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Published by British Library, London / Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, 1999 reprint with corrections of 1982 third edition, 1999
Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm, xviii, 398 pp, ills. From the blurb: " 'Not a collection of queer facts or antiquarian scraps' said Harvey Darton of his book when it was first published in 1932, but 'a chronicle of the English people in their capacity of parents, guardians and educators of children'. Certainly, literature -albeit a 'minor literature' - was his central theme, but through it he wove biography and the facts of social and commercial history, the 'human aspect'; and when Children's Books in England was published it proved to be a work whose insights and authority transformed our understanding of its subject. ". For this third edition of Darton's classic work, Brian Alderson, has checked the multitude of small details in the book in an effort to ensure that they are accurate by the standards of modern scholarship; added a number of bibliographical notes; and, in a supplementary chapter, filled out the discussion of children's books during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, which formed a natural end-point to Harvey Darton's history. In addition, more than sixty new illustrations have been added, in order to expand upon facts and arguments put forward in the text. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.
Published by The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, Reprinted with Corrections, 1999., 1999
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hardback, 18x25cm, 398pp. Very good condition (light wear and scuff marks) in very good dustwrapper (light wear; slightly faded spine; chipped upper corners). ISBN: 0712346066.
Published by British Library & Oak Knoll Press, 1999,, 1999
ISBN 10: 1884718930ISBN 13: 9781884718939
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. paperback, large square 4to, 160pp., illustrated, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, corners slightly scuffed, Very Good condition. ISBN: 1884718930.
Published by Oak Knoll Press/British Library, 1999,, 1999
ISBN 10: 1884718876ISBN 13: 9781884718878
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Hbk 117pp illus an unread copy excellent clean tight unmarked in sleeve-protected dj as new.
Published by British Library and Oak Knoll Press, London, first edition, 1999, 1999
First Edition
Cloth, 8vo, 28 cm, xi, 352 pp, ills, facs. From the blurb: "Though seldom acknowledged, the spare-time production by Thomas Bewick of his celebrated natural histories was supported by the vigorous activity of a general engraving business involving Bewick, his partner Ralph Beilby and their numerous apprentices. Revealing a vast range of work, from banknotes and inscriptions on silver, to the making of type punches and bottle moulds, the workshop's surviving records are unique in their diversity and quantity. In recent years these records have been used in the study of engraved silver, pottery transfers and the preparatory studies for Bewick's wood engravings. But Nigel Tattersfield's account of the several hundred bookplates engraved on copper and wood, executed and printed in the workshop over a period of 89 years, is quite the most extensive and thorough in its use of the primary sources. The author's lively enthiusiasm and careful scholarship have combined to produce a valuable and truly pioneering work on a subject hitherto clouded by speculation and optimistic attribution. It is very fully illustrated, with over 300 examples reproduced, and its wealth of biographical information on the owners of the bookplates represents an important contribution to the social history of the north of England." Elegant bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.
Published by British Library and Oak Knoll Press, [1999], 1999
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous reproductions from engravings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.