Written for Children: An Outline of English-Language Children's Literature
by Townsend, John Row
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0397315287
- ISBN 13
- 9780397315284
- Seller
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1975. First American Edition; vdj in mylar (price clipped); From Dust Jacket: Written for Children was first published in 1965. It was immediately recognized as not only a readable and stimulating account of the development of children's books in England but also an important critical contribution to the subject. For this revised and expanded edition, John Rowe Townsend has extended the scope of the book to cover the development of children's books in the United States and the Commonwealth, as well as other works of the imagination first published in the English language, including poetry and picture books. Account also had been taken of recent trends in the field and of important books which have appeared since the first poublication of Written for Children. A detailed bibliography and line illustrations from many of the books mentioned in the text add to the usefulness of this entertaining and informative study. ; 368 pages.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 vo; 1.5 Pouinds.
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- Bookseller
- Dorley House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026834
- Title
- Written for Children: An Outline of English-Language Children's Literature
- Author
- Townsend, John Row
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0397315287
- ISBN 13
- 9780397315284
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott & Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Juvenile Literature;
- Size
- 8 vo; 1.5 Pouinds
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