Under Sail" -- Rare Ernest Nister Die-Cut Book for Children

London, England: Ernest Nister, 1891. Very good. Light toning and dust soiling. Colors still nicely bright, original ribbon in very good shape.. A pocket-sized children's book published by Ernest Nister, die-cut to resembled a boat's sail with illustration of a sea shore inset. Includes six leaves of maritime-related poetry. Ernest Nister (1841-1906) was a German publisher of children's books, greeting cards, pop-ups, tunnel books, moveables, and other ephemera and paper engineering. Single vol. (2.5" by 3.5"), pp. [12], in original chromolithographed illus. wrps secured with original light pink/beige ribbon. Rare, with only 1 copy on WorldCat (January 2025). Out on a radiant sunlit sea,
Where the waves are leaping joyfully,
And the breeze is blowing glad and free,
We sail to the Land where we would be:
We sail and sing
To the unseen King,
Whose smile on the sea fall glittering.