London: Jonathan Cape, 1984, true 1st UK; blue binding, map endpapers, in jacket with photo of trunk and contents, 8vo; 224 pp incld index. Reference biography, hardback. While looking through the university's collection Hardyment found an old trunk full of notes and sketches. "Following up on the clues found in.....
London: Jonathan Cape 1976, 1st; edited, with prologue and epilogue by Rupert Hart-Davis, green boards, green jacket with photos of Ransome as an older man and a young boy, 8vo; 364 pp. Reference biography, hardback. " The enchantment of his autobiography lies above all in his engagingly humorous and clear-sighted.....
Penguin, 1994/1988; Paperback. 238 pp. Reference book lists, hardback. A guide to books for teens and preteens.
Penguin, 1994/1988; Paperback. 238 pp. Reference book lists, hardback. A guide to books for teens and preteens.
Newark: The Essex Press, Supplement to the Child Labor Bulletin Vol. II No. 3, December 1913; brown cloth library bound bulletin with original paper wrap within, ivory with circular Madonna and Child of a poor mother and child by the fire by Mary Ell. Reference childhood, hardback. Stories, poems, and.....
Boston: Page, 1931/1893, 9th printing; brown cloth with oval portrait photo of child, gilt titles, 8vo; 210 pp + 6 pp catalogue. Reference biography, hardback. Illustrated with photos, unfailingly positive.
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.....
Hamden, Conn.; The Shoestring Press, Library Professional Publications, 1988 1st tp; Foreword by Augusta Baker; maroon boards, in maroon jacket with grey titles; tall 8vo; 228 pp. Reference essays, hardback. For more than a decade, the author was the coordinator of Children's Services for the New York Public Library. A......
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994, stated first, "A"; illustrated slipcase encloses 14 page accordion panorama with black cloth boards and plain backs, 8.3x10.5" no pages. Reference illustration. Boxed book novelty panorama. Written and produced to benefit Share Our Strength, a hunger relief organization now focussing on child hunger.....
Harvard University Press, 1978, 1st printing; 280 pp. Reference history, hardback. .From Snow White to E. B. White.
New York: Penguin Books, 1976, 1st published by Penguin books in 1976, although that makes little difference, (revised and frequently reprinted)/1942; green covers, 356 pp including index. Reference education, softcover. A classic, "a great storyteller reveals the secrets of her art" May Hill Arbuthnot; followed by eleven of her best.....
Viking, 7th, 1953/1942. Reference education, hardback. .
Harper, 1979, 1st printing, 185 pp. Reference biography, hardback. Autobiographical story of Say at age 14 apprenticed to a Japanese cartoonist -- unillustrated except for fine painting on jacket.
Viking, 1965/1965, 2nd; 173 pp. Reference essays, hardback. Essays and Speeches.
New York: The Century Company, Oct 1919, 1st printing; grey cloth boards with gilt and orange illustration of small girl, 8vo; 224 pp. Reference childhood, hardback. Full of interesting detail about the world of a lively little girl in the late 1800's. Quite a modern tone.
Boston, New York, Chicago, Dallas: Atkinson, Mentzer, and Grover, (1906); light tan cloth boards with red geometric border and black titles; many photographs of children and projects, small 8vo; 136 pp. Reference education. From the days when children did serious handwork in public schools, despite large classes and simple materials.....
Abrams, 1981, 2nd printing, c.1980; 11.8 x 10.9 x 1.5", 276 pp. Reference biography, hardback. .
Dutton Lodestar, 1984, 1st printing; 149 pp. Reference biography, hardback. The "Story of a Storyteller". First in the Jewish Biography series. Includes list of works and index.
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.....
Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1997 Vol 21, Jan. Apr. Sept.; 5.75x8"; 456 total plus index to Vol 21. Reference journals, softcover. Jan: Forgotten authors (including Elizabeth Goudge); Apr. General Issue (Cuckoo Clock, Potter, Oz, Cushman), Sept. Irish Children's Literature. Institutions inquire.
Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1999 Vol 23, Jan. Apr. Sept.; 5.75x8"; 456 total plus index to Vol. 23. Reference journals, softcover. Jan: Contemporary British Children's Literature; Apr: General Issue (Ethnicities and modern Irony); Sept: Sexuality and Children's Literature. Institutions inquire.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. American Children's Literature.
New York: The John Day Company, ALA, 1942/1933, 3rd edition completely revised and reset; green and tan jacket, not illustrated, 8vo; 285 pp, including publisher list and extensive index. Reference book lists, hardback. Over 1300 titles graded and divided to meet the reading needs of all children from two to.....
Plough Publishing House, 1975/1963, Second Edition. Reference childhood, hardback. A long photo essay about the lives of children in the Bruderhoff.
DMS Publishing, 1995, 1st printing; paperwraps; 64 pp. Reference book lists, hardback. .