This name is given to books, the covers of which bend right back on themselves (and are often tied with ribbons) so that the pages fan out cylindrically to display a number of segments each forming a layered scene - rather like miniature sets mounted on a revolving stage.
Such novelties first appeared in the late 1930s but achieved more popularity after the War when a British firm - the Folding Book Co (later taken over by Chatto & Windus) - produced a series based on pantomime subjects. Displayed is 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' with designs by lonicus published in 1947.
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OTHER CAROUSELS TO LOOK OUT FOR
• 'Farm', 'Garage', The Wild West', etc published by Bancfoft & Co, UK, 1950s
• Moerbeek & Dijs's 'Where the Wild Pirates go Sailing' published by Collins, UK, 1989
• Graeme Base's 'Jabberwocky' published by Harry N Abrams, NY, 1996