Down the Rabbit Hole.
Atheneum, 1971, 1st printing; 239 pp. Reference essays, hardback. "Adventures and Misadventures in the Realm of Children's Literature."
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Edward Lear and his World.
Scribners, 1977, 1st printing; 126 pp. Reference biography, hardback. .
Lois Lenski, an appreciation.
Durham, NC: Christian Printing Company, April 1963, 1st and probably only printing; blue card with all around sketch from Lenski's Ashe County NC notebooks, 1945; 6x9"; 48 pp. Reference biography, softcover. Published on the occasion of Lenski's being awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Woman's College of the U of.....
The Renaissance of Wonder.
London: Cannongate,1997, 1st printing; 169 pp. Reference history, hardback. Follows the development of the renaissance of fantasy from George MacDonald to the present day.
Critical Handbook of children's Literature.
Glenview Ill., Scott, Foresman, and Company, 1976, 1st, green cloth with large panels of green and primary colours in diamond design; 6x9"; 214 pp. Reference education, hardback. Chapters with subdivisions, each with questions or projects, and book lists: Literature, What Is It?, Character, Plot, Setting, Theme, Point of View, Style.....
Don't Tell the Grown-ups (Not in Front of..).
Little Brown, 1990, 1st printing. Reference essays, hardback. "Subversive Children's Literature." A collection of essays which assert that the best-loved children's books tend to challenge rather than uphold respectable adult values.
Not in Front of the Grown-Ups: Subversive Children's Literature. (Don't Tell the...)
Reading, England: Cardinal, 1991/1990; SOFTCOVER, PAPERBACK, white covers with giggling children; 8vo; 255 pp. Reference essays, hardback. .
Fantasy for Children An Annotated Checklist.
NY: Bowker, 1979, 1st.; blue cloth pictorial stamp, 289 pp. Reference book lists, hardback, ex-lib. Arranged by categories, e.g.. time travel, dragons, magical toys. Very good reference.
Macmillan Textbooks for High Schools, 1926
Macmillan, 1926, catalogue; grey textured paperback, sm 8vo; 190 pp. Reference history, hardback. .
A Child's Guide to Reading.
New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1909/1909, stated 1st printing, red cloth boards with blindstamped border and gilt titles, paste on plate with engraving of Milton, same as frontis with tissue guard, 11 more b/w plates with portraits of Tennyson, Shelly, Eliot, etc.; 8vo; 273 pp. Reference essays, hardback.....
The Junior Novel: Its Relationship To Adolescent Reading.
Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press (1964); 8vo. Reference biography, hardback. "A history of the 'Junior Novel' in America from its inception with the 'Series' books of the 19th Century to the present [3 pages] ...and finally a thorough exploration into the writings and background of six of the most.....
Realms of Gold in Children's Books & Five Years of Children's Books; a Supplement to Realms of Gold. Two volumes offered together..
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran; Two books offered together: 1929 and 1936, Realms Preface on historic children's bookshops by Caroline Hewins, Five Years Preface on the sources of the lists; both these books are stated first editions; both in plain brown bindings and yellow or red top edges, with.....
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.....
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 22, No. 1: Jan.1998.
Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1998 Vol 22, No. 1, Jan.; 5.75x8"; 140 pp. Reference journals, softcover. French Children's Literature (WWI on and Contemporary) with picture of Becassine Nourrice on the front. (nice picture, poor scan).
The Telling Line.
London: Macrae, 1989, 1st printing; 8x10.5, 320 pp. Reference illustration, hardback. Essays on fifteen contemporary book illustrators (Keeping, Jacques, S Hughes,Ambrus, Lambourne, Wildsmith,Pienkowski, Briggs, J Lawrence, Oxenbury, Burningham, R Briggs, Q Blake, Ahlbergs, A Browne, M Foreman).
The Telling Line.
London: Macrae, 1989, 1st printing; 8x10.5, 320 pp. Reference illustration, hardback. Essays on fifteen contemporary book illustrators (Keeping, Jacques, S Hughes, Ambrus, Lambourne, Wildsmith, Pienkowski, Briggs, J Lawrence, Oxenbury, Burningham, R Briggs, Q Blake, Ahlbergs, A Browne, M Foreman).
The Telling Line.
London: Macrae, 1989, 1st printing; 8x10.5, 320 pp. Reference illustration, hardback. Essays on fifteen contemporary book illustrators (Keeping, Jacques, S Hughes, Ambrus, Lambourne, Wildsmith, Pienkowski, Briggs, J Lawrence, Oxenbury,Burningham, R Briggs, Q Blake, Ahlbergs, A Browne, M Foreman).
The Luxury of Children and other Luxuries.
New York and London: Harper Brothers, 1904 tp; green cloth with oval plate and gilt titles, top edge gilt; 8 two toned orange or green plates incl. tissue guarded frontis as issued, little margin drawings with orange highlights repeat every 16 pages; 6.25x9.25; [x] 314 pp. Reference childhood, hardback. A......
List of Books for School Libraries of the State of Oregon Part II Books for High Schools.
Salem, OR: Oregon State Library 1914; brown card, 6x8.75", 83 pp. Reference education, softcover. Books for use with the Oregon high school curriculum and for teacher reference, not state adopted textbooks. which assume strong reading ability and stamina. About 1500 books, not annotated but with trade and school price. Author.....
A Guide to Good Reading, with practical suggestions for the use of The Children's Hour in the Home.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1912); dark green cloth, gilt titles and black lettering and designs, oblong 10x7.75"; 128 pp. Reference history, hardback. The one volume index and parent guide to The Children's Hour set, quite a contrast to The Book House only eight years later. Includes two essays, supplementary readings to.....
Canadian books for Young People/Livres canadiens pour la jeunesse.
University of Toronto Press, (1978); large trade paperback, 147 pp. Reference history, softcover. .
A Child's Garden of Delights.
Abrams, 1987, 1st printing; 271 pp. Reference history, hardback. .
The Publishing Archive of Lothar Meggendorfer: Original drawings, hand-colored lithographs and production files for his children's book illustrations.
New York: Justin G. Schiller Ltd, 1975, light card covers with wrap around selections of Meggendorfer's work; references; 21.5 x 28 cm.; np. Reference biography, softcover. A large and interesting illustrated catalogue with 65 items described by Schiller, with an introduction by Schiller and a seven page Appreciation by Maurice.....
A Critical History of Children's Literature.
New York: Macmillan, 1953, stated 1st; 624 pp. Reference history, hardback. "From Earliest times to Present," Four excellent articles treating the history of children's literature sequentially. Cornelia Meigs, Anne Thaxter Eaton, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Ruth Hall Viguers.
A Treasury of the Great Children's Book Illustrators.
Abrams, 1983, 1st printing. Reference illustration, hardback. .