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From the Mundane to the Magical: Photographically Illustrated Children's Books, 1854-1945 and Beyond by Mus White - 1999

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From the Mundane to the Magical: Photographically Illustrated Children's Books, 1854-1945 and Beyond by Mus White - 1999

From the Mundane to the Magical: Photographically Illustrated Children's Books, 1854-1945 and Beyond

by Mus White

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Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1999. Cloth. Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR MUS WHITE on the half-title. A tight, very sharp copy to boot of the 1999 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Quarto, limited to 1,000 copies.

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  • Book Condition Used - Fine
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  • Publisher Dawson's Book Shop
  • Place of Publication Los Angeles
  • Date Published 1999
  • Keywords rare children's reference books

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From the Mundane to the Magical: Photographicall Illustrated Children's Books, 1854-1945 and Beyond

by White, Mus

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Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-titled cloth. Limited to 1000 copies. Pencilled notation to ffep. Hint of a warp to rear board. About fine. ; quarto .
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FROM THE MUNDANE TO THE MAGICAL: PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1854-1945 AND BEYOND
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FROM THE MUNDANE TO THE MAGICAL: PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1854-1945 AND BEYOND

by White, Mus

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Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1999. hardcover. 8.75 x 11.5 inches. hardcover. xlii, 268 pages. This book is a bibliography of photographically illustrated children's books in the field of American and international juvenile literature from 1854 to 1945. It details books that were illustrated with original photographs or related-mechanical processes, and describes author and title, as well as provides an index of photographers, illustrators, and reproduction processes linked to specific books. The collection reveals a parallel of the evolving artistic trends and the history of photography through its organization in chronological order. These trends include salted paper print, the albumen print, the carbon print, the platinum print, the silver print, and the gravure print to the halftone, from black-and-white to color. Ranging from amateur to art, each style of the 1,421 books presented has resulted in the creation of an illustration to tell a story. There are three levels of description… Read More
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From The Mundane To The Magical

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Dawson's Book Shop, 1999-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. No dust jacket included; dark blue cloth cover.
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From the Mundane to the Magical: Photographically Illustrated Children's Books, 1854-1945 and Beyond

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Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1999. Hardcover . Used - very good. 4to; XLII, 268pp. Limited to 1,000 copies. Inscribed on title page by author to Zamorano Club member, Dr. John Carson. Primarily a bibliography, with a 24 page intro, and augmented by 24 pages of B&W illustrations.
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by White, Mus

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Los Angeles, California: Dawson's Book Shop, 1999. Brand New in perfect condition. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Full descriptions for 1,421 first editions, including details of publication, collations, photos included, bindings, variants, etc. "The most important bibliographic reference to date." -- James Frazer (PHAEDRUS). Limited to 1,000 copies. Published @ $150. With 58 illustrations including a frontispiece. From the prospectus: This is "the first major bibliography linking the fields of photography and juvenile literature… This landmark publication… details over 1400 books in the field of American and international juvenile literature illustrated with original photographs or related photo-mechanical processes [e.g. salted paper print, albumen print, carbon print, platinum print, silver print, gravure print, halftone, black-and-white, color]…… Read More
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From the Mundane to the Magical

by White, Mus

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Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop. Fine. 1999. Cloth. An edition in Fine condition ; A chronological collection of photographically illustrated tomes for children; 4to; 268 pages .
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From the Mundane to the Magical : Photographically Illustrated Children's Book, 1854-1945 & Beyond by Mus White (1999-08-03)

by Mus White

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From the Mundane to the Magical: Photographically Illustrated Children's Books, 1854-1945 and Beyond.

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DAWSON'S Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. one of 100 signed limited fine in slipcase. FROM CHARLETON HESTON'S LIBRARY COMES WITH COA FROM HIS ESTATE First Edition, Limited edition: 1 of 100 copies in cloth slipcase, each copy numbered and signed by the author on a special colophon page,.
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From the Mundane to the Magical: Photographically Illustrated Children's Books, 1854-1945 and Beyond

by White, Mus

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Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1999. Hardcover. Fine condition in a fine slipcase. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt and in a blue cloth covered slipcase.
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From the Mundane to the Magical (Ltd. Ed.): Photographically Illustrated Children's Books,...

From the Mundane to the Magical (Ltd. Ed.): Photographically Illustrated Children's Books, 1854-1945 and Beyond

by White, Mus

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Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1999. Fine. First Edition, Limited edition: 1 of 100 copies in cloth slipcase, each copy numbered and signed by the author on a special colophon page, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 268 pages, cloth, This landmark publication written by photograpic art and book collector, Mus White, details over 1400 books in the field of American and international juvenile literature illustrated with original photographs or related photo-mechanical processes. Establishing a critical link between photography and children's books, the bibliography also locates important and rare examples of fine art photography in the pictorialist, surrealist, and modernist genre.
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