ISBN10: 087675275X, ISBN13: 9780876752753, [publisher: Horn Book, Incorporated] Hardcover Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
[Reno, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1972]

Boston, The Horn Book Inc. 1973. Original publisher's gray cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine, dustjacket, 4to: pictorial endpapers, frontispiece, x, 340pp., illustrated, footnotes & references, list illustrations, chronological table, general bibliography, index. Spine dustjacket lightly discoloured. Fine copy. Boston, The Horn Book Inc. 1973 ISBN 087675275x 9780876752753 [NL]

Boston: The Horn Book, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Date: 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 087675275x . A most handsome first US edition/first printing (from the second UK edition) in Fine condition in alike dustjacket; An introduction to the history of children's books. Based on the 1963 British edition and expanded to include material dealing with children's books in countries other than England. Illustrations include reproductions of covers or title pages of outstanding children's books. Appendix includes extensive chapter bibliographies. Good index. Mrs Thwaite began her career in Sheffield, England as a children's librarian and became known as one of the leading county librarians in the country ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo . 1972. The Horn Book, Inc. ISBN 087675275x 9780876752753 [US]