For this wonderful collection of classic children's book illustrations from the 1860s to the 1930s, Dalby has written biographies for more than fifty of the artists whose talents helped create the Golden Age.
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For this wonderful collection of classic children's book illustrations from the 1860s to the 1930s, Dalby has written biographies for more than fifty of the artists whose talents helped create the Golden Age.
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Good. Dust Jacket Included. Size: 10x8x0; Good+. Gently used hardback and jacket. Only slight wear. Minor foxing on the endpages. Dust jacket is enclosed in a clear protective cover. (Shelf location: M3) Books are carefully sealed in waterproof mailers and then boxed to prevent damage during transit.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 10x8x0; Minor shelf wear to binding. "NFS" written in red ink on half title page. Text and images unmarked. DJ lightly shelf worn around edges with small scratches in a mylar cover.
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Very Good in Near Fine jacket. Size: 4to-over 9; Gallery Books., 1991, First US Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Near Fine Dust Jacket in archival protective cover. Over 150 illustrations--both color plates and black and white drawings--which have been reproduced with fidelity to the originals. The selection covers the work of many artists in a whole spectrum of subject matter and style. Olive-green cloth with bright and sharp gilt titles to spine is very clean, with corner tips and spine head and heel rubbed. Solid and tight sewn binding with red and gold endbands. Internals As New. Jacket has slight wear to spine head. From the 1860s to the 1930s there was a great flowering of the illustrator's art in England and America. Artists such as Kate Greenaway, Wilcox Smith, Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, and the Robinson brothers revolutionized the art of children's book illustration. Included are biographies of more than 50 artists who helped create the Golden Age, including some lesser know names such as Margaret Tarrant, L. Leslie Brooke, and others. This is a classic work of children's book illustration. 144 page. 4to. 1991, Gallery Books. ISBN10: 083173910X, ISBN13: 9780831739102.