Children's Literature from Wykeham Books

Miegunyah Press State Library of Victoria, Carlton, Vic Melbourne, Vic, [first edition, 2009. Cloth, gilt cover illustration, 4to, 28 cm,. ix, [1], 261 pp, [1], ills (chiefly colour). From the blurb - "Lazy Bottersnikes in outback rubbish tips, Sir Pronoun’s dilemma about standing in Miss Noun’s place and the story of how Jack built a house, a… Read more about this item

Arthur Barker, London, first edition, 1967. Cloth, 4to, 27 cm,. 240 pp, numerous ills (some colour). From the blurb: "Amongst the finest treasures of the Victorian era are the children's books with their wonderful stories, poems and illustrations. From one of the larger private collections of Victorian children's books and periodicals in England, owned by Mr F. G.… Read more about this item

Library Association, London, second edition, 1972. Cloth, 4to,. x, 340 pp, 28 ills. A good overview of the development of children's literature, covering most of the different types of children's books in considerable detail. Slightly marked at head of spine, Good in a slightly torn dustwrapper which is stained on the spine-panel.

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, first paperback edition, 1985. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo, 22 cm,. ix, 214 pp. From the blurb: "One Fairy Story too Many unmasks one of the most successfully perpetuated literary frauds in centuries. When the brothers Grimm presented their now beloved fairy tales to the world, they claimed to have tapped an oral tradition… Read more about this item

Various publishers including Blackie & Son, Cassell and Co., Collins, J. Hogg, National Society's Depository, Nimmo & Co., S.W. Partridge, Religious Tract Society, J.F. Shaw, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co and others, miscellaneous editions, 1880s to perhaps 1930. 20 volumes, pictorial cloth, 8vo,. various paginations, some illustrated. A pleasing shelfful of some 20 books bound in pictorial… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus : Hogarth Press, London, first edition, 1985. Laminated illustrated boards, 4to, 28 cm,. 69 pp, colour ills. From the blurb: -" '...she had been brought up to believe that to read a novel before luncheon was one of the gravest sins a gentlewoman could commit...' At the turn of the century, thousands of women must… Read more about this item

Elmete Press, Collingham, first edition, 1988. Limited first edition of 485 copies. Cloth, 8vo, slipcased, 27 cm,. 125 pp, ills. Complete with a folder containing facsimile reproductions of three chapbooks: The Silver penny, for the amusement and instruction of good children; The House that Jack built : to which is added Some account of Jack Jingle; The Cries… Read more about this item

Pacific Rim Conference on Children's Literature, first edition, 1997. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo, 26 cm,. [2], 282 pp, ills. Wrappers slightly marked, otherwise Very Good.

Herbert Reichner Verlag, Wien, first edition, 1937. Edition of 500 copies. Cloth, 8vo,. 101, [2] pp, 150 plates, ills (some colour). Copy No. 292. Covers a little marked, staining to front free endpaper, otherwise Good in a stained and worn dustwrapper.

Dennis Dobson. London, first edition, 1965. Decorated paper-covered boards, 4to,. 232 pp, numerous ills, many in colour. From the blurb: "Many tales for children have gone to the making of British culture and tradition. Some have stayed with us to the present day - Dick Whittington, Jack the Giant Killer and Cock Robin for example - but others,… Read more about this item

Gale Research Company, Detroit, first edition, 1996. Cloth, 4to, 29 cm,. xx, 428 pp, ills. Contents include; Lucy Aikin (1781-1864); R. M. Ballantyne (1825-1894); William Blake (1757-1827); Robert Browning (1812-1889); Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886); Lucy Lyttelton Cameron (1781-1858); Lewis Carroll (1832-1898); Dinah Maria Craik (1826-1887); Walter Crane (1845-1915); Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849); Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841-1885); Frederic William Farrar (1831-1903);… Read more about this item

Kestrel Books, Harmondsworth, second revised edition, 1983. Illustrated laminated wrappers, 8vo, 23 cm,. xii, 364 pp. From the blurb: " 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 but also an important critical contribution to the subject. For the revised… Read more about this item

Frederick Warne (Publishers) Limited, London, 1979 reprint of 1978 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. 216 pp, ills (some in colour). From the blurb: "In this enchanting new book, illustrated in colour and black and white with many drawings which have never been reproduced before, and a number of recently discovered photographs by Beatrix's father, Margaret Lane, author… Read more about this item

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, first edition, 1989. Laminated wrappers, 8vo, 26 cm,. xiv, 304 pp, ills. From the blurb: "When John Newbery published A Little Pretty Pocket-Book in London in 1744 he was onto something new: the writing and marketing of books devoted wholly to children. Although it was the Age of Reason and Newbery and his… Read more about this item

W.H. Allen, London,first edition, 1981. Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. xii, 306 pp, [4] pp of plates. From the blurb: "This is the first biography of one of the most popular children's authors of the mid-twentieth century, who is probably best known for the creation of the character Biggles - loved by adults and children alike. Captain W. E.… Read more about this item

The Leadenhall Press, Ltd, London, first edition, 1898-9. Decorated cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, small 8vo, 20 cm,. 510, 1 blank leaf, [2], 19 pp, [3] pp publisher's cataogue, ills. From the introduction: "The love of things rendered quaint and interesting by lapse of time and change of surroundings seems to grow on one imperceptibly. We have all… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, London, 1968 facsimile of the 1749 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 20 cm,. vii, 375 pp. A facsimile reproduction of the first edition of 1749; with an introduction and bibliography by Jill E. Grey. "The Governess" was a popular eighteenth-century tale about the adventures and misadventures of Mrs. Teachum and her nine pupils. "Sarah Fielding's The… Read more about this item

Gale Research, Detroit, first edition, 1996. Cloth, 4to, 29 cm,. xv, 422 pp, ills, facs. Contents include: Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979); Richard Armstrong (1903- ); Wilbert Vere Awdry (1911- ); Enid Bagnold (1889-1981); Kitty Barne (1883?-1957?); Pauline Baynes (1922- ); Margery Williams Bianco (1881-1944); Enid Blyton (1897-1968); Dorothy Kathleen Broster (1877-1950); Richmal Crompton (1890-1969); Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965); Rose Fyleman… Read more about this item

Channel 4 Television in association with the Bodleian Library, London, first edition, 1989. Printed wrappers, 208 x 195 mm,. 35 pp, ills (some in colour). Produced in conjunction with the Channel 4 series "Child's Eye". Includes a note on the Opie Collection by Iona Ope. Very Good.

Dennis Dobson. London, first edition, 1965. Decorated paper-covered boards, 4to,. 232 pp, numerous ills, many in colour. From the blurb: "Many tales for children have gone to the making of British culture and tradition. Some have stayed with us to the present day - Dick Whittington, Jack the Giant Killer and Cock Robin for example - but others,… Read more about this item