FORGOTTEN BOOKS OF THE AMERICAN NURSERY A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN STORY-BOOK

by Halsey, Rosalie V.:

Price: $175.00
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Book desription: Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed & Co., 1911.. Large octavo. Cloth and decorated boards. Frontis and plates. Forecorners a bit worn, otherwise a very good, largely unopened copy. First edition of this important treatment of children's literature from the importation of texts and toy books during the colonial era to the flowering of a native children's book industry in the early 19th century. One of 700 copies printed at the Merrymount Press.

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