[Rarebooks] FS: Three Books on Children's Books & Illustrators

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

Three titles on Children's Books & Illustrators.
Priced individually, or buy all 3 for $75.00 net, ppd.

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TITLE: “American Picturebooks from Noah’s Ark to The Beast Within”

By Barbara Bader.
Published by Macmillan Publishing Company in 1976.

DISCUSSION: The pioneering, classic study of the 20th century American
children’s picture book, its publishers, writers and illustrators.
Extensive biographies of the leading artists/writers are included.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 8”x10.5”, 615 pages, color and black & white
illustrations, dust jacket.

CONDITION NOTES: Ex-library with tape on the jacket ends, spine label,
several stamps, etc. but with a tight binding, and perfectly useful as a
reference.

PRICE: $65.00

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TITLE: “Flowers of Delight culled by Leonard de Vries from the Osborne
Collection of Early Children’s Books”

By Leonard de Vries.
Published by Pantheon Books in 1965.

DISCUSSION: A classic survey of prose, poetry and illustrations from 18th
and early 19th century children’s books. “An agreeable garland of prose
and poetry for the instruction and amusement of little masters and misses
and their distinguished parents, embellished with some 700 elegant
woodcuts and engravings on wood and copper of which upwards of 125 are
neatly colored, selected with the greatest care from books for juvenile
minds, 1765-1830”.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 8”x10.5”, 232 pages, color and black & white
illustrations.

CONDITION NOTES: Some minor soil to the covers, light wear, otherwise
clean and nice.

PRICE: $25.00 net

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TITLE: "William Charles. Early Caricaturist, Engraver and Publisher of
Children's Books"

By Harry B. Weiss.
Published by the New York Public Library: 1932.

DISCUSSION: William Charles was a Scot who emigrated from Edinburgh to New
York in 1801 to escape prosecution for some caricatures he had drawn of
the former city’s clergymen. In America he was best known for a series of
caricatures he did dealing with events in the War of 1812, and for his
illustrations for children’s books, which he also published. This scarce
catalog includes a biography, and lists of his books and prints in the New
York Public Library and several other collections.

DESCRIPTION: Softcover. 7"x10", 12 pages of text plus 7 black &
illustrations.

CONDITION NOTES: Covers with some soil and rubbing, a little internal
discoloration and soil.

PRICE: $25.00 net

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