Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1964. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 29, (3) pages. Illustrated. READ MORE about A CHRONICLE OF BOYS AND GIRLS HOUSE AND A SELECTED LIST OF RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE OSBORNE...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 51164
London: The British Council, n.d. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 24 pages. An exhibition catalogue. Presentation from Cleverdon on front inside cover. READ MORE about ENGLISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 26919
(London: The Scolar Press, 1976). 4to. cloth-backed boards. various paginations. Reprint of the eight separately issued chap-books produced by Field and Tuer and printed at the Leadenhall Press in 1883. This copy was reproduced from one of the few sets that had been hand-colored and this copy has the chap-book cuts in color. Ink inscription to former owner on verso of free endpaper. READ MORE about CRAWHALL'S CHAP-BOOK CHAPLETS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 27225
N.P. Swedish Institute for Children's Books, (1981). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 104 pages. Separate chapters by Gerd Hillman, Mary Orvig, Lars Furuland and others. READ MORE about CULTURE FOR SWEDISH CHILDREN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 107361
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, (1962). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. vi, 137 pages. In this book about school libraries, the emphasis is more on how the books are used than on organization. The authors have examined how many schools have approached the problem of children and books, and give some examples of children's work which has been the result of varied approaches. Illustrated, two appendices. READ MORE about CHILDREN AND BOOKS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 45156
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1932. tall 8vo. cloth. xii, 359 pages. First edition. Written as "a minor chapter in the history of English social life." Covers children's books from the middle ages until the 80's and today. There were no children's books before the 17th century, if one considers only those "produced to give children spontaneous pleasure" and not those written to teach or make them good. With bibliographical information. Some foxing of pastedowns and..... READ MORE about CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN ENGLAND, FIVE CENTURIES OF SOCIAL LIFE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 20467
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1958. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 365 pages. Second edition. Revision of the 1932 edition with a few corrections Darton had marked in the text. Introduction by Kathleen Lines. History of children's books and of the social life during which they were written. Many plates and a bibliography following. Jacket worn and tape repaired. READ MORE about CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN ENGLAND, FIVE CERTURIES OF SOCIAL LIFE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 20471
New York: H.W. Wilson, 1973. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 320 pages. Second printing. This latest work in the series begun in 1951 by Stanley J. Kunitz, includes 255 autobiographical or biographical sketches of authors and illustrators of books for children and young people, with the new feature of autobiographees' signatures when authorized. Index of all authors and illustrators in this volume and its two predecessors. Portrait photographs. Bookplate of Doris Frohnsdorff loosely inserted. READ MORE about THIRD BOOK OF JUNIOR AUTHORS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 65463
Cleveland: The World Publishing Co, (1967). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 240 pages. First U.S. edition. 300 black-and-white illustrations and 40 in color. Jacket has tears and tape repairs. READ MORE about LITTLE WIDE-AWAKE, AN ANTHOLOGY FROM VICTORIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND PERIODICALS IN THE COLLECTION...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126650
Boston, MA: Charles E. Lauriat Co., n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. Books published by Houghton Mifflin and offered for sale by Lauriat. Table of contents, Black and white plates. Covers tanned, Lower fore-edge corner torn off. Fore-edge chipped. READ MORE about A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126718
Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 1974. 4to. cloth, front board decorated. 192 pages. Text in Dutch. Presentation by the author on front free endpaper "To Mrs. Vera Rus with love and admiration, Leonard de vries, New York 17 Oct. '77.". A collection of children's poetry, nursery rhymes. Frontispiece. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Foreword, explanation of the contents and table of contents. Boards lightly soiled and rubbed at edges. READ MORE about HET PRENTENBOEK VAN TANTE PAU EN HET MOOISTE EN LEUKSTE UIT ANDERE OUDE PRENETENBOEKEN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108266
Paris, France: Gumuchian & Co., 1938. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 29+(1) pages. Gumuchian Catalogue 23. Black and white plates and illustrations. Covers lightly soiled. Tanning at edges of text. READ MORE about EARLY ALPHABETS HORN BOOKS AND AMUSING CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 125782
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1967. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 287 pages. First edition. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE REPUBLIC OF CHILDHOOD, A CRITICAL GUIDE TO CANADIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 80186
London, England: Sotheby's, 2011. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 58 pages. Auction, July 14, 2011. 159 lots. Table of contents, index. Mainly children's books and illustrations. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about ENGLISH LITERATURE, HISTORY, CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133648
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1967). small 4to. cloth. (vi), 129 pages. First separate edition. Originally published in the LIBRARY QUARTERLY in January 1967. A collection of interesting papers read at the conference. READ MORE about A CRITICAL APPROACH TO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE GRADUATE...
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 86954
(1967). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 147, (3) pages. The entire issue of the LIBRARY QUARTERLY, Volume 37, Number 1. A collection of interesting papers read at the conference. Acquisition note on front cover. READ MORE about A CRITICAL APPROACH TO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE GRADUATE...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 97114
New York: Pantheon, (1965). 4to. cloth. 232 pages. First U.S. edition. 750 woodcuts and engravings on wood and engravings of which upwards of 125 are colored. Covers soiled. READ MORE about FLOWERS OF DELIGHT CULLED BY LEONARD DEVRIES FROM THE OSBORNE COLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 26693
Basel: Erasmushaus, Haus der Bücher, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. Text in German. Catalogue of 570 books from the 16th and 17th centuries covering Botany, Zoology, Architecture, Gardening, Medicine and Pharmacy, Science, Technology, Art Literature, Costumes, Topography, illustrated children's books and Juvenile fiction. Beautifully illustrated rear cover from item 482. A few scattered stains on front cover, light discoloration of spine, mild wear to edges. READ MORE about FROM FREDDIE & GEORGE
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 91939
Boston: Horn Book, 1959. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xvi), 261 pages. First edition. Divided into eight sections covering subjects such as Reviews and Criticism, Fairy Tales, Youth in the War, and Poetry. Minor fading of spine of jacket. READ MORE about A HORN BOOK SAMPLER ON CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND READING SELECTED FROM TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE HORN...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 26694
Berlin: Neues Leben, 1953. 8vo. cloth. 313 pages, with frontispiece. First German edition. A collection of Gorki's writings on children's literature. Covers slightly warped and spotted. READ MORE about UBER KINDER UND KINDERLITERATUR
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 49011
Mit 12 illuminirten Kupfern.
Meißen, (1824). square 24mo. stiff paper wrappers, slip case. (ii), 120 pages. Mit 12 illuminirten Kupfern. Written in German. A facsimile of "Der moralische und belehrende Bildermann" (The moral and instructive Picture-man), taken from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Included as a separate same-size pamphlet is the modern publishing information, as well as a foreword by Gabriele Spitzer about the series, and a foreword by Carola Pohlmann about the book itself. The pamphlet is bound in..... READ MORE about DER MORALISCHE UND BELEHRENDE BILDERMANN
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New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, (1975). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxx, 263 pages. First edition. Printed at the Stinehour Press. With many illustrations including some in color. Detailed descriptions of over 200 items. Essays by Charles Ryskamp, Gerald Gottlieb, and J.H. Plumb. Very good condition. READ MORE about EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND THEIR ILLUSTRATION
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 25527
Washington: Library of Congress, 1972. oblong 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 84 pages. Illustrated catalog of 130 children's books from various countries. READ MORE about WIDE WORLD OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS AN EXHIBITION FOR INTERNATIONAL BOOK YEAR
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 1780
Translated by Marguerite Mitchell.
Boston: The Horn Book, 1963. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxvi, 176 pages. Translated by Marguerite Mitchell. Reprint of the fourth edition which had a new preface. READ MORE about BOOKS, CHILDREN AND MEN
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 61182
Zürich: Atlantis Verlag, (1963). 8vo. cloth, leather cover label, dust jacket. 247 pages. Second Swiss edition of Hurlimann's study of European children's books. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about EUROPÄISCHE KINDERBÜCHER IN DREI JAHRHUNDERTEN
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 78086
