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BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS.

Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.11, NOV., 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: A. Tufel on George Eliot, R. Armstrong on Alan Paton, and J. Waters on "Invasion of the E-Books" (yes, a certain software company has expressed interest). N. Basbanes tours that institution, The Strand; R. Brown and Tasha Tucker discuss Tasha Tudor (with notice of the new Tasha Tudor bibliography by John & Jill Hare, published by..... READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS

Price: $4.95 Order nr. 53574

(Caldecott, Randolph). Davis, Mary Gould.

RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 1846-1886, AN APPRECIATION.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., (1946). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 46+(1) pages. First edition. Jacket illustration is from the cover design of "The Horn Book." Book illustrations are from early prints of Caldecott drawings in The Houghton Memorial Library. Jacket soiled and with tape repair on front cover. READ MORE about RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 1846-1886, AN APPRECIATION

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 24544

(Caldecott, Randolph). Engen, Rodney K.

RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 'LORD OF THE NURSERY'.

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'

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 24418

(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

Price: $115.00 Order nr. 90644

(Children's Books).

ANNUAL '88, ILLUSTRATOR'S OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS.

Italy: Ente Autonomo per le Fiere di Bologna, (1988). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 197, (3) pages. 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 '88, ILLUSTRATOR'S OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 95168

(Children's Books).

DIE BILDERWELT IM KINDERBUCH.

Köln: Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek und Rheinisches Bildarchiv, 1988. 4to. paper-covered boards; second volume is stiff paper wrappers. 539; 152 pages. First edition. This is a catalog of the 1988 exhibition of children's book art held at the Joseph-Haubrich Kunsthalle in Köln. Includes 34 short essays on all aspects of children's book art, from incunable art to art of the Weimar Republic. All illustrations are reproduced in color. The second half of the book is taken..... READ MORE about DIE BILDERWELT IM KINDERBUCH

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 123945

(Children's Books). Kingman, Lee, Joanna Foster and Ruth Giles Lontoft.

ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1957-1966.

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

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1773

(Children's Books). Mahony, Bertha E.

ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1744-1945.

Boston: The Horn Book, 1947. 4to. cloth-backed decorated paper cover boards, top edge gilt. xvi, 528 pages. First edition. Gives the history and development of illustrated books plus biographies and bibliographies of illustrators and their works. Front hinge starting. Rubbed around the edges with some minor shelfwearFrom the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1744-1945

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 26704

(Children's Books). Mahony, Bertha E.

ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1744-1945.

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

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 31155

(Gorey, Edward). Neumeyer, Peter F. and Edward Gorey.

WHY WE HAVE DAY AND NIGHT.

New York: Young Scott Books, (1970). oblong 12mo. decorated cloth, dust jacket. unpaginated. First edition. (Toledano, A37a). Text by Neumeyer, illustrations by Gorey. Whimsical account of the earth's rotation and the reason for day and night. Dust jacket slightly soiled and small tear at top of spine. READ MORE about WHY WE HAVE DAY AND NIGHT

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 108697

(Gorey, Edward). Neumeyer, Peter F.

DONALD AND THE.

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

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108476

(Greenaway, Kate). Engen, Rodney.

KATE GREENAWAY, A BIOGRAPHY.

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

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 27171

Herdeg, Walter (editor).

4TH INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION.

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 Order nr. 27528

(Holme, Geoffrey).

THE CHILDREN'S ART BOOK.

London: Studio, n.d. 8vo. cloth spine, paper-covered boards. (iv), 96 pages. This is a simple art appreciation book for children with large print and fairly simple text. The pictures progress from simple to complex with many tipped-in examples as well as those printed on the pages. Some color. Spine of the book a little faded. Dust jacket is worn with some paper loss at the corners and heel of spine, closed tear upper front panel..... READ MORE about THE CHILDREN'S ART BOOK

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 89378

(Kredel, Fritz).

WER WILL UNTER DIE SOLDATEN.

Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, n.d. 12mo. decorated paper-covered boards. 47+(1) pages. Insel-Bücherei Nr. 236. A collection of German soldiers' songs, illustrated by Fritz Kredel (1900-73), noted for his illustrations of children's books. Boards lightly soiled. READ MORE about WER WILL UNTER DIE SOLDATEN

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 115494

(Lionni, Leo). Jagusch, Sybille A. (editor).

