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A new hardback edition of 'Origami: The Oriental Art of Paper Folding' by Harry C Helfman was published by Platt and Munk in New York in 1965. My thanks to the British Origami Society for allowing me to see a copy of this work.

Since I have not seen the original hardback version, published in 1960, it is impossible to be completely sure what part of the contents is new to this edition. However, I believe that the material about constructing mobiles was originally published in the 'Deluxe Origami Mobile Kit' in 1961 (and so was not in the original hardback version). The last two designs in the book, the owl and the dog (see below) may possibly have appeared in the original hardback (although they did not appear in the original paperback version).

The designs on pages 2 to 20 (up to and including the Flapping Bird) appeared in the original paperback book and so, presumably, also in the original hardback version.

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Analysis

Mobiles made using origami figures

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Owl - The Cut Owl

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Dog - This appears to be a version of Honda's Compound Horse

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