Author: NEUBERG, VICTOR E.
Title: The Penny Histories: A Study of Chapbooks for Young Readers over Two Centuries
Description: New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1969. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's burgundy cloth over printed paper-covered boards, burgundy endpapers. Illustrated with Facsimiles of Seven Chapbooks. "For this, the second volume in Milestones in Children's Literature, Victor E. Neuburg has written an admirable study of the famous 'penny histories' or chapbooks which formed almost the entire reading matter of the poorer people in eighteenth-century England. At a time when children's literature had a strong religious and didactic basis, these little paperbound books, however crudely produced and illustrated, kept alive traditional tales of romance and adventure, and fed the imagination of young and old alike. Facsimiles of seven of the 'penny histories' are included in the present volume, and there is a detailed bibliography of source material." The chapbooks included in facsimile reproduction are: "The History of Guy of Warwick;" "Fairy Stories;" "The Interesting Story of the Children in the Wood;" "An Elegy on the Death and Burial of Cock Robin;" "A Peep at the Various Nations of the World;" "Toads and Diamonds;" and "The Rod." . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine, unmarked condition. AS NEW/AS NEW.. Milestones in Children's Literature Series. Vol. 2. B&W Reproductions. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 227 pp. As New in As New dust jacket .
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Title: The Penny Histories: A Study of Chapbooks for Young Readers over Two Centuries
Description: New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1969. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's burgundy cloth over printed paper-covered boards, burgundy endpapers. Illustrated with Facsimiles of Seven Chapbooks. "For this, the second volume in Milestones in Children's Literature, Victor E. Neuburg has written an admirable study of the famous 'penny histories' or chapbooks which formed almost the entire reading matter of the poorer people in eighteenth-century England. At a time when children's literature had a strong religious and didactic basis, these little paperbound books, however crudely produced and illustrated, kept alive traditional tales of romance and adventure, and fed the imagination of young and old alike. Facsimiles of seven of the 'penny histories' are included in the present volume, and there is a detailed bibliography of source material." The chapbooks included in facsimile reproduction are: "The History of Guy of Warwick;" "Fairy Stories;" "The Interesting Story of the Children in the Wood;" "An Elegy on the Death and Burial of Cock Robin;" "A Peep at the Various Nations of the World;" "Toads and Diamonds;" and "The Rod." . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine, unmarked condition. AS NEW/AS NEW.. Milestones in Children's Literature Series. Vol. 2. B&W Reproductions. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 227 pp. As New in As New dust jacket .
Keywords: Chapbooks Children's Books Facsimilies History Children's Books
Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 25309
- Book number: 25309
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