Improvements in Illustrated Story, Children's Picture, and other Books.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1891-Accepted, 29th Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Illustrated Story, Children's Picture, and other
Books.
I HENRY SAMUEL DEAN of the firm Dean and Son, of 160A Fleet Street,
City of London, Printers and Publishers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for object a novel method of making up books chiefly illustrated
story and childrens picture books.
For the purpose of my invention I cut or stamp a series of sheets of paper, card-
board, linen or other material preferably with a Gothic or other shaped edge at
the upper part and with an indent at the parts where the stitching or other means
of attachment is to come which also forms the folding lines. These are preferably
at two parts of each sheet, the outer portions of the sheet forming fold down leaves
to lie upon the middle portion so that their edges meet at the centre.
The inside sheet has a picture or printing all over its face and the back of the
two folding leaves are also pictured or printed in unison with the front face of
the next side folding pieces so that another picture or printing is complete or the
folding leaves of each side may have pictures or printings upon them so that each
half of the book may illustrate one story or tale and the other half a different
story or tale.
The illustrations or printings may be arranged in other ways this being determined
by the manner in which the book has to be opened.
Dated this 25th day of October 1890.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said H. S. Dean.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Illustrated Story, Children's Picture, and other
Books.
I, HENRY SAMUEL DEAN, of the firm Dean and Son, of 160A Fleet Street,
City of London, Printers and Publishers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention has for object, improvements in illustrated story childrens picture,
and other books.
For the purpose of my invention, I cut or stamp a series of sheets of paper,
cardboard, linen, or other material preferably with a Gothic or other shaped edge
at the upper part, and with a creasing at the parts where the stitching or other
means of attachment is to come, which also forms the folding lines. These are
preferably at two parts of each sheet, the outer portions of the sheets forming fold
down leaves to lie upon the middle portion, so that their edges meet at the
centre.
The inside sheet has a picture or printing all over its face, and the back of the
two folding leaves are also pictured or printed in unison with the front face of
the ext side folding pieces, so that another picture or printing is complete, or the
folding leaves of each side may have pictures or printings upon them, so that each
half of the book may illustrate one story or tale, the other half a different story,
or tale

page_text: The illustrations or printings may be arranged in other ways, this being determined
by the manner in which the book has to be opened.
The invention will be understood by the annexed pictorial sheet, in which the
book is shown in an open state. A, A, are the side leaves formed by folding at
the creases B, B, from the inner leaves C, C, all of which are attached by wire or
stitch threads to the back or outside cover D at the creasings, the side portions E, E,
of the cover also serving as leaves to fold in like all the other side leaves to the
centre where the edges meet and make a scenic picture at every fold open of the
side leaves corresponding to that part of the story which the printing at the bottom
in the parts F, F, describes.
I have shown the side leaves without printing or picture but it will be understood
that by printing a representation of stage boxes of a theatre thereon, the middle
picture in succession could represent the play of Blue Beard, Cinderella, The
Haunted Forest, or other, as devised.
The outside cover both back and front, as also the inside, can be highly
embellished in colour, or in plain outline figures, or design, the subject and variety
being almost endless according to artistic fancy.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Making children's story and like books with illustrations on side leaves
foldable to a centre and affixed to a cover as and for the purposes described.
2. Illustrating both sides of foldable leaves, the outer edges of which meet when
folded inwardly and so that any two leaves when so folded, present a picture of an
amusing character, as set forth with reference to the annexed drawings.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Henry Samuel Dean.