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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 128p, 36 tables, 5 diagrams, and 13 graphs, a VG pbk [0521097886].

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 224p, 65 tables, a very good paperback [0521096073].

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good +. None as issued. Clean, solid copy with unmarked text. Cover has light edge wear. Binding is tight and square; no creases to spine or cover. Looks very, very good overall. We are unable to ship oversize books and multi-volume sets internationally.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 96p, a Fine hardback in a fine dust-jacket [052132730X].

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Los Angeles, 2010; illustrated paper covers; French flaps, minimal shelf wear; 5 3/4 inches tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; paginated in sections.

paperback. Zustand: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Shelf 328 Text clean; book tight; several large, colorful photos; Not a book club (BC)copy. No previous owner name, not ex library, not a remainder, smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS.…

Paperback. x, 136p., paperback, 8.25x11.25 inches, very good. Illustrated profusely with reproductions of woodblock prints and art.

paperback. 9 x 7.5 (landscape). paperback. 40 pages. John Spilsbury, who styled himself an "Engraver and Map Dissector in Wood, in Order to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography," is credited with the invention of "dissected maps", hand-colored maps, printed from copper plates, which were mounted on thin sheets of mahogany and cut into pieces according to the political borders of the region mapped. The discovery of an extraordinary set of five of John Spilsbury's dissected puzzles, and its acquisition by the Cotsen Children's Library has provided a valuable opportunity to reassess Spilsbury's intention and the place of dissected puzzles and other geographical pastimes in the history of education in eighteenth-century Britain. This study of the context in which these puzzles first appeared reveals the extent of the links between the childrens book and map trades in 18th-century London, and sheds new light on the history of progressive British education during that time. "[A] well-documented discussion of (for many readers) an unfamiliar form of publication." T. H. Howard-Hill, University of South Carolina, Editor, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. vi, 79 p.

paperback. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. paperback. 168 pages. Color photographs, illustrations, and reproductions. Taking as its starting point the set of sixteen dissected maps belonging to the children of George III and acquired by the Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University, this work examines the new trends in education exemplified by the practices of the royal nursery and its governess, Lady Charlotte Finch. The author establishes a relationship between Lady Charlotte and Mme Le Prince de Beaumont, the French governess and author of the Magasin des Enfans (1756). Le Prince de Beaumont is newly identified as the first person to be selling dissected maps, or cartographical jigsaw puzzles, several years before the map seller John Spilsbury. The educational environment in which the royal children played with their educational toys is recreated from a wide range of contemporary sources. Locating these dissected maps within the domestic context of the royal household allows a re-examination of the historiography of the use and development of educational toys. The discussion ranges over new trends in educational theory and practice including the evolution of rational domesticity and the increasing involvement of aristocratic mothers in the care and education of their children. The influence of Mme Le Prince de Beaumont, and Lady Charlotte's upbringing and her place within a circle of intellectual women are examined. A bibliographical history of the individual puzzles is included, as is the delightful text of the Prologues and Epilogues to the 1732 children's performance of Dryden's Indian Emperor, in which Lady Charlotte and her siblings performed and which was recorded by William Hogarth in his painting of The Conquest of Mexico, Act IV, Scene IV, from Dryden's Indian Emperor. The text is reproduced, together with the painting, at the end of the work. Reviews: "This volume is an important contribution to the origins of dissected maps in England, and a useful supplement to the authors earlier work on Spilsbury." Map Forum (Issue 1, Spring 2004). ". a visual delight. Jill Shefrin has produced an enjoyable and unusual book of cultural history. deal[ing] with broad trends in family life (pedagogy, the education of women, and the workings of hierarchy and patronage) and illuminat[ing] them through domestic detail, through unpublished texts, letters by and about children, and through surviving toys and educational games." University of Toronto Quarterly (74, 1, Winter 2004/5).…

stiff paper wrappers. 8.25 x 11.5 inches. stiff paper wrappers. 90 pages. The Chinese holdings of the Cotsen Children's Library consist of more than 35,000 items from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The collection comprises the entire range of printed matter a child might encounter in his or her daily life. Primers, textbooks, song books, arts and crafts handbooks, dictionaries, supplementary readers, wall posters and slides from the school classroom, comic books, magazines, newspapers, riddle and puzzle books, board games, cigarette cards, and cram-school manuals for extracurricular reading are all part of the library's Chinese collection, as are nursery rhymes, fairy tales, science fiction, and adventure stories for bedtime reading. The collection spans four centuries, from the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644) to the post-Cultural-Revolution decades 1977-1999. Virtue By Design concentrates on illustrated books, periodicals, and other printed matter, presenting more than 200 pictures arranged chronologically. The principal criteria for the selection of the pictures are visual interest and the power of the illustration to represent a particular period, ideology, concept, or political movement. These pictures chronicle the history of Chinese society, revealing the values, fashions and tastes of the time. They also provide information about social class, discipline, etiquette, family structure, dress, architecture, and cuisine. One particular aim of the Chinese collection of the Cotsen Childrens Library is to show the impact of politics on childrens books published from the late "Mao Zedong period" (1949-76) to the "Deng Xiaoping period" (1978-present). Both regimes are amply represented in the present book. Virtue By Design is a small showcase of representative Chinese items in the Cotsen Childrens Library. It is hoped that the present volume will highlight the need for a study of the entire range of printed matter produced for Chinese children.…

