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Be Merry and Wise: Origins of Children's Book Publishing in England, 1650-1850 Hardcover - 2006
by Brian Alderson
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- Title Be Merry and Wise: Origins of Children's Book Publishing in England, 1650-1850
- Author Brian Alderson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition; F
- Pages 318
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE
- Date 2006
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781584561804 / 1584561807
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006283941
- Dewey Decimal Code 011.62
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2006. hardcover, dust jacket. Children's books. 9 x 12 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 320 pages. When was it that someone decided that books might be written and published for child readers? It's fair to say that some kinds of text-alphabets, fables, the Lord's Prayer, may have been seen as fundamental to the process of learning to read from the beginning of book making, but when did children come to be seen as a readership for whom special provision should be made? The child as the audience for books in the English language is the subject of this bibliographical study, which had its origins in an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. From this beginning, Felix de Marez Oyens and Brian Alderson have compiled Be Merry and Wise and shown how certain creative talents, driven by a sense of purpose, or a wish to make some money, attempted to appeal directly to children, and how the publishing industry came to realize that…
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2006. hardcover, dust jacket. Children's books. 9 x 12 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 320 pages. First edition. Spine faded, else a good copy. When was it that someone decided that books might be written and published for child readers? It's fair to say that some kinds of text-alphabets, fables, the Lord's Prayer, may have been seen as fundamental to the process of learning to read from the beginning of book making, but when did children come to be seen as a readership for whom special provision should be made? The child as the audience for books in the English language is the subject of this bibliographical study, which had its origins in an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. From this beginning, Felix de Marez Oyens and Brian Alderson have compiled Be Merry and Wise and shown how certain creative talents, driven by a sense of purpose, or a wish to make some money, attempted to appeal directly to children, and…
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New York/ London/ New Castle, DE: Pierpont Morgan Library; British Library; Oak Knoll Press, 2006. Hardcover. VG/VG (very clean and clear, binding tight). Navy cloth boards with gilt lettering; light blue dj, color illustrated; xiv, 318 pp; illustrated in bw and color. "The child as the audience for books in the English language is the subject of this bibliographical study, which had its origins in an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. From this beginning, Felix de Marez Oyens and Brian Alderson have compiled Be Merry and Wise and shown how certain creative talents, driven by a sense of purpose, or a wish to make some money, attempted to appeal directly to children, and how the publishing industry came to realise that this audience might prove to constitute a profitable market."--Jacket. Contents: Vestibulum : theory and practice -- The salvation of souls -- Enter Tom Thumb -- Serious business -- The house that Newbery built -- Rivals and imitators, London -- Frances…
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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 1584561807 . A Fine first edition/first printing in Fine dust jacket.; The child as the audience for books in the English language. Alderson and De Marez Oyens not only plot the chronological development of children's book publishing from almost random beginnings to the diversity of the early Victorian period but also show how publishers adapted their trade methods to exploit this new market ; 4to; xvi, 318, [2] pages .
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