(Brooklyn: The Angelica Press Corporation, 1975), First Edition. 2.5" x 3.75" printed wrappers, sewn, in original envelope. (14); (14); (12); (16) pp. The Angelica Press Corporation, Each designed and illustrated with line drawings by Marilyn M. Grastorf. The four titles complete the set. Very tiny tears at the envelope flap..... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date (circa 1910), large octavo, pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 72 pp. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Illustrated by T. Noyes Lewis, Hilda Cowham, M. F. Taylor, Mabel Lucie Attwell, and others. An anthology of children's stories, No. 808 in Father Tuck's Golden Gift"..... More
Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, no date (circa 1890), large octavo, pictorial boards. 94 pp. Peter G. Thomson, With twenty illustrations by the Dalziel Brothers. A good portion of the paper covering the spine is gone, corners scuffed and rounded. More
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Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966; 1975, Reprint, with minor corrections; First Edition. large octavo, patterned blue cloth with green cloth spines. (xxvi), (562); xiv, 563-1,138 pp. University of Toronto Press, A cornerstone reference book. A fine set. More
Boston: Littlt, Brown, (1972), First Edition. quarto, blue boards and cloth in pictorial dust jacket. vi, (122)pp. Littlt, Brown, Profusely illustrated, with introduction and comment by Jones. With a check list of Lawson's work. Inscribed and signed "Helen" by Jones on the half title. Light wear and scuffing to jacket..... More
The National Book League, 1971, First Edition. small octavo, pictorial wrappers. (ii), 65 pp. The National Book League, A catalogue of the collection. With 16 full page illustrations in black and white. A very fine, clean copy. More
New York: Abradale Press and Abrams, (1987), Reprint of the 1983 first edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 272 pp. Abradale Press and Abrams, Thirteen of the great illustrators from Lear and Tenniel, Caldecott, Greenaway, Nielson, to Pyle, Wyeth and Denslow are represented in a discussion that traces the development..... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1999), First Edition. oblong octavo, wrappers. (176)pp. Chronicle Books, As printing technology made important advances and modern marketing techiques developed in the 1800s, covers and jackets became increasingly decorative and integral to the total book concept. Charting the evolution of graphic styles during these crucial decades..... More
Ephemera Society of America, (1994), First Edition. oblong quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 224pp. Ephemera Society of America, "Rewards of Merit are significant documents that illustrate attitudes toward religion, education, and achievement: values with which young Americans were inculcated...This book also demonstrates how evolving methods of the American printing arts..... More
London: Batsford, (1985), Third Impression. octavo, (256)pp. Batsford, In the "Preface to the Third Impression" Muir discusses the changes in children's books collecting that have occurred since the first impression of 1954. Muir has written an account which is both scholarly and entertaining of the works published for children during..... More
Boston: The Horn Book, (1972), quarto, cloth in dust jacket. x, 340pp. The Horn Book, First American Edition which was taken from the revised British edition. For this revised edition the author has added material dealing with children's books in other countries than England so that the section " Children's..... More
(New Castle): Oak Knoll, 1999, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. vi, 117pp. Oak Knoll, From the dust jacket: "The writing career of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ('Lewis Carroll') began and ended with his contributions to periodicals. Between 1843...until his death in 1898, he published over 300 items in magazines..... More
(London): The British Library, (1995), Reprint. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 80pp. The British Library, The period from the late 18th century to the 1920s was a 'golden age' for illustrated children's books. The author traces their development, from primitive Chap-book to sumptuously printed color gift book. Among the famous artists included..... More
London: Bodley Head, (1994), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (xiv), 226pp. Bodley Head, Well illustrated, with bibliography. Written by an established authority on the history of children's literature, this is the first historical study to consider American children's books as a separate genre. This is an expertly researched..... More
London: Bloomsbury, (1988), Second edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 104pp. Bloomsbury, The text represents a comprehensive selection of Caldecott's work, followed by a checklist of his published illustrations and his paintings in oit. With over 100 illustrations, 9 in color. Very fine in a very fine jacket which is..... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1997), First Edition. octavo, boards. 121 pp. Chronicle Books, The chapters of this book are broken into genre: Funnies, Space, Adventure, Movies, Crime, Wild West, and Aviation. Extensively illustrated in color. Very fine copy. More