Paperback. Zustand: Used; Like New. 84p., tables, wrps (very slight wear to top of cover). This issue includes the following articles: "La realidad existencia y 'la realidad creada' en Pirandello y Salvador Novo", "René Marqués', La muerte no entrará en Palacio" and "Algumas Reflexões Sôbre o Teatro de Martinas Pena". Includes an article printed in Portuguese. Includes notes.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Signed by author on a card inside the book. Signed by Author(s).

Staplebound. 43 pgs. Good+ staplebound copy. Covers a bit browned. (918).

Zustand: Fine. First printing. Hardcover. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. Signed and dated by the author on the title-page.

cloth. 9 x 7.5 (landscape). cloth. 40 pages. John Spilsbury, who styled himself an "Engraver and Map Dissector in Wood, in Order to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography," is credited with the invention of "dissected maps", hand-colored maps, printed from copper plates, which were mounted on thin sheets of mahogany and cut into pieces according to the political borders of the region mapped. The discovery of an extraordinary set of five of John Spilsbury's dissected puzzles, and its acquisition by the Cotsen Children's Library has provided a valuable opportunity to reassess Spilsbury's intention and the place of dissected puzzles and other geographical pastimes in the history of education in eighteenth-century Britain. This study of the context in which these puzzles first appeared reveals the extent of the links between the children's book and map trades in 18th-century London, and sheds new light on the history of progressive British education during that time. "[A] well-documented discussion of (for many readers) an unfamiliar form of publication." T. H. Howard-Hill, University of South Carolina, Editor, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America.…

Zustand: Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Internally clean and tight.

cloth, dust jacket. 12.4 x 15.1 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 40 pages. Der Wunderknaul is the beautifully illustrated tale of Inge's adventures with a ball of yarn. This innovative picture book with verses by Margarete Kallmeyer-Melhorn reflects an interesting transitional period in German society from a nursery perspective: the change from traditional German society to the modern world. The book contains a biographical note with family photographs by Kallmeyer-Melhorn's great nephew, Thomas Langensiepen, an introduction by Ivy Trent, a facsimile of the original illustration with parallel text and translation and a facsimile of the original typescript.…

Zustand: Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition in very good dust jacket. Internally clean and tight.

Softbound. Zustand: New. First Edition. Catalogue of items selected from a collection of some 35,000 items of Chinese children's literature and related ephemera. The collection, and items illustrated within this volume, span a period of some 400 years from the Ming Dynasty to present day, and include such material as primers, textbooks, song books, arts and crafts handbooks, dictionaries, posters, comic books, magazines, puzzle books and much more - in summary virtually the entire range of printed matter that a Chinese child would encounter. The items are selected to provide insight into the values, fashions and tastes of Chinese society over the course of the past 4 centuries. Introductory essay, over 200 items described (in English) and illustrated in colour. 29 x 21 cm., v, 90 pp. Size: 29 x 21 cm.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 32mo hardcover with dust jacket. NF/NF. Excellent condition with minimal wear. Interior is clean. No writing or markings of any kind.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Large softback in very good condition. General shelfwear, including notable tanning to cover and light creasing and wear to cover edges. Pages are tightly bound and content unmarked. Coloured images wthin are vibrant and true. CN. Used.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Square quarto. xxiii, 40pp. A facsimile of a previously unpublished manuscript, inclusive of Kallmeyer-Melhorn's colorful illustrations, a biographical note by Thomas Langensiepen, and an Introduction by Ivy Trent. Bound in full orange cloth over boards. Fine in a near fine dust wrapper, somewhat sunned at spine.…

paperback. Zustand: near fine. Illustrated throughout in color. 90pp. Slim 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, (2000). A near fine copy of a scarce book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good condition, minor marks, ink gift inscription from the author on title page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new. 104 pps.

paper wrappers. 8vo. paper wrappers. 36 pages, 18 photographic plates. As told to Ernstine Rickner with insights by Dorothy Dickey. Limited to 119 copies. A fine copy. This book was composed, printed, and bound at the Occasional Press, in Palo Alto California and Rochester, New York in the Fall of 1990. The design of the book is by Thomas Rickner. The text is set in Frederic W. Goudy's Californian. The display is set in Goudy's Deepdene, Californian, and Morris Fuller Benton's Cheltenham. A very scarce book. Occasional Press (illustrator).…