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Melbourne: Nelson, 1981. Paperback. Near Fine. Softcover. c.1981. 8vo. 277pp. Near Fine. Very mild shelfwear. Contents unmarked. Inscribed and with letter from Walter McVitty to Margaret McElderry. The letter concerns "some information on a special diet for sufferers of arthritis." Originally from Ben Avon [near Pittsburgh, PA], Margaret McElderry (1912-2011) attended the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh School before moving to New York in the 1930s to work for the New York Public Library in the Children's Division under Anne Carroll Moore. After World War II, she became an editor of children's books at Harcourt Brace, eventually establishing her own imprint at Simon and Schuster. Miss McElderry was the first children's editor whose books won both the prestigious Newbery and Caldecott medals in the same year (1952). She was married to Storer Lunt (d. 1977), long-time publisher and eventual president of W.W. Norton.
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Innocence and experience: Essays on contemporary Australian children's writers Paperback - 1981
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- Title Innocence and experience: Essays on contemporary Australian children's writers
- Author McVitty, Walter
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- Publisher Nelson, Melbourne
- Date 1981
- ISBN 9780170051873
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Australia: Nelson, 1981. 277 pp, b/w illustrations, flatsigned by the author on the title page, previous owner's inscription on the inside of the front cover. Essays by following writers: Mavis Thorpe Clark, Joan Phipson, Eleanor Spence, Patricia Wrightson, Hesba Fay Brinsmead, David Martin, Colin Thiele, Ivan Southall. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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