Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: The Horn Book, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1961
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint. Comprehensive, indispensable reference guide to the men & women who illustrated books for children from the mid-18th-mid-20th centuries. with brief biographies, detailed bibliographies of authors & illustrators, & book summaries, analyses of trends, & more. In 527 pages, lavishly illustrated in both color & black-&-white. Orig. published in 1947, this is a 1961 reprint in teal cloth over boards lettered in bright gilt to spine. Condition is Near Fine: very clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & completely unmarked, with mild tanning. Exterior shows slight rubbing to extremities & bumping to corners/spine tips. The unclipped DJ is VG, with some minor chipping at corners & heel/tail of spine; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or international shipping without preapproval of extra postage per USPS rates. ILUS.
Verlag: Boston: The Horn Book, Inc., 1940, 1940
8vo.; pictorial stiff wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 218-296 pages; black and white illustrations including a frontispiece of Frederic G. Melcher; contents include: The Beginnings of a Legend Fred Melcher by Margery Quigley, Children's Books in a Democracy by James Daugherty, A Note of James Daugherty by Lynd Ward, Working Together on Books for Children by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire by Bertha E. Mahony and Marguerite M. Mitchell, Leslie Brooke by Marcia Dalphin, Midsummer Book List by Alice M. Jordan, In Mr. Newbery's Bookshop by Alice Dalgliesh, and Listen, Music! by Clarissa Lorenz; stamped on front wrap and wraps are lightly soiled else very good.
8vo.; pictorial stiff wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 138-216 pages; black and white illustrations including a frontispiece of Arthur Rackham; contents include: The Genius of Arthur Rackham by Robert Lawson, Arthur Rackham and "The Wind in the Willows" by George Macy, The Home of the Wee Folk by P. G. Konody, Books of the Spring by Alice M. Jordan, The Three Owls' Notebook by Anne Carroll Moore, Two Poems by Elizabeth Coatsworth, Guide to Treasure by Bertha Mahony, Paul Bransom by Dorothy Lathrop, and a Bibliography of Children's Books Illustrated by Arthur Rackham by Sarah Briggs Latimore and Grace Clark Haskell; name stamped on front wrap and wraps are lightly soiled else very good.
Verlag: Boston: The Horn Book, Inc., 1940, 1940
8vo.; pictorial stiff wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 74-136 pages; black and white illustrations including a frontispiece from David and Jonathan by James Daugherty; contents include: Reading with Children by Anne T. Eaton, Beauty by E-Yeh-Shure, Children?s Books at Home and Abroad by Ruth Enke, The Three Owls? Notebook by Anne Carroll Moore, The Seed Shop by Muriel Stuart, Word Collecting by Constance Wellman, Words by Frances Frost, Writing for Children by Lavinia R. Davis, Design in Children?s Books by Dorothy Waughan David?s City by Sonia Daugherty; wraps are lightly soiled else very good.
Verlag: Boston: The Horn Book, Inc., 1940, 1940
8vo.; pictorial stiff wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 72 pages; black and white illustrations including a frontispiece from The Happy Flute; contents include: Hold on That Which is Good by Elizabeth Nesbitt, Robert Lawson by Helen Dean Fish, The Three Owls' Notebook by Anne Carroll Moore, Literature at the Linen Level by Katherine Reeves, Mariposa Lilies by Ella Young, Mosaic by Florence Crannell Means, Midwinter Book Fare The Booklist by Alice M. Jordan, Krakow Is Still Singing by Eric P. Kelly, and Writing Poetry For Children by Rose Fyleman; wraps are lightly soiled and ink stamp in 4 places else very good.