A Critical History of Children's Literature

Meigs, Cornelia (editor)

Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1953

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A Survey of Children's Books in English from Earliest Times to the Present, Prepared in Four Parts under the Editorship of Cornelia Meigs. Written by Cornelia Meigs, Anne Thaxter Eaton, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Ruth Hill Viguers. Introduction by Dr. Henry Steele Commager. Foreword by Cornelia Meigs. Original red cloth boards, lettered gilt spine and top board. Spine faded. Superficial marks top board. Previous owner's signature front free endpaper. Part I (Meigs): Rootes in the Past up to 1840 Part II (Eaton): Widening Horizons 1840-1890 Part III (Nesbitt): A Rightful Heritage 1890-1920 Part IV (Hill Viguers): The Golden Age 1920-1950 Pp. xiv, 624 including Introduction, Foreword, Bibliography (for each Chapter), Index. Seller Inventory # 020681

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Critical History of Children's Literature

Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York

Publication Date: 1953

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Vera Bock

Condition: Near Fine