Be Merry and Wise: Origins of Children's Book Publishing in England, 1650-1850 by Brian; Oyens, Felix de Marez Alderson ISBN 13: 9781584561804

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New Castle & London: Oak Knoll Pr. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 1584561807 . 318 pages .

The Pierpont Morgan Library, 2006. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2100grams, ISBN:9781584561804

Oak Knoll Press. Used - Very Good. 2006. Hardcover. 4to. Cloth, d.j., in an acetate cover. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good.

Oak Knoll Press. Used - Like New. First Edition. 2006. Cloth, 4to. 318 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Fine. Dust jacket is fine.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2006. hardcover, dust jacket. Children's books. 9 x 12 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 320 pages. When was it that someone decided that books might be written and published for child readers? It's fair to say that some kinds of text-alphabets, fables, the Lord's Prayer, may have been seen as fundamental to the process of learning to read from the beginning of book making, but when did children come to be seen as a readership for whom special provision should be made? The child as the audience for books in the English language is the subject of this bibliographical study, which had its origins in an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. From this beginning, Felix de Marez Oyens and Brian Alderson have compiled Be Merry and Wise and shown how certain creative talents, driven by a sense of purpose, or a wish to make some money, attempted to appeal directly to children, and how the publishing industry came to realize that… Read More

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2006. hardcover, dust jacket. Children's books. 9 x 12 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 320 pages. First edition. Spine faded, else a good copy. When was it that someone decided that books might be written and published for child readers? It's fair to say that some kinds of text-alphabets, fables, the Lord's Prayer, may have been seen as fundamental to the process of learning to read from the beginning of book making, but when did children come to be seen as a readership for whom special provision should be made? The child as the audience for books in the English language is the subject of this bibliographical study, which had its origins in an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. From this beginning, Felix de Marez Oyens and Brian Alderson have compiled Be Merry and Wise and shown how certain creative talents, driven by a sense of purpose, or a wish to make some money, attempted to appeal directly to children, and… Read More

London, The British Library - New Castle, Oak Knoll Press - The Pierpont Morgan Library - The Bibliographical Society of America, London, The British Library - New Castle, Oak Knoll Press - The Pierpont Morgan Library - The Bibliographical Society of America. 2007, 176pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. 31x23,5cm. 2,1kg. In very good condition. Pakketzending. ISBN: 9781584561804

New York/ London/ New Castle, DE: Pierpont Morgan Library; British Library; Oak Knoll Press, 2006. Hardcover. VG/VG (very clean and clear, binding tight). Navy cloth boards with gilt lettering; light blue dj, color illustrated; xiv, 318 pp; illustrated in bw and color. "The child as the audience for books in the English language is the subject of this bibliographical study, which had its origins in an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. From this beginning, Felix de Marez Oyens and Brian Alderson have compiled Be Merry and Wise and shown how certain creative talents, driven by a sense of purpose, or a wish to make some money, attempted to appeal directly to children, and how the publishing industry came to realise that this audience might prove to constitute a profitable market."--Jacket. Contents: Vestibulum : theory and practice -- The salvation of souls -- Enter Tom Thumb -- Serious business -- The house that Newbery built -- Rivals and imitators, London -- Frances… Read More

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 1584561807 . A Fine first edition/first printing in Fine dust jacket.; The child as the audience for books in the English language. Alderson and De Marez Oyens not only plot the chronological development of children's book publishing from almost random beginnings to the diversity of the early Victorian period but also show how publishers adapted their trade methods to exploit this new market ; 4to; xvi, 318, [2] pages .