One hundred books famous in children's literature
Title:
One hundred books famous in children's literature
Author:
Loker, Chris, curator.
Publication Information:
New York : Grolier Club, 2014
©2014
Physical Description:
318 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
General Note:
"Based on an exhibition held at The Grolier Club, December 10, 2014-February 7, 2015"--Title page verso.
"This edition consists of 1,000 copies plus 50 numbered copies in a deluxe binding with a special insert ... Design and typography by Jerry Kelly"--Colophon.
Exhibition also presents 50 historic artifacts which demonstrate the relationship between the 100 books and the culture of their time.
This catalog is the fifth in the series of "Grolier 100" exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated lining papers.
Language:
English
Contents:
Bibliophiles in the nursery: the gradual legitimacy of collecting rare children's books / "Pity that any children should be...brought up...without the skill of reading" / Imagination, invention, and appropriation in twentieth-century picture-book art
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Book