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
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London: The Studio, 1933. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. First edition. General series edited by C. Geoffrey Holme. Well-illustrated including plates in color. Covers show wear with a split along hinge and small piece missing at spine ends. READ MORE about CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF YESTERDAY
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Boston: Horn Book, 1968. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 295 pages. First edition. With illustrated articles by Marcia Brown, Adrienne Adams, Grace Allen Hogarth and Rumer Godden. Biographies and selected bibliography of artists and authors. Jacket torn at head of spine. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1957-1966
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Göteborg: Pedagogiska Institutionen Lärarhögskolan, 1968. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 23 single sided leaves. First edition. A study of childrens' literature and its pedagogical adaptations. Reproduced from typescript. In Swedish. READ MORE about SPRÅKLIG STILISTISK STRUKTUR I BARN OCH VUXENLITTERATUR
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Göteborg: Pedagogiska Institutionen Lärarhögskolan i Göteborg [The Pedagogical Institute The Teacher's College of Gothenburg], 1969. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 145 leaves. Presentation copy to Dr. Sigfred Taubert in German on title page. An outline of research into children's/young people's literature (not including schoolbooks): Five basic questions concerning this literature, and eight basic research methods, with many variations. May also indicate actual findings, but that is not the primary concern. Bibliography. Report no. 15..... READ MORE about BARN-OCH UNGDOMS-LITTERATURFORSKNING, OMRADEN, METODER, TERMINILOGI
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New York: Atcom, Inc., (1974). 4to. self paper wrappers. pp. 463-494. Article in the "History of Childhood Quarterly: The Journal of Psychohistory", Vol. 1, No. 3, Winter 1974. Wear and rubbing at extremities, small closed tear on front cover. READ MORE about " GUIDE TO THE INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERATURE OF THE HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 101743
Boston: The Horn Book, (1961). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 528 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Gives the history and development of illustrated books plus biographies and bibliographies of illustrators and their works. Jacket chipped at spine ends. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1744-1945
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Stillwater: Waytonka Press, (1970). 8vo. cloth. (viii), 74 pages. First and only edition. Presentation from the author dated 1970 on free endpaper. READ MORE about McKEE'S PRICE GUIDE TO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 1970, INCLUDING PRICES ON RELATED REFERENCE BOOKS,...
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Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies, 1990. 8vo. cloth. xvii, 180 pages. First edition. In the early nineteenth century the prevailing influence in children's books was the promotion of morality, coupled with instruction, and fairy-tales and such-like improper subjects were widely discouraged. So Benjamin Tabart showed no little courage when, within three years of opening his Juvenile Library in Bond Street, he launched out into the publication of a series of well-produced fairy-tales and nursery stories. During..... READ MORE about BENJAMIN TABART'S JUVENILE LIBRARY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS FOR CHILDREN PUBLISHED, WRITTEN,...
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Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1987. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxix, 142 pages. First edition. Mary Elliott (then Mary Belson) began writing for children in 1809, at a time when increasing literacy and wealth and more progressive understanding of the reading needs of children were creating a growing demand for more and more books for young people. Beginning with two books in verse - one a lively tale about town and country mice, the other, an..... READ MORE about CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF MARY (BELSON) ELLIOTT BLENDING SOUND CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES WITH CHEERFUL...
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2 volumes.
(Carlton, Victoria, Australia): Melbourne University Press, 1992. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 547+(1); xxii, 477+(1) pages. 2 volumes. Table of contents, acknowledgments, list of locations and references, abbreviations in Volume One. Volume Two with introduction and "outline of the bibliography." Indices of titles and illustrators. Volume One, 1774-1972; Volume Two, 1973-1988. Also includes a separate bibliography for the southwest Pacific area. READ MORE about AUSTRAILIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
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London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., (1954). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 256 pages. First edition. 106 illustrations including some in color. An important study of children's books. READ MORE about ENGLISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1600 TO 1900
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 123213
New York: Dover Publications, (1971). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 356, (8) pages. First Dover paperback edition (Fleck D.31.D). Contains a delightful foreword by A. Edward Newton followed by bibliographical descriptions of American children's books dating from the 17th to the 19th century. Spine faded. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
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Foreword by A. Edward Newton.
