Townsend John Row (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First American Edition; vdj in mylar (price clipped); From Dust Jacket: Written for Children was first published in 1965. It was immediately recognized as not only a readable and stimulating account of the development of children's books in England but also an important critical contribution to the subject. For this revised and expanded edition, John Rowe Townsend has extended the scope of the book to cover the development of children's books in the United States and the Commonwealth, as well as other works of the imagination first published in the English language, including poetry and picture books. Account also had been taken of recent trends in the field and of important books which have appeared since the first poublication of Written for Children. A detailed bibliography and line illustrations from many of the books mentioned in the text add to the usefulness of this entertaining and informative study. ; 368 pages.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated card covers (Stapled paperback) 210 x 195 mm approx. 60 pp + 6 of publishing related adverts. A few reproductions in b/w of illustrations from the 221 books featured in the selection published during the quarter century from1952 with bibliographical details. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good (Covers - mild general shelf wear and soiling. Contents clean with no previous owner name, insc. or annotations. Binding sound with no other notable defects).…