Early Children's Books; A Collector's Guide

Devon, U.K.: David & Charles [0-7153-8307-8] 1983. (hardcover) 256pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Clean, tight and bright throughout. B / W illus. An historical account of children's books described from the sixteenth century forward. Eric Quayle, whose own collection of juvenile books numbers several thousand volumes, has traced the development of the genre from its earliest days throught o the classics of the Victorian age and the stories and annuals popular at the beginning of the twentieth century. The majority of the books he discusses and illustrates can still be purchased at prices that enable the novice to compete with experienced collectors. Frontipiece: an illustration from Childhood's Golden Days (1880), a folio published by Dean & Son, London. The photo-lithographic plates were prepared in Dresden, Germany. 33 X 26cm..