ENGLISH CHILDREN`S BOOKS; 1600-1900 by MUIR PERCY:

New York: Frederick A. Praeger. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. Ex library copy with spine number and several stamped library marks. Minor rubbing to covers. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 255 pages .

B.T. Batsford, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover in price-clipped jacket. Edgewear and scuff to jacket..

London : B T Batsford Ltd , 1979(1954) . Third Printing . F/F . 4TO . An essential book for anyone interested in children's book, handsomely produced and beautifully illustrated. A fine copy.

London: B. T. Batsford, LTD., 1985. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in VG (or better) dust jacket. Green cloth hardcover, minor wear, clean and tightly bound, contents clean and unmarked. Dust jacket with light edge wear and some rubbing to spine, price-clipped and now protected in a clear archival sleeve. 255 pp., 106 ills, 6 color plates

New York : Praeger Publishers , 1969(1954) . Second US Printing . NF/NF . 4TO . A well-illustrated fundamental reference on English children's books. Bold owner's inscription on FFEP, lightest of wear to unclipped jacket. A lovely copy of an indispensable reference.

GB: B T Batsford, 1954. Cocked. Blue cloth with gold lettering and gold bands to spine. In very good, clean, tight condition BUT spine ends and corners a bit bumped and frayed and dust mark to bottom corner text edge. Front cover top edge a bit browned. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in clean condition BUT top edge is torn with some loss. Illustrations to front and rear remain in tact. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY Packed weight 1200g.. 1st Edition. Hardback. nrVG/G+ DW.

London, England: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1985. First British Edition, Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Lavishly illustrated overview of children's books published in England over these three critical centuries. In 256 pages with Index & 100+ illustrations throughout text. Both scholarly & of value to collectors! Contains the new preface to the Third Impression, which updated much of the previous information. Hardcover with deep green cloth-covered boards, gilt letting to spine, & DJ. Orig. published in 1954 & reissued in 1969 & 1979, this is the Fourth Impression from 1985 from B. T. Batsford of London. Both book & DJ are in Near Fine-Fine condition: completely lean, binding strong & straight, pages white. Only flaw to book is bumped corners; otherwise virtually flawless, as is the bottom-clipped DJ (with L20 price still at bottom)--beautifully protected in new mylar Free!Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books… Read More

B. T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. Preface to the third impression, list of illustrations, acknowledgement, introduction by author, list of illustrations and index. The text is illustrated numerous black-and-white reproductions of illustrations from books and covers. Green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip Colour illustrated dustwrapper green coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. "In this book, Percy Muir, a leading authority on English Children's books, has written a scholarly and entertaining account of the works published for children during a period of three centuries." – from front fold over panel blurb. Softening of the back strip edges and rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. Some marks to the book panels. Offset tanning to the end pages. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. Fading of the back strip with… Read More

Frederick A. Praeger. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Second Printing. Hardcover. Some wear and a few smal tears to dw, sl wear to head/tail spine bds. ; 250x190mm; 255 pages .

LONDON: BATSFORD, 1954. UNKNOWN . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. PHOTOS. SMALL CHIP ON CORNER OF JACKET TOP OF JACKET HAS LIGHT WEAR AND CHIPPING BOOK STATES FIRST PUBLISHED 1954 NOTHING ELSE A SOLID CLEAN EDITION AN IN DEPTH SCHOLARLY WORK COVERS 1600 TO 1900