FUNNY FOLKS ALBUMS. Four volumes, a complete set of Miniature folding down panoramas. The Titles as following: 'Funny Folks Album. A River Excursion. Oblong in format, bound in colour decorated blue paper wrappers, illustration on lower cover. Inside is an 8 panel concertina panorama which opens vertically, on each panel is a large bright chromo-lithograph illustration with a humorous 4 or 5 line verse below. Two naughty children disobey Mother, play on the pond, fall in etc finishing with a punishment . The wrapper is worn and dusty and a little chipped; cover has been neatly repaired down the spine with white gummed tape; the first panel is attached but the other eight have detached from it; the folds are fragile and one has been neatly repaired, otherwise good. 'Funny Folks Album. Master Chubb and his Dog'. Oblong in format, bound in colour decorated blue paper wrappers, illustration on lower cover. Inside is an 8 panel concertina panorama which opens vertically, on each panel is a large bright chromo-lithograph illustration with a humorous 6 line verse below. Adventures of a very naughty dog belonging to Master Chubb, who simply can't contain himself when he spies geese, a boy, cattle, etc. Only the sight of a whip at the end brings contrition, which we trust is ephemeral. The dog looks most like a dachshund, although the breed isn't specified, and one can't be sure that is what the artist intended. The wrapper is chipped with small pieces missing; cover has been professionally repaired down the spine with Japanese tissue, otherwise good. 'Funny Folks Album. The Artists Sorrows' Oblong in format, bound in colour decorated blue paper wrappers, illustration on lower cover. Inside is an 8 panel concertina panorama which opens vertically, on each panel is a large bright chromo-lithograph illustration with a humorous 4 line verse below. Adventures of an artist to visits a zoo to study animals in situ. He endeavors to draw and paint the animals despite all of the difficulties he faces only for him dropping his finished work and the wind carries it into the boar encampment who promptly eats his work The wrapper extremities have minor creases, the panorama is in very good condition. 'Funny Folks Album. How Mousie was Caught' Oblong in format, bound in colour decorated blue paper wrappers, illustration on lower cover. Inside is an 8 panel concertina panorama which opens vertically, on each panel is a large bright chromo-lithograph illustration with a humorous 4 line verse below. Adventures of an artist to visits a zoo to study animals in situ. He endeavors to draw and paint the animals despite all of the difficulties he faces only for him dropping his finished work and the wind carries it into the boar encampment who promptly eats his work The wrapper has an old corner crease and are a little dusty with extremities slightly worn, else very good condition. All volumes are scarce due to their ephemeral nature and rarely come up at auction.Only four titles can be found in UK library s. Size of folded book 67 x 115 mm, 2 5/8 x 4½ inches Size of folded books 67 x 115 mm, [ 2 5/8 x 4½ inches]
