A Sea Change: 145 Years of New Zealand Junior Fiction

Longman Paul, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. list of illustrations, author's note, acknowledgements, two appendices, chronological bibliography, index of titles and index of authors and illustrators. The text is illustrated with reproductions of illustrations by various artists. Bright blue coloured boards with silver coloured titles. Illustrated dustwrapper with brown coloured titles to the front panel and blue and brown coloured titles to the back strip. "A Sea Change is the first comprehensive survey of New Zealand literature for children. Beginning with the first 'settler' stories of the 19th century, often written by authors who had never left England, Betty Gilderdale traces the development of junior fiction about New Zealand by New Zealanders from 1833 to the present." – from the front panel blurb. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with a little rubbing of the book corners. There is a red coloured stamp to the free front end page stating "Longman Australia Correction Copy". Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with some yellowing of the white coloured background. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII - XIII, [2], 2 - 300, [6] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Children Fiction; New Zealand; ISBN: 0582717752. ISBN/EAN: 9780582717756. Inventory No: 0126655. . 9780582717756