![]() ![]() We prioritize our long-term relationships far above any individual purchase, and we want you to love your item as much as we loved cataloguing it. But then one night, something very bad happenedthe guard at the museum didnt realize that Hugo’s father was working in the attic and he locked the door. He tries to work on it and bring it back to life. If for any reason you are dissatisfied with your purchase, please contact us. Hugo’s father filled up notebooks with drawings of the automaton, as he opened and closed the automaton to look at all its parts. Sales tax will be added to applicable purchases. We are happy to bill institutional buyers' needs. We accept all major credit cards, Paypal, Venmo, check, money order, and bank wire. Please note that we are unable to accomodate requests to misrepresent, misdeclare, or otherwise falsify customs documents when shipping internationally. ![]() International buyers are responsible for any customs, taxes, and related import fees. All orders receive tracking information and a direct contact in case of any questions. Expedited, overnight, as well as other carriers (UPS, Fed-Ex, etc.), may carry additional costs beyond quoted rates. International orders over $500 also ship gratis. For orders under $250, free USPS media mail shipping is included orders $250 and over ship USPS Priority. We're happy to provide additional images on request.Īll domestic orders ship gratis. TPM is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and upholds their Code of Ethics.Īll photographs are of the actual item for sale. First editions (meaning first edition, first printing) are explicitly stated. All materials are original (meaning not facsimiles or reproductions) unless otherwise noted. We guarantee the authenticity of our items. All items are guaranteed as described and may be returned for any reason within 30 days. Please notify us before mailing a return. We work hard to meet our ethical responsibility to describe our material accurately. Read more: Lambert, Reading Picture Books with Children, 54. Pioneering French filmmaker Georges Méliès was also a central inspiration for the book. A loose-back Smyth-sewn binding (the sort often used in cookbooks) elegantly solved this problem." The automaton in the book (and the 2011 film adaptation) is based largely on the celebrated Draughtsman-Writer, a complex automaton in the shape of a boy, built by Swiss clockmaker Henri Maillardet around the turn of the 19th century with the largest "memory" of any comparable machine to that date. Picture-book scholar Megan Dowd Lambert notes: "The sheer number of pages, many without text and devoted solely to illustration, meant that the book required a special production element to ensure that it would lie flat when opened, in order to prevent artwork from getting lost in the gutter. The Caldecott Award, granted to illustrators for "the most distinguished American picture book for children," made an exception for Selznick's striking HUGO CABRET, a novel conceived as an amalgam of picture book, graphic novel, and flip book. "ot exactly a novel, not quite a picture book, not really a graphic novel, or a flip book or a movie, but a combination of all these things." – Selznick ![]()
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