LEO LIONNI AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

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

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106427

Martin, Douglas.

THE TELLING LINE, ESSAYS ON FIFTEEN CONTEMPORARY BOOK ILLUSTRATORS.

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 ILLUSTRATORS

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 33111

(Potter, Beatrix).

BEATRIX POTTER: PRINTED BOOKS AND ORIGINAL DRAWINGS.

London: Christie's, 1994. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 36, (4) pages. Illustrated auction catalogue. READ MORE about BEATRIX POTTER: PRINTED BOOKS AND ORIGINAL DRAWINGS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 45074

(Pyle, Howard). Davis, Paul Preston.

HOWARD PYLE: HIS LIFE -- HIS WORK.

2 volumes.
New Castle and Wilmington: Oak Knoll Press and The Delaware Art Museum, 2004. 9 x 12 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 906 pages. 2 volumes. At the dawn of the 20th century, Howard Pyle was America's most famous and influential illustrator. Through the illustrated pages of Harper's, Scribner's and Century magazines, the American public first became acquainted with the illustrator that they would come to love. Both by example and through his teaching, Pyle molded and..... READ MORE about HOWARD PYLE: HIS LIFE -- HIS WORK

Price: $149.95 Order nr. 75317

(Pyle, Howard). Davis, Paul Preston.

HOWARD PYLE: HIS LIFE -- HIS WORK.

2 volumes.
New Castle and Wilmington: Oak Knoll Press and The Delaware Art Museum, 2004. 9 x 12 inches. quarter Morocco with Japanese cloth, a special binding by Campbell-Logan Bindery. (viii),xiv,(ii),400; (viii),401-872 pages. 2 volumes. First edition, one of only 60 numbered and signed sets bound thus (Museum Edition). Contains an extra eight-page signature at the beginning which has a tipped-in wood-engraving of Pyle's well-known painting "The Landing of the Pilgrims" pulled from the original block engraved..... READ MORE about HOWARD PYLE: HIS LIFE -- HIS WORK

Price: $425.00 Order nr. 87133

(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

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 27569

(Schoonover, Frank E.). Madison, Lucy Foster.

WASHINGTON.

Illustrated by Frank E. Schoonover
New York: The Hampton Publishing Company, n.d. (circa 1925). 8vo. red cloth with color plate front cover and gilt titles. (v), 399+(1) pages. Illustrated by Frank E. Schoonover. The exterior of this copy shows moderate wear and soiling. The cover portrait of Washington is rubbed slightly, but still enjoyable. Inside are 6 more color plates by Schoonover. The leaves show scattered light foxing, minor soiling, and one 2-inch-long closed tear. READ MORE about WASHINGTON

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 90925

(Schoonover, Frank E.). Watson, Virginia.

WITH CORTES THE CONQUEROR.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1917. large 8vo. cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, front pastedown, tissue guards. (iv), 332 pages. First edition. Eight color illustrations, a map, endpapers and front pastedown by Frank Schoonover. The story of the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish. Occasional foxing. Previous owner's name on free front endpaper. Lettering nearly worn off spine and upper part of the front board. READ MORE about WITH CORTES THE CONQUEROR

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 89498

(Schoonover, Frank E.). Watson, Virginia.

WITH CORTES THE CONQUEROR.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1917. large 8vo. cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, front pastedown, tissue guards. (iv), 332 pages. First edition. Eight color illustrations, a map, endpapers and front pastedown by Frank Schoonover. The story of the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish. Covers rubbed with part of white ink rubbed away and scratches in front cover. Wear at spine ends and corners. Some ink scribbling in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about WITH CORTES THE CONQUEROR

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 94958

(Sendak, Maurice). Lanes, Selma G.

THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK.

London: The Bodley Head, (1981). oblong 4to. decorated cloth, printed clear plastic dust jacket. 278 pages. First English edition (Hanrahan A108). Biography of Sendak and his work beautifully illustrated with 94 full color plates and over 165 black-and-white drawings including an original Sendak pop-up. Contains a chronological listing of his works.This is the first major retrospective study of one of the major children's book illustrators of our time, creator of "Where The Wild Things Are,"..... READ MORE about THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 123679

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