Oxford University Press, 1990/1967, 1st printing this third edition; paperback, 4.5x7, 378 pp. Reference essays, hardback. "A Critical Guide to Canadian Children's Literature in English." The first edition of this authoritative book.
Oxford University Press, 1975/1967, 2nd edition; paperback,5.2x7.8, 335 pp. Reference essays, hardback. "A Critical Guide to Canadian Children's Literature in English." The second edition of this authoritative book.
Chicago and London: American Library Assc., 1988, 1st sd; tan cloth, thin bronze titles, large 8vo; 340 pp including 17 pp bibliography and index. Reference history, hardback. By a highly regarded Canadian speaker, writer, and former librarian. Includes: The matter of Fantasy / The Fairies Underground: Fantasy from the Middle.....
Reinhold, (1968); 12mo; 172 pp. Reference education, hardback. .
Hastings House, 1972, 1st printing US; rust cloth, large 4to, 162 pp. Reference illustration, hardback. .
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (1885); 88 pp. Reference biography, hardback. .
The British Council, by Longmans, 1952, 1st printing edition; paperback, 12 coloured plates on good paper, b/w; 72 pp. Reference history, hardback. .
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1973/1971/1952 as 20th c Children's Books, 1st US printing; orange cloth in light grey jacket with white bordered orange panel; tall 8v0; 208 pp including appendices (Regional Writing (Commonwealth Countries), Bibliography, Index). Reference history, hardback. An intelligent survey, with additional chapters on writing.....
London: Watts, Julia MacRae, 1986, 1st printing "first published"; large 8vo; 315 pp. Reference biography, hardback. "...an affectionate, entertaining, and definitive biography by her niece..."
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.....
New York: Franklin Watts, Inc 1962/1961, 1st US; red boards, white and yellow jacket with black titles, 8vo; 331 pp including author title list and index. Reference essays, hardback. Arranged by topic with a long reading list at the end of each chapter. Leans toward English books but there are.....
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1979, 1st printing thus; 7.4x 9.4, np. Reference illustration, hardback. Pictures by various classic illustrators.
Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1982, 1st printing; white cloth boards, tan endpapers, in white jacket with school picture of children and teachers outside a country school (some boys in the trees) 6x9.25 inches; 9 + 302 pp including index. Reference education, hardback. A fascinating, often surprising, account.....
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.
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.