John Newbery and His Successors, 1740-1814; Tapa dura - 1973

Five Owls Press, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Wormley: Five Owls Press Ltd, 1973. cloth hard cover is in fine condition as is the dust jacket. this volume is illustrated with 35 text figures and 32 pages of plates. this copy is unmarked and tightly bound. 461 pages includes general index.. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ashgate Publishing Group, 1973-10-08. Unknown Binding. Very Good. in x in x in. A very well preserved first edition with dust jacket rare and collectable

Wormley, Hertfordshire: Five Owls Press, 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 461 pages, indexed. Hardback in a tan dust jacket. Light wear to the jacket. The book is sound and clean.

(Great Britain): Five Owls Press Ltd, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Corners a little bumped else near fine in modestly soiled, very good or better dustwrapper.

Hertfordshire: Five Owls Press Ltd, 1973. Cloth/dust jacket and mylar wrapped octavo. Hardcover. Very good/very good. brown cloth gilt lettering dust jacket 461 pp.

Five Owls Press Ltd, Wormley, first edition, 1973. Cloth, 8vo,. xxxi, 461, + [32] pages of plates, 35 text ills, colour frontispiece. From the blurb: " John Newbery is famous among eighteenth-century publishers for the manner in which he exploited the new market for children's books. Both in the creation of a 'list' of successful titles and in his very individual approach to the designing, publicising and selling of his 'little books', he shows himself to be an important forerunner of the specialist children's book publisher. In this bibliographical study of the publishing activity of John Newbery and his successors, Sydney Roscoe has been at pains to supply as complete a record as possible of these children's books in their various editions, with notes on the location of copies known today. He has also provided a detailed Introduction, giving the background to the firm's work, together with three important appendices on special problems that have arisen in… Leer más

Five Owls Press, 1973. Hardcover. Good.

Wormley: Five Owls Press, 1973. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 460 pages, b&w illustrated plates. Small stain on dust jacket rear cover. Foxing to top edge. Else a clean, tight copy. Record # 453971

(Great Britain): Five Owls Press Ltd, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Owner gift inscription to Helen Heinrich, a well-known Sherlock Holmes collector and historian, top corner of some pages dog-eared spine cocked, else very good in a very good lightly soiled and edgeworn dustwrapper.