Andersen, Hans Christian.

LITTLE RHYMES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, WITH LITTLE PHOTOS BY HARALD PAETZ.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2002. 6.1 x 5.8 inches. cloth. 24 pages. This beautiful facsimile volume represents the first ever printing of Andersen`s Fotograferede Bornegrupper in English. This book is a collaboration between Andersen, who wrote the verse, and the famous early Danish photographer Harald Paetz. The illustrations in the book are albumen prints of posed and costumed children and they depict scenes of play and home life. Little Rhymes is an extremely important..... READ MORE about LITTLE RHYMES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, WITH LITTLE PHOTOS BY HARALD PAETZ

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(Baum, L. Frank). Hanff, Peter E. & Douglas G. Greene.

BIBLIOGRAPHIA OZIANA, A CONCISE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST OF THE OZ BOOKS BY L. FRANK BAUM AND HIS SUCCESSORS.

San Francisco: International Wizard of Oz Club, 2002. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. paperback. 146 pages. Reprint of the revised and enlarged second edition from the original published in 1976. Bibliographia Oziana by Douglas G. Greene and Peter E. Hanff serves as the standard reference work that sorts out the extremely complex printing history of each of the original forty Oz books by L. Frank Baum and his six successors. In addition, it includes full descriptions..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIA OZIANA, A CONCISE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST OF THE OZ BOOKS BY L. FRANK BAUM AND...

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BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS.

Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.11, NOV., 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: A. Tufel on George Eliot, R. Armstrong on Alan Paton, and J. Waters on "Invasion of the E-Books" (yes, a certain software company has expressed interest). N. Basbanes tours that institution, The Strand; R. Brown and Tasha Tucker discuss Tasha Tudor (with notice of the new Tasha Tudor bibliography by John & Jill Hare, published by..... READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS

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Bucking, Scott.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: P. COTSEN-PRINCETON 1 AND THE TRAINING OF SCRIBES IN BYZANTINE EGYPT.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2011. 7 x 9 inches. cloth, in slipcase. 266 pages. This book by papyrologist Scott Bucking is about a 7th century Sahidic Coptic manuscript including a syllabary and simple text indicating its use for elementary instruction in a monastery. The text provides a papyrological description of the manuscript, with historical and social context, and discusses current issues in papyrology relating to papyri as archaeological objects. With a 61-page color facsimile..... READ MORE about PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: P. COTSEN-PRINCETON 1 AND THE TRAINING OF SCRIBES IN BYZANTINE EGYPT

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(Carroll, Lewis). Sewell, Byron and Clare Imholtz.

AN ANNOTATED INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LEWIS CARROLL'S SYLVIE AND BRUNO BOOKS.

New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 274 pages. First edition. Byron Sewell and Clare Imholtz have compiled a comprehensive international bibliography of over 1000 entries listing all known editions of Lewis Carroll's Sylvie & Bruno books, their translations into foreign languages, excerpts from them, the appearance of their poems in anthologies, critical articles and studies, parodies, and much more. This book establishes..... READ MORE about AN ANNOTATED INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LEWIS CARROLL'S SYLVIE AND BRUNO BOOKS

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CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, (VOLS. I & II).

Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2019. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. cloth, with gilt-stamped decoration on upper cover, title label on spines. 2 vol.: xi, 610 pages; xxxviii, 565 pages. "Turn to any page of the recently published, two-volume, folio-size Catalog of the Cotsen Children's Library: The Nineteenth Century -- say, page 24 of volume II -- and the bibliographical detail accompanying each entry and illustration are case studies in thoroughness. In my case, page 24 reveals..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, (VOLS. I & II

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CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (VOLS I & II).

Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2000-2003. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. cloth, with gilt-stamped decoration on upper covers, title labels on spines. 656, 818 pages. In fall 1996, the Cotsen staff began compiling a multi-volume book catalogue of the research collection, with support from the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and the Technical Services Department of the Princeton University Library. Complete, this catalogue describes that portion of the non-circulating collection of printed books which the..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (VOLS I & II

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(Children's Books). Welch, D'Alte A.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS PRINTED PRIOR TO 1821.

N.P. American Antiquarian Society, 1972. 7.5 x 10.25 inches. cloth. 522 pages. First edition. Full descriptions of over 1000 books. Excellent reference tool. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS PRINTED PRIOR TO 1821

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Cohn, Don J.

VIRTUE BY DESIGN: ILLUSTRATED CHINESE CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM THE COTSEN CHILDREN’S LIBRARY.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2000. 8.25 x 11.5 inches. stiff paper wrappers. 90 pages. The Chinese holdings of the Cotsen Children's Library consist of more than 35,000 items from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The collection comprises the entire range of printed matter a child might encounter in his or her daily life. Primers, textbooks, song books, arts and crafts handbooks, dictionaries, supplementary readers, wall posters and slides from the school classroom, comic..... READ MORE about VIRTUE BY DESIGN: ILLUSTRATED CHINESE CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM THE COTSEN CHILDREN’S LIBRARY

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Farren, Donald and August A. Imholtz, Jr. (editors).

THE BALTIMORE BIBLIOPHILES AT FIFTY, 1954-2004.

With "Children's Books in Bygone Baltimore" An essay and a catalogue by Linda F. Lapides
Baltimore: The Baltimore Bibliophiles, 2009. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 176 pages. With "Children's Books in Bygone Baltimore" An essay and a catalogue by Linda F. Lapides. With this volume the Baltimore Bibliophiles celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their founding, demonstrating the flourishing of bibliophily in Baltimore and the vigor of the organization. Included in the book are an account and a catalogue of early children's books in Baltimore by Linda F. Lapides. A separate..... READ MORE about THE BALTIMORE BIBLIOPHILES AT FIFTY, 1954-2004

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(Inkwell Press). Torre, Vincent.

AESOP'S FABLES.

New York: Inkwell Library, The, (1969). 8vo. decorated yellow cloth. (x), 68, (2) pages. First edition, signed by Torre on the colophon page. Seventeen of Aesop's fables, retold in rhyme, illustrated and decorated by Vincent Torre. Text and charming drawings in black, framed with woodcut borders of leaf, flower and fruit motifs in ochre. While serving in the US Navy, 1951-1954, stationed on the USS Orion, Torre printed his first books under the imprint of..... READ MORE about AESOP'S FABLES

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James, Solomon and Allan Salt (trans.).

LITTLE BOOK OF ANIMALS.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Publications, 2010. 4.2 x 5.5 inches. softcover with french flaps. 16 pages. Facsimile of an illustrated manuscript and of a contemporary letter providing its translation by Reverend Allan Salt. Introduction by Ivy Trent. The original was written in Ojibway and painted on birchbark by Soloman James, Sound of Thunder Ravens, Chief of the Shawanagaw Band of Ojibway Indians, for his son, Louis. The book illustrates hunting and way of life around..... READ MORE about LITTLE BOOK OF ANIMALS

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(Lumsden & Son). Roscoe, S. and R.A. Brimmell.

JAMES LUMSDEN & SON OF GLASGOW, THEIR JUVENILE BOOKS AND CHAPBOOKS.

Pinner: Private Library Association, 1981. 6 x 9.75 inches. hardcover. 160 pages. First edition. Uneven fading to covers and fore-edge, else near fine. Little information regarding the firm of James Lumsden and Son has survived. It seems they first became interested in publishing books for children around the end of the eighteenth century. Although the firm attracted little notice in their own age, their juvenile books have now become collector's pieces. Lumsden books show a...... READ MORE about JAMES LUMSDEN & SON OF GLASGOW, THEIR JUVENILE BOOKS AND CHAPBOOKS

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