American Picturebooks from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within de Bader, Barbara - 1976

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x8x1. 1st printing with full number line. Full brown cloth with gilt lettering; 4to; 615 pp including index. Minor foxing/discoloration to edge of pages, but otherwise near fine in like jacket. A thorough examination of the picture book, with chapters on Wanda Gag, Maurice Sendak, Edward Gorey, Dr. Seuss, and others, as well as subjects like the American Indian, "Negro Identification, Black Identity," and the Japanese Advent. A standard for any collection of children's books.