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Genre/Form: | Exhibition catalogs History Criticism, interpretation, etc Exhibitions Expositions |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Chris Loker; Jill Shefrin; Brian Alderson; Henry Nichols Blake Clark; Rachel Eley; Andrea Immel; Justin G Schiller; John Windle; Jerry Kelly; Grolier Club |
ISBN: | 9781605830605 1605830607 |
OCLC Number: | 925521794 |
Notes: | "Based on an exhibition held at The Grolier Club, December 10, 2014-February 7, 2015"--Title page verso Exhibition also presents 50 historic artifacts which demonstrate the relationship between the 100 books and the culture of their time This catalog is the fifth in the series of "Grolier 100" exhibition catalogs Illustrated lining papers |
Description: | 318 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
Contents: | Preface / by Chris Loker. -- Essays: Bibliophiles in the Nursery: The Gradual Legitimacy of Collecting Rare Children's Books / by Justin G. Schiller ; "Pity that any Children should be ... brought up ... without the Skill of Reading" / by Jill Shefrin ; Cutting Loose: Productivity and Inventiveness among the Nineteenth-Century Publishers / by Brian W. Alderson ; Imagination, Invention, and Appropriation in Twentieth-Century Picture-Book Art / by Nick Clark ... followed by detailed descriptions of one hundred famous children's books and related items on show at the Grolier Club, December 9 2014-February 7 2015, each item lavishly illustrated in color. |
Other Titles: | 100 books famous in children's literature Hundred books famous in children's literature |
Responsibility: | curated by Chris Loker ; edited by Jill Shefrin ; with contributions by Brian Alderson, Nick Clark, Rachel Eley, Andrea Immel, Justin G. Schiller, Jill Shefrin, and John Windle |
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