STATUE OF LIBERTY Book : Cardboard Pieces Create a 3-D Model

Description

Up for sale is a 16-page book that not only tells the young reader interesting facts about the Statue of Liberty but contains 13 cardboard pieces on pages in the book which can be removed and used to build a 3D Statue of Liberty model. After being built, the pieces can be disassembled and replaced on the book's pages.  Instructions are included.
I purchased this book new and gave it to my grandson who read it and assembled the statue in about 45 minutes. He kept the statue on display for about a month then disassembled the statue and replaced all the pieces on the pages in the book. It is in nice condition with no pencil marks or stains in the book; the outside does show light wear from keeping it in a bookshelf (sliding the book in and out).
Paper model miniatures of buildings have been popular as children's toys since the 18th Century. Realistic architectural models depicting specific buildings are a more recent phenomenon, usually designed as an educational craft project for older children or as a craft hobby for adults. The best of these models are accurate in scale and detail to the real buildings, capturing a bit of the architectural presence of the original in miniature form.
In the United States, a handful of architectural cutouts were created as souvenirs of the exhibitions and World's Fairs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but it was only in the 1960s and 70s that a wide variety of accurate scale architectural kits first became available in America. Artists and designers such as Robert Monte, Stephen Ocko, Roy & Jacqueline Killeen, and Robert Basso were inspired by European papercraft examples to produce their own self-published cut-out kits, which were sold at the museums and historic sites depicted in the models.
Later, in the 1980s and 90s, artists such as Alan Rose, Edmund Gillon and A.G. Smith designed architectural models of iconic skyscrapers and vernacular architecture for major book publishers which spread the hobby to a nationwide audience. Nowadays paper model-making is enjoyed around the world, and many artists are inspired to create paper replicas of favorite famous buildings to share online.
When assembled this Statue of Liberty model (to include her base) stands about 15 inches high. The book has a 2008 copyright by Parragon Books. One reviewer indicated it was suitable for children 7 years old and above; my grandson was 10 and enjoyed building it.
The photos you see in this listing are of the actual book up for auction.