Studio Vista, London, first edition, 1971. Cloth, folio, 31 cm,. 144 pp, many ills. A profusely illustrated survey of children's books from the late 16th century to the 20th. In addition to covering the more familiar fields of juvenilia Quayle also discusses many less well-trodden collecting paths; there are chapters on : Juvenile Incunabula; 18th Century Children's Books; Fairy, Folk Tales and Fantasia; Books of Instruction, Natural History and Travel; Poetry and Nursery Rhymes; Stories before 1850, and after; Boys' Adventure Stories; Periodicals, Annuals & Penny Dreadfuls; Miscellanea,Toy Books & Moveable Books. With an index. Near Very Good in a creased and chipped and worn dustwrapper.

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Bookseller: Wykeham Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BIBLIO-58921
Title: The Collector's Book of Children's Books
Author: Quayle, E
Format/Binding: Cloth, folio, 31 cm,
Book Condition: Used - Near Very Good in a creased and chipped and worn dustwrapper
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0289702038
ISBN 13: 9780289702031
Publisher: Studio Vista, London, first edition, 1971
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1971
Pages: 144 pp, many ills
Keywords: 17th seventeenth 18th eighteenth 19th nineteenth 20th twentieth century Great Britain British children childrens children's books chapbooks juvenile literature youth nursery tales Myths and legendary heroes Nursery stories and fairy tales Poetry, vers
Bookseller catalogs: Children's Books & Juvenilia (Bibliographies);

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We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.

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