Cover Image Property of PUBLISHER
1997 Dover edition. This image was scanned from my private collection

Cover Image Property of PUBLISHER
1963 edition. This image was courtesy www.paperbackswap.com

Cover Image Property of PUBLISHER
1972 British edition. This image was courtesy of www.paperbackswap.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Introduction to the 3rd Edition
          by David Lister
  • Preface to the Third Edition
  • Introduction
          by Alfred E. Bestall
  • Author's Preface
  • Read This Carefully
  • The Symbols and How to Use Them
  • Folding
  • Bases (1-3)
  • Sinking
  • An Exercise in Folding
  • Folds in Common Use
  • Bases (4)
  • Traditional and New Designs:
    • The Multiform
    • Shell Decoration
    • Norseman's Helmet
    • Boat with Sail
    • Novelty Purse
    • Fancy Box on Legs
    • Fancy Box
    • Squashed Bird Base Patterns
    • Japanese Purse
    • Cicada
    • Inside-Out Boat
    • Persimmon
    • Teapot
    • Flapping Bird
    • Jumping Frog
    • Octopus
    • Lily
    • Party Hat
    • Water Bomb
    • Snail
    • Decoration(1)
    • Decoration(2)
    • Kimono
    • Japanese Gentleman
    • Japanese Lady
    • Book-Case
    • Dragonfly
    • Pop-Up Rabbit
    • Scissorbill
    • Unamuno's Vulture
    • Unamuno's Ape
    • Solorzano's Angel Fish
    • Three-Dimensional Whale
    • Moor at Prayer
    • Tumbling Chan
    • Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
    • Husky Dog
    • Gargoyle
    • Kiwi
  • Florence Temko Section:
    • Household File
    • The Swan
    • Three-Petalled Flower
  • Robert Harbin Section:
    • Bird in Flight
    • Japanese Blue Pheasant and Mate
    • Seal
    • Harbin's Macaw
    • Queen Anne Table
    • Card Table
    • Boat Variation
    • Harbin's Bat
    • Everyman Mask
    • Fancy Bowl
  • Ligia Montoya Section:
    • Tropical Bird
    • Bird of Paradise
    • Swan
    • Sea Horse
    • Montoya's Flapping Bird
    • Turtle
    • Japanese Lantern
    • Angel Fish
    • Fish Number One
    • Fish Number Two
    • Montoya's Macaw
    • Pelican
    • Hummingbird
    • Pigeon
    • The Creche
  • John M. Nordquist Section:
    • Helmet, with Tortoise and Crane
    • Rabbit Vase
    • Japanese Vase
    • Nordquilt's Bird
    • Conversation on Seal Rock
    • Pickle-Puss
    • Gift Package
    • Whale
    • Maple Seed
    • Watchful Dog
  • Jack J. Skillman Section:
    • Couch
    • Double Boat
    • Armchair
    • Salt-Cellar Table
  • Adolfo Cerceda Section:
    • Adolfo's Angel
    • The Moor on Horseback
    • Lion
    • Adolfo's Pig
    • Adolfo's Peacock
    • Water Fowl
  • Neal Elias Section:
    • Fisherman in a Boat
    • Elias's Fisherman in a Boat
    • Hiawatha
    • Sitting Scottie Dog
    • Reclining Scottie Dog
    • Stork with Baby
    • Bird Bath
    • Goat
    • Dove Cote
  • Fred Rohm Section:
    • See-Saw
    • Circus Pony
    • circus Elephant
    • Rohm's Pig
    • Snuffy the Bear
    • Hippopotamus
    • It's Magic
    • Performing Seal
    • Vera Cruz
    • Santa Claus
  • Robert Neale Section:
    • Neale's Elephant
    • Giraffe
    • Flamingo
    • Bull
    • Matador
    • Goose
    • Gorilla
    • Parakeet in Flight
    • Neale's Hummingbird
    • Neale's Cobra
  • George Rhoads Section:
    • Rhoads's Ornament
    • Rhoads's Bat
    • Rhoads's Llama
    • Water-Lily
    • Box
    • Sleeping Bat
    • Turkey
  • Bibliography
  • Origami Societies
  • INDEX

Title: Secrets of Origami: The Japanese Art of Paper Folding
Author: Robert Harbin
Format/Publication Date: HC:1963;1972;1997
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, NY
Language: English
Page Count: 252
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0486297071

SUMMARY- I have the Dover 3rd edition of this book, published in 1997. It has a new and very interesting introduction by David Lister, who is a noted British historian for all things Origami(also a former president of the British Origami Society). Mr. Harbin did all the illustrations for this one himself - not a small feat, and he solicited models from other origamists from around the world and got wonderful results. This book is a must have.