St. John, Judith, with Edgar Osborne
The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books 1566-1910, a Catalogue, Complete in Two Volumes
Toronto, Canada, Toronto Public Library, . . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Stated First Edition of Volume 2, published in 1975, and a Second Printing of the First Edition of Volume 1, with minor corrections, both volumes prepared by Judith St. John, and with a general introduction by Edgar Osborne. Published in Toronto by the Toronto Public Library. Volume 1: xxiv [1], 562 pp., complete with full index. 12 full color and 42 black-and-white plates, many in-text illustrations. Volume 2: xii [1], 563-1138 pp. Both volumes bound in two-tone pictorial cloth, still and distinct gilt lettering to spines, no dust jacket, as issued. From the personal library of Mr. Robert Allen as conveyed to me by his widow, Ms Priscilla (Brownie) Allen, he having been a noted bookseller and appraiser and also editor of a number of volumes of the The Eighteenth Century: a current bibliography series in a project headed at the University of Southern California. This compendium of early English children's books in the Osborne Collection, Boys and Girls House, Toronto Public Library, remains an indispensable reference tool for and guide to the study and research of early children's books.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
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Sonstige Stichworte: Judith St. John Edgar Osborne