Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8 vo; 1.5 Pouinds. First American Edition; vdj in mylar (price clipped); From Dust Jacket: Written for Children was first published in 1965. It was immediately recognized as not only a readable and stimulating account of the development of children's books in England but also an important critical contribution to the subject. For this revised and expanded edition, John Rowe Townsend has extended the scope of the book to cover the development of children's books in the United States and the Commonwealth, as well as other works of the imagination first published in the English language, including poetry and picture books. Account also had been taken of recent trends in the field and of important books which have appeared since the first poublication of Written for Children. A detailed bibliography and line illustrations from many of the books mentioned in the text add to the usefulness of this entertaining and informative study.; 368 pages.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Revised edition. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak, Tenniel, E.W. Kemble, William Croome, and others. Stamp on front fly and top page edges, still near fine in a very good dustwrapper with spine faded.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Lippincott, 1975. Octavo. Brown cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket very good, price clipped. 368 pages. ISBN: 0397315287. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!