Author: WHALLEY, JOYCE IRENE. and CHESTER, TESSA ROSE.
Title: A History of Children's Book Illustration.
Description: First Edition; 4to.; pp. 268; illustrated frontispiece, numerous b/w. and coloured illustrations throughout the text, bibliography, notes, list of early publishers, general index, original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy. London; John Murray with the Victorian & Albert Museum; 1988. This is a feast of a book, a delight both to read and look at. But it is also a work of great depth and scholarship. It will become the standard reference book on the subject, and is fully equipped with an extensive bibliography, a list of artists named and an appendix on illustration techniques.
Keywords: childrens books illustrators art illustrators history
Title: A History of Children's Book Illustration.
Description: First Edition; 4to.; pp. 268; illustrated frontispiece, numerous b/w. and coloured illustrations throughout the text, bibliography, notes, list of early publishers, general index, original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy. London; John Murray with the Victorian & Albert Museum; 1988. This is a feast of a book, a delight both to read and look at. But it is also a work of great depth and scholarship. It will become the standard reference book on the subject, and is fully equipped with an extensive bibliography, a list of artists named and an appendix on illustration techniques.
Keywords: childrens books illustrators art illustrators history
Price: AUD 200.00 = appr. US$ 138.37 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 103954
- Book number: 103954