One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature
Edited by Jill Shefrin
Grolier Club, 2014.
First edition. 4to. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated in colour throughout. A fine copy.
A substantial exhibition catalogue, extending to some 300 pages, of important children's literature from the seventeenth century to the present day, taking in such classics as Alice, Black Beauty, Peter Rabbit, Peter and Wendy, Winnie the Pooh and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, along the way. Each entry is illustrated and accompanied by cataloguing note with a brief a history. Also includes four essays on the history of publishing and collecting children's literature.
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