Jill Shefrin (81 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Illustrated.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Thus. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated with coloured and black and white drawings. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; some minor creasing on the front cover; no interior markings. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Canadian First. Catalogue based on an exhibition at the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, June 10 to September 15, 1993; a solid, clean copy in collectable condition. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1993; illustrated green paper covers; mild shelf wear; 8vo, 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall; Interior clean and unmarked; not paginated.

paperback. 9 x 7.5 (landscape). paperback. 40 pages. John Spilsbury, who styled himself an "Engraver and Map Dissector in Wood, in Order to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography," is credited with the invention of "dissected maps", hand-colored maps, printed from copper plates, which were mounted on thin sheets of mahogany and cut into pieces according to the political borders of the region mapped. The discovery of an extraordinary set of five of John Spilsbury's dissected puzzles, and its acquisition by the Cotsen Children's Library has provided a valuable opportunity to reassess Spilsbury's intention and the place of dissected puzzles and other geographical pastimes in the history of education in eighteenth-century Britain. This study of the context in which these puzzles first appeared reveals the extent of the links between the childrens book and map trades in 18th-century London, and sheds new light on the history of progressive British education during that time. "[A] well-documented discussion of (for many readers) an unfamiliar form of publication." T. H. Howard-Hill, University of South Carolina, Editor, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Toronto Public Library, 1991. Facsimile reprint of the 1731 original with engravings by John and George Bickham. Limited to 1500 copies. No dust jacket as issued. Excellent, as-new condition. Pristine inside and out.

paperback. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. paperback. 168 pages. Color photographs, illustrations, and reproductions. Taking as its starting point the set of sixteen dissected maps belonging to the children of George III and acquired by the Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University, this work examines the new trends in education exemplified by the practices of the royal nursery and its governess, Lady Charlotte Finch. The author establishes a relationship between Lady Charlotte and Mme Le Prince de Beaumont, the French governess and author of the Magasin des Enfans (1756). Le Prince de Beaumont is newly identified as the first person to be selling dissected maps, or cartographical jigsaw puzzles, several years before the map seller John Spilsbury. The educational environment in which the royal children played with their educational toys is recreated from a wide range of contemporary sources. Locating these dissected maps within the domestic context of the royal household allows a re-examination of the historiography of the use and development of educational toys. The discussion ranges over new trends in educational theory and practice including the evolution of rational domesticity and the increasing involvement of aristocratic mothers in the care and education of their children. The influence of Mme Le Prince de Beaumont, and Lady Charlotte's upbringing and her place within a circle of intellectual women are examined. A bibliographical history of the individual puzzles is included, as is the delightful text of the Prologues and Epilogues to the 1732 children's performance of Dryden's Indian Emperor, in which Lady Charlotte and her siblings performed and which was recorded by William Hogarth in his painting of The Conquest of Mexico, Act IV, Scene IV, from Dryden's Indian Emperor. The text is reproduced, together with the painting, at the end of the work. Reviews: "This volume is an important contribution to the origins of dissected maps in England, and a useful supplement to the authors earlier work on Spilsbury." Map Forum (Issue 1, Spring 2004). ". a visual delight. Jill Shefrin has produced an enjoyable and unusual book of cultural history. deal[ing] with broad trends in family life (pedagogy, the education of women, and the workings of hierarchy and patronage) and illuminat[ing] them through domestic detail, through unpublished texts, letters by and about children, and through surviving toys and educational games." University of Toronto Quarterly (74, 1, Winter 2004/5).…

Paperback. 84p., fiction, poetry, criticism, reviews, very good trade paperback journal in green pictorial wraps.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. 54 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Very lightly shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A catalogue based on an exhibition (November 1996 to February 1997) mounted by The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. Produced by the Friends of the Osborne & Lillian H. Smith Collection. Illustrated, for the most part, in colour.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fables and other Short Poems Collected from the most Celebrated English Authors. Reproduced by The Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections, 1991. Engraved by John Bickham and George Bickham junr. (illustrator).

