Dedicee (3 results)

1st edition. 704 pp. Frontis. 8vo. Forster dedicated this work to Charles Dickens. Abt VG (sp sunned/slt cocked/contemporary bpt of James Ballantyne/rear jt starting at bottom portion). Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering/decorations. AEG.

1st Edition. xxxii, 182, [2 (advert)] pp. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 4-7/8" General wear, with small chip at top of backstrip, which is darkened. Bookplate to ffep. A VG copy. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Pale yellow eps. Now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper.

Unpaginated, though 24 pp. Color illustrtions throughout. 8vo. Sayers, librarian, educator, and author, devoted her life to juvenile literature. Her efforts earned her several honors, including the 1965 Lippincott Award for distinguishec service in the profession of librianship and the 1973 Regina Medal from the Catholic Library". [Wiki] Upon her death, Sayers, former Lecturer at the Library and Information Science at UCLA, was honored by that instituion by its establishment of the annual Frances Clarke Sayers Lecture series devoted to juvenile literature. In 1999, American Libraries named her one of the "100 Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century." A Fine copy in a similar jacket. Pictorial glazed boards. Dust jacket which replicates the binding graphics 1st Edition, a Dedication copy, INSCRIBED by the Artist to the book's dedicatee, Frances Clarke Sayers.