London: B. T. Batsford, 1957, 1st printing; turquoise boards with deep turquoise endpapers, rose jacket with drawing of a teacher and children, heavy coated paper, 8vo; 136 pp.; unclipped 15s. Reference education, hardback. A charming narrative of the life of a school and the relationship of a gifted teacher (the.....
University of Toronto, 1988, 1st printing; 202 pp. Large quality PAPERBACK. Reference essays, hardback. "A Study of Modern Fantasy Tales for Children."
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1947, 1st printing published; blue cloth, in pink jacket with shorescape, 8vo; 173 pp. Reference childhood, hardback. "Grandmother from Head o' Mey" in the north of Scotland comes to stay in London with her daughter and her granddaughter, Nella. "Memories of a Scottish childhood in the.....
Methuen, 1933, 1st printing; 321 pp. Reference biography, hardback. An appreciative biography published the year following Grahame's death, with 15 illustrations, 2 facsimile letters, photo frontis.
University Press of New England, 1979, 1st printing; large 8vo, 406 pp. Reference education, hardback. .
London: Kaye and Ward Ltd, 1969/1946, 5th (and last) revised edition, brown boards, in green jacket with black titles and small illustration of children reading, tall 8vo; 320 pp including list of authors and their books and index. Reference biography, hardback. A standard work, which draws on the author's years.....
Chartwell, (1996); 80 pp. Reference toys&dolls, hardback. "The new compact study guide and identifier."
Chartwell, (1996); 80 pp. Reference toys&dolls, hardback. "The new compact study guide and identifier."
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971, stated 1st printing. Green half cloth, 266 pp. Reference biography, hardback. Detailed, with bibliography and index.
Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., (1974); green fabric reinforced trade paperback; 8vo; 487 pp including detailed index. Reference history, hardback. "Zur Typologie und Funktion einer literarischen Gattung"
London: Robert Hale, 1988, 1st printing; 191 pp. Reference history, hardback. A fascinating history of the scarecrow, with chapters on the scarecrow in literature, discussing at length: the Scarecrow of Oz and Worzel Gummidge.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1933, Second Edition; brown boards with black line borders, many diagrams throughout; small 8vo; 80 pages followed by a 16 pp catalogue: Pitman's list of books on craft work and practical education. Reference education, hardback. "Being a full explanation of how books can.....
Boston: Little, Brown; Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988, 1st US printing, photo of Babes in the Woods asleep on front, the family on the back; large 8vo; 260 pp. Reference essays, softcover. A family with 4 young daughters set out in a bright yellow camper on a 4000 mile adventure of.....
NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1987, 1st printing. Red cloth, 569 pp, 6.5x9.8" Reference essays, hardback. Articles by many of the leading modern writers of children's fiction.
NY: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, 1987, 1st printing. Red cloth, 569 pp, 6.5x9.8" Reference essays, hardback. Articles by many of the leading modern writers of children's fiction.
NY: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, 1987, 1st printing. Red cloth, 569 pp, 6.5x9.8" Reference essays, hardback. Articles by many of the leading modern writers of children's fiction.
NY: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, 1987, 1st printing. Red cloth, 569 pp, 6.5x9.8" Reference essays, hardback. Articles by many of the leading modern writers of children's fiction.
Washington, DC, Library of Congress, 1980, 1st; bright blue boards with William Steig's Roland and a duck yacking away, 8vo; 198 pp. Reference essays, hardback. P. L. Travers, Maurice Sendak, Joan Aiken, Erik Haugaard, Ivan Southall, Ursula le Guin, Virginia Hamilton, John Rowe Townsend, Eleanor Cameron, Jill Paton Walsh. A......
NY: Lothrop, 1974/1973. 468 pp. Reference education, hardback. Essays and criticisms from many distinguished authors covering the field of children's literature from 1744 to date.
Delacorte, 1990/1981, 2nd of this edition; 228 pp. Reference book lists, hardback. "A Commonsense Guide" with 300 newly annotated selections from preschool to young adult.
Lothrop, 1981, 1st printing; 244 pp. Reference essays, hardback. Essays on Children's Literature in Honor of Zena Sutherland; noted writers, on creating, producing, how to review, etc.
Simon and Schuster, 1992, 1st printing; 220 pp. Reference essays, hardback. "Discovering the Joys of Childhood Classics with Your Child.
London: Evans Brothers, (1974 rev./1970); 212 pp. Reference essays, hardback. "A critical study of the writing of fiction for and about children."
London: Scarecrow, (1995); 487 pp. Reference history, hardback. "The Era of World War I in Children's And Young Adult Fiction, an Annotated Bibliography." Very thoroughly indexed.
UK: Alan Sutton, 1989, 1st printing. Reference education, hardback. .