A detailed guide to the children's books published by Ernest Nister, one of the most innovative publishers of Victorian and Edwardian children's books. The book brings together extensive bibliographical information on Nister's publications, including his celebrated movable and novelty books, and is illustrated with a remarkable selection of colour photographs. Peeps into Nisterland is an exceptionally detailed collector's guide to the children's books of Ernest Nister, whose publishing house became renowned for inventive picture books, movable books, pop-up constructions and other sophisticated paper mechanisms. The book begins with a chronology of Nister's life and an introduction to his publishing activities. The main part provides a comprehensive bibliography of his children's books, including movable books and other novelty formats. Particular attention is given to identifying individual editions and recording their bibliographical characteristics. The extensive photographic documentation is one of the great strengths of the volume: more than 1,000 colour illustrations show Nister's remarkable books, their illustrations and their ingenious mechanical features. The guide is therefore not only a bibliography but also a highly attractive visual reference work for collectors and researchers. Nister's publications are particularly important in the history of the movable children's book. His books employed transformation scenes, revolving pictures, pop-up constructions and other interactive mechanisms, combining elaborate printing and illustration with paper engineering. The guide consequently provides valuable documentation for the study and identification of these scarce nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century children's books. Compiled over many years of research and drawing on the authors' own collection as well as major institutional collections, including the British Library's extensive Nister holdings, this is an important reference work for collectors of antique children's books, pop-up books and movable books. Julia Hunt and Frederick Hunt are specialists and collectors of children's books, with particular expertise in movable and illustrated books. Their long-standing research into Ernest Nister resulted in this extensively documented bibliography, which has become an important reference for collectors and researchers of Nister's publications. The work was compiled over more than two decades and was issued as a limited edition of only 500 signed copies.