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'Papercraft: How to make toys, favors and useful articles' by Joseph Leeming was published by Lipincott in Philadelphia in 1949. It is, as the title suggests, a work of mixed papercraft designs of many types. Those that include some substantive element of paperfolding are shown in the Analysis below.

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This work is mentioned in Gershon Legman's 'Bibliography of Paperfolding' which was published in 1952.

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Analysis

A New Kind of Paper Boat - The Inside Out Boat

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Chinese Sampan - The Sampan

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A Paper Rabbit - The Inflatable Bunny

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A Clever Paper Purse - The Wallet

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Laboratory Specimen Box - The Patisserie Box

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A Bird That Flaps Its Wings

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Paper Gliders 1 and 2 - The Paper Dart

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Paper Glider 3 - The Carrier Pigeon

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A Paper Whistle - The Squeaker

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Paper Firecrackers - The Primitive Paper Banger

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Paper Helicopters - The Whirligig

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The Paper That Won't - a version of The Immovable Card

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Selected Pages

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