An authoritative history and analysis of the best British and American children's literature through 1994, with a new 2003 postscript on J.K.Rowling and Philip Pullman.
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An authoritative history and analysis of the best British and American children's literature through 1994, with a new 2003 postscript on J.K.Rowling and Philip Pullman.
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Add this copy of Written for Children: an Outline of English-Language to cart. $3.48, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8 vo; 1.5 Pouinds. First American Edition; vdj in mylar (price clipped); From Dust Jacket: Written for Children was first published in 1965. It was immediately recognized as not only a readable and stimulating account of the development of children's books in England but also an important critical contribution to the subject. For this revised and expanded edition, John Rowe Townsend has extended the scope of the book to cover the development of children's books in the United States and the Commonwealth, as well as other works of the imagination first published in the English language, including poetry and picture books. Account also had been taken of recent trends in the field and of important books which have appeared since the first poublication of Written for Children. A detailed bibliography and line illustrations from many of the books mentioned in the text add to the usefulness of this entertaining and informative study.; 368 pages.
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Very Good++ in Very Good++ jacket. Size: 9x6x1; Lippincott 1987 Stated Third Revised Edition. Pages all unmarked clean tight and bright. Cover is clean and strong, dust jacket is clean and bright, price is intact on jacket. Spine is lightly sun faded.
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Vg jacket. Standard very light shelfwear. A very good copy. Light age toning to edges of book. No markings. Solid binding. Books on Books. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
