Arbuthnot Anthology of Children's Literature.
Scott, Foresman 1961 rev. edition; 460 pp. Reference education, hardback. Composed of three "Time For" volumes: Poetry, Fairy Tales Old and New, True and Almost True, (blank endpapers). Pictorial boards.
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Companions of Our Youth: Stories by Women for Young People 1865-1900.
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company, (1980); red boards, grey endpapers, in red jacket illustrated with a girl reading; 216 pp incld bibliography. Reference history, hardback. Drawn mainly from the five most widely read magazines of the period: Youth's Companion, Riverside Magazine, Wide-Awake, Our Young Folks, and St. Nicholas, these.....
The Magic of Lewis Carroll.
Bramhall House, 1973, a reprint of which this is the 1st printing; 288 pp. Reference biography, hardback. An interesting collection of Carroll's games and tricks. Nice quality for a reprint.
Looking-Glass Letters.
New York: Rizzoli 1992/1991 stated 1st US; black binding in jacket with Alice, letter andcarroll; obling 25.5 x 10.5 cm; 160 pp. Reference biography, hardback. Chapters arranged by his childhood and student days, then by the Alice's, the Snark and Sylvie and Bruno.
Flowers of Delight.
Pantheon, 1965; 7.75x 10.5, 230 pp. Reference history, hardback. Culled from the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 1, No 2, Fall 1977.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Fantasy and creativity in children's literature.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 1, No 2, Fall 1977.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Fantasy and creativity in children's literature.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 11, No 1. April 1987.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Literature of American minorities.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 11, No 2, Fall 1987.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Children's Literature and Popular Culture.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 14, No 2. Dec 1990.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Images of the family in children's books.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 15, No 1. June 1991.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Historical fiction and nonfiction for children.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 15, No 2, December 1991.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Beyond Sexism: Gender Issues in Children's Literature. Abridged: Kuznets/Hitty and Miss Hickory; Clark/Confederate Females; Judith Gero Hohn/George MacDonald's female characters; Rushdy/Charlotte's Web;Nikola-Lisa/Peter Rabbit.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 2, No 2. June 1978.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. The Adolescent Novel.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 4, No 2, Winter 1980-81.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Children and poetry.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 5, 1981.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Selection and criticism.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 6, 1982.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Informational books for children.
Horn Book Reflections On Children's Books and Reading
Boston: The Horn Book, (1969); green cloth boards, blue top edge, green and yellow jacket; 9vo; 367 pp. Reference essays, hardback. Selected from Eighteen Years of the Horn Book Magazine, 1949 - 1966. Gathered into 7 sections of 6 to 8 articles each, so quite selective: Inspiration How It Comes.....
The Old-Fashioned Children's Storybook.
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1979, 1st printing thus; 7.4x 9.4, np. Reference illustration, hardback. Pictures by various classic illustrators.
Spirited Minds.
Norton, 1997, 1st printing; paperwraps; 141 pp. Reference history, softcover. "African American Books for Our Sons and Our Brothers." Carefully chosen books with red initial woodcut introducing each description.
Children's Literature: an Illustrated History.
Oxford, 1995, 1st printing; large 4to; 378 pp. Reference history, hardback. .
Newbery Medal Books, 1922 through 1955.
Boston: The Horn Book, Inc, Horn Book Papers Vol. 1, 1965/1957, 3rd printing; brown cloth, in terracotta jacket, 16 x 24 cm; 458 pp incld. indexes. Reference biography, hardback. The Newbery Medal books (not Honor books) from the beginning of the award to 1955. With a book note, an excerpt.....
Twentieth-Century Children's Writers.
NY: St. Martin's Press, (1978 London Macmillan), 1st Am edition, printing unknown. Black cloth boards, blue dustjacket, 1507 pp. Reference biography, hardback, ex-lib. An indispensable reference for children's literature, containing short biographies and bibliographies complete to publication date of most English speaking authors. (European literature and 19th c literature are.....
Beatrix Potter Studies i (Two); papers presented at the Beatrix Potter Lake District Study Conference July 1986.
Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Wilts.: The Beatrix Potter Society, 1986; white glossy card wraps with squirrels rafting, sepia print throughout; 56 pp. Reference biography, hardback. Papers presented at the Beatrix Potter Lake District Study Conference July 1986: Lake District Natural History and BP, Armitt Trust appeal, the BP Collection at the.....
The Fantastic Paintings of Charles and Heath Robinson.
New York: Peacock Press/Bantam Books, [1976] ; softcover still in original shrinkwrap; 8.75x11.75" Reference biography, softcover. "William Heath and Charles Robinson came from a family with illustration in its blood. As their separate careers developed they gave to book illustration a charming and gently humorous approach with a great feeling.....
African-American Voices in Young Adult Literature; Tradition, Transition, Transformation..
Metuchen NJ and London: The Scarecrow Press Inc., 1994/1994, 1st tp; green cloth binding, black panel with gilt decorative border and titles; tall 8vo; 405 pp incld index. Reference history, hardback. Fourteen interesting chapters written by various academics: Through a Glass Clearly: Positive Images of African-American fathers in Young Adult.....