(Children's Books). Darton, F.J. Harvey.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN ENGLAND, FIVE CERTURIES OF SOCIAL LIFE.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 20471

(Children's Books). Hurlimann, Bettina.

THREE CENTURIES OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN EUROPE.

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

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 6142

(Children's Books). Moon, Marjorie.

BENJAMIN TABART'S JUVENILE LIBRARY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS FOR CHILDREN PUBLISHED, WRITTEN, EDITED AND SOLD BY MR. TABART, 1801-1820.

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,...

Price: $36.00  other currencies  Order nr. 32779

(Children's Books). Muir, Percy.

ENGLISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1600 TO 1900.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 123213

(Children's books). Alderson, Brian & Felix de Marez Oyens.

BE MERRY AND WISE: ORIGINS OF CHILDREN'S BOOK PUBLISHING IN ENGLAND, 1650-1850.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2006. 9 x 12 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 320 pages. When was it that someone decided that books might be written and published for child readers? It's fair to say that some kinds of text-alphabets, fables, the Lord's Prayer, may have been seen as fundamental to the process of learning to read from the beginning of book making, but when did children come to be..... READ MORE about BE MERRY AND WISE: ORIGINS OF CHILDREN'S BOOK PUBLISHING IN ENGLAND, 1650-1850

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(Children's Books). Thwaite, Mary F.

FROM PRIMER TO PLEASURE IN READING.

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. READ MORE about FROM PRIMER TO PLEASURE IN READING

Price: $12.40  other currencies  Order nr. 19344

(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. 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 distinctive quality: it is not easy to define and..... READ MORE about JAMES LUMSDEN & SON OF GLASGOW, THEIR JUVENILE BOOKS AND CHAPBOOKS

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 13701

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

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

Pinner: Private Library Association, 1981. tall 8vo. cloth. xxv, 134 pages. First edition. 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 distinctive quality: it is not easy to define and does..... READ MORE about JAMES LUMSDEN & SON OF GLASGOW, THEIR JUVENILE BOOKS AND CHAPBOOKS

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(Miniature Books).

THE ENTERTAINING STORY OF LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, TO WHICH IS ADDED, TOM THUMB'S TOY.

York, England: J. Kendrew, n.d. miniature book (9.6 x 6.5 cm). original self paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. The Centre for Textual Studies at De Montfort University posits a circa 1820 publication date, but also states publication could have taken place any time between circa 1815 and the publisher's death in 1841 (Hockliffe Project website 0028). A work in the publisher's "Penny Books" series. In addition to the two tales mentioned in the title, also includes..... READ MORE about THE ENTERTAINING STORY OF LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, TO WHICH IS ADDED, TOM THUMB'S TOY

Price: $300.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120448

(Potter, Beatrix).

BEATRIX POTTER: PRINTED BOOKS AND ORIGINAL DRAWINGS.

London: Christie's, 1994. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 36, (4) pages. Illustrated auction catalogue. With prices, remarks and notes in ink throughout catalogue. Xerox of prices realized paperclipped to page. Fabric tape markers on spine. READ MORE about BEATRIX POTTER: PRINTED BOOKS AND ORIGINAL DRAWINGS

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(Robinson, W. Heath). Beare, Geoffrey C.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF W. HEATH ROBINSON, A COMMENTARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY.

London: Werner Shaw Ltd., 1983. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 156 pages. First edition. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATIONS OF W. HEATH ROBINSON, A COMMENTARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

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(Taylors). Harris, G. Edward.

CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE TAYLORS OF ONGAR AND STANFORD RIVERS.

(Hamden, CT: Archon Books, The The Shoe String Press, Inc., 1965). 8vo. decorated cloth-covered boards, printed vinyl dust jacket. xii, 65 pages. First edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Provides the first detailed, accurate bibliography of a prolific family of writers in England in the 18th and 19th centuries. They knew such famous people as Goldsmith, Barton, Richardson and others. READ MORE about CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE TAYLORS OF ONGAR AND STANFORD RIVERS

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