Illustrators of children's books, 1744-1945 / compiled by Bertha E. Mahony, Louise Payson Latimer, Beulah Folmsbee
Boston : Horn Book, 1970. Third Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #430486
ISBN: 0876750153
Physical description; xvi, 527 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Subjects; Illustrators. Children's literature ; Illustrations. Illustration of books. Children's literature History and criticism. Illustrated children's books ; Bibliography.
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