Author: MAHONY, BERTHA E ; LATIMER, LOUISE PAYSON; FOLMSBEE, BEULAH
Title: Illustrators of children's books, 1744-1945
Description: Boston: Horn Book 1947. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over 1/4 pictorial boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 527 pages; Description: xvi. 527 p. illus. 28 cm. Subject: Illustrators. Children's literature -- Illustrations. Illustration of books. Contents: pt. 1. History and development: Illustrated books for children before 1800 / Anne Thaxter Eaton --Illustrators of the nineteenth century in England / Jacqueline Overton --Early American illustration / Bertha E. Mahony --Howard Pyle and his times / Robert Lawson --Foreign picture books in a children's library / Maria Cimino --Graphic processes in children's books / Helen Gentry --Illustrators of children's classics / Philip Hofer --Animated drawing / Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt --Developments of the twentieth century / May Massee --The book artist: yesterday and tomorrow / Lynd Ward --pt. 2. Biographies: Brief biographies of living illustrators --pt. 3. Bibliographies / compiled by Louise Payson Latimer: A century and a half of illustration --A bibliography of illustrators and their works --A bibliography of authors --pt. 4. Appendix: Sources --Notes and references --Lists of artists represented by illustrations.Weight in Kg appr.:

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