| | Forgotten books of the American nursery;: A history of the development of the American story-book, |  | Author: Rosalie Vrylina Halsey Publisher: C.E. Goodspeed & Co Category: Book
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ASIN: B00085ZUU2
Publication Date: 1911 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: HALSEY, Rosalie V. FORGOTTEN BOOKS OF THE AMERICAN NURSERY. A history of the development of the American story-book. Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed & Co., 1911. 1/700 copies. Illustrations taken from the described nursery books. 8vo., brown cloth-covered, grey & black decorated paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt. Lower corners bumped. Very slight rubbing at extremes and spine edges. Very slight foxing on paper edges and bottom margins. This is a very good copy.
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Product Description Includes chapters on The Play-Book in England, Newbery's Books in America, Patriotic Printers and the American Newbery, The Child and his Book at the End of the Eighteenth Century, Toy-Books in the early Nineteenth Century and American Writers and English Critics. Full of illustrations and images of books.
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