cloth. 9 x 7.5 (landscape). cloth. 40 pages. John Spilsbury, who styled himself an "Engraver and Map Dissector in Wood, in Order to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography," is credited with the invention of "dissected maps", hand-colored maps, printed from copper plates, which were mounted on thin sheets of mahogany and cut into pieces according to the political borders of the region mapped. The discovery of an extraordinary set of five of John Spilsbury's dissected puzzles, and its acquisition by the Cotsen Children's Library has provided a valuable opportunity to reassess Spilsbury's intention and the place of dissected puzzles and other geographical pastimes in the history of education in eighteenth-century Britain. This study of the context in which these puzzles first appeared reveals the extent of the links between the children's book and map trades in 18th-century London, and sheds new light on the history of progressive British education during that time. "[A] well-documented discussion of (for many readers) an unfamiliar form of publication." T. H. Howard-Hill, University of South Carolina, Editor, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America.…

Condition: Very Good.

Pamphlet in Original Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Exhibition catalogue of children's authors. Limited to 500 copies.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Ingenious Contrivances: Table Games and Puzzles for Children (Based on an Exhibition at the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books). Very minor shelfwear.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. A Quick Wit and a Light Hand: Design Movements and Children's Books, 1830-1910, Tenny, Dana; Shefrin, Jill. Published by Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections, Toronto Public Library, Toronto, 1993. Card covers. Black and white and colour illustrations. Contents in fine condition, very light shelf wear to covers. Based on an exhibition held at the Osborne Collection of Early Children's books, Toronto Public Library, June 10-Sept. 15, 1993. Limited to 1500 copies.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Unpaginated. 19 x 23 cm. B&w and colour illustrations. Card covers. Based on an exhibition held at the Osborne Collection of Early Children's books, Toronto Public Library, June 10-Sept. 15, 1993.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Large softback in very good condition. General shelfwear, including notable tanning to cover and light creasing and wear to cover edges. Pages are tightly bound and content unmarked. Coloured images wthin are vibrant and true. CN. Used.

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good to Very good condition. Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictures available upon request.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Canadian Edition. A catalogue based on an exhibition (October 1995 to February 1996) to mark the opening of a new home for The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. Produced by the Friends of the Osborne & Lillian H. Smith Collection. 54p.illus [some col.] index Errata slip laid in .…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1100grams, ISBN:0966608488. …

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cloth, dust jacket. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages. Color photographs, illustrations, and reproductions. Taking as its starting point the set of sixteen dissected maps belonging to the children of George III and acquired by the Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University, this work examines the new trends in education exemplified by the practices of the royal nursery and its governess, Lady Charlotte Finch. The author establishes a relationship between Lady Charlotte and Mme Le Prince de Beaumont, the French governess and author of the Magasin des Enfans (1756). Le Prince de Beaumont is newly identified as the first person to be selling dissected maps, or cartographical jigsaw puzzles, several years before the map seller John Spilsbury. The educational environment in which the royal children played with their educational toys is recreated from a wide range of contemporary sources. Locating these dissected maps within the domestic context of the royal household allows a re-examination of the historiography of the use and development of educational toys. The discussion ranges over new trends in educational theory and practice including the evolution of rational domesticity and the increasing involvement of aristocratic mothers in the care and education of their children. The influence of Mme Le Prince de Beaumont, and Lady Charlotte's upbringing and her place within a circle of intellectual women are examined. A bibliographical history of the individual puzzles is included, as is the delightful text of the Prologues and Epilogues to the 1732 children's performance of Dryden's Indian Emperor, in which Lady Charlotte and her siblings performed and which was recorded by William Hogarth in his painting of The Conquest of Mexico, Act IV, Scene IV, from Dryden's Indian Emperor. The text is reproduced, together with the painting, at the end of the work. Reviews: "This volume is an important contribution to the origins of dissected maps in England, and a useful supplement to the authors earlier work on Spilsbury." Map Forum (Issue 1, Spring 2004). ". a visual delight. Jill Shefrin has produced an enjoyable and unusual book of cultural history. deal[ing] with broad trends in family life (pedagogy, the education of women, and the workings of hierarchy and patronage) and illuminat[ing] them through domestic detail, through unpublished texts, letters by and about children, and through surviving toys and educational games." University of Toronto Quarterly (74, 1, Winter 2004/5).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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