Pop Up!

The collector admits that within her library her pop-up book collection "is very much an occasional collection". She acquires books for pleasure and reference and the pleasure she obtains from her pop-up books derives, in part, from the pleasure that they provide for others, especially children, although not all pop-up books are designed for children. What she enjoys about them are the qualities of "three dimensionality and surprise". In her mind these characteristics combined make pop-up books "readable" for any and all age groups as the qualities of inventiveness, humour, horror and surprise delight irrespective of age. She particularly enjoys the structural, or paper engineering, aspect of these books together with the sound of the moving parts performing.

The collector has an interest in typography and a small grouping within her pop-up collection is of ‘alphabet' books. Leading contemporary pop-up designers, David Carter, David Pelham and Robert Sabuda are represented in this selection. Carter's recent work 600 Black Spots is a straight forward celebration of the pop-up form. "We profit little by books we do not enjoy" Sir John Lubbock wrote in 1887. In the light of this observation, pop-up books might be considered as highly profitable acquisitions.

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