on yellow ground. Behind her are characters in fancy clothes, the sky a pale blue at the top. The title of the book is in a white banner at the top. Image 2, pop-up of the whole Alice goes down composed of thin swirled paper. This is on a page titled "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole" followed by some text. Image 3, side view of hole pop-up. Image 4, closeup of a pop-up of Alice going down the hole to Wonderland. Image 5, view from the top of Alice going down the hole to Wonderland. On the page to the right of it under some text is a smaller pop-up of Alice in a long hallways with a rabbit standing up next to her. Image 6, closeup of the inside of the hole Alice goes down. Image 7, pop-up of a deck of cards formed in arch with Alice under it.
Date:
March 2, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Daily Express Children's Annual: All the Coloured Pictures rise up in model form No.2]
Photographs of "Daily Express Children's Annual" No.2 edited by S. Louis Giraud, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is black with the title at the top in white letters, the rest of it containing an illustration a redhead boys riding a donkey that is jumping out of an open book.Next to the book under the donkey is another little boy, and another animal is jumping out of the book. Image 2, book laid out flat with a pop-up in the middle of both of a figure in green on a small wooden boat on the sea water, and a small white animal at the front of the boat. On each side of the pop-up is text of a poem. Image 3, front view of a pop-up of a circus member flipping over the bars, a monkey on one side and a clown on the other.
Date:
March 1, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The New Adventures of Tarzan Pop-up: 3 Pop-Up Pictures]
Photographs of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "The New Adventures of Tarzan "Pop-up," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is an illustration of Tarzan in a tree standing on a thick long branch while holding a knife in his hand, in front of him a leopard. Image 2, pop-up open of a big green crocodile with Tarzan popping up over it with a knife in his hand. The flat pages look like the water of a swamp. The bottom left of the left page contains the tittle "Tarzan attacks the Crocodile. Image 3, front view of a Tarzan pop-up. He is standing inside a small boat, a blonde woman in blue sitting by him. sticking out of the boat is yellow sail with a monkey hanging on its pole. The pages look like the water.
Date:
March 2, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer: A Movable Toy Book]
Photographs of the movable book "The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer," held by UNT Special Collections. The illustration on the cover is of a a circus performer in a red outfit, and white collar extended out like a star. He also wears a pointy red hat, and is jumping on a theater stage, framed on the side by a red curtain. The top of the cover has a yellow banner containing the title. Image 2, "The Maid" poem on a page with three stanzas. On the right is a movable illustration of a maid in bright blue washing a giant mirror while standing on a step stool, another woman in a different maid outfit standing behind watching her. Image 3, "The Musician" poem with a movable illustration on the right of a musician in a blue coat and yellow striped pants, playing a french horn with a music stand in front of him. Standing by him is a grey dog, looking out a window into the night where two black cats are outlined.
Date:
March 2, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The Wizard of Oz]
Photographs of "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is orange with the title at the top in yellow. Under the title is an illustration of a tall old man with glasses, a background of the night sky surrounding his head. In front of him, smaller in size, are the illustrations of the tin man, Dorothy, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion. Image 2, illustration on two pages. On the right is an illustration of the old Wizard filling in Scarecrow's head with Bran. The left page has the story with a small illustration of Scarecrow in the middle of it.
Date:
March 2, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Bookano Stories: with Pictures That Spring Up in Model Form No. 9]
Photographs of volume No.9 of "Bookano Stories with Pictures That Spring Up in Model Form," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has the title at the top in orange letters framed by yellow. The cover is completely covered in an illustration of a king sitting on a chair under a tent, with his guard and other workers by him. Outside the tent in front of them are several commoners looking to the king. Image 2, front view of a pop-up of a man in a yellow robe and turban sitting in fancy room, two women in dressed up clothes sitting on either side of him. Behind them are servants, in the top left corner is a lantern. Image 3, far away front view of pop-up of man and two women with servants behind them. Image 4, top view of man and two women pop-up. Image 5, pop-up of 2 yellow pages with a thick colored frame. In the middle of both pages is a pop-up of a white table with different figures, such as a nutcracker, sitting around it. On the right is a pop-up of a maid standing by them.
Date:
March 1, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Jabberwocky: A Pop-up Rhyme from Through the Looking Glass]
Photographs of Lewis Carrol's "Jabberwocky: A Pop-up Rhyme from Through the Looking Glass," held by UNT Special Collections. The pale blue cover contains an illustration of a Jabberwocky, a creature with human-like face and ear ears, also with pointed ears at the top. The title is at the top in big black letters. Image 2, illustration of the jabberwocky hiding behind a tree branch expanding over two pages. Another pointy eared animal is peeking out with him. In the top left corner is a small poem that starts with "He took his vorpal sword." Image 3, jabberwocky behind a branch illustration, with part of the branch a pop-up. Image 4, purple starry illustration across two pages, with an old man's head in the middle with a pop-up of a blue dragon above him. On the right is a red circular hat with a golden tassel. In the top left is a small poem that starts with the words "And hast thou slain." Image 5, top view of of dragon pop-up.
Date:
March 2, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Monster Island]
Photographs of Ron Van der Meer's "Monster Island," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is filled with an illustration of a hot air balloon flying in clouds with a face. On top of that is the title in yellow and pink letters inside a black "tornado." Under the clouds is a skull island in the middle of the water. Image 2, pop-up of a page with the colorful title in the top left corner in a black cloud. Across the two pages are illustrations of clouds with creatures around it. The pop-up part of the page is the hot air balloon with two children inside of it. Image 3, pop-up of a giant green and pink bird with a thin head. A cracked egg with a baby bird is under it, and a big white cloud behind the bird. Image 4, side view of bird pop-up.
Date:
March 2, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[How Columbus Discovered America]
Photographs of "How Columbus Discovered America," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is an illustration of the top of a ship from the view of the helm. The helm contains the title inside of it, behind it people can be seen on various parts of the ship looking out at the sea. Image 2, pop-up of the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. The three ships are on the waves of the ocean, very detailed in its design. Behind the ship on the right are some palm trees. The bottom right corner of the right page is a small illustration of a room with two globes and a book laying in front of them. The sails of the boats have a big red cross on them. Image 3, front of view of ships pop-up.
Date:
March 1, 2020
Creator:
Gellner, Megan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library