Children's Books in England: Five Centuries of Social Life by F. J. Harvey Darton ISBN 13: 9780521240208

Cambridge University Press, 1982. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Cambridge University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cambridge University Press, February 1982. Third Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 9.8 X 7.1 X 1.4 inches; 416 pages

Cambridge University Press, 1982. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:0521240204

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Hardback. Very Good.

Cambridge University Press, 1982. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. 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,1200grams, ISBN:0521240204

Cambridge University Press, 1982. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1200grams, ISBN:0521240204

Cambridge University Press. very nice copy . Near Fine. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 1982.

Cambridge University Press, 1982. 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,1150grams, ISBN:0521240204

Cambridge University Press, 1982. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:0521240204

Cambridge University Press, 1982. Good with very good dustjacket, underlining. Hardcover. Good/Good.

Cambridge University Press. VG+. 1982. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 9.8 X 7.1 X 1.4 inches. 416 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, third edition, 1982. Cloth, gilt cover device, 8vo, 26 cm, 244 x 172 mm,. xviii, 398 pp, ills. Harvey Darton said of his book when it was first published in 1932, that it was 'Not a collection of queer facts or antiquarian scraps, but a chronicle of the English people in their capacity of parents, guardians and educators of children'. Certainly, literature -albeit a 'minor literature' - was his central theme, but through it he wove biography and the facts of social and commercial history, the 'human aspect'; and when Children's Books in England was published it proved to be a work whose insights and authority transformed our understanding of its subject. " - from the blurb. For this third edition of Darton's classic work, Brian Alderson, has checked the multitude of small details in the book in an effort to ensure that they are accurate by the standards of modern scholarship; added a number of bibliographical notes; and, in… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. Third Edition. Hardcover. 0521240204 . Third Edition, Revised by Brian Alderson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1982). 10 x 7 in. xviii,398pp, Index, Bibliography, List of Books, Notes. Brown cloth. Signed & inscribed by Alderson on the ffep "on campus at LA" January 16, 1986. Near fine condition (faint blemish on rear cover), in fine dj, private bookplate on pastedown. According to Kathleen Lines in her introduction to the 1938 edition, "Darton" will never be supplanted." In that vein, Alderson has followed the standards of modern scholarship, added a number of bibliographical notes, filled out the discussion of children's books during the late Victorian and Edwardian period, and more than sixty new illustrations have been added. It remains a "chronicle of the English people in their capacity of parents, guardians and educators of children". ISBN 0521240204; 10 x 7 inches; 416 pages; Signed by Author .

Cambridge University press, Cambridge, Britain, 1982. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: various. the book is second-hand, but there is no damage to describe, other than saying that the book is second-hand. The editor has checked the multitude of small details in the book in an effort to ensure that they are accurate by the standards of modern scholarship; he has added a number of bibliographical notes; and, in a supplementary chapter, he has built up a discussion of children's books during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, which formed a natural end-point to Harvey Darton's history.in addition more than 60 new illustrations have been added, in order to expand upon facts and arguments put forward in the text. – Front fold over blurb Size: Quarto. XVIII, 398. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Reference. ISBN:… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. This is a Fine Copy of this book in Publishers brown cloth with red title label to spine lettered in gilt,in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket with no chips or tears to outer edges of the d/j.This is a really beautiful copy and is well illustrated in b&w.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous inscriptions present.Lovely unmarked copy,8vo 398pp Third Edition [1982] . Fine. Hardcover. Third Edition.. 1982.

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1982. 3rd edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. "Five Centuries of Social Life". Third edition revised by Brian Alderson. Brown boards, gilt title and vignette. Beige endpapers. B/w text illustrations. 398 pages. 10 x 7". Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine and just a little rubbed at edges.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Excellent copy, Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Children's book expert Harvey Darton said this history of children's books was also "a chronicle of the English people in their capacity of parents, guardians and educators of children'. In this 1999 reprint, children's author Brian Alderson, has checked the details in the book to ensure accuracy by modern standards and added bibliographical notes & an extra chapter discussing children's books in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. Also 60 illustrations were added to the original edition. Hardback, 398 pages.