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
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
Watkins Glen: Century House, (1967). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 200 pages. First edition. Illustrated. Light soiling, else fine. READ MORE about CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS YESTERDAY AND TODAY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126588
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...
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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
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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
Translated and Edited by Brian Alderson.
London: Oxford University Press, 1967. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 297 pages. Translated and Edited by Brian Alderson. First English edition. "Important contribution to the history of bibliography of children's books." Illustrated. READ MORE about THREE CENTURIES OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN EUROPE
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Translated and Edited by Brian Alderson.
Cleveland: The World Publishing Co., 1968. 8vo. gilt-stamped cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 297 pages. Translated and Edited by Brian Alderson. First U.S. edition. "Important contribution to the history and bibliography of children's books." Illustrated. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THREE CENTURIES OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN EUROPE
Price: $19.00 Order nr. 100456
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1990. small to. stiff paper wrappers. 44 pages. Acknowledgments, table of contents, preface, list of contributors. Papers from a symposium at the Library of Congress. Editor was chief of the library's Children's Literature Center. Black and white illustrations by Mitsumasa Anno. READ MORE about WINDOW ON JAPAN: JAPANESE CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND TELEVISION TODAY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 126643
London: The Studio, 1933. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 128 pages. First edition. A special issue of The Studio. Profusely illustrated guide to the study of children's books of the 18th through 20th centuries. Some illustrations are in color. Front cover and flap of jacket is present and the rest of the jacket is a replacement. The cloth bound version of this book is scarce. READ MORE about CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF YESTERDAY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 3779
London: The Studio, 1933. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. General series edited by C. Geoffrey Holme. Well-illustrated. Covers rubbed with small piece missing at bottom of front cover and along spine. READ MORE about CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF YESTERDAY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 15872
