BIBLIOPHILE IN THE NURSERY : A BOOKMAN'S TREASURY OF COLLECTORS' LORE ON OLD AND RARE CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
by TARG, William, 1907-1999 - editor :
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cleveland & New York : World Publishing Co., (1957). First edition. A presentation copy, inscribed, signed and dated (1957) by Bill Targ. Essays by Richard Altick, Jacob Blanck, Marchette Chute, F. J. Harvey Darton, August Derleth, Iona and Peter Opie, Ellery Queen, Vincent Starrett, and other cognoscenti on various aspects of children's books and their collecting - "with emphasis on the great rarities, classics, and highspots". Medium 8vo (25cm). (508),[iv]pp. Plates. Facsimiles. Original cloth; very good in a sunned and lightly tanned, but otherwise good dust-jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34721
- Title
- BIBLIOPHILE IN THE NURSERY : A BOOKMAN'S TREASURY OF COLLECTORS' LORE ON OLD AND RARE CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
- Author
- TARG, William, 1907-1999 - editor :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cleveland & New York : World Publishing Co., (1957).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bibliography, Children's Books, Book Collecting
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- Inscribed
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