Zurich: The Graphis Press, (1979). 4to. pictorial paper-covered boards. pp.465-615. With text in English, French and German. Filled with illustrations including many in color. READ MORE about 4TH INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 27528

New York: Delacorte, (1989). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. First U.S. edition. This collection focuses on fifteen contemporary illustrators of children's books, including Raymond Briggs, Quentin Blake, Charles Keeping, Michael Foreman, Shirley Hughes and John Lawrence. Well-illustrated throughout, many in color, and with a number of previously unpublished illustrations from the artists' private collections. Included is a complete chronological bibliography of each artist. READ MORE about THE TELLING LINE, ESSAYS ON FIFTEEN CONTEMPORARY BOOK ILLUSTATORS

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Boston: Trustees of the Public Library of Boston, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Issued with an exhibition of Judith Gwyn Brown's book illustrations and original work at the Boston Public Library. With an article by the artist, and a checklist of books in the exhibition. Illustrated with full-page pen and ink drawings. Bookplate of Doris Frohnsdorff loosely inserted. READ MORE about TO PICTURE THE STORY, THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF JUDITH GWYN BROWN

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London: Oresko Books Ltd., (1976). 4to. decorated, glossy stiff paper wrapper (folded in dust jacket form). 104 pages. First edition. Beautiful color and black and white illustrations of Caldecott's works. Illustrations for John Gilpin's Ride. READ MORE about RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 'LORD OF THE NURSERY'

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Italy: Ente Autonomo per le Fiere di Bologna, (1997). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 213 pages. First edition. An interesting selection of illustrators from around the world. In each case, an example of their work is shown, usually in full color and short biographical details are given. READ MORE about ANNUAL '96 ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS. NON-FICTION

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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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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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Drawings by Edward Gorey.
(Reading, MA): Addison-Wesley, (1976). square 12mo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. unpaginated. Drawings by Edward Gorey. Reprint of first edition (Toledano, B41B). Black and white etchings by Edward Gorey. Author was a professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education. READ MORE about DONALD AND THE

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London: MacDonald Future Publishers, (1981). 7.25 x 10 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 240 pages. First edition. The author worked for over five years on researching this biography, using much unpublished correspondence and interviews with surviving friends and relations. He has also uncovered many unpublished illustrations. Includes an annotated list of Greenaway books. With 121 illustrations in black-and-white and 15 in color. SALES RIGHTS: Available in North & South America from Oak Knoll Books. READ MORE about KATE GREENAWAY, A BIOGRAPHY

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Washington: Library of Congress, 1993. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 26, (2) pages. Edited by Chief of Children's literature, Library of Congess. Essays by Lionni and Steven Heller. Bibliography. Letter from editor laid in. Wrappers soiled. READ MORE about LEO LIONNI AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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West Hatfield: The Pennyroyal Press, 1985. 4to. Barcham and Green's Dewint hand-made paper with the title embossed in a circular design on the front cover, enclosed in a cloth-covered slipcase lined with the same paper as used for the endpapers of the book. 268 pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies, signed by the illustrator. Contains 62 wood-engravings by Barry Moser. Printed by Harold McGrath in the summer pf 1985 in black with the calligraphic title..... READ MORE about WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ

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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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