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CHILDREN'S FICTION 1900-1950
Written by Cooper. John; Jonathan Cooper.
Stock no. 1317071
Published by Ashgate Publishing Company. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Alphabetically arranged entries on popular children's writers, each entry provides information on the author's pseudonyms, date of birth, nationality, titles of work, place and date of publication and the publisher's name. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 228 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 185928289X.

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WALTER CRANE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Written by G.C.E. Masse.
Stock no. 1316984
Published by Chelsea Publishing Co.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

A bibliography of first editions of books illustrated by Walter Crane. Brown cloth spine with gilt title, darker brown boards with black title to front. Orange and white decorated endpapers. 59 numbered pages, edges untrimmed. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing to contents else clean.

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THE WIDENING WORLD OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Written by Susan Ang.
Stock no. 1814715
Published by Macmillan Press Ltd. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Looking at the changing shape of children's literature in English from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Black boards with gilt title to spine. 203 pages. ISBN: 0333687841. Creasing to rear blank page. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is grubby to rear panel.

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REED'S TABLES OF DISTANCES
Written by H. Whittingham; C.T. King.
Stock no. 1609209
Published by Thomas Reed & Co. Ltd.. 11th 1929. Very good condition.

Eleventh Edition. Blue cloth spine, beige paper boards with black titles. Distances between ports and places in all parts of the world. Comprising over 31,000 distances with a table of contents and complete alphabetical index. Some browning to covers. White label stuck to front pastedown (covering inscription). Inscription to front endpaper.

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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Written by Selma G. Lanes. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2122444
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1981. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Pictorial cloth. "Sendak's Life and Works are explored in affectionate detail, including many colour and b/w illustrations and folding plates, a moveable scene and a facsimile of the tiny mock-up that Sendak first made for the story that would later become Where The Wild Things Are". ISBN: 0370303865. A lovely copy.

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FANTASTIC ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN IN BRITAIN, 1850-1930
Written by Diana L. Johnson.
Stock no. 2122430
Published by Museum Of Art. 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. Colour plates, b/w photos and illustrations. Limited to 7000 copies. Not only a book on the subject of fantastic illustration, but also the catalogue of an exhibition. Bumping to spine. A few light marks to covers. Wrapper is grubby with edge-creasing and chipping; couple of closed tears.

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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
Written by William Feaver.
Stock no. 2122410
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1ST 1977. Very good condition.

Two Centuries of Children's Book Illustration. Large format. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0500270759. A few grubby marks to covers. Couple of corners are a bit creased.

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THE NEW NATURALISTS (NN 82)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 2122362
Published by Collins. 2nd 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 82. Second Edition. Colour and b/w photos. The behind-the-bookshelf story of the New Naturalist Library. With bibliography. ISBN: 0007197160. A lovely copy!

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THE NEW NATURALISTS (NN 82)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 2122323
Published by Collins. 2nd 2005. Nearly fine condition.

New Naturalist No. 82. Second Edition. Colour and b/w photos. The behind-the-bookshelf story of the New Naturalist Library. With bibliography. Card wraps. ISBN: 0007197152. A couple of small marks to covers.

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THE IBIS JOURNAL 4 PHANTASIES AND DREAMS
Written by Geoffrey Beare. Illustrated by Robert Anning Bell; Arthur Hughes; Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1812716
Published by The Imaginative Book Illustration Society. 1st 2011. Fine condition.

Introduction by Geoffrey Beare. Articles about illustrations of Robert Anning Bell; Arthur Hughes; and Florence Mary Anderson. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. 144 pages. ISBN: 9780953559640. A lovely copy.

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THE IBIS JOURNAL 1 ASPECTS OF ILLUSTRATION
Written by Robin Greer; et al. Illustrated by Willy Pogany; Alice B. Woodward; et al..
Stock no. 1208609
Published by The Imaginative Book Illustration Society. 1st 1999. Fine condition.

White pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Bibliographies and essays on book illustration. Includes articles on Alice B. Woodward and Willy Pogany. ISBN: 095559602.

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EDWARDIAN ILLUSTRATION
Written by Martin Steenson; Martin Hardie; G.R. Dennis; et al.
Stock no. 1208608
Published by The Imaginative Book Illustration Society. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

Reprinted pieces from The Booklover's Magazine, including The Illustrative Work of Robert Anning Bell; Miss Jessie M. King; Hand-Printing and the Pear Tree Press. White card wraps. B/w illustrations. 96 pages.

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