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The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration
by Dalby, Richard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 083173910X
- ISBN 13
- 9780831739102
- Seller
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About This Item
Gallery Books, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 4to - over 9. Gallery Books., 1991, First US Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Near Fine Dust Jacket in archival protective cover. Over 150 illustrations-- both color plates and black and white drawings-- which have been reproduced with fidelity to the originals.The selection covers the work of many artists in a whole spectrum of subject matter and style. Olive-green cloth with bright and sharp gilt titles to spine is very clean, with corner tips and spine head and heel rubbed. Solid and tight sewn binding with red and gold endbands. Internals As New. Jacket has slight wear to spine head. From the 1860s to the 1930s there was a great flowering of the illustrator's art in England and America. Artists such as Kate Greenaway, Wilcox Smith, Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, and the Robinson brothers revolutionized the art of children's book illustration. Included are biographies of more than 50 artists who helped create the Golden Age, including some lesser know names such as Margaret Tarrant, L. Leslie Brooke, and others. This is a classic work of children's book illustration. 144 page. 4to. 1991, Gallery Books. ISBN10: 083173910X, ISBN13: 9780831739102
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029937
- Title
- The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration
- Author
- Dalby, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 083173910X
- ISBN 13
- 9780831739102
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 4to - over 9
- Keywords
- BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS; CHILDRENS BOOKS; ART; CRUIKSHAK; KATE GREENAWAY; EDWARDL EAR; JOHN TENNIEL; WALTER CRSNE; ARTHIR RACKHAM; E.H. SHEPARD;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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