W. H. Shercliff
Morality to Adventure: Manchester Polytechnic&Apos;S Collection of Children&Apos;S Books
Manchester, Manchester Polytechnic Library, 1988. Cloth. A catalogue of the children's works held at Manchester Polytechnic Library in the 1980s, complete with the smart and bright dust wrapper and illustrated. Containing a catalogue of 2,600 books, detailing the publisher, illustrator and number of illustrations, binding and author.Manchester Polytechnic, now known as Manchester Metropolitan University, originated in 1970, gaining university status in 1992. Amongst other things, the library has special collections relating to fine arts such as the Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection, which holds some thirty-two thousand Victorian and Edwardian greeting cards.Illustrated with three plates in colour, as well as in-text depictions of the works described.Complete with a bright dust wrapper. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with a dust wrapper. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper has just a touch of general wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.

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Keywords: Manchester Polytechnic Children's Literature Bibliography Library Catalogue Children's Literature Not Stated