New York: Kraus Reprint Corp. 1966. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. lx, 355 pages. Foreword by A. Edward Newton. Reprint of the 1933 first edition (Fleck D.31.C.1b). Many illustrations. Plates in black and white. Lacking the dust jacket. Exlibris with markings. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BOOKS IN HIS PRIVATE...
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Foreword by A. Edward Newton.
Storrs-Mansfield: Maurizio Martino Publisher, n.d. but 1996. 8vo. cloth. lx, 355 pages. Foreword by A. Edward Newton. Reprint of the 1933 first edition. Limited to 150 copies. Many illustrations and 816 books described. Arranged chronologically, each work is collated and annotated. Plates in black-and-white. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BOOKS IN HIS PRIVATE...
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Sydney: Wentworth Books, (1969). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 212 pages. First edition. Much on authorship and publishing. Illustrated. Jacket spine faded. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 1841-1941
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American children's literature, 1690-1988, from the collection of Betsy Beinecke Shirley : an exhibition at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, October-December 1991.
(New Haven: Beinecke Library), 1991. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 100 pages. American children's literature, 1690-1988, from the collection of Betsy Beinecke Shirley : an exhibition at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, October-December 1991. First edition. With wonderful color and black and white illustrations of this extensive collection of American children's books. The exhibition covers everything from colonial primers and hornbooks to Sendak and Seuss. Includes bibliography. READ MORE about READ ME A STORY- SHOW ME A BOOK
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And Other Papers on Children's Books and Reading
New York: The New York Public Library, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 83+(1) pages. And Other Papers on Children's Books and Reading. A collection of critical essays on children's books. Covers soiled with many tears on edges. Much wearing on spine. Front cover nearly detached. READ MORE about THE CONTENTS OF THE BASKET
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With an Introduction by Edgar Osborne.
Toronto: Toronto Public Library, (1958). 8vo. cloth. xxvi, 562 pages. With an Introduction by Edgar Osborne. First edition. Essential reference tool in the study of children's literature. Covers soiled along edges with rubbed spot along top of front hinge. READ MORE about OSBORNE COLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1566-1910. A CATALOGUE
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Boston: The Horn Book, (1972). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 340 pages. First U.S. edition, from the second British edition. Study of the history of children's books in England from the beginning of printing up to 1914. Illustrated. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about FROM PRIMER TO PLEASURE IN READING
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Utrecht: Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, 1946. 12mo. paper-covered boards. 48, (46) pages. Text in Dutch. A historical study of learning the alphabet with examples of Old Dutch script and more recent teaching techniques. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Introduction. READ MORE about HOE MEN HET ABC BEGEERDE EN LEERDE
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Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 1976. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 133+(1) pages. Text in Dutch and English. Exhibition, July-October 1976 at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, of illustrations in children's literature. Foreword. Introductory essay by the editor. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Includes complete listing of exhibited items. Index of publishers. READ MORE about CENTSPRENTEN, CATCHPENNYRINTS, NEDERLANDS VOLKS- EN KINDERPRENTEN (CATCHPENNYPRINTS: DUTCH...
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Boston: Horn Book, (1958). 4to. cloth. xvii, 299 pages. First edition. With articles on Distinction in Picture Books, The Book Artist: Ideas and Techniques and The European Picture Book. Biographies and selected bibliography of artists and authors. Ex library copy with markings. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1946-1956
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N.P. American Antiquarian Society, 1972. tall 8vo. cloth. lxvi, 516 pages. First edition. Full descriptions of over 1000 books. Excellent reference tool. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS PRINTED PRIOR TO 1821
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 54328
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
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 25465
