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Little Wide-Awake: An Anthology of Victorian Children's Books and Periodicals --in the Collection of Anne & Fernand G. Renier
by de Vries, Leonard; Intro by M. F. Thwaite
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- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Cleveland: Arthur Barker / World Pub, 1967. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Red cloth with gilt on spine, 240 pages, filled with b & w , and colour illustrations, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition price clipped. Dust jacket has Arthur Baker as publisher and title page has World Pub. as the publisher. "Little Wide-Awake, as the anthology is called after the name of one of the most popular children's periodicals of the 19th century, reveals many details of life in the Victorian world with astonishing frankness and great vivacity, especially in the field of social welfare, The religious ideas of the day are expressed in a seection from hundreds of publications by the Religious Tract Society. The anthology contains stories of unexpected horror and of sweetness, more realistic than anything published for children today. In it are fine examples of books of instruction, alphabets and forerunners of the comic strips. Towards the end of the chronological arrangements there are superb examples of poetry & early 'art nouveau' illustrations. Little Wide-Awake, designed in a Victorian typographical style, contains about 60 stories, 150 poems, more than 300 b & w pictures & about 40 pictures in full colour. Its emotions range from horror to wonder - a variety which combines to delight the public of today." Check out the scans. . First U. S. Edtiton. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005206
- Title
- Little Wide-Awake: An Anthology of Victorian Children's Books and Periodicals --in the Collection of Anne & Fernand G. Renier
- Author
- de Vries, Leonard; Intro by M. F. Thwaite
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First U. S. Edtiton
- Publisher
- Arthur Barker / World Pub
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- -----Red cloth with gilt on spine, 240 pages, filled with b & w , and colour illustrations, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition price clipped. Dust jacket has Arthur Baker as publisher and title page has World Pub. as the publisher. "Little Wid
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