Books from the exhibition


Acknowledgements

Exhibition Checklist

Exhibition Essays

The Structures of Enchantment - Past, Present and Future by Steve Woodall

From Fairy Tales to Moving-Parts Books: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of Knick-Knack Paddywhack. An Interview with Illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky

The Paper Engineer's Role in the Creation of a Pop-up Book by Andrew Baron

Encoding Enchantment: Engineering the Materials of Story by Maribeth Back

Lothar Meggendorfer, 1847-1925 by Ann Montanaro

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Other exhibitions

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Show Me a Story: Children's Books & the Technology of Enchantment     
In the SFCB Gallery Aug 20 - Nov 5, 2004     

 
   

Exhibition checklist
Starred items have a picture of the book; click on the star

1. They Ran Out, Alisa Golden, never mind the press, Berkeley, CA, 1991. Loaned by the artist. *
 
2. Memories of Science, Dorothy A. Yule, Left Coast Press, Oakland, CA, 1996. Loaned by the artist
 
3. Souvenirs of Great Cities, Dorothy A. Yule, rhymes; Susan Hunt Yule, illustrations; Left Coast Press, Berkeley, CA, 1994. Loaned by Kathy Barr
 
4.Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Patricia Turner, Folding Books, Ltd., London, 1947. Loaned by Kate Sterling
 
5. High Tension, Philip Zimmerman, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY, 1993. Loaned by Steve Woodall
 
6. Cinderella, Julian Wehr, illustrator, Stephen Daye, Inc., New York, 1945. Loaned by Kate Sterling
 
7. A Dream of Loving Hands, Maria Winkler, Carmichael, CA, 2002. Loaned by the artist
 
8. The Little Polar Bear, Rudolf Lukes, illustrator; George Theiner, author; Bancroft and Co., London, 1964. Loaned by Kate Sterling. *
 
9. Buck Rogers in a Dangerous Mission, Lt. Dick Calkins and Phil Nowlan, authors, Blue Ribbon Press, New York, 1934. Loaned by Kate Sterling
 
10. The Popup Dick Tracy, Capture of Boris Arson, Chester Gould, author; Harold B. Letz, illustrator; Pleasure Books, Chicago, 1935. Loaned by Kate Sterling. *
 
11. Daily Express Children’s Annual #1, S. Louis Girard, London, 1929. Loaned by Maria Winkler
 
12. Shock and Awe, Howard Munson, San Francisco, 2003. Loaned by the artist
 
13. Alice in Wonderland, Emma McKean, illustrator, Springfield, MA, 1963. Loaned by Kate Sterling
 
14. Bookano Stories #15, Strand Publications, London, 1948. Loaned by Maria Winkler
 
15. The Skeptical Press Personal Advisor, Coriander Reisbord, Skeptical Press, El Cerrito, CA, 2002. Loaned by Steve Woodall
 
16. Hansel and Grethel, Triumph Edition, Philadelphia, 1890. Loaned by Maria Winkler
 
17. Night Street, Barbara Luck, Claire VanVliet, Janus Press, VT, 1993. Loaned by Mills College
 
18. Circus Life, Vojtech Kubasta, illustrator, Bancroft and Co., London, 1961 . Loaned by Kate Sterling. *. Pictures here and here
 
19. Alphabeta Concertina, Ronald King, Circle Press, London, 1983. Loaned by Kathy Barr
 
20. Twelve Steps, Emily Martin, Naughty Dog Press, Iowa City, IA, 1997. Loaned by Charles Hobson
 
21. The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer, Intervisual Communications, Los Angeles, 1985. Loaned by Maria Winkler
 
22. ebende Thierbilder, Lothar Meggendorfer, Braun and Schneider, Munich, ca. 1885. Note: the illustrations are hand colored with the pochoir technique. Loaned by Joanne Page
 
23. Official Route Book, Mystery Girls’ Circus and College of Conundrum: Season of 1991, Katherine Dunn, Mare Blocker, M Kimberly Press, Ames Lake, WA, Portland, OR, Washington, DC, 1991. Loaned by Mills College
 
24. The Little Showman’s Series #2, Autumn, McLoughlin Bros., New York, 1884. Loaned by Kate Sterling. *
 
25. The Robins at Home, Ernest Nister, E. P. Dutton, New York, 1896. Loaned by Kate Sterling
 
26. My First Artists’ Book, Carolyn Swiszcz, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, 1996. Loaned by Mills College
 
27. Des Kindes Lustiges, ca. 1900. Loaned by Mills College
 
28. Das Wunderhaus, Tom Seidmann-Freud, Herbert Stuffer Verlag, Berlin, 1927. Loaned by Bee Thorpe
 
29. The Jungle Race, G. Sedå and J. Pavlin, Bancroft and Co., London, 1967. Loaned by Kate Sterling
 
30. Study for "Point of Departure," Roberta Lavadour, Mission Creek Press, Pendleton, OR, 2003. Loaned by the artist
 
31. Chaos, Roberta Lavadour, Mission Creek Press, Pendleton, OR, 2003. Loaned by the artist
 
32. Chalk Voices, Alisa Golden, never mind the press, Berkeley, CA, 2003. Loaned by the artist. *
 
33. Our Peepshow, Ernest Nister, ca. 1900. Loaned by Mills College
 
34. Beauty and the Beast, McLoughlin Bros., New York, 1893. Loaned by Kate Sterling
 
35. Dornroschen, Vojtech Kubasta, illustrator, Prague, 1966. Loaned by Bee Thorpe. *. Another picture is also available.
 
36. Instructions for Assembly, Carol Barton, Nexus Press, Atlanta, GA, 1993. Loaned by Mills College
 
37. N. Son, Howard Munson, San Francisco, 2001. Loaned by the artist
 
38. The Diaries of Adam and Eve, Charles Hobson, Pacific Editions, San Francisco, 2003. Loaned by the artist
 
39. Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling, author; Feodor Rojankovsky, illustrator; Garden City Publishing, New York, 1942. Loaned by Bee Thorpe

 

 

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