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ABOUT 'AMPERSAND BOOKS'
Ampersand Books was started in 1982 by Megan and Michael Dawson, and is based at Ludford Mill, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1PP, England. It specialises in interactive and dimensional books - pop-ups, movables, and novelty books of all kinds. Ampersand Books now has a stock of over 1000 pop up and movable books, including rare 19th century books, hard-to-find examples of paper engineering from the 1920s to the 1960s, and modern pop-up books.
The Ampersand Books website is organised into the following main sections: About Ampersand, Pop-up Action, Current Catalogue, Pop-up Book Repairs, Books Wanted, Links, Gallery, and Pop-up Book Quiz.
The Pop-up Action section illustrates explains twelve of the numerous pop-up techniques. These are: Tableaux, Split Pages, 3D Ephemera, Flick Books, Peepshows, Fold-outs, Pop-ups, Pull-tabs, Dissolves, Opticals, Carousels, and House Books. Users can click to animate the illustrations.
The Gallery section illustrates and describes a series of particularly interesting pop-up and movable books, presented in chronological order. The first is a flap book of engravings, published in 1823.
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