Description |
143 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm |
Contents |
1. Chapbooks to gift books -- 2. Precious children: the '20s and '30s -- 3. Wartime and reconstruction: the '40s and '50s -- 4. When we all dressed up: the '60s and '70s -- 5. Cold War to globalization: the '80s and '90s |
Summary |
"A chronological survey ... covering predominantly English language publications from Britain and the United States ... with a wealth of detail and comment on authors and illustrators ... With over 400 specially photographed jackets and covers f==eatured in colour, including rare fist editions"--Cover |
Notes |
"Commissioning Editor: Mark Fletcher ; Managing Editor: Hannah Barnes-Murphy ; Executive Art Editor: Auberon Hedgecoe ; Project Editor: Emily Asquith ; Copy Editor: Penny Warren ; Design: Jeremy Pearce @ 2wo Design ; Picture Research: Emma O' Neill ; Production: Sarah Rogers ; Proofreader: Clair Musters ; Indexer: Sue Farr ; Produced by Toppan Printing Co., (HK) Ltd."--t.p. verso |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-137) and index |
Audience |
Adult |
Subject |
Book covers -- Design -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
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Children's literature -- Illustrations -- History.
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Illustrated children's books -- History.
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Children's books -- Illustrations -- History.
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Book covers -- Design -- History.
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Book jackets -- Design -- History.
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Book jackets.
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Illustration of books.
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Illustrated children's books.
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Book collecting.
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Book covers -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Book covers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Book jackets -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Book jackets -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Illustrated children's books -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Illustrated children's books -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Genre/Form |
Dust jackets (Bindings)
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History.
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Illustrated works.
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Author |
Beazley, Mitchell, publisher
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Fletcher, Mark, editor
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Barnes-Murphy, Hannah, editor
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Hedgecoe, Auberon, editor
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Asquith, Emily, editor
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Warren, Penny, editor
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Pearce, Jeremy, book designer
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O' Neill, Emma, researcher
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Rogers, Sarah, producer
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Musters, Clair, proofreader
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Farr, Sue, book designer
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2wo Design, book designer
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Toppan Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha, producer
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LC no. |
2004401954 |
ISBN |
1840006935 |
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