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INSCRIBED BY CHRIS LOKER ON FFEP A LOVELY GUIDE PUBLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN EXHIBIT AT THE GROLIER CLUB 100 CHILDREN'S BOOKS PUBLISHED FROM 1600 TO 2000 WITH THEIR HISTORIES AND BACK STORIES A RARE TITLE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE LOVERS BOOK IS AS NEW UNREAD

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318 pages. 10.75x8.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Signed by Curator Chris Loker, with an additional inscription on the half-title page. Covers mildly shelfworn.

As one would expect from The Grolier Club, a beautifully printed, deeply researched celebration of 400 years in children's books, to accompany the exhibit held December 10, 2014 through February 7, 2015; this volume is also part of the highly collectible "Grolier Hundred" series, and was issued in hardcover in an edition of 1000 (plus 50 numbered / specially bound). Bound in full blue cloth, with no jacket as issued, this particular instance shows no owners' marks, soil, or wear; as new. 318pp. Contributors include Brian Alderson, Nick Clark, Rachel Eley, Andrea Immel, Justin G. Schiller, Jill Shefrin, and John Windle.; 4to

8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 320 pages. First trade edition of this rare and sought-after title by Chris Loker and published by the Grolier Club. This milestone catalogue showcases one hundred enduring classics of children's literature, each printed between 1600 and 2000. It contains brief but informative descriptions and color photographs of all one hundred famous children's books as well as provenance information for each specific copy shown. The books are organized chronologically, which allows readers to see the variety and growth of genres of literature for children from early forms of instructional primers to exuberant expressions of rhymes, stories, novels, and picture books. An appendix lists historic artifacts related to the books, including original illustrations, autograph letters, manuscript drafts, antique hornbooks, ivory alphabet discs, toys, dolls, and games, in order to demonstrate the interrelationships between children's books and the culture of their times. Four scholarly essays address various aspects of children and their books during different historical eras. The essays explore children's literacy and education in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the impact of technological developments on children's book design, production, and marketing in the nineteenth century, and the evolution of the picture book genre in the context of important art and illustration movements in the twentieth century. Also included is a two-century history of children's book collectors, many of whose books are found in this catalogue. Some of the beloved books included herein are Grimm's Fairy Tales, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island, Peter Rabbit, The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, Winnie-the-Pooh, Charlotte's Web, The Cat in the Hat, Where the Wild Things Are, and Harry Potter. These classics and others-many famous today, some only in their time-will delight adults and children alike. One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature is the sixth in the series known as the Grolier Hundreds. The Grolier Club has published only five such catalogues in its 130-year history, focusing previously on English Literature (1903), American Literature (1946), Science (1958), Medicine (1994), and Fine Printed Books (1999). These admired works have set the standard for book collecting and reading enjoyment in their fields, and the compilers expect no less from this new addition to the Grolier Hundred canon.

Color Illustrations, some tipped in; 4to 11"-13" tall; 318 pages; Stout 4to. Issued in an edition limited to 1000, after the special numbered edition of 50. Tight, bright and fresh in blue cloth with titles to spine and crest to cover brightly in gilt. Features essays by Schiller, Shefrin, Brian Anderson, Nick Clark etc. Each of the 100 books with annotation and bibliographic details facing a high quality facsimile reproduction of cover dn sometimes page detail. Some of the illustrations are tipped in. A superb copy that feels and appears unread and about as new. Fine....Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.

As one would expect from The Grolier Club, a beautifully printed, deeply researched celebration of 400 years in children's books, to accompany the exhibit held December 10, 2014 through February 7, 2015; this volume is also part of the highly collectible "Grolier Hundred" series, and was issued in hardcover in an edition of 1000 (plus 50 numbered / specially bound). Bound in full blue cloth, with no jacket as issued, this particular instance shows no owners' marks, soil, or wear; as new. 318pp. Contributors include Brian Alderson, Nick Clark, Rachel Eley, Andrea Immel, Justin G. Schiller, Jill Shefrin, and John Windle.; 4to.

A very smart copy of this limited edition work on children's literature, inscribed by the curator and one of the authors. First edition, limited to one thousand copies after the special numbered edition of fifty. Inscribed to the front endpaper by the curator Chris Loker and author John Windle to Robin Vousden, a British art dealer who worked as the curator of the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester, the Marian Goodman Gallery in New York and then as Director of the London Gagosian Gallery. Illustrated throughout with colour images, including a tipped in colour frontispiece and eight folding images. Collated complete. An enduring catalogue of important children's literary classis from 1600 to 2000, with reference to each of the one hundred books including annotations of bibliographic details and historical commentary, facing a high quality facsimile of the cover and page details. With essays on bibliophiles in the nursery, the skill of reading, productivity and inventiveness among nineteenth century publishers, and imagination in twentieth century picture-book art. Curated by Chris Loker, an American antiquarian bookseller specialising in antique children's books from 1750 to 1950. Edited by Jill Shefrin, an American author, historian, and bibliographer of children's books and printed ephemera. With contributions by Brian Alderson, Nick Clark, Rachel Eley, Andrea Immel, Justin G. Schiller, Jill Shefrin, and John Windle. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine.