Children's Books in England Five Centuries of Social Life

Darton, F. J. Harvey & Brian Alderson

ISBN 10: 0521240204 / ISBN 13: 9780521240208

Edité par Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1982

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Third Edition, Revised by Brian Alderson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1982). 10 x 7 in. xviii,398pp, Index, Bibliography, List of Books, Notes. Brown cloth. Signed & inscribed by Alderson on the ffep "on campus at LA" January 16, 1986. Near fine condition (faint blemish on rear cover), in fine dj, private bookplate on pastedown. According to Kathleen Lines in her introduction to the 1938 edition, "Darton" will never be supplanted." In that vein, Alderson has followed the standards of modern scholarship, added a number of bibliographical notes, filled out the discussion of children's books during the late Victorian and Edwardian period, and more than sixty new illustrations have been added. It remains a "chronicle of the English people in their capacity of parents, guardians and educators of children". ISBN 0521240204; 10 x 7 inches; 416 pages; Signed by Author.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Children's Books in England Five Centuries of Social Life
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Date de parution: 1982
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521240204
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521240208
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: Third Edition.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur

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Synopsis

398p hardcover with excellent illustrated dustjacket, firm clean copy, appears little used