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

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(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  other currencies  Order nr. 24544

(Children’s' Books). Rümann, Arthur.

ALTE DEUTSCHE KINDERBÜCHER, MIT BIBLIOGRAPHIE UND EINHUNDERTFÜNFZIG BILDTAFELN.

Vienna: Herbert Reichner, 1937. 8vo. cloth. 102+(1) pages plus 368 leaves of plates. First edition (Besterman 1306). Numbered (but not limited) edition. Boards faded and slightly warped, spine lightly sunned. Ink signature to front free endpaper, interior age-toned. The front panel of the original dust jacket (age-toned and edgeworn) is laid in. Bibliography of German children's literature, especially from the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. 368 entries. Color plates interspersed through introductory..... READ MORE about ALTE DEUTSCHE KINDERBÜCHER, MIT BIBLIOGRAPHIE UND EINHUNDERTFÜNFZIG BILDTAFELN

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 78163

(Children's Books). Alderson, Brian.

SING A SONG FOR SIXPENCE.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1986). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. A tribute to Randolph Caldecott as an illustrator who created such books as Jack and the Beanstalk and Hey Diddle Diddle. Includes many illustrations. Also includes a bibliography and indexed. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about SING A SONG FOR SIXPENCE

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(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  other currencies  Order nr. 123945

(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  other currencies  Order nr. 26704

(Children's Books). Smith, Janet Adam.

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.

London: Collins, 1948. 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 50 pages. First edition. Dampstaining to dust jacket and covers, chipping at edges. With four plates in color and thirty-three illustrations in black-and-white. READ MORE about CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

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(Crawhall, Joseph). Felver, Charles S.

JOSEPH CRAWHALL, THE NEWCASTLE WOOD ENGRAVER (1821-1896).

Newcastle upon Tyne: Frank Graham, n.d. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 144 pages. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. With a list of books illustrated by Crawhall. Loosely inserted commemorative booklabel indicates that this copy came from the reference library of Deval and Muir. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about JOSEPH CRAWHALL, THE NEWCASTLE WOOD ENGRAVER (1821-1896

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(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  other currencies  Order nr. 108476

(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

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Lawson, Robert.

THEY WERE STRONG AND GOOD.

New York, NY: Viking Press, The, 1940. small 4to. full cream cloth printed in blue, dust jacket. First edition. Spine of jacket lightly faded. Two stickers on jacket. Two tears on jacket: one on front and one on rear. Illustrated by the author in black and white throughout, the Caldecott Medalist for 1941. "The Most Distinguished American Picture Book for Children 1940" printed within a circle on front panel. Lighter weight paper than the firstedition..... READ MORE about THEY WERE STRONG AND GOOD

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136760

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

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(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: $135.00  other currencies  Order nr. 75317