The
Movable Book Society
The
Movable Book Society (MBS) was founded
in 1993 by Ann Montanaro, author of Pop-up and
Movable Books, volumes 1& 2 (Scarecrow Press).
The Society is for collectors, artists, paper
engineers,librarians, architects, historians,
and bibliophiles of all kinds who want to know
more about movable books. The quarterly newsletter,
Movable Stationery, provides a forum for discussion
and dissemination of information. The Society
meets every two years. In September (2000),
MBS met in New York City (see Dear
Diary)to
see the exhibit, Brooklyn Pops Up! curated by
MBS, and to attend New York Is Book Country.
In September 19-21, 2002, the Society met in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
At each conference, the Movable Book Society
awards the Meggendorfer Prize. Lothar Meggendorfer
(1847-1925), is considered the finest paper
engineer and illustrator of movable books to
date. From Munich, Germany, Meggendorfer was
very successful in his own time and saw his
witty and intricate books translated into many
languages. His books typify the exquisite interplay
of paper engineering, illustration, and text
and is the standard by which subsequent paper
engineers are measured. The three Meggendorfer
Prizes were awarded to Robert Sabuda, in 1996
for The Christmas Alphabet, in 2000 for Cookie
Count, and in 2002 for The Commemorative Wizard
of Oz. First runner-up in 2003 was Kees Moerbeek's
Roly Poly Nursery Rhymes. The second runner-up
was Brooklyn Pops Up co-published by The Movable
Book Society.
Movable Book Society statistics(as of 2000)
342 personal members
9 Institutional members
196-female (57%)
146-male (43%)
268 (76%) identify themselves as: collectors
75-book artists }
6 -paper engineers } some have multiple labels
46 book sellers
85% live in USA in 37 states (largest-59/California,
31/New York)
53 members around the world
13-England
11-Canada
10-Netherlands
6-Italy
6-Germany
2-Spain
1-Australia, France, Israel, New Zealand, Philippines
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