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Springer Pub Co, 1985-01-01. Hardcover. Good.
The penny histories : a study of chapbooks for young readers over two Centuries by Neufeld, Victor - 1968
by Neufeld, Victor
The penny histories : a study of chapbooks for young readers over two Centuries
by Neufeld, Victor
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Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968 "For this, the second volume in Milestones in Children's Literature, Victor E. Neuburg has written an admirable study of the famous 'penny histories' or chapbooks which formed almost the entire reading matter of the poorer people in eighteenth-century England. At a time when children's literature had a strong religious and didactic basis, these little paperbound books, however crudely produced and illustrated, kept alive traditional tales of romance and adventure, and fed the imagination of young and old alike. Facsimiles of seven of the 'penny histories' are included in the present volume, and there is a detailed bibliography of source material." The chapbooks included in facsimile reproduction are: "The History of Guy of Warwick;" "Fairy Stories;" "The Interesting Story of the Children in the Wood;" "An Elegy on the Death and Burial of Cock Robin;" "A Peep at the Various Nations of the World;" "Toads and Diamonds;" and "The Rod." 227p. bibliography. index.. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.
- Bookseller KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition New As New
- Jacket Condition As New
- Edition 1st US Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Harcourt, Brace & World
- Date Published 1968
- Keywords Childrens Literature Chapbooks Penny Histories